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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-125 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-125\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - Save the Date November 1 - 3\n* First Call for PApers - AMSAT Space Symposium\n* AMSAT Booth is Moving at Dayton, but not very far!\n* Call for Papers: 2013 Digital Communications Conference\n* Help Wanted: AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor Positions Available\n* NASA and Amateur Radio operators piece together the PhoneSat picture\n* Conferences and Events related to Space Sceduled in May\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-125.01\nANS-125 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 125.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE May 5, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-125.01\n\n****************************************************************\n* Volunteers are still needed to help at the AMSAT booth at    *\n* Dayton.  We have about 20 people who have stepped forward,   *\n* but we could use a few more.  If you are willing to spend a  *\n* couple of hours on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to help at    *\n* the Hamvention, please send an e-mail NOW to Steve Belter,   *\n* [email protected].  If you've volunteered, but not heard back   *\n* from Steve, please send him another note.  Thank you!        *\n*                                                              *\n* Monitor the 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' link on the    *\n* new AMSAT Web Site http://www.amsat.org for the latest       *\n* AMSAT at Dayton news and developments.                       *\n****************************************************************\n\nAMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - Save the Date - November 1 - 3\nHouston, Texas\n\nPlace: The Beautiful Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel\nPhone: 713-943-7979\nAsk For The AMSAT Block or Use the Code: AMSAMSA\n\nThe Space Symposium features a full array of talks by knowledgeable\nAMSAT members and others regarding satellite construction and\noperation, plus other space-related subjects.\n\nThe AMSAT Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the Space\nSymposium, provides you the opportunity to hear about AMSAT's plans\nfor the future and voice your own thoughts and opinions to AMSAT\nBoard of Director members and other AMSAT officials.\n\nFor the AMSAT Space Symposium, the Marriott offers:\n\nFREE parking (unusual for a large city hotel)\n$94.00 per night room rate\nFREE breakfasts, 2 per room per day\nFREE WiFi throughout the hotel\nFREE Airport Transportation\n\nWatch for more information in the AMSAT Journal, future ANS\nBulletins and the on AMSAT.org.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFirst Call for AMSAT Space Symposium Papers\n\nThis is the first call for papers for the 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting\nand Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 1 - 3,\n2013, at the Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, Texas. Proposals\nfor papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are\ninvited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community.\nWe request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as\npossible, with final copy to be submitted by October 1 for inclusion\nin the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to\nDan Schultz at [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Booth is Moving at Dayton, but not very far!\n\nThis year there will be some changes in the Ball Arena, and the\nAMSAT exhibit will be part of that change.  For the past several\nyears, we have been is a single line, directly across from the ARRL\nexhibit.  Beginning this year, we will have a 3 X 3 booth\narrangement, with the engineering and software display on one side of\nthe aisle, and the donation and display area on the opposite side.\nThe booth numbers are now 444-446 and 433-435.  We will be very near\nthe old exhibit area, within sight of the ARRL exhibit. The new Ball\nArena layout should make access to all the exhibits easier.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCall for Papers: 2013 Digital Communications Conference\n\nAmateurs are invited to submit papers for publication in the\nconference\nproceedings of the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference that is\ntaking place September 20-22 in Seattle, WA. You do not have to attend\nthe conference to submit a paper for consideration.\nSend papers by July 31 to:\nMaty Weinberg\nARRL\n225 Main St\nNewington, CT 06111\n . . . or by e-mail to maty at arrl.org\nSubmissions will not be edited and authors will retain all rights.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve Ford, WB8IMY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp Wanted: AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor Positions Available\n\nThe AMSAT News Service (ANS) is responsible for researching, writing,\nediting, and publishing the weekly amateur satellite news bulletins.\n\nWith the addition of a couple of volunteers this would generally\ninvolve taking a turn about every 3 to 4 weeks.\n\nAt present we a looking for interested satellite enthusiasts to join\nthe ANS editorial team. Professional writing/editing experience is\nNOT a requirement. Your interest and enthusiasm in following and\nreporting on amateur radio in space will get you started! The ANS\nEditor team helps each other by rounding up items of interest. Plus\nwe receive submitted items for publication ... so you won't be left\nall alone!\n\nIf you can commit to working on the bulletins for a week on a rotat-\ning basis please reply via e-mail to AMSAT News Service Editor\nLee McLamb, KU4OS via ku4os at amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President User Services, Gould Smith, WA4SXM\n for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA and Amateur Radio operators piece together the PhoneSat picture\n\nFor about one week, engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett\nField, Calif., and amateur radio operators around the world\ncollaborated to reconstruct an image of Earth sent to them from three\nsmartphones in orbit.\n\nThe joint effort was part of NASA's nanosatellite mission, called\nPhoneSat, which launched on Sunday, April 21, 2013 aboard the Antares\nrocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.\n\nAlthough the ultimate goal of the PhoneSat mission was to determine\nwhether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as the main flight\navionics for a satellite in space, the three miniature satellites used\ntheir smartphone cameras to take pictures of Earth and transmitted\nthese \"image-data packets\" to multiple ground stations. Every packet\nheld a small piece of \"the big picture.\" As the data became available,\nthe PhoneSat Team and multiple amateur ham radio operators, who call\nthemselves \"hams,\" pieced together a high-resolution photograph from\nthe tiny data packets.\n\n\"During the short time the spacecraft were in orbit, we were able to\ndemonstrate the smartphones' ability to act as satellites in the space\nenvironment,\" said Bruce Yost, the program manager for NASA's Small\nSatellite Technology Program. \"The PhoneSat project also provided an\nopportunity for NASA to collaborate with its space enthusiasts.\nAmateur radio operators from every continent but Antarctica\ncontributed in capturing the data packets we needed to piece together\nthe smartphones' image of Earth from space.”\n\nAs part of their preparation for space, the smartphones were outfitted\nwith a low-powered transmitter operating in the amateur radio band.\nThey sent the image information to awaiting hams who worked with the\nAmes engineers to stitch together multiple, tiny images to restore the\ncomplete Earth view.\n\nPiecing together the photo was a very successful collaboration between\nNASA's PhoneSat team and volunteer amateur ham radio operators around\nthe world. NASA researchers and hams working together was an excellent\nexample of Citizen Science, or crowd-sourced science, which is\nscientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or\nnon-professional scientists. On the second day of the mission, the\nAmes team had received over 200 packets from amateur radio operators.\n\n\"Three days into the mission we already had received more than 300\ndata packets,\" said Alberto Guillen Salas, an engineer at Ames and a\nmember of the PhoneSat team. \"About 200 of the data packets were\ncontributed by the global community and the remaining packets were\nreceived from members of our team with the help of the Ames Amateur\nRadio Club station, NA6MF.”\n\nThe mission successfully ended Saturday, April 27, 2013, after\npredicted atmospheric drag caused the PhoneSats to re-enter Earth's\natmosphere and burn up.\n\n“The NASA PhoneSat Team would like to acknowledge how grateful we are\nto the amateur radio community for contributing to the success of this\nmission,” said Oriol Tintore, an engineer and a member of the PhoneSat\nTeam at Ames who participated in the picture data processing.\n\nThe PhoneSat project is a technology demonstration mission funded by\nNASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and\nthe Engineering Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center. The project\nstarted in summer 2009 as a student-led collaborative project between\nAmes and the International Space University, Strasbourg.\n\nThese results will encourage further research into applying low-cost\nterrestrial technologies to space applications and also may open space\nto a whole new generation of commercial, academic and citizen-space\nusers, according to Yost.\n\nFor more information about the PhoneSat mission and the participation\nof the radio amateur:\nhttp://www.phonesat.org\n\nFor more about information about NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology\nProgram and the PhoneSat mission, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/smallsats\n\nNASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is innovating, developing,\ntesting and flying hardware for use in future science and exploration\nmissions. NASA's technology investments provide cutting-edge solutions\nfor our nation's future.\n\nFor more information about NASA's Space Technology Mission\nDirectorate, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nConferences and Events related to Space Scheduled in May\n\nMay 5-8 The Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium\nToronto, Canada http://sqm.me/YtaMk7\n\nMay 6-8 Humans to Mars Summit\nWashington, D.C. http://sqm.me/WryTcP\n\nMay 7-8 Global Space & Satellite Forum\nAbu Dhabi, UAE http://sqm.me/WZgtzy\n\nMay 13-17 Reinventing Space Conference 2013\nLos Angeles, California http://sqm.me/UqVKHS\n\nMay 15-17 7th Argentine Congress on Space Technology\nMendoza, Argentina http://sqm.me/XBNfqp\n\nMay 15-17 ASTRA 2013-12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies\nin Robotics and Automation\nNoordwijk, Netherlands http://sqm.me/Y4EU1a\n\nMay 21-23 Space Technology Expo\nLong Beach, California http://sqm.me/yVlvwu\n\nMay 23-27 2013 International Space Development Conference\nSan Diego, California http://sqm.me/14jg69a\n\nMay 28 iCubeSat 2013\nIthaca, New York http://sqm.me/10X0Mkt\n\n[ANS thanks SPACE QUARTERLY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nSucsessful Contacts\n\n+ Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, telebridge via  IK1SLD\n\nA succesfull International Space Station school contact has been\ncompleted with participants at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston,\nME on 23 Apr. The event began at 14:38:47 UTC and lasted\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge\nbetween OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy\nand adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on\nthe 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in\nEnglish.\n\nIn an arrangement proposed by the Bates College Museum of Art in\nconjunction with our 2012 exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of\nAstrophotography, local 8th Grade students comp,leted a talk with\nastronauts on the International Space Station, through the Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station program (ARISS). Students\nfrom the Auburn and Lewiston middle schools took part in the live\nradio communication.  Members of ARISS were excited by how our\nproject brought the world of art and creativity into a program aimed\nat science, technology, engineering and math classrooms.  To prepare\nfor the contact, students visited the exhibition as part of their\nspace science unit, researched comets and geomagnetic storms, modeled\nthe solar system, explored citizen-science projects like Galaxy Zoo,\nand, using NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day as a model, researched\nStarstruck images and wrote paragraphs explaining their significance.\nIt is gratifying to see an art exhibition ignite so much interest in\nsuch a wide variety of subjects, and especially to see a\nreunification of art and science achieved through this exhibition and\nthe ARISS program.\n\nSenators Angus King and Susan Collins and Congressman Michael\nMichaud were invited to attend the event.\n\n\n+ Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI), Rankin Inlet,  Nunavut, Canada\n\nA successful International Space Station school contact was\ncompleted with participants at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI), Rankin\nInlet, Nunavut, Canada and Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station\nOR4ISS on 25 Apr. The event began at 14:34 UTC, and lasted\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge\nbetween OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact was audible over Italy and\nadjacent areas and was conducted in English.\n\nMaani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) is located in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut\n(Population Approximately 3000) on the North west side of Hudson Bay.\nIt is one of three schools in the Rankin Inlet system and hosts\ngrades 7 - 12.  The current Maani Ulujuk building is approximately 32\nyears old and is the second of two buildings with the same name; the\nfirst being destroyed by fire.  MUI was named after an Elder (Maani\nUlujuk),  who at the time of its naming, was the oldest elder in the\ncommunity. There are 353 students, 24 teachers, 6 Student Support\nAssistants, 1 Secretary, 1 School Community Counsellor and 2\ncaretakers.\n\nEven though we don't have a space club, we do have a vibrant Science\nprogram which hosts a science fair annually and students have been\nexposed to the space program in the curriculum.  Students and staff\nwere excited last year when we were slated to do a space hookup in\nApril; however, it did get cancelled and we are pleased that it is on\nagain for this year.\n\nStudents at MUI are great young leaders and they love to participate\nin novel events such as contacting the astronauts on the Space\nStation.  This will be an awesome event and we look forward to\nparticipating.\n\n\n+ Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Euclide, Bari,  Italy\n\nA successful International Space Station school contact has been\ncompleted with participants at Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore\nEuclide, Bari, Italy and Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC, on station OR4ISS on\n27 Apr. The event began at 11:17:19 UTC. The duration of the contact\nwas approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was direct\nbetween OR4ISS and IZ7RTN, and was audible over Italy. The contact is\nexpected was conducted in English.\n\nEuclide School is a high school. It is an aeronautical school in\nBari. There are boys and girls, aged 14-18. Bari is located in the\nSouth-east of the APULIA region, South-east of Italy. In its\nCurriculum the school focus on: aeronautical studies, Media\nCommunication, Space Communication, the Environment, Science\nactivities in lab. In this school there are the following\nlaboratories: a chemistry; a physics; CAD; Topography and\nPhotogrammetry; Aerotechnics; Radio and Radar Systems; Informatics (2\nlabs); Air Navigation; Meteorology; Air Traffic; There are also: an\noutdoor multigame Basketball/Volleyball court; a library with several\nPC;  a staff room with a PC; a press office; HDSL Internet\nconnection; an auditorium; 30 classrooms.\n\n\n+ Polyvalente  de Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada\n\nA successfule International Space Station school contact has been\ncompleted with participants at Polyvalente de Black Lake, Thetford\nMines, Quebec, Canada and Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station\nNA1SS on 29 Apr. The event began at 17:25:29 UTC and continued\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was direct\nbetween NA1SS and VA2VDL, and was audible over portions of eastern\nCanada. The contact was conducted in English.\n\nBlack Lake has an elementary school with only grades 5 and 6,\nsecondary school and professional centre for students who want to do\na D.E.P in esthetics, all in the same building. The esthetics have\nthe top floor, the secondary has the 2 middle floors and grade 5 and\n6 has the first floor. They have an intensified English program for\nthe grades 5, 6 and this continues all through secondary. This\nprogram is only available for the top students who passed a test.\n\n\n+ Guilford County Schools,  Greensboro, NC\n\nA successful International Space Station school contact has been\ncompleted with participants at Guilford County Schools, Greensboro,\nNC and Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC, on station NA1SS on 02 May.  The event\nbegan at 14:52:47 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9\nminutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and\nW4GSO and was audible over portions of the eastern US and Canada.\nThe contact was conducted in English.\n\nRonald E. McNair Elementary is a K-5 public school located in Browns\nSummit, N.C. McNair Elementary is a part of Guilford County Schools,\nNorth Carolina's third largest school district, which serves more\nthan 72,000 students. The school is in its first year and recently\nmoved into a brand new facility. The 88,900 square-foot school\nbuilding features sustainable materials, natural lighting in\nhallways, solar panels for water heating, light sensors, a light-\ncolored roof to reduce heat gain, an integrated fresh-air system, sun\nshades for large windows and low-flow plumbing fixtures. All\nclassrooms have access to outdoor learning environments. Vegetation\nhas been planted to grow up green screens that will provide shade\nover outdoor patio areas. Additionally, the art and science labs are\nequipped with movable exterior wall systems, allowing the classrooms\nto literally open up to the outdoors when weather permits and\nfacilitate an indoor/outdoor classroom space.  Students attended\ntheir first day in the new school on Feb.4, 2013. The school is named\nfor astronaut and physicist Dr. Ronald E. McNair, who received his\nbachelor's degree from nearby North Carolina A&T State University. He\nwas one of seven crew members killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger\nin 1986. Currently, about 488 students are enrolled.\n\n\n+ Hay River, NWT, Canada,\n\nA successful International Space Station school contact has been\ncompleted with participants at Hay River, NWT, Canada and Chris\nHadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station NA1SS on 03 May. The event began\nat 19:55:32 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9\nminutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge telebridge\nbetween NA1SS and VK4KHZ and was audible over central Australia.  The\ncontact was conducted in English. No further information was\navailable at press time.\n\nUpcoming Scheduled ARISS Contacts\n\nThe Gary Literacy  Coalition, Inc, Gary, IN, direct via KC9JQN\nContact is a go for: Wed  2013-05-08 19:35:44 UTC 63 deg\nContact should be audible over parts of the Midwestern USA and Canada\n\nYellowknife R.C.M.P. Headquarters,  Yellowknife, NWT, Canada,\ntelebridge via K6DUE\nContact is a go for: Sat  2013-05-11 18:46:05 UTC 48 deg\nContact should be audible over parts of the Eastern USA\n\nARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts.  Due to\nissues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at\npresent, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Dave for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ NASA invites public to send names and messages to Mars\nNASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a\npersonal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft\nthat will study the Martian upper atmosphere.\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/can8ojv\n\n+ Ham radio balloon on KFDM TV\n\nRadio amateurs in Beaumont released a ham radio near space balloon,\nto bring attention to the club's communication abilities\n\nThe balloon reached an altitude of 93,000 ft and featured on a KFDM\nTV news broadcast.\n\nWatch Ham radio operators release a high flying balloon\n\nBeaumont Amateur Radio Club\nhttp://www.qsl.net/w5rin/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information]\n\n+ Small meteoroid causes 'bullet hole' in ISS solar panel\n\nMaking his photographic rounds of the Earth and the space around the\nInternational Space Station today, Commander Chris Hadfield captured\none picture that inspires a bit more alarm than awe.\nJust down and left from the centre of the image, there's a bright\nspot on one of the solar panels, that was caused by a small object,\nprobably a meteoroid, flying through the panel.\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ckstjns\n\n[ANS thanks Kevin Fetter and seesat-l for the above information]\n\n+ New price for flights to the ISS will be $71 million per person\nfrom 2017.\n\nCurrent price paid by NASA is $55.8 million per person and that is\ndue to rise to $62.75 million next year, a year or so ago they were\npaying $51 million, see\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/d9yr98s\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA for the above information]\n\n+ The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)\n\nCASIS Academy is an interactive learning website created to educate\nmiddle school students about the ISS and to pique their interest\nthrough multimedia videos and features.\n\nThe website incorporates multiple sections, including breakthroughs\nresulting from ISS research, a tour of the station and interactive\ndefinitions of key terminology.\n\nStatistically, U.S. students are most likely to lose interest in\nscience fields while in the middle grades. CASIS Academy targets\nstudents at this critical age, using the excitement of space as a\ntool to maintain and improve interest in science, technology,\nengineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.\n\n\"The unveiling of CASIS Academy highlights a core function of our\norganization: advocating the ISS National Lab as a STEM-learning\nplatform,\" said CASIS Interim Executive Director Jim Royston.\n\"Educating students on the innovative advances that have come from\nISS exploration and the opportunities that exist in microgravity will\ninspire today's students to pursue careers in science and engineering\ntomorrow.\"\n\nCASIS decided to unveil CASIS Academy at the National Science\nTeachers Association conference in San Antonio, Texas, due to the\nabundance of science educators in attendance.\n\nFor more information, please visit\nwww.casisacademy.org.\n\nEducator resources complementing CASIS Academy, aligned to support\nnational education standards, can be found at\nwww.iss-casis.org/educators.\n\n[ANS thanks SatMagazine for the above information]\n\n+ The May issue of SatMagazine is now online\nhttp://www.satmagazine.com/2013/SM_May2013.pdf\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n",
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