An Update on the ARSENE Project

摘要

AASENE began in the early 1980's about the same time as Phase 3. The spacecraft is builtfrom parts left over from other projects by students and apprentices and is scheduled for liftoff on the Arsene V58 flight in the spring of 1993. AASENE is 3 axis stabilized and carries twotransponders, Mode B (digital) and ModeS (analog). The Mode S downlink is linear on2446.540 MHz (0.8W). The link budget is such that you will probably need a 2.5 meter dish.The uplink is centered on 435.110 MHz with a 16 kHz Bandwidth. The mode B uplinks aredigital at 435.050,435.100 and 435.150 MHz, the downlink is on 149.975 MHz (15/2W) usingstandard AX.25 FM equipment. The orbit is 36000 km apogee with a 20000 km perigee at aninclination of 0 degrees. This will result in an orbit with an approximate 16 hour period.