Ariane 6 VA262 - 2024-07-09 19:00 UTC

After the latest updates from OOV-Cube, here is the current status (based on RF or optical observations only):

Temporary NORAD ID Satellite NORAD ID to follow Other NORAD IDs Identified Deployed Last Update
RECEIVED AND DEMODULATED
98877 ISTSAT-1 60238 60236(unlikely), 60237, 60241(unlikely) NO YES Continue to follow 60238, other possible 60236(unlikely), 60237, 60241(unlikely)
98882 GRBBeta 60237 60236, 60238(unlikely) NO YES Received and Decoded, continue to follow 60237, other possible 60236, 60238(unlikely)
- ROBUSTA-3A 60243 - YES YES Identified, here are the ikhnos results
- OOV-Cube 60240 - YES YES Identified, here are the ikhnos results
RECEIVED
98878 3CAT-4 60236 60237, 60238, 60241 NO YES Received, changed to follow 60236, other possible 60237, 60238, 60239(unlikely), 60241 - last reception at 2024-07-10 18:05:36
- Ariane 6 - Upper Stage 60239 - YES YES Identified, confirmation by optical observation, extra one with this tweet by s2a_systems and also confirmed by space-track.org “RCS_SIZE” value which is the only object of this launch being “LARGE”
- Curium One 60242 - YES YES Identified, here are the ikhnos results
NOT RECEIVED
98875 Replicator (ORBIT-3D) 60235 All (except identified) NO YES Not Received, randomly assinged to follow 60235, other possible All (except identified)
98879 CURIE 60241 All (except identified) NO YES Not Received, randomly assinged to follow 60241, other possible All (except identified)
NOT IN DB
SpaceCase SC-X01 - NO NO
NyxBikini NO NO

Here is the updated RCA SIZE values table, based on satellite sizes and with addition of notes based on RF observations:

OBJECT RCS_SIZE POSSIBLE OBJECTS NOTES
60235 SMALL ISTAT-1(1U)(unlikely), GRBBeta(2U)(unlikely), 3CAT-4(1U)(unlikely), Replicator(3U) -
60236 SMALL ISTAT-1(1U)(unlikely), GRBBeta(2U), 3CAT-4(1U), Replicator(3U) -
60237 MEDIUM CURIE(6U) Given its position/orbit and RF data from observations this could be a small satellite
60238 SMALL ISTAT-1(1U), GRBBeta(2U)(unlikely), 3CAT-4(1U), Replicator(3U) -
60239 LARGE ARIANE - UPPER STAGE Identified
60240 MEDIUM OOV-CUBE(25x25x25cm) Identified
60241 MEDIUM CURIE(6U), Given its position/orbit and RF data from observations this could be a small satellite
60242 MEDIUM CURIUM ONE(12U) Identified
60243 SMALL ROBUSTA-3A(3U) Identified
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