AMSAT NEWS SERVICEANS-358In this edition:* Happy Holidays from AMSAT News Service* HADES-D Designated SO-121, Active For General Use* ClarkSat-1 Deployed from ISS* WRC-23 Concludes with Wins for Amateur Radio* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution* ARISS News* Upcoming Satellite Operations* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events* Satellite Shorts From All OverThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3393 Issue Time: 2023 Dec 23 1542 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3392 Begin Time: 2023 Dec 21 1530 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1867 pfu 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 updat ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3392 Issue Time: 2023 Dec 22 0856 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3391 Begin Time: 2023 Dec 21 1530 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1273 pfu 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 updat ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB23356.1 2Line Orbital Elements 23356.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick, MA December 22, 2023 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or wi ...Continue Reading

HADES-D has been positively identified with NORAD Cat 58567 The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution: Clark sat-1 (AMBITIOUS) NORAD Cat ID 58613 IARU coordinated downlink on 435.130 MHz Joe Fitzgerald KM1P AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to keps-leave@amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at h ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETINANS-355The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Spac ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3391 Issue Time: 2023 Dec 21 1554 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2023 Dec 21 1530 UTC Station: GOES16 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 update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-351 In this edition: * ARISS Marks 40th Anniversary of STS-9 with Special Slow Scan Television Event * HADES-D Satellite: Successful Telecommand Response and FM Repeater Tests Ongoing * WRC-23 Reaches Acceptable Conclusion on 23-Centimeter Issue * How the 18th Space Defense Squadron Averts Catastrophe at 17,000 Miles Per Hour * CubeSat Technology and 3D Printing Combine for Emergency Broadband in Disaster Zones * Satellite Top 100 Rovers December 2023 Rankings * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distributi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 334 Issue Time: 2023 Dec 15 0734 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2023 Dec 15 0723 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading

This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution. Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to keps-leave@amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ...Continue Reading