January 16th 2018 PST
Just a reminder. Although we have identified the TLE set for AO-92, AO-92 is still in the commissioning process so DO NOT TRANSMIT to AO-92 at this time. You may hear stations on AO-92, but this is part of the commissioning process. Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading
January 16th 2018 PST
Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, by detailed doppler measurements has confirmed the identity of the AO-92 and PICSAT from the 1-12-2018 0358 GMT India PSLV-C40 launch. They have been added to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution: PICSAT - NORAD CAT ID 43131 AO-92 - NORAD CAT ID 43137 The following objects have been dropped from the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution: OBJECT A - NORAD CAT ID 43111 OBJECT B - NORAD CAT ID 43112 OBJECT C - NORAD CAT ID 43113 OBJECT D - NORAD CAT ID 43114 OBJECT E - NORAD CAT ID 43115 OBJECT F - NORAD CAT ID 431 ...Continue Reading
January 16th 2018 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB18016.N 2Line Orbital Elements 18016.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 16, 2018 BID: ORB18016.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
January 14th 2018 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-014.01 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 S ...Continue Reading
January 13th 2018 PST
Per Bill Tynan, W3XO, Fox-1D is now designated as AO-92. Remember AO-92 is not ready for general use at this time. Please do not transmit until commissioning (two weeks) is complete. Per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, it looks like the AO-92 and PICSAT TLEs have not yet made it into Space-Track TLE list as yet. Which means OBJECTS A -F, and T, U do NOT include AO-92 and PICSAT. Compared to the 99934 TLEs AO-92 is 38 seconds late and PICSAT is 19 seconds early. Nico also notes that the 3U CubeSats are going to be easier to det ...Continue Reading
January 13th 2018 PST
Space-Track has listed the objects from the 1-12-2018 0358 GMT India PSLV-C40 launch. This includes Fox-1D as a yet unidentified object. So now we begin the identification phase of determining which object is actually Fox-1D. The new objects are as follows: OBJECT A - NORAD CAT ID 43111 OBJECT B - NORAD CAT ID 43112 OBJECT C - NORAD CAT ID 43113 OBJECT D - NORAD CAT ID 43114 OBJECT E - NORAD CAT ID 43115 OBJECT F - NORAD CAT ID 43116 OBJECT T - NORAD CAT ID 43128 OBJECT U - NORAD CAT ID 43129 Our existing POST-Laun ...Continue Reading
January 13th 2018 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB18013.N 2Line Orbital Elements 18013.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 13, 2018 BID: ORB18013.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
January 11th 2018 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB18012.N 2Line Orbital Elements 18012.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 12, 2018 BID: ORB18012.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
January 11th 2018 PST
Fox-1D has been successfully launched at 3:59 UTC, 1-11-2018. There are POST-Launch TLEs available. Look for orb18012.2l.amsat for the Fox-1D POST-Launch TLEs. The satellite name and the NORAD CAT ID are still "99934". Always use the latest day date. Delete older files. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading
January 11th 2018 PST
Opps! I typed too fast. This week's TLE Distribution loaded on my SatPC32 tracking program WITHOUT issue! Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager Tonight (1-11-2018) at 10:58 p.m. EST (9:58 p.m. CST) the PSLV-C40 flight from India will place AMSAT Fox-1D in orbit. Additional information, per AMSAT News Service Bulletin #007, can be followed for launch updates at: https://spaceflight101.com/events/pslv-c40-cartosat-2er/ http://tinyurl.com/ANS-007-SpaceFlight-PSLVC40 http://tinyurl.com/ANS-007-SpaceDaily-PSLV The ...Continue Reading
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