July 24th 2014 PST
Oscar-52 (VO-52) has been taken out of service. Despite efforts to keep VO-52 in operation the failing technology of the decade old satellite have not been successful. VO-52 has been in service over nine years. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that VO-52's lithium-ion batteries had failed and the satellite was officially decommissioned on July 21st. VO-52 (Cat # 28650) has been removed from the AMSAT KEPs distribution. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list cou ...Continue Reading
July 19th 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-201 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
July 18th 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-199 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
July 17th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14198.O Orbital Elements 14198.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX July 17, 2014 BID: ORB14198.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14198.47310874 Element set: 16 Inclination: 101.4735 deg RA of node: 179.3100 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011501 Arg of perigee: 234.6208 deg Mean anomaly: 240.7808 deg Mean motion: 12.53605915 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
July 17th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14198.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14198.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX July 17, 2014 BID: ORB14198.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
July 17th 2014 PST
At this time, it is believed that UKcube-1 is one of the following objects: OBJECT F - 2014-37F - Cat#40074 (added this week) OBJECT G - 2014-37G - Cat#40075 We await enough separation of these two objects to resolve the identity of UKcube-1. Dauria DX 1 has been indentified as 2014-37C, Cat#40071. Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above identifications. OBJECT H - 2014-37H - Cat#40076 has been dropped from this weeks AMSAT KEP distribution. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing ...Continue Reading
July 12th 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-194 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
July 10th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14191.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14191.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX July 10, 2014 BID: ORB14191.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
July 10th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14191.O Orbital Elements 14191.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX July 10, 2014 BID: ORB14191.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14191.84923912 Element set: 11 Inclination: 101.4730 deg RA of node: 172.9032 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011453 Arg of perigee: 248.0332 deg Mean anomaly: 226.8986 deg Mean motion: 12.53605878 rev/day Decay rate: -4.8e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
July 10th 2014 PST
UKube-1 was successfully launched and deployed 7-8-2014 at 15:58 UTC from a Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M launch vehicle from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The primary payload was Russia's Meteor-M2 weather satellite. At this time, it is believed that UKcube-1 is one of the following objects which have been added to this weeks KEPs: OBJECT C - 2014-37C - Cat#40071 OBJECT G - 2014-37G - Cat#40075 OBJECT H - 2014-37H - Cat#40076 OBJECT D is in this group, but SpaceTrack currently identifies OBJECT D - 2014-37D - Cat#40072 as SK ...Continue Reading
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