There have been some significant changes to the identification of the
satellites launched from the ISS on 1-16-2017. The best guess as to who is
who comes from Nico Janssen PA0DLO (with comment from Mike, DK3WM) as shown
below.
NORAD OBJECT
CAT ID NAME
---------------------
41930 OBJECT 41930 (Not Known at this time)
41931 Tancredo 1
41932 ITF-2
41933 EGG
41934 OBJECT 41934 (Not Known at this time)
41935 AOBA-VELOX3
41936 TuPOD
41937 OBJECT A
41938 OBJECT B
41939 OSNSAT
The OBJECT NAME associated with the NORAD CAT ID's above does not match the
NORAD's SATNAME as shown on the SpaceTrack website. This is due to NORAD
still using the SATNAME they orginally guessed soon after launch. It is
possible to see more changes as the objects separate more.
Per Nico Janssen,PA0DLO 1-26-2017 on AMSAT-BB:
> As witnessed by Mike, DK3WM, the TLE sets of some of the Cubesats from
> this launch have been cross-tagged a couple of days ago. TuPOD is now
> object 41936, 1998-067KY. Probably Tancredo 1 is now 41931, 1998-067KT,
> and OSNSAT is 41939, 1998-067KZ. I informed Kelso and he has now
> updated CelesTrak. Unfortunately Space-Track is still using the IDs that
> they originally guessed.
> TuPOD's batteries are empty so the satellite is not transmitting anymore.
> Also Tancredo 1 does not seem to transmit anymore, at least not when
> in eclipse. As far as I know, Waseda-Sat 3 never transmitted any signals.
The following satellites were launched from the Internationa Space Station
(ISS) on Monday, January 16, 2017. The satellites were launched from the new
JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). The satellite names
associated with the NORAD CAT ID may change as these objects separate and
can be more easily tracked individually. We will start with the names used
by SpaceTrack and see what happens. (Thanks to AMSAT-UK for info.)
NORAD
CAT ID SATNAME
41930 ITF-2
41931 WASEDA-SAT3
41932 FREEDOM
41933 EGG
41934 TUPOD-Tancredo1
41935 AOBA-VELOX3
Note: EGG (Object 41933) does not carry amateur radio and will be removed as
soon as all objects/names are confirmed. Object 41934 is a 3U satellite
(three individual satellites permanently stuck together) and it consists of
TUPOD, Tancredo1, and a non-amateur cubesat OSNSAT.
See http://amsat-uk.org/2017/01/14/six-cubesats-to-deploy-from-iss/ for
details.
