Tag Archives: S-Band

October 14, 2012
19:48
by: trango

Dragon Telemetry Active on UHF

The Dragon capsule has been relatively quiet on S-Band after docking. Last mission, S-Band remained active while docked, this has not been the case this mission. However, Dragon has been transmitting on UHF (400.5 MHz) sending telemetry using it’s COTS … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2012
15:04
by: trango

TerreStar-1 on S-Band

While doing some calibration on the smaller dish I ran across a really nice collection of voice/data signals from the TerreStar-1 satellite. TerreStar-1 is in geosynchronous orbit in the 111W slot. It has an 18-meter antenna and so has some … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2012
14:46
by: trango

Space-X Dragon Telemetry Reception

Here are a couple of recent signals from Space-X Dragon while on it’s way to dock with the ISS. First is a nice strong narrow band signal from Dragon capsule just before tethering with ISS. You can see the impact … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2012
14:31
by: trango

Landsat-5 S-Band Reception

Just killing time waiting for ISS / Dragon to come into view. Decided to take a listen to Landsat-5 and was surprised with a really nice wide signal on 2287.5 MHz. Was able to see it lock up with the … Continue reading →

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June 21, 2012
14:18
by: trango

S-Band Shuttle Audio

The shuttle fleet has been retired and new commercial space vehicles (SpaceX) are being deployed for shuttling people and cargo to and from the International Space Station. In more of a historical archive move I have collected all of the … Continue reading →

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