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Re: Are you ready for the new satellites?
by Clint Bradford 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

>> ... Are you ready for the new satellites? (PA3GUO) Yes - no problem working ALL of the new birds in portable mode! -one hand for the handheld beam antenna for RX -one hand for the handheld beam antenna for TX -one hand for the HT - uplinks -one hand for the FT-817ND - downlinks -one hand for the speaker-mic -one hand holding an iOS device with sat pass info -one hand for clipboard to write down callsigns as heard -one hand with (of course!) my Fisher Space Pen(tm) -one hand for the Pina Colada ... WHAT A WEEK FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES!!! Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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kep for CAPE II
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

The Keps for the ors launch are the last set of elements on this list. We copied the beacon for CAPE II at 2100 CST nick OSCAR 7 (AO-7) 1 07530U 74089B 13315.90099179 -.00000030 00000-0 85017-4 0 8213 2 07530 101.4474 300.1250 0011995 1.2248 31.8155 12.53599872784295 PHASE 3B (AO-10) 1 14129U 83058B 13314.86328493 -.00000437 00000-0 00000+0 0 1206 2 14129 26.5000 249.6942 5993062 306.8464 300.9572 2.05871928200755 UOSAT 2 (UO-11) 1 14781U 84021B 13315.53116646 .00000765 00000-0 10522-3 0 3334 2 14781 97.8852 14.5981 0009573 162.4202 197.7343 14.81096746595741 PACSAT (AO-16) 1 20439U 90005D 13315.43874558 .00000159 00000-0 74948-4 0 8810 2 20439 98.4861 252.1359 0012068 85.1849 53.8071 14.32228779243317 LUSAT (LO-19) 1 20442U 90005G 13315.71785666 .00000161 00000-0 75319-4 0 8205 2 20442 98.4560 253.7300 0012961 75.0733 335.0211 14.32436742243550 EYESAT-1 (AO-27) 1 22825U 93061C 13316.09478306 .00000171 00000-0 83871-4 0 5243 2 22825 98.6359 258.6645 0008021 207.1679 217.1442 14.29610749 49760 ITAMSAT (IO-26) 1 22826U 93061D 13315.16682652 .00000139 00000-0 71102-4 0 2786 2 22826 98.6299 258.0024 0008630 203.2753 280.8872 14.29899341 49766 RADIO ROSTO (RS-15) 1 23439U 94085A 13314.51061746 -.00000039 00000-0 10000-3 0 6263 2 23439 64.8142 185.3565 0148004 125.3742 236.1116 11.27559776777340 JAS-2 (FO-29) 1 24278U 96046B 13316.11465449 -.00000026 00000-0 73607-5 0 2389 2 24278 98.5355 354.7573 0351345 140.6472 301.1528 13.53009415851318 TECHSAT 1B (GO-32) 1 25397U 98043D 13315.87658182 .00000109 00000-0 66260-4 0 2041 2 25397 98.4372 277.3634 0001132 166.9245 221.0126 14.23372924796950 SEDSAT 1 (SO-33) 1 25509U 98061B 13316.20898277 .00000726 00000-0 13296-3 0 6246 2 25509 31.4322 309.4715 0350542 13.9178 78.7891 14.29222117786085 ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 13316.12160880 .00017806 00000-0 31833-3 0 9993 2 25544 51.6489 95.4085 0001206 108.1040 229.8552 15.50084009857644 PCSAT (NO-44) 1 26931U 01043C 13315.21786971 .00000135 00000-0 84292-4 0 4637 2 26931 67.0526 240.4671 0006864 263.4405 253.8388 14.29983646632449 SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50) 1 27607U 02058C 13315.24123964 .00000697 00000-0 12798-3 0 2200 2 27607 64.5554 176.3952 0032412 103.5191 359.3756 14.73172861585374 CUTE-1 (CO-55) 1 27844U 03031E 13315.49833560 .00000293 00000-0 15434-3 0 7849 2 27844 98.7007 322.4354 0009963 178.1642 344.0524 14.21305494537658 CUBESAT XI-IV (CO-57) 1 27848U 03031J 13315.00803105 .00000255 00000-0 13778-3 0 7254 2 27848 98.7096 321.5437 0009742 185.4960 199.8138 14.21019581537512 MOZHAYETS 4 (RS-22) 1 27939U 03042A 13316.09763860 .00001241 00000-0 24148-3 0 9396 2 27939 97.7993 136.2627 0014422 78.3280 281.9534 14.64661895540948 ECHO (AO-51) 1 28375U 04025K 13316.13536122 .00000362 00000-0 12104-3 0 6992 2 28375 98.2224 265.8046 0082059 288.7530 137.2744 14.41201762492643 HAMSAT (VO-52) 1 28650U 05017B 13315.52819402 .00001923 00000-0 23394-3 0 5768 2 28650 97.5638 326.5653 0026627 152.5704 10.0164 14.84310349460939 CUBESAT XI-V (CO-58) 1 28895U 05043F 13315.78720803 .00001006 00000-0 21215-3 0 6181 2 28895 97.8506 163.7797 0016906 340.7266 19.3294 14.61326310428491 CUTE-1.7+APD II (CO-65) 1 32785U 08021C 13315.43852997 .00001955 00000-0 23912-3 0 7859 2 32785 97.7338 8.6503 0014405 178.9062 307.0289 14.84280384299712 DELFI-C3 (DO-64) 1 32789U 08021G 13315.40077666 .00006166 00000-0 64640-3 0 7966 2 32789 97.7534 15.5142 0013824 164.4609 254.4370 14.89833592300035 YUBILEINY (RS-30) 1 32953U 08025A 13316.07688861 .00000010 00000-0 00000+0 0 3720 2 32953 82.5044 336.2285 0017480 270.9054 89.0036 12.43039161248283 PRISM 1 33493U 09002B 13316.17808015 .00005718 00000-0 64399-3 0 3569 2 33493 98.2329 118.2374 0018958 72.7730 287.5571 14.86923245259904 STARS 1 33498U 09002G 13315.40447480 .00002156 00000-0 33321-3 0 1881 2 33498 98.1660 79.1867 0011495 232.0713 164.7515 14.74310385257958 KKS-1 1 33499U 09002H 13315.51492852 .00001198 00000-0 19610-3 0 2035 2 33499 98.1652 76.7907 0009076 235.1022 190.4063 14.72636154257808 SWISSCUBE 1 35932U 09051B 13315.13214668 .00000948 00000-0 23684-3 0 1574 2 35932 98.3677 62.4223 0007100 337.1943 22.8937 14.53797306219201 BEESAT 1 35933U 09051C 13315.23713407 .00000852 00000-0 21229-3 0 4458 2 35933 98.3663 63.1816 0005403 355.6707 4.4442 14.54177272219291 ITUPSAT1 1 35935U 09051E 13316.19683678 .00001035 00000-0 25895-3 0 3504 2 35935 98.3763 64.3496 0007569 336.0743 24.0100 14.53520454219347 HOPE-1 (HO-68) 1 36122U 09072B 13316.11131608 -.00000044 00000-0 00000+0 0 547 2 36122 100.2848 9.2947 0007394 17.9161 342.2235 13.16308642187874 JUGNU 1 37839U 11058B 13315.85050934 .00000482 00000-0 11602-3 0 5007 2 37839 19.9607 132.0339 0018966 109.9044 25.0379 14.12202195107799 SRMSAT 1 37841U 11058D 13315.82415622 .00000430 00000-0 92148-4 0 4991 2 37841 19.9709 147.1750 0011890 57.3009 55.0988 14.10264055107638 RAX-2 1 37853U 11061D 13315.28263080 .00011504 00000-0 83983-3 0 6416 2 37853 101.6989 237.1158 0229977 325.4003 201.7746 14.85181117110266 AUBIESAT-1 (AO-71) 1 37854U 11061E 13315.29439723 .00012591 00000-0 89702-3 0 6284 2 37854 101.7028 238.3276 0229135 323.5553 187.7421 14.86092587110290 M-CUBED & EXP-1 PRIME 1 37855U 11061F 13315.71522319 .00015125 00000-0 10821-2 0 6366 2 37855 101.7027 238.5850 0230613 323.0423 59.0973 14.85658255110342 CHIBIS-M (RS-39) 1 38051U 11062C 13316.08213384 .00037489 00000-0 10025-2 0 9643 2 38051 51.6352 214.5049 0011681 90.0870 47.1024 15.37630045100493 ORS3-2.5C 1 99906U 00000 13324.06862326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0002 2 99906 40.5214 249.9768 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000001 Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Launch
by Craig Gagner 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Did this launch have any of the linear sat's on it or are they all just beacons and telemetry ?

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digitally challenged
by Bob- W7LRD 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

once again for the digitally challenged where is that simple "show and tell" for manually entering keps into Satpc32? 73 Bob W7LRD

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Fifteen Years Of ISS
by B J 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

http://moonandback.com/2013/11/19/the-international-space-station-turns-15/ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/11/19/catch-wave-celebrate-isss-15th-anniv… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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FUNcube Dashbaord version 806 just released
by Graham Shirville 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hi all, At the risk of using too much bandwidth of this BB... The final pre-launch Dashboard update has just been released at http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/ Many thanks for the feedback received so far! A couple of issues have come to light and have been corrected in this latest version. - enhancements to the audio capture and processing. - Audio Devices now handled correctly when a Dongle is attached with Dashboard running. - User Warehouse settings will now be retained for future upgrades to the Dashboard. - Updates error messages. - Should no longer crash when going to settings and help pages We encourage everyone to update their own set ups for smoothest possible operations on the day thanks Graham G3VZV

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Minotaur Launched
by B J 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

The payload is on its way, but downlink from the launch vehicle ended due to a scheduled LOS by a tracking station. The cubesats will be deployed a few minutes from now. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Re: AO-7 calibration
by DeYoung James 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Bob et al. A paper, by the undersigned--of course, on the variability of the uplink/downlink frequency for AO-7 appeared in the AMSAT Journal Vol. 30, No. 3, May/June 2007 p.23 - 26. The bottom line is the LO in the spacecraft is being affected by spacecraft temperature. The spacecraft temperature is related to the amount of time the spacecraft is in shadow/sunlight. This variability probably has always been there since the day it was launched and was deemed acceptable back in 1974. The frequency variation appears in both the transponder and the 2m beacon. Up to 6-KHz of variation was observed between full sun and maximum shadow time thru the transponder while the 2m beacon variation was around 2-KHz. The fact that both varied with spacecraft temperature shows clearly it is an AO-7 contribution. A second paper concerning the solar array power actually used and analyzed the good high-speed RTTY telemetry that was transmitted by AO-7 during the March 2009 time frame, see AMSAT Journal Vol. 33, No. 1, January/February 2010, p. 4 - 15. Now that the solar array is the only power supply it is possible that voltage and current fluctuations do affect the AO-7 LO but are likely dominant around the period of entering/leaving sunlight or when transponder loads are high. When I operated AO-7 I remember many passes where the CW ops were pumping the passband which possibly caused some frequency variations, along with the FM'ing, etc. but are impossible measure or figure out. To repeat, the dominate factor in the slow frequency variation over time is spacecraft temperature. I would recommend getting the two papers from somewhere to get the full details rather than depending on the highly-condensed versions above. Best regards, Jim, N8OQ (formerly KG4QWC)

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Re: Launch Time
by george abbott 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Launch MAY have been put on hold due to problems with a transmitter at a tracking site.W1GMA > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:49:03 +0000 > From: va6bmj(a)gmail.com > To: kb1qys(a)hotmail.com > CC: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Launch Time > > On 11/19/13, DJ Nise <kb1qys(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > Earlier posts said the launch is scheduled for 18:30 EST. > > > > This site says it's schedule for 19:30. > > http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/index.html > > > > Any clarification is appreciated. > > > > Paul > > KB1QYS > > That time appears to be correct, according to: > > https://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/ > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > > <snip> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: NASA-TV coverage of tonight's launch of multiple student CubeSats begins at 6:30 PM
by Clint Bradford 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

On right now ... one-hour hold ... On Nov 19, 2013, at 1:44 PM, kq6ea(a)verizon.net wrote: Will NASA be streaming this on the Internet?

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