SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13073.O Orbital Elements 13073.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 14, 2013 BID: ORB13073.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 13073.05378498 Element set: 630 Inclination: 101.4259 deg RA of node: 066.0360 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012330 Arg of perigee: 113.6777 deg Mean anomaly: 276.8531 deg Mean motion: 12.53594710 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

This report is organized into four (4) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-070.S1 WSR 070 Part 1 03/11/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 070.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, March 11, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-070.S1 PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-069 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 communicat- ing through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Now Preparing for Two Launch Opportunities * AMSAT.ORG Web ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1992 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 08 1313 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1991 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2176 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

Excerpt from AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-62, 3-4-2013:"American satellite starts transmitting after being abandoned in 1967 An American satellite, abandoned in 1967 as a piece of Space Junk has begun transmitting again after 46 years. An Amateur Radio Astronomer in North Cornwall accidentally picked up the signal and after cross checking with various lists, has identified it as LES1 built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and launched in 1965. The satellite failed to reach its intended orbit owin ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13066.O Orbital Elements 13066.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 7, 2013 BID: ORB13066.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 13066.91699870 Element set: 625 Inclination: 101.4252 deg RA of node: 060.1258 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012291 Arg of perigee: 125.2970 deg Mean anomaly: 302.2736 deg Mean motion: 12.53595210 rev/day Decay rate: -5.4e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB13066.N 2Line Orbital Elements 13066.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX March 7, 2013 BID: ORB13066.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

I am pleased to announce that AMSAT's request to re-distribute Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Keplerian elements from SpaceTrack has been approved for the period April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014. Our USSTRATCOM ODR (Orbital Data Request) to distribute the KEPs was approved on March 7, 2013 by AFSPC. Thanks to AFSPC, Perry Klein, W3PK and Paul Williamson, KB5MU for their help in this process. Once again, we are "good to go" for another year. Ray Hoad, WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Data Manager _______________ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1991 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 07 0505 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1990 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7905 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1990 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 06 0653 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1989 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7333 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading