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ASTRO-15

Scheduled Launch Details:

Where:  ASTRO primary launch site

When: Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 09:00 am from Stillwater

 

 

Mission Summary:

OSU intro to Aerospace Engineering student satellite mission

 

Mission Objectives:

Testing of student-built satellites

 

Tracking Information

Ground Track Prediction

 

Payload Details

 

Post Flight Summary

 

Tracking Information

 

For internet tracking, click on one of the "Live Tracking" links on the ASTRO home page.

 

Frequency

Usage and System

144.360 MHZ

Primary APRS  W2OSU-11 (2.2Watt) Kenwood TH-D7 GPS 18 Mic-E Format

144.390 MHz

Secondary APRS KE5CAB-11 (230mW) PocketTracker GPS 18

147.475 MHz

Beacon CWID (W5YJ ASTRO) 5sec intervals (12mW) K12 CW beacon

 

 

444.525 MHz

Primary Repeater (STW TARC)  88.5 PL tone

446.000 MHz

Primary Simplex

448.000 MHz

Secondary Simplex

144.390 MHz

Personal APRS if used (Please use the tag ASTRO-GC and manually beacon)

 

Ground Track Prediction

 

Stillwater Launch

Flight prediction for: Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 09:00 am from Stillwater

Prediction made:  Tuesday, Nov. 24th, 19:30 using winds in Stillwater area (READY Winds File)

Landing Zone: 36.02705 -96.32775 (42.69 miles, 100 deg from Stillwater)

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NOTE: The following is an experiment on mixing winds during the flight.

Flight prediction for: Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 09:00 am from Stillwater

Prediction made:  Using 15zulu winds during ascent and 18zulu winds during descent

Landing Zone: 36.00234 -96.25349

 

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