UMKA-1 telescope satellite mission


This morning I’ve had a great pass with lots of data on file transfers being sent. Also The TLS issue has now been fixed thanks to @dl7ndr

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Hi!
The “UMKA from Space” program is scheduled to broadcast children’s drawings from August 16, 22:22 UTC to August 18, 18:45 UTC.

Format - SSTV Robot36
Intervals - 2 min.
Frequency - 437.625 MHz

SSTV broadcast may be rescheduled or interrupted if necessary without prior notice! (temperature increase, battery discharge, etc.)

!!! intervals increased to 250 sec

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2024-08-17_11.41.26
2024-08-17_11.44.05

Jomjom79

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This morning I saw two transmissions, the first was at low elev with poor signal and the second was at max pass elev of 86.3 degrees
2024-08-17 09:34 UTC
Hist6
2024-08-17 09:38 UTC
Hist7

Ill come back in 10hrs from now for the next high elev pass as the next passes are only 12-13 degrees

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2024-08-17 09:33 UTC
2024-08-17 09.33utc RS40S - DL7NDR

2024-08-17 09:37 UTC
2024-08-17 09.37utc RS40S - DL7NDR

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11:09 UTC. 20 degree elevation while passing over Iceland.

2024-08-17_13.15.14

Jomjom79

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UmKA-1 over Brazil at 11:27UTC
73’s de PU4ELT

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Do you use any filter to get these razor-sharp images?

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2024-08-17 18:49 UTC
2024-08-17 18.49utc RS40S - DL7NDR

2024-08-17 18:53 UTC
2024-08-17 18.53utc RS40S - DL7NDR

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2024-08-17 20:24 UTC
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2024-08-17 20.29 UTC
2024-08-17 20.29 utc RS40S - DL7NDR

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20:28 UTC

2024-08-17_22.32.19

Jomjom79

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2024-08-17 20.29 UTC
Hist8

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By the looks of the text it is probably AI enhanced.

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That’s right :wink:

can you share the original images? I’m interested in seeing how much of a difference the AI enhancement has made.

2024-08-18 09.30 UTC
Hist9

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18/8/24 09.29UTC

2024-08-18_11.35.44

Jomjom79

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2024-08-18 09:25 UTC
2024-08-18 09.25utc RS40S - DL7NDR

2024-08-18 09:29 UTC
2024-08-18 09.29utc RS40S - DL7NDR

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UmKA-1 over Brazil at 2024-08-18 11:20UTC
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73’s de PU4ELT

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based on the quality of all these images I think I need to buy a new antenna, and add a preamp

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