Hi Domenico, I'm aware of the difference in the orbit numbers between us and ISTRAC. In fact the orbit number mentioned by Mr. Parimalarangan is for our internal reference, which I should have deleted.
You are right, the orbit number is 37095 which we follow. There shall be no doubt about the date and time, as it is correct and it is March 14th & 14:00 UT.
Thanks for pointing that difference and I appreciate your keen observation. I update the kep elements all most every day and thanks for posting the latest keps.
73 de Mani VU2WMY
Quoting i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it:
Hi Mani, VU2WMY
Please informe Mr T PARIMALARANGAN from ISTRAC/ISRO that they have a wrong orbit number for switch ON VO-52 in orbit 37101/37102 today, the 14th March 2012 / 14:00 UT
The correct orbit number at 14:00 UTC to day the 14th March 2012 is 37095
Please find here included the latest keplerian elements for VO-52 from
http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt
VO-52 1 28650U 05017B 12072.89763100 .00001519 00000-0 19321-3 0 503 2 28650 97.6075 108.5267 0026587 0.1029 0.0154 14.82737346370708
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mani VU2WMY" wmy@isac.gov.in To: "BB, AMSAT" amsat-bb@amsat.org; "AMSAT-INDIA" amsatindia@yahoogroups.com; "VUHAMS" vuhams@yahoogroups.com Cc: "PE1RAH" pe1rah@yahoo.com; "VU3TYG" vu3tyg@yahoo.co.in Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:23 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] VO-52 Update
Find below the latest information received from Operations Director VO-52 regarding the transponder switch 'ON'.
Mani, VU2WMY
Dear Sir,
1 HAMSAT Paylaod Transponder-2 shall be switched ON in orbit: 37101/37102 today, the 14th March 2012 / 14:00 UT 2 Elevation for Bangalore: 33 deg. This visibility facilitates good command operation and observation of the satellite bus/Dutch transponder performance in real-time 5 Mr. Subramani VU2WMY, ISAC is requested to do the needful in alerting the HAM Community and also to arrange for the feedbak to my mail ID (tprangan@istrac.org), immediately after the contact
With Best Regards
T PARIMALARANGAN
ISTRAC/ISRO Ph: 080 - 2202 9011 (O) 080 - 2535 0132 (R) 0 - 9480333563 (M) 080 - 2202 9062 (F)
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