KickSat-2 Deployed

Zac Manchester

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Feb 13, 2019, 6:39:03 PM2/13/19

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Hi Everyone,

We just received word that KickSat-2 has been deployed from the Cygnus vehicle. Here is a preliminary TLE:

1 99999U 14xxxA 19044.94791667 .00078986 00000-0 25641-3 0 00009

2 99999 051.6381 254.6240 0007894 311.4200 082.7978 15.89693916000012

The KickSat-2 is transmitting telemetry data on 437.505 MHz. The telemetry packets are standard AX.25, 1200 baud FSK (not AFSK). Happy hunting!

- Zac

Matthew F Reyes

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Feb 14, 2019, 11:56:59 AM2/14/19

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Any word on a NORAD ID?

Zac Manchester

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Feb 14, 2019, 12:29:54 PM2/14/19

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No tracking data yet :-/

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 8:57 AM Matthew F Reyes <motorb...@gmail.com wrote:

Any word on a NORAD ID?

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Anh Nguyen

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Feb 14, 2019, 12:31:37 PM2/14/19

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Hi Matt,

After some communication with JSPOC, they say it's not in the catalog yet, but they are tracking it (just sparse). Once they share that information with us, we will post any new info here

Cheers,

A

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Zac Manchester

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Feb 14, 2019, 4:29:53 PM2/14/19

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Here is the most up-to-date TLE that we have:

1 99999U 14xxxA 19045.57543904 .01988100 21971-2 62610-2 0 00048

2 99999 051.6408 251.3133 0004219 254.6248 134.3279 15.91224382000168

On Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 9:41:12 AM UTC-8, Anh Nguyen wrote:

Here is an updated TLE:

1 xxxxxU 19045.03267917 -.00003510 11098-4 00000+0 0 51

2 xxxxx 51.6439 254.1597 0013792 282.2707 237.5790 15.91556828 70

sujayn...@gmail.com

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Feb 14, 2019, 4:45:34 PM2/14/19

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We (with Nils von Storch) are tracking Kicksat-2 at TUDelft ground station. Today, we were tracking Kicksat-2 during the day passes (elevations 35deg, 80deg, 55deg) and we did not see anything in the spectrum. We will be tracking again tomorrow during day passes with elevations 13deg, 51deg, 79deg and 37deg.

Regards

Sujay Narayana

Anh Nguyen

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Feb 14, 2019, 5:32:24 PM2/14/19

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KickSat-2 has been assigned a catalog number of 44046. That’s not to say they have enough data for a solution, but when available it’ll be posted under that catalog number.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 3:39:03 PM UTC-8, Zac Manchester wrote:

Zac Manchester

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Feb 14, 2019, 6:37:12 PM2/14/19

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There were some formatting issues with the last TLE I posted. The attached text file is a slightly tweaked version that should work with GPredict (and other tracking software).

- Zac

kicksat_tle.txt

sujayn...@gmail.com

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Feb 14, 2019, 6:43:57 PM2/14/19

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TLE looks decent and it works with us.

Validation: The locations of Cygnus (TLE from Space-track) and Kicksat-2 are almost overlapping in the map.

Anh Nguyen

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Feb 14, 2019, 9:06:07 PM2/14/19

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KickSat2 has been cataloged on Space-track.org 44046U 18092G

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Jay Payne

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Feb 14, 2019, 10:07:53 PM2/14/19

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Is there N2YO.COM reference for KICKSATNEW?

Thanks

-j

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Zac Manchester

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Feb 14, 2019, 10:12:49 PM2/14/19

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It’s not in N2YO yet, but it’s on space-track.org.

Matías Vidal Valladares

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Feb 14, 2019, 11:18:09 PM2/14/19

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It's also on Celestrack (asuming the catalog number is 44046). It appears with the name "2018-092G":
https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt

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