ISS CubeSat Deployment (2020-02-17): Phoenix, QARMAN, RadSat-U, Argus-2, AZTECHSAT-1

We have received phoenix, as well as its team did, at 2020-03-24 01:20:52 using the old transmitter, so I set the new one as inactive.

The receptions can be found in these observations (3 of Phoenix, 1 of QARMAN):

Phoenix observations:

QARMAN observation:

From the QARMAN observation and the already identified objects from this deployment, we can say for sure that Phoenix is one of 45256-45259, as these were the only visible during the observation.

However from older observations we have managed to find that 45257 and 45258 are the most possible. From the Phoenix observations above it seems that 45258 is the right object, but as 45257 is still close, I would like to wait for a little longer in order to be 100% sure that it is this object.

The previous change on NORAD ID we follow has been changed back, so again we follow 45258 for Phoenix. My certainty currently for this ID is 90%-95%, so I’ll wait for the next reception or the vetting of receptions of the last week that may have a reception of Phoenix.

For all of those vetting Phoenix observations, please be careful as QARMAN is still visible on the waterfalls and maybe in some cases it is decoded too.

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