SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB09358.O Orbital Elements 09358.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 24, 2009 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB09358.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 09357.62882473 Element set: 661 Inclination: 101.4125 deg RA of node: 015.2439 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011848 Arg of perigee: 258.7270 deg Mean anomaly: 101.2470 deg Mean m ...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-356.S1 WSR 356 Part 1 12/22/2009 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 356.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 22, 2009 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-356.S1 HO-68 XW-1 (CAS-1) Catalog Number: Launch Date: December 15, 2009 Status: Commissioning Callsig ...Continue Reading

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-355.01 ANS Special Bulletin - AMSAT China XW-1 Designated Hope OSCAR 68 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 355.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 21, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-355.01 AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Coordinator Bill Tynan, W3XO has informed Alan Kung, BA1DU, Amateur Satellite Project Manager and Chief Executive Officer of AMSAT-China that XW-1 is now designated as Hope OSCAR 68, or HO-68. Bill wrote, "The satellite was launched successfully 15 December from ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-354 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 China's XW-1 Satellite Testing Proceeding Well * AO-51 Schedule ...Continue Reading

A new satellite is now available and has been added to the AMSAT KEPs. XW-1 (Cat # 36122) has been launched by China on 12-15-09. Use the following url to see the frequencies and resources available from this new satellite. http://www.camsat.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=67 Note: The Cat # for this satellite is believed to be 36122. But, this may change. The objects launched with XW-1 are close together so as they drift apart in the next few days it will be easier to identify them. _ ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB09351.O Orbital Elements 09351.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 17, 2009 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB09351.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 09351.64335043 Element set: 656 Inclination: 101.4135 deg RA of node: 009.4871 deg Eccentricity: 0.0011853 Arg of perigee: 270.3211 deg Mean anomaly: 089.6501 deg Mean m ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB09351.N 2Line Orbital Elements 09351.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 17, 2009 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB09351.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-RA ...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-350.S1 WSR 350 Part 1 12/16/2009 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 350.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 16, 2009 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-350.S1 XW-1 CAS-1 Catalog Number: Launch Date: December 15, 2009 Status: Commissioning Callsign: Upli ...Continue Reading

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-349.01 ANS Special Bulletin AMSAT China Says XW-1 Has Been Launched AMSAT News Service Bulletin 349.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 15, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-349.01 China's 1st ever amateur radio satelite XW-1 is in space now! AMSAT China reports it was launched at about around 0230 UTC on December 15, 2009. The beacon was received in Sanya after launch. XW-1 was a secondary payload aboard the CZ-4C rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into a sun ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-347 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: * Faraday Medal for Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, G3YJO * Satellite ...Continue Reading