TRACERS Rideshare launch is later today, we are going to track REAL satellite at 450.060 MHz.
Sources for the launch:
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A preliminary TLE based on unclear info about the altitude and the inclination for this launch, so use with caution:
REAL
1 98545U 25203.76250000 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 05
2 98545 97.4000 269.5500 0021761 0.0000 144.5500 15.16972717 02
The launch has been aborted due to Air Space Concerns. It goes for tomorrow.
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A preliminary TLE for the new launch date, again based on unclear info for altitude and inclination:
REAL
1 98545U 25204.76250000 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 06
2 98545 97.4000 270.5650 0021761 0.0000 144.6750 15.16972717 08
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An updated TLE based on the comparison with the live stream map:
REAL
1 98545U 25204.76300000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 03
2 98545 97.4000 270.5675 0023123 357.9866 160.7863 15.16970303 06
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REAL satellite is alive and loud!!!
The TLE are pretty accurate, more updated one will come in the next hour.
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Updated TLE set based on the Network observation of the previous post:
REAL
1 98545U 25204.82995366 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 04
2 98545 97.4000 270.9230 0023123 357.9866 163.6821 15.16970303 03
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One more TLE update from more recent observations:
REAL
1 98545U 25204.87000000 .00000000 00000-0 30000-3 0 08
2 98545 97.4000 270.9830 0024043 356.4422 23.6682 15.16995445 07
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Looks like there’s transmission observed at 02:18 UTC. (8 hours after launch?)
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Yes this is REAL satellite.
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We have already objects in “TO BE ASSIGNED” status published by space-track.org for this launch:
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64869U 25154A 25204.95133719 -.00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991
2 64869 97.7165 271.0360 0004519 230.8627 220.5945 14.91514962 27
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64870U 25154B 25204.95042373 -.00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 9998
2 64870 97.7158 271.0325 0003976 274.7093 172.0967 14.92122149 20
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64871U 25154C 25204.95058545 -.00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 64871 97.7142 271.0297 0004390 270.9178 176.7864 14.92177231 24
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64872U 25154D 25204.95058625 -.00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 64872 97.7142 271.0320 0003958 267.4488 180.2806 14.92217359 17
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64873U 25154E 25204.95046983 -.00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 9992
2 64873 97.7176 271.0326 0004780 273.3512 173.8289 14.92374098 27
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64874U 25154F 25204.88668102 -.00000066 00000-0 00000+0 0 9990
2 64874 97.4414 270.8437 0001248 48.5243 62.6942 15.17331808 08
0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 64875U 25154G 25204.88761501 -.00000067 00000-0 00000+0 0 9999
2 64875 97.4510 270.8433 0001826 172.9472 303.6041 15.18317156 09
For the REAL the best fit without other candidate is OBJECT G (64875), we are going to wait for the objects to be assigned before moving into identification, until then we will follow for REAL 64785.
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Please fix the REAL Followed NORAD ID to 64875 (not 64785)
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Done thanks! Observations in Network will be updated in the next minutes.
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I was happy to finally get some 9k6 decodes from REAL on a higher pass over the eastern U.S. tonight, but a super-nice bonus was also seeing the S-Band downlink (with data sidebands!!).
Correct S-Band freq. appears to be in the area of 2202.450 MHz, but I’ll setup with narrow-er settings next time for a (hopefully) better view of the signal.
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Good pass tonight of the REAL satellite at EM00.
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