February 12th 2012 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-043 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: * AMSAT Fox-1 Cubesat Selected for NASA ELaNa Launch Collaboration * Veg ...Continue Reading
February 10th 2012 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-041 Special Bulletin SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-041.01 ANS-041 AMSAT Fox-1 Cubesat Selected for NASA ELaNa Launch Collaboration AMSAT News Service Bulletin 041.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 10, 2012 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-041.01 Project ELaNa, NASA's "Educational Launch of NanoSat" managed by the Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, announced on February 10 that the AMSAT Fox-1 cubesat has been selected to join the program. NASA will work with AMS ...Continue Reading
February 10th 2012 PDT
It appears that the rumors of the demise SumbandilaSat (SO-67, Cat# 35870)may have been greatly exaggerated. A rescue effort is taking place. See the following website - www.amsatsa.org.za Thus SO-67 has been added back in to the KEPs distribution. ARISSAT1 (Cat# 37772) has been dropped. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ ...Continue Reading
February 10th 2012 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12040.N 2Line Orbital Elements 12040.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 9, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12040.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
February 10th 2012 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB12040.O Orbital Elements 12040.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX February 9, 2012 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB12040.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 12040.81794491 Element set: 302 Inclination: 101.3983 deg RA of node: 043.0063 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011801 Arg of perigee: 173.5092 deg Mean anomaly: 186.6133 deg Mean motion: 12.535875 ...Continue Reading
February 9th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1860 Issue Time: 2012 Feb 09 1127 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1859 Begin Time: 2012 Feb 08 2115 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1190 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
February 8th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1859 Issue Time: 2012 Feb 08 2132 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Feb 08 2115 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or u ...Continue Reading
February 6th 2012 PDT
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-036.S1 WSR 036 Part 1 02/05/2012 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 036.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, February 05, 2012 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-036.S1 DO-64 Delfi-C3 Catalog number: 32789 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan S ...Continue Reading
February 5th 2012 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-036 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: * Vega Launch on February 13 With Eight Amateur Band Cubesats * SKN On O ...Continue Reading
February 4th 2012 PDT
The following satellites have been dropped from the weekly AMSAT KEPs distribution. OOREOS Cat # 37224 (Keps are not being updated) HAWSAT1 Cat # 35003 (Keps are not being updated) CP6 Cat # 35004 (Keps are not being updated) SO-67 Cat # 35870 (Not Operational) The following satellite has been added. RS-39 (CHIBIS-M) Cat # 38051 Per AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-029 2012 ... "The Chibis-M satellite, RS-39, was deployed from the Progress M-13M cargo ship into a 500 km orbit on January 24, as planned. RS ...Continue Reading
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