[amsat-bb] Re: KKS-1 confusion

Bob DeVarney W1ICW we1u at myfairpoint.net
Fri Sep 14 12:18:48 PDT 2012


Never mind, found it.. wrong catalog number !
I checked N2YO's web page, and sure enough it coincided with what I had 
observed, so I pulled the keps off his site, and noticed it is catalog 
33499 not 33493 as I had..


On 9/14/2012 3:11 PM, Bob DeVarney W1ICW wrote:
> Could someone please give me a sanity check..
>
>
> I am trying to copy CP5, one of the college Cubesats launched 
> yesterday. Several times now I have heard towards the end of the pass 
> a weak CW beacon.. I finally copied it today and it appears to be the 
> beacon from KKS-1. However, if I use the keplerian elements published 
> on Space-Track, I get a pass time that is at least a half hour ahead 
> of what I am seeing.. can someone give me a sanity check here?
>
> Thanks, and VY 73,
>
> Bob DeVarney W1ICW
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