UMKA-1 telescope satellite mission

I don’t quite understand, but perhaps the question is whether it’s possible to receive a signal using the SatNOGS station at 4800 bps.

Yes, it’s possible, and it’s relevant for the UMKA-1.
Select Mode U - GMSK 4k8 (USP) TLM

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Oh, don’t worry. This event is designed for both amateur radio operators and schoolchildren. Separate competitions for young participants are held regularly, mostly at the local level. While local and individual contests are easy to manage, organizing a large international event is more complex — in particular, verifying participants’ ages requires significant time and resources. To stage a full-scale global competition successfully, we will need the support of radio amateurs in multiple countries to handle on‑the‑ground coordination and supervision.

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There will be three winners + 10 runners-up + participation certificates will be awarded to everyone who simply receives at least one code message from each of the satellites.

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The race has started !!!

Good luck to everyone in the competition (It’s very difficult to receive the packets here, I think something is wrong with my antenna :joy:)

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monitor vizard-meteo right now

nanozond above brazil right now

btw what app is on screenshot?

https://efir.net.ru/satellite/RS40S/

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Some changes.
UMKA transmits 1 code every minute.
Vizard-Meteo transmits 1 code every 3 minutes.

There will be a second round on November 15th, with the current results of the participants retained, but with additional conditions.

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base on gr_satellites, my Umka beacon decoded using 9k6 FSK USP downlink. look like vizard meteo using 4k8

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Yes. He was finishing a planned experiment, so switching to 4800 had to wait a bit.
Now it’s 4800.

!!!

It’s a shame, but it looks like Umka is dropping out of the race due to technical issues.
It completed its transmission on the current loop. I’ll try to launch it this evening in roughly the same location or leave it as is.

Vizard-Meteo is transmitting as planned.

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confirmed. no spacepicode left in this umka obs. lol. :smiley:

only telemetry as ussual..

Summary
-> Packet from 9k6 FSK USP downlink
Container: 
    header = Container: 
        addresses = ListContainer: 
            Container: 
                callsign = u'R3DDF' (total 5)
                ssid = Container: 
                    ch = False
                    ssid = 0
                    extension = False
            Container: 
                callsign = u'RS40S' (total 5)
                ssid = Container: 
                    ch = False
                    ssid = 1
                    extension = True
        control = 0x00
        pid = 0xF0
    info = b'FB\x02\x00\x01\x00\x19\x00\n\t\xff|"\x13">f8\x13i\x8a9\x00\x00\x80%\x00\x00#\x00<\x1f\x00!\xde\x04\x00\x01\x00.\x00\t\x00\x04\x00\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xdb\xff\x00\x00#\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00w\x02\x96\x02\x90\x02\x90\x02\x00 \x08\x000\x1fal\x02\x00ed\x97Zn\x04' (total 87)

vizard meteo signal too weak to decode.

The race is over.

R2APU, RA9YVO, DL7NDR, (VU3IPU)

congratz sir!

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can you share your groundstation configuration that used to capture beacon from this event? thanks for sharing.

wondering if both of them are join in this forum? maybe they can share their gs configuration too. thank you

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The second round of the “space race” is scheduled for Saturday, November 15.

This time, three satellites of the :rocket: Space-π project are participating:

  • Vizard-Meteo RS38S
  • Monitor-4 RS57S
  • UmKA-1 RS40S

Adjustments to the rules:

  1. One code message will be transmitted from all three satellites every three minutes.
  2. Each code can be entered through a special form by no more than three different participants; after the third entry, the code becomes unavailable for further entry.

The next 10 participants will each be able to win two cards. Foreign radio amateurs are also welcome to participate in the RACE, but those who collect the most special “promo codes” are guaranteed special electronic CERTIFICATES!
Photos of the lucky space card winners will be transmitted from our satellites after the promotion ends!

r4uab.ru

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look like everybody hunting code of umka obs on satnogs network. lol.

Sonic network has more observations:

RS38S
RS40S
RS57S

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r4uab.ru

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