Rincon 1

Rincon 1

Rincon 1 was a Cubesat built by the Student Satellite Program of the University of Arizona. The primary payload was furnished by [http://www.rincon.com/ Rincon Research] , hence the name. Rincon 1 was the product of the work of about 50 students, ranging from college freshmen to Ph.D. students, over the course of several years. It was launched, after being postponed several times, onboard a Dnepr on July 26, 2006, but the rocket failed and rendered the launch a failure.

Listening

To listen to Rincon 1, you would need the following:

# The keplerian elements, in order to know where the satellite is pointed.
# A radio capable of operating on 436.870 MHz, which will change with doppler shifting. There is also a beacon operating on 437.345MHz. It is a very weak signal.
# A 1200 baud AFSK modem, preferably a very low-end, that does no modulation on its own. Cubesat Groundstation uses a custom-built hardware modem, and possibly a software modem (using the sound card as an Analog-to-Digital converter).
# The Cubesat GS software would help, however, it is not currently available to the public.
# A good antenna system, the design of the antennas is not optimal.

Components

Rincon 1 had the following components included:
*6 solar cells
*Aluminum frame - built to spin-stabilize through sunlight
*Power board (used to hold batteries, maintain 5V and 3.3V charges, measure voltages and currents in several spots, and convert the power from the solar cells to usable power.)
*Microcontroller board, which is used to gather and transmit telemetry
*Radio board, which is used for 2 way communication
*Experiment - Contains a 10 mW beacon board, which is being used by Rincon Research to prove new technologies

pecifications

These specifications are without respect to the payload.
*Dimensions - 10 cm×10 cm×10 cm
*Mass - max 1 kg (Actual ~900 gram)
*Power Generation - Optimum ~2 W, average on sun side ~1.5 W
*Max power output - 3W when transmitting data
*Min power output - 400mW when in quiet state

Current Status

Rincon 1 was launched with UA's satellite, SACRED on a Dnepr rocket on July 26, 2006 at 19:43 UTC. The launch failed shortly after takeoff.

External links

* [http://ssp.arizona.edu University of Arizona SSP website] (Outdated)
* [http://cubesat.arizona.edu University of Arizona Cubesat website (official)] (Outdated)
* [https://bach.as.arizona.edu/azstarwiki/index.php/Cubesat Cubesat Wiki] Most up-to-date website


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