Satellites operating in the 2200 to 2300 MHz band that have been monitored at Melbourne, Australia.
Vertically mounted 3½ turn RHCP helical antenna, Mini-Kits EME103B low noise amplifier, 6 metre LDF1-50 Heliax coax cable, AR8600 Mark 2 Second Edition receiver, SDR-14 digital radio and SpectraVue 3.02 software.
References: The UHF-Satcom S-band reception website and the Hearsat mailing list
Operations started August 2008.
Last updated on 15 February 2012

Satellite Name | Catalog Number | Frequency in MHz | Last Heard | Notes
Landsat-5 | 14780 | 2287.50 | 15/2/12 | TM on most of the time
Landsat-7 | 25682 | 2287.50 | 14/2/12 | TM on only when SC pass is over land. TM turns off at about 45° South on Southbound passes.
DMSP F-14 | 24753 |  |  | Last recorder failed 23/8/2006.
DMSP F-15 | 25991 |  |  |
DMSP F-16 | 28054 | 2222.50 | 15/2/12 |
DMSP F-17 | 29522 | 2222.50 | 15/2/12 |
DMSP F-18 | 35951 | 2222.50 | 15/2/12 |
SPOT-2 | 20436 | 2205.925 |  |
Envisat | 27386 | 2225.00 |  |
METOP-A | 29499 | 2230.00 |  |
Skymed-1 | 31598 | 2230.00 |  |
Skymed-2 | 32376 | 2230.00 |  |
Skymed-3 | 33412 | 2230.00 |  |
IRS-1D | 24971 | 2203.20 |  | Decommissioned Jan 2010
Oceansat | 25758 | 2203.20 |  | Decommissioned Aug 2010
TES | 26957 | 2203.20 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Resourcesat -1 | 28051 | 2250.00 | 11/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Cartosat-1 | 28649 | 2245.68 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Cartosat-2 | 29710 | 2245.70 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Cartosat-2A | 32783 | 2245.70 | 13/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Oceansat-2 | 35931 | 2250.00 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Cartosat-2B | 36795 | 2245.70 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Resourcesat-2 | 37387 | 2250.00 | 14/2/12 | TM on ±25.6 kHz sub-carrier
Kaguya | 32054 | 2263.60 | 10/6/09 | Moon needs to be above 40° elevation for reception. Kaguya lunar orbital position: Select from 'Selene contents' -> Lunar Satellite Orbits 3D Downlink plot of 5/9/2008, 3/12/2008 Mission terminated on 10 June 2009.