I found them on Celestrak's "Master TLE Index": http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/master.asp They are listed there at the bottom of the CubeSats section. They are listed there as POPACS 1, POPACS 2 and POPACS 3 but I can't find which is the 1kg, which is the 1.5kg and which is the 2kg. Do you know which is which? patrick On 23 Oct 2013, at 23:54, Tyler Allred wrote:
Patrick, I am not sure about the IDs. Where are those numbers coming from? I have been downloading the TLEs from Celestrak under the "Last 30 days Launches" heading, where they are now just listed as POPACS 1, 2 and 3. They will drop off that list soon however because they were launched on September 29th. Cheers, Tyler
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 11:47 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tribune Story about Gil Moore and his POPACS Spheres
Nice work Tyler.
And I was impressed that the reporter used modern units of measure almost entirely.
I see they carry IDs 39268, 39269 and 39270. Is that correct? Are those for POPACS-1, POPACS-2 and POPACS-3 respectively?
patrick