The following saellites have decayed and have been dropped:
MinXSS - NORAD CAT ID 41474
CADRE - NORAD CAT ID 41475
The following TLEs have been added this week:
OBJECT MZ - NORAD CAT ID 41910
OBJECT NA - NORAD CAT ID 41911
OBJECT NB - NORAD CAT ID 41912
OBJECT NC - NORAD CAT ID 41913
OBJECT ND - NORAD CAT ID 41914
As noted last week, Russian Cosmonauts deployed five satellites from the ISS
on Thursday, July 17, 2017. Presumably, Objects MZ, NA, NB, NC, and ND above
are each one of the above TLEs. The satellites deployed are named as
follows:
Tomsk-TPU-120 (RS04S)
Tanyusha-SWSU 1 (RS-6S)
Tanyusha-SWSU 2 (RS-7S)
TNS-0 No. 2
TS-530-Zerkalo (sphere)
Three of the satellites carry amateur radio payloads. Tanyusha-SWSU 1 & 2 on
437.050 MHz with either 9k6 FSK or FM voice announcements Tomsk-TPU-120 on
437.025 MHz with FM voice announcements. Thanks to AMSAT-UK and Jonathan
[email protected] for the ISS launch information.
The following satellites have been dropped from the AMSAT-NA KEP
Distribution list:
Object C - NORAD CAT ID 42767 is CARTOSAT 2E
Object E - NORAD CAT ID 42769 is CE-SAT 1
Object G - NORAD CAT ID 42771 is SHAINAJOHL
Object H - NORAD CAT ID 42772 is XUENITERENCE
Object J - NORAD CAT ID 42773 is LUCYBRYCE
Object K - NORAD CAT ID 42774 is KUNGFOO
Object Q - NORAD CAT ID 42779 is LYNSEY-SYMO
Object R - NORAD CAT ID 42780 is LISASUARUS
Object S - NORAD CAT ID 42781 is SAM-AMELIA
Object T - NORAD CAT ID 42782 is MCPEAKE
Object U - NORAD CAT ID 42783 is DIAMOND RED
Object W - NORAD CAT ID 42785 is DIAMOND GREEN
Object X - NORAD CAT ID 42786 is DIAMOND BLUE
Object AE - NORAD CAT ID 42793 is CICERO 6
Object AG - NORAD CAT ID 42795 is TYVAK 53B
Russian Cosmonauts deployed five satellites from the ISS on Thursday, July
17, 2017.
They are as follows:
Tomsk-TPU-120
Tanyusha-SWSU 1
Tanyusha-SWSU 2
TNS-0 No. 2
TS-530-Zerkalo (sphere)
Three of the satellites carry amateur radio payloads.
Tanyusha-SWSU 1 & 2 on 437.050 MHz with either 9k6 FSK or FM voice
announcements
Tomsk-TPU-120 on 437.025 MHz with FM voice announcements.
The 2-Line elements have not appeared on Space-Track as yet. (Too close to
ISS.)
Thanks to AMSAT-UK (Jonathan [email protected]) for the ISS launch
information.
Ray Hoad
WA5QGD
Orbital Elements Manager
The following satellites have been renamed this week:
Object U - NORAD CAT ID 42820 is now named BIRD-J
Object V - NORAD CAT ID 42821 is now named BIRD-G (by default ???)
Object W - NORAD CAT ID 42822 is now named BIRD-M
Object X - NORAD CAT ID 42823 is now named BIRD-B
Object Y - NORAD CAT ID 42824 is now named BIRD-N
Object B - NORAD CAT ID 42766 is now named NIUSat
Object AC - NORAD CAT ID 42791 is now named VENTA 1
Thanks to Colin Hurst, VK5HI (great call!) and Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN for the
about information. Note that this makes Object V (NORAD CAT ID 42821) object
G by default???
Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has noted that COMPASS 2 (NORAD CAT ID 42777) has
never transmitted any signals, so I will drop COMPASS 2 this week.
Nico also notes that NIUSat (NORAD CAT ID 42766) does have a telemetry
downlink on 436.000 MHz. Also VENTA 1 (the first satellite of Latvia, NORAD
CAT ID 42791) has a telemetry downlink on 437.325 MHz and a Sprite microchip
satellite attached to it. Thus I will not drop either NIUSat or VENTA 1.
Next week I will drop the following objects of the Indian PSLV launch of
6-23-2017 from the AMSAT-A KEP Distribution. As far as I know, these
satellites that do not carry amateur radio or have failed to transmitt a
signal. But, in case I missed something, you have one more week to inform me
why I should retain any particular satellite in the AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution and I will be happy to reconsider.
Object C - NORAD CAT ID 42767 is CARTOSAT 2E
Object E - NORAD CAT ID 42769 is CE-SAT 1
Object G - NORAD CAT ID 42771 is SHAINAJOHL
Object H - NORAD CAT ID 42772 is XUENITERENCE
Object J - NORAD CAT ID 42773 is LUCYBRYCE
Object K - NORAD CAT ID 42774 is KUNGFOO
Object Q - NORAD CAT ID 42779 is LYNSEY-SYMO
Object R - NORAD CAT ID 42780 is LISASUARUS
Object S - NORAD CAT ID 42781 is SAM-AMELIA
Object T - NORAD CAT ID 42782 is MCPEAKE
Object U - NORAD CAT ID 42783 is DIAMOND RED
Object W - NORAD CAT ID 42785 is DIAMOND GREEN
Object X - NORAD CAT ID 42786 is DIAMOND BLUE
Object AE - NORAD CAT ID 42793 is CICERO 6
Object AG - NORAD CAT ID 42795 is TYVAK 53B
I need to do some clean up of satellite names in the AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution this week.
The following satellites have been renamed this week:
Object A - NORAD CAT ID 42765 is now named UCLSat
Object N - NORAD CAT ID 42777 is now named COMPASS 2
Object AA - NORAD CAT ID 42789 is now named skCUBE
The following satellite has been dropped:
Object AH - NORAD CAT ID 42796 DROPPED THIS WEEK (PSLV ROCKET BODY)
Now that the objects of the Indian PSLV launch of 6-23-2017 have been (more
or less) identified, I will be dropping some of the "Object" names from the
AMSAT-NA TLE list for those satellites that do not carry amateur radio. I
plan to drop them in the next week or two. But, in case I missed something,
please inform me why I should retain any particular satellite in the
AMSAT-NA TLE distribution and I will reconsider.
The objects that I plan to drop are named as follows on the Space-Track
website:
Object B - NORAD CAT ID 42766 is NIUSat
Object C - NORAD CAT ID 42767 is CARTOSAT 2E
Object E - NORAD CAT ID 42769 is CE-SAT 1
Object G - NORAD CAT ID 42771 is SHAINAJOHL
Object H - NORAD CAT ID 42772 is XUENITERENCE
Object J - NORAD CAT ID 42773 is LUCYBRYCE
Object K - NORAD CAT ID 42774 is KUNGFOO
Object Q - NORAD CAT ID 42779 is LYNSEY-SYMO
Object R - NORAD CAT ID 42780 is LISASUARUS
Object S - NORAD CAT ID 42781 is SAM-AMELIA
Object T - NORAD CAT ID 42782 is MCPEAKE
Object U - NORAD CAT ID 42783 is DIAMOND RED
Object W - NORAD CAT ID 42785 is DIAMOND GREEN
Object X - NORAD CAT ID 42786 is DIAMOND BLUE
Object AC - NORAD CAT ID 42791 is VENTA 1
Object AE - NORAD CAT ID 42793 is CICERO 6
Object AG - NORAD CAT ID 42795 is TYVAK 53B
For your information:
The BIRDS-1 deployment of 7-7-2017 from the ISS still remains unidentified
as yet. Space-Track had named them Objects A, B, C, D and E while they still
had previously named satellites from the Indian PSLV launch named Objects A,
B, C, D and E on their website. Since these duplicate names would be
confusing, I used the last letter from the International Designation
(INTLDES) to name these five satellites (U, V, W, X and Y. I am not going to
change my names at this time, but note that a change will eventually need to
be done.
