Morehead State space science students find missing satellite

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Morehead State space science students find missing satellite

Updated 4:00 pm, Friday, June 3, 2016

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Two Morehead State University Space Science Center students have tracked down a miniature satellite built by Virginia elementary schools students that was thought to have been lost in space.

The Independent of Ashland (http://bit.ly/1TSudzQ ) reports that Cody Robinson and Maria LeMaster used the university's 21-meter radio antenna to hunt for the STMSat-1 satellite, whose frequency had not been detected since it was released from the International Space Station on May 16.

Robinson and LeMaster discovered that the signal had shifted down to a lower frequency. The discovery of a faint signal on May 24 meant that students at Arlington, Virginia's St. Thomas More Elementary School could finally hear and receive images from the satellite they had built.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Morehead-State-space-science-students-find-7961824.php

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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. The kids must be ecstatic.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Yes, they were formerly receiving static.

[thereismore]

9. An enormous pun!

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. Thanks for the....

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. heh. +1 n/t

[postulater]

13. That gave me a slight buzz.

[mooseprime]

2. thank you for all you do!

you provide us with an unceasing series of varied and interesting articles...this one included. i read them whenever i see them, i'm just not much of a poster. thanks!!!

[JimDandy]

3. Yes, indeed! I find I Recc more of her posts than anyone else's on DU.

[1monster]

4. LOST IN SPACE no more...

[burfman]

7. Here's the web site info for the kids satellite

Here's the link for the kids satellite, be patient their web site can be very slow.....: http://www.stmsat-1.org/rmoc/


Here is their twitter site, much faster: https://twitter.com/STMSAT11

And if you want to know where it is above the Earth right now: http://www.n2yo.com
and type in STMSAT in the box for the satellite name.

The nano-satellite uses ham radio technology for communication with the ground.

One of the STMSAT11 features is to take pictures of the Earth and download them via Ham Radio Slow Scan TV on the 432 Mhz UHF band.

If you are into ham radio you will appreciate that the equipment to receive this is not esoteric, once you know what frequency it is transmitting on and if the satellite is operating correctly. But if it's not working right you can always make use of a very big dish antenna like the one they have at Morehead State. So hopefully the students at Morehead might have some pictures from space for us to look at soon.

Burfman......

[trudyco]

8. Thanks! Alas my science teacher wasn't nearly as innovative.

I remember doing an insect collection and an ant farm.

[AverageJoe]

10. Proud Morehead State grad!

I'm delighted for these MSU students. What a great story.

[burrowowl]

14. K&R!!!!!!