Add the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) to SatNOGS DB

Satellite name

Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE)

Description

CUTE is a 6U CubeSat containing a Cassegrain telescope and near-ultraviolet (NUV, 250-330 nm) spectrograph intended for study of atmospheres of short period exoplanets. The spectrograph uses a Teledyne E2V CCD42-10 charged-coupled device (CCD) detector for imaging spectra. It is expected to launch late September of this year.

Image

Transmitter 1 (70cm)

Transmitter Name

SpaceQuest TRX-U

Type

Transceiver

Service

Amateur

Downlink Frequency

437.250 MHz

Downlink Mode

GMSK at 19.2 kbaud or GFSK at 9.6 kbaud

Downlink Encoding

AX.25 G3RUH

Uplink Frequency

437.250 MHz

Uplink Mode

GMSK at 19.2 kbaud or GFSK at 9.6 kbaud

Uplink Encoding

AX.25 G3RUH

Transmitter 2 (13cm / S-band)

Transmitter Name

BCT S-band SDR

Type

Transmitter

Service

Amateur

Downlink Frequency

2.402 GHz

Downlink Mode

BPSK at 500 kbaud

Downlink Encoding

CCSDS with differential (NRZI) encoding, CCSDS scrambling

Comments

CUTE does not yet have a NORAD ID, as it has not yet been launched. I would like if a temporary NORAD ID could be assigned to CUTE for purposes of uploading data to SatNOGs until an actual ID is issued. It is also worth mentioning that I am working with the developer of gr-satellites to add support for CUTE to said project: progress on this front is tracked in gr-satellites issue #297.