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-019.S1 WSR 019 Part 1 01/19/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 019.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, January 19, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-019.S1 SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikonu ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-015 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: * Cambodia DXpedition Possibly Active Via Satellite * The CHIBIS-M resea ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12012.O Orbital Elements 12012.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 12, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12012.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12011.68883717 Element set: 0280 Inclination: 101.3970 deg RA of node: 015.0216 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011844 Arg of perigee: 230.7597 deg Mean anomaly: 129.2424 deg Mean motion: 12.535869 ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12012.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12012.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 12, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12012.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 ...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-012.S1 WSR 012 Part 1 01/12/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 012.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, January 12, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-012.S1 SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikonu ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-008 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: * ARISSat-1/KEDR Goes Silent * FUNcube - Launch Details and Time Frame F ...Continue Reading

Air Force Space Command's SpaceTrack website has swapped the Catalog Numbers for JUGNU and SRMSAT. The Satellite name/catalog numbers are now as follows: JUGNU/Cat# 37839 SRMSAT/Cat# 37841 Thanks to Dave Koyanagi (VE7CNV), Andrew Glasbrenner (KO4MA), and Rick Hambly (W2GPS) for bring this to my attention. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ____________________________________________________________________ --------- ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12005.O Orbital Elements 12005.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 5, 2012 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB12005.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12004.50631824 Element set: 0274 Inclination: 101.3968 deg RA of node: 008.1218 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011778 Arg of perigee: 245.5522 deg Mean anomaly: 114.4322 deg Mean moti ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12005.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12005.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX January 5, 2012 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB12005.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 ...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-005.S1 WSR 005 Part 1 012/05/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 005.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, January 05, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-005.S1 SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikon ...Continue Reading