Recently, I was invited to a project to develop an amateur satellite UmKA-1. I am currently developing an S-band transmission protocol for this satellite. The transmission protocol is based on the CCSDS protocol but has a modified transport frame. Also it has CONV 1/2 and PN :)
While testing our 16U CubeSat InnoSat16, we took a series of photographs over the city of Agadir in Morocco. Later, we managed to make a smooth video of the entire shooting by interpolating the resulting frames into a smooth video. We also made a 3D model of the earth's terrain.
While testing our 16U CubeSat InnoSat16, we took a series of photographs over the city of Agadir in Morocco. Later, we managed to make a smooth video of the entire shooting by interpolating the resulting frames into a smooth video. We also made a 3D model of the earth's terrain.
Today’s video was shot with a camera featuring a fisheye lens on one of our 3U CubeSat GEOSCAN‑1, while observing the Caspian Sea (in the video, it is hidden by clouds).
Video speed: x16
Postcards from the “Send Your Name into Space” Campaign to Be Transmitted Around the World
👉Sept. 11–20, via Geoscan-2, Geoscan-4 and Geoscan-5.
If you haven’t joined the space mission yet, you can still do so until October 15: https://t.co/5ekwXNwCOM
This is a short video of a flight over the beautiful state of Texas in the USA, captured from an altitude of ~500 km by one of our 3U CubeSat (GEOSCAN-1) yesterday, August 22, 2026, at 21:40 UTC.
Some time ago I wrote a C/C++ library for implementing noise-resistant turbo codes on microcontrollers according to CCSDS recommendations.
First, I'll try installing the turbo-encoding option on some of our new CubeSats to conduct experiments...
So, now the correlator processes this file in just ~4 seconds on the CPU, versus 20 seconds as before.
I have also now added support for correlation on CUDA. Here is a comparison table of different correlators..
Since I often work with various satellite data, especially raw data, we made a small utility that allows you to quickly extract data packets from a received binary stream. Example: 1.8 GB of data from Arktika-M processed in 20 seconds! 0_о
2026-08-15 12:44 UTC. Another digital image received from the 🇷🇺 🛰️ 239ALFEROV (RS61S) on 436.270 MHz, in GFSK Geoscan mode @ 9600 bd with @airspy_com Mini and Yagi antenna in 🇬🇷. A couple of frames were "borrowed" from @SatNOGS observation #14795101. @CubeSatOperator
2026-08-15 12:12 UTC – Beautiful image of a child’s drawing received from 239ALFEROV (RS61S) on 436.270 MHz, in GFSK Geoscan mode @ 9600 bd @CubeSatOperator
2026-08-15 02:12 UTC – Beautiful image of a child’s drawing received from the 🇷🇺 🛰️ 239ALFEROV (RS61S) on 436.270 MHz, in GFSK Geoscan mode @ 9600 bd, with @airspy_com R2 and turnstile antenna + LNA/BPF in 🇬🇷. @CubeSatOperator
2026-08-12 02:14 UTC – Another beautiful image of a child’s drawing received from the 🇷🇺 🛰️ 239ALFEROV (RS61S) on 436.270 MHz, in GFSK Geoscan mode @ 9600 bd, with @airspy_com R2 and turnstile antenna + LNA/BPF in ����🇷. @CubeSatOperator