Six CubeSats are set to launch on October 28th aboard a Delta II rocket with the NPP primary spacecraft from Vandenberg AFB in California. The start of the launch window is 09:48:01 UTC (02:48:01 Pacific). Below is information about each CubeSat including tracking information and links to the university websites. Up to date launch information can be found at http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d357/status.html.
Satellite: AubieSat-1
Organization: Auburn University
Downlink Freq: 437.475 MHz
Transmit Power: 0.708W
Protocol: Morse Code
Baud Rate: 20wpm
Satellites: DICE (two satellites)
Organization: Utah State University
Downlink Freq: 465 MHz
http://www.sdl.edu/programs/dice
Satellite: Explorer-1 [PRIME] Flight Unit 2
Organization: Montana State University
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
Transmit Power: 0.85W
Protocol: AX.25 FSK
Baud Rate: 1200
http://ssel.montana.edu/e1p/
Satellite: M-Cubed
Organization: University of Michigan
Downlink Freq: 437.485MHz
Transmit Power: < 1W
Protocol: GMSK
Baud Rate: 9600
http://umcubed.org/
Satellite: RAX-2
Organization: University of Michigan
Downlink Freq: 437.345 MHz
Modulation: GMSK
Baud Rate: 9600
http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
TLE's (updated 10/28 17:45 UTC)
AubieSat-1
1 99994U 00000 11301.47668397 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0009
2 99994 101.7170 233.3515 0253078 295.4219 199.4389 14.78844727000003
E1P-U2
1 99995U 00000 11301.47668397 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000
2 99995 101.7170 233.3516 0253036 295.4215 199.4391 14.78836059000007
M-Cubed
1 99996U 00000 11301.47668397 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001
2 99996 101.7170 233.3516 0252994 295.4212 199.4393 14.78827391000008
RAX-2
1 99997U 00000 11301.47784144 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001
2 99997 101.7120 233.3563 0249329 295.8687 205.1174 14.78254351000006
DICE-F
1 99998U 00000 11301.47899884 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000
2 99998 101.7172 233.3525 0248007 295.2070 211.9601 14.77706209000007
DICE-Y
1 99999U 00000 11301.47899884 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001
2 99999 101.7171 233.3526 0247935 295.2033 211.9635 14.77691071000003
For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators. A web-based IRC client can also be found at http://polysat.calpoly.edu/irc/.
