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    "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-346 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Dec. 12",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-346\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY, Appointed Assistant VP, Engineering\n* AMSAT-HB Has Been Established\n* World's Smallest Lander from Japan will Put Ham Radio on the Moon\n* Analyzing Starlink Satellite Downlink Communications With SDR\n* ARISS Named Amateur Radio Newsline Newsmaker of the Year\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 9, 2021\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-346 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 Dec 12\n\n\nJonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY, Appointed Assistant VP, Engineering\n\nAt a meeting with the Board of Directors on Tuesday, December 7 VP\nEngineering appointed Jonathan Brandenburg as Assistant Vice President,\nEngineering to oversee a new program tentatively named \"Fox Plus\".\n\n\"Jonathan brought a new idea to me, for continuous LEO presence through a\nrefresh of AMSAT's Fox-1 FM Satellite.  In using the basic Fox-1 bus\ndesign, the ability to fly not only student STEM experiments but our own\nradio experiments as well, provides an opportunity to refresh the presence\nof LEO \"Easy-Sat\" type communications and bring in new volunteer engineers\nto develop the new transceiver and power supply needed to resurrect Fox-1\ntype CubeSats\" said Jerry Buxton, VP Engineering.\n\n\"In addition, Jonathan has further intentions targeting frequent deliveries\nof Fox Plus CubeSats into orbit, wide use of open-source in the program,\nand utilizing the ASCENT platform for development of future iterations of\nFox Plus.\"\n\n\"The Fox Plus working title indicates both the continued Fox-1 type\npresence in LEO as well as the added growth in technology and human\nresources that will come with the program.  I think it is a well thought,\nand very suitable name for the new program.\"\n\nThe 2022 Engineering budget which was also part of the meeting and passed\nby the Board includes funds for the startup of the new program.\n\n\"Jonathan has a good vision and plan for this new program that will\ngenerate new engineering opportunities, especially focused on new\nvolunteers working in groups on parts of the whole.  Fox Plus will also\nprovide the open source startup that we were seeking, and work on Fox Plus\nand through ASCENT should provide new technology for use beyond LEO as\nwell, as we continue our course in returning to HEO\" Buxton said.\n\nJonathan has already begun work, and will be reaching out with updates and\ninformation on how to volunteer as the program gets into gear in early 2022.\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, AMSAT VP Engineering, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT-HB Has Been Established\n\nA new amateur radio satellite organisation AMSAT-HB was formed in\nSwitzerland on November 26, 2021.\n\nWith QO-100, interest in amateur radio services via satellites has also\nrisen sharply in Switzerland. But not only the geostationary satellite\nfascinates the radio amateurs: The ARISS project (space station ISS),\nlow-flying satellites, tracking of scientific deep space missions, etc.,\nare attracting more and more attention. More and more experiments are being\ncarried out with SDR technology in these areas.\n\nBut the colleges and universities are also increasingly concerned with the\ntopic and are looking for help from various radio amateurs in Switzerland.\nThese and other radio amateurs were of the opinion that it was time to join\nforces in Switzerland. For this reason, the AMSAT-HB was founded on Friday,\nNovember 26th, 2021 in Nottwil, Lucerne. The association has set itself the\ngoal of promoting the amateur radio service via satellites in Switzerland,\nbut also internationally.\n\nThe President of AMSAT-DL, Peter Gülzow - DB2OS, was involved in this\nproject in advance. He suggested the establishment of an AMSAT-HB early on\nand also used his knowledge to help design it. When it was founded, Peter\nGülzow took on the role of godparent and led the founding meeting live from\nHanover via Web.\n\nThe following radio amateurs were involved as founding members\n(alphabetically according to callsign - the board positions in brackets)\n\n• DB2OS, Peter Gülzow (founding god and now honorary member of AMSAT-HB)\n• HB9ARK, Martin Klaper (Technical Responsible)\n• HB9CQK, Frédéric Furrer\n• HB9DUN / DH2VA, Achim Vollhardt\n• HB9MFL, Armin Rösch\n• HB9SKA, Thomas Frey (Actuary and Treasurer ad interim)\n• HB9RYZ, Wolfgang Sidler (Vice President)\n• HB9WDF, Michael Lipp (President)\n\nOne of the first decisions of the association was to apply to the USKA for\ncollective membership.\n\nAMSAT-HB\nhttps://www.amsat-hb.org/\nhttps://twitter.com/Amsat_hb\n\nUSKA\nhttps://www.uska.ch/\n\n[ANS thanks Thomas Frey, HB9SKA, Actuary AMSAT-HB for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n                   Join the 2021 President's Club!\n          Score your 2\" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.\n                 This gold finished coin comes with\nFull Color Certificate and Embroidered \"Remove Before Flight\" Key Tag\n                           Donate today at\n           https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n                       You won't want to miss it!\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nWorld's Smallest Lander from Japan will Put Ham Radio on the Moon\n\nJapan's OMOTENASHI, the world's smallest moon lander, will have an X-band\nand UHF communication system, although it will not carry an amateur band\ntransponder. OMOTENASHI is a 6U CubeSat set for launch via a NASA SLS\nrocket as early as February 2022. It will have a mission period of from 4\nto 5 days. The name is an acronym for Outstanding Moon Exploration\nTechnologies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor. Wataru Torii of the\nJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Ham Radio Club, JQ1ZVI, said\nradio amateurs can play a role in gathering data from the spacecraft.\n\nThe spacecraft is made up of two separable components, both having\nindependent communication systems -- an orbiting module and a surface\nprobe. The orbiting module will take the surface probe to the moon. It will\ntransmit beacon or digital telemetry data on UHF (437.31 MHz). The surface\nprobe -- the moon lander -- will transmit digital telemetry or three-axis\nacceleration analog-wave with FM modulation on UHF (437.41 MHz).\nTransmitter power will be 1 W in both cases.\n\n\"If we succeed in receiving the UHF signal from the surface probe, we could\nknow the acceleration data on the impact on the moon and the success of the\nlanding sequence,\" Torii explained.\n\n\"We already have a station for uplink and downlink at Wakayama in Japan --\nused as an EME [moonbounce] station. However, if the satellite is invisible\nfrom Japan, we cannot receive the downlink signal. So, we need a lot of\nhelp from ham radio stations worldwide.\"\n\nThe orbiting module beacon will transmit on 437.31 MHz using PSK31. The\nsurface probe beacon will transmit on 437.41 MHz using FM, PSK31, and\nPCM-PSK/PM.\n\nContact Torii, JQ1ZVI, at torii.wataru [at] jaxa.jp for more information.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n     Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n    and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n           AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n                  Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n           https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAnalyzing Starlink Satellite Downlink Communications With SDR\n\nOften, mere curiosity is sufficient to do something. This is also the case\nwith people trying to analyze the communication setup and protocol which\nSpaceX is using with their Ku-band based Starlink satellites.\n\nOne of these fine folk is Christian Hahn, who has recently posted some\nearly findings to r/StarlinkEngineering over at Reddit. Some of the\ncaptured data seems to include the satellite ID system that ground-based\nuser stations would presumably use to keep track of overhead Starlink\nsatellites.\n\nFor the capturing itself, Christian is using a second-hand dish for capture\nand a DIY SDR using KC705 FPGA-based hardware – which may have begun its\nlife as crypto mining hardware – along with the usual assortment of filters\nand other common components with this kind of capture.\n\nEven at this early time, some features of the Starlink protocol seem quite\nobvious, such as the division into channels and the use of guard periods.\nNothing too earth-shattering, but as a fun SDR hobby it definitely checks\nall the boxes.\n\nChristian has also announced that at some point he’ll set up a website and\npublish the findings and code that should make Starlink signal analysis\neasy for anyone with a readily available SDR receiver.\n\nhttps://hackaday.com/2021/11/26/analyzing-starlink-satellite-downlink-communications-with-software-defined-radio/\n\n[ANS thanks Stephen Walters, G7VFY, and Southgate ARC for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all\nbegins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar\npanels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on\nNASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be\nworth it!\n\n                  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nARISS Named Amateur Radio Newsline Newsmaker of the Year\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has been named\nAmateur Radio Newsline Newsmaker of the Year.\n\n“This group, based across 15 countries around the world, has been\nsupporting amateur radio from the space station and performing school links\naround the world to astronauts for over 20 years,” the announcement pointed\nout. “As well as enthusing youngsters in the magic of space and radio, they\nhave also generated publicity for amateur radio in the mainstream media\nchannels of radio, TV, and newspapers.”\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n    Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n            Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n                    from our Zazzle store!\n        25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n            towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n              https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 9, 2021\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has removed from this\nweek's AMSAT TLE Distribution:\nEcAMSat - NORAD Cat ID 43019 (Decay date per Space-Track was 12-08-2021)\n\nThe following satellite is now End of Mission and has been removed from\nthis week's AMSAT TLE Distribution:\nHO-107 (HuskySat-1) - NORAD Cat ID 45119 (per www.amsat.org)\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide unless noted\notherwise below.\n\nRECENT CONTACTS:\nNotre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via\n8N3ND. Contact with crewmember is Raja Chari KI5LIU was scheduled for\nThursday 2021-12-09 08:33:35 UTC 83 deg.\n\nDLR_School_Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, multi-point telebridge\nvia DN2DLR. Contact with crewmember Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH, was scheduled\nfor Friday 2021-12-10 13:50:53 UTC 61 deg.\n\nSavannah River Academy, Grovetown, GA, direct via K4RGK. Contact with\ncrewmember Thomas Marshburn, KE5HOC, was scheduled for Friday 2021-12-10\n15:09:58 UTC 54 deg\n\nSCHEDULED CONTACTS:\nWolfgang-Kubelka-Realschule (WKR), Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany,\ntelebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be\nOR4ISS. Contact with crewmember Matthias Maurer, KI5KF, is go for Monday\n2021-12-13 09:51:56 UTC 46 deg. Starting about 5 minutes before AOS, watch\nfor Livestream at: www.ariotti.com\n\nTechnisches Bildungszentrum Mitte (TBZ Mitte), Bremen, Germany, direct via\nDN3HB AND Carl Prueter Oberschule, Sulingen, Germany, direct via DN6OE. The\nISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS. Contact WITH crewmember\nis Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH, is go for Thursday 2021-12-16 10:45:25 UTC 74\ndeg\n\nThe next mode change to packet is expected to occur in early December.\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n    AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur\n    Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n            be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n   Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nK4DCA: Still in planning stages, but has mentioned EM97,EM96, FM07, FM08\n\nRadio Operadores del Este Club (KP3RE) and its FB Ham Satelites Puerto Rico\npage will be giving away a certificate until December 31, 2021 to all the\nstations that have contacted Puerto Rico’s 4 grids FK67, FK68, FK77 and\nFK78 on Sat Mode. Need LOTW evidence (Photos) request via [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nNone currently scheduled.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The U.S. Senate has confirmed FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel for a\nnew term on the Commission with a vote of 68 - 31. President Joe Biden\nappointed Rosenworcel as Chair of the FCC in late October. For now, the FCC\nwill continue with two Democrats and two Republicans led by Chairwoman\nRosenworcel. (ANS thanks ARRL for the above information)\n\n+ Scientists have developed a hi-tech sleeping bag that could prevent the\nvision problems that some astronauts experience while living in space. Its\ndevelopment was led by Dr Benjamin Levine, professor of internal medicine\nat University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, who is\nworking on having the device deployed on the International Space Station\n(ISS). In zero-gravity, fluids float into the head and squash the eyeball\nover time. It's regarded as one of the riskiest medical problems affecting\nastronauts. The sleeping bag, developed with outdoor equipment manufacturer\nREI, fits around the person's waist, enclosing their lower body within a\nsolid frame. A suction device, that works on the same principle as a vacuum\ncleaner, creates a pressure difference that draws fluid down towards the\nfeet. This prevents it from building up in the brain and applying damaging\npressure to the eyeball. (ANS thanks BBC.com for the above information)\n\n+ The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is once again fully operational after\nexperiencing technical issues. With this latest restoration of operations,\nHubble is well on its way to completing 32 years of service. [Not quite\nmatching AO-7, which is approaching the age of 48! - Editor] (ANS thanks\nUniverse Today for the above information)\n\n+ NASA announced Dec. 3 its intent to purchase three more commercial crew\nmissions from SpaceX as a hedge against further delays in the certification\nof Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. These missions will be in addition to the\nsix missions that SpaceX won as part of its Commercial Crew Transportation\ncontract in 2014. SpaceX launched the third of those six original missions,\nCrew-3, to the International Space Station on Nov. 10. It is scheduled to\nlaunch the Crew-4 mission in the spring of 2022, likely to be followed by\nCrew-5 in the fall of 2022. (ANS thanks Space News for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ Operators are reminded that the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page is\navailable at https://www.amsat.org/status/  Satellite operators are invited\nto consult the page for up to date information about which satellites are\navailable and functioning. Operators ar also requested to contribute\nreports to the Status Page concerning their operations and observations.\n(ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information)\n\n+ A key member of the WSJT-X development group — where FT8 and other\ncutting-edge digital amateur radio technology has originated — has died.\nBill Somerville, G4WJS, was reported to have passed away earlier this week.\nHe was in his mid-60s, and his death was unexpected. (ANS thanks ARRL for\nthe above information)\n\n+ Not quite a Christmas miracle, nor the star of Bethlehem: Comet Leonard\nis a rather typical comet going about its typical path around the Sun.\nHowever, it might become visible to the naked eye around its close\napproach. On 12 December at 13:52 UTC, it will make its closest approach to\nEarth during this rotation, still an enormous 35 million kilometres away.\nLook low in the southwestern sky about 45 minutes after sunset. (ANS thanks\nESA for the above information)\n\n+ Please continue to use AO-91 and AO-92 only when the satellites are\nilluminated by the sun. AO-92 telemetry and repeater are intermittent.\nAO-91 telemetry is turned off but the FM repeater works when the satellite\nis in the sun. Reminder: Satellite in sun is approximately equal to user in\ndaytime. For exact information on eclipse vs. illumination, check software\nsuch as SatPC32. (ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, AMSAT operations, for the\nabove information)\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n\n\n",
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