The image below shows the captured test pattern.
SunSpace was established in 2000 as a spin-off from Stellenbosch University following the successful launch of SUNSAT by NASA with a Delta-II launch vehicle. During the past decade SunSpace has developed and delivered numerous satellite components, subsystems and two flight model satellite, now operational in space. This blog documents the mission of Sumbandila (funded by the DST), launched on a Soyuz-2.1b on 17 September 2009. SunSpace places a high premium on a strong partnership with the South African Government for supplying the ongoing satellite needs of our government.
06 November 2009
Data transmitter activated
We have for the first time activated the S-band data transmitter on the satellite and captured the transmitter-generated test pattern at the Overberg Test Range (OTB) station near Bredasdorp. During this exercise the satellite was in a target-tracking control mode, with the S-band waveguide antenna "tracking" the OTB station.
The image below shows the captured test pattern.
The image below shows the captured test pattern.
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