April 12th 2015 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-102 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
April 9th 2015 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB15099.N 2Line Orbital Elements 15099.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 9, 2015 BID: ORB15099.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 9th 2015 PDT
The following changes to the AMSAT KEP distribution have been made this week. 1. REMINDER ... This week you will receive only one email. You will receive the NASA-2 line (TLE) format only this week. The AMSAT verbose format has been discontinued. 2. The following nine decayed satellites have been removed from the distribution (spring cleaning): XATCOBEO Cat#38082 Decayed 8/31/14 RS-39 Cat#38051 Decayed 10/15/14 E-STAR Cat#38079 Decayed 1/16/15 GOLIAT Cat#38085 Decayed 2/16/15 LO-75 Cat#39382 ...Continue Reading
April 4th 2015 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-095 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
April 3rd 2015 PDT
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 PDT
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 PDT
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 PDT
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 PDT
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 PDT
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
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