Radio amateur satellites omitted
| Frequency (MHz) | Use |
|---|---|
| 8.364 | Soyus TM recovery beacon. AN morse-code signals. Allocated to rescue of manned spacecraft by the ITU. |
| 8.983 | OV1-17A (69-25D), Orbis-Cal 2, propagation beacon 2 Watt |
| 9.019 | Voice frequency for Vostok-1 according to TASS. |
| 10.003 | * Vostok recovery beacon
"Peleng". Allocated to rescue of manned S/C by ITU.
* ORBIS (64-75A), Orbiting Radio Beacon Ionospheric Satellite) |
| 10.004 | OV2-5 |
| 13.253 | OV1-17A |
| 15.008 | Used initially by Soyuz-1. CW-PDM telemetry. Used by all early Soyuz-type vehicles. AM voice from Soyuz-17 picked up on this frequency during docking woth Salyut 4. This frequency also used by Salyut-1, Salyut-4 and Kosmos-557. |
| 15.016 | * Voice frequency (AM) for
Mercury and Gemini spacecraft.
* OV2-5 |
| 15.765 | Voice frequency for Vostok-2 according to TASS. Used to be registered as a frequency for space use by the ITU. |
| 17.365 | Used by Voskhod-2 in March 1965 for voice transmissions according to TASS. |
| 18.035 | Voice channel for Voskhod-1 and -2. Geoff Perry and Dick Flagg heard "Rubin" on this frequency on 12 oct 1964. Harro Zimmer picked up Soyuz-1 on this frequency on 23 April, 1967. |
| 18.060 | Voice channel for Soyuz-9 according to TASS. Also used by Soyuz-18 for AM voice during docking with Salyut-4. Also used by Soyuz-19 (ASTP) for AM voice and for CW-PDM telemetry. AM voice from Salyut-4. |
| 19.150 | Morse-code "binary" groups transmitted by reconnaisance Kosmos-satellites. Twelve groups of three letters were transmitted evry 19 seconds: "....STS MOM ...". This type of signal was first heard from Kosmos-280 on 19.995 MHz by the Kettering Grammar School. Later such transmissions were frequently heard by several observers on 19.150 and 19.300 MHz. Out of use in 1974? |
| 19.300 | Morse-code groups. See 19.150 MHz. |
| 19.365 | Telemetry frequency for
Komos-111 (Luna failure) according to TASS.
Telemetry frequency for Kosmos-198. (TASS). No observations available. |
| 19.542 | FSK-PDM telemetry from radar-equipped ocean-surveillance satellites. First detected by Grahn and Perry from Kosmos-723 and Kosmos-724 in 1975. |
| 19.545 | FSK-PDM telemetry for Proton-2 and Proton-3 (TASS). Picked up by S Grahn from Proton-3 on 8,9, and 11 July 1966. |
| 19.735 | Telemetry from Kosmos-27, Kosmos-96, Kosmos-102, and Kosmos-125 according to TASS. No observations available |
| 19.775 | Kosmos-63 accoring to TASS. (i=56 deg, 257-1676 km). No observations. |
| 19.800 | Kosmos-39 accoring to TASS. (i=56 deg, 206-798 km). No observations. |
| 19.802 | Kosmos-54 accoring to TASS. (i=56 deg, 257-1727 km). No observations. |
| 19.894 | Kosmos-110, FSK-PDM signals heard by Grahn and Perry. |
| 19.895 | * Polyot-2 telemetry according
to TASS. No observations.
* Kosmos-96 accordingt to TASS. No observations. |
| 19.910 | Proton-1 and Proton-4 FSK-PDM telemetry. Proton-4 picked up Flagg, Perry, Grahn. |
| 19.942 | Kosmos-1267 FSK-PDM telemetry |
| 19.943 | Elektron-1,-2,-3,-4 according to TASS. |
| 19.944 | Salyut-3 FSK-PDM, first
heard by Grahn.
Salyut-5, FSK-PDM |
| 19.945 | Polyot-1 according to TASS. Picked up by Dieter Oslender. |
| 19.948 | Vostok-5 biomedical telemetry beacon "Mayak". |
| 19.954 | * Elektron-1,-2,-3,-4 according
to TASS. Picked up by Dieter Oslender.
* Kosmos-929, 1267,1443, and 1686 (TKS spacecraft) |
| 19.974 | Voskhod-1 and -2 telemetry according to Wukelic. |
| 19.989 | Two-tone FSK signals without telemetry from recon-Kosmoses. |
| 19.990 | * Two-tone signals (see
above)
* FSK-PDM from reconnaissance satellites in the Kosmos series. * Vostok-4 biomedical telemetry beacon "Mayak". |
| 19.992 | Salyut-5 phase-modulated PDM telemetry |
| 19.993 | Luna-1 and Luna-2 telemetry. Jodrell Bank tracked Luna-2 to the lunar surface on this frequency. |
| 19.994 | * FSK-PDM from 8-day and
12-day recon-satellites in the Kosmos series.
* Voskhod-1 "Mayak" telemetry beacon. |
| 19.995 | * FSK-PDM from 8-day and
12-day recon-satellites in the Kosmos series.
* "Mayak" telemetry beacon from Sputnik-5,6,9,10, Vostok-1,2,3, 6. * Morse-code telemetry from Kosmos-280. (See 19.150 MHz) * Luna-1 telemetry * FSK-PDM telemetry from Sputnik-4. * China-2 pulse-position modulated telemetry |
| 19.996 | * FSK-PDM from 8-day and
12-day recon-satellites in the Kosmos series.
* Voskhod-2 "Mayak" telemetry beacon. |
| 19.997 | * Luna-1 and Luna-2 last
stage telemetry. No observations.
* Kosmos-57 (Voskhod-2 precursor). No observations. |
| 20.003 | * Luna-2 last stage telemetry.
* OV4-1T |
| 20.004 | Intercosmos-12. CW only. |
| 20.005 | * Sputnik-1,
Sputnik-2,
and Sputnik-3 beacons.
* "Mayak" ionospheric beacons coherent with e.g. 30.008, 90.023 MHz. * Explorer-7 (coherent with 40.01, 60.015 MHz) * Discoverer-32 * Discoverer-36 (coherent with 40.01 MHz) * Kosmos-5 and -23 * Explorer-22 (coherent with 40.01 MHz) * San-Marco 1 * Explorer-27 (coherent with 40.01 MHz) * San- Marco 2 |
| 20.006 | AM voice from Vostok-1, Vostok-2, Vostok-3, Vostok-4,Vostok-5, Vostok-6. |
| 20.008 | * CW-PDM from Kosmos-140,186/188,212/238,
Soyuzes, Salyut-4
* Kosmos-146 * AM voice from Soyuz-5, Salyut-1, and Soyuz-18 * ATS-6 |
| 20.009 | *
China-1 telemetry and song "The east is red"
* China-2 telemetry |
| 20.034 | Kosmos-38,54,55,56 and coherent with 90.156 MHz |
| 20.084 | Kosmos-39,61,62,63,71,72,73,74,75 and coherent with 90.378 MHz. |
| 20.086 | ASTEX |
| 30.008 | Elektron-1,2,3,4 coherent
with 20.005 and 90.022 MHz
"Mayak" ionospheric beacons coherent with e.g. 20.008, 90.023 MHz. |
| 30.010 | ASTEX (7.4 pulses/second SESP 71-2 Solar array and infra-red sensor test). |
| 30.012 | OV2-5 |
| 30.028 | ASTEX (7.4 pulses/second) |
| 30.112 | OV2-5 |
| 34 | OV4-1T (66-99D; transmitted to OV4-1R, 66-99B) |
| 38.300 | Signal coherent with that on 19.150 MHz from Kosmos recce-satellites |
| 38.600 | Signal coherent with that on 19.300 MHz from Kosmos recce-satellites |
| 39.015 | ATS-6 |
| 39.916 | ATS-6 |
| 39.978 | Signal coherent with two-tone signals on 19.989 MHz (Kosmos recce-satellites) |
| 39.986 | Luna-2 and Luna-3 telemetry. |
| 40.002 | Sputnik-1,2 |
| 40.008 | Interkosmos-12 CW coherent
with 20.004 ,180.036 360.072 MHz.
Interkosmos-19 CW coherent with 180.036 360.072 MHz |
| 40.010 | Sputnik 3
Discoverer-36 Explorer-27 OGO-3 INTASAT-1 (74-89C) 0.2 Watt |
| 40.016 | ATS-6 |
| 40.116 | ATS-6 |
| 40.500 | China-11 coherent with 162 MHz |
| 40.997 | UNAMSAT-B |
| 41.010 | Explorer-22
INTASAT-1 (74-89C) 0.2 Watt |
| 41.016 | ATS-6 |
| 41.101 | Explorer-27 |
| 46 | OV4-1T |
| Frequencies | Satellites |
|---|---|
| 20.006 90.027
(20.005 90.023) |
Kosmos-1,2,8,11,53,70 |
| 20.005 30.008 90.023 | Kosmos-17, 31,93,95, 356
Elektron-1,2,3,4 |
| 20.034 90.156 | Kosmos-38 |
| 20.084 90.378 | Kosmos-39 |
| (19.802) 20.035 90.158 | Kosmos-54,55,56 |
| (19.775) 20.084 90.377 | Kosmos-61,62,63 |
| 19.8 89.102 | Kosmos-40 |
| 19.8 89.102 20.084 90.378 | Kosmos-71,72,73,74,75 |
| 20.005 30.008 | Interkosmos-2, 8.
Kosmos-381 |
| 20.004 40.008 180.036 360.072 | Interkosmos-12,14 |
| 40.008 180.036 360.072 | Interkosmos-19 |
