Things happen fast in the amateur satellite world! On December 9, 2022, CAMSAT's CAS-5A satellite was launched on a Smart Dragon-3 Y1 launch vehicle from the Chinese sea launch platform in the Yellow Sea. See AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-345 (Dated December 11, 2022) for transponder data. Then! At the request of CAMSAT and the CAS-5A team, AMSAT has designated the satellite as Fengtai-OSCAR 118 (FO-118) on December 15, 2022. See Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA and OSCAR Number Administrator's bulletin entitled "CAS ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB22349.N 2Line Orbital Elements 22349.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 15, 2022 BID: ORB22349.N DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM TO ALL R ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETINANS-349The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 287 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 14 1444 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2022 Dec 14 1441 UTC 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 intensity. For real-time information on affec ...Continue Reading

The following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: Tevel-1 NORAD Cat ID 51013. Tevel-2 NORAD Cat ID 51069. Tevel-3 NORAD Cat ID 50988. Tevel-4 NORAD Cat ID 51063. Tevel-5 NORAD Cat ID 50998. Tevel-6 NORAD Cat ID 50999. Tevel-7 NORAD Cat ID 51062. Tevel-8 NORAD Cat ID 50989. (Thanks to N2YO for providing the NORAD Cat Id for the Tevel series of satellites.) The Israeli team operating these satellites is going to keep at least one of these eight satellites active all the time, so we will ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB22342.N 2Line Orbital Elements 22342.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 8, 2022 BID: ORB22342.N DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM TO ALL RA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3280 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 07 1027 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3279 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 29 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2254 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3279 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 06 1232 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3278 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 29 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2608 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3278 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 05 1136 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3277 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 29 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9706 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3277 Issue Time: 2022 Dec 04 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3276 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 29 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 17352 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Su ...Continue Reading