[amsat-bb] Re: [keps] New Satellites In This Weeks KEP Distribution

[Nico Janssen]

Ray,

An update on the identifications of the new satellites:

39131 2013-015B  OSSI 1
39132 2013-015C  DOVE 2
39133 2013-015D  AIST 2
39134 2013-015E  BEESAT 3
39135 2013-015F  SOMP
39136 2013-015G  BEESAT 2

NEE-01 (Pegaso), Cubebug 1 (Capitán Beto) and Turksat-3USAT
are in the group 39151 2013-018B, 39152 2013-018C, and
39153 2013-018D. Which satellite is which object is still
to be confirmed.

Two-line elements are available for all these satellites.

The three PhoneSats from the Antares launch have now decayed
or are about to decay.

73,
Nico PA0DLO


On 2013-04-26 04:35, Ray Hoad wrote:
> A lot of activity in the last week!
>
> The week we have added the following cubesat satellites:
> OSSI-1     Cat# 39130  Beacon on 145.980 MHz CW and 437.525 MHz 1k2
> also has LED optical beacon in morse code
> BEESAT2/3  Cat# 39131  435.950 MHz 4k8 GMSK (two separate satellites
> real close together for now)
> SOMP       Cat# 39135  Downlink 437.485 MHz including CW, 1k2, 9k6 BPSK,
> AX25 FSK and AO40 type standard 400bit/s BPSK
> GRAHAM     Cat# 39142  Phonesat 437.425 MHz using smartphone computer,
> using batteries only only good for about a week
> BELL       Cat# 39143  Phonesat 437.425 MHz using smartphone computer,
> using batteries only only good for about a week
> ALEXANDER  Cat# 39146  Phonesat 437.425 MHz using smartphone computer,
> using batteries only only good for about a week
>
> Go to http://ww2.amsat.org and click on "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE WEEKLY
> BULLETIN" to get details on these new cubesats.
>