NOTICE: In an effort to minimise confusion between sources of two line element sets, AMSAT is adopting the convention of listing the USSF/NORAD Satellite Catalog name first, followed by any secondary name or names in parentheses. For example this week "POEM 4 (BGS ARPIT)" was added where "POEM 4" is the name that appears in the USSF Satellite Catalog, and "BGS ARPIT" is the name best known within the amateur satellite community. Expect name changes for affected satellites whe in the coming weeks as this change is fully implemented.
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE distribution:
POEM 4 (BGS ARPIT) NORAD Cat ID 46495
The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT TLE distribution:
PRISM (HITOMI) NORAD Cat ID 33493 Likely defunct YUBELEINY 2 (RS-40) NORAD Cat ID 33735 Likely defunct CHUBUSAT-2 NORAD Cat ID 41338 Likely defunct CHUBUSAT-3 NORAD Cat ID 41339 Likely defunct PRATHAM NORAD Cat ID 41783 Likely defunct D-SAT NORAD Cat ID 42794 Likely defunct RANGE-B NORAD Cat ID 43772 Likely defunct CySat-1 NORAD Cat ID 61501 Decayed from orbit on or about 09 January 2025 MRC-100 NORAD Cat ID 56993 Decayed from orbit on or about 05 January 2025
Joe Fitzgerald (KM1P) AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager