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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-249 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2015-09-06T12:53:50Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-249\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\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT Symposium Banquet Speaker Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n* ARISS Issues Invitation to US Schools, Educational Organizations,\n  Groups\n* Proposals For Symposium Papers Are Still Being Accepted\n* Undergraduate Student Instrument Project -- 2015 Flight Research\n  Opportunity\n* 2016 CubeSat Launch Initiative Opportunity\n* 2015 AMSAT Symposium Dayton Hotel Reservation Correction\n* ARISS News\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.01\nANS-249 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nSeptember 6, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-249.01\n\n\n\nThe Annunal Symposium Banquet on October 17 will feature AMSAT Vice-\nPresident Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. Tickets for the\nBanquet can be purchased in the AMSAT Store.\n\nFranks will talk about, “Making a Difference:  AMSAT’s Contribution\nto Navigation and Timing in HEO/GEO Space and Its Profound Impact on\nEarth and Space Science”\n\nIn the mid-1990s, as an engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight\nCenter, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO garnered funding and proposed a GPS\nreception experiment on the AMSAT Phase 3D satellite.  The experiment\nwas to measure the signal strength of the GPS satellite constellation\nwhile Phase 3D traversed in its High Earth Orbit. This information\nwas critical to understand whether GPS could be practically used for\nPositioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at altitudes above the\nconstellation as well as to map out the GPS satellite antenna\npatterns, including the side-lobe signals.\n\nAt the time, the GPS flight experiment flown on AO-40 was the most\ncomprehensive data reception of GPS signals above the constellation.\nThe AO-40 experiment was cited many times in aerospace literature as\nit remained the most comprehensive above the constellation data\nsource for nearly a decade.  AO-40 mapped the GPS vehicles main and\nside lobe signals.  These results have led many, internationally, to\ndevelop weak signal GPS receivers to fly in HEO/GEO in an effort to\nextract as much navigation and timing data from GPS as possible.\n\nAs a result of the AO-40 experiment, the following has occurred:\n• In 2006, GPS modified its specifications to protect the main\n  lobe signal for above the constellation space users\n• Global space agencies, including NASA, and commercial\n  manufacturers have invested millions of dollars into weak signal\n  tracking GPS receivers that can exploit GPS in HEO/GEO orbits\n• Missions flown in the past 12 months have demonstrated game-\n  changing PNT performance improvements through the use of GPS in\n  HEO/GEO\n• GPS main and side lobe signals are now routinely being used\n  on many HEO/GEO space vehicles to improve their PNT performance\n• Earth weather satellites at GEO will soon use GPS to predict\n  hurricanes and observe severe storms, saving lives\n• Space weather satellites are measuring the dynamics of the\n  ionosphere, potentially protecting astronauts in space and enabling\n  better prediction of ionospheric effects\n• NASA is working with the GPS directorate on potentially\n  modifying the GPS specification again, this time to protect the GPS\n  sidelobe signals for users in HEO/GEO orbits.\n\nThe results from AO-40 have jump-started a profound and game-\nchanging transformation in navigation at HEO/GEO altitudes.  It is\nenabling new and exciting missions in these orbits.  This represents\na tremendous accomplishment for humanity and will result in saving\ncountless lives.  And AMSAT played a key role in making this happen.\n\nCome to the AMSAT Symposium and hear about how AMSAT played a key\nrole in this HEO/GEO transformation!\n\n---\n\nFrank H. Bauer received his Engineering Bachelor's and Master's\ndegree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University.  His\naerospace career spans over 40 years within NASA and private\nindustry.  In his current position he serves as President/Sole\nProprietor of FBauer Aerospace Consulting Services, providing systems\nengineering, GN&C, spaceborne GPS/GNSS, formation flying and small\nspacecraft development expertise and consultation services.\nCurrently, he supports NASA as a Standing Review Board member of the\nCommercial Crew program and as a discipline expert as part of the\nNASA Engineering and Safety Center GN&C Technical Discipline team.\nHe also represents the U.S. government on GPS/GNSS Strategy and\nPolicy, including representing the U.S. on international delegations\nnegotiating joint GNSS interoperability strategies.\n\nMr. Bauer's primary research interests include spaceborne\napplications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and space vehicle\nformation flying.   He was the principal investigator of 4\nspaceflight GPS and formation flying experiments including the AMSAT-\nOSCAR-40 GPS experiment, investigating the use of GPS above the\nconstellation.\n\nHis hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, and flying.\n\nFrank obtained his amateur radio license in 1974 while he was a high\nschool student.  Using the callsign KA3HDO, Frank has dedicated his\namateur radio activities to several space-related amateur radio\ninitiatives.  He is the Vice President of Human Spaceflight Programs\nfor the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA), the Chairman\nof the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ninternational team and the ARISS-US team program manager.  As such,\nhe has led the ARISS international team in the development,\nqualification, testing, and operation of the ham radio systems on-\nboard ISS.  This team has pioneered a ham radio system on ISS that\nserves the amateur radio community through educational outreach,\npublic outreach, and amateur radio experimentation.\n\nFrank was also responsible for setting up and operating the world-\nwide retransmission of Space Shuttle Air-to-Ground Communications\nfrom the Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN.  This effort, started in\n1983 for Owen Garriott’s ham-in-space mission, provided a critical\nconduit of information to hams attemting to contact astronaut hams\nprior to the time when internet connectivity became ubiquitous.\n\n[ANS thanks the 2015 AMSAT Symposium Posse for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Issues Invitation to US Schools, Educational Organizations,\nGroups\n\nMessage to US Educators\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\nContact Opportunity\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window September 1 – November 1, 2015\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact would be held between July 1 and December 31, 2016.\nCrew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact\ndates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is\nlooking for organizations that will draw large numbers of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2015. Proposal\ninformation and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-\nariss-contact.\n\nInformational Sessions\nTo help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS\nProgram Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions.\nThese are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS\ncontacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask\nquestions. While attending an online information session is not\nrequired, it is strongly encouraged.\n\nThese will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday,\nSeptember 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC.\nAdvance registration is necessary. E-mail ARISS ([email protected]) to\nsign up for an information session.\n\nThe Opportunity\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate\nin scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are\napproximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators\nto interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via\nAmateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space\nstation and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford\neducation audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from\nastronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless\ntechnology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human\nspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the\nISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate\nchanges in contact dates and times.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational\nopportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to\nenable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students\naround the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed\nby AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American\nRadio Relay League) in partnership with NASA.\n\nMore Information\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of\nInformation Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-\ncontact. Please direct any questions to [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nProposals For Symposium Papers Are Still Being Accepted\n\nAMSAT Space Symposium Proceedings Chairman, Dan Shultz, N8FGV,\nreports, that to date, he has received eight proposal for\npresentations at the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium. He is extending the\ndeadline for final versions of the papers to September 28. Anyone\nwishing to present a topic at Symposium or wishes to have paper\npublished in the proceedings should contact Dan A.S.A.P. with\ninformation about your proposed paper, n8fgv (at) usa (dot) net .\nPapers will be presented  at the Symposium to be held on the weekend\nof October 16-18, 2015, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Dayton, Ohio.\n\n[ANS thanks Dan n8fgv for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUndergraduate Student Instrument Project -- 2015 Flight Research\nOpportunity\n\nNASA's Science Mission Directorate, in collaboration with the\nNational Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, is seeking\nproposals from U.S. institutions of higher education for the\nUndergraduate Student Instrument Project's Student Flight Research\nOpportunity. Proposals should outline plans to develop an\nundergraduate-led project team that will fly a science and/or\ntechnology payload relevant to NASA's strategic goals and objectives\non a sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, suborbital reusable launch\nvehicle or CubeSat launched on an orbital launch vehicle.\n\nFunding is available to all U.S. institutions of higher education\n(e.g., universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, or two-\nyear institutions) and to institutions involved in the Space Grant\nprogram. Prospective project teams can be composed only of\nundergraduate students from U.S. institutions of higher education.\nGraduate students are not eligible to be project team members;\nhowever, they are encouraged to serve as mentors to the undergraduate\nstudent team and are permitted to request a mentoring stipend.\n\nInterested institutions must submit a Notice of Intent by email by\n11:59 p.m. EDT, Oct. 1, 2015. Proposals are due on Nov. 20, 2015.\n\nFor more information and instructions for submitting a proposal, visit\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/1WR586S .\n\nAn optional teleconference for those interested in submitting\nproposals will take place on Sept. 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. EDT. Visit the\nlink above for details.\n\nPlease direct questions about this request to David Pierce at\ndavid.l.pierce (at) nasa (dot) gov.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Sept. 3, 2015 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 CubeSat Launch Initiative Opportunity\n\nNASA has opened the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative to\nengage the growing community of space enthusiasts that can contribute\nto NASA's space exploration goals.\n\nThe CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers and faculty a\nchance to get hands-on flight hardware development experience in the\nprocess of designing, building and operating small research\nsatellites. The initiative also provides a low-cost pathway to space\nfor research in the areas of science, exploration, technology\ndevelopment, education or operations consistent with NASA's Strategic\nPlan.\n\nApplicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m.\nEST, Nov. 24, 2015. NASA plans to select the payloads by Feb. 19,\n2016, but selection does not guarantee a launch opportunity. Selected\nexperiments will fly as auxiliary payloads on agency rocket launches\nor be deployed from the International Space Station beginning in 2016\nand running through 2019. NASA does not provide funding for the\ndevelopment of the small satellites, and this opportunity is open\nonly to U.S. nonpro?t organizations and accredited educational\norganizations.\n\nFor additional information about this opportunity and NASA's CubeSat\nLaunch Initiative, visit http://tinyurl.com/ANS289-NASA-Cubesat\nand\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be directed to Jason Crusan\nat [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Sept. 3, 2015 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2015 AMSAT Symposium Dayton Hotel Reservation Correction\n\nThe 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held Friday through Sunday,\nOct. 16, 17, 18, 2015 in Dayton, Ohio.\n\nThis year we will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 33 East 5th Street, in\ndowntown Dayton, a 3.5 star Hotel which has been recently renovated.\n\nHere is the corrected and latest hotel reservation information\nprovided by Crowne Plaza:\n\n+ Reservations toll-free phone number:  1-800-689-5586\n+ Group rate reservation code:          \"AMSAT\"\n+ Deadline for discounted reservations: September 17, 2015\n                                        by 3:00 PM US eastern time\n\nThe Symposium Committee announced that arrangements are made for a\ntour of the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in\nDayton for Monday, October 19. You may wish to extend your hotel\nreservation until Monday if you would like to participate on this\ntour.\n\nYou must call the 800 number for Crowne Plaza to make your hotel\nreservations. Registration for the Space Symposium and events can be\ndone on-line via the AMSAT Store:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/\n\nThe latest 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium information is posted on the\nweb at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667\n-or- click on the \"Events\" tab at the top of the page at\nhttp://www.amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks the 2015 AMSAT Symposium Posse for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Tomsk State Polytechnical\nUniversity, Tomsk, Russia and Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF using\nCallsign RSØISS.\nThe contact began 2015-09-01 08:30 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact was direct via RV3DR.\nARISS Mentor was RV3DR.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Ulvila Upper Secondary\nSchool, Ulvila, Finland and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS using\nCallsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2015-09-01 11:44 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via OH1F.\nARISS Mentor was IN3GHZ.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and  events:\n\nKazakhstan,  direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe  scheduled astronaut is Aidyn Aimbetov\nContact is a go for 2015-09-08 07:10  UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\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,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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