September 30th 2012 PDT
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
September 28th 2012 PDT
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
September 28th 2012 PDT
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
September 28th 2012 PDT
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
September 23rd 2012 PDT
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
September 21st 2012 PDT
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
September 21st 2012 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12264.O Orbital Elements 12264.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 20, 2012 BID: ORB12264.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12264.59272424 Element set: 485 Inclination: 101.4097 deg RA of node: 258.1445 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012099 Arg of perigee: 094.8200 deg Mean anomaly: 265.4259 deg Mean motion: 12.53591471 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading
September 21st 2012 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12264.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12264.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 20, 2012 BID: ORB12264.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 ...Continue Reading
September 16th 2012 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-260 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: * Cubesats Deployed From Vandenberg Atlas V Launch * 2012 AMSAT Space Sy ...Continue Reading
September 14th 2012 PDT
This report is organized into three (3) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-254.S1 WSR 254 Part 1 09/10/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-254.S1 PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 (?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: 435.020 MHz ...Continue Reading
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