April 10th 2014 PDT
Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has announced the ARTSAT Project, INVADER satellite has been designated OSCAR-77 or CO-77. Thus object catalog number 39578 is now called CO-77. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading
April 5th 2014 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-096 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 2014 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14093.O Orbital Elements 14093.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 3, 2014 BID: ORB14093.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14093.84941331 Element set: 931 Inclination: 101.4659 deg RA of node: 078.1468 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012396 Arg of perigee: 080.8141 deg Mean anomaly: 034.3755 deg Mean motion: 12.53603593 rev/day Decay rate: -1.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
April 3rd 2014 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14093.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14093.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 3, 2014 BID: ORB14093.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 2014 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 216 Issue Time: 2014 Apr 02 1356 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Apr 02 1355 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 29th 2014 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-089 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 29th 2014 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01 Serial Number: 98 Issue Time: 2014 Mar 29 1821 UTC SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1 Begin Time: 2014 Mar 29 1735 UTC Maximum Time: 2014 Mar 29 1748 UTC End Time: 2014 Mar 29 1754 UTC X-ray Class: X1.0 Optical Class: 2b Location: N11W34 NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-solar point. Rad ...Continue Reading
March 29th 2014 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 215 Issue Time: 2014 Mar 29 1747 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2014 Mar 29 1746 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 27th 2014 PDT
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-086.01 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Tony Monteiro, AA2TX SK AMSAT News Service Bulletin 086.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 27, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-086.01 Anthony "Tony" J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) AMSAT VP-Engineering and Board Member Anthony J. Monteiro, AA2TX of North Andover, MA died on Wednesday morning, March 26, 2014 while hospitalized in Boston, MA from cancer. He was 55. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou and daughter, Veronica, a college f ...Continue Reading
March 27th 2014 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14086.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14086.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 27, 2014 BID: ORB14086.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
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