AMSAT OSCAR Status page
Crowd-sourced reports of who heard what, when. The quickest answer to "is it working today?"
- Source
- https://www.amsat.org/status/
- Access
- Public HTML. Reports are submitted by hams through a form on the same page. No JSON API.
- Format
- HTML grid
Schema
| Field | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Row | satellite | One per active OSCAR, grouped by mode |
| Column | time block | Recent UTC blocks, newest left |
| Blue cell | report | Heard, transponder working |
| Yellow cell | report | Telemetry only |
| Red cell | report | Not heard |
| Purple cell | report | Conflicting reports |
| Callsign, grid | string | Who reported; hover to see |
Example
SO-50 ████ ████ ████ ▒▒▒▒ ████ ← blue = heard in that block AO-91 ░░░░ ▒▒▒▒ ░░░░ ░░░░ ░░░░ ← red/yellow = dead or telemetry only
Gotchas
- Reports cluster in North America and Europe. Silence in a block often means no one tried.
- Report your own passes; the page only works if people feed it.