SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB18347.N 2Line Orbital Elements 18347.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 13, 2018 BID: ORB18347.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

The following satellites from the SpaceX Falcon 9 SSO-A 12-03-2018 launch that have been identified to date by either Space-Track or by detailed doppler analysis. Thanks again to Nico Janssen,PA0DLO, for the satellite ID updates for this week. MinXSS 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43758 HAWKEYE 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43765 (per SPACE-Track,commercial) AO-95 - NORAD CAT ID 43769 FLOCK 3S 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43770 (per SPACE-Track,commercial) PWSat 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43775 MOVE-II - NORAD CAT ID 43780 SNUSat 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43782 ITASat 1 - ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2882 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 13 1208 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2881 Begin Time: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2453 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: 2881 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 12 0931 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2880 Begin Time: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2715 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: 2880 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 11 1300 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2879 Begin Time: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1081 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: 2879 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 10 2026 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Station: GOES-15 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscr ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-343 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, 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 Spac ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-341.02 In this Special Bulletin: * JY1Sat now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-341.02 ANS-341.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin JY1Sat now          Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97) AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 341.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE December 7, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-341.02 On December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB18341.N 2Line Orbital Elements 18341.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 7, 2018 BID: ORB18341.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

Things have changed. (This should be no surprise!) Space-Track has listed new TLEs for the SpaceX Falcon 9 SSO-A 12-03-2018 launch. Note that some satellites have different NORAD CAT IDs and new CAT IDs have been added. The TLEs associated with SpaceX Falcon 9 SSO-A launch are as follows: OBJECT A - NORAD CAT ID 43758 JY1Sat - NORAD CAT ID 43759 OBJECT C - NORAD CAT ID 43760 OBJECT D - NORAD CAT ID 43761 OBJECT E - NORAD CAT ID 43762 ESEO - NORAD CAT ID 43763 OBJECT G - NORAD CAT ID 43764 OBJECT H - NORAD CAT ID 43 ...Continue Reading