DOSAAF-85 / RS-44
The amateur radio linear transponder (SSB/CW) payload on the Russian satellite DOSAAF-85 (RS-44) has been activated.
Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB reports:
DOSAAF-85 / RS-44 under construction
DOSAAF-85 is a small scientific satellite created by specialists of the company Information Satellite Systems (ISS) Reshetnev and students of the Siberian State Aerospace University (SibSAU) Krasnoyarsk.
The satellite is named after the 85th anniversary of the Voluntary Society for the Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy, the organization responsible for the military training of Soviet youth.
The DOSAAF-85 satellite is designed to provide amateur radio communications, as well as to develop promising technologies. This is the third satellite that was created by specialists of ISS-Reshetnev and is based on the Yubileyniy platform, which features a hexagonal prism structure with body mounted solar cells.
The satellite was launched into orbit on December 26, 2019 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
Transmitter power – 5 watts.
Beacon: 435.605 MHz – transmits call sign RS44
Inverting transponder:
Earth-to-Space: 145.965 MHz +/- 30 kHz.
Space-to-Earth: 435.640 MHz +/- 30 kHz.
Source Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB whose page also contains the satellite’s TLE, see
https://tinyurl.com/RussiaR4UAB
Peter 2M0SQL has added RS-44 to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at
https://www.amsat.org/status/
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Source: Amsat UK