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UKube-1 satellite heard on first pass….
8 July 2014 | by The UKube-1 satellite was launched this evening with the first pass due over the UK at 2014 local time.
Coincidentally, supper had finished around 2013 local time, so I sped upstairs and switched on the FT-847 with the V2000 vertical connected. The UKube-1 CW beacon on 145.840 plus minus doppler was the first target. It doesn’t transmit continuously, but I was pleased to hear it around 2018 local up on 846. Shortly after that, I heard the telemetry on 145.915 coming through at very good strength.
Congrats to the UK team responsible for the satellite!
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