The following satellites have been added to this week's KEP distribution:
TY-1, NORAD CAT ID 41844 CAS-2T, NORAD CAT ID 41845 (See Note 1 below) Pegasus-1,NORAD CAT ID 41846 HO-68, NORAD CAT ID 36122 (See Note 2 below)
Note 1: CAS-2T and KS-1Q are technical experiment satellites that are attached to the final stage of the China's CZ-11(Y2) rocket launched on 11-9-2016. Therefore, the orbital life of this pair is 10 to 30 days. (Per Alan, BA1DU)
Note 2: Also per Alan, BA1DU, HO-68 (XW-1) has been restored to working order. The frequency of this CW beacon only satellite is 435.790 MHz.
Finally, EO-79 or FUNcube-3 has been activated for Amateur Radio service. See AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-318 dated 11-13-2016 for details. http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2016/000938.html
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Ray Hoad