[amsat-bb] GSFC keps: Names/cat num/inter. ID

[Randolph Kohlwey <kohlwey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just looked for new keps on GSFC.NASA.GOV and noticed that
satellite names are now associated with different Catalog numbers.
and IDs.  Do they usually change these assignments other than fix
the other values when the satellites are miss identified?

Another thing I noticed is that the Element Set number sometimes has
a leading 0 in some cases. The Minotaur is an example of this. When
I look later they have a lower number with no leading 0. Is there any
significance to this?



   New assignments Feb. 1, 2000:
old       catNum IntID       New
--------------------------------------------
ASUSAT-1  26061U 00004A      JAWSAT
OPAL      26062U 00004B      OCS
OCS       26063U 00004C      OPAL
FALCONSAT 26064U 00004D      FALCONSAT
JAWSAT    26065U 00004E      ASUSAT
MINOTAUR R/B 26066U 00004F   MINOTAUR R/B

JAWSAT
1 26061U 00004A   00032.89236850  .00001453  00000-0  53399-3 0   216
2 26061 100.2259 230.5166 0037035 172.6636 187.5073 14.34302199   836
OCS
1 26062U 00004B   00032.47480290  .00004266  00000-0  15297-2 0   174
2 26062 100.2268 230.0278 0037815 174.5314 188.5455 14.34191568   770
OPAL
1 26063U 00004C   00032.89341112  .00086488  00000-0  30275-1 0   156
2 26063 100.2296 230.5174 0037297 172.8171 187.3551 14.34143453   828
FALCONSAT
1 26064U 00004D   00032.05659032  .00000210  00000-0  95742-4 0   161
2 26064 100.2301 229.5298 0039011 175.6233 184.5304 14.33909659   706
ASUSAT
1 26065U 00004E   00032.82355078  .00024198  00000-0  85640-2 0   154
2 26065 100.2365 230.4482 0040924 172.4680 187.7228 14.34064717   819
MINOTAUR R/B
1 26066U 00004F   00032.05334482 +.00000117 +00000-0 +61638-4 0 00514
2 26066 100.2305 229.5333 0034845 174.6056 185.5502 14.34857612000718

Thanks for the signal reports for JawSat and Good Luck to Opal and the
picosats!

73, Randy N7SFI

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