AMSAT News ServiceANS-291October 18, 2026In this edition:* AMSAT 44th Annual Symposium Highlights* AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2026 Highlights* 65 Years of Amateur Radio Satellites* Student-Built CubeSats Launch to Test Open-Source  Radio and Intersatellite Communications* AMSAT Director Appoints Three New Ambassadors to Volunteer Network* Meteor Scatter Communications on 6 Meters Using MSK144* *AMSAT CubeSatSim Introduces Exciting New Features for 2026* Changes to AMSAT TLE Dis ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3754 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 16 1419 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1,000pfu Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 16 1345 UTC Station: GOES-19 Comment: Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SW ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB26289.1 2Line Orbital Elements 26289.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick MA October 16, 2026 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or wi ...Continue Reading

SatPC32 users are invited to test a new version of General Perturbations Data at the following URL: https://newark192.amsat.org/gpdata/current/daily-bulletinPC32.xml?GROUP To add this to download selections simply edit your Celestrak.SQF file located in a path similar to: C:\Users\jfitzgerald\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32\ Just replace 'jfitzgerald' with the appropriate user name for your machine. Joe Fitzgerald KM1P AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing li ...Continue Reading

AMSAT News Service ANS-284 October 11, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Re-Elects Senior Officers for 2027 * AMSAT Organizations Launch Six Satellites on Transporter-18 * KENSAT Showcases Individual-Built Amateur Radio CubeSat * Google’s Project Suncatcher Begins Testing AI Computing in Orbit * Blue Origin Unveils 65-Foot Solar Power Tower for Lunar Operations * Augusta University Amateur Radio Club, WA4AUG, Earns AMSAT Rover Award * Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 9, 2026 * ARISS News * ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 543 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 10 1509 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 10 1507 UTC Noaa Scale: R2 - Moderate Comment: NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3753 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 10 1453 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1,000pfu Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 10 1453 UTC Station: GOES-19 Comment: Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for correspondence, as it is not monitored. For comments or help, please contact SW ...Continue Reading

This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution. Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to keps-leave@amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB26282.1 2Line Orbital Elements 26282.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick MA October 09, 2026 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or wi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 542 Issue Time: 2026 Oct 08 1547 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 08 1546 UTC Noaa Scale: R2 - Moderate Comment: NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensi ...Continue Reading