Thanks for sharing this version.
One question, this file has t in its name does, will it also decode w and maybe others ?
Great question - I donβt know.
And on replay of my Hydra-W I/Q files, Iβm not getting a decode. So, emailed Andy back to ask.
The back story on this is that earlier this morning he emailed asking if I had any Hydra-W I/Q files for him to test with. I did not, but much to my surprise it was coming over in about 30-seconds from the time of that email!
I quickly reconfigured & got -3- decent frames. He decoded one of them and sent the link I posted above. Here was his decode:
1: [HYDRA-W] [18:44:29R]
[frm_type:2 len:15]
21 5C 54 08 00 78 78 75 7D FF 6C 75 76 FE 79
β¦ so, hope to hear back from him to see if Iβm just doing something wrong or what. Here are the I/Q files that I gave him:
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Hi Scott,
I used decoded your string with the AMSAT-EA decoder and got the following:
./amsat-ea-unified-decoder-linux-x86 t.log
***************************************************
* *
* Unified Satellite Telemetry Decoder *
* AMSAT EA - Free distribution *
* Version 1.11 (Bytes) *
* Compilation : Apr 6 2025 *
* *
***************************************************
This software is able to decodify already unscrambled and CRC checked byte telemetry sequences from:
HYDRA-W (1), HADES-ICM (2), GENESIS-M (9), HYDRA-T (A), MARIA-G (B), UNNE-1 (C) and HADES-R (D)
Intended for its use with Andy UZ7HO's Soundmodem Windows demodulator software
20250406-19:15:54 : Running...
20250406-19:15:54 : Processing file t.log
20250406-19:15:54 : Bytes read : 21 5C 54 08 00 78 78 75 7D FF 6C 75 76 FE 79
*** Temp packet received on local time 20250406-19:15:54 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 545884 seconds (6 days and 07:38:04 hh:mm:ss)
tpa : +20.0 degC temperature in SPA.I2C
tpb : +20.0 degC temperature in SPB.I2C
tpc : +18.5 degC temperature in SPC.I2C
tpd : +22.5 degC temperature in SPD.I2C
teps : +14.0 degC temperature in EPS.I2C
ttx : +18.5 degC temperature in TX.I2C
ttx2 : +19.0 degC temperature in TX.NTC
trx : +87.0 degC temperature in RX.NTC
tcpu : +20.5 degC temperature in CPU.ADC
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HYDRA-W TLE Update:
HYDRA-W
1 98634U 25052X 25096.42500969 .00000000 00000-0 41001-2 0 02
2 98634 97.4434 351.3774 0004588 342.2991 67.8982 15.19079359 07
ikhnos check:
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HADES-ICM TLE Update
HADES-ICM
1 98637U 25052X 25095.84767342 .00000000 00000-0 22002-2 0 00
2 98637 97.4434 350.8334 0004588 234.4420 256.4096 15.18619503 07
ikhnos check
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Not an answer for why Iβm not decoding Hydra-W on I/Q replay when using the new UZ7HO SoundModem but Andy replied with some helpful info.
He produced an audio file from my sample from this morning and shared it with me - clearly that decodes just fine both in SoundModem and the included βKISSGENESIS.exeβ decoder:
β¦ so, Iβll do some further testing here!
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Thanks,
I have created some obs on my satnogs stations and try to create some useful HADES-ICM and HYDRA-W IQ recordings.
I will keep you both informed
Jan | PE0SAT
returns a 404 error.
I guess Andy has removed the file after the comments from Scott and myself.
Update!
Yes, the previous download was removed.
Here is a βUniversalβ SoundModem that should accommodate any
HADES or HYDRA satellites on any SSB sideband.
http://uz7.ho.ua/genesis200.zip
β¦ I/Q replay in GQRX of my packets from this morning now decodes. Will look forward to trying sats other than Hydra-W!
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I gave HYDRA-T a try using an old IQ recording, and all looks fine
1: [HYDRA-T] [20:24:25R]
[frm_type:3 len:27]
3A 2A 40 12 00 2A 40 12 00 01 00 FF 09 00 05 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
KISS TNC Connected
*** Status packet received on local time 20250406-20:24:25 ***
sat_id : 10 (HYDRA-T)
sclock : 1196074 seconds satellite has been active (13 days and
20:14:34 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 1196074 seconds since the last CPU reset (13 days and
20:14:34 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 255 times payload was activated
nwire : 9 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadsFails : OK
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
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Good morning,
I have created an HYDRA-W IQ recording, do we still need one?
Decoded the following frames:
*** Status packet received on local time 20250407-10:10:28 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 575794 seconds satellite has been active (6 days and 1
5:56:34 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 575794 seconds since the last CPU reset (6 days and 1
5:56:34 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 7 times payload was activated
nwire : 7 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadFails : 7
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
*** Status packet received on local time 20250407-10:16:09 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 575794 seconds satellite has been active (6 days and 1
5:56:34 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 575794 seconds since the last CPU reset (6 days and 1
5:56:34 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 7 times payload was activated
nwire : 7 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadFails : 7
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
Jan | PE0SAT
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HYDRA-W RAW Telemetry
Used new SoundModem.
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:14:40R]
[frm_type:3 len:27]
31 28 FF 09 00 28 FF 09 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:15:10R]
[frm_type:1 len:29]
11 46 FF 09 00 44 37 76 00 1A 00 FB B5 6B 55 FD B3 D3 3F 00 F6 01 04 CD 20 00 00 00 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:16:40R]
[frm_type:2 len:15]
21 A0 FF 09 00 7C 77 7F 74 FF 72 76 77 FE 7E
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:17:12R]
[frm_type:12 len:62]
C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:17:40R]
[frm_type:3 len:27]
31 DC FF 09 00 DC FF 09 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:19:18R]
[frm_type:7 len:43]
71 36 00 0A 00 1F FE 09 00 13 03 26 02 F4 00 08 00 52 C7 00 C4 4C 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B E3 3B 2C
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:20:10R]
[frm_type:2 len:15]
21 72 00 0A 00 73 71 73 70 FF 73 76 71 FE 7B
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:22:10R]
[frm_type:3 len:27]
31 EA 00 0A 00 EA 00 0A 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:23:10R]
[frm_type:1 len:29]
11 26 01 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B B4 6B 4D F2 B3 33 3F 00 F3 01 23 CD 20 00 00 00 00
1: [HYDRA-W] [00:24:10R]
[frm_type:2 len:15]
21 62 01 0A 00 67 65 66 66 FF 6E 6B 66 FE 71
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TLE update for HERMES H6 satellite:
HERMES H6
1 98610U 25000XX 25098.34735693 .00000000 00000-0 71214-5 0 08
2 98610 97.4463 352.0984 0005521 263.7653 149.4615 15.15781761 07
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Producing the following TLE data:
***************************************************
* *
* Unified Satellite Telemetry Decoder *
* AMSAT EA - Free distribution *
* Version 1.11 (Bytes) *
* Compilation : Apr 6 2025 *
* *
***************************************************
This software is able to decodify already unscrambled and CRC checked byte telemetry sequences from:
HYDRA-W (1), HADES-ICM (2), GENESIS-M (9), HYDRA-T (A), MARIA-G (B), UNNE-1 (C) and HADES-R (D)
Intended for its use with Andy UZ7HO's Soundmodem Windows demodulator software
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 31 28 FF 09 00 28 FF 09 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
*** Status packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655144 seconds satellite has been active (7 days and 13:59:04 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 655144 seconds since the last CPU reset (7 days and 13:59:04 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 8 times payload was activated
nwire : 7 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadFails : 8
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 11 46 FF 09 00 44 37 76 00 1A 00 FB B5 6B 55 FD B3 D3 3F 00 F6 01 04 CD 20 00 00 00 00
*** Power packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655174 seconds (7 days and 13:59:34 hh:mm:ss)
spi : 52 mW (total instant power)
spa : 136 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spb : 110 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spc : 236 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spd : 0 mW (last 3 mins peak)
vbus1 : 4075 mV bus voltage read in CPU.ADC
vbus2 : 4084 mV bus voltage read in EPS.I2C
vbus3 : 4084 mV bus voltage read in CPU.I2C
vbat1 : 4061 mV bat voltage read in EPS.ADC
vbat2 : 4056 mV bat voltage read in EPS.I2C
vbus1-vbat1 : 14 mV
vbus3-vbus2 : 0 mV
vcpu : 2876 mV
icpu : 18 mA @DCDCinput
icpu : 25 mA @DCDCoutput (estimation)
ipl : 205 mA (Last payload current)
ibat : 4 mA (Current flowing out from the battery)
peaksignal : 0 dB
modasignal : 0 dB
lastcmdsignal : 0 dB
lastcmdnoise : 0 dB
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 21 A0 FF 09 00 7C 77 7F 74 FF 72 76 77 FE 7E
*** Temp packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655264 seconds (7 days and 14:01:04 hh:mm:ss)
tpa : +22.0 degC temperature in SPA.I2C
tpb : +19.5 degC temperature in SPB.I2C
tpc : +23.5 degC temperature in SPC.I2C
tpd : +18.0 degC temperature in SPD.I2C
teps : +17.0 degC temperature in EPS.I2C
ttx : +19.0 degC temperature in TX.I2C
ttx2 : +19.5 degC temperature in TX.NTC
trx : +87.0 degC temperature in RX.NTC
tcpu : +23.0 degC temperature in CPU.ADC
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
*** Ephemeris packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
UTC time : 0 seconds (1970-01-01 00:00:00) (on board) YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS
lat : 0 degrees
lon : 0 degrees
alt : 0 km
zone : unknown
Adr : 0
Ful : 0
Fdl : 0
Epoch : 0 seconds (1970-01-01 00:00:00) (TLE time) YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS
Xndt2o : 0.000000
Xndd6o : 0.000000
Bstar : 0.000000
Xincl : 0.000000
Xnodeo : 0.000000
Eo : 0.000000
Omegao : 0.000000
Xmo : 0.000000
Xno : 0.000000
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 31 DC FF 09 00 DC FF 09 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
*** Status packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655324 seconds satellite has been active (7 days and 14:02:04 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 655324 seconds since the last CPU reset (7 days and 14:02:04 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 8 times payload was activated
nwire : 7 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadFails : 8
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 71 36 00 0A 00 1F FE 09 00 13 03 26 02 F4 00 08 00 52 C7 00 C4 4C 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B E3 3B 2C
*** HYDRA-W Tera Payload data packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
tx time : 655414 seconds (satellite clock was 7 days and 14:03:34 hh:mm:ss)
Experiment start : 654879 seconds (satellite clock was 7 days and 13:54:39 hh:mm:ss)
Temperature : +19 degC
Frame number : 003
Data [000] : 26 (038)
Data [001] : 02 (002)
Data [002] : F4 (244)
Data [003] : 00 (000)
Data [004] : 08 (008)
Data [005] : 00 (000)
Data [006] : 52 (082)
Data [007] : C7 (199)
Data [008] : 00 (000)
Data [009] : C4 (196)
Data [010] : 4C (076)
Data [011] : 04 (004)
Data [012] : 00 (000)
Data [013] : 00 (000)
Data [014] : 00 (000)
Data [015] : 00 (000)
Data [016] : 00 (000)
Data [017] : 00 (000)
Data [018] : 00 (000)
Data [019] : 00 (000)
Data [020] : 00 (000)
Data [021] : 00 (000)
Data [022] : 00 (000)
Data [023] : 00 (000)
Data [024] : 00 (000)
Data [025] : 00 (000)
Data [026] : 00 (000)
Data [027] : 00 (000)
Data [028] : 3B (059)
Data [029] : E3 (227)
Data [030] : 3B (059)
Data [031] : 2C (044)
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 21 72 00 0A 00 73 71 73 70 FF 73 76 71 FE 7B
*** Temp packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655474 seconds (7 days and 14:04:34 hh:mm:ss)
tpa : +17.5 degC temperature in SPA.I2C
tpb : +16.5 degC temperature in SPB.I2C
tpc : +17.5 degC temperature in SPC.I2C
tpd : +16.0 degC temperature in SPD.I2C
teps : +17.5 degC temperature in EPS.I2C
ttx : +19.0 degC temperature in TX.I2C
ttx2 : +16.5 degC temperature in TX.NTC
trx : +87.0 degC temperature in RX.NTC
tcpu : +21.5 degC temperature in CPU.ADC
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 31 EA 00 0A 00 EA 00 0A 00 01 00 08 07 00 85 10 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
*** Status packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655594 seconds satellite has been active (7 days and 14:06:34 hh:mm:ss)
uptime : 655594 seconds since the last CPU reset (7 days and 14:06:34 hh:mm:ss)
nrun : 1 times satellite CPU was started
npayload : 8 times payload was activated
nwire : 7 times antenna deployment was tried
ntransponder : 0 times transponder was activated
nPayloadFails : 8
last_reset_cause : 5 Power-on reset (POR) / Power-down reset (PDR)
bate (battery) : 1 Charged (Between 3550 mV and 4200 mV)
mote (transponder) : 0 Disabled
nTasksNotExecuted : OK
nExtEepromErrors : OK
antennaDeployed : OK (Antenna has been deployed)
last_failed_task_id :
messaging enabled : No
strfwd0 (id) : FF (255)
strfwd1 (key) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd2 (value) : FFFF (65535)
strfwd3 (num_tcmds) : 0 (0)
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 11 26 01 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3B B4 6B 4D F2 B3 33 3F 00 F3 01 23 CD 20 00 00 00 00
*** Power packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655654 seconds (7 days and 14:07:34 hh:mm:ss)
spi : 0 mW (total instant power)
spa : 0 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spb : 0 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spc : 0 mW (last 3 mins peak)
spd : 0 mW (last 3 mins peak)
vbus1 : 4036 mV bus voltage read in CPU.ADC
vbus2 : 4040 mV bus voltage read in EPS.I2C
vbus3 : 4044 mV bus voltage read in CPU.I2C
vbat1 : 4050 mV bat voltage read in EPS.ADC
vbat2 : 4044 mV bat voltage read in EPS.I2C
vbus1-vbat1 : -14 mV
vbus3-vbus2 : 4 mV
vcpu : 2876 mV
icpu : 18 mA @DCDCinput
icpu : 25 mA @DCDCoutput (estimation)
ipl : 205 mA (Last payload current)
ibat : 35 mA (Current flowing out from the battery)
peaksignal : 0 dB
modasignal : 0 dB
lastcmdsignal : 0 dB
lastcmdnoise : 0 dB
20250408-11:46:14 : Running...
20250408-11:46:14 : Processing file /dev/stdin
20250408-11:46:14 : Bytes read : 21 62 01 0A 00 67 65 66 66 FF 6E 6B 66 FE 71
*** Temp packet received on local time 20250408-11:46:14 ***
sat_id : 1 (HYDRA-W)
sclock : 655714 seconds (7 days and 14:08:34 hh:mm:ss)
tpa : +11.5 degC temperature in SPA.I2C
tpb : +10.5 degC temperature in SPB.I2C
tpc : +11.0 degC temperature in SPC.I2C
tpd : +11.0 degC temperature in SPD.I2C
teps : +15.0 degC temperature in EPS.I2C
ttx : +13.5 degC temperature in TX.I2C
ttx2 : +11.0 degC temperature in TX.NTC
trx : +87.0 degC temperature in RX.NTC
tcpu : +16.5 degC temperature in CPU.ADC
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Hi all,
the deployment of the next HERMES satellite from ION - HERMES H5 - is foreseen for tomorrow, April 9, at 07:29 UTC.
We kindly ask your support with H5 observations.
Details of the UHF beacon are the same as for H1, H2 and H6 (401.5 MHz, GFSK 25000 baud)
As an estimated TLE, we receved these from the service provider:
HERMES H5
1 99999U 25000XX 25099.37708333 .00004178 00000-0 19905-5 0 9990
2 99999 97.4477 354.2492 0004099 189.7924 120.5996 15.17431552 59107
Thanks in advance!
Riccardo for the HERMES Team
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It seems that ION SCV 017 is object 63230 (2025-052W) so I guess using that as a starting point should be save.
HERMES H5 TLE with temporary SatNOGS ID
HERMES H5
1 98611U 25097.80309438 .00005777 00000-0 28545-3 0 9996
2 98611 97.4395 352.7063 0004168 133.9106 226.2472 15.18234506 3713
TLE shared by the team with temporary SatNOGS ID
HERMES H5
1 98611U 25099.37708333 .00004178 00000-0 19905-5 0 9993
2 98611 97.4477 354.2492 0004099 189.7924 120.5996 15.17431552 59107
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Hi, Iβm not sure that NORAD TLEs for Object W are completely up-to-date (the ION deployer just finished a phasing maneuver for the H5 release). I would suggest to use instead the TLEs for HERMES H5 estimated after release from the service provider.
Of course as soon as we will receive any update on that we will share them.
Cheers
R
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Thanks @rcampana,
HERMES H6 TLE has been added in DB and observations scheduled in Network after the deployment date 2025-04-09 07:29 UTC.