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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/HL3A5S4WUTLWFQJAIVFXG2G36XRCMURL/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+souDgEjX4LBZxwKMrsF4cHtB9L2eZcV=4zWObyFW7gz5Uw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "HL3A5S4WUTLWFQJAIVFXG2G36XRCMURL", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/HL3A5S4WUTLWFQJAIVFXG2G36XRCMURL/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-365 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2012-12-30T02:51:21Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-365\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* Satellites Removed From Munitions List\n* AMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2013 In Memory of W1BIH/PJ9JT\n* Activation of Mawson in Antarctica\n* Free CubeSat Workshop in Milton Keynes, England\n* SA AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR PAPERS\n* New Satellite Launch Vehicle To Carry CubeSat Swarm in 2013\n* UKube-1 Signs up for Launch and Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing\n* Dooms Day Press Release, N0D – Special Event Station\n* Reminder -- AMSAT Receives $25,000 Matching Funds Challenge\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-365.01\nANS-365 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 365.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 30, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-365.01\n\n\nSatellites Removed From Munitions List\n\nSpace Export Control Reform Passes House and Senate\nby SpaceMart.com Staff Writers\nWashington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2012\n\nLegislation reforming space-related export control has passed the\nHouse and the Senate and is expected to be signed by the President.\nThe legislation is included in the National Defense Authorization\nAct for Fiscal Year 2013, under Sec. 1261, Removal of Satellites\nand Related Items from the United States Munitions List (USML).\n\nThe legislation contains restrictions, including prohibitions spe-\ncific to China, North Korea, and any country that is a state spon-\nsor of terrorism.\n\nThe passage of this legislation is significant and brings with it\nthe promise that U.S. universities will be better supported in their\nmission to prepare the workforce needed to design and deploy the\nspace systems of the future and enable the U.S. to remain a leader\nin space.\n\nCurrent law had resulted in unintended, adverse impact on U.S. uni-\nversities, from classroom teaching to student-built CubeSats. Dr.\nFrederick Tarantino, USRA President, said, \"This new legislation\nstrengthens U.S. national security and helps restore the crucial\nrole of university research and education.\"\n\nThe legislation is consistent with the recommendation by the Depart-\nments of Defense and State, which, in consultation with the Depart-\nment of Commerce and intelligence community, concluded in the Sec-\ntion 1248 Report that \"Current law forces the U.S. government to\ncontinue to protect commonly available satellites and related items\non the USML, thus impeding the U.S. ability to work with partners\nand putting U.S. manufacturers at a disadvantage, but providing no\nnoticeable benefit to national security.\"\n\nThis action by the Congress follows years of effort by USRA's 105-\nmember-university Council of Institutions to inform members of Con-\ngress and Administration officials on how appropriate reform will\nstrengthen our national security, better enable U.S. research inno-\nvation, and support U.S. workforce development.\n\nUSRA joined with industry, including the Satellite Industry Associa-\ntion and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, in strongly endorsing\nthe Safeguarding United States Satellite Leadership and Security Act\nof 2012, sponsored by Sen. Michael Bennet (CO).\n\nUSRA also worked with the American Association of Universities (AAU)\nin bringing to the attention of the Congress and the Administration\nthe chilling effect of current space export control on U.S. univers-\nities and U.S. students and the critical need for reform.\n\nProfessor Scott Pace, a USRA Trustee and Director of the Space Policy\nInstitute of The George Washington University, said, \"This is a long\noverdue change that restores accountability to the Executive Branch\nwhile maintaining Congressional oversight. Both sides of the aisle\nare to be congratulated for this successful outcome.\"\n\nThis report was orginally posted at SpaceMart.com:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/Space-Export-Reform\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceMart.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2013 In Memory of W1BIH/PJ9JT\n\nYou are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on\nOSCAR 2013, conducted by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the\nworld. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of John Thompson,\nW1BIH/PJ9JT, who passed away in 2012, aged 96. Although known\nprimarily as an HF DXer and contester, John was also active on OSCAR,\nmostly on CW.\n\nAs always, SKN on OSCAR is simple and informal. Just operate CW\nthrough one or more satellites on 1 January 2013 (0000 to 2400 UTC),\nusing a straight hand key. There is no need to send in a log, but all\nparticipants are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for Best\nFist. Your nominee need not have the best fist of anyone you heard,\nonly of those you worked. Send your nomination to w2rs at amsat.org.\nA list of those nominated will appear in ANS and the AMSAT Journal.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nActivation of Mawson in Antarctica\n\nLeaving soon on board the ice breaker Aurora Australis for the\nAustralian Antarctic Territory station at Mawson is Craig Hayhow\nVK6JJJ, who will become VK0JJJ.\n\nHe lands on February the 10th, planning to soon after install the 6m\nbeacon VK0RTM and test the propagation on that band.\n\nThe main HF rig is a FlexRadio Flex-5000A coupled to an amplifier\nand feeding a terminated sloping triangle antenna.\n\nOn 6m it will be at 400 watts from Mawson thanks to a power\namplifier from Steve Gregory VK3ZAZ, who is also the QSL manager, and\nradiated by a 5-element yagi.\n\nThe amateur satellites on 2m and 70cm are to be accessed using a\ncrossed duo-bander.\n\nDuring the next 12 months Craig VK0JJJ is in Antarctica to work and\namateur radio is his leisure time activity.\n\n[ANS thanks Jim Linton VK3PC and the Southgate ARC for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFree CubeSat Workshop in Milton Keynes, England\n\nThe UK Space Agency will be running a free CubeSat Community Work-\nshop at Milton Keynes on January 22 that will include discussion\non plans for UKube-2.\n\nRegistration for the workshop is now open. This is a free event\nand is open to all, hosted by the Open University, Milton Keynes,\non 22 January 2013. Please note that space is limited and places\nwill be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.\n\nThe event will be an opportunity for the UK Space Agency to pro-\nvide the cubesat community with an update on its pilot cubesat\nmission UKube-1, due for launch in early 2013, and to discuss the\noverall philosophy and timing for the proposed UKube-2 programme.\nAttendees will have the opportunity to provide input on the future\ndirection of a proposed rolling national programme of cubesat mis-\nsions.\n\nParallel breakout sessions will be held as detailed in the download-\nable programme. These themes have been selected in response to the\ncommon issues raised by members of the community. The findings from\neach session will feed into a concluding discussion in which follow\nup actions will be identified.\n\nA copy of the workshop program can be found on-line at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/UK-Cubesat-Workshop (bis.gov.uk)\n\nUK Space Agency\nhttp://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSA AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR PAPERS\n\nThe 2013 SA AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Saturday,\n18 May 2013 at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria. This is the\nfirst call for papers. The theme of the symposium is \"Satel-\nlites - the new Amateur Radio Frontier\". If you are planning\nto present a paper, send a brief outline to [email protected]\nby 31 January 2013. For full details and the various deadline\ndates visit http://www.amsatsa.org.za.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-SA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Satellite Launch Vehicle To Carry CubeSat Swarm in 2013\n\nA report on the AMSAT-UK web says 2013 should see the first flight\nof a new satellite launch vehicle.\n(See: http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12014)\n\nSuper Strypi, also known as SPARK (Space-borne Payload Assist Rocket\n - Kauai), has been developed by Sandia National Laboratories, the\nUniversity of Hawaii and Aerojet. The rocket is based on an enlarged\nversion of Sandia's Strypi sounding rocket.\n\nThe all solid fueled vehicle uses a GEM-46 (LEO-46) motor of Delta-2H\nheritage as first stage. A Orbus-7S (LEO-7) motor acts as second stage\n\nand a Star-30BP (Spark-30) or an Orbus-1 (LEO-1) as third stage. It\nis spin and fin stabilized during fist stage burn and has attitude\ncontrol for the two upper stages. The low cost rocket will be launch-\ned from a rail launcher and can put a payload of 250 kg into a 400 km\nsun-synchronous orbit.\n\nThe Super Strypi vehicle will be launched from a rail-launcher at\nBarking Sands, Kauai (Pacific Missile Range Facility) towards the\nend of 2013.\n\nSuper Strypi will be carrying a swarm of CubeSats, the Edison Demon-\nstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN). The CubeSats are an unusual\nsize of 10 by 10 by 15 cm (1.5U) and weigh 2 kg. The EDSN swarm will\ndemonstrate distributed, multipoint space weather measurement and are\nexpected to operate for at least 60 days and have an orbit life-time\nof up to 4 years.\n\nORS Project - Super Strypi\nhttp://www.govsupport.us/ORSSSEA/Documents/DEA.pdf\n\nOperationally Responsive Space (ORS) Project - Super Strypi\nhttp://www.govsupport.us/orsssea/\n\nGunter's Space Page 2013 http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2013.htm\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKube-1 Signs up for Launch and Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing\n\nAMSAT-UK published a report that UKube-1, the UK Space Agency's\n(UKSA) first satellite, has 'booked' its journey into space on a\nRussian Soyuz-2 rocket. The launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan is\nexpected to take place in March 2013. UKube-1 has also completed\nThermal Vacuum Testing to verify the spacecraft operation in a\nsimulated space environment.\n\nUKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards to provide a\n435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 145.915 MHz BPSK telemetry\nbeacon for educational outreach.\n\nPayloads in UKube-1 include: the first GPS device aimed at measur-\ning plasmaspheric space weather; a camera that will take images of\nthe Earth, and test the effect of radiation on space hardware, us-\ning a new generation of imaging sensor; an experiment to demonstrate\nthe feasibility of using cosmic radiation to improve the security\nof communications satellites and to flight test lower cost electron-\nic systems; an advanced mission interface computer to enable serious\nnumber crunching on tiny spacecraft; a high rate S-Band transmitter\nand patch antenna; a payload made up of 5 experiments that UK stu-\ndents and the public can interact with. There is also an outreach\npayload that allows school children to interact with the spacecraft.\n\nRead the full story, including photos on the AMSAT-UK web:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11977\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDooms Day Press Release\n\nN0D – Special Event Station for the End of the World\nSuccessful OSCAR Satellite Operation!\n\nHouston, Texas December 27, 2012: The N0D team had a very successful\noperation celebrating the Mayan Calendar End of the World which some\nexpected would occur on Dec 21, 2012. In celebration, experienced\nsatellite operators Allen Mattis, N5AFV, and Andy MacAllister, W5ACM,\noperated special event station N0D on the available satellite passes\nfrom December 15th, 2012, through December 22nd, 2012.\n\nA total of 142 satellite contacts were made, and 29 US states,\nCanada, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Brazil were worked. A total of\n53 contacts were made on FM satellite SO-50. On the linear satellites\nAO-07, FO-29 and VO-52 a total of 89 contacts were made using both\nSSB and CW. It was especially nice to work Paulo, PV8DX, and Hector,\nCO6CBF, with CW. A contact was also made with Mexican special event\nstation 4A0MAYA also celebrating the Mayan Calendar event. The N0D\nteam thanks the OSCAR satellite community for their patience and\nunderstanding during occasional periods of congestion on the\nsatellites related to the N0D operation.\n\nAs part of the special event, the South Texas Balloon Launch Team\nlaunched the Doomsday Balloon, BLT-32 “To the End of the World and\nFloat”, to prepare the world for its demise! The launch occurred at\n2310 UTC on Saturday Dec 15th from Covey Trails Airport in Fulshear,\nTexas. BLT-32 was designed as a “floater” with hopes that it would\nreach Europe. The balloon floated eastward for 450 miles and burst at\nan elevation of approximately 106,000 feet when the rising sun on the\nmorning of Dec 16 th warmed the balloon causing the helium to expand.\nThe balloon came down approximately 15 miles NNW of Pascagoula, MS\nand efforts have been successful to recover the instrument package.\n\nN0D was also very active on the HF bands throughout the event and\nover 2,500 amateur radio contacts were made. All 50 US States and 54\nDXCC countries were worked on the HF bands. N0D QSLs are available\nvia KK5W (SASE required).\n\n\n[ANS thanks Allen Mattis, N5AFV, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nReminder -- AMSAT Receives $25,000 Matching Funds Challenge\nThis was announced in last week's ANS-258.\n\nNow is the time to take advantage of this opportunity to double your\ndonation.\n\nThere are several ways you can double your donation to keep Amateur\nRadio in Space:\n\n- Members have received a form in the mail to fill out and return.\n Please do so today!\n\n- Go the AMSAT Store and make a donation\n\n- Donate via a PayPal donation sent to [email protected] or click on\n our PayPal widget at http://www.amsat.org.\n\nYour generous contribution to AMSAT to support AMSAT and Project Fox\nnow will help ensure that our common dream of keeping amateur radio\nin space will, indeed, become a reality.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Listen for Wyatt, AC0RA operating mobile via satellites as he is\n on the road between Texas and Iowa this coming week.\n\n+ Hudson Valley Satellite Nets\n The next Hudson Valley Satellite Net, #156, will be Thursday January\n 3rd 2013 at 8PM EST On the KC2DAA Repeater 146.970 -600KHz 100 Hz\n PL Echolink: N2EYH-L Node Number 429079 (Echolink is only active for\n the duration of the net)\n Subsequent nets for January will be held January 17th and 31st.\n More information at: http://www.hvsatcom.org\n (Stu, WA2BSS)\n\n+ The SDR-Radio V2 software preview has been released. It includes\n support for FCD and FCR Pro+.\n See: http://v2.sdr-radio.com/Previews.aspx\n\n+ In Series Five Episode Twenty-Six of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio\n Podcasts Martin M1MRB reviews the Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio.\n http://tinyurl.com/ICQ-Podcasts-Pi\n\n+ NASA has just released two free beautiful interactive ebooks, one\n about the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, and another\n about the upcoming replacement for the Hubble, the James Webb Space\n Telescope. Each book features not just text, but galleries of\n images, videos, and interactive features that help explain the sci-\n ence and technology of each telescope. More details are at:\n http://www.oneminuteastronomer.com/7184/free-nasa-ebook/\n\n+ Lectures on CubeSat Technology and Applications that will be held\n at von Karman Institute (Brussels, Belgium) on 29 Jan - 1 Feb 2013.\n There will be close to 20 lectures given by the worldwide experts\n of the field.Participation is limited to 100 persons. Please reg-\n ister at:\nhttps://www.vki.ac.be/index.php?option=com_mad4joomla&jid=1&Itemid=356\n\n+ Photos showing the arrival of NASA'S TDRS-K Satellite the Kennedy\n Space Center have been posted at:\n http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28778 TDRS-K is being prepared for\n a January launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.\n\n+ Photos of the Orion spacecraft crew cabin under construction at\n the Operations and Checkout Building (O & C) at the Kennedy Space\n Center are posted at: http://tinyurl.com/Orion-at-KSC\n (UniverseToday.com)\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ A multi-purpose portable satellite station\n Ivo Klinkert PA1IVO describes his relatively simple setup to work\n amateur radio low-earth orbit satellites.\n This is an expansion of his talk at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium that\n he re-wrote and had translated for the March 2012 AMSAT-DL Journal\n Read Ivo's article at\n http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/portable_satellite_setup.html\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information]\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,\nE.Mike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }