March 20th 2014 PST
The following update to the AMSAT KEP Distribution has been made: $50Sat has recieved an OSCAR number and has been renamed MO-76 (Morehead OSCAR-76). _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14079.O Orbital Elements 14079.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 20, 2014 BID: ORB14079.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 14078.52669426 Element set: 920 Inclination: 101.4644 deg RA of node: 063.3385 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012335 Arg of perigee: 109.5110 deg Mean anomaly: 004.5826 deg Mean motion: 12.53602929 rev/day Decay rate: -1.3e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2014 PST
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB14079.N 2Line Orbital Elements 14079.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 20, 2014 BID: ORB14079.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 15th 2014 PST
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-075 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 15th 2014 PST
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, 2014 to April 1, 2015. Our USSTRATCOM ODR (Orbital Data Request) to distribute the KEPs was approved on March 13, 2014. Thanks to AFSPC, Perry Klein, W3PK and Paul Williamson, KB5MU for their help in this process. We are "good to go" for another year. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.or ...Continue Reading
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
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