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    "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-303\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT\nNorth America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\nreports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing,\nbuilding, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* AMSAT Symposium This Weekend\n* Symposium Registration & Banquet Reservations Deadline\n* AMSAT Awards Announcement\n* Speaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium\nSchedule\n* PW-Sat to Launch in January\n* NASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* SatPC32 Version 12.8b Available\n* ARISS Status - 24 October 2011\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.01\nAMSAT Symposium This Weekend\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.01\n\nThis year's Symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the launch\nof the first amateur radio satellite into space. The Symposium\nis being held in San Jose, CA on November 4 thru November 6\nwhich is the home of Project OSCAR, the organization that\nbuilt amateur radio's first satellite. As part of our\ncommemoration, the ARRL is bringing an OSCAR 1 prototype which\nhas been refurbished to help highlight this significant\nmilestone. Our banquet speaker, Lance Ginner, K6GSJ was a\nmember of the team that built OSCAR 1;  he subsequently was\ninvolved with a number of follow-on amateur radio satellite\nprojects. Lance's presentation promises to be a fascinating\nlook at the early days of amateur radio in space as well as\nperhaps some lessons learned.\n\nThe Symposium is an excellent opportunity to learn about the\nsuccess of ARISSat-1 as well as AMSAT's latest project, Fox\nand the steps that we're taking to continue to keep amateur\nradio in space.  There are some excellent presentations\nscheduled that will cover the gamut from satellite engineering\nto satellite operations to education outreach.\nThis year's \"Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and\nAnnual Meeting\", which is provided to every Symposium attendee\ncontains 21 papers and is over 250 pages in length. While not\nall papers will be presented, there are also several\npresentations scheduled to be presented where the material was\nnot finished in time for publication.\n\nAlong with the outstanding materials presented, Symposium\noffers a great opportunity to meet the AMSAT leadership (the\nBoard of Directors members as well as Senior Officers), other\nsatellite enthusiasts, and interact with our volunteers who\nare involved with our engineering projects. Symposium is both\na presentation/educational opportunity as well as  a social\nevent.\n\nIf you haven't yet registered for this year's Symposium,\nplease consider joining us.  Details on the Symposium and\nregistering can be found at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php\nThe last time that AMSAT held a Symposium in California was in\n2006;  this may be the best chance for AMSAT members and\nothers living on the West Coast to participate in a Symposium\nand have direct interaction with the AMSAT leadership for some\ntime.   Hopefully, those of you living in the Bay Area will\ntake full advantage of this opportunity. Alan Bowker, WA6DNR\nand his team have done a great job preparing for an\noutstanding weekend in San Jose.\n\nSee ya in San Jose!\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW\nPresident-AMSAT\n\n[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.02\nSymposium Registration & Banquet Reservations Deadline\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.02\n\nThis is a reminder that on Monday October 31, 2011, the\non-line registration for the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium and\nAnnual Meeting will close. Also, a count is needed for the\nAnnual Banquet.  If you are planning to attend the meeting\nand/or attend the Banquet, please register as soon as\npossible. After Monday, you will need to register at the\nhotel.\n\n [ANS thanks AMSAT HQ for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.03\nAMSAT Awards Announcement\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.03\n\nAMSAT Awards Announcement\n\nAMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO says\nthat\ncongratulations are in order for the latest AMSAT Awards\nrecipients:\n\nThe following have entered into the Satellite Communicators\nClub for making their first satellite QSO:\n\nStephen Licht, WF2S\nJay Hitchcock, KI6WZU\nCostantino Montella, IK8YSS\nJackson Wilson, KF5LOQ\n\n\nThe following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement\nAward:\n\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG #542\nCsaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #543\nYanko Yankov, NX9G #544\nJackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #545\n\nThe following have earned the South Africa Satellite\nCommunications Achievement Award:\n\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG #US171\nCsaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #US172\nYanko Yankov, NX9G #US173\nJackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #US174\n\nThe following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI\nAward:\n\nBranko Martincic, 9A3ST #74\n\nThe following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI\n5000 Award:\n\nGale McDaniel, KB0RZB #28\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.04\nSpeaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium\nSchedule\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.04\n\nSpeaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium\nSchedule\n\nAMSAT's 2011 Space Symposium is quickly approaching. It will\nbe\nheld on Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 6th in\nSan\nJose, CA.\n\nThis year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the launch of\nOSCAR 1. Many events are planned to celebrate our 50 years of\nkeeping amateur radio in space. The original OSCAR 1 prototype\n\nhas been refurbished by the ARRL Lab. It will be on display\nand\ntransmitting. Our Banquet Speaker is Lance Ginner, K6GSJ who\nwas\non the OSCAR 1 development team.\n\nThe 2011 Symposium Schedule has been posted and includes:\n\nThursday, November 3\n0800 - 1200 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT\nmembers\n1300 - 1800 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT\nmembers\n1930 - 2200 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT\nmembers\n\n2011 Symposium Presentation Schedule\nAll times are PST\n\nFriday  4 Nov 2011\n1:00 PM   Introduction\n1:10 PM   Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO  \"Frequency Allocation for\nGovernment-funded CubeSats:NSF Paves the Way\"\n1:40 PM   Nick Pugh, K5QXJ  \"How to Light the Candle\"\n2:10 PM    Michael Safyan, KJ6MVL  \"NASA Ames PhoneSat\"\n2:40 PM    David Palmer, KB5WIA  \"A Satellite-Portable\nBackpacking Trip to Rare California  Grid Square CM79\n3:00 PM       Break\n3:10 PM    Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV  \"SA AMSAT CuveSat\nProject 'KLETSKous' \"\n3:40 PM    Bob Davis, KF4KSS   \"Orbital Elements and Magnetic\nTumble in Excel\"\n4:00 PM    Alexander J Harvilchuck, N3NP  \"2010-2011 AMSAT\nNextGen Program Satellite Report\"\n4:30 PM    Jan King, VK4GEY/W3GEY  \"Australis-OSCAR-5\n5:00 PM      Adjourn\n\nSaturday 5 Nov 2011\n8:00 AM   Introduction\n8:10 AM     Lou McFadin, W5DID  \"Fabrication, Integration and\nTesting of ARISSat-1\"\n8:30 AM     Gould Smith, WA4SXM  \"ARISSat-1 in Flight\"\n9:00 AM      Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5  \"Decoding Satellite\nTelemetry form ARISSat-1\"\n9:20 AM     Steven Bible, N7HPR  \"ARISSat-1 Operational\nSurvey\"\n9:50 AM       Break\n10:00 AM   Gould Smith, WA4SXM  \"ARISSat-1 Post Mortem\"\n10:30 AM   Tony Monteiro, AA2TX  \"Space Radiation and Fox\nProgram\"\n10:50 AM   Barry Baines, WD4ASW  \"The Importance of\nEducational Outreach for AMSAT\"\n11:20 AM   Tony Monteiro, AA2TX  \"AMSAT Fox-1 Systems\nOverview\"\n12:00 AM     Lunch Break\n1:00 PM      Bob Davis, KF4KSS  \"Fox 1 Mechanical Design\"\n1:30 PM   Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV  \"Turning University\nCubeSats into amateur radio satellites\"\n2:00 PM       Bob Davis, KF4KSS  \"Fox 1 Thermal Design\"\n2:30 PM  Sawson Taheri, KG6NUB  \"OSCAR Zero from a Satellite\nOperator's Perspective\"\n3:00 PM        Break\n3:20 PM     AMSAT Annual Meeting\n5:00 PM        Adjourn\n\n\n[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above\ninformation]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.05\nPW-Sat to Launch in January\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.05\n\nPW-Sat to Launch in January\n\nThis week AMSAT-UK web site carried the announcement that\nPW-Sat,a 1U CubeSat to be launched on the first VEGA flight in\nJanuary,will carry a 145 to 435 MHz Amateur Radio transponder.\n\nThe single channel transponder will operate in a similar way\nto AO-16.\n\nThe uplink on 145.900 MHz will be FM and the downlink on\n435.020MHz will use the BPSK telemetry beacon transmitter to\nproduce Double Sideband (DSB) that can be received on an SSB\nradio.\n\nPW-Sat will be launched into a 300 by 1450km 69.5 degree orbit\nand may be expected to have a lifetime of about 2 years before\nre-entry. It was built by students of Warsaw University of\nTechnology in cooperation with the Space Research Centre and\nwill be Poland's first satellite.\n\nThe development and construction of this satellite, students\nworked with two research groups - Astronautical Students\n(Faculty MEiL)and Space Engineering Student (Faculty EITI).\nTutor from the\nbeginning of the project was prof. Assoc. inz. Piotr Wolanski\nMEiL department.\n\nThe main objective of the project is education of students in\nthe preparation, construction and use of artificial\nsatellites. Specific objectives are:\n\n+ Testing the system to develop flexible solar generation.\n\n+ Study the deacceleration of a satellite, which will increase\nthe resistance and its rapid descent from orbit.\n\n+ Testing of satellite communication system including the\nTechnical University of Warsaw, Gdynia Maritime Academy and\nthe Centre for Astronomy them. Nicolaus Copernicus Academy of\nSciences.\n\nPW-Sat has five modes of operation:\n\n1. Receive only mode - no downlink\n2. Beacon CW mode - Downlink On-Off Keying (OOK) CW (1kHz) 12\nWPM on 435.020 MHz\n3. Beacon BPSK mode - Downlink BPSK (3 kHz) 1200 bps AX25 (1\nframe on 20 sec) on 435.020 MHz\n4. Control communication mode. Downlink BPSK (3 kHz) 1200 bps\nAX25 on 435.020 MHz\n5. Voice Repeater mode (aka 'AO16' mode) - Uplink145.900MHz\nFM(15 kHz) Downlink 435.020MHz DSB (3 kHz)\n\nFor more information on PW-Sat in Google English see\nhttp://tinyurl.com/CubeSatPW-Sat\n\nIARU Amateur satellite frequency co-ordination panel pages\nhosted by AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/\n\nThe AMSAT-UK article can be found on their web site at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/21/pw-sat-to-launch-in-january\n/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.06\nNASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.06\n\n\nNASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats\n\nNASA launched five small research satellites, or CubeSats, for\nfour\nuniversities on October 28 from Vandenberg AFB. This will be\nthe 3rd\ninstallment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)\nmiss-\nions. The CubeSats are manifested as auxiliary payloads on the\nDelta II launch vehicle for NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project\n(NPP)\nmission.\n\nThe ELaNa III Cubesat Launch included RAX-2, MCubed, E1P,and\nAubieSat\nare all trackable by most OSCAR stations. As of press time\nsignals\nfrom Aubiesat-1, E1P and RAX-2 had been received.\n\nA video with live commentary describing the computer graphics\nof\nthe NPP Second Stage Burn 3 and CubeSats Deployment:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FFLmERz\nduUY\n\nThe ElaNa CubeSat Media Briefing with Roland Coelho, WH7BE can\nbe\nviewed at:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjM2GhMD-E&feature=player_embe\ndded\n\nThe initial Keplerian Elements:\nhttp://gs.engin.umich.edu/predictions/tle_elana3.txt.\n\nAubieSat-1 is designed to transmit with a power of about 800\nmilli-\nwatts on a frequency of 437.475 MHz, plus or minus Doppler\ncorrec-\ntion. The beacon signal, along with telemetry, will be sent\nusing\nA1A continuous wave Morse code at 20 words per minute.\nAdditional\ntelemetry from the on board science experiment will use CW\ntrans-\nmissions up to 60 WPM.\n\nAubieSat-1 Telemetry Format\n---------------------------\nFor all transmissions, arbitrary digits represent digits in\nbase 10,\ncapital R denotes a decimal point, and FFFF is in hexadecimal.\n\nBasic Beacon\t20wpm\t(for 20 sec total)\nEvery 1 min (Unless AS-1 is in outreach mode)\n\nHI HI DE KI4NQO AUBIESAT 1 VB 3R68 SK (Beacon includes battery\n\nvoltage)\n\nOutreach Beacon\t\t20 wpm\t(for 75 sec total)\nEvery 5 min  (Only when AS-1 is placed in outreach mode)\n\nHI HI DE KI4NQO AUBIESAT 1BT  (Initialize transmission)\nFFFF BT                       (Minutes since deployment)\n01 VB 3R68 TB 39R2 BT         (Battery voltage and\ntemperature)\n02 P1 3R68 P2 3R68 BT         (Solar Panels 1 & 2 Max Power)\nEOT DE KI4NQO 73 SK           (End of Transmission)\n\nAubieSat-1 Pass Report Form\n--------------------------\nHelp the AubieSat-1 Team! Please fill out the following form\nand\nemail a copy to [email protected]\n\nName / Call sign of HAM operator reporting:\nTime and date of pass (UTC):\n\nYour Geographical Location:\n(City, State, Country)\n\nYour Latitude and Longitude:\n\nSignal fading cycle time: (For one complete rotation in\nseconds)\n\nCopy of Transmission Received:\n(Please post a verbatim copy here of any transmission from\nAS-1\nthat you receive including these telemetry values if copied:)\n+ Minutes Since Deployment\n+ Battery Voltage (VB)\n+ Battery Temperature (TB)\n+ Solar Panel 1 Max Power (P1)\n+ Solar Panel 2 Max Power (P2)\n\nNotes/Observations:\n\nPlease direct any questions to: [email protected]\nThank you for your assistance!\n\nFrequency and Modulation Summary of the CubeSat Launch:\n-------------------------------------------------------\nSatellite: AubieSat-1\nDownlink Freq: 437.475 MHz\nEIRP:  .708W\nModulation Scheme: Interrupted Continuous Wave (IWC)\nProtocol: Morse Code\nBaud Rate: 20wpm\nhttp://space.auburn.edu/\n\nSatellite: RAX-2\nDownlink Freq: 437.345 MHz\nModulation Scheme: GMSK\nBaud Rate: 9600\nhttp://rax.engin.umich.edu/\n\nSatellite: M-Cubed\nDownlink Freq: 437.485MHz\nEIRP: < 1W\nModulation Scheme: FSK\nProtocol: AX.25\nBaud Rate: 9600\nhttp://umcubed.org/\n\nSatellite: Explorer-1[PRIME] Flight Unit 2\nDownlink Freq:  437.505 MHz\nEIRP: -0.7dBW\nModulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK\nProtocol: KISS Custom\nBaud Rate: 1200\nhttp://ssel.montana.edu/e1p/\n\nDICE (non-amateur payload):\nhttp://www.sdl.usu.edu/programs/dice\nExplorer-1[PRIME]\n\n[ANS thanks the AubieSat-1 Team at Auburn University for the\nabove\n information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.07\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.07\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Congratulations to Steve Belter, N9IP on attaining his ARRL\n  Satellite VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) certificate #223.\n\n+ The ARISS store at http://www.cafepress.com/ariss has been\n  updated with new products.\n\n+ What did the three astronauts do on the ISS this past week?\nYou\n  can watch the video update from NASA on the research and\nactivi-\n  ties on the International Space Station for October 17-21,\n2011,\n  including updates on the upcoming Progress and Soyuz\nlaunches at:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yAYqf5E\n6qIY\n\n+ Watch the video of the October 21 debut lift off of a\nRussian\n  Soyuz rocket from the edge of the Amazon jungle at the\nGuiana\n  Space Center in French Guiana as it successfully carried the\n\n  first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites to space:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c750fdZ\nR6Mg\n\n+ Roland Zurmely, PY4ZBZ, copied the full spectrum of signals\nfrom\n  ARISSat with an SDR-IQ (and homemade VHF/HFconverter) and\nSpectra-\n  Vue. The frequencies listed are the transmitted by\nsatellite, and\n  Doppler effectis clearly visible in the received signals,\nwith\n  higher frequencies at the beginning and lower at the end of\nthe\n  pass. The noise generated by linear transponder and the\nreturn of\n  the transmission that I did in the UHF uplink are clearly\nvisible.\n  The CW-2 signal close to the 1kBPSK telemetry signalcan also\nbe\n  seen, as well as FM transmissions, switching between voice\nand\n  SSTV. Please see: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/arissat.htm#o\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.08\nSatPC32 Version 12.8b Available\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.08\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.08\n\nSatPC32 version 12.8b is available for download at\nhttp://www.dk1tb.de/downloadeng.htm\n\nThe main SatPC32 program window now displays more information\nsuch as the date of the Keplerian elements file in use.\n\nBefore upgrading your SatPC32 installation, be sure to use the\nnew program (in the ZIP file) to backup your user\nconfiguration.  The upgrade erases all previous user\nconfigurations, but the new program will restore your\nconfigurations after upgrading.\n\nThe download is a demo version that requires users to enter\ntheir lat/lon each time the program is started.  To make the\nprogram fully functional, enter your existing registration\ncode or purchase a registration code from the AMSAT web site:\nhttp://www.amsat-na.com/store/category.php?c=Software\n\nDK1TB, the author of SatPC32 has donated the software to\nAMSAT.  All sales of SatPC32 are used to support AMSAT.\n\nHere are the changes described in the What's New file:\n\n1. SatPC32, SatPC32ISS, Wisat32 and SuM now support rotor\ncontrol of the\nM2 RC-2800 rotor system.\n\n2. The CAT control functions of SatPC32, SatPC32ISS and\nWisat32 have been expanded. The programs now provide CAT\ncontrol of the new Icom transceiver IC-9100.\n\n3. The main windows of SatPC32 and SatPC32ISS have been\nslightly changed to make them clearer. With window size W3 the\nworld map can be stretched (only SatPC32).\n\n4. The accuracy of the rotor positions can now be adjusted for\nthe particular rotor controller. SatPC32 therefore can output\nthe rotor positions with 0, 1 or 2 decimals. Corrections of\nthe antenna positions can automatically be saved. In previous\nversions that had to be done manually.\n\n5. The tool 'DataBackup' has been added. The tool allows users\nto save the SatPC32 program data via mouse click and to\nrestore them if necessary. After the program has been\nconfigured for the user's equipment the settings should be\nsaved with 'DataBackup'. If problems occur later, the program\ncan easily restore the working configuration.\n\n6. The rotor interfaces IF-100, FODTrack, RifPC and KCT\nrequire the kerneldriver IOPort.SYS to be installed. Since it\nis a 32-bit driver it will not work on 64-bit Windows systems.\nOn such systems the driver can cause error messages.To prevent\nsuch messages the driver can now optionally be deactivated.\n\n7. SuM now outputs a DDE string with azimuth and elevation,\nthat can be evaluated by client programs. Some demo files show\nhow to program and configure the client.\n\n[ANS thanks Wayne Estes W9AE for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.09\nARISS Status - 24 October 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.09\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 30, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-303.09\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nCherry Creek School District, Centennial, Colorado for an\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact on Thursday, October 27 at 17:09 UTC via telebridge\nstation IK1SLD in Italy was successful.  A radio technology\ncurriculum will be provided to students in the gifted and\ntalented program, \"Inside Out\" to get them interested in\namateur radio.  The class will cover topics from radio\npropagation to UTC time and space.  A guest speaker will talk\nabout meteor scatter as well.  Lesson plan objectives are to\nunderstand: measuring systems, general awareness of time on\nthe body, orbits, science experiments, intervals, sleep, and\ncommunications.\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact was scheduled for Space Laboratory, Herzliya Science\nCentre, Herzliya, Israel on Friday, October 28 at 11:25 UTC.\nThe contact was successful and will be incorporated into\nlessons covering the space environment, orbital mechanics,\nsatellite design and radio communications.\n\n2. ARISS Contact with Seiryo Elementary\n\nSeiryo Elementary School, Seto, Aichi, Japan experienced a\nsuccessful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Tuesday, October 18.\nThe contact highlighted a science curriculum covering\nelectricity, space and technology.\n\n3. ZST Students Contact ISS\n\nOn Friday, October 21, an Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station (ARISS) contact was held between students\nattending Zespol Szkol Technicznych in Rybnicka, Slask, Poland\nand on-orbit astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG.  Approximately 65\nstudents, teachers, parents, guests and media attended the\nevent and listened as Fossum fielded 19 questions posed by the\nstudents. The SP9PKS radio club members worked with the youth\nto prepare them for the contact. Lesson plans included the\nconstruction of radio equipment and contacts via LEO (Low\nEarth Orbit) satellites.  Two newspapers and four broadcast\nradio stations covered the contact: Dziennik Zachodni and\nWiadomoci Powiatowe newspapers, Radio Zet, Radio Zote\nPrzeboje, Tok FM, Antyradio, and local station Radio Fest.\n\n4. ARISS International Team Meeting, October 28-29\n\nThe ARISS International Face-to-Face Meeting will be held this\nFriday and Saturday, October 28 and 29 at the Space Center\nHouston in Houston, Texas. The team will come together to\nshare regional reports as well as status reports from the\nprogram's other committees including education, operations and\nhardware.\n\n5. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held\n\nThe monthly ARISS International teleconference was held on\nTuesday, October 18. The upcoming face-to-face meeting was\ndiscussed, among other topics. Minutes have been posted:\nhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-10-18.htm\n\n6. Astronaut Training Status\n\nOn October 18 Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX was given an ARISS refresher\ncourse to prepare him for his upcoming flight with Expedition\n29 in November. Joe Acaba, KE5DAR participated in a preflight\nsession the same day.  He plans to fly with Expedition 31 in\nMarch 2012.\n\n7. ARISS Recognized by NASA Associate Administrator for\nEducation\n\nIn a recent communication of FY2011 accomplishments to the\nNASA education community, NASA Associate Administrator for\nEducation Leland Melvin highlighted the accomplishments of\nARISS:\n\n\"10,743 curious students and 778 motivated educators\nparticipated in direct communication with International Space\nStation (ISS) crews via the Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station (ARISS), sparking their interest in STEM.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in\nthe President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as\nsustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to\nreceive additional benefits. Application forms are available\nfrom the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nNb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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