{"id":9593,"date":"2023-11-21T00:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/happy-10th-birthday-funcube-1-ao-73\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T00:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:04:46","slug":"happy-10th-birthday-funcube-1-ao-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/happy-10th-birthday-funcube-1-ao-73\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73)<\/h2>\n

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Signal received from FUNcube-1 at National Radio Centre Bletchley Park, Nov 21, 2013<\/p>\n

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Signal received from FUNcube-1 at National Radio Centre Bletchley Park, Nov 21, 2013<\/p>\n

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Signal received from FUNcube-1 at National Radio Centre Bletchley Park, Nov 21, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

November 21, 2023, marks the tenth birthday of our very first CubeSat mission, FUNcube-1 (AO-73).<\/p>\n

A very short time after the launch from Yasny in Russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was detected and decoded by ZS1LS in South Africa. He was able to relay the data over the internet from his Dashboard to the Data Warehouse and the numbers, appeared, as if by magic, at the launch party being held at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park.<\/p>\n

FUNcube ISL03 Mission Patch<\/p>\n

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ISL03 Mission Patch<\/p>\n

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ISL03 Mission Patch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After a very brief check out, the FUNcube team were able to switch the transmitter to full power, again at the very first attempt, and were quite amazed at the strength of the signal from the 300mW transmitter on 145.935 MHz. The transponder was then switched on and successfully tested, the first contact was between G6LVB and M5AKA who were both operating from the Bletchley Park car park.<\/p>\n

The team finished the day with a request to AMSAT-NA for an Oscar number and were delighted to receive the AO73 Oscar 73 designation!<\/p>\n

Since then, FUNcube-1, with a launch mass of less than 1kg, has operated continuously with only a very few interruptions. In excess of 53,500 orbits, 1.3 billion miles travelled, 61 million telemetry data packets transmitted, and with more than 10.9 million unique data packets downloaded and stored in the Data Warehouse.<\/p>\n

The FUNcube team still receive many requests for Fitter message uploads for school events\u2026please contact us by email to operations@funcube.org.uk giving us at least two weeks notice.<\/p>\n

The FUNcube team continue to be very grateful to all the many stations around the world that continue to upload the telemetry that they receive to our Data Warehouse. They really need this data to provide a continuous resource for educational outreach.<\/p>\n

FUNcube Data Warehouse and the Dashboard software
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FUNcube email group https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/FUNcube<\/a><\/p>\n

FUNcube Website http:\/\/www.funcube.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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