SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12278.O Orbital Elements 12278.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 4, 2012 BID: ORB12278.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12277.52119834 Element set: 0498 Inclination: 101.4117 deg RA of node: 270.5822 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012150 Arg of perigee: 070.3436 deg Mean anomaly: 289.8951 deg Mean motion: 12.53591734 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12278.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12278.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 4, 2012 BID: ORB12278.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 RAD ...Continue Reading

This is a reminder that October 6 is the closing date for booking your room at The 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting. The 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Friday, October 26th through Sunday, October 28th at the Holiday Inn at Orlando-International Airport. The AMSAT discount rate is $99 + taxes per night. The reservation block code used when calling the hotel directly is AMT. The hotel telephone number is 407-851-6400. The direct link to the hotel web page is: http://www.holida ...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-275.S1 WSR 275 Part 1 10/01/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 01, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-275.S1 PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 (?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-274 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 communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor@amsat.org In this edition: * Satellite Operation from the USS IOWA for Scouting JOTA * AMSAT 2012 S ...Continue Reading

What I thought was a good identification of the satellites launched on 9/17/2012 ELaNa launch was incorrect. The identification of the objects in the cluster of satellites is still unsure. Therefore, I must start over naming the satellites by Object C, Object D, and so on. Yes, very disappointing. This can be a long process particularly if the cluster takes a long time to disperse. The objects that I have included in the KEPs this week are as follows: Object D - Cat # 38761 Object E - Cat # 38762 Object F - Ca ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12271.O Orbital Elements 12271.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 27, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12271.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12270.57813027 Element set: 490 Inclination: 101.4110 deg RA of node: 263.9027 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012152 Arg of perigee: 083.4508 deg Mean anomaly: 276.7938 deg Mean motion: 12.5359 ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12271.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12271.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 27, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12271.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-ECCENTRICIT ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-267 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 communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org In this edition: * September 23 Last Day for Reduced Symposium Registration Rate * 201 ...Continue Reading

The following ELaNa cubesats launched 9/17/2012 have been added to this week's KEPs. AENEAS - Cat # 38760 CSSWE - Cat # 38761 CP5 - Cat # 38763 _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed ...Continue Reading