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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/BYI63XA2IAZMVLTESRDYXKYRKSLIIB2I/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "BYI63XA2IAZMVLTESRDYXKYRKSLIIB2I", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/BYI63XA2IAZMVLTESRDYXKYRKSLIIB2I/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-038 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-02-07T02:31:49Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-038\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* ChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3 Launch Information\n* AMSAT Dayton Booth Volunteers Needed\n* Dayton Thursday Dinner and Beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n* FoxTelem Version 1.03 Released\n* AMSAT Partners With Ragnorak Industries Cubesat Challenge Team\n* Announcement of the 8th European CubeSat Symposium, 7-9 Sept 2016 (London)\n* 2016 NASA Academy\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-038.01\nANS-038 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 038.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nFebruary 7, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-038.01\n\nChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3 Launch Information\n\nNagoya University(NU) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI) developed 50kg\nmicrosatellite ChubuSat-2(NU) and ChubuSat-3(MHI). These satellites have\namateur VHF receiver and amateur UHF transmitter, and will be launched on\nFeb. 12 2016 from Tanegashima, Japan. Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club operates\nthese satellites from Komaki, Japan.\n\nAfter the satellite separation, each satellite will transmit UHF CW beacon\nmessage including battery voltage etc. which is very important information\nfor our initial and critical operation. So we are very happy if you receive\nthe CW beacon message and report to us\n [email protected]\n\nIn following WEB site, we show the information(frequency, format, TLE, etc.)\nabout ChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3. If we have your report, we will show your\nreport in this page.\n\nhttps://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite2.html\n\nBoth satellite will provide the message exchange service. After the on-orbit\ncheckout of the satellite(maybe one month after launch), you can use this\nservice, sending your message with VHF uplink, then your message is written\nto the on-board memory. By sending inquiry message, anyone can read your\nmessage with UHF downlink.\n\nChubuSat-2 Satellite\nUplink: 145.815 MHz FSK 1200bps\nDownlink: 437.100 MHz GMSK 9600bps\n\nChubuSat-3 Satellite\nUplink: 145.840 MHz FSK 1200bps\nDownlink: 437.425 MHz GMSK 9600bps\n\nThe uplink/downlink format will be uploaded in above WEB site.\n\nWe hope you get interested in our satellites, receive beacon messages, and\nenjoy the message exchange service.\n\nBest regards,\n\nYasutaka Narusawa (JR2XEA)\n\n[ANS thanks Yasutaka Narusawa, JR2XEA, and the KOMAKI Amateur SATCOM Club\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Dayton Booth Volunteers Needed\n\nCall for Volunteers for the AMSAT Booth at Dayton 2016\n\nThe 2016 Dayton Hamvention®, sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio \nAssociation\nwill be held this year on May 20-22. “Dayton” is the largest hamfest in the\nUnited States, and AMSAT will be there again this year.\n\nYou can assist AMSAT by volunteering to help staff the booth. While \nthere, you\nwill meet other AMSAT members, interact with the satellite designers, \nbuilders,\nand operators, and enjoy all that Dayton has to offer.\n\nPeople are needed to assist with the setup of the booth on Thursday, May \n19 (A\nfew people to move the equipment from the storage area leaving the hotel \nat 9\nam, most at the Arena from 11am to 4 pm), to staff the booth Friday (9 \nam to 6\npm), Saturday (9 am to 5 pm), and Sunday (9 am to 1 pm), and pack up on \nSunday\n(1 pm to 3 pm). If you are leaving late Sunday, or Monday morning, please\nconsider helping transport the display to the storage area on the south \nside of\nDayton. This is normally completed by 5 pm. Most people volunteer for \none or\nmore 2 hour shifts in the booth.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Steve Belter, N9IP if you are willing to help \nAMSAT at\nthe Hamvention. Please let Steve know as soon as possible if you¹re \navailable to\nassist.\n\nIf you missed the Hamvention the last few years, there were some changes \nin the\nBall Arena, and the AMSAT exhibit was part of that change. We now have \na 3 X 3\nbooth arrangement, with the engineering and software display on one side \nof the\naisle, and the sale area on the opposite side. The booth numbers are now\n444-446 and 433-435. We will be very near the old exhibit area, within \nsight of\nthe ARRL exhibit.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDayton Thursday Dinner and Beverages at Tickets Pub and Eatery\n\nThursday night, 1800-2000. The annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” party \nwill be\nheld Thursday, May 19, at 1800 EDT at the Tickets Pub & Eatery. Everyone is\ninvited regardless of whether or not they helped with setup or plan to \nwork in\nthe booth.\n\nYou’ll find a great selection of Greek and American food and excellent \ncompany!\nNo program or speaker, just good conversation. Food can be ordered from the\nmenu; drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced tea) are available at the bar. \nCome as\nyou are. Bring some friends and have a great time the night before \nHamvention®.\n\nTickets Pub and Eatery,\n7 W. Main St.\nFairborn, OH 45324\n(937) 878-9022\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFoxTelem Version 1.03 Released\n\nThis version of FoxTelem uses a new datafile format. While we store our\ndata on the server in an SQL database, we use a flat file database for \nFoxTelem.\nA flat file format is nearly optimal for a program that mostly adds new \ndata to\nthe end of a growing list. With that said, we need to be able to load \nsections\nof the data into memory for efficient analysis. The new data file \nformat allows\nthat. If you have been downloading data from the server for analysis, \nyou will\nsee that this format is much faster.\n\nOne major change is the ability to automatically switch between low speed\nand high speed. This will help unattended stations gather as much \ntelemetry as\npossible. The \"auto\" mode actually runs both decoders at the same time, so\nmake sure your computer has enough CPU power to cope.\n\nGraphing has been updated to support better analysis of the spacecraft by\nthe AMSAT Operations team and amateur scientists everywhere.\n\nThis version also contains new features that will be required for\nFox-1Cliff and Fox-1D.\n\nYou can download it here:\nhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/foxtelem_1.03_windows.zip\nhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.03_mac.zip\nhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/foxtelem_1.03_linux.tar.gz\n\n[ANS thanks Chris, G0KLA, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Partners With Ragnorak Industries Cubesat Challenge Team\n\nAMSAT is participating in the Cube Quest Challenge as a partner with \nRagnarok\nIndustries. Members of the AMSAT - ASCENT team are designing the \ncommunications\npackage which will be 5.6 GHz uplink and 10.5 GHz. downlink and will use \ndigital\nmodulation. At the end of the mission, the 6U cubesat will be put into a \nstable\nlunar orbit and AMSAT will be able to operate the satellite as a digital\nregenerative transponder.\n\nMany of the details are still in development and the ASCENT team is always\nlooking for U.S. citizen volunteers to help with the design, prototype and\ntesting. There is no guarantee Ragnarok's submission will be accepted by \nNASA\nbut if it is, this could be an exciting mission for the amateur \ncommunity that\nallows amateurs to have an active role in collecting telemetry and range \nrate\ndata that is crucial to the mission and end up with a satellite that \nallows EME\ntype communications between relatively small (1-2meter) earth stations.\n\n[ANS thanks Howie, AB2S, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAnnouncement of the 8th European CubeSat Symposium, 7-9 Sept 2016 (London)\n\nDear CubeSat Community,\n\nThis year the 8th European CubeSat Symposium will take place in the \nvibrant city\nof London on September 7th-9th 2016. The Symposium, co-organized by the von\nKarman Institute (Belgium) and the Knowledge Transfer Network (UK), will be\nhosted in the premises of the historical buildings of the Imperial College\nLondon. In particular the South Kensington Campus is located in the very \nheart\nof London only few steps away from Kensington Palace and the Natural History\nMuseum.\n\nWe have tried to organize this Symposium giving importance to the most \nrelevant\ntopics in the CubeSat world. From Technology Demonstrators and Scientific\nMissions to the Future Technologies and the Space Exploration with CubeSats.\n\nIn detail, the Symposium is covering the following topics:\n- Scientific Instruments/Sensors on CubeSats\n- Technology Demonstration on CubeSats (e.g. formation flying, IODs)\n- Micro-g Experiments on CubeSats\n- Micropropulsion Subsystems\n- Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem\n- CubeSat Flight Experience and Lessons Learned\n- CubeSat Networks and Constellations\n- Telecommunications, Ground Stations and Ground Station Networks\n- Orbital Dynamics (e.g. de-orbiting and debris mitigation)\n- Launchers and Deployers for CubeSats\n- Future Technologies on CubeSats\n- Space Exploration Missions with CubeSat (i.e. beyond Earth orbit)\n\nRenowned speakers from NASA, ESA and NanoRacks LLC will give an account \nof their\nview of the past and future development of CubeSats.\n\nIf you are interested in contributing to this event, please submit your \nabstract\nbefore May 31st 2016. Registrations and abstract submission will be \nopened from\nMarch 1st 2016. For more information on the venue, registration, deadlines,\nabstract guidelines, sponsorship and exhibitors, please visit the symposium\nwebsite www.cubesatsymposium.eu\n\nAs in the previous years the Symposium is open to the all CubeSat community\naround the World, so please feel free to disseminate this information \nfurther.\n\nSee you there!\nBest Regards\nDavide Masutti on behalf the Organising Committee\n\n[ANS thanks Davide Masutti for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 NASA Academy\n\nThe 2016 NASA Academy is being offered at three locations: NASA's Ames\nResearch Center in California, NASA's Glenn Research Center in Ohio, and\nNASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Applications are being\nsolicited for this 10-week summer experience for college students with\nemphasis on immersive and integrated multidisciplinary exposure and\ntraining. Activities include laboratory research, a group project, lectures,\nmeetings with experts and administrators, visits to NASA centers and\nspace-related industries, and technical presentations. Students learn how\nNASA and its centers operate, gain experience in world-class laboratories,\nand participate in leadership development and team-building activities.\n\nApplicants must be U.S. citizens (including citizens of the U.S. territories\nPuerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas) majoring in a\nSTEM discipline. The applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students\nenrolled full-time in accredited universities and colleges in the U.S. and\nits territories. Students may apply to any of the NASA Academy opportunities\nby following these steps:\n\n1. Log into the NASA One Stop Shopping Initiative, or OSSI, site at\nhttps://intern.nasa.gov.\n2. Register and set up an account.\n3. Select the \"Search Opportunities\" tab at the top bar.\n4. Select \"NASA Center(s) of Interest\" under \"NASA Center/Facility.\"\n5. Enter \"Academy\" in the \"Keywords\" block at the bottom of the screen.\n6. Click the \"Search\" button at the very bottom of screen; a list of Academy\nOpportunities will then be displayed.\n7. Click on the \"View\" icon in the first column under \"Action\" to read about\nthe Opportunity of interest, followed by comments on additional instructions\nfor completing the application, including two requested essays.\n\nThe deadline for receipt of NASA Academy application(s) and associated\ndocuments is Feb. 16, 2016.\n\nPlease direct questions about NASA Academy to\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Feb. 4, 2016 for the above\ninformation]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }