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institutions to build upon an existing successful initiative and expand it to include launching 50 small satellites from 50 states within five years. The initiative will enable the acceleration of flight-qualified technology that will increase our understanding of Earth and assist in bridging current strategic knowledge gaps needed to extend human exploration of space beyond low-Earth orbit, potentially reducing our nation's cost for future exploration efforts. A new announcement of launch opportunity for CubeSat developers has been released. It is the first step to broaden its reach to all 50 states by targeting the 21 rookie states that have not previously been selected by the CubeSat Launch Initiative, and will leverage the Space Grant network of colleges and universities. Those states include: Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Puerto Rico. CubeSats provide the opportunity for Makers to build small satellites to demonstrate new innovative technologies and conduct scientific research in a space environment. Applicants must submit proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 25. NASA will select the payloads by Feb. 6, 2015, but selection does not guarantee a launch opportunity. NASA will not provide funding for the development of the small satellites. CubeSat Launch Initiative satellites selected to date come from 29 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin More information about the CubeSat Launch Initiative, including previously- selected Respondents, is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --- An Amateur Radio Village at EMF 2014 There will be an amateur radio village and special event station GB2EMF at the Electromagnetic Field EMF 2014 event taking place August 29-31 at Bletchley near Milton Keynes. EMF 2014 is a festival for anyone interested in radio, electronics, space, homebrewing, robots, UAVs, 3D printing, DIYBio, Internet culture or pretty much anything else you can think of. It is a volunteer effort by a non-profit group, inspired by European and US hacker camps like Chaos Communication Camp, HAR, and toorcamp. Imagine a camping festival with a power grid and high-speed internet access; a temporary village of geeks, crafters, and technology enthusiasts that's lit up by night, and buzzing with activity during the day. Over a thousand curious people will descend on the friendly open space to learn, share, and talk about what they love. Over a long weekend, you can expect to see a huge variety of talks across three stages, a slew of workshops, as well as music, games, and installations dotted around the site. Attendees are invited to set up their own villages --- camps within the camp --- where like-minded people can camp together and put on their own activities. The hard-working EMF team of volunteers will supply you with power and internet to your tent. The special event station GB2EMF will be run from the Amateur Radio Village, it had been hoped to have a 70cm/2m crossband FM repeater operational during the event but it looks as though Ofcom licensing issues may preclude this. At each EMF event the organisers try and give the attendees a great camp badge. Not just a 'Hello my name is sticker but a nice fun piece of technology that they can take away and use after the event. EMF 2014 takes place August 29-31 near Newton Longville, just South of Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK17 0BU. EMF 2014 https://www.emfcamp.org/ Twitter @emfcamp Facebook https://www.facebook.com/emfcamp Report on the EMF 2012 event http://amsat-uk.org/2012/09/01/emf-2012-milton-keynes/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org
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for the above information] - Orbital Sciences Cygnus Cargo Ship Launched to ISS On Jul 13 the third Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship, SS Janice Voss, was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island on an Antares 120 rocket. The Voss cargo ship arrived at the ISS on July 16. The 5000 kg Voss carried supplies for the ISS, as well as two Nanoracks bags containing a total of 29 3U cubesats: + Techedsat-4 to demonstrate exobrake technology test for NASA-Ames and San Jose State U + 28 Flock-1b imaging satellites for PlanetLabs intended to be deployed from the Kibo airlock over the coming months. The June 19 Dnepr launch delivered 11 Flock-1c 3U PlanetLabs cubeSats. All these will replace the 28 Flock-1 satellites which were launched earlier this year, but according to Space- Track all but three have now reentered. [ANS thanks Jonathan's Space Report, No. 699, Sunday, July 13, 2014 for the above information] - Louisiana Tech University Online Course -- Steps to STEM NASA Education Resources for STEM Engagement - Louisiana Tech University is teaming up with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to offer a 10-week course for educators interested in putting a space-themed twist on learning. The course is designed to be a self-paced, online professional development experience focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, education resources available from NASA. These resources have application methods for use in grades 4-9 classrooms with the goal of advancing high quality STEM education utilizing NASA's unique capabilities. Applications are due Aug. 30, 2014. For more information and to enroll in the course, visit http://scitecatlatech.weebly.com/opeo.html. Questions about these courses should be directed to Amy McDowell at amy.mcdow...@nasa.gov [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- July 10, 2014 for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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, Neustrelitz, Germany. Signals from the ISS will be audible over Europe on 145.800 FM. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of Europe's largest and most modern research institutions. Here is where the aircraft of the future are being developed and pilots trained, rocket engines tested and images of distant planets analyzed. In addition, over 7,700 DLR staff members are investigating next-generation high-speed trains, environmentally responsible methods of generating energy, and much more ... DLR_School_Lab Neustrelitz was opened in September 2011 at DLR in Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Here is where the data from various satellites are received by means of large antennas, and subsequently processed. The student lab is available for visits of one or several days by school classes from this most northerly German state and further afield. The contact will be conducted in German. ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contact. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 117 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 102 Francesco IKØWGF with 101 Expedition 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Expedition 40/41 on orbit Maxim Suraev Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3), a spacecraft that was launched in 1978 to study Earth?s magnetosphere and repurposed in 1983 to study two comets. Renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE), it has been in a heliocentric orbit since then, traveling just slightly faster than Earth. It's finally catching up to us from behind, and will be closest to Earth in August, 2014. In his report Dennis says that the spacecraft was successfully commanded into engineering telemetry mode and he mentions the work of radio amateurs Achim Vollhardt DH2VA (AMSAT-DL Bochum) and Phil Karn KA9Q. [Achim Vollhardt DH2VA and Mario Lorenz DL5MLO plan to attend the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford July 26-27 to give a presentation of their work. The event is open to all] Regarding the possibility of Lunar impact Dennis says ?If we can maneuver the spacecraft by June 17th we get the very small delta V number for the maneuver above. However, this starts to climb rapidly as the spacecraft gets closer to the moon. Also we cannot at this time rule out a lunar impact. It is imperative that we get a ranging pass as soon as possible. We also need time to not only evaluate the health of the spacecraft, but to test the systems, the catalyst bed heaters for the propulsion system, the valve heaters, analyze the rest of the propulsion, power, and attitude control system as rapidly as possible. This will be a lot of commanding so we have to move into high gear next week. This is a very fluid situation and we have made amazing progress, thanks to the support of those who believed in us in our crowd funding and the support of our NASA sponsors at NASA Ames and NASA headquarters. More to come soon!!? Read the report at http://spacecollege.org/isee3/isee-3-reboot-project-update-bullseye-and-more.html Watch ISEE-3 Reboot Project ? Recovering a 30 year old space probe ISEE-3 / ICE Telecommunications Summary http://mdkenny.customer.netspace.net.au/ISEE-3.pdf Dennis Wingo KD4ETA blog http://denniswingo.wordpress.com/ Can radio amateurs command the ISEE-3 / ICE spacecraft ? http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/19/can-radio-amateurs-command-the-isee-3-ice-spacecraft/ Radio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-isee-3ice-spacecraft/ Radio hams help attempts to command NASA spacecraft http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/radio-hams-help-attempts-to-command-nasa-spacecraft/ ISEE-3/ICE on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ISEE3returns [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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identified in order to be in position to make the appropriate engineering decisions. AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW notes, Jerry is well qualified to become our new VP-Engineering. His overall knowledge of the Fox-1 program as Systems Engineer under Tony Monteiro coupled with his professional experience in managing complex technical projects will put AMSAT's engineering programs in good hands. Just as important, his management experience and ability to lead engineering teams is critical as our volunteers work hard to deliver the satellite to Cal Poly later this year. Jerry has been involved with the AMSAT Fox-1 Project as Systems Engineer since September 2011. Recently retired following a 39 year career with Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, he spent the last 13 years of his career working with the railroad's train dispatching systems. These systems are used to control train traffic over approximately 32,000 miles of track, in a manner similar to air traffic control. Jerry served as project manager as well as participating in the design and development of safety-critical train routing and movement instruction systems, and positive train separation technology. He successfully implemented several mission critical systems in his role as Senior Manager, Network Control Systems and was awarded Employee of the Year along with others involved in the Train Management and Dispatch System Project, in 2006. Jerry became involved in amateur radio satellites with AO-7 and joined AMSAT in April 1983. He currently holds an Extra Class License and is also licensed in Colombia, S.A. as HK5JY. An active amateur, Jerry was number 3 in the world for the number of telemetry frames copied from ARISSat-1. He is also active on terrestrial HF through 1.2 GHz. My promotion to Vice President, Engineering is both a humbling honor and a great challenge, notes Jerry. Tony did much of the work and built an excellent Team of hard working volunteers to design and build AMSAT-NA's first CubeSat. I have every confidence that the Fox-1 Team will complete and deliver a reliable satellite that will reflect well on Tony's legacy. The March/April issue of AMSAT JOURNAL will have more information concerning AMSAT's new VP-Engineering. [ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, for the above information] - Steve Coy, K8UD joins the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Steve Coy, K8UD of Beavercreek, OH has assumed the seat on the AMSAT Board of Directors formerly held by Tony Monteiro, AA2TX. Steve was originally elected by the AMSAT membership as a Board 'alternate' in the 2013 BoD election and will hold a voting seat through the next BoD election that takes place later this summer. [ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information] - ARTSAT Project INVADER satellite Receives an OSCAR Number The following was received from Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator. The ARTSAT Project, INVADER satellite meets all of the qualifications necessary to receive an OSCAR number. I therefore designate the ARTSAT Project INVADER satellite, Cubesat OSCAR-77 or CO-77. Thus CO-77 joins the earlier Japanese cubesats such as XI-IX(CO-57), XI-V(CO-58), Cute-I(CO-55), SEEDS-II(CO-66). Congratulations to you and the entire ARTSAT team for the launch and operation of Amateur Radio satellite, CO-77. May its mission be a successful one. [ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, for the above information] - AMSAT Awards The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Alan Ehrenberg, N9EDV Benjamin Gaston, KV4RH Scott Medbury, KD5FBA Doug Birky, KB8M Richard Manderski, W2SKI Eric Stapleton, VA7TU The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #562 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #US190 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot
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7th The DCC has two days of Technical forums on Friday Saturday and a concurrent Introductory forum on Saturday. On Saturday night the banquet will feature an interesting speaker and the Sunday morning Seminar will be a deep-dive into a technical topic. Those who submit Technical Papers for inclusion in the annual DCC Proceedings will receive preference for a forum, however you can propose to present a forum without submitting a technical paper. There will be free tables in the demo room to demonstrate projects and vendors to demonstrate products. We encourage those interested in attending the DCC to make your hotel reservations early to get special TAPR hotel rate. Updated DCC Information Available on TAPR's Web Site at: www.tapr.org/dcc Follow TAPR DCC Announcements on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/taprdigital TAPR DCC Announcements are on TAPR's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TAPRDigitalHam [ANS thanks Mark, WB9QZB, for the above information] - 2014 AMSAT Field Day Rules Now Available Field Day 2014 is right around the corner. If you would like to pick up your copy of the AMSAT Field Day rules, they are now available at http://www.amsat.org click on the Event drop down and select Field Day 2014 (file is a PDF) [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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to the topics of CubeSat development and mission research. Papers have been submitted for the following sessions: 1)Education and Design Philosophy 2)University Missions 3)Science Missions 4)Launch Capabilities, Testing, and Simulation 5)Enabling Technologies for Subsystems/Payloads/Deployables 6)Communication Power VENUE: California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo Advanced Technology Laboratories Presentation Room 1 Grand Avenue, Building 7, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410, USA http://maps.calpoly.edu/ CONTACT: Cal Poly CubeSat Group 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410, USA Telephone 1 805 756 5087 cubesat.works...@gmail.com www.CubeSat.org [ANS thanks Christopher Ray Halcon for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Dombarovsky near Yasny. One will carry a FUNcube based U/V linear transponder from AMSAT-NL and AMSAT-UK and the other will be a U/V FM transponder with AX25 telemetry from AMSAT-Francophone. QB50: Amateur Radio transponder payloads to launch 2014 http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/20/qb50-amateur-radio-transponder-payloads-to-la unch-2014/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Southgate for the above information] - HamTV Article Available From AMSAT Journal Sample Downloads Page Membership includes the AMSAT Journal and discounts on purchases made through the AMSAT store. Until now, only AMSAT members have been able to enjoy the satellite and space technical and operating features. The Journal team has made selected sample articles avail- able for everyone to sample. This week a timely article, Low Cost DVB-S Receivers Suitable For HAMTV Reception, by Bill Ress, N6GHZ is now ready for you to down- load. This was originally published in the November/December issue of the AMSAT Journal. The link to the sample articles (in PDF format) can be found on the Join AMSAT page of http://www.amsat.org. A direct link is: http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1095. Follow the Join AMSAT links to sign up to receive your very own copy of the AMSAT Journal - this is an exclusive membership benefit in AMSAT. While you navigate around http://www.amsat.org take a look at the expanding content and updated pages. Hint: Click on the graphic across the top of each page to jump back 'home'. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Team and Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/ spectrum-sharing/responses/RSGB.pdf The other responses are at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/spectrum-sharing/ ?showResponses=true Ofcom Spectrum Sharing Consultation http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2013/ ofcom_spectrum_sharing_consultation.htm [ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information] - UNSA-SAT1 The first 3.4 GHz CubeSat UNSA-SAT1 hopes to be the first CubeSat to make use of the 3400 MHz ITU Amateur-Satellite Service allocation. Built by students at the Instituto Astronómico y Aeroespacial Pedro Paulet in Peru, UNSA-SAT1 is a 2U spacecraft (20x10x10cm) which will be part of the QB50 constellation of 50 CubeSats. The aims of this CubeSat include: upper atmosphere science; radio communication experiments; technology demonstrator; education, training and outreach. The team are proposing a 435 MHz transceiver using BPSK and additional transmitters on 2.4 GHz,and 5.8 GHz. They also also hope to have a 230 kbps BPSK downlink on 3.4 GHz this will only operate in Region 2 when the spacecraft is overhead the groundstation in Peru. The ITU Amateur-Satellite allocation at 3400-3410 MHz is available in ITU Regions 2 and 3 but not currently in Region 1 (Europe/Africa) although it is believed Denmark and Norway have allocated the band to the Amateur-Satellite Service. QB50: Amateur Radio transponder payloads to launch 2014 http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/20/qb50-amateur-radio-transponder-payloads-to-launch -2014/ IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Pages http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru1 [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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. [ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information] - Satellite Shorts + LITHUANIA, LY. Vilmantas, LY3BY is QRV as LY2013SAT until December 24 to commemorate the first Lithuanian nano-satellite LituanicaSAT-1. QSL via LY3BY. (ARLD050 DX news) + Tochigi Science Lion Project was successful. 15 students asked their question to Koichi. Koichi answered all equations. 2 or 3 answers were very weak signal. 280 people where in the audience including media representatives from TV, Radio and Newspapers (ARISS) + Roland PY4ZBZ reports that the CAPE-2 amateur radio CubeSat responded to a Send Text to Speech command with Hello P Y 4 Z B Z in the voice of Darth Vader. Listen to the recording at http://tinyurl.com/PY4ZBZ-Cape-2-Darth-Vader [ANS thanks Everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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will carry a CW beacon in the 435 MHz band using an omni-directional antenna. The satellite should provide the ultimate in ham radio DX reception when at its maximum operational distance of 3 million km from Earth about a week after launch. Being battery powered without solar panels it will have a low transmit cycle to maximize the life span. ARSAT2: DESPATCH in Google English http://tinyurl.com/ARTSAT-DESPATCH ARTSAT on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artsat [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information] - 2014 Space Exploration Educators Conference Make plans to attend the 20th Annual Space Exploration Educators Conference, to be held Feb. 6-8, 2014, at Space Center Houston. This conference is for all K-12 educators. Activities presented use space-related themes to teach across the curricula and can be used for science, language arts, mathematics, history and more. Attend sessions hosted by scientists and engineers working on the International Space Station, Mars exploration and the planets beyond. Hear from astronauts who will be leading the charge in exploration. Attend sessions presented by educators and receive ready-to-implement classroom ideas. Attendees can earn up to 24 hours of continuing professional education credit. Early Bird Registration closes on Nov. 10, 2013. For more information, visit http://spacecenter.org/education-programs/teacher-programs/teachers-se ec/. If you have any questions about the conference, please call 281-244-2129 or email s...@spacecenter.org. [ANS thanks NASA Education Express for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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and informally for about 10 years. Their website proudly promotes in its banner K4AMG, Mentors in Electronics and Wireless Communication for the Next generation. They are currently rendering a video of their experience. Visit their website HTTP://http://www.k4amg.org/ [ANS thanks Rich Siff, W4BUE for the above information] - New AMSAT Shirts and Hat Rolled Out for 2013 Be seen as the Satellite Guy (or gal) at hamfests and club meetings with official AMSAT apparel. The AMSAT Store guys invite you to visit http://tinyurl.com/New-AMSAT-Apparel (amsat.org) to get the new goods for 2013 featuring: + AMSAT Golf Shirt - light blue with a pocket over the left breast with the AMSAT logo in red and a cubesat logo in blue with white stars above the pocket. + AMSAT Hat - grey in color. It sports the AMSAT logo with the words AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE as well as a logo of a satellite. + Fox Tee Shirt - navy blue colored tee with Fox logo and CubeSat image across the front in white. Visit the main page of the AMSAT Store to see all of the AMSAT products for sale: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT Store Team for the above information] - Successful ARISS Contact in Italy Successful direct contact with Istituto Comprensivo Statale E. Fermi - A. Oggioni in Villasanta, Italy 16 September, 2013 at 08.04 UTC, 10.04 local time, Istituto Comprensivo Statale E. Fermi - A. Oggioni in Villasanta, Italy established a direct contact with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP, onboard the International Space Station. The Fermi-Oggioni Middle School is located in the centre of Villasanta, near Monza (Milano). There are 403 students and 43 teachers. One class (25 students) is involved in the project named Space to Space. These students are thirteen years old and they are attending the third and final year of middle school. Gianpietro Ferrario IZ2GOJ, ARISS mentor and radio contact coordinator, managed for a direct contact from the school in Villasanta, assisted by the ARISS Lombardia team. The questions were read by students at school. More than 100 students, parents, visitors and media attended he event (indirect attendance about 300). The contact was established by IZ2GOJ in Villasanta. ARISS telebridge station IK1SLD in Casale Monferrato was connected per phone line with the school, ready to take over the radio link in case of problem. Contact was established with IRØISS at 08.04 UTC, 10.04 local time. Immediately after AOS, astronaut Luca Parmitano switched to backup channel following some noise heard onboard. Luca Parmitano answered 15 questions, and exchanged greetings with the school administrator before LOS. Signals from the ISS were loud and clear during most of the pass. National Television and newspapers covered the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj-KK5gwmZI Streaming video is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDkg0PYPY2o Congratulations to ARISS Lombardia and IK1SLD teams! [ANS thanks Gianpietro, IZ2GOJ, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Courjaud F6DZP operated from home. The simulations were done in the Columbus mockup at EAC, where a non operational Ham Video model is installed. This box is used for astronaut training on Ham Video. A KuPS power supply was also used, as well as a camera similar to the one on board Columbus in space. Ham Video transmissions were simulated in the different configurations (frequencies and symbol rates). A view of operations in the Columbus mockup was webstreamed to the participants. ARISS operators simulated reception as if they were at the Matera ground station, taking into account expected timing between AOS and LOS. They signaled AOS and requested crew at EAC to transmit in different configurations, according a pre-determined scenario. At LOS, the test stopped and results were commented. Four passes were simulated this way, using both ARISS antennas. An important goal of the simulations was to check the efficiency of communications between ground and crew. Commands were initiated by ARISS operators (supposedly from Matera), received at B.USOC, relayed to the Columbus Control Center at Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and uplinked to ?crew? by EUROCOM. The European ISS Control Center is called Col-CC and its spacecraft communicator's call sign is EUROCOM. The Simulations were conducted successfully and lessons were learned for gaining time on transmitting commands. This is important considering the limited 8 minutes contact time during real Commissioning. ARISS proposed to use our VHF uplink capabilities to crew for the Commissioning. This was not acceptable with regard to ESA's commissioning protocol. Presently, ISS pass predictions for Matera are computed for several weeks starting mid October, The Matera VLBI activities are to be taken into account for determining usable passes. Four passes will be needed to fullfil the Commissioning requirements. Ham Video Commissioning activities will be decided by ESA and NASA ISS Operations. Hopefully the Commissioning will be planned during Expedition 37. Ham TV Bulletins are available at www.ariss-eu.org [ANS thanks Gaston, ON4WF, for the above information] - Upcoming ARISS Contacts An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo Statale E. Fermi - A. Oggioni, Villasanta, Italy on 16 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:04 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between IR0ISS and IZ2GOJ. The contact should be audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. The Fermi Middle School is located in the centre of Villasanta near Monza (Milano). There are 403 students and 43 teachers while there are one class (25 students) that will be involved in the project. These students are thirteen years old and they will be attending the third and final year of middle school. Another ARISS contact is scheduled with the Sarnelli De Donato Middle School, Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy, on Saturday, 21Sept2013, at 10:03 UTC. This contact with be via telebridge station W6SRJ. ARISS news is also available through Facebook and Twitter. Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crew members on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). [ANS thanks David, AA4KN, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org
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permits also take questions from people watching remotely. The conference will start at 0930 and finish 1700, afterwards there will be the traditional pub trip this time into Greenwich. [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] - This Week in Space History July 14 1965 Mariner 4 completes first successful flyby of Mars 1967 Surveyor 4 Launched 2008 MESSENGER first Mercury flybay July 15 1975 Apollo 18 Launched Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Last Apollo mission 2009 STS-127 Endeavour Launched June 16 1969 Apollo 11 Launched 2011 Dawn Spacecraft orbits Vesta June 17 1975 Apollo-Soyuz dock in orbit 1984 Soyuz T-12 Launched 100th human space flight June 18 1921 John Glenn Born 1966 Gemini X Launched 1980 India becomes 7th nation to launch its own satellite June 19 1967 Explorer 35 Launched 1985 NASA selects Christa McAuliffe as first private citizen to travel in space June 20 1969 First Humans Walk on Moon (Apollo 11) 1976 Viking 1 Lands on Mars 1999 Liberty Bell 7 capsule recovered from Atlantic Ocean after 28 years [ANS thanks The Planetary Society for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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, last Fall. Look for Joes first ANS Bulletin, scheduled for release on June 9 as ANS 160. AMSAT welcomes Joe and thanks him for volunteering his time to the AMSAT News Service. Please send any news related to amateur radio in space to the ANS Editor mailbox at ans-edi...@amsat.org. [AMS welcomes Joe, K6WAO, to the Weekly News Team] - ANTELSAT CubeSat ANTELSAT is a 2U CubeSat class satellite with a 70 cm SSTV downlink and amateur radio AX.25 Digipeater that is planning a Yasny Dnepr launch in 2013. It has been developed by ANTEL (the national telecom service provider) and Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (FING), the State Faculty of Engineering. The purpose is to build and operate the first satellite ever launched into orbit by Uruguay. Its goal is to develop skills in radio and aerospace engineering, to promote enthusiasm in STEM education at all levels, and provide challenging activities for undergraduate students. The spacecraft is planned to transmit colour and infrared images of the surface of the earth, and to provide several services to radio amateurs (AX.25 digipeater, telemetry beacon, uplink signal report, SSTV downlink). The mission is purely experimental and a technology demonstrator of all the satellite subsystems, which have been custom designed locally. Communications: - VHF receiver on 2m amateur band, 1200bps AX25 protocol. - Telecommand uplink. - Store and forward (digipeater) service uplink. - UHF transmitter on 70cm amateur band: - CW beacon. - Telemetry downlink at 1200 bps AX25 protocol. - Backup downlink for image data via low resolution SSTV. - Store and forward service downlink. - S-band transmitter on 2.4 GHz: - Downlink for payload image data. - Telemetry backup link. - 2 redundant transmitters. Attitude control: - Attitude determination via magnetometer and photodetectors. - Active 3-axis control via magnetorquers. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] - 5 in EM55 Award Congratulations to Dave Beumer, W0DHB for earning certificate #46 for 5 IN EM55 award. This award is earned by working five (5) different hams in the EM55 grid. You do not have to be in your home grid to count the stations worked. There are several satellite ready hams in EM55: WA4NVM, WA4HFN, WB4LHD, WA4OVO, KI4OTG, KD4NOQ, KJ4BIX, AJ4KF, N4MGT and W5KUB. Send your log to WA4NVM or WA4HFN for checking, along with your current mailing address. The award is free and should any donations be sent, they will be forwarded to AMSAT along with your call and name. Contacts between June 1, 2011 to the present count for this award. [ANS thanks Rick, WA4NVM, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Workshop which will take place at the nearby University of Surrey on the Friday and this will be followed, at the hotel, by the usual Colloquium Beginners Session in the late afternoon. A number of keynote presentations have already been arranged for the Colloquium. These include Alistair Scott, the President of the British Interplanetary Society. The BIS has, over many decades, developed ideas and concepts about the future of space travel and both Patrick Moore and Arthur C Clarke were members. Alistair has had many years experience working in the space industry and will be reviewing the future possibilities for ventures into space both small and large. The BIS is presently developing one of the Sprites for the Kicksat mission and Andrew Vaudin will be presenting a paper about this and also providing a demonstration. It is anticipated that both the FUNcube-1 and FUNcube-2 missions will be launched later this year and the FUNcube team will be on hand to talk about the missions and the planned educational outreach. A full demonstration of the Engineering Model, which has been performing flawlessly for almost a year, will also be provided. On the Sunday, the General Manager of the RSGB, Graham Coomber, G0NBI will be talking about the Societys vision of the future of amateur radio and how amateur satellites can play a major part in helping to secure that future. There will also be updates on a number of the other current amateur satellite projects including HAMtv from the ISS, spectrum matters, operating methods, new products etc. Additionally there will be a satellite demonstration station operating over the weekend and visits to the new technical facilities at the University are planned. There are still a few slots available for additional speakers, so if you would like to make a presentation, please contact Dave Johnson G4DPZ e-mail: dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk as soon as possible. The AMSAT-UK organising committee looks forward to welcoming both regular attendees and newcomers you can be assured of a warm welcome and an exciting weekend. The event is open to all, full details of the accommodation, travel and booking arrangements are at http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/ Details of the free Hands On CubeSat Workshop are at http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/cubesat-workshop-2013/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information ] - Merritt Island High School StangSat Progress and Launch Date Integrated testing of the Merritt Island High School StangSat with CalPoly was accomplished this past week. During the testing it was shown that StangSat can receive the wake-up and sleep signal from CalPoly's satellite and go to the respective states. StangSat's mission is to measure acceleration and other factors involved in a launch. NASA has announced that StangSat launch will be next Summer on a SpaceX mission called CRS-5. CRS-5 is tentatively scheduled for August of 2014 and will serve as a resupply mission the International Space Station. Congratulations to the StangSat Team for being the first NASA sponsored High School CubeSat to be selected for a flight! [ANS thanks StangSat Team, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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the design, building and testing of very small spacecraft called Sprites. Luke, who lives near York, said: I did not realise that I would be working on something that might be going into space. Its very exciting. Its good as I am only sixteen. I think that my family are quite proud, he added. The KickSat Sprites from both the BIS and London Hackspace are planned to launch, with 198 others, on the ELaNa 5 / CRS 3 mission in 2013. The KickSat Sprite Technical Summary is available at http://www.bis-space.com/2013/03/09/9301/kicksat-technical-summary [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information] - Merritt Island High School StangSat Team Wins Best Presentation StangSat presented at the Southeastern VHF Society Conference in Cocoa Beach. Presenters, Brian Robusto and Jackson Kinney, did a fabulous job and the StangSat team got a lot of support and advice from the members at the conference They were awarded as Best Presentation earning $350 and over $700 was donated by individuals present. [ANS thanks StangSat Team, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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of programs. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Innalik School, Inukjuak, Nunavut, Canada on 12 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:30 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over portions of Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English, French, and Inuktitut. Inukjuak is a remote, fly-in Inuit community located on the Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec. Its population is approximately 1600. The Inuit of Inukjuak still partake in many cultural practices, for example; constructing sleds or harpoons, sewing traditional garments, training dogsled teams, hunting, fishing and berry picking. However, they also have a window into the modern world and are current on fashion trends, popular music, and breakout phenomena like Gangnam Style. The primary language in the school and in the village is Inuktitut; English and French are secondary languages. ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew-members on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crew-members on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). [ANS thanks David, AA4KN, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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. The Commissions Part 5 rules cover experimental operations. The Commissions Part 97 rules cover amateur radio service satellite operations. Currently, many small satellite missions involve experimental operations i.e. scientific and research missions, including missions conducted under government contract and many operate in amateur frequency bands. These satellites are therefore licensed under Parts 5 or 97 of FCC rules. Because of the significant interest in small satellites in the amateur and research communities, the primary focus of this Public Notice is on such operations, although certain guidance in this Public Notice is also applicable to Part 25 licensing. licenses well in advance of a launch. The full public notice can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/document/guidance-obtaining-licenses-small-satellites [ANS thanks the FCC for the above information] - Satellite DX in Pacific JD1, OGASAWARA. Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (AS-031), Ogasawara, between April 28th and May 4th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters, including the satellites, using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (NO 6m EME). QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT. His log search will be available on his Web site at: http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1 He will also use Twitter to inform his real-time activities at: http://twitter.com/jd1bly [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information] - European CubeSat Symposium The 5th European CubeSat Symposium that will take place on 3-5 June 2013 at the premises of Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium. This is the biggest CubeSat related event in Europe and last year it attracted more than 250 participants and industrial exhibits of 7 specialized companies. This year even greater participation is expected. Applicants from all around the world are welcome. The call for proposals and the online abstract submission system is available at www.CubeSatSymposium.eu The important dates are: 15 Mar 2013:Deadline for the submission of abstracts 15 April 2013: Notification of acceptance 15 May 2013:Publication of the programme and the abstracts 24 May 2013:Deadline for online registration 3-5 June 2013: 5th European CubeSat Symposium at ERM, Brussels (3 full days) 6 June 2013:6th QB50 Workshop at VKI, Brussels (by invitation only) The session topics are: CubeSat networks/constellations/swarms Scientific instruments/sensors on CubeSats Biology and microgravity experiments on CubeSats Technology demonstration on CubeSats Micropropulsion subsystems, formation flying Attitude determination and control subsystem Telecommunications, ground stations, ground station networks Orbital dynamics for CubeSats, lifetimes of CubeSats in orbit CubeSat flight experience, lessons learned Other topics (e.g. expandable solar arrays, atmospheric re-entry, CubeSats as free-flying payloads for the exploration of the Solar System) Future technologies on CubeSats Deployment systems for CubeSats [ANS thanks Cem O. Asma for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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will be able to get the latest data available, customized for their purposes. Here are just a few of the new features that will become part of the upgraded www.Space-Track.org: - A streamlined and intuitive user interface that is easier to navigate and allows simple searches - A robust help and documentation section - Favorites lists to identify logical groupings of catalog objects that Users can monitor via the web interface or with the site's API If you have production scripts that currently use beta.space-track.org, we recommend that you change your scripts to point at www.Space-Track.org on or after 20 February 2013. If you have scripts that screen-scrape or download text/zip files from the current yellow-colored legacy www.Space-Track.org, they will continue to perform correctly for a few months, but we recommend that you quickly transition your scripts to take advantage of the new API. Documentation is available under Help to assist you, as well as the API query builder tool on the upgraded site. We have also started sharing information about Space-Track's new features on tumblr, facebook and twitter, so please engage us on your favorite social media platform. Our sites are http://space-track.tumblr.com, http://www.facebook.com/SpaceTrack and http://www.twitter.com/SpaceTrackOrg We understand that any significant upgrade has the potential to cause frustration for our user community and we apologize if this creates any adjustment problems for you. For help or clarification, please email us at ad...@space-track.org. Thank you, The www.Space-Track.org Team [ANS thanks the Space-Track Team for the above information] - Mission to Mars Announcement Expected Inspiration Mars Foundation, led by the first private space traveler, Dennis Tito, has announced they intend to make a major announcement next Wednesday, February 27th concerning a 501 day mission to Mars. The press release said the news conference next week would be detailing its plans to take advantage of a unique window of opportunity to launch an historic journey to Mars and back in 501 days, starting in January 2018. This Mission for America will generate new knowledge, experience and momentum for the next great era of space exploration. It is intended to encourage all Americans to believe again, in doing the hard things that make our nation great, while inspiring youth through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and motivation. With the stated goal of accelerating America's human exploration of space one can surmise that the mission is a human mission to Mars. The other people who will take part in the news conference include: - Taber MacCallum, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Paragon Space Development Corporation and crew member for two-year mission in Biosphere 2 - Dr. Jonathan Clark, associate professor of Neurology and Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and space medicine advisor for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute - Jane Poynter, president and chairwoman of Paragon Space Development Corporation and crew member for two-year mission in Biosphere 2 This kind of expertise in closed ecological life support systems lends credence to a human mission to Mars. [ANS thanks SpaceRef for the above information ] - /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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the country. As noted in the opportunity description already mentioned, up to two local high school seniors will be selected to participate on the CubeSat team in Greenbelt. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information.] - Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Saint Rose Elementary School, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, direct via VE9LC contact is a go for: Thu 2013-01-17 13:40:24 UTC 60 deg All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format -MM-DD HH:MM:SS Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 786. Each school counts as 1 event. + US Hams, dont forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal.You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at jsc-tfs-ar...@mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. + QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/frequently-asked-questions http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those early days OSCAR News has grown in size and the print quality has improved beyond recognition. Today, OSCAR News is produced as a high-quality quarterly colour A4 magazine consisting of up to 40 pages of news, information and comment about amateur radio space communications. The new E-membership will provide OSCAR News as a downloadable PDF file and members will have the freedom to read it on their Tablets or Smartphones anytime, anyplace, anywhere. An additional advantage is that the PDF should be available for download about 1-2 weeks before the paper copy is posted. E-membership should be especially beneficial to Overseas members who have suffered from high postal charges and long delivery times. The AMSAT-UK membership year runs from January 1 to December 31. Why not take the opportunity to renew your 2013 membership as an E-member. Renew your AMSAT-UK membership as an E-member here http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_8/Existing-Members-Renewal.html Join as a new E-member here http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_9/Join-Amsat-UK.html E-members can download their copies of OSCAR News from http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/on [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] - Track Santa with NORAD and AGI on December 24 'Tis the season for Santa tracking at www.noradsanta.org. The highly popular NORAD Tracks Santa website will once again follow Santa's annual journey around the world, updating every three to four minutes and showing new movies captured by NORAD's special Santa Cams about once an hour. A long-time supporter of the program, AGI provided NORAD the 2D and 3D Santa trackers this year. The fun starts at 2.a.m. EST (0700 UTC) on December 24, when website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. Then at 6 a.m. EST, actual tracking begins. So, fire up the computer, grab your family and friends this December 24 and spend the day tracking Santa at the NORAD Tracks Santa Web site. Happy Santa tracking! [ANS thanks AGI for the above information] - Satellite Shorts From All Over + Congratulations to Ken Holland, KC9TTR for attaining his ARRL VUCC Satellite Award #236. Ken thanks all the operators who helped him achieve this, especially portable operators in grids away from home. + On December 9 the Breeze-M upper stage of Russia's Proton heavy lift rocket failed, placing Yamal 402 telecommunications satellite into a too-low orbit. News from Russia indicates the satellite was rescued by raising its orbit over four firings of its own engine fuel reserves. + The ISS orbit was increased by almost 2.5 kilometers in a test of the station's new emergency debris avoidance system. The new sys- tem, known as the Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM), addresses the situation where dangerous debris is detected with little advance warning, down to as little as three hours from the approach. The emergency avoidance maneuver was performed by the engines aboard the Russian Progress freighter docked at the sta- tion. The engines can be fired as little as 140 minutes before a dangerous debris approach. + Watch a youtube video as Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield trains in the Soyuz Simulator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=qL1dfdE_RFI There are good interior views of the Soyuz. + NASA released a 64-frame movie of asteroid Toutatis generated from data by Goldstone's Solar System Radar on Dec. 12 and 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=d7SroliSXuY [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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universities in 39 countries. QB50 will be launched in 2015 into a nearly circular orbit at 320-350 km altitude. [ANS thanks Cem Asma form the above information] - 2013 Southeastern VHF Society Conference April 19 20, 2013 The 2013 Southeastern VHF Society conference, sponsored by the Florida Weak Signal Society, will be held April 19 20, 2013 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, 1550 N. Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL. There will be a full slate of events including, a surplus tour, antenna range, noise figure testing, Friday luncheon with WB4SLM and Friday night flea market. There will be vendor displays and technical presentations both days. The Saturday night banquet will have awards for the best paper and the best presentation, the K4UHF and Runkle honors and presentation of the Fall Sprint winners. For attendees, there will be a shack photo contest to be judged by the XYLs. Prizes for the best and worst. See the SVHFS web site http://www.svhfs.org or contact Chuck Hoover, 1945 E Phillips Ct. Merritt Island, FL 32952 321-453-1193 or email k0vx...@gmail.com for vendor or other requests. [ANS thanks Chuck Hoover, K0VXM, Conference Chairman, for the above information] - Hudson Valley Satcom Nets for December The next Hudson Valley Satcom net dates are Thursday, December 6 and Thursday, December 20 at 8 PM EST (UTC-5) on the 146.97 MHz MBARC Re- peater (PL 100). An echolink connection is available on the N2EYH-L node. More information at: http://www.hvsatcom.org. [ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS for the above information] - Italian Students Host ARISS Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between Kevin Ford, KF5GPP and students attending Liceo scientifico Giacinto De Sivo Fondazione Villaggio dei Ragazzi in Maddaloni, Italy on Tuesday, November 20 via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. Over 300 students listened as the ISS astronaut fielded 15 questions posed by the youth. Ford requested a switch to the backup channel half way through the contact due to some interference, but the contact continued on nominally after the switch. The event was webcast by AMSAT Italia and received good media coverage. The contact was integrated into lessons covering the developments in astronomy from a scientific, philosophical and literary point of view. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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for an annual competition held by the Public Relations Society of America. For the full story, see: http://ariss.rac.ca/oindex. htm#Special_event_with_astronaut_wins_public_relations_award [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-302 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-edi...@amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2012 * Fox-1 Satellite in Development; Working on Partnerships for Launch * AMSAT News Service Welcomes New Weekly Editor EMike McCardel, KC8YLD * Japan PRISM Satellite Begins Amateur AX.25 Store-and-Forward Services * WS4FSM Hosts the Largest School Contact Ever With the ISS * Report Available for Japan's UNISEC Satellite Projects * FUNcube-2 Boards Delivered to Clyde Space for UKube-1 Nanosatellite * South Korea, Brazil, Ukraine Heading for Orbit * NASA Accepting Student Applications for HASP Balloon Flight * ARISS Status - 22 October 2012 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.01 ANS-302 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 28, 2012 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.01 AMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2012 Election of AMSAT's Senior Officers was one of the first orders of business to be settled once the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting opened on October 25, prior to the start of the 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium held in Orlando, Florida. The following positions were voted upon and filled: Barry Baines, WD4ASW President Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MAVice-President Operations Gould Smith, WA4SXMVice President User Services Tony Monteiro, AA2TX Vice-President Engineering Frank Bauer, KA3HDOVice-President Human Spaceflight Mark Hammond, N8MH Vice-President Educational Relations Alan Biddle, WA4SCASecretary Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF Treasurer Martha Saragovitz Manager The following Senior Officer positions remained open at this time awaiting appointments: Executive Vice President Vice-President Marketing The AMSAT Board of Directors elected on September 15 include: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Alan Biddle, WA4SCA Dr. Thomas A. Clark, K3IO Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Lou McFadin, W5DID Tony Monteiro, AA2TX Gould Smith, WA4SXM Mark Hammond, N8MH (First Alternate) Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK (Second Alternate) At the Board Meeting AMSAT Vice-President User Services Gould Smith, WA4SXM, announced the appointment of JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM as the Editor of the AMSAT Journal. JoAnne currently serves as the Senior Editor of the AMSAT News Service. She will make the transition to the Journal effective immediately. Lee McLamb, KU4OS once again is assuming the role as the Senior Editor of the AMSAT News Service. The Board noted that volunteer positions remain open for both the Journal team and the AMSAT News Service team. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information] - Fox-1 Satellite in Development; Working on Partnerships for Launch AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX presented the latest status on the design, development, and construction of the Fox-1A satellite project. This is the 1U cubesat which is slated as the FM repeater transponder to replace AO-51. Project ELaNa, NASA's Educational Launch of NanoSat managed by the Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, accepted the AMSAT Fox-1 cubesat into this educational launch initiative on its merits toward meeting NASA's strategic and educational goals. AMSAT met the NASA goals by designing a satellite mission in support of education with amateur radio included: + The Fox family of cubesats are ham radio transponders that are designed to host science experiment payloads. + AMSAT will partner with universities to develop these science and educational missions. + When the university missions gain a free launch for their primaary scientific missions AMSAT's amateur radio transponder will also be aboard. + After the primary science/education mission is completed the AMSAT transponder will become available full-time for amateur radio ser- vice. AMSAT will work with NASA in a collaborative agreement where NASA will cover the integration and launch costs. In the meantime, AMSAT must still pay for the development costs of the cubesats and find talented volunteers to work on the design. Fox-1A's design goals include: + Fox-1 is designed to operate in sunlight without batteries once the battery system fails. This applies lessons learned from AO-51 and ARISSat-1 operations. + In case of IHU computer failure Fox-1 will continue to operate its FM repeater in a basic, 'zombie sat' mode, so that the repeater remains on-the-air. + Fox-1 is designed as the immediate replacement for AO-51. Its U/V (Mode B) transponder will make
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members spoke with the astronaut. The school hopes the ARISS contact will help get the students interested in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. WRCB TV covered the event. See: http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/19610751/iss-and-lafayette-middle-students-make- contact 2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The ARISS International Team monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, September 18. Topics of discussion included a status on HamTV, as well as an update on the new VHF Ericsson which is expected to launch to the ISS later this year. Minutes have been posted. See: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-09-18.htm 3. ARISS Status on Social Media ARISS currently has 1480 followers on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ARISS_status And as a reminder, ARISS news may also be found on Facebook. See: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amateur-Radio-on-the-International-Space-Station- ARISS/153679794647788 4. ARRL Articles on ARISS On September 20, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) carried a story written by ARISS member Dave Jordan about Teach-In Day, an annual event in Seminole County, Florida which provides opportunities for interested parties to visit schools and teach the children about their area of expertise. The Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society visited English Estates School and talked about amateur radio, amateur satellites, the ISS and ARISS and the role of amateur radios during emergencies. English Estates participated in its own ARISS contact in May 2011. To view, The 2011 English Estates Teach-In, see: http://www.arrl.org/the-2011-english-estates-teach-in 5. Stonepark Intermediate Announces Upcoming Contact Stonepark Intermediate School in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada is preparing for an ARISS contact with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, who is scheduled to join the ISS Expedition 34 crew in December of this year. Sue Geddes, a teacher-librarian at Stonepark, was interviewed about the upcoming event: http://www.cbc.ca/islandmorning/episodes/2012/09/20/stonepark-space---canadian- astronaut-chris-hadfield/ The school has also posted information about the contact on its Web site. See: http://stonepark.wordpress.com/ariss-international-space-station-communication/ 6. South Florida Science Museum Holds Essay Contest for ARISS Contact The South Florida Science Museum held an essay contest for students in the Palm Beach County School District to select fifteen K-12 students to participate in an ARISS contact in October. Deadline for submissions was September 24. For more information, see: http://www.sfsm.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.detailsArticleId=64returnTo=main [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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at the Ham Fair 2012 in Tokyo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9rd6nQKV9sfeature=share + Korean artist Hojun Song traveled to Malmö in Sweden to give this keynote presentation about his innovative amateur radio CubeSat OSSI-1 to the Media Evolution Conference on August 23. OSSI-1 has a beacon in the 145 MHz band and a data communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band. It carries a 44 watt LED array to flash Morse Code messages to observers on Earth. Watch the video at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/9921 - and - http://www.uk.amsat.org/9600 + Enjoy Hubble's Hidden Treasures selected from an archive of more than 700,000 raw images. More than 3,000 submissions which include some of Hubble's incredible celestial treasures are revealed at: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/hiddentreasures/ + Danish photographer Hans Nyberg has an interactive, scrollable panorama for Apollo 11: http://www.panoramas.dk/moon/apollo-11-the-first-man-on-moon.html [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] - ARISS Status - 27 August 2012 1. Upcoming School Contacts The Iruma Junior Ham Club in Iruma, Japan will participate in an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact on Sunday, September 2 at 08:32 UTC. The club members recently received their amateur radio licenses and are learning about satellite orbits and space. They look forward to speaking with Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide on the ISS. 2. Students Make Connection with Akihiko Hoshide on ISS Students from Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University in Wakayama, Japan spoke with on-orbit Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI via an ARISS contact on Sunday, August 26. The contact highlighted science lessons about space, satellites and radio waves. 3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, August 21. The team discussed whether ARISS supporters should be recognized on the ARISS website and a status was given on the HamTV project and on the new Ericsson VHF radio which is scheduled to launch later this year. Minutes have been posted: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-08-21.htm 4. Astronaut Training Status Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT is scheduled for a basic operations training session in September. Wiseman is slated to fly with the Expedition 40 crew in May 2014. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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are hung from trees and he needs to bring all of his amateur radio gear with him including the radio, power supply, antennas, power and coax cables, keyer, laptop, and tools) with him in two backpacks. Jim's HF rig is an FT-897D (barefoot at 100W) and single-band dipoles. Most operating will be on CW, with SSB on occa- sion. Since his two operating spots are outside in public areas, Jim has to set up the station and then break it down each day, which further limits his operating time to 1230-1615z on most days. QSL via ND9M. All VQ9JC HF operating is from the island, so contacts are valid for DXCC and other awards. Satellite operating is from both the island as well as the ship Jim works on. All QSOs made from the ship will be clearly identified as '/MM' or 'maritime mobile', and the QSLs will indicate that as well. On his return voyage home from Diego Garcia to the United States last year Jim operated shipboard providing maritime mobile satellite con- tacts from rare ocean grids. No information is available yet about his return voyage plans for this trip. [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1074 for the above information] - AMSAT at the ARRL New England Convention AMSAT will be at the ARRL New England Convention 24-26 August 2012. The convention will be held at Holiday Inn in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Ernie Bauer, N1AEW, is leading the booth manning efforts. A forum session will also be held from 1000 to noon on Saturday, 25 August, which will include talks by AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW and VP Engineering Tony Monterio, AA2TX. [ANS thanks Ernie, N1AEW, for the above informaion] - Satellite Shorts From All Over + Check out the Eclectic Technology column on page 44 of the August 2012 QST Magazine, by Steve Ford, WB8IMY for an article about the Fox-1 satellite (and brief mention of AMSAT's accomplishments in developing small satellites. + Some may wish to investigate the free Ham Radio Toolbar for your web browser by John, G0DPC at: http://www.haminfobar.co.uk/ John says he provides a completely free download, with no hidden catches. + You can see the images sent back from Japan's HORYU-2 amateur sat- ellite at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/9548 This link also provides latest mission information and telemetry capture/decoding tools. The satellite's callsign is JG6YBW and it transmits on 437.375 MHz. + In a 20 minute video Korean artist Hojun Song and Donghee Park des- cribes the Open Source Satellite Initiative amateur radio CubeSat OSSI-1. This satellite plans to launch on a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan along with the Bion-M1 and Dove-2 satellites in December, 2012 with an orbit of 575 km by 290 km and 64.9 degrees inclination. It has a beacon in the 145 MHz band and a data communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band. Also aboard is a 44 watt LED array to flash Morse Code messages to observers on Earth. Watch at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/9600 + This video report will update you with the Mars post-landing check out and preparations for the rover mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=YyodK2g6aok And, get a personal perspective of the mission from Mark Rober, one of Curiosity's 3000 developers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=PCKogFDM3Zg [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] - ARISS Status - 13 August 2012 1. Missed Contact with Canada Science and Technology Museum Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps had been scheduled for an ARISS contact on Thursday, August 9 via station IK1SLD in Italy. The contact was unsuccessful. ARISS is investigating the reason for the failure. 2. Expedition 30/31 Scheduled for Debrief Astronauts Don Pettit and André Kuipers (Expedition 30/31) will take part in an ISS Ham debrief session to give feedback on the ARISS program. The debrief is scheduled for August 15. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions
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Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, July 23. The girls talked with on-orbit astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB who currently holds the record for longest space flight by a woman. The contact highlighted camp activities that focus on engineering-based themes to teach the engineering design process through hands-on build and design activities. This years camp theme is World in Motion. Also attending the contact were students from the grade 7-9 camp (held two weeks ago), the students attending this weeks RoboCamp, and the Lil' Kids on Campus Space Week kids. To view video of the contact, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdlpcw_VD4M 3. Virginia Air and Space Center Contact Successful On Thursday, July 26, Sunita Williams, KD5PLB held an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with youth volunteers from the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia. The volunteers give tours, provide demonstrations to the public and support the center in its efforts to educate the public. The center has its own amateur radio exhibit and during these summer months, it also welcomes NASA exhibits Destination Station, the Orion Test Vehicle and the Mars Science Laboratory. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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for article submissions for the next issue of the AMSAT Journal. Please finish your articles and submit them to jour...@amsat.org by July 23. + Watch the inspirational video, The Audacity to Dream on-line at: http://www.universetoday.com/96289/the-audacity-to-dream/ The des- cription reads, Making its debut at the TEDxISU (International Space University) event on July 6, the video above is an inspira- tional call-to-arms for anyone who's ever looked to the stars and dreamed of a day when the sky was, in fact, not the limit. + A new schedule was uploaded to AO-27 on July 4th. Users of the Java AO-27 Satellite Schedule Lister should make sure that you have downloaded the latest data files: https://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/ (George, KA3HSW) - ARISS Status - 16 July 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact ESA Space Camp, which is being held at St. Columbas College, Whitechurch, Dublin, Ireland, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Sunday, July 22 at 17:25 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The ARISS contact is part of an educational program of which some activities are based around André Kuipers mission, Spaceship Earth. Children at the camp will have 2 weeks of space education covering the themes of Climate, Biodiversity and the Human Body as well as Earth Observation and the Solar System. The children will also receive lessons about how to communicate with the crew on the ISS from a ham radio expert. 2. ARISS Contact with Women in STEM An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held with Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, July 10 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The high school girls came from across the U.S. to participate in the program which provided them the opportunity to plan a space exploration mission and to learn from women that work at NASA. Joe Acaba, KE5DAR on ISS answered 23 questions during the QA session. Approximately 150 students and guests were present for the event. Video may be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igM-2qegJWofeature=youtu.be 3. Expedition 30/31Crew Scheduled for Debrief Astronauts Don Pettit and André Kuipers (Expedition 30/31) will take part in a debrief session to give feedback on the ARISS program. The debrief is currently scheduled for August 15. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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. Radio amateurs from around the world sent in telemetry and the win- ner with the most points has been announced as Yoshitomo Iji JA6PL. The top three places were: 1st place: JA6PL (91 points) 2nd place: ZL2BX (36 points) 3rd place: JF1EUY (35 points) The satellites callsign is JG6YBW and the CW telemetry beacon fre- quency is 437.375 MHz (+/- Doppler shift). The free KIT HORYU-2 telemetry software can be downloaded from http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/Documents/information_launch_english.html KIT HORYU Blog in Google English http://tinyurl.com/HORYU-Blog Japanese HORYU website in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/HoryuSatellite English language version of HORYU website: http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/index_e_new.html Further information on HORYU-2 is at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/7404 HORYU-2 online WebSDR receiver http://sdr.opt.ro:8901/ KIT HORYU-2 Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/277436165678985/ HORYU-2 CW Telemetry Decoder by DK3WN http://tinyurl.com/SatSoftwareDK3WN/ [ANS thanks the HORYU-2 Team and AMSAT-UK for the above information] - ARISS Status - 18 June 2012 1. Successful ARISS Contacts Held ESA-ESTEC arranged for an ARISS contact that was held on Tuesday, June 12 at the Ruimtevaart Museum in Lelystad, the Netherlands with students that had taken part in André Kuipers Mission: Spaceship Earth competition. Through this program, Kuipers gave assignments to Dutch school children and the winners of the competition were invited to the event. Kuipers chatted with students and answered their questions about space. ARISS delegate Bertus Hüsken, PE1KEH attended the event and presented ARISS activities to the audience. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California handled the radio connection. To view video of the event, see: http://www.ruimteschipaarde.nl/ruimtelog/Winnaars-Missie-2-leggen-radiocontact- met-Andr-Kuipers/186 Students from St. Annes Primary School in Strathfield South, NSW, Australia spoke with Joe Acaba, KE5DAR on the ISS through an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, June 13 via telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. Approximately 150 people attended the event. The contact was integrated into the space curriculum across all grades and was held along with the schools science fair. 2. Astronaut Training Status Barry Wilmore took part in an ARISS introductory class on Monday, June 11. Wilmore is slated to fly with Expedition 41 in September 2014. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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by Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC demon- strating the interference caused by FM emissions on the FO-29 linear transponder. Alexandru used the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle and Gqrx SDR software to receive and record the signal. The video is posted at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/7260 + Doug McArthur, VK3UM announced a software update to the VK3UM EMR Calculator program. The EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation) software Version 7.00 has been revamped and enhanced for improved ease of use. It includes many examples, references and a Help file. It co- vers ARPNSA (Australian), FCC, and CEU Radio Frequency Emission Standards. It may also be configured for any other requirement out- side the above Standards i.e. Russian Federation. Doug has several other programs such as his EME Calculator available for download on his website at: http://www.vk3um.com/ + Hams like science, so enjoy these scientific music videos in the shack. The Symphony of Science is a musical project of John D Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. See: http://symphonyofscience.com/ + In his latest Science Off the Sphere video from the ISS, astronaut Don Pettit, allows us to 'see' sound waves in space. Watch and learn on-line at: http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/sots/ [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] - ARISS Status - 7 May 2012 1. ARISS - Virginia Contact Successful On Wednesday, May 2, the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia experienced a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Don Pettit, KD5MDT via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. Groups in Virginia, Louisiana, New York, and Michigan were video conferenced together for the event. Approximately 350 students at the four locations got in seventeen questions before ISS went over the horizon. The contact highlighted a comprehensive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education plan. 2. Ham Nation Features Flabob Contact The ARISS contact with Astronaut Don Pettit and Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy students in Jurupa Valley, California that occurred on April 19, 2012, was featured on the May 1 episode (#46) of the Bob Heil Gordon West Ham Nation video podcast. The video is now available on TwiT TV and Flabob sites. Ham Nation: http://twit.tv/hn Flabob site: http://www.iss-flabob.com 3. Astronaut Training Status An introductory/basic operations session is planned for Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO on Wednesday, May 9. Gerst is scheduled to fly with Expedition 40 in May 2014. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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to Congress Section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111 - 84): RISK ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES SPACE EXPORT CONTROL POLICY is available on-line in PDF format at: http://tinyurl.com/DoD-1248-Report Bloomberg Business Week article on ITAR: http://tinyurl.com/BusinessWeek-ITAR (www.businessweek.com) (ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW and AMSAT Congres- sional Liaison Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ for this report.) - New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts NASA Teaching From Space (TFS) office has announced a new proposal cycle for ARISS-US contacts. Proposals may be submitted in the time period between April 23 through July 2, 2012 for contacts that will be scheduled beginning in January 2013. Informational sessions will be held to answer any questions concern- ing the proposal process. To attend a session or to have questions answered, contact TFS at jsc-tfs-ar...@mail.nasa.gov or call 281-244-1919. For more information, see the TFS Web site: http://tinyurl.com/ARISS-Proposal-Cycle (www.nasa.gov) If you represent an education organization, formal or informal, and you are located in the United States or its territories, you can submit a proposal. If you are located outside of the U.S., you will need to contact the ARISS representative for your region: + Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF school.selection.mana...@amsat.it. + Russia: Valeriy Agabekov, N2WW/UA6HZ n...@arrl.net. + Japan and all countries in Southeast Asia and Pacific Oceania: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB iaru...@jarl.or.jp. + Canada and all other countries: Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG ve3...@amsat.org. [ANS thanks the NASA Teaching From Space Office for the above information] - Satellite Shorts From All Over + The ARISS International Team monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, April 17. World Amateur Radio Day and the HamTV status were discussed. Minutes have been posted to the ARISS site: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-04-17.htm + A video segment of the successful ARISS contact with Flabob Airport will be aired on the Bob Heil Gordon West Ham Nation show on May 1, 2012 at 1800 PDT (UTC-7). Tune in at: http://www.twit.tv/hn + ESAs mysteriously silent Envisat Earth observing satellite has been observed and imaged by another satellite in space. Frances space agency (CNES) pulled off an on-orbit coup, using their high- resolution Pleiades satellite to take a picture of Envisat from about 100 km. See the satellite-to-satellite view at: http://tinyurl.com/Envisat-Photo (www.universetoday.com) + For the last 1000 days the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), aboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, has been operating continuously to probe the universe from its most distant regions to our local solar neighborhood. To commemorate 1000 days of infrared wonders, the program is releasing a gallery of the 10 best IRAC images: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012/pr201211_images.html + In celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope this month, episode 54 of the Hubblecast gives a slideshow of some of the best images from over two decades in orbit, set to special music: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/archive/category/hubblecast/ + JD1/OG, OGASAWARA ISLAND, AS-031 Makoto,JI5RPT, is working from Chichijima Islands (IOTA AS-031) signing JD1BLY in CW/SSB/digital modes on 80-6m and via satellite also from April 29 until May 5. QSL via homecall. See: http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1 and http://twitter.com/jd1bly (via DXNL DX Newsletter 1777 - Apr 25, 2012) [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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(UTC-5). Tom says, This is a small hamfest but we will have a few prize drawings during the broadcast. All you need to enter the drawing is to be in our chatroom when the drawings are ann- ounced. The internet video feed and the chatroom can be found at: http://w5kub.com. This page streams previously recorded video from Dayton when live broadcasts are not airing. + The next Hudson Valley Satcom net date is Thursday, April 12 at 8:00 PM EDT (UTC -4) on the 146.970 MHz repeater, and also on the N2EYH-L Echolink node. More info: http://www.hvsatcom.org/ (via Stu, WA2BSS) [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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) on Wednesday, March 21, where he will give a talk about amateur radio satellites. In 2011 Paul was awarded the prestigious Louis Varney Cup for Advances in Space Communication, which was presented to him at the Telford Hamfest. More information is posted on Southgate: http://tinyurl.com/Telford-Talk + ISS astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT demonstrates physics in space in several videos posted on the 'Science off the Sphere' web pages. This is a partnership between NASA and the American Physical Soc- iety. Watch at: http://www.physicscentral.com/sots + Enjoy a flight over the northern lights aboard the ISS when you watch the video at: http://tinyurl.com/ISS-FlyOverAurora (SpaceDaily.com) + Central States VHF Society Conference is planned for July 26-29 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A conference hotel rate of $93 per night is being arranged. More information will become available as the web page at http://www.csvhfs.org/ is updated. + The 50 MHz and Up Group is hosting this year's Microwave Update Conference from October 18 to 21 in Santa Clara, CA. Check their web at: http://www.microwaveupdate.org for more info as it becomes available. Abstracts for papers, or requests for more information can be sent by e-mail to: mud2012papers at gmail dot com + Congratulations to Rick Tejera, K7TEJ on earning VUCC Satellite Award #227! Rick says, Thanks to all who worked me over the past two years to get me here. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] - ARISS Status Report - 12 March 2012 1. Upcoming School Contacts An ARISS contact has been scheduled for Istituto Tecnologico Statale Trasporti e Logistica Leone Acciaiuoli, Ortona, Italy on Sunday, March 18 at 11:31 UTC. The Ortona Maritime Institute Leone Acciaiuoli (I.T.N) is a technical high school that prepares the student for a career as a merchant ship officer or to continue his university studies in the field of engineering disciplines. Among the subjects taught at the school are navigation, astronomy, celestial navigation, satellite navigation, telecommunications (including satellite telecommunications), mathematics and physics. Since 1991, the Institute has taken part in the International Day of Planetaria which provides an opportunity for educating the public in the areas of planetaria, science and technology. On this day, the public is able to visit the Planetarium, laboratories, astronomical telescope and other astronomical equipment. The ARISS contact will be held as part of the days activities. 2. California Students Radio Dan Burbank on Space Station On Monday, March 5, Dilworth Elementary School in San Jose, California participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX. Burbank fielded 19 questions put to him by the students about the challenges encountered while living in space. The contact took place during the NASA Destination Station exhibit at The Tech Museum located nearby and complemented lessons on Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). 3. Astronaut André Kuipers Answers Childrens Questions via ARISS An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between André Kuipers and school children at the Space Expo in Noordwijk, Netherlands on Tuesday, March 6 via station ON4ISS in Belgium. The radio activity was part of an educational program around Kuipers mission Spaceship Earth which targets youth who are 10-14 years of age. Part of this program consists of mission assignments that Kuipers gives to Dutch schoolchildren. The winners of each challenge were invited to the radio contact. Other activities included lessons and experiments. 4. Hams who Experimented with ARISSat Make the News Farrell and Jeff Winder, the father and son who helped in the development of SuitSat-1, made the news recently when they used ARISSats transponder and after several tries, successfully sent and received a picture of Farrell Winder's automobile license plate. Community Press posted the story, Father, son team up in 'outer space'. See: http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20120301/NEWS /303010057/ [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS
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Coast. In addition to the AMSAT display and satellite demonstrations Pat is planning to show the FUNcube Dongle and present show'n'tell talks for visitors to the AMSAT booth. Please contact Pat soon by e-mail (p...@patkilroy.com) if you can help! For more info about the hamfest visit: http://www.gbhc.org/ [ANS thanks Pat Kilroy, N8PK for the above information - ARISS Status Report - 20 February 2012 1. Kochi Youth Radio ISS Astronaut Kochi Gakuen Kochi Junior High School in Kochi, Japan experienced a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, February 13. Students asked Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX, 11 questions about living in space. The contact was integrated into the science curriculum. Media coverage included three television stations and three newspapers. 2. Astronaut Dan Burbank Speaks with Louisville Students On Tuesday, February 14, youth attending The Academy @ Shawnee par- ticipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. The contact took place at the Challenger Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky with the assistance of the Louisville Astronomical Society. Approximately 40 people were in attendance and listened as Burbank chatted with stu- dents about experiments on board the ISS and the effect space has on the human body, among other topics. The Academy, an inner city high school of 500 students, has been designated as the Aerospace Magnet School for Jefferson County Public Schools. The contact was part of a comprehensive education plan to pique students' interest in Sci- ence, Technology, Engineering and Math. 3. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Alexander Gerst passed his amateur radio license exam on February 13 and is waiting for his callsign to be assigned. He is scheduled to fly with Expedition 40 in May 2014. An introductory session is planned for Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT (Expe- dition 40, May 2014) on Monday, February 27 and a preflight session is scheduled for Expedition 32 astronauts Sunita Williams, KD5PLB and Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI on Monday, March 5. Williams and Hosh- ide will fly later this year. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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information] - NASA Extends Deadline for Student Summer Internships College Level Internships Deadline Extended --- NASA says they will continue accepting applications for college level summer internship positions among several NASA Centers around the country until March 16, 2012. Students can view opportunities and apply for them all in one place. To start, the prospective student should go to: http://intern.nasa.gov/ then Student Opportunities tab then select Internships which will bring you to the OSSI:SOLAR page describing the program. Using the Search Tab on the OSSI:SOLAR page selecting Goddard in Maryland, Internship, Summer 2012, Engineering - Electrical Eng., or Engineering - Computer Eng., and a keyword search using PICetSat reveals an opportunity titled PICetSat Module Development. which will develop a high-altitude balloon experiment module and related ground station components. This internship is open for Junior, Sen- ior, and Masters level students. A description of this particular internship opportunity can be found at: http://simsat.net/Internship-PICetSatModuleDevelopment-PKilroy.pdf as sponsored by Pat Kilroy, N8PK, an AMSAT member and engineer at NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland. High School Level Internships Applications Now Open --- On February 1, NASA opened the application process for high school students to apply for a summer internship. The application page is at: https://education.gsfc.nasa-telophase.com/ The deadline for high school student applications is March 2, 2012. Click on Browse Available Projects for students in the greater Maryland/DC/Northern Virginia area. An opportunity exists for a high school student/intern to also participate on the SimSat high- altitude balloon experiment sponsored by Pat Kilroy, N8PK. The direct link for this internship is: http://tinyurl.com/NASA-PICetSat-Internship The application process must be completed at the NASA intern web site. Students do not specify a specific internship program when they submit an application. The NASA Education community will de- termine which internship programs you are eligible for according to the information you provide in your application. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] - Successful ARISS Contact with El Dorado County Students On Tuesday, January 24, on-orbit astronaut Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX participated in an ARISS contact with students from El Dorado County in Placerville, California. The students, who came from several schools within the county, were able to get answers to many of their questions about space. Approximately 250 people were in attendance and another 160 watched as the contact was streamed over the internet. The radio connection was provided by telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The station, located on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), hosted another 15 observers. In addition, the college sent a reporter and photographer from its newspaper, The Oak Leaf, to cover the event. The ARISS contact was part of a comprehensive education plan used to pique students' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). More on the event, including video and photos may be found on the El Dorado County Web site. See: http://general.edcoe.org/nasaqa/default.html [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.html [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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or direct. They have posted a promotional video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=57lufNJtftk (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1041 for December 19, 2011) + The Polish amateur radio satellite PW-SAT built by students at the Warsaw University of Technology was featured on the Internet TV channel, BRITE TV. PW-SAT carries a single channel transponder that will operate in a similar way to the amateur satellite AO-16. The uplink on 435.020 MHz will be FM and the downlink on 145.900 MHz will use the BPSK telemetry beacon transmitter to produce Double Sideband (DSB) that can be received on an SSB radio. Watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=74u7Nqxpkk0 + The Internet Archive and Textfiles has posted every issue of Wayne Green's 73 Magazine ever published, for free. Read 73 online, or download PDF files here: http://www.archive.org/details/73-magazine + A video of the presentation about Amateur Radio Space Communications given by Mario Lorenz DL5MLO to hackers at the Chaos Communication Camp 2011 is now available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=Lh_RvzceJo4 + AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' session at the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society's TechFest 2012 in Lawrenceville, Georgia on January 14, 2012. ALL are welcome to attend! Event Web site: http://tinyurl.com/GARS-2012 Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming data can be found at: http://www.work-sat.com + Bobby, KF4GTA posted photos of his trip to KSC with access to both Atlantis and Endeavour. The links to his photo pages are: http://flic.kr/p/aVsWfM and http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxni8cR [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-359.07 ARISS Status - 19 December 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 359.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 25, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-359.07 1. Kobe, Japan Contact Successful On Monday, December 12, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between the Hirano Branch of Kobe Youth Nurturing Council in Kobe-city, Hyogo-pref, Japan and Astronaut Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX on the ISS. The contact highlighted lessons covering the ISS and the environment. An audience of approximately 50 people attended the event. Media coverage included two newspapers. 2. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts NASA Teaching From Space (TFS) office recently announced a new proposal cycle for ARISS-US contacts. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 30, 2012 for contacts to be held in the July 15, 2012 January 15, 2013 time frame. The next informational session will be held on Wednesday, January 11 at 2100 UTC to answer any questions concerning the proposal process. To attend the session or to have questions answered, contact TFS at jsc-tfs-ar...@mail.nasa.gov or call 281-244-1919. For more information, visit the TFS Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.html 3. ARISS-U.S. Proposal Process Makes the News A NASA Express message which included an item on ARISS contact opportunities for U.S. schools using the proposal process was sent on December 8. The message may be viewed on the NASA blog: http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=educationexpress The NASA Educators Online Network (NEON) posted a link to its ARISS article, Holiday Ham for NASA. See: http://nasatalk.com/blog/article/bylines/67-dynae-fullwood/1629-holiday-ham-for- nasa.html The Hartford Hobby Radio Examiner published the story, Schools can apply for space station radio chats. http://www.examiner.com/hobby-radio-in-hartford/school-applications-welcome-for- space-station-contacts 4. ARISS Status on Social Media This is a reminder that ARISS news is available on Twitter and Facebook. ARISS has over 200 active users on Facebook and over 800 followers on Twitter. See: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amateur-Radio-on-the-International-Space-Station- ARISS/153679794647788 and http://twitter.com/#!/ARISS_status [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/radio_hams_curiosity_signals/ + Astronomers at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium in Australia made a time-lapse movie of the MSL as it departs Earth on its way to Mars: http://tinyurl.com/d64oezy (UniverseToday.com) + Video: Curiosity Rover Launches to Mars has been posted on the UniverseToday site at: http://tinyurl.com/7e48slu + To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the CBC/Radio Canada, Canadian Amateurs may use the following prefixed between December 1-31, 2011: VG for VA, VX for VE, XJ for VO, XK for VY. + Bobby Lacey, KF4GTA posted photos from his opportunity to spend 3 hours inside of Atlantis on November 18: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/42374/1/kf4gta-atlantis?h=fb7bde He was also present for the shuttle's last launch and landing, STS-135. (via Southgate ARC) [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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News Service Bulletin 317.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 13, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-317.07 1. Swiss Students Speak with Astronaut Aboard ISS On Monday, October 31, students attending Kantonsschule Zug in Zug, Switzerland connected with Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG on the ISS via Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). An audience of 600 was on hand to witness the contact and watched as 8 students got in 16 questions before the ISS went over the horizon. The contact highlighted lessons on gravity, orbits, the ISS and its flight path, as well as electromagnetic waves and amateur radio. This ARISS event was held in celebration of the school's 150th anniversary. Media coverage included two television stations and one radio station. 2. Californian Students Radio ISS Astronaut San Diego, California students from Sundance Elementary School participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 1. Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG answered questions about the ISS mission, space and how space affects the human body. The contact was integrated into lesson plans about radios, radio waves, space and space-related topics. The local ham radio club gave presentations to the youth. Sign On San Diego covered the event in an article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/04/poway-students-connect-astronaut/ [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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being conducted on the Space Station. The contact was integrated into the science curriculum covering astronomy. 2. Amateur Radio Club Contacts ISS On Saturday, October 15, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between the Amateur Radio Morioka Club located in Morioka, Japan and Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW on the ISS. Seventeen students were able to ask questions of the astronaut during the radio connection. Student participants were those who went through difficult times after the tsunami devastation on March 11. 3. Astronaut Participates in JOTA Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG participated in the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) event. Fossum, a scoutmaster, spoke with scouts from several states on Saturday, October 15. 4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers McFadin Interview On October 14, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1783 included a story about an interview with Lou McFadin, W5DID in which he talks about his work at NASA, amateur radio and ham radio experiments in space. Names in the News: Lew McFadin W5DID Interviewed by DXCoffee may be viewed here: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 5. Astronaut Training Status Two astronaut training sessions are planned for October 18. Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX will take part in a refresher course and Joe Acaba, KE5DAR is scheduled for a preflight session. Burbank is slated to fly with Expedition 29 in November 2011 and Acaba plans to fly with Expedition 31 in March 2012. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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also present. The contact was a featured activity held in conjunction with a well developed education plan covering space and communications. The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) will open its observatory in an upcoming month to Kiroli Elementary to allow students to view various celestial bodies and events, as well as the planets and stars within our solar system. Contact information and links to articles, video and audio may be found on this Web site: http://www.cs.ulm.edu/~pdw/KiroliARISS/ 2. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held The ARISS monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, September 20. Among the agenda items discussed were the upcoming Houston face-to-face meeting and the HamTV project that ESA plans to support through a contract with Kayser-Italia. The Project Selection and Use committee will discuss HamTV and a second Kenwood radio for the Columbus module once the proposals are submitted. Minutes have been posted. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-09-20.htm 3. Astronaut Training Status Three simulated ARISS contacts were held on Wednesday, September 21. Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG spoke with youth at the Euro Space Camp in Belgium. Kevin Ford, KF5GPP contacted the Manhattan Challenger Learning Center (CLC) and Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC answered questions from students at the CLC of Indianapolis. The training sessions were terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment that will prepare the astronauts for participation in ARISS contacts during their upcoming missions on the ISS. Ford is slated to launch with Expedition 33 in September 2012 and Hadfield and Marshburn are scheduled to fly with Expedition 34 in November 2012. 4. EE Times - ARISSat Blog On September 17, a new entry was made to the EE (Electronic Engineering) Times Chips in Space blog about amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. This week the blog covers the project's lessons learned. See: http://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4227392/Chips-in-Space--Lessons- learned--Part-1 5. World Radio Magazine Covers ARISSat-1 The World Radio Magazine October 2011 issue featured an article about ARISSat-1. To view the story, Amateur Satellites: A Bumpy Ride for ARISSat-1 on its Way to Space, see: http://www.worldradiomagazine.com/ [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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to Rodney, KC0ZHF for earning his VUCC endorsement for grids 100-250. + The AO-27 website is temporarily down. The Java scheduler app will always be accurate to within 2 minutes (the cumulative error in the satellite's clock) as long as a new schedule hasn't been uploaded to the bird itself. While the latest files for the AO-27 schedule are on the webpage, the required data files for the Java app until the website is back up, have been placed on the Java scheduler down- load page http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler (George, KA3HSW) + An article regarding getting the FUNcube Dongle to run under linux can be found at: http://webshed.org/wiki/FUNcube-Dongle-Linux + NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool. The Eyes on the Solar System interface combines video game technology and NASA data to create an environment for users to ride along with agency spacecraft and explore the cosmos. Screen graphics and information such as planet locations and spacecraft maneuvers use actual space mission data. Begin your ride at: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/ + The Summer 2011 TAPR Packet Status Register newsletter is now available at http://www.tapr.org/psr + A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1061 posted that Eric, KV1J and Jack, KV1E will be active as FP/KV1J and FP/KV1E from Miquelon Island (NA-032) from 25 October to 1 November. Plans are to operate SSB and RTTY, with some CW and PSK31, on 160-10 metres, plus 6m if indications of openings. FP/KV1J will take part in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (SOAB HP). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau, and LoTW, Informa- tion on satellite activity and and other details can be found at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/october11.html AO-51 (if available), AO-27, SO-50, SO-67, and HO-68. All FM mode, V/U [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.09 ARISS Status - 5 September 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.09 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 11, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.09 1. Vision Australia Contact Successful Students from Vision Australia in Enfield, New South Wales, Australia took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, August 29 via station WH6PN in Hawaii. On-orbit Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG answered 12 questions put to him by the youth before the ISS went over the horizon. Students were interested in the logistics of living in space as well as how astronauts stay in contact with friends and family during their missions. Vision Australia is a nonprofit agency that provides low vision and blindness services to the community in Australia. 2. Merritt Island Students Speak with Satoshi Furukawa On Tuesday, August 30, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between da Vinci Academy of Aerospace Technology students at Merritt Island High School in Florida and Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW on the ISS. Questions asked included those concerning the long term effects of microgravity on the human body and influences on Furukawa's decision to study in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Florida Today ran a story on the event: http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011108310317 3. EE Times, ARISSat Blog Another entry has been posted to the EE (Electronic Engineering) Times Chips in Space blog about amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. This week the blog covers the Design challenges, intrigue and solutions of the project. See: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4219588/Chips-in-Space--Design- challenges--intrigue-and-solutions [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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, has published a history of SAREX experiments and operations on the DXCoffee.com website: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2011/08/10/radio-space-beginning-sarex/ + Video of the Atlas-V launch of the Juno mission to Jupiter has been posted at: http://www.universetoday.com/88018/rockin-with-the-juno-launch/ [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-233.09 ARISS Status - 15 August 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.09 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. August 21, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-233.09 1. Caribbean Youth Radio ISS On Monday, August 8, children attending the Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF), a regional event sponsored by the National Institute for Higher Education, Research, Science Technology (NIHERST) and located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina provided the radio connection. The youth interacted with Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW on the ISS, receiving answers to ten of their questions about space. The contact was integrated into the CYSF which included lectures, field trips, projects and debates that promoted science, technology and innovation. The forum hosted 250 students this year from 6 countries. Newsday reported on the contact: http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,145262.html 2. Italian Camp Contacts ISS A successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO and the Youth Hostel La Foresta in Perugia, Italy on Thursday, August 11 via station K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland. Garan fielded 18 questions posed to him by the children. The camp, organized by Panda Adventure in cooperation with ESA /ESRIN, focuses on space education and provides activities such as field researches, experiments, use of technical instruments, and games to explore the Earth and Sky. 3. ARISS-U.S. Reviews Proposals The NASA Teaching From Space Office received over 100 inquiries about the U.S. proposal process for ARISS contacts that will be scheduled during the January July 2012 time frame. Twenty-four schools met the July 15 deadline and submitted proposals. The U.S. Selection Committee is currently reviewing the proposals and will select U.S. schools by the end of the month. Another window of opportunity for U.S. schools and organizations to submit proposals will open later in the year. 4. EE Times - ARISSat Blog The fourth and fifth entries in EE (Electronic Engineering) Times Chips in Space blog covering amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1 have been posted. See: http://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/chips-in-space/4218536/Chips-in-Space-- SuitSat-2-becomes-ARISSat-1--When-we-lost-our-suit---not-really- http://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4218756/Chips-in-Space--Let-s-look- inside-ARISSat-1--part-1- 5. DXCoffee Article on Ham Radio in Space The Italian site DXCoffee.com printed a story about the history of amateur radio in space. The article covers amateur radio used by Owen Garriott, the Mir station, SAREX and ARISS and includes recent contacts with Doug Wheelock and Paolo Nespoli. Radio in space: in the Beginning there was SAREX, may be viewed here: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2011/08/10/radio-space-beginning-sarex/ [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-219 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
with local host families while being mentored by astronauts, engineers, and scientists to design a mission to Mars as their team project. Class sessions are held at the University of Houston at Clear Lake. Students are given lessons on amateur radio and through the ARISS contact they learn firsthand what spaceflight is like. They will use this knowledge in their team project, which they will present to the Houston space community at the end of their session. 2. Astronaut Training Status Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG is scheduled for an ARISS Basic Ops class on Monday, August 1. Hopkins is slated to fly with Expedition 37 in September 2013. 3. EE Times Runs ARISSat Blog EE (Electronic Engineering) Times is running a blog called Chips in Space - The Building of an Amateur Satellite that will run over the next few weeks describing how the amateur radio satellite, ARISSat-1 was designed and built. The first entry has been posted: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/chips-in-space/4218140/The-Building-of- an-Amateur-Satellite-1 [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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to Rodney, KC0ZHF for achieving his WAS Satellite Award! [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.07 ARISS Status - 20 June 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 26, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-177.07 1. Germany Contact to be Rescheduled The ARISS contact that was scheduled with Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen, Germany on Tuesday, June 14 was not successful. The ARISS team is trying to determine what happened and hopes to reschedule the contact sometime in the future. 2. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Mike Hopkins (Expedition 37) passed his amateur radio Technician exam on Thursday, June 9. He was issued the call sign KF5LJG. On Monday, June 13, several astronaut candidates passed their Technician License exams and were issued the following call signs: Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT Jeremy Hansen, KF5LKU In addition, Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS upgraded from Technician to General. Another round of tests for the latest class of astronauts may be conducted in the near future. A successful ARISS simulated contact was held between Kevin Ford, KF5GPP and youth from John McCrae Secondary High School, Ottawa, Canada on Monday, June 13. The training session was a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS equivalent equipment and helped to prepare Ford for participation in ARISS contacts when he flies with Expedition 33 in September 2012. Don Pettit, KD5MDT and André Kuipers, PI9ISS are scheduled for an ARISS preflight session on June 22. The two astronauts are part of Expedition 30 which will launch in November 2011. 3. Debrief Session Held with Expedition 26/27 Crew Members On Wednesday, June 15 ARISS members participated in an ISS Ham debrief session with Expedition 26/27 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli. The astronauts provided good feedback on the ARISS program. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-175 Special Bulletin FASTRAC-1 Available for Field Day
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-175.01 FASTRAC-1 Satellite Available for Field Day Digipeating AMSAT News Service Bulletin 175.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 24, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-175.01 Since it will be ARRL Field Day tomorrow June 25th to June 26th, the FASTRAC team has decided to open up Sara Lily (FASTRAC-1) so that HAMS are able to digipeat through her. Good luck this weekend to everybody participating!! Once field day is over, we will again resume our science mission! FASTRAC-1 Downlink 437.345 MHz Uplink 145.825 MHz Both 1200 and 9600 baud rates are operational however it is expected that Users will have more success using 1200 baud. FAST1 1 90025U 011174.49370187 +.0158 +0-0 +30566-4 0 00617 2 90025 071.9703 025.3633 0018615 269.1116 090.7913 14.76601460010256 More information about the FASTRAC mission is available on their website http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/ [ANS thanks the UT FASTRAC Team for the above information] /EX ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
SPRING, MD. May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142.04 + The new edition of the popular SolderSmoke amateur radio podcast is now available. One of the topics on this edition includes the Space Station Packet Beacon. You can listen on-line at: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke134.mp3 + Congratulations to Ben, KC0PCQ on his first satellite contacts. Ben wrote, I've been grinning ear-to-ear for a little while now that I have my first satellite contacts completed. Thank you to my #1 - K8YSE, #2 - AC0RA, #3 - W7JPI, #4 - WA4NV, and #5 - K8TL. + Congratulations to Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK on being awarded satellite VUCC #210! + On-line photos and videos of the Endeavor Shuttle launch can be found in many places. The first two links here are from amateur radio operators who were at the launch: Ken, KK0HF got these photos from the press area: http://radiogeek.us/NASA2/ Bobby, KF4GTA was also in the press area and posted these photos: http://bit.ly/jvdhNv Launch videos can be viewed at the UniverseToday site: http://tinyurl.com/65wou9s + The next Hudson Valley Satcom Nets HV Satcom Net ia scheduled for May 26, at 8PM EDT (UTC-4) on the 146.970 MHz repeater, (Pl 100), and also on Echolink node N2EYH-L. More info: http://www.hvsatcom.org (Stu, WA2BSS) /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142.05 ARISS Status - 16 May 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142.05 1. Upcoming School Contacts The ARISS team continues to work on the school contact schedule. The next contacts to be held are dependent on the launch date of STS-134. 2. Recent ARISS Contacts On Monday, May 9 students from St. Michael School in Schererville, Indiana and astronaut Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH on the ISS took part in an ARISS contact. The school partners with the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana and provided students with this ARISS contact to highlight its science curriculum. Approximately 430 students, teachers and guests watched and listened as 16 questions about life in space were asked and answered. Contact video was streamed on the internet and representatives from three newspapers covered the event. The Times posted an article. See: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/article_1a1b5c1d-0f5d-5f33- b9ae-25bad21e6e9e.html Mount Carmel Academy students from Houston, Texas participated in an ARISS contact with on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO on Tuesday, May 10 via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. This was Garans first ARISS contact and he handled nine questions, providing comprehensive answers. The contact complemented lessons on the International Space Station as well as amateur radio and Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club provided follow-on educational support. News of the ARISS contact reached approximately 580,000 households through the Comcast Channel 18 simulcast of Houston Independent School District news and through KUHF, the local PBS radio station. See: http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id= 1305066316 Students from Tecnico Industriale Statale Gerolamo e Margherita Montani, in Fermo, Italy established an ARISS contact with Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA on Thursday, May 12. The contact highlighted the school curriculum which focuses on Chemistry, Biotechnology, Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications and Mechanics. Nespoli fielded 21 questions posed by the youth over two ISS passes. The event was attended by nearly 300 students and visitors and video was streamed over the internet. An ARISS contact was held between students from Primary School Pasquale Luisi and Secondaria Di 1° Grado Virgilio, both located in Foggia, Italy, and ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli on Saturday, May 14. An audience of 200 attended the event and listened as Nespoli spoke to the students over two consecutive ISS passes, answering a total of 18 questions. Through this contact and related studies, students were introduced to amateur radio, astronauts and the International Space Station. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-114.07 ARISS Status - 18 April 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 114.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 24, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-114.07 1. Upcoming School Contacts Primary School Dante Alighieri De Neuquen, located in Neuquen Patagonia, Argentina, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, April 18 at 12:25 UTC. The contact will be performed with support from CETRA (Science Education and Technology united by Ham Radio), a delegation of AMSAT-Argentina which promotes space activities and amateur radio in schools, using station LU8YY. This activity has been integrated into science and technology lessons and plans have been made for students to visit the local observatory to research the history of space exploration and space shuttles. Istituto Comprensivo Dedalo 2000 Scuola secondaria di Cingia de Botti in Solarolo Rainerio, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, April 23 at 09:13 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Students participating in this ARISS activity have been learning about astronomy, physics of radio waves, the history of space flights and the history of radio communications. 2. Recent ARISS Contacts Students from John XXIII College, Perth, Western Australia experienced an ARISS contact on Monday, April 11. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California provided the radio connection. On-orbit astronaut Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH fielded 13 questions from the students who were interested in how missions on the ISS benefit life on Earth as well as future missions to Mars. On Wednesday, April 13, Hopewell Ave Public School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada took part in an ARISS contact via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. Six hundred students gathered in the gym for the event and listened to astronaut Paolo Nespoli answer 16 questions posed by the youth. ARISS mentors took large screens to the school and showed the students videos of space and the ISS construction along with some special effect videos. The school and community were thrilled with the ARISS contact and the opportunity for their young students to take part in this event. Talk Radio CFRA ran a story about the contact: http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1nid=78953 An ARISS contact was held between middle school students attending Istituto Sociale, a Catholic school in Turin, Italy and ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA on Thursday, April 14. The radio connection was made possible via telebridge station K6DUE in Maryland. Students asked 19 questions concerning things such as mission training and the daily routine and tasks performed on the ISS. Over 200 students, teachers and guests turned out for the event. The ARISS contact was highly appreciated, since many modules of the ISS have been built in Turin by Thales Alenia Space. Regional and local media covered the event. 3. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP (Expedition 36) is scheduled for an ARISS basic operations session on Monday, April 25. Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX is scheduled for a preflight session in early May. He is slated to fly with Expedition 29 in September 2011. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-093 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjKwVlMqCcNR=1 3. FUNcube Dongle receiving UO-11 satellite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xArNvhRIqmo + Dave, KB1PVH is heading up the July 4th 13 Colonies Special Event. He is in need of satellite operators from NH, CT, NJ, and most likely RI. If you are from one of those states and want to be a part of the event email Dave directly at: kb1...@gmail.com More infor- mation of the 13 Colonies Special Event can be found on-line at: http://www.13colonies.info/ [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-093.05 ARISS Recent School Contacts AMSAT News Service Bulletin 093.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 3, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-093.05 On Wednesday, March 23, Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA spoke with students from Istituto Comprensivo di Verano Brianza Scuola Media in Italy via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Nespoli, an alumnus of the school, exchanged greetings with the youth and answered 15 of their questions. Approximately 250 students, teachers and guests were on hand for the event which received regional and local media coverage. The contact supplemented course studies emphasizing astronautics, astronomy, radio techniques and English. Students from two schools in Italy, Istituto Comprensivo G. Manzi and Istituzione Scolalstica Saint-Roch jointly participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA on Saturday, March 26. The activity was part of a curriculum concentrating on space, technology and human spaceflight. Nespoli fielded the students 34 questions over 2 consecutive ISS passes as 400 students and visitors gathered for the event. Regional and local media reported the event. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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the ARISS team to keep up the good work - you are doing a great job inspiring our students. He expressed his amazement on how well timed and extremely enjoyable the contact was. Three television stations covered the radio hookup and snippets of the event were broadcast on at least 2 regional TV channels all afternoon following the contact. The Mackay Daily Mercury wrote a story on the event: http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2011/03/03/historic-link-to-space-mackay- high-school/ Technological Centre for Innovation in Communications (CeTIC) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain experienced a successful ARISS contact on Thursday, March 3. Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA answered all 20 questions posed to him by the students. The contact supplemented lessons on orbit prediction, satellite tracking and common communications systems. Victory Primary School in Nelson, New Zealand participated in an ARISS contact on Thursday, March 3 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH answered 17 questions prepared by the students. One additional query was answered with the help of shuttle crew member Alvin Drew. The contact was the culmination of a science curriculum focused on space and technology. 2. NASA Posts Article on Ten Years of ARISS Contacts NASA posted a feature story on the 10th anniversary of ARISS contacts to its Web site. One Small Radio Call for a Ham may be found on the following page: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/one-small-radio-call.html 3. Astronaut Training Status A few exam review sessions were provided for Chris Cassidy this past week. Astronauts Andre Kuipers, PI9ISS and Don Pettit, KD5MDT participated in simulated ARISS contacts with students in Belgium and Canada, respectively on March 3. An ARISS introductory course is planned for Mike Hopkins on March 9 and a refresher course for Chris Hadfield is scheduled for March 10. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-051 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-030 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
media and newspapers covered the event. The contact was the highlight of a curriculum covering space, geography and telecommunications. 2. Expedition 24 Crew Debrief Session An ARISS debrief session was held with Expedition 24 crewmembers Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC and Shannon Walker, KD5DXB on Tuesday, January 18. The feedback they provided on the ISS Ham radio equipment and school contacts will aid the ARISS team in updating its program procedures. 3. ARISS International Meeting Held The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, January 18. Topics of discussion included the upcoming face to face meeting and a status on the Columbus module equipment as well as ARISSat-1. Minutes have been posted. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-01-18.htm [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-009 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
school contacts continue with this planned schedule: Wednesday January 12 08:08:20 UTC Tsutsujigaoka Minami Elementary School in Akishima City (Tokyo), Japan, direct via 8J1TME Wednesday January 12 10:54:52 UTC Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy, and Istituto Suore Mantellate, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy direct via IZ5PVC. Simulcast on: http://www.versiliawebtv.it/streaming/reteversilia.html Saturday January 15 09:02:16 UTC Istituto Comprensivo Via Toscana 2 Civitavecchia, Roma, Italy, direct via IKØWGF. Simulcast on: http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia The Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 565. ARISS has posted a frequency chart for packet, voice, and cross band repeater modes showing Doppler correction at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_ correction.rtf (careful with the line wrap). Finally, astronauts Michael Fossum, KF5AQG, and Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW, are scheduled for ARISS prebrief sessions this month. Both are scheduled to fly with Expedition 28 in June 2011. [ANS thanks ARISS Mentor Charlie, AJ9N, and Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.09 AMSAT-UK's John Heaton, G1YYH Silent Key AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.09 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. January 9, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-009.09 AMSAT-UK Hon Sec Jim G3WGM wrote, It is with a heavy heart that I have to report the death of AMSAT-UK committee member John Heaton, G1YYH. He died in hospital in Manchester UK on Christmas Eve, having been admitted two weeks earlier. He had not been well for several months prior to his death. John was the AMSAT-UK Webmaster for many years, and a regular attender at the annual AMSAT-UK Colloquium. He always gave his time and consid- erable expertise very generously. He will be terribly missed by his friends and colleagues. He was a real gentleman. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Jim, G3WGM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.10 Vietnam CubeSat to Launch in 2011 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.10 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. January 9, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-009.10 Satellite news carried on the SouthGateARC news site reported that a Vietnamese Amateur Radio CubeSat, F-1, is slated for launch towards the end of next year. The F-1 CubeSat will carry 2 independent transceivers (Yaesu VX-3R MHX L400) using amateur radio 145 and 437MHz bands. The transmission speed will be 1200bps and higher using FM AFSK GMSK modulation, AX.25, KISS protocol. It will carry a low resolution C328 camera with 640x480 resolution. The IARU satellite frequency coordination committee have agreed a down- link frequency of 437.485MHz and it is hoped to launch in the 4th quarter of 2011. Vietnam F-1 CubeSat on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116436068290 F-1 on IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/ finished_detail.php?serialnum=150 [ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News site for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, wishing everyone a happy new year, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-360 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
a video showing the deployment of a sail which could be used to de-orbit a CubeSat. The first prototype of an aerobrake system being developed by Clyde Space and the Univers- ity of Glasgow can be seen at: http://tinyurl.com/2wlr3yh (SouthGate) + Matt, KF6RTB reports that the RAX Cubesat is recovering from a low battery charge condition. An anomaly last week that has severely re- duced RAX's power generation capability on her remaining three panels (the first panel shorted out). RAX will operate in two safe operating modes while engineering analysis is underway. You may copy infrequent beacons (every 1-2 minutes) or beacons off to regain energy spent on testing. + Luciano Fabricio, PY5LF, has produced a video showing reception of the two Amateur Radio FASTRAC satellites, Sara Lily and Emma on 145.825 and 437.345MHz FM: http://tinyurl.com/34d58y5 (SouthGate) + Luis, LU6QI is trying to attempt a QSO with USA via AO7 or FO29. He thinks it could be possible with stations in Florida. Contact Luis by e-mail at lquin...@unsl.edu.ar to set up schedules. + Sebastian, W4AS found this news on-line on the ARRL LoTW web page: Dec 22, 2010 VUCC Award Support Testing - VUCC support is being installed and tested. When this upgrade is implemented, amateurs can use LoTW to apply for awards based on Maidenhead grid squares, such as VUCC and the Fred Fish Memorial Award. + AMSAT has received news from Captain Yuri Bodrov, UT1FG/MM, Master of the MV Mottler he is still operating through all satellites from the ocean wet grid squares on his sea voyage. Presently he in Coquimbo, Chile and expects to depart on December 23 enroute to Huelva, Spain and Brunsbuttel, Germany via the Panama Canal. This route will enable him to operated FG-FH-EH-EI-EJ-FJ-FK-GK-GL-HL-HM-IM-IN-IO-JO wet grids. Yuri estimates he will be in satellite range for US stations beginning December 24. He will transit the Panama Canal on January 3. + Update your ISS keps. Russia's Mission Control raised the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, December 22 by raising it 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles). The readjustment is necessary to ensure the best conditions for the docking of Russia's Progress M-09M space freighter and the U.S. Discovery's final mission to the ISS. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-360.07 ARISS Status - 20 December 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 360.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 26, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-360.07 1. Upcoming Contacts The ARISS operations team is working to schedule school contacts for the next year. Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA and Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH arrived at the ISS on Friday, December 17. Both plan to be active in the ARISS program. 2. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC attended an ARISS introduction course this past week. Marshburn is slated to fly with Expedition 34 in November 2012. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, wishing everyone a happy new year, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-332 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
Meeting: http://www.afeller.us/Studio_dArt/Personal_Galleries/Pages/AMSAT_2010.html Additional photos and captions will be published in the AMSAT Journal. + Project Engineer for ARISS, Kenneth, N5VHO wrote, For all you that wonder what it is like for the astronauts to work ground stations during a general pass. Col. Wheelock gives you a personal video tour of the ISS ham radio station while he answers calls from operators on the ground. Watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8 + Membership of the FUNcube satellite and Software Defined Radio (SDR) Dongle Yahoo Group has now reached the 100 mark. You can join the FUNcube Yahoo Group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/ + A photo gallery of the Minotaur launch from Alaska that launched a payload of seven satellites can be viewed at: http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/101120gallery/ + Captain Yuri Bodrov, Master of the M/V MOTTLER, says he will be operating as UT1FG/MM on AO-7, AO-27, AO-51, HO-68, SO-50, SO-67, amd VO-52 from the wet squares in the ocean on his next voyage around South America from Brasil/Paranagua to Argentina/San-Lorenzo, through the Strait of Magellan, Chile/San-Antonio/Punta Potache, and the Panama Cannal. + Martin, KC9JGE, has made a YouTube video of one of his contacts with Astronaut Doug Wheelock KF5BOC on the International Space Station. You can watch the video via the SouthGate ARC site at: http://tinyurl.com/25qtdrt [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-332.08 ARISS Status - 22 November 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 332.08 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 28, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-332.08 1. Euro Space Center Contact Successful Twenty-four students from the International School Zurich North, Switzerland, attending the Euro Space Center in Transinne, Belgium, spoke with ISS astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 16. Telebridge station VK5ZAI in Australia handled the radio link. Wheelock fielded 15 questions about life in space during the session. The contact was an activity incorporated into the Euro Space Center Space Camp which hosts students from all over Europe and abroad. 2. Grand Junction Students Speak with ISS Astronaut On Friday, November 19, students attending Holy Family Catholic School in Grand Junction, Colorado participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC. The school involved the entire student body of 400 students in this project. Several of the older students earned their amateur radio licenses prior to the contact and younger students participated in essay contests and art activities devoted to the contact with the ISS. 3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly ARISS International Team teleconference was held on Tuesday, November 16. Topics discussed included updates on ARISSat-1and the Columbus module radio equipment. Minutes have been posted. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2010-11-16.htm 4. ARISSat-1 Approved for Shipping ARISSat-1 has been approved by Energia for shipment to Russia. The satellite is currently scheduled to arrive in Russia the first week of December. After the battery and the Kursk University experiment are installed, the satellite will be tested for flight and a final safety review will be scheduled. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: TubeSats - DIY Satellites
All satellites must be operated as part of a licensed service. To the best of my knowledge there is no equivalent to the FCC's Part 15 for satellite operations. Further since it is required that all satellites have the capability of being commanded off, two-way communication is also aways required. It is a mistake I see frequently that people think that local rules regarding low power RF emitters can be applied to a project with international implications like a satellite. 73, Lee-KU4OS On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:22:58 pm George Henry wrote: Quote: If the your (sic) TubeSat application does not require two-way communications, a radio operator's license is not required Downlink frequencies available: amateur 433 MHz 500 mW, license-free 902 - 928 MHz or 2.400 - 2.4835 GHz, 100 mW - 1000 mW selectable Last I knew, 902 - 928 MHz had no US or international allocation for satellite downlink use, the amateur downlink frequency conflicts with the US band plan (the launch company is US-based), and isn't the space-to-earth allocation at 2400 - 2483.5 ONLY for amateur radio satellites? George, KA3HSW - Original Message From: Rich Dailey richdai...@windstream.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 7:28:46 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] TubeSats - DIY Satellites http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128740683 http://www.interorbital.com/TubeSat_1.htm Rich, N8UX. ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-185 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, July 8 at 20:35 UTC. The mission of the Cavett Kids Foundation is to provide a forum of support through various camps, events, and programs for children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses while promoting character, coping skills, and connection. Using ARRL (American Radio Relay League) lesson plans, children will be introduced to the basics of radio wave propagation. Local radio clubs will assist with demonstrations and hands on activities. 2. Japanese Club Talks to ISS via ARISS Contact On Wednesday, June 23, Asahi Manabiya, a volunteer club in Owariasahi, Japan, took part in a direct Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Approximately 145 people attended the event and watched as the youth asked 23 questions of Expedition 23/24 astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF. This contact was a featured activity used by the club to pique childrens interest in natural science. The event drew media attention and was covered by one radio station, two television stations and a newspaper. 3. ARISS Web Page Links to DLN Module An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) page may be found on NASAs Teaching From Space (TFS) Web site. A link to the Digital Learning Network (DLN) amateur radio module has been added to this page. See: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.html 4. ARISSat Safety Review to be Held The Johnson Space Center Payload Safety Review Panel will perform a flight safety review of ARISSat-1 on the mornings of Wednesday and Thursday, June 30 July 1 in Houston. Participation in the review will include U.S. and Russian ARISSat team members as well as RSC-Energia safety specialists. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-143 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
Smith, WA4SXM, AMSAT Project Manager for ARISSat-1, gave a presentation on the satellite. The ARISSat-1 prototype was on exhibit and demonstrated to the crowds. ARRL held a Teachers Workshop and distributed ARISS bookmarks to educators interested in the ARISS program. The Dayton Hamvention is an internationally attended amateur radio convention that draws crowds of 25,000 annually. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-122 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
for the Columbus Module and an ARISSat-1 status. Minutes have been posted. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2010-04-20.htm 4. Astronaut Training Status On Monday, April 19, astronauts Kevin Ford and Shane Kimbrough received an overview of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, followed by a Basic Ops session with Kimbrough. Both astronauts are scheduled to fly on future ISS expeditions. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-101 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
is for a 1U CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with UHF downlinks and a VHF telecommand uplink. It is hoped to launch in 2012 although no launch opportunity has yet been confirmed. ESTCube-1 will carry a camera to acquire images of Estonia for out reach purposes and will deploy a 10 meter conductive Hoytether as a part of the development work of an electric solar wind sail. ESTCube http://tinyurl.com/yk66s2o [ANS thanks IARU for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.06 Arecibo on 432 MHz Moon Bounce AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.06 The Arecibo Observatory Amateur Radio Club will be putting the 1000-foot radio telescope on the air for 432 MHz EME from April 16-18. It can be heard with a small hand-held yagi pointed at the moon The scheduled times of operation are: April 16: 1645 - 1930 UTC April 17: 1740 - 2020 UTC April 18: 1840 - 2125 UTC Callsign: KP4AO Tx Frequency: 432.045 MHz Rx Frequency: 432.050 to 432.060+ Tx power: 400 W Antenna gain: 60 dBi System noise temp: 120 K (cold sky) System noise temp: 330 K (when pointed at moon) KP4AO can be heard with a small hand-held yagi pointed at the moon and a good receiver. A 15 dBi antenna and 100 W will be enough to work us on CW. Operators at KP4AO will do their best to work as many stations as possible. Each session will start with a brief announcement and CQ in SSB. SSB QSOs may continue for 30 minutes to an hour, if the QSO rate remains high. The mode will be shifted to CW as soon as it is judged that higher QSO rates would result. We will listen for calls at frequencies 5-15 kHz higher than our own, and even higher if QRM warrants. Callers who s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t are more likely to be copied. If you've already worked us in any mode, please do not call again -- give others a chance. If we call CQ QRP, we will listen for stations running 100 W or less to a single yagi. Please do not answer such a CQ if you are running more power or have a larger antenna. On April 18, if we reach a condition where most calling stations have been worked, and we judge that operating in the digital mode JT65B would produce a higher QSO rate, we will switch to JT65B. Note that any of these planned operating strategies may be changed as circumstances dictate. We are extremely fortunate to have been granted access to the world's largest radio telescope for this amateur radio good-will event. We look forward to working as many stations as possible in the alloted time! [ANS thanks John, KB1MGI, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.07 ARISS Status - 5 April 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.07 1. Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Chats with Texas Students via ARISS Contact On Monday, March 29, Walnut Creek Elementary School students in Azle, Texas took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP. All 23 questions were answered with time for a two way Goodbye. ARISS was integrated into the science curriculum as students researched space objects and gave presentations to their class. The youth also attended satellite communications demonstrations given by retired Lockheed employees and members of local radio clubs. On the day of the contact, a proclamation was read by an Azle City representative declaring it to be Space Day in Azle. Four television stations and one local newspaper covered the event and the audio was available on EchoLink. 2. HAMEX 2010 ARISS Exhibit HAMEX 2010, the largest RadioFest in Canada, was held on Saturday, March 27 in Toronto. AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) members attended the event and manned an exhibition booth which displayed two mini satellite communications stations as well as information boards with pictures of astronauts involved in the ARISS program. A large AMSAT banner was posted, along with two 7 foot posters on loan from the Canada Space Agency (CSA). CSA also provided handouts, stickers and various magnetic logos, which along with pamphlets describing AMSAT and the ARISS program, were distributed to the many visitors the exhibit attracted. The event was a success in generating interest in the ARISS program and the team was invited back next year. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author
[amsat-bb] ANS-080 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
Communications Conference to be held September 24-26, 2010 in Vancouver, Washington [Portland, Oregon]. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 31, 2010. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 or you can make your submission via e-mail to: m...@arrl.org Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. [ANS thanks Steve, WB8IMY, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.06 SpaceX Completes Falcon 9 Static Fire Test AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.06 On Saturday, March 13, SpaceX successfully completed a test firing of the inaugural Falcon 9 launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex 40 located at Cape Canaveral. Following a nominal terminal countdown, the launch sequencer commanded ignition of all 9 Merlin first stage engines for a period of 3.5 seconds. Just prior to engine ignition, the pad water deluge system was activated providing acoustic suppression to keep vibration levels within acceptable limits. The test validated the launch pad propellant and pneumatic systems as well as the ground and flight control software that controls pad and launch vehicle configurations. This was the final step for the rocket and launch pad before launch itself. SpaceX is now waiting for completion of the final set of tests of the flight termination system, specifically the explosives and initiators, and the acceptance of that test documentation by Air Force range safety. [ANS thanks SpaceX for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.07 ARISS Status - 15 March 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.07 1. Upcoming School Contacts Shiogama Daini Junior High School in Shiogama, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, March 25 at 07:44 UTC. To prepare for the contact, the youth studied astronomy and were introduced to the Hubble Space Telescope. They learned about radio communication and some students continued their studies and prepared for their amateur radio license exams. 2. JAXA Astronaut Participates in ARISS Contact with Alma Mater On Tuesday, March 9, JAXA's Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with his alma mater, Ikaruga Elementary School, in Taishi Town, Japan. Approximately 350 guests watched as fifteen students asked their questions of the on-orbit astronaut. This ARISS activity was the highlight of the Ikaruga science curriculum on environmental issues and received significant media coverage. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-059 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
://lapantubsat.org http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished.asp Vice Secretary General and International Affairs Coordinator and IARU Liaison of ORARI, Wisnu Widjaja YBØAZ said, Hopefully this information can be useful for the member of ORARI and amateur radio throughout the world about LAPAN ORARI and LAPAN A2 satellites. [ANS thanks ORARI and the SouthGate Amateur Radio News for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-059.05 ARISS Status - 22 February 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 059.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 28, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-059.05 1. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Team teleconference was held on Tuesday, February 16. A status was given on the Columbus module as well as ARISSat-1. The minutes have been posted. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2010-02-16.htm 2. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline The February 19, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1697 included one ARISS news item. The Ham Radio in Space article was about astronaut Ron Garan studying to obtain his amateur radio license. See: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 3. ARISSat-1 Meeting Held An ARISSat Design Review was held in Orlando, Florida on Monday and Tuesday, February 15 16. Thirteen members attended the meeting and gave 23 presentations concerning the status of ARISSat-1. A write-up on the meeting can be found on the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) Web site. Links to the presentations will be posted soon. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-038 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
unpresented papers for the Proceedings document. Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2010 in order that the Proceedings document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent ONLY to G4DPZ, via the following routes: e-mail: david.johnson AT blackpepper.co.uk SnailMail: QTHR from www.QRZ.com AMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ. [ANS thanks Dave, G4DPZ, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-038.04 Satellite Presentation at Palm Springs Desert RATS Meeting AMSAT News Service Bulletin 038.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-038.04 AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT multimedia session at the February 16, 2010 meeting of the Desert RATS of Palm Springs. All are welcome to attend. Tentatively, we'll have a workable pass of AO-51 at 5:37PM that evening, Clint reports. If you would like to show up early, Clint will be working the satellite from the Jack-in-the-Box parking lot at 2591 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, and monitoring the 146.940- 107.2 repeater. Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Desert RATS meeting starts at 7PM Palm Springs Corporate Yard 425 N. Civic Drive Palm Springs CA 92262-0331 Attendees should download Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming matrix before the meeting from ... http://www.work-sat.com And Clint welcomes pre-presentation questions - call him at 909-241-7666, or send email to cl...@clintbradford.com [ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-038.05 ARISS Status - 1 February 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 038.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-038.05 1. JAXA Astronaut Participates in ARISS Contact with Boy Scouts On Thursday, January 28, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP conducted an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Boy Scouts visiting the Morioka Children's Museum of Science in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. The children asked questions such as, What is done to avoid collisions with space debris? and Why don't artificial satellites fall on the earth? Through this activity, the youth learned about the ISS, satellite orbits and amateur radio. 2. Moscow Aviation Institute Experiment Activated Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev activated the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI-75) experiment onboard the ISS on Wednesday - Friday, January 27 - 29. Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images of Earth and the ISS were downlinked to ground stations. Images received were archived to the ARISS SSTV Gallery. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ 3. ISS Ham Debrief Scheduled An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session has been scheduled with Expedition 20/21 astronaut Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN on Thursday, February 4. The feedback provided will help ARISS update program operations. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-017 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
-017.07 + On January 14 Bob, W7LRD, reported copying RN1NW via AO-7 just about at his LOS. The distance between the stations is 7686Km. A two-way contact was not completed at this time. + George, KA3HSW, says a new version of the schedule lister is now avail- able to download. This version corrects the issue of stale data files being downloaded from an old URL. It also increases the refresh rate to every 5 seconds, instead of 10 seconds. The software can be found at: http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler + AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT multimedia session at the January 20, 2010 meeting of the Fullerton (California) Radio Club. All are welcome to attend. Before the meeting at 5:15PM PST Clint will demonstrate an AO-51 pass at the Ruby's Diner, 1301 S. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton. The presentation begins at 7:00PM PST at the FRC Club meeting at the Fullerton Senior Center, 340 West Commonwealth Avenue, in Fullerton. + Henk, PA3GUO, reports hearing the ANDE-2 satellites again: Castor (KD4HDO-1) transmits every 30 seconds an APRS telemetry beacon at ~145.827 MHz at ~28 and ~58 seconds of each minute. + The Southeastern VHF Society invites interested amateurs to check out the plans for the 14th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference April 23rd and 24th, 2010 at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. See http://www.svhfs.org for more information. + The ARRL DX News ARLD002 reported special event station LM50NRK is operational during 2010 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of television in Norway. Activity is on the HF bands, including some satellite activity. QSL via LA4FPA. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-017.08 ARISS Status - 11 January 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 017.08 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. January 17, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-017.08 1. ARISS Featured at Marconi Commemoration Event On Thursday, January 7, students attending the University of Rome Tor Vergata Marconi Commemoration Event in Rome, Italy participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Jeffrey Williams, KD5TVQ. The contact was facilitated by telebridge station W6SRJ in California. An audience of 200 watched as eleven questions were asked and answered. After the contact, Princess Elettra Marconi, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi and Mr. Dieter Isakeit of ESA ESRIN (European Space Research Institute) Corporate Communication Office Communication and Knowledge Department, sent greetings to the ISS crew. Presentations were given by ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis as well as Mr. Augusto Cramarossa, Italian Space Agency, Head of Strategy, National and International, Mr. Massimo Pucini, Deputy Mayor of Moteporzio Catone town and Mrs. Marina Ruggeri, Director Department of Electronics Engineering University Tor Vergata. 2. ISS Ham Debrief Held An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session was held with Expedition 20/21 crew members Nicole Stott, KE5GJN and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA on Tuesday, January 5. The feedback provided by the astronauts will help ARISS update program procedures. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-361 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
to the astronaut during the nine minute pass. Following the contact, ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis spoke to the children via teleconference about the contact and amateur radio. Regional television, local media and newspapers covered the event. The video, which was streamed on the web, received over 170 connections. The European Space Agency (ESA) reported the news on its Web site. See: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLSV9K73G_Italy_0.html 2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) meeting was held on Tuesday, December 15. Agenda items addressed included the VHF AIS (Automatic Identification System) and ARISS antennas which were recently installed on the Columbus module and the status of ARISSat-1. To view the minutes, see: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-12-15.htm [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-319 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, November 6. Eight students posed two questions each to Nicole Stott, KE5GJN on the ISS as an audience of 110 students and parents watched. Media coverage was provided by three newspapers, one magazine and other outlets. 6. Astronaut Training Status A basic operations session on the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) program was held with astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG on Monday, November 2. Fossum is scheduled to fly with Expedition 28 in May 2011. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-298 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
. Glenmore Christian Academy Experiences ARISS Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact occurred on Wednesday, October 14 between Glenmore Christian Academy students in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA. Nearly six hundred students, teachers, parents and guests gathered to watch the youth ask 20 questions of the astronaut. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and CTV (Canadian television) covered the event. 4. ARISS Contact with UNICEF Mali Children in Gao, Mali participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October 15 via telebridge station K6DUE in Maryland. The contact was held as part of the UNICEF WaSH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) campaign. Astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, a UNICEF Belgium goodwill ambassador, spoke to the children, answering 5 questions. 5. ARISS - JOTA Contact Unsuccessful An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was scheduled for Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), Boy Scouts of America Headquarters in Irving, Texas on Saturday, October 17. Due to technical difficulties, the contact did not take place. Contact demonstrations on other satellites were given during the day, however, and there was an amateur radio balloon flight as well. Scouts also took part in a Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) activity. Approximately 400 Scouts, parents and officials attended the event. 6. NASA Reports on ARISS Contact NASA posted as one of its Daily Top Stories an article from the Vancouver Sun about the October 9 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Belmont Elementary School: Hundreds Of Students Enthralled Talking To ISS Astronaut. The Vancouver Sun (10/10, 178K) reported, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk zipped through the heavens above Langley's Ecole Belmont elementary school Friday, riding the International Space Station and chatting with 533 enthralled students. The event was organized by ARISS (Amateur Radio International Space Station), a NASA- sponsored educational outreach program. According to the article, Judging by the reaction of the children sitting cross-legged in the gym, the program was an obvious hit. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-277 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
on the International Space Station (ARISS) program this past week. Caldwell is scheduled to fly with Expedition 23 in April 2010. 9. AMSAT Symposium, ARISS Ops Meeting The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Symposium will be held on Friday, October 9 through Sunday, October 11 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel at the Baltimore Washington Airport in Maryland. Several ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) and ARISSat-1 presentations will be given and a demo of ARISSat-1 is planned. To view a list of these presentations, go to: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/Presentations.php The ARISS Operations team will hold a meeting after the symposium on Sunday, October 11. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-256 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
although with luck it may remain on depending on illumination of its solar panels and be heard elsewhere. If you capture any telemetry from FO-29 over your location please forward your data via e-mail to lab (at) jarl.or.jp and include your QTH, date and time. + Allen, KK4AK plans to active on the FM satellites from the mountains of North Carolina (Grid EM96) this coming week. + Operating from the Hawaiian Island of Kauai W6ZQ made contact with stations in Hawaii, Alaska, and the US mainland via AO-51. + Luc, VE2DWE has made available a recording of his experimentation using D-STAR through the AO-27 satellite. He reports using an uplink frequency of 436.797 MHz and monitored downlink audio on 145.850 MHz. The entire recording can be heard at Luc's website: http://www.qsl.net/ve2dwe/ + http://spacesat.blogspot.com/2009/08/uma-noite-memoravel-no-ao-7.html is the link to a video of AO-7 DX operations posted by Piraja, PS8RF. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-256.08 ARISS Statuts - 7 September 2009 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 256.08 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 13, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-256.08 1. ARISS Contact with Craigmore High School On Wednesday, September 2, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between Craigmore High School in Blakeview, South Australia and Expedition 20 Astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, on the ISS. An audience of 40 people gathered for the event and one newspaper provided media coverage. 2. ESA Astronaut De Winne Speaks with Vrije Basisschool, Belgium On Thursday, September 3, Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Vrije Basisschool in De Haan, Belgium via telebridge station VK4HZ in Australia. De Winne answered twenty-two questions posed to him by the students. Approximately 240 students, teachers and parents as well as radio, television and newspaper reporters attended the event. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers. This was a European Space Agency (ESA) event. Students who participated in the ARISS contact were chosen through an ESA competition. 3. ARISS Contact with ESA/ESOC Successful An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held at the European Space Agency (ESA)/European Space Operation Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany on Friday, September 4 via telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. The contact was held during an open day event, The Long Night of the Stars. Students from a local school, Schuldorf Bergstrasse, in Seeheim participated in the contact. Astronauts Robert Thirsk, Frank de Winne and Christer Fuglesang took turns answering eleven questions posed to them. An audience of 200 gathered at the stage for the contact and several audio and video links were provided for all the visitor rooms of the Open Day event at ESOC, so that an additional 750 visitors could connect to the contact. The event was covered by the television station Hessischer Rundfunk HR3, the radio station HR-Info Radio Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt and two newspapers, Frankfurter Rundschau and Darmstaedter Echo. There was also a live coverage via the Internet (Kosmologs) and five freelance journalists were present. The audio was also fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers. 4. Stockholm Students Question Fuglesang via ARISS Contact On Sunday, September 6, students from Sätraskolan in Skärholmen, Stockholm, Sweden participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. STS-128 Mission Specialist Christer Fuglesang, KE5CGR, answered 14 questions as an audience of 400 gathered for the contact. Media covered the event and the audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers. 5. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Tracy Caldwell is scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) licensing session on Wednesday, September 9. Caldwell is scheduled to fly with Expedition 23 in April 2010. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-235 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
in California facilitated the connection. All 18 questions prepared for the contact were answered with enough time left over for one additional question. Approximately 130 people attended the event. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW conference room servers and the IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) Discovery Reflector 9010. 3. ARISS Contact with Euro Space Center, Night of Stars Event On Thursday, August 13, approximately 200 people attending the Euro Space Center, Night of Stars Event in Transinne, Belgium gathered for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN on the ISS participated in the contact, answering 20 questions. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California assisted with the contact. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW conference room servers and the IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) Discovery Reflector 9010. 4. ARISS Promoted at Quebec Hamfest On August 1, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Canadian Delegate Maurice-André Vigneault set up an ARISS display and satellite communication demonstration station at the Quebec City Hamfest in nearby St-Romuald. ARISS Delegate Daniel Lamoureux also participated in the Hamfest. Pamphlets explaining the purpose of ARISS and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) were handed out. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) also provided handouts, stickers and decals. The delegates will next visit the Ottawa Hamfest in nearby Carp, Ontario, on September 12 to promote the ARISS program. 5. Astronaut Training Status Christer Fuglesang, KE5CGR/SA0AFS, was given a review of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) radio system in preparation for an expected contact during the STS-128 mission time frame. Information on his upcoming mission may be found here: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM56UE3GXF_index_0.html On Thursday, August 13, an introduction course was also provided to Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX. Burbank is scheduled to fly on a future ISS expedition. 6. Electronics Weekly Interviews ARISS Member AMSAT-UKs FUNcube satellite has been featured on the front cover of the August 12-18 issue of Electronics Weekly. The full FUNcube article titled, Bringing FUN back to the classroom, by Steve Bush may be found on page 8 and contains an interview with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Graham Shirville, G3VZV. See: http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1D4a803d8814a11352.cde 7. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published two small ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) related news items in its September 2009 issue of QST. One item pointed readers to the article on the Garriotts, Two Generations of Hams in Space that ran in The Bridge, printed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society. The second item was a notice to readers that space shuttle Endeavour carried three astronauts to the ISS who are hams and would be doing ARISS educational activities. The ARRL monthly journal has a circulation of 150,000. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: New Cubesat - the Ultimate Fox Hunt
In the case of Delta II second stage tanks some analysis concluded that what allows them to survive reenty is that a hole initially burns in one end which results in a shape that creates a shockwave. The shockwave then deflects most of the heat around the tank. Some pictures if you're curious. http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/reentry/recovered.html Probably hard to implement on a sub-nanosat scale but suggests another approach. Lee On Sunday 09 August 2009 15:16:04 Bob Bruninga wrote: What if the surface of the re-entry vehicle radically changed during the re-entry phase? As the density of the atomosphere increased, the surface area decreases. An ablative system that instead of burning off a thin skin of material as in most re-entry systems, you planned on burning off 95% of the original drag volume? What re-entry profile could be achieved Could we make a golfball core pinger that could survive? With the cheap $8k launches and only 3 month mission life, this idea of concentrating on making an interesting mission at the re-entry phase is a new opportunity.. The ultimate fox hunt? Bob, WB4APR ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Tubesat, a $4,000 launch opportunity
I'm not sure how the proposed radios work but will simply observe that we don't have a Space Station allocation at 902 MHz and the allocation at 2.4 GHz is 2.4-2.450 GHz. This growing notion of flying unlicensed devices in orbit is on very questionable legal ground in my personal opinion. Lee-KU4OS On Monday 03 August 2009 09:04:15 Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: The blurb says the transceiver is in the 902-928MHz or 2.4-2.4835.GHz bands to a dipole antenna. Greg Beat wrote: transceiver, ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-214 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
answered twenty questions posed to him by the students. The audio and video were available on: www.ondaforte.tv. OndaForteTV, local media and newspapers covered the event. 4. ARISS Member Comments on Lunar Landing in EE Times EE Times published a July 20 special edition that tells the lunar landing story from the viewpoint of a number of engineers. Comments were included from a number of people who felt it was a very personal event in their lives. Comments by Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Steve Bible, N7HPR may be found on page 44. See: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cmp/eetimes_apollo_20090720/index.php [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-193 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
with aspects of manned space flight. 4. Astronaut Training Status On Thursday, July 2, four licensed astronauts took part in Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) simulated contacts. Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW and Timothy J. Creamer, KC5WKI had contacts with Ottawa area students in Canada. Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC and Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP participated in contacts with students visiting the Challenger Learning Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. These training sessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-137 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
Flemish Space Days, an event organized by the Flemish Space Industry (VRI), was held in the Brabanthal in Leuven, Belgium on May 8 10. Interactive booths, educational workshops and movies on space, avionics and astronomy were some of the activities available to the youth and public. An audience of approximately 110 parents, teachers, students and others attended the event on Sunday, May 10 and watched as twenty students participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California established the radio link with the ISS. Voice communications were then patched over regular telephone lines, allowing the students to question the astronaut. The contact received newspaper coverage, reaching nearly twenty-five thousand. 3. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Nicole Stott, KE5GJN, will receive training on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) radio equipment on Monday, May 18. She is scheduled to fly as part of the ISS Expeditions 20 and 21 crews. 4. ARISS Annual Report Posted The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Annual Report 2008 has been posted to the AMSAT Web site. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/Annual%20Reports/ ARISS_Annual_Report_2008_Final.pdf 5. ARISS Member Receives Chris Jones Memorial Award On May 2, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, was presented with the Chris Jones Memorial Award during the Wireless Institute of Australias (WIA) Annual General Meeting at Monash University, Churchill. Hutchison received the award in recognition of his work with the ARISS program. The award is the highest honor the WIA can confer on a person. See: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090505-4/index.php 6. Amateur Radio Newsline Report on ARISS at 25 Certificate On May 8, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1656 included a short item on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) 25th Anniversary Event. Ham Radio in Space: ARISS at 25 Certificate may be found here: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt Certificate development is expected to be completed by June 1 and certificates should be distributed by the end of June. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
