[amsat-bb] Life satelite status page.
Greg D
ko6th.greg at gmail.com
Thu Oct 4 05:23:02 UTC 2018
So what happens when they are actually real?
Greg KO6TH
John Brier wrote:
> At the top of the page:
>
> "If you want to practice reporting without affecting the real data,
> please select the dummy-satellites AO-98 and AO-99."
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:46 PM <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
>> I think I asked this some time ago, and if I got an answer, I forgot.
>>
>> So on the Satellite status page, http://www.amsat.org/status/ there are
>> listings for AO-98 and AO-99 which have both been there for a while, but are
>> yet to be launched and designated. Latest Oscar number is 94 for the
>> Chinese lunar orbiting birds. So why are these there and more oddly, why
>> are there always at least a few reports of "Heard" or "Telemetry" for these
>> non-existent satellites?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
>> EM12ms
>>
>>
>>
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