12/01/2011
beginning friday, december 2, at 1600 utc, the fastrac-1 satellite (fo-69) will be open for use as a packet radio digipeater. anyone with a 1200 baud packet tnc and a vhf/uhf fm transceiver will have an opportunity to try it. if you own satellite tracking software, you’ll find the latest orbital elements on the fastrac web site.
fastrac-1 receives at 145.825 mhz and transmits at 437.345 mhz. the digipeater alias is fast1. to connect to arrl headquarters station w1aw through fastrac-1, for example, you would send the following packet:
c w1aw via fast1
reports of your results are welcome via e-mail, or at the fastrac facebook page.
--courtesy amsat-uk
predicted orbit
below is the predicted orbit of the satellites, fast 1 (sara lily), fast 2 (emma), for the next 24 hours.
under contstruction.
predicted two line elements
new tles to track the satellites, posted 11:00 am cst december 1, 2011
fast1
1 90025u 0 11335.45306295 +.00001032 +00000-0 +15451-3 0 00393
2 90025 071.9715 030.4150 0018019 325.1311 034.8724 14.76812202006755
fast2
1 90026u 0 11335.42573440 +.00001017 +00000-0 +15318-3 0 00428
2 90026 071.9748 030.7858 0018597 322.4343 037.5518 14.76570860006646
