A small contribution to the amateur radio community by our CubeSat SONATE-2: from Jul 2024–Jan 2026 we relayed 44,365 APRS packets 🎉
This animation shows their monthly global distribution🌍📡🛰️
APRS = small ham-radio digital packets (position/status/telemetry).
See all plots: go.uniwue.de/aprssonate2
17.02.2026 14:10 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Images received from the 🇩🇪 🛰️ SONATE-2 on 145.880 MHz, in Martin1 #SSTV mode, here in 🇬🇷.
2025-04-18 23:58 UTC - North Frisian Islands, 🇩🇪 🇩🇰.
2025-04-19 12:51 UTC - Río Negro and Chubut Provinces, Patagonia, 🇦🇷.
@jmuspace.bsky.social
19.04.2025 21:46 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@sv2hwm.bsky.social Hi, could you tell me how to request an eQSL for the SONATE 2?
08.12.2025 14:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
7️⃣3️⃣🇦🇷
07.12.2025 19:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finally SONATE-2's #SSTV transmitter 🛰 is active again, sending 2 different images taken from orbit.
The #APRS digipeater will be switched off during that period (05.12.25 15:30 - 08.12.25 15:00 UTC).
#hamradio #amateurradio #vhf
➡️ go.uniwue.de/sstv
Transmission Schedule:
(All times UTC)
05.12.2025 16:39 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
How can I know that the sstv will be on?
23.09.2025 18:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0