[amsat] QB50p1 (EO-79) has now been officially commissioned and is now in transponder mode on a regular schedule

From the amsat.org mailing list:

AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL working with ISIS BV are delighted to announce that the FUNcube U/V transponder, on the 2U CubeSat QB50p1, has now been activated with a regular schedule.

Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7 and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified over the forthcoming weeks as a result of experience.

The transponder frequencies are:

Uplink: 435.047-435.077 MHz LSB
Downlink: 145.935-145.965 MHz USB

And the output power is approximately 400mW.

I’ve been waiting a long time for this one because up to now all I’ve been able to do with it is get QPSK packet telemetry from it. Now there’s yet another linear transponder to try out!

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