SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13354.N 2Line Orbital Elements 13354.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 20, 2013 BID: ORB13354.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 $ORB13354.O Orbital Elements 13354.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 20, 2013 BID: ORB13354.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 13354.21515174 Element set: 851 Inclination: 101.4523 deg RA of node: 337.0948 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011636 Arg of perigee: 285.1708 deg Mean anomaly: 143.3189 deg Mean motion: 12.53600565 rev/day Decay rate: -2.1e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-349 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

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13346.N 2Line Orbital Elements 13346.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 12, 2013 BID: ORB13346.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 $ORB13346.O Orbital Elements 13346.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 12, 2013 BID: ORB13346.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 13346.48486199 Element set: 845 Inclination: 101.4507 deg RA of node: 329.6349 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011677 Arg of perigee: 300.7137 deg Mean anomaly: 176.3670 deg Mean motion: 12.53600779 rev/day Decay rate: -3.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

The following satellites have been added to this weeks KEP distribution: CAPE-2 Cat # 39380 TRAILBLAZER Cat # 39382 (This may be DRAGONSAT also) ZACUBE-1 Cat # 39417 (This was AO-73, but but AO-73 is now thought to be Cat # 39445) AO-73 Cat # 39445 The following objects have been dropped: ORS OBJ B Cat # 39381 ORS OBJ D Cat # 39383 DNEPR E Cat # 39420 DNEPR J Cat # 39424 DNEPR L Cat # 39426 The following edited excerpt is from AMSAT News Service Bulletin AN ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-342 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

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13339.N 2Line Orbital Elements 13339.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 5, 2013 BID: ORB13339.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 RA ...Continue Reading

The following Satellites have been added this week. $50SAT Eagle2 Cat #39436 (This object appears to be $50SAT, but that may change!) The following Satellites have been removed this week. SO-67 Cat #35870 SOMP Cat #39135 _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13339.O Orbital Elements 13339.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 5, 2013 BID: ORB13339.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 13339.21163438 Element set: 839 Inclination: 101.4505 deg RA of node: 322.6162 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011733 Arg of perigee: 315.2516 deg Mean anomaly: 112.2467 deg Mean motion: 12.53600054 rev/day Decay rate: -1.5e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading