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BIRDS-2 CubeSats Active over Indonesia pass 13:42 UTC

BIRDS-2 CubeSats Active over Indonesia pass 13:42 UTC,, All satellite are Active in CW mode on 437.375 MHz.

Look signal spectrum on SpectraVue,, i am just use UHF CJU Antenna pointing by Hand with Max El 11.7

On Aug 10, three satellites will be launched from the ISS, BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1, UiTMSat-1

August 10, 2018 at 09:45 UTC with the ISS will launch three satellites:

BHUTAN-1 (BIRD-BT) [Callsign: JG6YKL, Country: Bhutan (the first Bhutan satellite)]

MAYA-1 (BIRD-PH) [Callsign: JG6YKM , country: Philippines]

UiTMSat-1 (BIRD-MY) [Callsign: JG6YKN, country: Malaysia]

All satellites are created within the framework of the BIRDS-2 program. 11 students from Japan, Bhutan, the Philippines and Malaysia worked at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KyuTech, Japan).

BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1, UiTMSat-1 were delivered aboard the ISS with a cargo vehicle Dragon CRS-15, which started on June 29, 2018 from Cape Canaveral.

Frequencies:
BHUTAN-1 - 437.375 MHz CW, 145.825 MHz APRS digipeaters.
MAYA-1 - 437.375 MHz CW, 145.825 MHz APRS digipeaters.
UiTMSat-1 - 437.375 MHz CW, 145.825 MHz APRS digipeaters.

ASCII Beacon From UNISAT-6 , Thanks to YB3MBN

Twitter from @gaussteam

Dear HAM Community, a QSL Card is a great achievement but what about being thanked directly by a satellite? In a few days, UniSat-6 will thank each radioamateur and enthusiast who has been tracking it during these years. Stay tuned!!

Thanks to YB3MBN who has received telemetry data from UNISAT-6 at 7 July 2018 , and Thanks also to UNISAT-6 Team

Telemetry Received by YB3MBN