New launches

Thursday, February 27th, 2014 18:37 UTC

H2A rocket launch from Tanegashima Space Center with onboard the following satellites that will be operating in the Amateur radio frequency spectrum.

Jaxa H2A Launch

ShindaiSat active
STARS-II active
TeikyoSat-3 active
ITF-1 unknown
OPUSAT active
ARTSAT INVADER active

jaxa_launch_2014-freq

TLE

STARS-2
1 39573U 14009B   14060.87082916  .00126303  00000-0  14839-2 0   132
2 39573 065.0119 052.6783 0006119 332.8179 027.2647 15.60801074   327
TEIKYOSAT
1 39574U 14009C   14060.23330645  .00057725  00000-0  78972-3 0   105
2 39574 065.0209 054.8974 0013534 253.3290 106.6370 15.56980553   223
SHINDAISAT
1 39572U 14009A   14060.87351051  .00064061  00000-0  82319-3 0   120
2 39572 065.0127 052.6969 0012238 283.9608 076.0167 15.58639605   328
INVADER
1 39577U 14009F   14060.87113583  .00097025  00000-0  11575-2 0   144
2 39577 065.0140 052.6864 0006920 322.7443 037.3185 15.60509466   326
OPUSAT
1 39578U 14009G   14060.35832562  .00160311  00000-0  18885-2 0   109
2 39578 065.0126 054.4408 0005228 319.3305 040.7452 15.60613112   244
ITF-1
1 39579U 14009H   14060.23128098  .00085996  00000-0  10782-2 0    78
2 39579 065.0098 054.8826 0009000 291.4950 068.5241 15.59229553   221

Friday, February 28th, 2014 07:30 UTC

5 cubsats launched from the International Space Stations.

ISS-28022014-0730

ISS-28022014-0730-01

Feb 28, 2014 Cubesats deployment. Top to bottom: LituanicaSAT, LitSat, SkyCube, ArduSat-2, UAPSat

LituanicaSat-1 active
LitSat-1 active
UAPSat active

TLE

LITSAT
1 39568U 98067EM  14067.03574193  .00155139  00000-0  23417-2 0   243
2 39568 051.6475 240.8905 0005418 265.5665 191.9527 15.53686020  1182
LITUANICA
1 39569U 98067EN  14067.03763082  .00099761  00000-0  15624-2 0   295
2 39569 051.6475 240.9078 0005246 258.8855 198.5010 15.52907745  1189
UAPSAT
1 39571U 98067EQ  14066.92075337  .00066934  00000-0  10800-2 0   268
2 39571 051.6489 241.5135 0005261 235.8767 277.4092 15.52259356  1143

[PE0SAT Thanks DK3WN and Satellite Ground Stations for the above information]