[amsat-bb] Re: Shenzhou object number & SpaceX Falcon

[Armando Mercado]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544 at triton.net>
To: <nigel at ngunn.net>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Shenzhou object number & SpaceX Falcon


> In April of this year, the Chinese launched Tianlian-1,
> their version of a geo-stationary Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
> (like NASA's TDRS) and made extensive use of it during the
> flight of Shenzhou 7.  One of the test objectives in deploying the
> sub-satellite was to conduct communications through Tianlian-1,
> in addition to taking pictures of the Shenzhoz.  So I suspect it
> is operating at many GHz's, transmitting in a modulation that amateurs
> will find difficult use, and not transmitting all the time.
>
> Armando, N8IGJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net>
> To: "Armando Mercado" <am25544 at triton.net>
> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Shenzhou object number & SpaceX Falcon
>
>
>> Of course, the spacecraft, as launched, has split into 3 parts to extract 
>> the re-entry module, which has now landed so I guess the question is, 
>> which object is the satellite and is it transmitting anything we can 
>> usefully receive.
>>
>> Space Track now lists an Objext H.
>>
>> OBJECT A
>> 1 33386U 08047A   08272.15013951  .00054573  00000-0  29582-3 0   158
>> 2 33386 042.4044 178.2230 0005368 282.1563 235.6774 15.79173201   410
>> OBJECT B
>> 1 33387U 08047B   08273.16486755  .00325302  82837-5  23439-3 0   190
>> 2 33387 042.4065 171.1579 0089600 151.1146 338.4513 16.06393261   587
>> OBJECT C
>> 1 33388U 08047C   08273.16548304  .17339353  77079-5  36395-2 0   218
>> 2 33388 042.5562 171.1969 0068223 167.5297 192.7906 16.23206867   581
>> OBJECT D
>> 1 33389U 08047D   08273.14301888  .09276831  78839-5  39833-2 0   195
>> 2 33389 042.5365 171.6287 0107704 169.6583 340.4200 16.09045925   578
>> OBJECT E
>> 1 33390U 08047E   08273.03387694  .04395134  77585-5  35557-2 0    47
>> 2 33390 042.2885 173.1463 0175741 141.7480 301.2890 15.88629832   302
>> OBJECT F
>> 1 33391U 08047F   08273.46256944  .04168032  77011-5  34082-2 0    49
>> 2 33391 042.2350 170.6011 0173283 148.5087 208.4764 15.89010588   365
>> OBJECT G
>> 1 33392U 08047G   08273.22238605  .00019872  00000-0  11175-3 0    72
>> 2 33392 042.4049 171.6220 0006752 286.1477 212.5348 15.78777424   253
>> OBJECT H
>> 1 33394U 08047H   08273.15670370  .00057461  00000-0  31173-3 0    37
>> 2 33394 042.4132 172.0125 0005298 291.8156 195.4335 15.79138991   579
>>
>>
>> Armando Mercado wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>> There's been a thread on the BBS about which object is/was
>>> the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft.  For what it is worth I have been using
>>> Object A keps.  Central China Television (CCTV) covered the flight
>>> extensively and mostly live as it happened.  Whenever they showed
>>> the big screen at mission control, my tracking program matched their
>>> screen, so it's Object A for me.
>>
>>
>