Hi Joe,
So far, I have not heard any SSTV broadcasts from Fram2Ham. Can you confirm when and if they have started broadcasting? I am working with several educational institutions and science centers here in the United States so need a current update.
73. Dana, N7UFT
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On Apr 1, 2025, 8:52 AM, at 8:52 AM, "Joseph Fitzgerald (KM1P) via AMSAT-BB" [email protected] wrote:
The TLEs are already in AMSAT's dailytle.txt (thanks Joe!): https://www.amsat.org/tle/dailytle.txt
Should anyone need to satisfy your orbital dynamics curiosity, note that the TLE set generated by USSF 18th Space Defense Squadron for object number 63427 "DRAGON Fram2" is now available via the same URL.
The pre-launch TLE estimate (object number 90000) compares very favorably with the first element set from USSF. New England Sci-Tech'shttp://nescitech.org orbital dynamics team notes that predicted time the spacecraft rises above the horizon for the next pass at their headquarters in Natick Massachusetts, USA differs by only 18 seconds between the two element sets. Hats off to SpaceX for an extremely accurate orbital injection.
Joe Fitzgerald (KM1P) AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager
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A successful pre-arranged voice contact was made with the crew around 0900 UTC, but SSTV operations are not scheduled until later in the mission.
While status reports are available on www.amsat.org/status/http://www.amsat.org/status/, the best source of up to the moment information is on the Fram2ham Discord server, I strongly urge you to join at the following link: https://discord.gg/EJ9pq3qB
Best of luck to you and your students!
Joe Fitzgerald (KM1P)
AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager
________________________________ From: Dana Dulabone [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 1:46 PM To: Joseph Fitzgerald (KM1P) [email protected] Cc: AMSAT-BB [email protected] Subject: Re: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Fram2Ham launched!
Hi Joe,
So far, I have not heard any SSTV broadcasts from Fram2Ham. Can you confirm when and if they have started broadcasting? I am working with several educational institutions and science centers here in the United States so need a current update.
73. Dana, N7UFT
Get BlueMail for Androidhttps://bluemail.me On Apr 1, 2025, at 8:52 AM, "Joseph Fitzgerald (KM1P) via AMSAT-BB" <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
The TLEs are already in AMSAT's dailytle.txt (thanks Joe!): https://www.amsat.org/tle/dailytle.txt
Should anyone need to satisfy your orbital dynamics curiosity, note that the TLE set generated by USSF 18th Space Defense Squadron for object number 63427 "DRAGON Fram2" is now available via the same URL.
The pre-launch TLE estimate (object number 90000) compares very favorably with the first element set from USSF. New England Sci-Tech'shttp://nescitech.org orbital dynamics team notes that predicted time the spacecraft rises above the horizon for the next pass at their headquarters in Natick Massachusetts, USA differs by only 18 seconds between the two element sets. Hats off to SpaceX for an extremely accurate orbital injection.
Joe Fitzgerald (KM1P) AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager
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