April 3rd 2015 PST
Next week the AMSAT verbose format will no longer be distributed by AMSAT email. This is the element set that looks like the following: Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 15021.49149419 Element set: 174 Inclination: 101.5028 deg RA of node: 001.3581 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011670 Arg of perigee: 228.2064 deg Mean anomaly: 245.5090 deg Mean motion: 12.53610988 rev/day Decay rate: -1.6e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 83887 Checksum: 279 Please note that ...Continue Reading
April 2nd 2015 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB15092.N 2Line Orbital Elements 15092.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 2, 2015 BID: ORB15092.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 RADIO ...Continue Reading
April 2nd 2015 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB15092.O Orbital Elements 15092.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 2, 2015 BID: ORB15092.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 15091.86818647 Element set: 999 Inclination: 101.5133 deg RA of node: 069.6137 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012398 Arg of perigee: 091.5157 deg Mean anomaly: 335.3036 deg Mean motion: 12.53613123 rev/day Decay rate: -3.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
April 2nd 2015 PST
I am pleased to announce that AMSAT's request to re-distribute AFSPC Keplerian elements from SpaceTrack has been approved for the period April 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016. Our USSTRATCOM ODR (Orbital Data Request) to distribute the KEPs was approved on March 31, 2015. Thanks to AFSPC, Perry Klein, W3PK and Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for their help in this process. We are "good to go" for another year. Ray Hoad WA5QGD _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA h ...Continue Reading
March 28th 2015 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-088 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
March 28th 2015 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2171 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 28 0704 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2170 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 18 1515 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4691 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
March 27th 2015 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2170 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 27 1227 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2169 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 18 1515 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3959 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
March 26th 2015 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB15085.N 2Line Orbital Elements 15085.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 26, 2015 BID: ORB15085.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 RADI ...Continue Reading
March 26th 2015 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB15085.O Orbital Elements 15085.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 26, 2015 BID: ORB15085.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 15085.49439727 Element set: 999 Inclination: 101.5126 deg RA of node: 063.4285 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012358 Arg of perigee: 103.5423 deg Mean anomaly: 010.7417 deg Mean motion: 12.53612923 rev/day Decay rate: -1.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
March 26th 2015 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2169 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 26 1000 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2166 Begin Time: 2015 Mar 18 1515 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5000 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
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