[amsat-bb] Re: Object IDs

[Nico Janssen]

All,

An update on the satellite IDs.

Still no IDs are available for the satellites launched from the ISS
(except TechEdSat 3P) and the Minotaur.

Several IDs have been published for the objects from the Dnepr launch
but many need to be confirmed. Still not all TLEs are released.

AMSAT-OSCAR 73, ZACube 1 and HiNCube were launched from the same ISIPOD.
As they initially were close together, the JSpOC decided to release only
one TLE set for this cluster under object number 39417 (2013-066B). Now
the distances between these satellites are slowly increasing. So the
question is which satellite is object 39417.
Detailed doppler measurements show that ZACube 1 is now about 25 s early
compared to the TLE for object 39417, while OSCAR 73 is about 11 s
early. This seems to indicate that object 39417 is actually HiNCube.
Hopefully TLEs for OSCAR 73 and ZACube 1 will be published soon.

73,
Nico PA0DLO


On 2013-11-23 11:32, Nico Janssen wrote:
> All,
>
> An overview of the presently known IDs for the satellites that have
> been launched recently.
>
> ISS JSSOD Cubesat launches
> 2013-11-19 12:18 UTC
> 39412 1998-067DA  Pico Dragon ?
> 39413 1998-067DB  ArduSat 1 ?
> 39414 1998-067DC  ArduSat X ?
> To be confirmed when the objects have more separation.
> 2013-11-20 07:58 UTC
> 39415 1998-067DD  TechEdSat 3P
>
> Minotaur 1, Wallops Flight Facility
> 2013-11-20 01:15 UTC
> ORS3 & ELaNa 4: 29 satellites
> So far only 4 TLEs published. No IDs yet but probably:
> 39380 2013-064A  STPSat 3
>
> Dnepr, Yasny
> 2013-11-21 07:10:11 UTC
> 32 satellites
> 19 TLEs published
> 39417 2013-066B  FUNcube 1
> 39427 2013-066M  Triton 1
> 39428 2013-066N  Delfi-n3Xt
>
> Note that all designations may change later on.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>