[SMCARA] Amateur Satellite Activity

[Daniel Metcalf]

I found a live one last night. I install gPredict on my CentOS Linux box
and saw that there were a few satellites making a almost direct overhead
pass and well I got a little excited to see if they were still operational.
The Saudi Sat SO-50 was very active last night about 10:45pm for about 10
minutes. Upcoming passes for SO-50

Pass details for SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50) (orbit 56619)
Observer: QTH, Hollywood, MD
LAT:38.35 LON:-76.62
AOS: 2013/07/03 21:57:16 Local
LOS: 2013/07/03 22:11:22 Local
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 Time                  Az      El  Range Footp
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 2013/07/03 21:57:16 213.66   0.02  3008  5632
 2013/07/03 21:57:58 214.09   2.65  2729  5629
 2013/07/03 21:58:41 214.61   5.58  2451  5626
 2013/07/03 21:59:23 215.24   8.95  2175  5623
 2013/07/03 22:00:05 216.06  12.91  1902  5620
 2013/07/03 22:00:48 217.15  17.78  1633  5617
 2013/07/03 22:01:30 218.72  24.02  1374  5615
 2013/07/03 22:02:12 221.24  32.45  1130  5612
 2013/07/03 22:02:55 225.98  44.41   915  5609
 2013/07/03 22:03:37 238.34  61.17   754  5606
 2013/07/03 22:04:19 296.13  76.18   687  5603
 2013/07/03 22:05:01   2.75  63.10   740  5599
 2013/07/03 22:05:44  16.86  45.79   892  5596
 2013/07/03 22:06:26  22.02  33.31  1103  5593
 2013/07/03 22:07:08  24.71  24.53  1344  5590
 2013/07/03 22:07:51  26.38  18.09  1603  5586
 2013/07/03 22:08:33  27.55  13.09  1870  5583
 2013/07/03 22:09:15  28.44   9.03  2144  5579
 2013/07/03 22:09:57  29.14   5.61  2420  5575
 2013/07/03 22:10:40  29.73   2.63  2698  5571


Also the International Space Station is making an almost direct over flight
tomorrow evening starting 17:15:49 until 17:26:35 total of 10 minutes 45
seconds. Detail Below:

Pass details for ISS (ZARYA) (orbit 83728)
Observer: QTH, Hollywood, MD
LAT:38.35 LON:-76.62
AOS: 2013/07/03 17:15:49 Local
LOS: 2013/07/03 17:26:35 Local
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 Time                  Az      El  Range Footp
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 2013/07/03 17:15:49 309.65   0.03  2335  4481
 2013/07/03 17:16:22 309.95   2.13  2112  4480
 2013/07/03 17:16:54 310.30   4.50  1889  4478
 2013/07/03 17:17:26 310.72   7.22  1667  4477
 2013/07/03 17:17:59 311.24  10.48  1447  4476
 2013/07/03 17:18:31 311.93  14.54  1229  4475
 2013/07/03 17:19:03 312.90  19.89  1016  4473
 2013/07/03 17:19:35 314.45  27.47   812  4472
 2013/07/03 17:20:08 317.41  39.15   626  4471
 2013/07/03 17:20:40 325.67  58.13   480  4469
 2013/07/03 17:21:12  35.13  79.84   418  4468
 2013/07/03 17:21:45 111.44  59.07   475  4467
 2013/07/03 17:22:17 120.18  39.69   619  4465
 2013/07/03 17:22:49 123.22  27.76   803  4464
 2013/07/03 17:23:21 124.79  20.04  1007  4463
 2013/07/03 17:23:54 125.77  14.61  1220  4462
 2013/07/03 17:24:26 126.44  10.50  1437  4461
 2013/07/03 17:24:58 126.95   7.22  1658  4460
 2013/07/03 17:25:31 127.35   4.47  1880  4459
 2013/07/03 17:26:03 127.67   2.09  2103  4459
 2013/07/03 17:26:35 127.95  -0.03  2326  4458


Have fun!!!
-- 
Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN
c. 301 769 1111
Amateur Radio has something for everyone. Even if it is just peace of mind
that no matter what happens your message will get through.