Below are the KEPs for the three satellites launched by North Korea on 12-12-2012 as recorded by SpaceTrack. The frequency of the beacon is reported to be around 470 MHz. 1 39026U 12072A 12348.86955756 .00003008 00000-0 18776-3 0 131 2 39026 097.4069 037.7500 0060099 166.4036 193.8802 15.08732851 280 1 39027U 12072B 12348.80446789 .00002378 00000-0 15252-3 0 110 2 39027 097.4062 037.6817 0065774 169.3857 190.8711 15.07663963 273 1 39028U 12072C 12348.94806060 .00005971 00000-0 35425-3 0 ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12348.O Orbital Elements 12348.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 13, 2012 BID: ORB12348.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12347.59022797 Element set: 555 Inclination: 101.4146 deg RA of node: 337.9916 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011871 Arg of perigee: 294.4164 deg Mean anomaly: 065.5671 deg Mean motion: 12.53593363 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12348.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12348.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 13, 2012 BID: ORB12348.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 R ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-344 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: * FITSAT-1 Flashing LED Experiment Scheduled for December 12-13 * V/U/Wx ...Continue Reading

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-345.S1 WSR 345 Part 1 12/10/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 345.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 10, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-345.S1 PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 (?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: 435.020 ...Continue Reading

Thanks to all who sent me a comment or congratulations last week. What a response! I appreciate and thank you for your kind comments. Merry Christmas to all. _______________________________________________ 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 a ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12341.O Orbital Elements 12341.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 6, 2012 BID: ORB12341.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12340.48756040 Element set: 549 Inclination: 101.4141 deg RA of node: 331.1581 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011801 Arg of perigee: 307.9850 deg Mean anomaly: 052.0155 deg Mean motion: 12.53593313 rev/day Decay rate: -2.7e-07 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12341.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12341.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 6, 2012 BID: ORB12341.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 RA ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-337 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: * November/December 2012 AMSAT Journal Preview * Transatlantic Attempt T ...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-338.S1 WSR 338 Part 1 12/03/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 338.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 03, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-338.S1 PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 (?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French ...Continue Reading