UMKA-1 telescope satellite mission

According to this, we got the images from the bold marked ones.

Киляева Игната, 7 лет – “Неизведанный Космос”
Трубко Софья, 8 лет – “Сатурн”
Черных Дима, 9 лет – “Солнце”
Гавриличева Варвара, 9 лет – “Меркурий”
Волков Влад, 9 лет – “Луна”
Коротаев Саша, 9 лет – “Земля”
Токарев Семён, 9 лет – “Марс”
Дамм Павел, 9 лет – “Эрида”

original images

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Scheduled SSTV transmission today (28th, Wednesday) at 06:34 - 06:46 UTC and 08:09 - 08:20 UTC.

It’s for the participants of the All-Russian scientific and technical competition “Intera” («ИнтЭРА») in Obninsk.

Format: SSTV Robot72
Interval between transmissions: ~ 60 sec

Telegram: onthe_air

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Scheduled some observations.

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28/08/24
08:11UTC & 08:13UTC
Max 29° elevation.

2024-08-28_10.36.04

2024-08-28_10.30.51

Direction is obstructed by the building i live in (4th floor of a 5 story apartment building) So i took the car for a spin.

Antenna was a Diamond MR77 mounted on its roof. Lots of weird looks by bypassers :slightly_smiling_face:

Jomjom79

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2024-08-28 08:15:25 UTC + 08:17:03 UTC
2024-08-28 08.15.25utc + 08.17.03utc RS40S - DL7NDR

2024-08-28 08:18:33 UTC
2024-08-28 08.18.33utc RS40S - DL7NDR

Max. elevation 27°.

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@ra3ppy Aleksey, what sort of progress has been made on the telescope? Is the test data broadcast on S band?

(Apologies for being uninformed - I haven’t been on here in a while.)

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Hello.
The telescope is functioning, but there are still some problems with focusing. The exposure is currently being selected. The team has a really high workload.
It was decided to abandon the restoration of the S-band range transmitter until the telescope is fully operational.
Now the team of MCC operators has been replenished with young participants. Schoolchildren and students. UMKA is an educational mission. Moreover, while the satellite is in orbit, it is necessary to have time to give experience to the younger generation, which will take on a more serious mission - UMKA 2.

In October, there will be activity for radio amateurs and a traditional report for July, August, September.

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From r4uab.ru

On September 19, 2024, the team of the School Space Telescope project of School No. 29 named after P. I. Zbrodin (Podolsk) announces the transmission of a special postcard dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Volgograd Planetarium, via the SSTV protocol from the UMKA-1 (RS40S) spacecraft.

SSTV broadcast schedule:

  • Transmission start: September 19, 2024 at 00:26 UTC.
  • End of transmission: September 19, 2024 at 22:56 UTC.

Format – SSTV Robot 36
Interval between transmissions 84 seconds (can be adjusted later).
Frequency of the MKA “UMKA-1 (RS40S)”

  • 437.625 MHz GMSK 2k4 USP FEC, GMSK 4k8 USP FEC, GMSK 9k6 USP FEC, SSTV;

Jomjom79

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While the first & last SSTV downlinks were naturally too weak to decode, it was very cool to see -5- transmissions of that UMKA-1 image over the Eastern U.S. earlier this evening!

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Does UMKA-1 (school #29) issue QSL cards/certificates for reception of their SSTV transmissions? I previously completed the online application report of their data transmissions, but never got a reply :frowning:

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19.09.24
10:07 & 10:09 UTC
Max elevation 42°

202409191011
202409191013

Jomjom79

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1st time trying for UMKA-1 SSTV.
Got this with FT991, homebrew dual band dipole and manual doppler tuning before satellite disappeared behind a building. Max Elev. c40deg
[Hope image appears, 1st time trying to add one]

UMKA-1_202409191011

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Hello. Yes. The QSL program is active.
You can use the form (In the comment, specify the time in UTC) QSL карточка за приём МКА «UMKA-1 (RS40S)» | R4UAB
You can write directly umka1@school29.com .
In the subject of the letter, specify - QSL

Unfortunately, some emails come in spam. As a last resort, if there was no response to the application either on the form or by mail, you can write to me here in private messages and I will try to resolve this request faster.

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Thanks! UMKA-1 has a high pass over my location (Thailand) in about 2 hours - so I’ll try for this image :slight_smile:

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202409191206
202409191204

UmKA-1 over Brazil at 11:59 UTC

Yagi 7el + SDR + Image processing software developed by my college friends.
Congratulations to the team for the great contribution they have made to us radio amateurs :grin: :grin:

73’s de PU4ELT :brazil:

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OK, received a nice image :slight_smile:

20240919-143214-Robot-36-Color-054

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2024-09-19 10:07:06 - 10:14:31 played back from my ground station. https://network.satnogs.org/observations/10260378/
2024-09-19_14.52.02

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2024-09-19 19:23:29UTC
2024-09-19 19:23:29UTC RS40S - DL7NDR

2024-09-19 19:24:47UTC
2024-09-19 19:24:47UTC RS40S - DL7NDR
Robot 36

2024-09-19 19:25:43UTC
2024-09-19 19:25:43UTC RS40S - DL7NDR
B/W 12

2024-09-19 19:26:36UTC
2024-09-19 19:26:36UTC RS40S - DL7NDR
B/W 8

r4uab.ru

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I sent a copy of the SSTV image that I received to UMKA-1 email address and got a nice QSL back by return :slight_smile:

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The UmKA-1 team is amazing at sending QSL cards and Diplomas :grin: :grin:


Congratulations to the team !!!

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