SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
Hello group, after finally getting my SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on to getting my packet operations up and running , and with great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get my keps from?...
Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows...
Radio - Kenwood TS2000 Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection
Is there another method of getting my keps to show more accurate tracking of this big bird?...
Regards,
Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Grid FN25pa
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Marc,
The ISS reboosted on the 3rd, which results in significant errors until all the Keps catch up. Make CERTAIN that you are looking at the latest Keps from Celestrak, AMATEUR.TXT. If you are using the AMSAT Keps, which come out weekly, it may be a few days before they catch up.
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Marc Tessier - VE3TES Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:21 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
Hello group, after finally getting my SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on to getting my packet operations up and running , and with great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get my keps from?...
Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows...
Radio - Kenwood TS2000 Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection
Is there another method of getting my keps to show more accurate tracking of this big bird?...
Regards,
Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Grid FN25pa
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You might also check to be sure that you're not being digipeated by somebody terrestrial (perhaps a local igate that's also playing digi). If you can still digipeat off the ISS when it's over, say, India, it's not just a matter of old Keps.
Greg KO6TH
From: APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET To: ve3tes@cogeco.ca; amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:04:55 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
Marc,
The ISS reboosted on the 3rd, which results in significant errors until all the Keps catch up. Make CERTAIN that you are looking at the latest Keps from Celestrak, AMATEUR.TXT. If you are using the AMSAT Keps, which come out weekly, it may be a few days before they catch up.
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Marc Tessier - VE3TES Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:21 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
Hello group, after finally getting my SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on to getting my packet operations up and running , and with great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get my keps from?...
Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows...
Radio - Kenwood TS2000 Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection
Is there another method of getting my keps to show more accurate tracking of this big bird?...
Regards,
Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Grid FN25pa
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It is possible there was an orbit change thrust performed after the shuttle docked. When the Shuttle docks with ISS, the ISS autopilot is turned OFF. The Shuttles autopilot takes over for the duration of the flight.
--- On Sun, 3/6/11, Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca wrote:
From: Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 12:21 PM Hello group, after finally getting my SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on to getting my packet operations up and running , and with great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get my keps from?...
Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows...
Radio - Kenwood TS2000 Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection
Is there another method of getting my keps to show more accurate tracking of this big bird?...
Regards,
Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Grid FN25pa
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Hi All,
This page refers to a major orbit boost planned for sometime after June? using the ATV as a big thruster
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/live-atv-2-prepares-for-docking-to-in...
No doubt this will seriously change the TLEs!
It will improve the footprint/pass durations but reduce the visual brightness I suppose.
Something to look forward to!
cheers
Graham
the end of shuttle ops will mean a higher orbit...there are other cool things happening like a new cubesat launcher mechanism.
Robert Oler WB5MZO
From: g.shirville@btinternet.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ve3tes@cogeco.ca Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:51:32 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS orbit - was: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
Hi All,
This page refers to a major orbit boost planned for sometime after June? using the ATV as a big thruster
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/live-atv-2-prepares-for-docking-to-in...
No doubt this will seriously change the TLEs!
It will improve the footprint/pass durations but reduce the visual brightness I suppose.
Something to look forward to!
cheers
Graham
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HMMMnot for sure of who flies these days with the shuttle docked...but the shuttle orbiter is a crummy reboost tool for ISS...the engines point the wrong way while docked...Robert WB5MZO
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 03:25:36 -0800 From: ka1rrw@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ve3tes@cogeco.ca Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation
It is possible there was an orbit change thrust performed after the shuttle docked. When the Shuttle docks with ISS, the ISS autopilot is turned OFF. The Shuttles autopilot takes over for the duration of the flight.
--- On Sun, 3/6/11, Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca wrote:
From: Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 12:21 PM Hello group, after finally getting my SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on to getting my packet operations up and running , and with great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get my keps from?...
Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows...
Radio - Kenwood TS2000 Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection
Is there another method of getting my keps to show more accurate tracking of this big bird?...
Regards,
Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes@cogeco.ca Grid FN25pa
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