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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-116.02 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-116.02\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-NA Opportunity for Rideshare to Geostationary Orbit\n* Nayif-1 CubeSat mission will have FUNcube transponder\n* Central States VHF Society Annual Conference, July 23 - 26\n* Current and Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention - Third call for volunteers\n* Design The Next AMSAT Satellite! - Submission Deadline May 30\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-116.02\nANS-116.02 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 116.02\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nApril 26, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-116.02\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Opportunity for Rideshare to Geostationary Orbit\n\nAMSAT is excited to announce that we have accepted an opportunity to\nparticipate in a potential rideshare as a hosted payload on a\ngeostationary satellite planned for launch in 2017. An amateur radio\npayload, operating in the Amateur Satellite Service, will fly on a\nspacecraft which Millennium Space Systems (MSS) of El Segundo, CA is\ncontracted to design, launch, and operate for the US government based\non their Aquila M8 Series Satellite Structure.\n\nA meeting to discuss this potential rideshare took place on April 13\nat Millennium Space Systems that included Dr. Bob McGwier, N4HY;\nFranklin Antonio, N6NKF, co-founder of Qualcomm; Jerry Buxton, N0JY,\nAMSAT Vice President of Engineering and member of the board for AMSAT-\nNA; Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, Director and President Emeritus of AMSAT-NA;\nPhil Karn,KA9Q; and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV.\n\nHosting the meeting for MSS were Stan Dubyn as founder and chairman\nof MSS, Vince Deno as president of MSS, Jeff Ward, K8KA, of MSS as VP\nfor Product Development, formerly with SSTL and University of Surrey\nSpace Center, and Ryan Lawrence of MSS as Project Manager on the\nspacecraft mission. Attending by telephone were Dr. Jonathan Black,\nAssociate Research Director of Hume Center for Aerospace Systems and\nAssociate Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering and Dr.\nMichael Parker, KT7D, founder of RINCON Research Corp.\n\nFollowing the meeting, Dr. Bob McGwier, N4HY, Director of Research\nat the Hume Center for National Security and Technology of Virginia\nTech, and former director and former VP Engineering of AMSAT,\ndescribed this as an opportunity to go forward with \"AMSAT-Eagle\"\nwhich, in the 2006-2008 timeframe, evolved into a microwave payload\nto be flown to geostationary orbit as a hosted payload. It would have\nprovided digital communications to small terminals on the ground and\na linear bent pipe transponder had it flown. This failed to go\nforward in part due to lack of an affordable flight opportunity.\n\nMcGwier outlined the next steps toward developing this mission:\n\n1) To organize an effort at Virginia Tech to make a firm proposal\n   to MSS and its US government sponsor, and organize an effort\n   to raise sufficient funds to pay for development of the mission.\n\n2) Enable Dr. Jonathan Black to lead the construction project at\n   Virginia Tech in the Space@VT Center. Sonya Rowe, KK4NLO, Project\n   Manager at the Hume Center will be the project manager.\n\n3) Work for development of a low-cost microwave ground station for\n   amateur radio still needs to be determined.\n\n4) Dr. Michael Parker, KT7D, will  solicit the cooperation of the\n   Rincon Research Corp. for development of the software radio\n   technology for this payload.\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors has accepted the invitation to\nparticipate in this potential rideshare payload opportunity. AMSAT\nexpects to be involved in the development of the ground station and\nthe payload RF development, and will serve as the amateur radio\n(hosted) payload operator once the satellite has been launched.\n\nMcGwier summarized, \"The launch is currently scheduled for 2017 and\nthe payload must be delivered for testing and integration by Spring\nof 2016. It is an ambitious schedule and all involved will have to\ngain and maintain a serious level of commitment to that which they\nagree to undertake.\" AMSAT President, Barry Baines, WD4ASW, said,\n\"The AMSAT leadership is excited to fly a Phase-IV geostationary\namateur satellite payload. This is an evolving development as we\ncollaborate with the VT Hume Center with a project that provides\ntechnical challenges to create a new amateur radio capability in\nspace that will provide a variety of benefits not only for amateurs\nbut also for emergency communications and STEM educational outreach.\"\n\nThe transponder is expected to support a wide range of voice,\ndigital, and experimental advanced communications technologies. A\ndecision is expected soon specifying the microwave uplink and\ndownlink bands.\n\nAdditional information on the Aquila M8 Series Satellite can be viewed\non-line:\nhttp://www.millennium-space.com/\nhttp://www.millennium-space.com/platforms#aquila\n\nAMSAT has posted a photo of the GEO opportunity team with the\nMillennium Aquila satellite at: http://www.amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks Bob McGwier, N4HY and AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNayif-1 CubeSat mission will have FUNcube transponder\n\nAMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are delighted to announce that a FUNcube\ncommunications package has been selected as a major payload for the\nNayif-1 CubeSat mission.\n\nThis mission is intended to provide Emirati students with a tool to\ndesign and test systems in space. It is being developed by the\nEmirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) in\npartnership with American University of Sharjah (AUS).\n\nIt is expected that this payload will provide a large amount of\nvaluable environmental data from space together with  a new,\nenhanced, UHF to VHF linear transponder.\n\nThe AMSAT team will be working closely with the Emirati students, in\ncollaboration with support partner, ISIS - Innovative Solutions In\nSpace B.V. from the Netherlands, to develop this new system in time\nfor the launch which is scheduled to take place towards the end of\n2015.\n\nThis exciting news was announced on April 25, 2015 during the Dutch\n\"Interessedag Amateursatellieten\"  or \"Satellite Interest Day\" event\nin Apeldoorn.\n\nMore information, with details of frequencies and planned operating\nschedules, will be made available as soon as possible.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCentral States VHF Society Annual Conference, July 23 - 26\n\nThe Central States VHF Society Annual Conference for 2015 is being\nheld in the Denver Colorado Metro area between Thursday July 23rd and\nSunday July 26th. The local sponsor this year is Rocky Mountain Ham\nRadio. The convention site is the Denver Marriott Westminster; the\nvenue is available for booking at the Society special conference rate\nof $109 per night. Please plan on booking your vacation around the\nconference as the special room rate is available from Monday July\n20th through Wednesday July 29th.\n\nThe conference will feature the traditional activities, Banquet,\nLuncheons and hospitality suites, technical programs, noise figure\nmeasurement, antenna range, Rover vehicle show and tell. Speaker for\nthe Saturday evening banquet is Rick Roderick K5UR First Vice\nPresident of ARRL and an avid VHFer. There are a wide variety of\nactivities available along the Front Range of Colorado and there will\nbe an offering of a choice of side trips designed to entertain the\nentire family.  Operating opportunities under consideration include\noperating from the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio remote base station in\nPueblo, microwave operating from local mountain tops and the chance\nto score a microwave VUCC in a weekend! Just bring your own\nequipment! There will be introductory programs geared to newcomers to\nweak signal operation on the VHF+ bands that will be promoted locally\nand designed to encourage younger hams to get involved in DX'ing and\ncontesting.\n\nConference registration, as well as a link to the conference venue\nfor bookings, is now available at http://2015.csvhfs.org/  Please\nvisit the site if you need any other additional information\n\n[ANS thanks Doug K2AD for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCurrent and Upcoming Satellite Operations\n\nThe following information is from the AMSAT \"Upcoming Satellite\nOperations\" page that is maintained by Paul Stoetzer N8HM.\nThe following information was last updated April 25, 2015.\nThe most current information can be viewed anytime by visiting\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3921\n\nMaritime Mobile - Captain Yuri Bodrov, UT1FG/MM, is heading north\nfrom the Panama Canal through the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean en\nroute to the Port of Sept-Îles in Quebec aboard the  M/V Greenwing.\nHe is active on all satellites as well as six meters and HF from open\nwater grids. Track his progress on MarineTraffic. Note that Yuri\noperates half duplex, so do not attempt to call while he is talking.\n\nArkansas (EM23/EM33) - Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, will be active on two\npasses of FO-29 (2038Z and 2222Z) and one pass of AO-7 (2059Z) from\nthe EM22/EM23 line just north of Texarkana, AR on April 25, 2015.\n\nCuba (FL11) - Pavel, CO7WT, is active on SO-50 from FL11 in eastern\nCuba, mostly on evening passes during the week, and all day on\nweekends.\n\nNorway (KQ50) - Erling, LA4FPA, will be active from Vardø, Norway\n(KQ50ni) with an FT-847 and an Arrow Antenna April 25 - April 30,\n2015.\n\nFlorida / Dry Tortugas Islands (EL84) - Mike, WA0SPG, will be active\non FO-29 and SO-50 as WA0SPG/4 from the Dry Tortugas (EL84) May 4 -\nMay 6, 2015. QSL via home call. He will also be active on HF. See the\nMarch 2, 2015 edition of the OPDX Bulletin for more details (Thanks\nto John, K8YSE via the AMSAT-BB for this information).\n\nScotland (IO76) - The Camb Hams will be active on all satellites\nfrom the Isle of Mull as GS3PYE/P May 15 - May 21, 2015. For more\ninformation, see http://dx.camb-hams.com/\n\nCayman Islands (EK99) - Bill, NZ5N, will be active from the Cayman\nIslands as ZF2EM on SO-50 May 20 - May 25, 2015. This is primarily an\nEME DXpedition and they will only be on SO-50 passes when the moon is\nnot up.\n\nGuernsey (IN89) - Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL, will be active from\nGuernsey (IN89) as 2U0SQL/P July 22 - July 28, 2015. He will likely\nbe using an FT-817 as the uplink transmitter and a FUNcube Dongle\nwith a laptop as the downlink receiver with an Arrow Antenna.\nOperation may be sporadic and/or by sked only as the primary purpose\nof the trip is for the IOTA contest.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to n8hm at arrl.net\n\nSatellite Schedule Notes\n\nAO-73 (FUNcube-1) - Currently in full time transponder mode until\nthe evening of April 26, 2015 (UK time).\n\nAO-7 - Currently operating in Mode B while in sunlight. As of April\n5, 2015, the satellite appears to be losing power upon entering\neclipse several times per day and, by design, resets into Mode B when\nit powers up. Since it is entering eclipse several times per day, the\n24 hour timer that switches the satellite into Mode A is reset and\nnever has the opportunity to switch the satellite to Mode A. Note\nthat in the past, the satellite has unexpectedly switched modes. This\nhas often been observed to coincide with the presence of extremely\nstrong signals in the passband. Pleae limit your uplink power to no\nmore than 100 watts ERP.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention - Third call for volunteers\n\nThe Dayton Hamvention is less than four weeks away!\n\nLast year, we had 52 people assist with the AMSAT booth at Dayton.\nWe've had a good response so far to our call for volunteers, but we\ncould really use another 10-15 people.\n\nThe interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers,\nand builders makes the whole experience a lot of fun.  Meet or renew\nacquaintances, exchange operating tips, and find out what antennas,\nsoftware and equipment other AMSAT members use.   We currently expect\nall of the AMSAT senior officers and 5 of the 7 board members to be\nthere too.\n\nThe 2015 Hamvention is May 15-17.  Would you consider helping AMSAT\nat Dayton this year?\n\nIf you're an experienced operator, great!  We can use you and your\nexperience.\n\nIf you've never operated a satellite before, but want to learn more,\nthat's OK.  We can use your help too.\n\nWhether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can\nspend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly\nappreciated.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Steve, [email protected] if you can help.\nThank you!\n\n[ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, Dayton Team Leader, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDesign The Next AMSAT Satellite! - Submission Deadline May 30\n\nAt the 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium AMSAT Vice President - Engineering\nJerry Buxton announced the plan for the next generation of AMSAT\nsatellites. \"The door is open for everyone, to submit their ideas.\nAMSAT Engineering has a long term strategy and this is the first\nstep.\"\n\nThe Engineering long term strategy includes the following goals\n\n* Advancement of amateur radio satellite technical and communications\n  skills\n* Enhance international goodwill\n* Grow and sustain a skilled pool of amateur radio satellite engineers\n* Establish and maintain partnerships with educational institutions\n* Develop a means to use hardware common to all opportunities\n\nWith respect to the last goal Jerry said \"Within the bounds of the\ntype of satellite it takes to achieve any of the various orbit\nopportunities, let's consider in those plans the possibility of\ndeveloping a platform that can suit any and all orbits. Perhaps a\nmodular CubeSat, using a common bus as we did in Fox-1, which gives\ngreat flexibility in building and flying different sizes and\nconfigurations of CubeSats with simple common-design hardware\nchanges.\"\n\nSubmissions should be thorough and contain the following\ninformation. The purpose of the proposal is not just in suggesting\nan idea; being an all-volunteer team AMSAT needs your help in\ncarrying out the idea.\n\nDesign\nImplementation - CubeSat platform\nEstimated timeline\nCost - volunteer resources, commercial (COTS) units\nLaunch - how does it get to orbit\nStrategy - how it fits into AMSAT's Engineering long term strategy\nAs mentioned above the idea should be based on the CubeSat platform.\nThis is the standard through which we will look for launches in the\nforeseeable future.\n\nIn considering your proposal, Jerry encourages you to contact him,\n([email protected] using Subject: Design the Next AMSAT Satelleite), for\nmore details on the criteria.\n\nA guidebook to the criteria is now available for download at\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS032-SatelliteGuide.\n\nIn particular, if you plan to include a university as a partner to\nprovide experiments or other support and you are not representing\nthat university, please contact Jerry for assistance in working with\nour existing partners or establishing a new partnership.\n\n\"Being amateur radio operators, it is easy for us to fall into a\nparticular trap because of our history of communicating with other\namateurs throughout the world\" says Jerry. \"Specifically, most people\nwho are not already involved in the world of satellite technology are\nunaware of or simply overlook the provisions of the current ITAR and\nsoon to be EAR export rules particularly with regard to deemed\nexports which requires governmental permission to discuss satellite\nprojects with foreign nationals.\"\n\nWhile all amateurs are invited to submit ideas, U.S. amateurs must\ntake particular care of they choose to become involved in a\ncollaboration which includes individuals from other countries. It is\npermissible to receive ideas and proposals from outside the U.S., but\nit is not permitted for U.S. Persons to export or share design ideas\nwith other countries unless they have taken the proper steps to\ninsure compliance with ITAR and deemed export rules.\n\nAdditionally, those wishing to work on proposals should use care in\npresenting themselves in their contacts. While the goal is for AMSAT\nto build and launch the satellite, it is not an AMSAT project until\nit is accepted by the AMSAT Board of Directors. It is acceptable to\nrepresent yourself as members of a project team that plans to submit\na proposal to AMSAT for a future satellite project, as the AMSAT name\nis well known.\n\n\"It is not our intention that ideas be submitted to AMSAT-NA which\nwould be more appropriately handled by an AMSAT organization in a\ncountry where AMSAT is established. AMSAT-NA is seeking ideas from\namateurs in North America and will certainly consider ideas from\namateurs in countries which do not have an established AMSAT\norganization or relationships with an existing AMSAT organization.\"\n\nThe deadline for submissions is May 30, 2015. After the submission\ndate the ideas will be screened for completeness and then reviewed by\na board consisting of the AMSAT Engineering Team, AMSAT Senior\nOfficer and Board of Directors representatives, and aerospace\nindustry members. The review board may modify or consolidate ideas\nand will consider which meet the criteria to become a project based\non feasibility, cost, and the ability to bring value to the amateur\nsatellite community. The review process is expected to be completed\nin September 2015.\n\nFor those ideas selected to become a project which satisfy the\nrequirements for an ELaNa launch, the idea authors will be asked to\nwork with the AMSAT Engineering Team on an ELaNa proposal.\n\nThe Engineering Team will then work on the details of execution for\nthe selected project(s) and present a proposal to the AMSAT Board of\nDirectors in October 2015 for final approval to begin work. Once\napproved, any ELaNa proposals will be submitted in November 2015 and\nthe project(s) will move forward.\n\nNow is the time for YOU to begin working on the next AMSAT satellite!\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Engineering for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between East Coast Chapter Tuskegee\nAirmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation Program (ECCTAI YIAP) and Oxon Hill\nHigh School, Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA and Astronaut Samantha\nCristoforetti IZØUDF  using Callsign NAISS. The contact began 2015-04-\n24 16:41:27 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was\ndirect via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was KA3HDO.\n\nContact Audience was about 180-190\nVIPs included two documented original Tuskegee Airmen and one WWII\nNavy Veteran.  Over a dozen from the East Coast Chapter Tuskegee\nAirmen organization attended and wore Red Jackets commemorating the\nTuskegee Airmen.\n\nThe school live-streamed the event on their school newspaper\nwebsite, and recorded 100+ views the day of the event.  Indirect\nparticipants is confirmed and expected to increase when more are\nconfirmed.  The contact was streamed into all the Price Georges\nCounty, Maryland Schools.\n\nNews organizations:  WUSA9 (TV), WRC News4 (TV), Andrews\nGazette(Newspaper), CTV Prince George's County News (TV-Local Cable),\nPrince George's County Public Schools Communication Office.\n12 questions were asked and 11 were answered.  The last question was\nbarely discernable in the static.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nDouble School Contact\nSol Plaatje Primary  School, Mahikeng, South Africa. and\nSouth Africa, and Scuola Secondaria di I Grado, Caprino  Bergamasco,\nItaly\nThe contact will be a telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Samantha Cristoforetti  IZØUDF\nContact is a go for: Sat 2015-05-02 14:34:27 UTC\n\nSchool Information\n\nScuola Secondaria di I Grado:\n\nCaprino Bergamasco and its school are located atop of hills in\nbetween Bergamo and Lecco region. The school facility, recently\nbuilt, serve the small community of 3000 people, it has pupils from\nage 3 to 14. Students from 11 to 14 have been involved in the ARISS\nactivity, belonging to classes 1E, 2E, 2F and 3E.\n\nSol Plaatje Primary School:\n\nIt is a co-ed school having Gr.0-Gr.7. There are 1216 learners in\nthe school, planet Earth and beyond is part of the curriculum and as\na school they try to develop the learner's knowledge about space\nbodies and inculcate a love for the subject within the learners.\n\nSol Plaatje Primary School participated on at the 2014 SAASTA\nAstronomy Quiz with a team - made by Ebenitha Esterhuizen,\nKgotlholela Seagisa, Oratile Selatlhedi and Orefile Morule, prepared\nby the teacher Ms Micalla Lucas - and resulted the best among more\nthan 1.700 schools.\n\nUpcoming Russian Contacts\n\nRyazan, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is a go for Thu 2015-05-07 08:30 UTC\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Mikhail Korniyenko  RN3BF\n\nKursk, Russia, WWII veterans, direct via TBD\nContact is a go for Sat 2015-05-09 08:20 UTC\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled  to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Gennady Padalka RN3DT\n\n>From  2015-05-11 to 2015-06-14, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during\nthis period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\nARISS  passes along our condolences to the families of recent silent\nkeys:\nMax IW1CNF who helped with many of the ARISS Italian telebridge\ncontacts.\nClive G3CWV who was very active in AMSAT\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Videos of the presentations from The 2015 CubeSat Workshop held\n  April 1 at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are now\n  available on YouTube.\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS116-CubesatVideos\n\n  The presentation schedule and slide PDF's are at\n  http://www.acser.unsw.edu.au/events/cubesat2015.html\n\n  [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ March/April AMSAT Journal - in the Mail\n  Members began receiving their AMSAT Journals in the mail this\n  week. Keep an eye out for yours.\n  Membership in AMSAT is required to receive the Journal.\n  Annual membership is $44.00,\n  Join today! http://tinyurl.com/ANS116-JoinAMSAT\n\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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