Observation 12858633: SilverSat (98538)

Regarding Observation 12858633

There seems to be something wrong with the latest TLE. The previous TLE showed 0° elevation for the pass, with the current TLE it was suddenly 46°. The absence of any signal is an indication, that the previous TLE were correct.

In addition the scheduling shows unexpected new passes.

73, Stefan/OE6ISP

The MM 0 was something I missed when creating the TLE, give these a try:

SilverSat
1 98538U 98067A   25336.62648942  .00009722  00000-0  18290-3 0    09
2 98538  51.6307 229.6138 0003628 192.4733 246.9386 15.49234272    03

Looks oke now

Jan | PE0SAT

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Ok - thx, I will try!

73,

Stefan / OE6ISP

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We’ll try this TLE on our next pass at the SilverSat ground station, and see if we can compare to tracking on the ISS.

Here is the state vector we got before launch:

001-US_001/2025.12.02
STATE VECTOR - NRCSD29

MODEL MCC-1
ORBIT 0/0
DATE [yyyy.mm.dd] 2025.12.02
TIME [hh:mm:ss] 08:20:00.000
X [m] -6615794.662444
Y [m] -327623.543010
Z [m] -1543485.155194
VX [m/s] -1090.868289
VY [m/s] -4940.608772
VZ [m/s] 5744.464095
Sb [m^3/(kgf*s^2)] 0.137916
CR 0.00
F10.7 147.700
AP 15.200

Dave

KC3CQJ

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Command responses were very intermittent during the last SilverSat pass. It is possible that the beacon is currently off and may need to be commanded back on (We didn’t get the acknowledgement when we commanded back on. Yeah, that’s a lesson-learned). I would greatly appreciate it if anyone sees the beacon that they post it. We will be commanding again tomorrow.

Dave

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5 Observations scheduled on station 2009

Signal is back at 12:34z over EU

73, Stefan/OE6ISP

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During latest pass not a perfect match for TLE - a few KHz low at TCA - but no problem for CW :slight_smile:

73, Stefan

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… and no more signal at 17:25z

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WP2XGW SHNT 10.12.2025 8.38 UTC

See NG-23 / SilverSat - #106 by isaacschofe for the SSDV activity schedule schedule as of 19 January 2025 UTC.

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This picture is dark because it was taken at night.

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