March 14th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14072.O Orbital Elements 14072.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 13, 2014 BID: ORB14072.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14072.86077674 Element set: 915 Inclination: 101.4638 deg RA of node: 057.8636 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012316 Arg of perigee: 120.2460 deg Mean anomaly: 354.7859 deg Mean motion: 12.53603199 rev/day Decay rate: -5.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14072.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14072.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 13, 2014 BID: ORB14072.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 14th 2014 PST
This week I have added the following satellites to the AMSAT KEP Distribution List: LITSAT-1 - Cat# 39568 LITUANICASAT-1 - Cat# 39569 (This satellite is listed under the name LITUANSAT.) Nico Janssen (PA0DLO) has written a very interesting comment on how Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is handing the launch of multiple cubesats. His comments are in the current AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-68 in the third article entitled "Satellite TLE Object ID's". Go to the following URL to read his insight ...Continue Reading
March 12th 2014 PST
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 214 Issue Time: 2014 Mar 12 2235 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Mar 12 2233 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales 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 affected area and ...Continue Reading
March 9th 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-068 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
March 6th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14065.O Orbital Elements 14065.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 6, 2014 BID: ORB14065.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14064.86844212 Element set: 909 Inclination: 101.4625 deg RA of node: 050.1420 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012250 Arg of perigee: 135.5321 deg Mean anomaly: 285.9349 deg Mean motion: 12.53602659 rev/day Decay rate: -1.0e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
March 6th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14065.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14065.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 6, 2014 BID: ORB14065.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
March 6th 2014 PST
This week the following satellites have been added to the AMSAT KEP distribution: SHINDASAT - Cat # 39572 OPUSAT - Cat # 39575 TEIKYOSAT - Cat # 39576 ITF-1 - Cat # 39577 INVADER - Cat # 39578 STARS-II - Cat # 39579 These Japanese amateur radio satellites were launched from the Yoshinobu Complex at the Tanagashima Space Center on February 27, 2014 at 1837 UT. Use the following URL for frequencies and further information - http://tinyurl.com/ANS-061-JapaneseHamSats The ITF-1 student team is asking for re ...Continue Reading
March 2nd 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-061 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor@amsat.org In this edition: * ISS Amateur Radio CubeSats Deployed * Successful launch of ham radio sa ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14058.O Orbital Elements 14058.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 27, 2014 BID: ORB14058.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14058.50495721 Element set: 904 Inclination: 101.4620 deg RA of node: 043.9943 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012157 Arg of perigee: 147.8036 deg Mean anomaly: 007.8748 deg Mean motion: 12.53602678 rev/day Decay rate: -5.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
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