[amsat-bb] CubeSat TLEs for 26Jul06 launch

["Ralph Wallio, W0RPK" <W0RPK@xxxxxxxxxx>]

CalPoly has posted initial TLEs for the DNEPR-1 CubeSat launch on 26Jul06 at 19:43:00UT:

P-POD A
1 XXXXXU 06XXXXXX 06207.83180700 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X
2 XXXXX 097.4300 115.6700 0022000 189.6832 349.1800 15.1250000000001X

P-POD B
1 XXXXXU 06XXXXXX 06207.83180700 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X
2 XXXXX 097.4300 115.6700 0022000 189.6832 349.1800 15.1250000000001X

P-POD C
1 XXXXXU 06XXXXXX 06207.83185400 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X
2 XXXXX 097.4300 115.6700 0048000 189.6331 349.5400 15.0520000000001X

P-POD D
1 XXXXXU 06XXXXXX 06207.83187676 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X
2 XXXXX 097.4300 115.6700 0060000 189.6096 349.7100 15.0150000000001X

P-POD E
1 XXXXXU 06XXXXXX 06207.83189990 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X
2 XXXXX 097.4300 115.6700 0073000 189.6251 349.8500 14.9770000000001X

(Note that TLEs for P-POD A and P-POD B are the same so expect a change.  Use of any single TLE,
e.g., elements for P-POD C, is reasonable because all CubeSats will be too close to resolve
AOS/TCA/LOS differences for a few days after deployment.)

The following post-launch operation schedule is based on P-POD C TLE:

26Jul06 19:43UT  Launch
        19:58UT  Separation
        20:00UT  ION starts transmitting
        20:03UT  SEEDS starts transmitting
        20:13UT  VOYAGER starts transmitting
        20:13UT  RINCON and SACRED start transmitting
        20:15UT  NCUBE starts transmitting
        20:47UT  First-AOS UH-VOYAGER              21.32N  157.87W  Hawaii, USA
        20:52UT  First-AOS Stanford (3.2d maxE)    37.43N  122.18W  California, USA
        20:53UT  First-AOS CalPoly (1.7d maxE)     35.30N  120.66W  California, USA
        20:58UT  MEROPE starts transmitting
        21:10UT  First-AOS HIN-NCUBE               68.43N   17.43E  Narvik, Norway

27Jul06 00:05UT  First-AOS NU-SEEDS                35.50N  140.00E  Tokyo, Japan
        01:38UT  First-AOS HAU-HAUSAT              37.50N  127.00E  Seoul, Korea
        03:45UT  First-AOS UIUC-ION                40.10N   88.23W  Illinois, USA
        05:16UT  First-AOS KU-KUTESAT              38.96N   95.25W  Kansas, USA
        05:16UT  First-AOS WØRPK                   41.44N   93.57W  Iowa, USA
        05:18UT  First-AOS MSU-MEROPE              45.68N  111.04W  Montana, USA
        05:23UT  First-AOS UA-RINCON/SACRED        32.23N  110.95W  Arizona, USA
        06:53UT  Second-AOS Stanford ICEcube1/2    37.43N  122.18W  California, USA
        06:54UT  Second-AOS CalPoly-CP1/2          35.30N  120.66W  California, USA

CalPoly has a web page with information on each CubeSat starting at
http://polysat.calpoly.edu/earthstation/status/status.html#aero.

My CubeSat web page at http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm includes information for
OSCAR operators who intend to receive and report CubeSat telemetry.

TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio, WØRPK
W0RPK@netINS.net
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/
Hubbert's Peak - The Mother of all Perfect Storms
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