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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/GPBAGXE3UG44HZWIE64UEWUPPNUUDWZI/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAHKCqnD-uh1pABxFgUnhKawBUe5HibAuf+SHWqAO_6TE8hQT2w@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "GPBAGXE3UG44HZWIE64UEWUPPNUUDWZI", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/GPBAGXE3UG44HZWIE64UEWUPPNUUDWZI/", "sender": { "address": "mjohns+K0JM (a) luther.edu", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Mark D. Johns", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-315 AMSAT News Service", "date": "2018-11-12T04:02:39Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-315\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\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* Fox-1Cliff Launch Date Announced\n* Fox-1Cliff Launch Membership Drive\n* \"Fox-In-A-Box\" SD Cards Now Available\n* Can You Capture a Double Hop APRS Packet?\n* European MetOp-C Weather Satellite Launch\n* Collision Avoidance for SSO-A Mission\n* Identifying Newly Launched Objects\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News & FundRazr\n* Correction: AMSAT Senior Leadership\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-315.01\nANS-315 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 315.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE November 11, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-315.01\n\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n| 2019 is AMSAT's 50th Anniversary! |\n| Watch this space for announcements of special events coming in 2019 |\n| Get ready to help celebrate with us at the Hamvention |\n| Symposium 2019 near Washington, DC promises to be a special event |\n| Stand by for 50th anniversary operating events and awards |\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nFox-1Cliff Launch Date Announced!\n\nSpaceflight Now reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with\nSpaceflight’s SSO-A rideshare mission, a stack of satellites heading\ninto sun-synchronous polar orbit. This stack includes AMSAT's\nFox-1Cliff.\n\nThe launch is now scheduled for scheduled for Monday, November 19,\n2018 at 18:32 UTC.\n\nFox-1Cliff carries the Fox-1 U/v FM repeater as well as AMSAT’s\nL-Band Downshifter.\nUplink: 435.300 MHz FM voice (67.0 Hz CTCSS tone)\n 1267.300 MHz FM voice (67.0 Hz CTCSS tone)\nDownlink: 145.920 MHz FM voice; AFSK digital data up to 9600 bps\nTransmit power: 600 mW nominal\n\nFox-1Cliff carries the flight spare of the AO-85 Vanderbilt\nUniversity Low Energy Proton (LEP) radiation experiment, and the\nstandard Fox-1 Penn State University–Erie gyroscope experiment.\nVirginia Tech provided a VGA camera which is the same as AO-92 but\nwill provide images at a higher 640 x 480 resolution. These non-SSTV\nimages will be decoded in the FoxTelem software.\n\nFox-1Cliff, unlike the other three Fox-1 FM spacecraft, does not have\nan active AFC (Automatic Frequency Control) on the uplinks.\n\nFox-1Cliff’s Data Under Voice (low-speed telemetry) will be the same\nas for AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92. It will be supported by the same\nFoxTelem software already released.\n\nAs with AO-92, a high-speed mode will be used to support the Virginia\nTech VGA camera experiment. This mode will be active for 40 minutes\nby ground command before reverting to standard U/v repeater voice\noperation.\n\nNumerous small payloads will be launched on this mission for nearly 50\ngovernment and commercial organizations from 16 countries.\n\n[ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1Cliff Launch Membership Drive\n\nAs announced in a special bulletin earlier this week, as part of the\npreparations for the launch of Fox-1Cliff, AMSAT is making the\n“Getting Started With Amateur Satellites” book available for a limited\ntime as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased\nvia the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases\ncompleted online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite,\nGetting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur\nsatellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite\noperation. The 186 page book is presented in PDF format, in full\ncolor, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham\nradio satellite.\n\nPlease take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store\nat https://www.amsat.org/shop/ and selecting any membership option.\nWhile there, check out AMSAT’s other items, including the M2 LEOpack\nantenna system, Arrow antennas, AMSAT shirts, and other swag. Be sure\nto view your cart before going to checkout. If you add a membership\nand then go directly to checkout, you’ll never see an option to add\nyour free gift.\n\nFox-1Cliff, is scheduled to launch on Spaceflight’s SSO-A mission on a\nSpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Fox-1Cliff carries the\nFox-1 U/v FM repeater as well as AMSAT’s L-Band Downshifter.\n\nFox-1Cliff is named in honor of long-time AMSAT member, contributor,\nand benefactor Cliff Buttschardt, K7RR (SK), who passed away in 2006.\nCliff’s contributions to AMSAT and other amateur satellite programs,\nincluding serving as an adviser during the initial development of the\nCubeSat specification at California Polytechnic State University,\nearned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from Project OSCAR in 2006.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\"Fox-In-A-Box\" SD Cards Now Available From AMSAT Store\n\nFox-in-a-Box is a small, easily-deployed Fox satellite telemetry\nreceiver based on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a FUNcube Dongle Pro+. You\ncan read about it in the AMSAT 2018 Symposium Proceedings (digital\ncopies available on the AMSAT store at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product/2018-amsat-symposium-proceedings-\ndigital-download/),\nor you can find a somewhat less extensive description with parts list\nand instructions at http://burnsfisher.com/AMSAT/FoxInABox\n\nGet started by simply plugging these 8 GB SD Cards with the\nFox-in-a-Box software pre-installed into your Raspberry Pi and booting\nit. Just a bit of configuration (your call and grid) required.\n\nThe website above also has an SD card image, but buying the SD card\nwith the software pre-installed saves a lot of trouble and any\nadditional proceeds go to Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. Order yours\ntoday at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/\n\nRaspberry Pi and FUNcube Dongle Pro+ Not Included\n\n[ANS thanks Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, AMSAT Flight Software, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCan You Capture a Double Hop APRS Packet?\n\nWith both ISS and PSAT now operational, this would be a good time for\nall users to be using the transmit dual hop path of ARISS,ARISS to\nmaximize someone else on some other continent receiving them!\n\nChallenges: Since PSAT has only a 0.2W transmitter, the ISS is simply\nnever going to hear it. But the chance of PSAT hearing the ISS is 20\ntimes better. So the best chance of success is via ISS first then\nPSAT. But if they both hear the uplink packet, then PSAT will be\ntransmitting at the same time ISS is and so a dual hop is blocked.\n\nSo here is the best scenario for dual hop success:\n\n1) Stations transmit via ARISS,ARISS on one continent hitting only ISS\nand NOT hitting PSAT at same time, while\n2) PSAT is in footprint of ISS but also over mostly ocean so it might\nhear ISS without lots of user QRM, and\n3) A receiving station is on a distant continent looking out over\nwater towards PSAT.\n\nThen chances could be good. Notice, the transmitting stations can be\nany users as long as they are using the ARISS,ARISS path. So the only\nperson that has to do any planning is simply coastal receiving\nstations.\n\nAnd remember, no one will find these on the ARISS or PSAT downlink\npages because most likely only the first hop will be captured and the\nsecond hop will be rejected as a dupe. That is why everyone should\nalways watch the downlink live if they want to capture one of those\nrare 2-hop APRS packets.\n\n[ANS thanks the Bob Bob Bruninga WB4APR for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEurope’s third polar-orbiting weather satellite launched\n\nThe third MetOp satellite, MetOp-C, has been launched on a Soyuz\nrocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to continue the\nprovision of data for weather forecasting from polar orbit.\n\nCarrying the 4083 kg MetOp-C satellite, the Soyuz rocket lifted off on\n7 November at 00:47 UTC. Some 60 minutes later Soyuz’s upper stage\ndelivered MetOp-C into orbit and contact was established through the\nYatharagga ground station in Australia.\n\nMetOp-C is the last in the current series of MetOp satellites,\nfollowing on from MetOp-A, which was launched in 2006, and MetOp-B,\nwhich was launched in 2012.\n\nThe MetOp satellites are developed by ESA under a cooperation\nagreement to form the space segment of the Eumetsat Polar System. This\nsystem is Europe’s contribution to a multi-orbit polar system shared\nwith the US NOAA agency.\n\nMore details available at:\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/november/metop-satellite-\nlaunched.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCollision Avoidance and Debris Mitigation for SSO-A Mission\n\nThe upcoming launch of Spaceflight mission SSO-A will involve the\ndeployment of more than 70 objects, one of which will be AMSAT's\nFox-1Cliff cubesat. Spaceflight engineers have had to develop a\nstrategy to keep so many objects in similar orbits from colliding\nwith one another. A brief discussion is available at:\nhttp://spaceflight.com/collision-avoidance-and-debris-mitigation-for-\nspaceflights-sso-a-mission/\n\n[ANS thanks Spaceflight Industries for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nChallenges Identifying Newly Launched Objects\n\nAnother issue associated with the upcoming SSO-A launch, including\nFox-1Cliff, is figuring out which satellite is which. Whenever\nsatellites are launched, one of the first challenges is to find and\ntrack all the objects associated with that launch. This process must\nbe performed as expeditiously as possible, to support early-orbit\noperations and safety of the flight. A paper discussing a simple\ntechnique which quickly assesses all available operator orbital data\nagainst the latest TLE data available from Joint Space Operations\nCenter (JSpOC) may be of interest and is available at:\nhttps://celestrak.com/publications/IAC/2017/\n\n[ANS thanks Celestrak for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nSouth Texas Grid Expedition (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17,\nEL18) – November 11-15, 2018\n\nGlenn, AA5PK, will be travelling through South Texas, November 11th-\n15th. Barring unforeseen circumstances, he will activate EL06, EL07,\nEL08, EL15, EL16, EL17 and EL15. Glenn will be on both FM and linear\nsatellites and will post specific pass announcements on Twitter,\nhttps://twitter.com/AA5PK. He will also be position beaconing on\nAPRS as AA5PK-9.\n\nBermuda (DXCC NA-005) – November 12-14, 2018\n\nTom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005\nvacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few\ntransponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from\nthe beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super\nstation(s). If interested, contact him directly.\n\nKey West, FL (EL94) – November 27 – December 1, 2018\n\nTanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from\nNovember 27th to December 1 , 2018. While there, he will work as many\nFM passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter feed\nfor pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85\n\nRMS Queen Mary (DM03) – December 15, 2018\n\nPatrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from\na deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern\nCalifornia, on Saturday 15 December 2018. Operations will be\nportable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and\npossibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO,\nthe call sign for the wireless room on the\nship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.\nDepending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF\nactivity during the satellite operation.\nQSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the\nprocedure on W6RO’s QRZ page: http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com\nUpdated October 25, 2018\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n******************************************************************\n* AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign *\n* to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades *\n* on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to *\n* continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. *\n* *\n* $14,320 raised so far *\n* *\n* For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit *\n* *\n* https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 *\n******************************************************************\n\nARISS Contact Completed\n\nBishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ\nwas successful. Mentors were Bob N3IYI and Dave W8AAS\nThe ISS callsign was NA1SS\nThe astronaut was Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT\nContact began: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-07\n\nNew English School, Jabriya, Kuwait, telebridge via K6DUE\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT\nContact is a go for: Tue 2018-11-13 10:08:08 UTC 50 deg\n\nARISS-US program’s education proposal window now open until Nov. 30\n\nARISS is seeking proposals beginning October 1, 2018 from US schools,\nmuseums, science centers and community youth organizations (working\nindividually or together) to host amateur radio contacts with an\norbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS)\nbetween July 1 and December 30, 2019. If you are interested in\napplying for an ARISS contact, please go to\nhttp://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCorrection\n\nIn last weeks ANS 308 story, AMSAT Announces Senior Leadership\nPositions for 2018, Joe Spier, K6WAO was accidentally included on the\nlist of Board of Directors. Joe, of course, is the AMSAT President and\nis not on the Board of Directors.\n\nANS regrets this mistake.\n\nThe following people make up AMSAT’s Board of Directors and Alternates.\n\nAMSAT Board of Directors\n------------------------\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nTom Clark, K3IO\nJerry Buxton. N0JY\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nPeter Portanova, W2JV (First Alternate)\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV (Second Alternate)\n\n[ANS thanks the BoD for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Happy 34th Launch Anniversary AO-7\n AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310\n launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.\n\n+ ISS Video available on Facebook\n A short video clip of Serena Aunon-Chancellor, KG5TMT, operating the\n amateur station aboard the ISS for random contacts on Oct. 25 was\n posted to the AMSAT Facebook page by NASA Flight Surgeon, Keith\n Brandt, WD9GET. It is available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/\n 201031309923094/permalink/2806315769394622/\n [ANS thanks KG4AKV for the above information]\n\n+ The FCC is looking for engineers who want to work for the Commission.\n They are currently accepting applications for the Engineering Honors\n Program until 11/30! Apply here:\n https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/513732500\n\n+ Aspiring Scientists to Launch the World’s Lightest Satellites\n A story featuring a program helping high school students in India to\n build and launch the upcoming KalamSat 2 micro-satellite, which will\n include an amateur radio transmitter, may be found at:\n http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/2018/11/young-scientists-worlds-\n lightest-satellite/\n [ANS thanks The Wharton School of Business, University of Penn-\n sylvania, for the above information]\n\n+ How to live stream SpaceX’s remaining launches in 2018\n Get a glimpse of the launch of Fox-1Cliff and other lift-off events\n on SpaceX’s YouTube Channel. The company is yet to confirm that all\n remaining launches will be live streamed, but at this stage, it\n looks likely. For details, see:\n https://www.techly.com.au/2018/11/05/live-stream-spacexs-five-\n remaining-launches-2018/\n [ANS thanks Techly for the above information]\n\n+ EME 2018 conference videos available\n Videos of the talks given at the EME 2018 conference are now\n available to view on YouTube. The conference was held August 16-18\n at Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Watch the videos at:\n https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWIm0ddkVR34SrvhaF7Ntg/videos\n [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ Video of Es'hail-2 geostationary transponder satellite talk\n More videos from the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, part of the RSGB\n Convention, held at Milton Keynes Oct 13-14 are now available on the\n AMSAT-UK YouTube Channel. Among the presentations given was one on\n the amateur radio transponders on the satellite Es'hail-2 that is\n expected to be launched into a geostationary orbit soon. Watch\n Es'hail-2 and it's Amateur Radio payload by Graham Shirville G3VZV\n and Dave Crump G8GKQ at:\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5p8I20bjY&t=44s\n [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ AMSAT Symposium Videos Available Online\n Friday Symposium Talks: https://youtu.be/d4AZmhPu0S0\n Saturday Symposium Talks: https://youtu.be/6TraWCirFUs\n Schedule of Speakers: https://www.amsat.org/call-for-papers/\n [ANS thanks the Symposium Committee for the above information]\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,\nMark D. Johns, K0JM\nK0JM at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }