SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14360.O Orbital Elements 14360.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 26, 2014 BID: ORB14360.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14360.22636848 Element set: 152 Inclination: 101.4982 deg RA of node: 335.9044 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011666 Arg of perigee: 280.8755 deg Mean anomaly: 149.5620 deg Mean motion: 12.53610274 rev/day Decay rate: -1.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-355 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 Spa ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01 Serial Number: 111 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 20 0100 UTC SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1 Begin Time: 2014 Dec 20 0011 UTC Maximum Time: 2014 Dec 20 0028 UTC End Time: 2014 Dec 20 0055 UTC X-ray Class: X1.8 Optical Class: 2b Location: S19W29 NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong Comment: NOAA Active Region 12242; optical class is preliminary NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of l ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 247 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 20 0022 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Dec 20 0020 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

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14352.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14352.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 18, 2014 BID: ORB14352.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

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14352.O Orbital Elements 14352.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 18, 2014 BID: ORB14352.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14352.50453580 Element set: 146 Inclination: 101.4973 deg RA of node: 328.4226 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011701 Arg of perigee: 296.5052 deg Mean anomaly: 220.3786 deg Mean motion: 12.53610504 rev/day Decay rate: -3.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 246 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 18 2157 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Dec 18 2155 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

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 245 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 17 0439 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Dec 17 0438 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

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2147 Issue Time: 2014 Dec 15 1431 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2014 Dec 15 1430 UTC Station: GOES13 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 subscri ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-348 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 Spa ...Continue Reading