Recently, I was invited to a project to develop an amateur satellite UmKA-1. I am currently developing an S-band transmission protocol for this satellite. The transmission protocol is based on the CCSDS protocol but has a modified transport frame. Also it has CONV 1/2 and PN :)
Since I often work with various satellite data, especially raw data, we made a small utility that allows you to quickly extract data packets from a received binary stream. Example: 1.8 GB of data from Arktika-M processed in 20 seconds! 0_о
A little insider news: later this year we will be launching a 3U CubeSat with a very "interesting" camera! And soon I will begin developing on-board satellite software to work with this camera. I think it will be cool!
So, I'm programming the satellite transmitter again! This transmitter will be installed on several of our new 3U CubeSats that will launch into space later this year!
This is my funny archival photo of how we, as part of a small group, arrived in China in the winter of 2025 and, together with Chinese students, received images of the Earth from the FengYun-2 satellites :D
The first public remote sensing data received by the LOBACHEVSKY (RS83S) 16U CubeSat! These photos near Oxnard, California were recently received by our Mission Control Center
Orbital movement of the GEOSCAN InnoSat16 16U CubeSat satellite in space!
Orbital motion allows the satellite and its camera to be pointed at a desired area on earth, as well as its solar panels to point at the Sun.
Please note, the video is sped up.. (x2)
View of the Earth from orbit obtained by the LOBACHEVSKY (RS83S) satellite.
This video was received on December 28, 2025 by our MCC in real time while maintaining communication via an X-Band link
Sometimes, while working on satellites, I take pictures from onboard cameras and often get beautiful photographs of our planet Earth and space.
Look at this!
This image of the Earth was taken from the LOBACHEVSKY (RS83S) satellite on February 17, 2026.
Broadcast from orbit to the waltz “The Blue Danube, Op. 314”.
We received this video a few days ago when the InnoSat16 satellite flew over North-West Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Let's just look at it!
Music Source: IMSLP (CC BY 4.0)