[Nova-Net] Amateur Sats

[Daniel D. Kekez]

James Jolin wrote:
> I need help. Some of the amateur sats are not listed, e.g., ao27,ao51 to 
> name two.  What do I do to get all the amateur sats?  Running 2.2b.  Ran 
> the internet update, but that did not seem to help.

Part of the confusion may be that the "Common Name" in the Space-Track
catalog is not AO-27 or AO-51. For example, AO-51 is listed as "AMSAT
ECHO". You can always check the satellite listing on the AMSAT website
to make sure that both names refer to the correct spacecraft.


I'm a bit confused when it comes to AO-27. It is commonly called
"EYESAT". PO-28 is commonly called "KITSAT B".

In the AMSAT Keps list:
AO-27 - EYESAT has NORAD catalog number 22825
PO-28 - KITSAT B has NORAD catalog number 22829.

NORAD has them reversed:
EYESAT A is 22829.
KITSAT B is 22825.

Does anyone know which is correct? I haven't tried tracking either of them.

Regards,
-Daniel, VA3KKZ