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    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  FW:   ANS-016  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-01-16T14:50:09Z",
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    "content": " \nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-016\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT \nNorth America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS \nreports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur \nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, \nbuilding, launching and communicating through analog and \ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* Satellite Protocol\n* ARISSat-1 Update\n* SKN Reminder\n* SA Request for Assistance\n* ARISS Report\n* Satellite Shorts\n* AMSAT China Report on HO-68 Health\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.01\nSatellite Protocol\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.01\n\nRecently, there has been comments on activity on the LEO satellites.\nWith newcomers added to the mixture everyday, it is a good idea to re-read a\nGuideline from many years ago.\n\nhttp://www.innismir.net/article/26\n\nEnjoy and use as a reminder of our resposibilities.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.02\nARISSat-1 Update\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.02\n\nARISSat-1 Update\n\nThe ARISSat-1 satellite/amateur radio experiment is in Baikonur. \nRSC Energia has information and photographs about the satellite \non their news site http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2010/news_12-31.html .\n\nThe NASA Phase 3 Safety Review for ARISSat is scheduled for Thursday 20 \nJanuary 2011.  The Progress 41P launch carrying ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V is \nscheduled for late January and the release of the satellite is scheduled \nfor the end of February 2011. Energia is also calling the satellite KEDR, \nafter Yuri Gagarin's callsign in celebration of the 50th anniversary of \nthe first manned space flight 12 April 1961. Sergey Samburov, RV3DR is \nshown in the photos with the satellite on the RSC Energia site.\n\nGould\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM,  for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.03\nSKN reminder\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.03\n\nRay, W2RS thanks all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night \non OSCAR 2011 and reminds us to  please nominate \nsomeone you worked for 'Best Fist.' Your nominee need not have the best \nfist of those you heard, just of those you worked.  \nNominations should be sent to [email protected]. A list of those \nnominated will be published in ANS  in early February, \nand in a forthcoming issue of The AMSAT Journal.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.04\nSA Request for Assistance\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.04\n\nSA AMSAT Cubesat project needs programmers\n\nThe development team for the planned South African CubeSat project \nis taking shape nicely.\n\nRadio amateurs with diverse specialist skills are offering their \nexpertise from all over. \"However, we still need a person with \nexperience in programming PIC or 8051 microprocessors,\" Hannes \nCoetzee, ZS6BZP, told SARL News.\n\n\"This person will be a critical member of the team and will be \nresponsible for the development of the onboard controller soft-\nware. Other amateurs who are interested in the development of \nthe satellite and would like to join the development team are \nstill welcome to send their Amateur Radio CVs to: \[email protected],\" Hannes said.\n\nThe team will meet for its first formal teleconference on Wed-\nnesday evening 26 January 2011 at 20:00. Team members will re-\nceive a formal notification.\n\n[ANS thanks SARL, SA AMSAT, and SouthGateARC site for the\n above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.05\nARISS Report\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.05\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) \nStatus Report January 10, 2011\n\n\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact \nscheduled for Tsutsujigaoka Minami Elementary School in \nAkishima, Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, January 12 was completed.  Students \nparticipating in the contact are learning about space science and the \nglobal cooperation required to operate the ISS.\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has \nscheduled for Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola \nSecondaria 1° Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy on Wednesday, January 12 \nHas been completed.  Through this contact, the school hoped to increase \nstudents' interest in science, technology, space research and other \nspace-related subject matter.\n\nIstituto Comprensivo Via Toscana 2 in Civitavecchia, Italy has \nbeen scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space \nStation (ARISS) contact on Saturday, January 15 has also been successful.\nThe school, with an enrollment of 750 children, ages 3-14, had \nprepared questions about life in space and the research performed \non the ISS. \n\n2. Italian Students Chat with Astronaut through ARISS Contact\n\nOn Saturday, January 8, University of Bari \"Cittadella Mediterranea \ndella Scienza\" in Bari, Italy participated in an Amateur Radio on the \nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact with ESA astronaut Paolo \nNespoli, IZ0JPA.  Prior to the contact, ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis, \nIK0WGF introduced the event via phone line. Nespoli made the radio link \nwith the students, answering 14 of their questions. A second contact was \nestablished on the following ISS pass to finish up the questions and \nexchange greetings. Approximately 100 students, teachers, visitors and \nmedia attended.  Regional television, local media and newspapers \ncovered the event and video was streamed over the internet, receiving \nmore than 100 connections. Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza \npromotes technology and scientific knowledge in schools of all grades \nusing projects that encourage academic research.\n\n3. Astronaut Training Status\n\nAstronaut Chris Cassidy was given an introductory session on ARISS this \npast week. He will train for his amateur radio license and plans to \nparticipate in the ARISS program. He is currently scheduled to fly in \nthe spring of 2013.\n\n4. ARRISat Featured in February QST\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a story in its January \n6 ARRL Letter about the February issue of QST which features \nARISSat-1 on its front cover.  The ARRL monthly journal has a \ncirculation of 156,000. See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-01-06\n\n5. AMSAT Posts ARISSat-1 Update to Web Site\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) posted an update \non its Web page covering the current status of ARISSat-1. \n\"ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Integration and Testing Underway in \nMoscow,\" may be viewed here:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php\n\n6. AMSAT Articles on ARISS News\n\nOn January 9, the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) \nNews Service bulletin (ANS-009) included two ARISS-related news \nitems.  \"ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update\" and \"ARISS School Contacts \nResume for 2011\" may be found at: \nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg83129.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.06\nSatellite Shorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.06\n\nNASA Redoubling Efforts to Contact Spirit Rover on Mars\n\nA news item carried on UniverseToday.com (http://tinyurl.com/2ccsnku)\nreports that NASA is stepping up operational efforts to contact the \nMartian Spirit rover with more communications commands; more listening \ntime; more frequencies. Spirit last communicated with mission control-\nlers back on Earth on March 22, 2010. The rover entered hibernation \nmode, some nine months ago, as the available sunlight to power the \nlife giving solar panels was diminishing. NASA hopes to reawaken Spirit \nfrom a long slumber and reignite her breakthrough campaign of explora-\ntion and discovery from a scientific goldmine on the surface of the red \nplanet.\n\nAt Spirit's location in the southern hemisphere of Mars, Southern \nSummer has not yet arrived. Right now it's mid Southern Spring and \ndaylight hours are increasing. And Summer doesn't even start until \nmid-March 2011. The question is whether Spirit's unheated electronics \ncomponents have endured the extremely harsh and frigidly cold condi-\ntions of her 4th winter on Mars - her coldest ever. At about -100 C. \n\nSpirit entered a low-power fault mode in March 2010 with minimal activ-\nity except charging and heating the batteries and keeping its clock run-\nning. With most heaters shut off, Spirit's internal temperatures dipped \nlower than ever before on Mars. That stress could have caused damage, s\nuch as impaired electrical connections, that would prevent reawakening \nor, even if Spirit returns to operation, would reduce its capabilities.\n\n\"Components within the rover electronic module (REM) inside the rover's \nwarm electronic box (WEB) are experiencing record low temperatures,\" \nsaid Doug McCuistion, the director of Mars Exploration at NASA Head-\nquarters in Washington, DC, in an interview about Spirit's predicament. \n\"The expectation is for the REM hardware to reach -55C at the coldest \npart of the winter. We have tested the REM down to -55C\".\n\nNASA's Deep Space Network of antennas in California, Spain and Australia \nhas been listening for Spirit daily in coordination with the spacecraft \norbiting Mars; Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In X-band, \nthe DSN listens for Spirit during one pass each day. The rover team has \nalso been sending commands to elicit a response from the rover even if\nthe rover has lost track of time.\n\nNow, the monitoring is being increased. Additional listening periods in-\nclude times when Spirit might mistake a signal from NASA's Mars Recon-\nnaissance Orbiter as a signal from Earth and respond to such a signal. \nCommands for a beep from Spirit will be sent at additional times to \ncover a wider range of times-of-day on Mars when Spirit might awaken.\n\n\"DSN does an average of 4 \"sweep & beep\" commands in each day's pass,\" \naccording to JPL spokesman Guy Webster. Also, NASA is listening on a \nwider range of frequencies to cover more possibilities of temperature \neffects on Spirit's radio systems.\n\n[ANS thanks UniverseToday.com for the above information]\n\nHello Everyone,\n\nThis is to let you know that AMSAT has updated the Main/Top \nnews item at http://www.amsat.org to:\n\nARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Integration and Testing Underway in Moscow\n\n\n[ANS thanks Joanne, K9JKM, for the above information]\n\n\nHi all (Happpy 2011!)\nThe next \"HV Satcom\" Net is Thursday January 20 at 8PM (UTC -5);\n(Host) Mt. Beacon ARC) on the 146.970MHz. Repeater (-600;Pl;100)\nwith an Echolink Node of \"N2EYH-L\"\n(\"HV Satcom\"net): www.hvsatcom.org/\nE-Mail: [email protected]  (\"HV Satcom\"Net)\n                                             \n[ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS, For above information.]\n\n\nJanuary SatMagazine Covers CubeSats\n\nAmateur Radio satellites NanoSail-D and O/OREOS get a mention in the \nJanuary edition of SatMagazine, now available for free download.\n\nNanoSail-D and O/OREOS feature on pages 61/62.\n\nPages 14-18 have a article by Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. \n(SSTL) project lead Shaun Kenyon on the recent increase in interest \nin NanoSats and pages 20-22 cover \"The Power Of Picosatellites\".\n\nThe US military are making use of NanoSats and the recently launched \nUS Army satellite SMDC-ONE, a 3U CubeSat, is covered on page 60.\n\nDownload a copy of the January SatMagazine from\nhttp://www.satmagazine.com/2011/SM_January_2011.pdf\n\nFree subscription to SatMagazine and SatNews\nhttp://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/regester.cgi\n\nSatMagazine\nhttp://www.satmagazine.com/\n\n[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC Site for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.07\nAMSAT China Report on HO-68 Health\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 16, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-016.07\n\nAMSAT China Report on HO-68 Health\n\nHO-68 (XW-1) Project Manager, Alan Kung, BA1DU sent an update on the\nsatellite's operational status. Alan wrote, \"This week I received \nmany reports from all over the world about faults of HO-68's tele-\nmetry beacon.\"\n\nAlan continues, \"After we analyzed the situation of the satellite, we \nthink that the software in the payload management MPU was not running \nproperly. Software crashes stopped communication between the payload \nmanagement MPU and the satellite management unit. This caused the prob-\nlem with the beacon and caused an abnormal switch of the transponder \nmode.\" \n\nOn January 14 AMSAT China controllers switched the satellite into safe \nmode at 0300Z. They turned off most of the onboard units, and then at\n0440Z re-powered up. The satellite returned to normal operating mode \nand so far the beacon has continued to operate normally. \n\nAMSAT China said they will not upload commands to the satellite to \nchange the transponder operating schedule for the next week. The com-\nmand team will continually monitor HO-68 operational status this week. \nPlease send Alan a report if you observe any abnormal operation of HO-68. \nAlan can be reached at: [email protected]\n\nAMSAT China web page: http://www.camsat.cn\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in \nthe President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as \nsustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible \nto receive additional benefits. Application forms are available \nfrom the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nNb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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