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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-041 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin",
    "date": "2013-02-10T03:07:41Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-041\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share\nan active interest in designing, building, launching and\ncommunicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Mid-West USA High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 16\n* Amateur Radio Participates in ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment\n* CubeSats Form Asteroid Mining Exploration Fleet\n* PCSAT normal(?) operations resume\n* AMSAT-UK to provide Amateur Radio payload for ESEO satellite\n* OSCAR-11 ANNUAL REPORT  2012\n* UKube-1 to launch in June 2013\n* Five new CubeSats hope for 2013 launch\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Around\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-041.01\nANS-041 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 041.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 10, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-041.01\n\nMid-West USA High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 16\n\nThe Iowa High Altitude Balloon team says their iHAB-9 balloon flight\nis scheduled to launch February 16, 2013 at 16:00Z (9AM CDT). The\nMission Control web page will give you flight status, an APRS\ntracking map, webcast, and live chat. Please go to:\nhttp://www.ihabproject.com/iHAB-9/\nhttp://www.ihabproject.com/iHAB-9/MissionControl/\n\nOn February 16 the flight schedule is presently at:\nWebcast: 14:ØØZ - 8AM CDT\nLaunch:  15:ØØZ - 9AM CDT\n\nThe payload includes:\n\n+ APRS beacon - WØOTM-11 on 144.39Mhz running OpenTracker+\n  and Alinco DJ-C7 - VHF/UHF 3ØØ/5ØØmw\n\n+ 2ØM QRP Beacon, 1.5 Watts on 14.057.85 +/- Mhz\n\n+ 1.2Ghz live video downlink\n\nThe latest flight status and additional information can be accessed\non the iHAB web pages.\n\n[ANS thanks the iHAB-9 Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Radio Participates in ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment\n\nOn February 1, 2, 3, and on February 8, 9, 10 the Russian Central\nResearch Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) conducted a space\nplasma experiment from the International Space Station to evaluate\nthe shape of a \"radio dead zone\" which is expected to occur with the\nuse of an on-board arcjet plasma source.\n\nFuture space exploration plans to use electric thrusters.\nIntegration of electric thrusters causes an electromagnetic\ncompatibility side-effect when highly ionized exhaust plumes of the\nthrusters may scatter RF-signals producing large \"dead\" zone for\ncommunications.\n\nThe SpEx Shadow experiment on the ISS activated an onboard arcjet\nsource to inject a plasma plume in space. The amateur radio packet\nbeacon operating on 145.825 MHz was activated to transmit a VHF\nsounding signal with time ticks. Due to refraction/scattering of the\nsounding signals in the exhaust plume, the shadow region would occur.\nParticipating amateur radio stations noted the time tick to register\nloss of signal and re-acquisition of the 145.825 MHZ signal as the\nfootprint caused by the plasma jet passed their geographic location.\n\nAn example of the ISS SpEx Shadowing Beacon can be found on the\nDK3WN SatBlog website at:\n\nhttp://www.dk3wn.info:\n\nRS0ISS]CQ,qAR,SR5GK-3:]ARISS - International Space Station\nDK3WN]BEACON,RS0ISS*,qAR,SR5GK-3:SpEx SHADOW 20:30:57 *DL* 02-02-2013/\nDK3WN]BEACON,RS0ISS*,qAR,SR5GK-3:SpEx SHADOW 20:30:39 *DL* 02-02-2013/\n\nAdditional details of the Shadowing Experiment are posted on the\nTSNIIMASH web site at:\n\nhttp://knts.tsniimash.ru/Shadow/en/Default.aspx\n\n[ANS thanks TSNIIMASH and Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubeSats Form Asteroid Mining Exploration Fleet\n\nIn an article posted on the SpaceDaily.com website, \"Commercial\nAsteroid Hunters Announce Plans For New Robotic Exploration Fleet\",\nDeep Space Industries claims it will send a fleet of asteroid-\nprospecting spacecraft out into the solar system to hunt for\nresources to accelerate space development to benefit Earth.\n\nThese \"FireFly\" spacecraft utilize low-cost CubeSat components and\nget discounted delivery to space by ride-sharing on the launch of\nlarger communications satellites.\n\nFireFlies with a mass of about 55 lb will first be launched in 2015\non journeys of two to six months. Starting in 2016, Deep Space will\nbegin launching 70-lb DragonFlies for round-trip visits that bring\nback samples. The DragonFly expeditions will take two to four years,\ndepending on the target, and will return 60 to 150 lb.\n\nRead the full article posted at:\nhttp://www.tinyurl.com/CubeSat-Explorer-Fleet (SpaceDaily.com)\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPCSAT normal(?) operations resume\n\nPCSAT (NO44) is again returned to  users (but not usable until a few\nweeks when sun angles get better).\n\nThe variation of power available to PCSAT is inversely proportional\nto the \"sun-to-orbitplane-angle\" (viewable in Instantrack with the\n\"E\" and \"D\" keys.  It is currently above 78 degrees.  Once it went\nabove about 65 degrees was our last successful commanding.\n\nRecovery did not work this period.  But we learned enough to be more\nsuccessful in the Fall.\n\nA \"sun-to-orbitplane-angle\"  means PCsat's orbit is now over the\nday/night terminator meaning it is in full sun (no eclipses) with\nsolar power coming in on the (weaker) side panels and little if any\non the +Z face(best panel).  Attitude is maintained by alignment with\nthe Earth's magnetic field.   It's the best time for a recovery (no\neclipses to cause a reset), but the worst time for commanding.  It is\ntoo weak to respond to the needed logon and 3 additional commands.\nThough it will be strong again as the sun angle improves (lower).\n\nThen it will have better sun on the +Z face for commanding, but then\nit will be doing Eclipses.  And even though we can then command it to\nturn off unnecessary loads, it does not have enough time before the\nnext eclipse to charge up enough to survive the next eclipse.\n\nWhat we did (re)learn is a condensed command method where we can put\nall 3 PCSAT low-power commands in a single packet (using the TNC's ^V\npass character).  That way, we only need a successful logon to\ncomplete the Restoration.  1) The CONNECT ACK. 2) The password\nchallenge, 3) Then the command prompt.  Then we can hit it with the\nfull low-power command set and disconnect all in one packet which\ncancels the need for PCSAT to respond to each command separately.\n\nOn the FIRST day available in full sun(our best shot), I not only\ngot logged on, but completed all 3 requried functions.  Then signals\nsounded so good, I got greedy and put in the another three (which\nalso improves power budget, but not as much as the first three).\nYep, I gambled and lost. It died on the last one!  The next day I got\nall 3 in, and it died on the 3rdcommand due to a user packet I think.\nDays since, I have been unable to logon.  Hence, end of this attempt\nperiod.\n\nIn most attempts in the past (after successful logon) we would send\none command at a time to give it a few seconds rest between each one.\nBut these 3 commands then required 3 ACKS and 3 RESPONSES in addition\nto the 3 required to get logged.  Those extra 6 packets kill it,\nespecially if there was a user packet in there.  Next time all we\nneed are the 3 loggon responses.\n\nAlso, next time, we will give users advance warning to QRT all\ntransmissions when we are trying to command.  Each one of their\npackets robs us of power we need to complete the command.  I failed\nto warn everyone this time, and so we had some interference.\n\nAs sun angle improves, You may continue to experiment with  PCSAT\nduring MIDDAY passes.  That is when it is strongest (in the Northern\nHemisphere), but do limit yourself to only attended operations so\nhumans can actually contact humans, or if you are doing an unattended\ntest, keep your transmissions to once every 2 minutes.  That should\nlet you get one good successful packet per pass.  Which is the\nmission of PCSAT.\n\nSee the downlink on http://pcsat.aprs.org\n\nThere you can see the telemetry packets (list at the bottom of page)\nright now are rarely getting above 001 meaning typically a  minute or\nso of life before it gets overloaded and resets back to 000.\n\nIt is easy to visualize the relationship of the sun angle to the\norbit plane and to see how that affects power budget given that our\nbest panel (out of 5) is on the +Z face and that is magnetically\naligned to point towards magnetic South.  There is NO panel on the -Z\nwhich is why PCsat is rarely  usable in the Southern Hemisphere (not\nplanned, but just a result of it crashing in every eclipse).\n\nJust thought you would like to know what is going on with one of the\noldest student projects in space that is still \"semi-operational\" for\nusers.\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, Wb4APR for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-UK to provide Amateur Radio payload for ESEO satellite\n\nAMSAT-UK will be providing a 1260/145 MHz FM transponder and a 145\nMHz BPSK telemetry beacon for the European Student Earth Orbiter\n(ESEO). This is the third mission within the European Space Agency’s\nEducation Satellite Programme.\n\nNine European universities will be working with the prime contractor\nALMASpace, Italy, on the mission. Cranfield University in\nBedfordshire will be supplying a small sail that will be deployed to\ndemonstrate the de-orbiting of spacecraft at the end of the mission.\n\nThe primary purpose of the AMSAT-UK payload is to provide a downlink\ntelemetry that can be easily received by schools and colleges for\neducational outreach purposes. The data will be displayed in an\nattractive format and provide stimulation and encouragement for\nstudents to become interested in all STEM subjects in a unique way.\n\nThe target audience is primarily students at both primary and\nsecondary levels and the project includes the development of a simple\nand cheap “ground station” operating on VHF frequencies in the\nAmateur Satellite Service. This station is an omni-directional\nantenna feeding a FUNcube DonglePRO+ SDR receiver which will receive\nthe signals direct from the satellite and transfer the data to\nspecially developed graphical software running on any Windows laptop.\n\nMore information is available at\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12487\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOSCAR-11 ANNUAL REPORT  2012\n\nThis report covers the period from 01 January 2012 to 01 January\n2013. During this time there have been no significant changes apart\nfrom the gradual drift of the on-board clock. The satellite has been\ntransmitting on a regular cycle of 10.35 days on followed by 10.35\ndays off.\n\nOSCAR-11 (AKA UoSAT-2 and UO-11) celebrated it's 28th birthday in\nspace on 01 March! It was designed, built and launched within a\nperiod of six months, using commercially available 'off the shelf'\ncomponents (COTS). Once again, congratulations to Professor Sir\nMartin Sweeting G3YJO, his team at the University of Surrey and the\ngroups of radio amateurs who also contributed to the project.\n\nGood copy has been obtained obtained from decoded telemetry frames\nand many reports have been posted on the DCARR general satellite\nstatus website,  The satellite continues to be subjected to eclipses\nduring each orbit, resulting in weaker signals at those times. During\nthe summer in the UK all passes were in sunlight, however the\neclipses gradually returned during the autumn and now all evening\npasses are eclipsed and signals are significantly weaker than in the\nmorning passes.\n\nThe on-board clock gained 85 seconds during the year, which is\ncomparable with the 60 seconds gain per year when the satellite was\nlaunched. There is however a large accumulated error of 308.54204\ndays slow. This was caused mainly by the clock stopping during\neclipses, when there was also an unknown drain on the power supply.\nThe units of the least significant digit correspond approximately to\nseconds (0.86 seconds actually).\n\nAt the present time, while OSCAR-11 is operating in a predictable\nway, please DO NOT send reports or files by e-mail. However, could\nall listeners continue to enter their reports on the general\nsatellite status website. This is a very convenient and easy to use\nfacility, which shows the current status of all the amateur\nsatellites, and is of use to everyone. Reports around the expected\ntimes of switch-on and switch-off are of special interest, especially\nfor times 13:00 to 18:00 and 22:00 to 08:00 UTC, to when the\nsatellite is out-of-range in the UK . The URL is\nhttp://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php\n\nThe VHF beacon frequency is 145.826 MHz.  AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry.\nThe satellite is operating in the default mode, controlled by the\nwatchdog timer, with a cycle time of 20.7 days. 10.35 days on\nfollowed by 10.35 days off.\n\nAn extended version of this report is available on my website, and\nnew listeners to OSCAR-11 should read this for further information.\nThe URL is www.g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm . This page contains links to\nthe report, a short audio clip to help you identify the satellite and\na file of recent telemetry received. The website also contains an\narchive of news & telemetry data which is updated from time to time,\nand details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data\ncapture. There is also software for capturing data, and decoding\nASCII telemetry. The easiest way to check whether OSCAR-11 is\noperational is to look at the General Satellite Status website\nhttp://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php .\n\nIf you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please\nuse the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT158.CWV, to prevent duplication.\n\n[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKube-1 to launch in June 2013\n\nThe Herald newspaper reports that the CubeSat UKube-1 will be\nlaunched in June, 2013.\n\nThe spacecraft is being built for the UK Space Agency (UKSA) by\nClyde Space and the launch will take place from Baikonur in\nKazakhstan on a Soyuz-2 along with TechDemoSat-1.\n\nThe newspaper reports that Clyde Space has announced plans for a\nbase in the United States.\n\nUKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards to provide an\namateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 1200 bps BPSK\nbeacon for educational outreach\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFive new CubeSats hope for 2013 launch\n\nFive new CubeSats being developed in Taiwan, Vietnam and the United\nStates are hoping to fly during 2013.\n\nPACE is the first nanosatellite developed the National Cheng Kung\nUniversity (NCKU) of Taiwan and has the objective to provide a\nplatform for attitude control experiments in space.\nMore Information is available at\nhttp://satellite.ncku.edu.tw/pace/en/home.htm\n\nTARO is a 2U CubeSat developed by the National Cheng Kung University\n(NCKU) of Taiwan. TARO is the precursor of PACE satellite which was\nalso developed by NCKU and has an objective to verify the function of\nsensors and actuators which have been used at PACE.\nMore Information is available at\nhttp://satellite.ncku.edu.tw/pace/en/home.htm\n\nPicoDragon is a 1U CubeSat project intended to take low resolution\nearth images and to test on board systems. Planning to use two UHF\ntransmitters. One 100mW CW beacon on 437.250 MHz and a 1k2 AFSK 800mW\nAX25 telemetry downlink. Commands will be uplinked on VHF.\nMore Information is available at\nhttp://vnsc.org.vn/\n\nUnited States, Alabama – ChargerSat-1. The primary mission is to\nperform a technology demonstration of gravity gradient stabilization,\nimproved solar collection and improved horizon communications on a\npico-satellite. This is the team’s first CubeSat and is a technology\ndemonstration of their capabilities as students\nMore Information is available at\nhttp://space.uah.edu/\n\nUnited States, California – SNAPS. This spacecraft has dimensions of\n25x113x113mm, has a mass of less than 0.5kg and is intended to image\nother CubeSats autonomously using H264 compression. The team is\nproposing a UHF downlink using 9k6 AFSK and will utilize Carpcomm\nground stations.\nPlanned for a SpaceX flight from Vandenberg AFB in April 2013\ntogether with POPACS.\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above\n  information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nARISS Switches to Ericsson Radio After experiencing Problems with\ntthe Kenwood D700\n\nAfter experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700 on two consecutive\nschool contacts, ARISS will use the Ericsson Radio on the Columbus\nmodule for ARISS contacts until problems with D700 are resolved.\n\nAccording to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT's Vice President for Human\nSpaceflight Programs, \"...for some reason, our signals from the\nService Module Kenwood D700 radio are much diminished.  Our contact\nwith Israel last Sunday had low audio levels, with good signals only\nnear TCA.  Our contact yesterday with the Hospital for Sick Children\nwas even worse.  Only one student was able to talk to Chris Hadfield\nbefore we lost the signal.  The crew reports hearing the ground\nstation well.  Both these contacts were with our telebridge stations,\nsome of the best out there.  Also note that Chris Hadfield got on the\nIP Phone, immediately after the Hospital radio contact and answered\nall the student’s questions, using that communications medium.  So,\nwhile not optimal, we were able to make both these ARISS events\nsuccessful\n\nAfter the Hospital contact, we had a full court press to revise\nuplinks and procedures to use the Ericsson radio that was recently\ninstalled in the Columbus Module instead of the D700.  This was\nworked well into the crew sleep period, with the procedures ready for\nthe crew at wakeup.  While we had not fully checked out the radio, we\nfelt the benefits of using this system outweighed the risks of using\nthe D700, given its recent past performance.  Our contact with the\nJapan school, using the Columbus Module Ericsson radio was very\nsuccessful.  We plan to use it on the contacts planned for next week.\"\n\n+ Contacts scheduled for this coming week\n\nARISS is requesting listener reports for these contacts. Due to\nissues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at\npresent, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\n\nBreadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy,  United Kingdom, telebridge via W6SRJ\nContact is a go for: Tue 2013-02-12 09:22:57 UTC 26 deg\n\nChief Peguis Jr. High, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,  telebridge via VK5ZAI\nContact is a go for: Wed 2013-02-13 19:47:43 UTC 55  deg\n\n+ At the following link you will find a listing of all scheduled\n  school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP\n  and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may\n  be streamed live.\n  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\n+ QSL  information may be found at:\n  http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html\n  http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's\n\n+ ISS callsigns:  DPØISS,  NA1SS, OR4ISS,  RSØISS\n\n+ There  have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was\n  having direct contacts on the 40 meter band.  The HF antenna is\n  mounted, however, there is no HF radio equipment on board.\n  Sometimes WA3NAN  will retransmit shuttle audio.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Around\n\n+ The FITSAT-1 optical experiment is the topic of an article posted\n  at Space.com. See \"Tiny Japanese Satellite Beams Morse Code Messages\n  from Space\", by Leonard David at:\n  http://tinyurl.com/ag47bed\t\t[Space.com]\n\n+ The AMSAT mail list archives remain accessible despite the temp-\n  orary outage of general content at www.amsat.org. Access the the\n  amsat-bb and sarex lists can be found at:\n  http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/\n  Access to subscribe to AMSAT mail lists can be found at:\n  http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo\n  Access the AMSAT News Service Archives can be found at:\n  http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/\t\t[Joanne Maenpaa]\n\n+ Who is On Board the ISS\n\n  Exp. 33/34\n  Oleg  Novitskiy\n  Kevin  Ford KF5GPP\n  Evgeny  Tarelkin\n\n  Exp. 34/35\n  Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG\n  Roman Romanenko\n  Tom Marshburn KE5HOC\t\n\n  [ANS thanks Charlie AJ9N for the above information]\t\n\n+ Near Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass inside the geostationary\n  satellite orbits February 15. This object will make an extremely\n  close approach to within 0.00023 AU of Earth at 19:25 UT (11:25 AM\n  PST) on February 15, 2013.\n\n  For more information visit\n  http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2012DA14/2012DA14_planning.html\n\n  [ANS thanks Tom Clark K3IO for the the above information]\n\n+ Hello Kitty in Near Space\n  Near space weather balloon built by seventh grader Lauren Rojas and\n  launched with help from her father, Rod, Reaching an altitude of\n  over 90,000. The photography in this video is quite good,\n  especially when the balloon bursts.\n\n  YouTube Video\n  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg\n\n\n/EX\n\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\n",
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