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-347.S1 WSR 347 Part 1 12/13/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 347.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 13, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-347.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-343 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: * AO-16 PACSAT Update - Satellite Back On * Friendly Reminder: Please Up ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB07342.N 2Line Orbital Elements 07342.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 8, 2007 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB07342.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-RAA ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB07342.O Orbital Elements 07342.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 8, 2007 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB07342.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: PO-63 Catalog number: 29712 Epoch time: 07342.49335013 Element set: 983 Inclination: 097.9031 deg RA of node: 039.0619 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013084 Arg of perigee: 285.3802 deg Mean anomaly: 074.5966 deg Mean mo ...Continue Reading

For some reason the orb07340 issue of the AMSAT Keps had multiple copies of the same satellite. This can really messup some tracking software. My checking software missed this (another feature to add). The orb07340 keps can be fixed by removing the excess copies. The Keps themselves are correct. To make things easier, I have issued a more recent copy of this weeks Keps on 12-8-07. The orb07342 Keps are two days newer than orb07340 keps and do not have the multiple copies of the same satellite problem. Sorry f ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB07340.N 2Line Orbital Elements 07340.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 6, 2007 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB07340.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-RAA ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB07340.O Orbital Elements 07340.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 6, 2007 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB07340.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: PO-63 Catalog number: 29712 Epoch time: 07340.80305040 Element set: 978 Inclination: 097.9030 deg RA of node: 037.3986 deg Eccentricity: 0.0013090 Arg of perigee: 291.3278 deg Mean anomaly: 068.6538 deg Mean mo ...Continue Reading

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-340.S1 WSR 340 Part 1 12/06/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 340.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, December 06, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-340.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-336 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: * 2008 Straight Key Night on OSCAR in Memory of ex-JA1ANG * ANDE Re-Entry ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB07333.N 2Line Orbital Elements 07333.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX November 29, 2007 Send Subscribe/unsubscribe to KEPS at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/keps BID: ORB07333.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