Just received an email message from one new to working the ham sats. Asked me why he was having trouble accessing / working Pegasus, TurkSat, and PW-Sat.
Huh?
A weird trio of birds - and as I offered resources to him like the Live OSCAR Status Page and others, I asked him why he was working this trio of birds.
Well, he was using our own AMSAT "operational analog amateur satellites" publication.
And sonofagun, in today's release, there they are:
--------------------------------------------------- Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites WSR 245 Part 1 09/02/2013 ... NEE-01 Pegasus ... TURKSAT-3USAT ... PW-Sat ---------------------------------------------------
Why are these the first three listed in our official "operational analog amateur sats" reference guide?
Clint K6LCS
---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com
For NEE-01 Pegasus, the status says "Reported possible collision with space junk" and for the other two, the status says "On orbit." The operational satellites have a status of "operational," but, yes, it's probably confusing to list them under the heading of "operational satellites." Perhaps a new part should be added to the Weekly Satellite Report for satellites with an unknown status.
It would be nice if the organizations responsible for the satellites themselves were to update the worldwide amateur satellite community. No one has said a word about TURKSAT-3USAT since days after it's launch.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Clint Bradford [email protected]wrote:
Just received an email message from one new to working the ham sats. Asked me why he was having trouble accessing / working Pegasus, TurkSat, and PW-Sat.
Huh?
A weird trio of birds - and as I offered resources to him like the Live OSCAR Status Page and others, I asked him why he was working this trio of birds.
Well, he was using our own AMSAT "operational analog amateur satellites" publication.
And sonofagun, in today's release, there they are:
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites WSR 245 Part 1 09/02/2013 ... NEE-01 Pegasus ... TURKSAT-3USAT ... PW-Sat
Why are these the first three listed in our official "operational analog amateur sats" reference guide?
Clint K6LCS
Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
Hi Paul,
... those 3 satellites are definitely not operational anymore.
73 Mike DK3WN
Paul Stoetzer [email protected] hat am 4. September 2013 um 12:08 geschrieben:
For NEE-01 Pegasus, the status says "Reported possible collision with space junk" and for the other two, the status says "On orbit." The operational satellites have a status of "operational," but, yes, it's probably confusing to list them under the heading of "operational satellites." Perhaps a new part should be added to the Weekly Satellite Report for satellites with an unknown status.
It would be nice if the organizations responsible for the satellites themselves were to update the worldwide amateur satellite community. No one has said a word about TURKSAT-3USAT since days after it's launch.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Clint Bradford [email protected]wrote:
Just received an email message from one new to working the ham sats. Asked me why he was having trouble accessing / working Pegasus, TurkSat, and PW-Sat.
Huh?
A weird trio of birds - and as I offered resources to him like the Live OSCAR Status Page and others, I asked him why he was working this trio of birds.
Well, he was using our own AMSAT "operational analog amateur satellites" publication.
And sonofagun, in today's release, there they are:
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites WSR 245 Part 1 09/02/2013 ... NEE-01 Pegasus ... TURKSAT-3USAT ... PW-Sat
Why are these the first three listed in our official "operational analog amateur sats" reference guide?
Clint K6LCS
Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
Sent via [email protected]. 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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