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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-299 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Oct. 25",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-299\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\npublishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on\nthe activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\nshare an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-\nicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\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:\[email protected]\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:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT Virtual Symposium Replay Available on YouTube\n* AMSAT Board of Directors Elects Robert Bankston, KE4AL, President\n* Satellite Acronyms Wiki Established\n* New Satellite Distance Records Claimed\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 22\n* FO-29 operation schedule for Nov. 2020\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-299.01\nANS-299 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 299.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020 October 25\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-299.01\n\n\nAMSAT Virtual Symposium Replay Available on YouTube\n\nThe 2020 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting was held via\na Zoom Webinar on October 17, 2020 with over 200 AMSAT members in\nattendance. If you were not able to attend, a complete replay is\navailable on the AMSAT YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/EHDgrI_w8hY\n\nThe YouTube video is divided into chapters to make it easy to find the\nspecific presentation you are looking for:\n\n0:00:00 Welcome\n0:02:07 AMSAT GOLF-TEE System Overview and Development Status\n0:43:02 GOLF IHU Coordination\n1:19:10 GOLF Downlink Coordination\n1:50:15 FUNcube Next\n2:13:50 LunART - Luna Amateur Radio Transponder\n2:45:35 CatSat HF Experiment Overview\n3:13:30 Neutron-1 CubeSat\n3:39:58 Progress and Development of Open Source Electric Propulsion\nfor Nanosats and Picosats\n4:15:00 AMSAT Education\n5:14:00 ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) /\nAREx (Amateur Radio Exploration)\n6:14:00 AMSAT Engineering\n7:21:16 AMSAT Annual General Meeting\n\nAMSAT members may download the 2020 Symposium Proceedings at\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/Proceedings.\n\nThe 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting is expected\nto be held in the Minneapolis area in October 2021.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2020 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n         Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n    is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n  https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT Board of Directors Elects Robert Bankston, KE4AL, President\n\nAt its annual meeting, the AMSAT Board of Directors elected Robert\nBankston, KE4AL, of Dothan, AL, President, succeeding Clayton Coleman,\nW5PFG.  Bankston is a Life Member of AMSAT and has previously served\nas Treasurer and Vice-President User Services, as well as volunteering\nin several other capacities for AMSAT, including the development and\nlaunch of AMSAT’s online member portal and chairing the 2018 AMSAT\nSpace Symposium held at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, in\nHuntsville, Alabama.  He also is an ARRL Life Member and holds an\nExtra Class license.\n\nImmediate Past President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, said “It has been\nboth a joy and privilege to serve as President of AMSAT in 2020.  In\nwhat has been a rather difficult year for many individuals in amateur\nradio, AMSAT, through its many supportive members, volunteers, and\ndonors, has continued course on our vision of Keeping Amateur Radio in\nSpace.  With our initiatives such as modernizing the AMSAT office with\na self-service member portal and the Linear Transponder Module, the\norganization has moved forward.  With the talented and capable\nindividuals sitting on AMSAT’s new Board and its Officers, I am\nconfident in a bright future ahead for AMSAT and the amateur radio\nsatellite service.“\n\nOther officers elected by the Board were:\n\n• Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, of Washington, DC, as Executive Vice President\n• Jerry Buxton, N0JY, of Granbury, TX, as Vice-President - Engineering\n• Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, of Brooksville, FL, as Vice President -\nOperations\n• Jeff Davis, KE9V, of Muncie, IN, as Secretary\n• Steve Belter, N9IP, of West Lafayette, IN, as Treasurer\n• Martha Saragovitz, of Silver Spring, MD, as Manager\n• Alan Johnston, KU2Y, of Philadelphia, PA, as Vice President -\nEducational Relations\n• Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, of Burnsville, MN, as Vice President -\nDevelopment\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors 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\nSatellite Acronyms Wiki Established\n\nAs with any specialized or technical endeavor, the language of amateur\nsatellites is filled with terms, abbreviations, shorthands, and acro-\nnyms that become second nature to those who use them daily, but can be\nobscure to newcomers -- or even to old hands who begin to explore new\naspects of satellite construction or operation. This became abundantly\nclear during the recent AMSAT Symposium, in which some of our hobby's\ntop experts presented projects to the general memebership.\n\nIn response to inquiries from Symposium participants, John Brier,\nKG4AKV, and Brad Brooks, WF7T, have initiated a wiki page for listing,\nand briefly explaining, the technical jargon of our field. When con-\nfused by an unfamilar batch of \"alphabet soup,\" consult the wiki at:\nhttp://sats.wikidot.com/acronyms\n\n[ANS thanks John Brier, KG4AKV, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNew Satellite Distance Records Claimed\n\nCasey Tucker, KI7UNJ, and Jérôme LeCuyer, F4DXV, have set a new record\nvia RS-44. They completed an 8,402 km QSO between DN32 in Idaho and\nJN15 in France on October 19th at 07:15 UTC. This exceeds the prior\nrecord of 8,357 km set by W5CBF and DL4EA in late May.\n\nF4DXV also set another record during his trip to JN15. Shortly after\nsetting the record on RS-44, Jérôme worked Michael Styne, K2MTS, in\nFN22 via AO-27. This QSO covered a distance of 5,904 km, eclipsing\nthe prior record of 5,682 km set by E21EJC and R9LR on June 9th.\n\nIn addition to these two new records, McKinley Henson, KE4AZZ, claimed\nthe record for the NO-84 digipeater for a 3,439 km QSO with Christy\nHunter, KB6LTY, on April 22, 2019.\n\nFor more distance records, see the AMSAT Satellite Distance Records\npage at https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for\nthe 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 October 22\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed\nfrom this week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:\n\nEnduroSat One - Cat ID 43551 - decay epoch is 2020-10-15 per Space-\nTrack.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFO-29 operation schedule for Nov. 2020\n\nTime in UTC\nNov. 1  03:15-\nNov. 3  01:30-  03:10-\nNov. 7  01:15-  03:00-\nNov. 8  03:50-\nNov.14  01:50-  03:35-\nNov.15  02:40-  04:28-\nNov.21  02:25-  04:10-\nNov.22  03:15-  05:05-\nNov.23  02:20-  04:05-\nNov.28  01:15-  03:00-\nNov.29  02:05-  03:50-\nhttps://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-201907.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Hideo Kambayashi, JH3XCU, for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\n\nARISS is seeking alumni from Luther Burbank School, Burbank, IL. Stu-\ndents, families or staff who participated in the hamradio contact with\nBill Shepherd on Dec. 21 2000, are asked to contact Charlie Sufana,\nAJ9N (aj9n at aol.com). This was ARISS school contact #1, and this is\nthe 20th year since that event. ARISS would like to celebrate!\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.\n\nNo school contacts are scheduled in the coming week.\n\nARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools\nand the public in general.  As such, there may be last minute cancella-\ntions or postponements of school contacts.  As always, ariss.org will\ntry to provide near-real-time updates.\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-\ntors for 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\nUpcoming Roves:\nDL88: The K5Z DL88 expeditions is heading out!!!! @Ad0dx and @N6ua are\nheading out on 10/25. Weather looks great, and there is even a chance\nat some passes on the 26th. This is a daytime activation only because\nthe Talley campground is closed currently. Head on over to QRZ.com and\ncheck out the K5Z page for all the details. Or, visit:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\nQuick Hits:\n\nKH67,: 7Q7RU, AO-7, RS-44, QO-100, 11/11 thru 11/21.\n\nFN01: @K8BL will run over to PA tomorrow and I’ll have a chance to ac-\ntivate the EN91/FN01 Line. Not sure of the timing, but I’ll pop up on\na few FM & Linear SATs. All Qs will be on LoTW a day or so afterward.\n\nKP44: OH8FKS is in KP44 until Sunday 10/25.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating\nthrough amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-\nings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nRick Tejera K7TEJ from the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club (TBARC) will\nbe giving a presentation and demonstration of Satellite operations to\nthe Northwest Christian School in Glendale, AZ on Nov. 11th 2020. The\ndemo will be on SO-50 at 2323UT. I will be using our Club call WB7TBC\nand the church is in Grid DM33wp. I may try to get a student on the\nair. Please keep an ear out for us and respond to our call, the kids\nwill appreciate it. I’ll send outa reminder as the date gets closer.\n\nClint Bradford K6LCS has booked his “Work the FM Voice Satellites With\nMinimal Equipment” presentation for the clubs:\n10/27/2020 – Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC\nTBD – Antelope Valley (CA) ARC\nTBD – A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, Penn.\nThese will be Zoom presentations. Everyone is asked to update their\ncopies of the Zoom application – by directly visiting Zoom.us.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ After 196 days living and working in Earth's orbit aboard the Inter-\n  national Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR, re-\n  turned from his third space mission Wednesday, Oct. 21, with cosmo-\n  nauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency\n  Roscosmos. Cassidy formally turned the station over to cosmonaut Ser-\n  gey Ryzhikov on Tuesday, handing him a ceremonial “key” to the lab\n  complex. Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, ar-\n  rived at the station last Wednesday aboard their own Soyuz ship.\n  (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)\n\n+ NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification,\n  Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its ro-\n  botic arm Tuesday, Oct. 20, and in a first for the agency, briefly\n  touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for\n  delivery to Earth in 2023. This well-preserved, ancient asteroid,\n  known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles from Earth.\n  Bennu offers scientists a window into the early solar system as it\n  was first taking shape billions of years ago and flinging ingredients\n  that could have helped seed life on Earth. If Tuesday’s sample col-\n  lection event, known as “Touch-And-Go” (TAG), provided enough of a\n  sample, mission teams will command the spacecraft to begin stowing\n  the precious primordial cargo to begin its journey back to Earth in\n  March 2021. Otherwise, they will prepare for another attempt in Jan-\n  uary. (ANS thanks www.asteroidmission.org for the above information)\n\n+ China is building a new rocket to fly its astronauts to the moon. An-\n  nounced at the 2020 China Space Conference last month, the vehicle\n  could deliver 25 metric tons into a trans-lunar injection. The rocket\n  consists of three, 5-meter (16.4') boosters and is 87 meters (285')\n  tall. Liftoff mass will be ~2,200 metric tons, which is about three\n  times that of the Long March 5 (the current heavy lifter in China’s\n  rocket lineup). (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above informa-\n  tion)\n\n+ Most of the aerospace world watched the skies over Antarctica and New\n  Zealand for portions of Thursday night/Friday morning. Earlier this\n  week, LeoLabs Inc, a company that tracks objects in Low Earth Orbit,\n  issued a statement regarding two large objects which posed a “high\n  risk” of collision at 00:56:40 UTC on 16 October 2020. Roughly one\n  hour after the time of possible collision, LeoLabs confirmed “No in-\n  dication of collision” via a statement on Twitter. The two objects\n  held a greater than 10% chance of colliding 991 km above Antarctica.\n  (ANS thanks nasaspaceflight.com for the above information)\n\n+ The website, Hackaday recently featured an article about David Prut-\n  chi, Ph.D., N2QG, and his home station that is capable of copying\n  telemetry from deep-space satellites. Read the article at:\n  https://bit.ly/2HqZMSb  or read David's paper directly at:\n  https://bit.ly/2FRSXs9  (ANS thanks hackaday.com for the above infor-\n  mation)\n\n+ The University of Western Australia (UWA) is set to install an opti-\n  cal communications station capable of receiving high-speed data\n  transmissions from space. The communications station will be able to\n  receive data from spacecraft from anywhere between low-Earth orbit to\n  as far away as the surface of the moon - about 384,000km away. Dr.\n  Sascha Schediwy, Astrophotonics Group leader at UWA and the Interna-\n  tional Centre for Radio Astronomy (ICRAR), said optical communica-\n  tions are an emerging alternative to radio waves and are expected to\n  drastically improve data transfer capabilities from space. (ANS\n  thanks AMSAT-UK and IT News of Australia for the above information)\n\n+ Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to build the first cellular\n  communications network on the moon. The Finnish telecommunications\n  equipment maker said Monday, Oct. 19, that its Nokia Bell Labs divi-\n  sion will build a 4G communications system to be deployed on a lunar\n  lander to the moon’s surface in late 2022. Nokia’s network will pro-\n  vide critical communications capabilities for tasks astronauts will\n  need to carry out, like remote control of lunar rovers, real-time\n  navigation and high-definition video streaming, the company said.\n  (ANS thanks apnews.com 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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark D. Johns, K0JM\n\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n",
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