September 1st 2008 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-244 ************************************************************** *** 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting *** *** October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia *** ************************************************************** 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, build ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2008 PDT
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-241.S5 WSR 241 Part 5 08/28/2008 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 241.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, August 28, 2008 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-241.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY: NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Re-entered: December 25, 2007 Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [01032008] ===== NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-enter ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2008 PDT
The following chnages have been made to the AMSAT KEPs: 1. CO-65 (CUTE1-7) Cat # 32785 has been moved to the digital satellite section. CO-65 is soon to have its digipeater activated. 2. Seeds Cat # 32791 has been renamed to CO-66. 3. CANX-2 Cat # 32797 has been dropped (non-amateur). Thanks to Drew KO4MA for this info. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps ______________________________________________________________ ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2008 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB08241.O Orbital Elements 08241.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX August 28, 2008 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB08241.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 08241.51847692 Element set: 263 Inclination: 101.4624 deg RA of node: 270.5848 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012200 Arg of perigee: 120.4708 deg Mean anomaly: 239.7570 deg Mean mot ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2008 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-237 ************************************************************** *** 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting *** *** October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia *** ************************************************************** 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, build ...Continue Reading
August 22nd 2008 PDT
This report is organized into FIVE parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites Part 5 (S5) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-234.S1 WSR 234 Part 1 08/21/2008 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 234.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, August 21, 2008 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-234.S1 DO-64 Delfi-C3 Catalog number: 32789 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 Statu ...Continue Reading
August 22nd 2008 PDT
SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB08234.N 2Line Orbital Elements 08234.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX August 21, 2008 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB08234.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
August 17th 2008 PDT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-230 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 *************************************************************** *** 2008 AMSAT Space Symp ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2008 PDT
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-227.S5 WSR 227 Part 5 08/14/2008 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 227.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, August 14, 2008 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-227.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY: NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Re-entered: December 25, 2007 Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [01032008] ===== NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-enter ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2008 PDT
This is to clarify a question that has come up more than once. When satellites are given an AMSAT designation, the old launch name is dropped. Name changes trip me up also. (I am not good at names). DELFI C3 Keplerian elements ARE in the AMSAT KEPs. They are the Keplerian elements associated with DO-64 (Cat # 32789)which is the new AMSAT designation. DO-64 is currently listed in the MISC satellites near the end of the weekly KEPs. That is DELFI C3 = Delfi Oscar 64 = DO-64. ________________________________________ ...Continue Reading
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