OSCAR-11

Downlink 145.825 MHz FM (1200 baud AFSK)

Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz

Launched: March 1, 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from Vandenberg

Air Force Base in California. Status: Operational

Clive Wallis, G3CWV, reports that he has updated his processing software for OSCAR-11, correcting a Y2K problem with Keplerian elements. The updated packages can now be downloaded from his web site.

Ground control operations have now corrected the dates in ASCII status blocks, reset the magnetorquer counters and started a new WOD survey. However, users should also note that there is still a 3-day error in the hardware generated ASCII telemetry date. The time in the ASCII telemetry continues to advance and the error is now about 18 minutes. Unfortunately these errors cannot be corrected.

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=y2k&start=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&scoring=date&rnum=40&ic=1&selm=1702068773%40f39.n5077.z2.ftn

-- Anonymous, May 16, 2001