March 2007 - Amsat-florida (INACTIVE)

Boy scout Camporee
by David J 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Tomorrow, Saturday March 17th, is the date of the Manatee Co. FL Boy Scout Camporee. This year's campout is centered around experiencing amateur radio. There will be several stations setup covering several bands. AMSAT will also have a station operating as many satellites and passes as possible on Saturday. The calls being used will be KU4OS and AA4KN. We would appreciate contacts with as many stations as possible. We invited you to listen out for us and be a part of this event. Dave, AA4KN

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Interesting Trivia
by Keith N4ZQ 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Would AMSAT Ever Existed..If this had not occurred.... Friday March 16 On this day in 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket. But he was first noticed in 1907 when a cloud of smoke issued from a powder rocket fired in the basement of the physics building in Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Needless to say, the school took an interest in the work of this shy student. Thankfully they did not expel him, and thus began his lifetime of work in rocket science. Goddard was also the first to realize the full implications of rocketry for missiles and space flight, and his lifetime of work was dedicated to bringing this vision to realization. While most of what he did went unrecognized for many years, today we celebrate the name of Robert H. Goddard. This first flight may have gone only 12 meters, but forty years later on the date of his birth, Gemini 8 was launched, carrying Neil Armstrong and David Scott into orbit!

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Jumping The Gun ?
by Keith N4ZQ 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

It appears that Space-Track jumped the gun in naming FalconSat-3 Object Number 30776 in their Kep listing earlier in the week. This mornings their keps for that launch have reverted back to Object Letters, A to G. So your guess is as good as any as to who's who up there. But some of the object orbits are pretty far out as to be any of the payloads. Maybe rocket stages? My limited monitoring of the FalconSat 435.100 down link frequency, when it's in mutual view of Colorado and Florida, has not produced any results. Might just have to wait till it gets finished with it primary science mission and becomes a ham radio satellite before you will hear it. And who knows when that will be. ;-) 73 Keith N4ZQ OBJECT A 1 30772U 07006A 07074.42289320 .00000107 00000-0 16708-4 0 120 2 30772 046.0302 070.2180 0005574 303.1833 056.8531 15.23667753 964 OBJECT B 1 30773U 07006B 07072.52310296 -.00000229 +00000-0 +28920-5 0 00101 2 30773 046.0294 080.3799 0003029 289.3694 070.6843 15.23096263000676 OBJECT C 1 30774U 07006C 07073.43939559 .00000009 00000-0 12708-4 0 79 2 30774 046.0300 075.4581 0005523 297.9516 062.0834 15.23666270 810 OBJECT D 1 30775U 07006D 07074.23996200 .00000615 00000-0 48558-4 0 92 2 30775 035.4361 062.2189 0002393 345.2887 014.7760 15.02471494 910 OBJECT E 1 30776U 07006E 07073.37545388 .00000234 00000-0 20278-4 0 102 2 30776 035.4336 067.3946 0001589 333.6280 026.4355 15.02652214 780 OBJECT F 1 30777U 07006F 07074.37435352 .00000321 00000-0 27046-4 0 98 2 30777 035.4333 061.3974 0003901 332.1014 027.9492 15.02107998 931 OBJECT G 1 30778U 07006G 07074.19292839 .00013602 00000-0 71658-3 0 149 2 30778 035.7048 062.7357 0032746 278.9557 080.7459 15.14406751 905

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FalconSat-3 ID
by Keith N4ZQ 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

For those tracking the recently launched (March 9th) FalconSat-3 satellite, it appears that after less then a week on orbit Space- Track has identified it as follows: Catalog Number: 30776 International Designator: 2007-006E FALCONSAT-3 1 30776U 07006E 07072.17947697 .00000382 00000-0 31138-4 0 97 2 30776 035.4336 074.6436 0001633 325.9510 034.1076 15.02652019 605

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FW: CubeSat Digest, Vol 36, Issue 3
by Keith N4ZQ 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 03:30:04 +0000 From: Lori Brooks <lorikix(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [CubeSat] Revision to Dnepr II manifest To: "cubesat(a)atl.calpoly.edu" <cubesat(a)atl.calpoly.edu> The mainfest sent out earlier regarding the March 26 (PDT) launch had incorrect information. Here is the corrected one:P-POD A (first to eject):CP4 (California Polytechnic State University) AeroCube-2 (The Aerospace Corporation)CSTB1 (The Boeing Company)P-POD C (second to eject):MAST (Tethers Unlimited/Stanford University)P-POD B (third to eject):CP3 (California Polytechnic Stat University)CAPE1 (University of Louisiana)Libertad-1 (La Universidad Sergio Arboleda)My sincerest apologies to the MAST and Libertad-1 teams for incorrect acknowledgment. I've been a tad sleep deprived with preparations. Any and all other corrections will be made on our website (www.cubesat.org).Lori BrooksCubeSat Program Manager _________________________________________________________________

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FalconSat 3 Keps?
by Keith N4ZQ 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

One of these objects being tracked by Space-Track, from a launch on March 9, might be FalconSat 3. Only time will tell and Space-Track figures out who is who. Can't wait for the 26 payload Dnepr launch on 27 March to see how long it takes to sort things out. Anyone know what mode FalconSat will come up in, when it does? I figured they be testing all it's capabilities this week. Keep an ear tuned to 435.100. Especially when FalconSat 3 is in mutual view of Florida and the Air Force Academy, 14 miles north of Colorado Springs Colorado. Happy Satellite Tracking and SWLing... Keith N4ZQ OBJECT A 1 30772U 07006A 07068.45633006 .00002142 00000-0 10000-3 0 51 2 30772 046.0295 102.0143 0006000 270.4620 089.5618 15.23670341 59 OBJECT B 1 30773U 07006B 07068.45645188 .00002103 00000-0 10000-3 0 31 2 30773 046.0285 102.0330 0003546 270.9021 089.1449 15.23104633 53 OBJECT C 1 30774U 07006C 07068.19406443 .00085193 00000-0 34644-2 0 19 2 30774 046.0294 103.4111 0005919 273.9439 086.0782 15.23632597 15 OBJECT D 1 30775U 07006D 07068.45870182 -.00000042 00000-0 00000+0 0 22 2 30775 035.4363 097.2506 0002774 300.9463 059.1136 15.02474466 40 OBJECT E 1 30776U 07006E 07068.45865975 -.00000042 00000-0 00000+0 0 38 2 30776 035.4319 097.2004 0001518 293.5210 066.5363 15.02659170 48 OBJECT F 1 30777U 07006F 07068.45876093 -.00000042 00000-0 00000+0 0 32 2 30777 035.4314 097.2278 0004203 287.1546 072.8718 15.02115934 30 OBJECT G 1 30778U 07006G 07068.45682551 -.00000056 00000-0 00000+0 0 32 2 30778 035.6972 098.0256 0034009 236.1073 123.6729 15.13921952 38

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Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Atlas-V/STP-1/Falconsat-3 launch
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Glad to hear of the good news . Congratulations to all involved. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA

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Atlas-V/STP-1/Falconsat-3 launch
by Andrew Glasbrenner 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

We had a great view of the launch tonight. The Atlas is dimmer than the Shuttle or Delta launches, but a nice crimson color. We talked about the launch on the Florida AMSAT net at 730PM, and had several guys outside for both the 88 degree pass of AO-51 at 830 and watching the launch at 1010 while discussing it on the local repeater system. Good Luck Falconsat-3. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Echolink launch audio
by Robert Davies 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

*NASA* Space Shuttle Audio ON 21:08 321472 -- KI4HXT EL97af Robert Davies AMSAT Area Coordinator AMSAT Member#35649 AMSAT President's Club Bronze Sustaining Donor IFC#2880

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http://spaceflightnow.com/
by Robert Davies 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

http://spaceflightnow.com/ -- KI4HXT EL97af Robert Davies AMSAT Area Coordinator AMSAT Member#35649 AMSAT President's Club Bronze Sustaining Donor IFC#2880

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