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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/BVYS2N23ROBHXBLU4OTJ6IC7CIK3ESGO/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sovVyj5RuuBC7oBhjckTJZdbjysi3kmfCgmu2jTkPWxABQ@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "BVYS2N23ROBHXBLU4OTJ6IC7CIK3ESGO", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/BVYS2N23ROBHXBLU4OTJ6IC7CIK3ESGO/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2018-07-08T15:28:45Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-189\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 Symposium Call For Papers - First Call\n* International Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018\n* 145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment\n* China Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission\n Contest\n* \"Moon Day\" Volunteers Requested\n* University of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC!\n* AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9\n* ISS SSTV Transmissions Continue\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-189.01\nANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 189.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nJuly 8, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-189.01\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium Call For Papers - First Call\n\nThis is the first call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual\nMeeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 2 -\n4 at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. 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. The final copy must be submitted by October 15th for\ninclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be\nsent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Dan N8FGV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nInternational Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018\n\nThe 1st FREE OF COST International Balloon 'Satellite' Launch\nCHALLENGE is open across the Globe for participants below 21 years of\nage.\n\nLeveraging the power of technology, the State of Rajasthan in India\nhas become the \"Digitalization Hub of India\". In the upcoming three-\nday technology carnival by the Government of Rajasthan- \"Rajasthan\nDigifest 2018\", held at Jaipur (known as the Pink city of the world)\nthere will be a plethora of opportunities for everyone. From\ninsightful workshops to varied exciting events, the fest would have a\nlot to offer.\n\nTaking a step further, Government of Rajasthan in collaboration\nwith Space Kidz India, is organizing an \"International Balloon\nChallenge\" on the 25th & 26th July 2018. This challenge has been\ninitiated to mark a tribute towards our former President and reputed\nScientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.\n\nSet with the motto- 'Dream. Imagine. Believe\", it is an open\ncompetition for everyone aged below 21 years. The participant will\nhave the opportunity to fly their payload 'near space' in a balloon\nFREE OF COST.\n\nFollowing are some notable points in respect to the challenge:\n• The payload must fit inside a 1U Cube3 and the weight should be\n 500 grams including the battery.\n• No hazardous chemicals are allowed.\n• Biological experiments containing living micro-organisms shall not\n be allowed.\n• Only Original Ideas will be entertained.\n• Any findings of plagiarisms can get the participant eliminated and\n permanently banned from participating in the future.\n• If approved by Space Kids India you can also come directly to the\n venue and fly your payload.\n• Accommodation and food facility for teams coming directly will be\n provided for two days.\n\nPayload should reach our Chennai Office (Add. given below) on or\nbefore the 18th of July 2018.\nSpace Kidz India,\nNo.1-B, Nutech Narayana Apartments,\n48, Thirumalai Pillai Road,\nT.Nagar, Chennai 600 017, India\n\nSpace Kidz India and Government of Rajasthan invites students for\nthis exciting and adventurous 'International Balloon Challenge' to\nbe held on 25th & 26th July 2018. The competition not only looks\ninspiring & challenging, but will help the participants to meet like-\nminded people from different nook and corner of the world uniting\ntogether with a strong competitive edge. It's time to help our\nyounger generation to showcase their skills and let their dreams fly\nhigh!\n\nOur Contacts for further clarification:\n\nMr. Rifath +919518535615 [email protected]\nMr. Vijay +917708574647 [email protected]\nMr. Priyadharshan +918220333449 [email protected]\nMr. Tanishq +919940515800 [email protected]\nMr. Yagna +919912752744 [email protected]\nDr. Srimathy +914448535376 [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceKidz India Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment\n\nThe June 29, 2018 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Dragon cargo\ncapsule included cubesats of the BIRDS-2 satellite constellation.\nAll cubesats in the BIRDS-2 constellation MAYA-1, BHUTAN-1 and\nUiTMSAT-1 have identical designs and utilize the same radio\nfrequencies. While independently made, the operation and control\nof the three cubesats will be shared by the three teams after\nthey are released from the ISS early in August. They will be\noperational for six months.\n\n\"The three will form a constellation, orbiting the earth from\ndifferent places. This will provide the countries more opportun-\nities to make measurements and run experiments, than just with\nusing one cubesat,\" explained Joel Joseph Marciano Jr., manager\nof the PHL-Microsat program in the Philippines.\n\nThe primary mission of BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to\nprovide digital message relay service to the amateur radio\ncommunity by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. The APRS\ndigipeater onboard BIRDS-2 CubeSats will use 145.825 MHz for\nboth receive and transmit which isa standard configurations\nused by other satellites such as ARISS and LAPAN-A2.\n\nAnother mission of the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to\ndemonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. In this mission,\ntheir goal is to investigate technical challenges through ex-\nperiments on appropriate data format, multiple access scheme,\nfile-handling protocol while complying with limited operational\ntime and power constraints.\n\nThe BIRDS-2 CubeSat S&F system will collect data from remote\nground sensors, store them onboard and download them to the\ndifferent BIRDS-2 ground stations network.\n\nAdditional experiments will use the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation\nto enhance research and experiment in the fields of single latch-up\nevent detection, magnetic field measurements using a COTS aniso-\ntropic magnetometer, and flight testing of a COTS GPS chip which\ncan be used for future CubeSat missions if proven effective. Stu-\ndents will also explore a passive attitude stabilization mechanism\nconsisting of magnets and hysteresis dampers for proper orientation\nof camera on a CubeSat. All measurements and image data will be\nshared with the public on BIRDS-2 project website.\n\nMoveover, BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation will expand amateur radio\ncommunication experiment on the operation of CubeSat constellation\nvia a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations (started\nin the BIRDS-1 CubeSat constellation project). BIRDS-2 hopes to\npromote awareness of amateur radio communication and amateur\nsatellites among the general public and students, especially in\nthe participating nations of BIRDS-2 Project: Bhutan, Malaysia,\nPhilippines, and Japan.\n\nThe IARU has coordinated 437.375 MHz CW beacon for a downlink and\n145.825 MHz for the APRS experiment.\n\nPhilippine news coverage of MAYA-1 can be accessed at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS189-MAYA-1\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-BIRDS2-cubesats\nVisit the BIRDS-2 website at: http://birds2.birds-project.com/\n\n[ANS thanks the BIRDS-2 Project, Kyushu Institute of Technology and\n the IARU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nChina Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission\nContest\n\nThe China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com)\nwill be held at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an China on\n18th – 20th November 2018. The symposium includes keynote\npresentations and several sessions which will focus on the design\nexperience, scientific missions, launch opportunities and all new\ntechnologies about microsatellites.\n\nInternational CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on 20th\nNovember 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or\n1U payload capacity (provided by Expace Technology Co., Ltd.) will be\nawarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get\ninformation and submit the works through the official website of our\ncontest: www.cubesatcontest.org.\n\nThe submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of\nCubeSat contest are both August 31, 2018. The papers accepted will be\nindexed by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the\nproceedings of the symposium will be submitted to IEEE Xplore, some\nof the excellent papers will be recommended for publication in the\nAEROSPACE CHINA. You could submit abstract and get information on the\nwebsite www.microsatsymp.com\n\nAlong with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition,\nduring which you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers\nand other related technology. For exhibitors, you could also get\ninformation about booth on the website.\n\nThe event is supported by China National Space Administration,\nInternational Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of\nAstronautics and Chinese Institute of Command and Control.\n\nPlease forward this information to your colleagues and anyone that\nmay be interested in this symposium.\n\nYou could also find the brochures in the attachment.\n\nOn behalf of the organizing committee of the China Microsatellite\nSymposium, we sincerely invite you to attend the symposium.\n\nIf you have any questions, please contact us!\nDr. Yu Xiaozhou, Mr.Pang Weijian\nEmail: service (at) microsatsymp.com: pangwj (at) mail.nwpu.edu.cn\nTel: +86 18291419293\n\nNational United Engineering Laboratory of Microsatellite Technology\nand Application,Northwestern Polytechnical University\n127 Youyi Xilu, Xi'an, ShaanXi Province, China\nPhone:008629 88492103\nFax:008629 88492103\nMobile:008615902909698\n\n[ANS thanks Yuxiao Zhou (via cubesat.org) for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\"Moon Day\" Volunteers Requested\n\nTom Schuessler, N5HYP, is looking to recruit additional volunteers\nfrom the AMSAT community in North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere,\nto help promote \"Amateur Radio in Space\" to a large public STEM\nevent. \"Moon Day\" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in\nDallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space themed STEM event\nin Texas. Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour event.\nhttps://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/\n\nAgain this year, Tom Schuessler will be heading an exhibit and\nsatellite demos for AMSAT. They will have a table inside the Museum,\n(Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Table), and a demonstration\narea outside. I will be setting up the outside activities and hope\nto work as many satellite passes as possible during the 10A-4P run of\nthe show.\n\nI'm looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and\nalso with the outside demonstrations. Joe Spier has promised me that\nhe will send me the FOX \"Engineering Model\" but I am looking for\nadditional demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and\nother aspects of space communications like various types of antennas.\n\nBeing a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance,\n(General public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a\nchance to earn a STEM patch by answering questions from exhibitors\nlike US.\n\nWe really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider\nspending Saturday, July 21 with us. Contact Tom Schuessler for more\ninformation. N5hyp (at) arrl.net\n\nTom also notes that next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the\nApollo 11 moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash.\nLooking at moon phase predictions for next year indicates that\nconditions would be favorable for a portable EME station as part of\nthe mix. We will be looking for volunteers to assist this lofty goal.\n\nKeep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year.\n\n[ANS thanks Tom N5HYP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUniversity of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC!\n\nCongratulations to the University of Manitoba team, which earned\nFirst Place in this fourth offering of the Canadian Satellite Design\nChallenge! The CSDC launch simulation testing took place at the\nCanadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory (DFL) in Ottawa this\npast week, concluding yesterday. In all, a total of nine teams had\nthe opportunity to fully test all three axes of their cubesats - two\nmore than previously achieved.\n\nAs the competition drew to a close, the judges (and several of the\nDFL employees) were impressed by the level of design maturity and\nunderstanding, preparedness, and professionalism of the UofM team\nthroughout the test campaign. This is the first CSDC win for the\nUofM, which has been a strong and enthusiastic participant in every\nCSDC since its inception. Not everything went perfectly, however: an\naccelerometer - a sensor which is attached to record the\naccelerations at a particular location - fell off during the\nvibration test, and may have shorted or damaged a circuit board that\nwas underneath it.\n\nThe judges' deliberations for second and third place were far more\ndifficult, with five teams being considered. This is a testament to\nthe high level of spacecraft engineering capability which has\ndeveloped at Canadian universities over the course of these past four\ncompetitions - especially considering that, in the first CSDC, only\nthree teams were able to complete their cubesats in time for testing.\nSecond place honours were given to the University of Victoria, and\nConcordia University was third.\n\nThe Educational Outreach Award was also presented, to the University\nof Alberta. Their team developed several modules of age-specific\neducational materials for the presentations which they gave to\nelementary and secondary schools. Honourable mentions went to: Simon\nFraser University (participating for their first time in the CSDC)\nfor their efforts which reached an estimated 3,500 people over the\ncourse of this offering; and, the University of Manitoba, whose\neducational outreach efforts have been admirable since the inception\nof the CSDC (and whose Educational Outreach efforts in the first CSDC\nprompted the creation of the award).\n\nThe CSDC Management Society (CSCDMS), the not-for-profit\norganisation which organises the CSDC, would like to again thank the\nCanadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory for allowing us the\nuse of the facility, and for being so accommodating to us over this\npast week. Additionally, as this concludes the fourth offering of the\ncompetition, the CSDCMS would also like to thank the many sponsors,\njudges, and companies which have all contributed to make the CSDC a\nsuccess. Please see this article on our web page for more photos of\nthe testing campaign.\n\nAnd, stay tuned for Selfie-Sat in CSDC-5, which will begin in\nSeptember.\n\nAbout the CSDCMS:\nThe Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society is a\nfederally-incorporated not-for-profit organisation co-registered in\nBritish Columbia and headquartered in Vancouver. It is managed and\noperated by a volunteer Board of Directors. For more information on\nthe Canadian Satellite Design Challenge or the CSDCMS, please visit\nour website at www.csdcms.ca, or contact:\n Larry Reeves\n CSDCMS President\n LReeves (at) CSDCMS.ca\n Ph: +1 778-988-6343\n\n[ANS thanks the CSDCMS for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9\n\nA quick reminder. AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July\n9, 2018 by 11:59 PM Central Time. This is earlier than the ARRL due\ndate. You will get a reply email that your submission was received.\n\nemail submissions to:\nkk5do (at) amsat.org or kk5do (at) arrl.net.\n\nThe Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the\nAMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO by 11:59 P.M.\nCDT, Monday, July 9, 2018.\n\nComplete rules and criteria can be found at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/field-day/\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS SSTV Transmissions Continue\n\nSSTV transmissions from the Russian Service module on the\nInternational Space Station started June 29 on 145.800 MHz FM and\nthey are still continuing\n\nThere may well be further transmissions up until July 13 when the\nequipment being used for the SSTV will be required for a school\ncontact.\n\nDavid Boult G7HCE in Exeter noted that some adjustments have been\nmade by the cosmonauts and the images are now being sent uncropped.\nFor the first week the edges of the pictures were missing.\n\nThe images commemorate the various satellites that were hand-\ndeployed from the ISS. These will include the first satellite\ndeployment from ISS: Suitsat-1/Radioskaf-1 which was developed by\nARISS and deployed in February 2006.\n\nThe transmissions are being made on 145.800 MHz FM using the PD-120\nSSTV mode.\n\nNote the ISS transmissions use the 5 kHz deviation FM standard\nrather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver\nhas selectable FM filters try using the wider filter. Handheld\ntransceivers generally have a single wide filter fitted as standard\nand you should get good results outdoors using just a 1/4 wave whip\nantenna.\n\nThe ISS Fan Club site will show you when the space station is in\nrange http://www.issfanclub.com/\n\nISS SSTV information and links at\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nRecent Successful ARISS Contacts\n\n+ 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using callsign\n DPØISS and Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Leverkusen, Germany. Contact\n was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\n+ 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between ASTRONAUT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO,\n using callsign DPØISS, and Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg,\n Germany, contact was direct via DLØSGH ARISS Mentor was Peter\n IN3GHZ.\n\n+ 2018-07-02 15:35 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT, using\n ISS callsign NA1SS and Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria\n Heights, IL, contact direct via W9DWJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN.\n\n+ 2018-07-03 08:32 UTC bewtween Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, using ISS\n callsign DPØISS and Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany,\n contact was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nSpace Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space\nCenter, FL (CASIS#4). Contact is telebridge via W6SRJ.\nThe ISS callsign is yet to be determined.\nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU.\nContact is a go for: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ 6U CubeSat Design Specification Rev 1.0 - Released\n The 6U CubeSat Design Standard has now been fully reviewed and is\n available for download as Revision 1.0. Please visit cubesat.org to\n view and download the 6U CDS.\n\n [ANS thanks The CubeSat Team at Cal Poly, SLO for the above\n information]\n\n+ Interview about ISS SSTV on local TV station\n James M0JFP of the Chertsey Radio Club was interviewed by That's\n Surrey TV, about the recent Slow Scan TV transmissions from the\n International Space Station\n\n The images transmitted commemorated the various satellites that had\n been hand-deployed from the ISS.\n\n Watch the video at\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS189-SurreyTV\n\n ISS SSTV\n https://amsat-uk.org/2018/06/27/receive-sstv-from-space/\n\n That's TV Surrey\n http://www.thats.tv/surrey/\n https://twitter.com/ThatsSurreyTV\n\n [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ Software for STEM high altitude balloon flight projects is posted\n in the article at:\n https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pytrack-skygate-hab-software/\n\n [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK via twitter for the above information.]\n\n+ CalPoly 2018 Cubesat Developers Workshop Presentations Available\n\n 2018 PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW!\n\n YouTube Channel:\n https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENz0fNHsDR8Kz3jM6C_VWw\n\n PDF Presentations:\n http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2018/\n\n [ANS thanks cubesat.org for the above information]\n\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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }