CLOUDSAT Downlink |
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Frequencies |
2217.5 MHz |
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Frequency Range |
2217.5 MHz - 2217.5 MHz |
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Mode |
RAW |
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Modulation |
BPSK |
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ACF |
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Emission Designator |
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Bandwidth |
2 MHz |
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Location |
Europe |
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Short Description |
Dump to European ground station from the CLOUDSAT cloud profiling satellite. CLOUDSAT has a CPR (Cloud Profiling Radar) that operates at 94 GHz to create a vertical sounding (cross-section) of the atmosphere. |
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I/Q Raw Recording |
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Audio Sample |
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CLOUDSAT is a NASA satellite with a single instrument, a CPR (Cloud Profiling Radar) that operates at 94 GHzGigaHertz (GHz) 10^9 Hz to create a vertical sounding (cross section) of the atmosphere (as opposed to most satellites that provide horizontal profiles)
It dumps in S-band to a European ground station 12 orbits worth of data.
Baseband recording
Decoding Software[edit]
Additional Links[edit]
Additional Images[edit]
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Excerpt from the dumped data
Image from NASA that explains how the data is to be interpreted.
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