[amsat-bb] PSAT (90720) status?

Tomáš Urbanec tommypnq at centrum.cz
Wed Apr 13 15:06:32 UTC 2016


Hi Rico,
I do not have info for last three days, but it was still transmitting 
the beacons and there was some activity on several passes, I will look 
into it later today.
         73! Tomas OK2PNQ

Dne 12.4.2016 v 15:34 Rico van Genugten napsal(a):
> Does PSAT's PSK31 transponder still work? And if so, is there any activity
> on it?
>
> 73,
> Rico PA3RVG
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> It's in AMSAT's nasabare.txt as NO-84. The NORAD ID is 40654 (the
>> 9XXXX numbers are temporary placeholders).
>>
>> NO-84
>> 1 40654U 15025D   16098.21432098  .00009367  00000-0  21408-3 0 00832
>> 2 40654 055.0059 011.4499 0210126 256.7411 101.0085 15.23792075013214
>>
>> You will not find it on CelesTrak, Heavens Above, or several of the
>> other sites because it was a secondary payload on a classified
>> military launch (like AO-85).
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Paul, N8HM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
>> <ldeffenb at homeside.to> wrote:
>>> I was just informed that my PSAT APRS object orbit isn't matching that
>> shown
>>> at n2yo.com.  Imagine my chagrin when I discovered that I've been using
>> a
>>> TLE from June of 2015!
>>>
>>> However, checking into the standard TLE files, I don't find mention of
>>> either PSAT nor ID 90720.  Does anyone here know the current status of
>> PSAT,
>>> particularly the ID number if it is still in the air?
>>>
>>> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>>>
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