Using the RTL-SDR to listen to the Funcube Satellite

Recently, the FUNcube-1 satellite was successfully launched. The FUNcube is a CubeSat (a low cost miniature 10cm cube sized satellite) which is intended mainly for educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics, but has also piqued the interest of amateur radio hobbyists.

Amateur radio hobbyist N4JTC’s has shared on his blog his experiences with receiving the FUNcube-1’s telemetry using his RTL-SDR dongle. By using the RTL-SDR to receive the telemetry beacon as the satellite passes overhead, he was able to use the FUNcube Dashboard software to record and decode and view the satellites telemetry data.

Receiving the FUNcube-1 Satellite
Receiving the FUNcube-1 Satellite
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Ernest Erickson AEC-RADIO

For information on al amateur radio satellites, what is required to communicate through them, go here:
http://www.amsat.org
There are a lot more sites dedicated to the amateur satellite part of the hobby than Amsat, but it is an excellent source to begin your search.

aaron

what was the cost of launching a funcube satellelite?