BIRDS 3 Satellite Project

24/03/2022

Dear Supporters of BIRDS-3 Project,
Today another amateur satellite, KITSUNE from Kyushu Institute of Technology will be deployed from ISS Orbit. Please help us in collecting as many CWs as possible since it is important for us to monitor the satellite health in the initial phase. We will send QSL Cards for all successful CW decodes. You can input the decoded CWs in the following form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqJklYL0OoKgHnGf4OwIYHkfcAnI-iikSukWrY6odG9R6MVg/viewform?embedded=truemarginwidth="0"iframe>

Please input the CWs that you received from KITSUNE

14/01/2022

Another week, another photo.

This is how sunrise is as viewed from space. The earth horizon is visibly seen as the sun lit over the clouds. Flares caused by the interaction of the sunrays and the camera lens are also shown at the upper right.

17/12/2021

On March 14, 2021, the BIRDS-4 satellites were deployed from ISS.

The photo below shows one of the images taken by the camera mission during the actual deployment. Such a photo is unique because a part of the International Space Station (ISS) and the Earth is in one frame.

More images shall be released in future posts.

STAMINA4Space Philippine Space Agency Agencia Espacial del Paraguay - AEP JAXA(宇宙航空研究開発機構) DOST Philippines

11/10/2021

Re-entry of UGUISU
UGUISU has re-entered to the atmosphere on 7th of October 2021 at 12:19 UTC.
Point of Reentry -> Latitude: -18.00
Longitude: 52.00
BIRDS-3 satellites (Raavana-1, NepaliSat-1 and Uguisu) were deployed to the orbit on 17th June 2019 from International Space Station.
We have attached the last CW of UGUISU which we were able to receive from Kyutech Ground Station.
UGUISU was being operated from Kyutech ground station and BIRDS ground station network until End of Life.
Please find the pictures taken from UGUISU in BIRDS-3 page.
Source of the attached picture: https://www.satview.org/

05/10/2021

Re-entry of NepaliSat-1

NepaliSat-1 has re-entered to the atmosphere on 4th of October 2021 at 12:39 UTC.
Point of Reentry -> Latitude: -50.00
Longitude: 121.00

BIRDS-3 satellites (Raavana-1, NepaliSat-1 and Uguisu) were deployed to the orbit on 17th June 2019 from International Space Station. We have attached the last CW of NepaliSat-1 which we were able to receive from Kyutech Ground Station. NepaliSat-1 was being operated from Kyutech ground station and BIRDS ground station network until End of Life. Please find the pictures taken from NepaliSat-1 in BIRDS-3 page.

Source of the attached picture: https://www.satview.org/

05/10/2021

Re-entry of Raavana-1

Raavana-1 has re-entered the atmosphere on 3rd of October 2021 at 16:09 UTC.
Point of Reentry -> Latitude: 44.649
Longitude: -127.085

We have attached the last CW of Raavana-1 which we were able to receive from Kyutech Ground Station.
BIRDS-3 satellites (Raavana-1, NepaliSat-1 and Uguisu) were deployed to the orbit on 17th June 2019 from International Space Station. Raavana-1 was being operated from Kyutech ground station and BIRDS ground station network until End of Life(EOL). Please find the pictures taken from Raavana-1 in BIRDS-3 page.

17/06/2021

Raavana-1 🇱🇰 NepaliSat-1🇳🇵 Uguisu🇯🇵 completed two years in space

Birds 3 satellites were deployed to the orbit on 17th June 2019

All satellites are operating in nominal conditions

Photo credits : NASA Astronaut Nick Hague

24/03/2021

We apologize for the delay in sending out QSL cards for those who submitted data online through our registration forms. We are sending them out now. If you haven’t registered your data yet, please register them here and receive these QSL cards.
https://birds3.birds-project.com/outreach/document/birds-3-satellite-data-collection/

We apologize for the delay in sending out QSL cards for those who submitted data online through registration forms. We a

31/10/2020

This image was taken by Raavana-1. The uplink was sent from ACCIMT Ground Station in Sri Lanka. We can see the landmass of southern Asia with a clearer image of part of Sri Lanka and the southern part of India including the thin line, Palk Strait between these two countries.

https://birds3.birds-project.com/2020/10/31/south-asia-including-sri-lanka-and-india/

27/10/2020

This image was taken by NepaliSat-1. The landmass is unidentifiable but we can see the atmosphere over the horizon.

https://birds3.birds-project.com/2020/10/27/beautiful-clouds/

18/10/2020

This is the first time post in two weeks.
Recently, the most of all the photos were updated to the BIRDS3 website. There are few photo remain.
We will take more photos by BIRDS3 satellites, so please see the uploading photos from now on.

It is Pacific Ocean taken by BIRDS3 satellite. The cloud looks like soft snow.

https://birds3.birds-project.com/2020/10/18/the-pacific-ocean/

03/10/2020

We took the photo. It is around Southeast Asia.
Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia are in the photo.

https://birds3.birds-project.com/2020/10/04/southeast-asia/