[amsat-bb] Keps Question from Rocket Lab launch

[Wendy and Terry Osborne]

Hi Dave and Nico,

The Humanity Star web site is now tracking with 2018-10D.
It was A when I checked a couple of days ago.
As Nico says, A is Dove Pioneer
So that makes F the rocket body.
B and C are Lemur 2
And E is the rocket kick stage.

Thanks for your help on this.

73,
Terry ZL2BAC


From: Dave Hartzell 
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 6:16 AM
To: Wendy and Terry Osborne 
Cc: Amsat BB 
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Keps Question from Rocket Lab launch

Looks like 2018-010D is the best fit (now) for Humanity Star....


On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Wendy and Terry Osborne <wandtosborne at gmail.com> wrote:

  Hi Folks,

  I have found a set of Keps from yesterday’s Rocket Lab launch.

  2018-010A
  1 43163U 18010A   18021.87397025  .00000319 -10052-5  00000+0 0  9996
  2 43163  82.9164 138.6720 0176456 219.4667 139.3657 15.51933178   120
  2018-010B
  1 43164U 18010B   18021.89134907  .00000035  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
  2 43164  82.9271 138.6991 0029255 248.8502 110.7671 15.17838339   122
  2018-010C
  1 43165U 18010C   18021.95720165  .00000036  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
  2 43165  82.9208 138.6356 0031890 240.7480 118.8502 15.17897039   137
  2018-010D
  1 43166U 18010D   18021.93802473  .00000320 -10083-5  00000+0 0  9990
  2 43166  82.9232 138.6174 0172791 220.0084 138.7693 15.52599809   135
  2018-010E
  1 43167U 18010E   18021.89220116  .00000035  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
  2 43167  82.9254 138.6995 0024458 245.8147 114.0537 15.16199901   124
  2018-010F
  1 43168U 18010F   18021.87420109  .00000318 -10038-5  00000+0 0  9994
  2 43168  82.9247 138.6716 0176956 220.2187 138.6723 15.51608672   128

  They appear to be in 2 groups.
  2018-010A, 2018-010D and 2018-010F are close together.
  Similarly 2018-010B, 2018-010C and 2018-010E are close together.

  I suspect that A,D and F are the satellites and B,C and E are the Rocket body and debris.
  Is there any way of confirming which is which?

  Or does anyone have the downlink frequencies for Dove Pioneer or Lemur-2?

  73,

  Terry ZL2BAC

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