This report is organized into 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) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-261.S1 WSR 261 Part 1 09/18/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 261.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 18, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-261.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transpon ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-260 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 ******************** AMSAT 2006 Space Symposium ************************** Online registr ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB06257.O Orbital Elements 06257.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 14, 2006 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB06257.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 06256.69195448 Element set: 0682 Inclination: 101.5605 deg RA of node: 297.3862 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012162 Arg of perigee: 074.6326 deg Mean anomaly: 285.6088 deg Mean motion: 12.5357 ...Continue Reading

This week I have dropped 8 inactive satellites from the AMSAT KEP list and renamed one to match the weekly AMSAT Satellite Report. The following inactive satellites have been dropped: AO-10 Cat# 14129 (rats!) WO-18 Cat# 20441 UO-22 Cat# 21575 KO-23 Cat# 22077 TO-31 Cat# 25396 UO-36 Cat# 25693 AO-40 Cat# 26609 XO-53 Cat# 28894 CO-56 has been renamed to CO-55 (Cat# 28941) to match the weekly AMSAT Satellite Report. _______________________________________________ Via the Keps mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB06257.N 2Line Orbital Elements 06257.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 14, 2006 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB06257.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-ECCENTRICIT ...Continue Reading

This report is organized into 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) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-254.S1 WSR 254 Part 1 09/11/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 11, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transpon ...Continue Reading

(Re-sending ANS-253 to the ANS list) AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-253 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 ****************** AMSAT 2006 Space Symposium ***** ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB06250.N 2Line Orbital Elements 06250.AMSAT HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 7, 2006 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB06250.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

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB06250.O Orbital Elements 06250.OSCAR HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX September 7, 2006 Send SUBSCRIBE KEPS/UNSUBSCRIBE KEPS to majordomo@amsat.org only BID: ORB06250.O TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Satellite: AO-07 Catalog number: 07530 Epoch time: 06249.66898568 Element set: 0676 Inclination: 101.5610 deg RA of node: 290.5427 deg Eccentricity: 0.0012168 Arg of perigee: 088.1493 deg Mean anomaly: 272.0967 deg Mean motion: 12.53571 ...Continue Reading

This report is organized into 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) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-247.S1 WSR 247 Part 1 09/04/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 247.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 04, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-247.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transpon ...Continue Reading