November 18th 2017 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB17322.N 2Line Orbital Elements 17322.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 18, 2017 BID: ORB17322.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
November 18th 2017 PST
Yeah! RadFxSat (AO-91) is finally in orbit and working! Congrats to Fox-1B team! Well done. Note: RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been designated AO-91 per Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator. Be aware that AO-91 (NORAD CAT ID 43015) has NOT been released for general use. Do NOT transmit to AO-91 until on-orbit tests are complete. If you hear the transponder on, do NOT assume that AO-91 is open for general use. Check the AMSAT website, Facebook, or Twitter before transmitting. All references to RadFxSa ...Continue Reading
November 18th 2017 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2707 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 18 1136 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2706 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2332 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
November 17th 2017 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2706 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 17 1207 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Station: GOES-13 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
November 16th 2017 PST
This week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution includes a preliminary TLE for the RadFxSat (Fox-1B) which is to be launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base on this Saturday, November 18 at 09:47 UTC. The TLE for RadFxSat is dated November 18 at 09:47 UTC (EPOCH = 17322.46018518) while the remaining TLEs are for today (November 16,2017). The NORAD CAT ID remains 00000. Godspeed RadFxSat. Ray Hoad WA5QGD Orbital Elements Manager _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA h ...Continue Reading
November 16th 2017 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB17320.N 2Line Orbital Elements 17320.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 16, 2017 BID: ORB17320.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
November 15th 2017 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2705 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 15 0905 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2704 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 08 1100 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 12790 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
November 14th 2017 PST
Well, I told you there would be changes! Had to change the RAAN also. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading
November 14th 2017 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB17318.NA 2Line Orbital Elements 17318.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 14, 2017 BID: ORB17318.NA 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 ...Continue Reading
November 14th 2017 PST
It appears that the TLE set orb17317.2l.amsat has some problems with the RadFxSat TLE. When you create a TLE from an object that has not been launched, you have to make some assumptions and this may cause a problem with the values used in the TLE set. Therefore I am issuing a new set named orb17318.2l.amsat. This set is provided by Pedro, LU7ABF and appears to be a stable TLE. Note that the TLEs for other satellites have NOT changed, only the RadFxSat TLE has been changed. I have retained the NORAD CAT ID as 000 ...Continue Reading
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