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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-094 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-04-03T03:30:02Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-094\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* Replay Available Ham Talk Live! ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO\n* AMSAT Dayton Booth Volunteers Needed\n* AMSAT SA SPACE SYMPOSIUM 2016\n* The 13th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop\n* 2016 VHF SUPER CONFERENCE\n* STMSat-1 and MinXSS CubeSats Featured on Public Radio\n* Irvine Students Are On a Mission to Launch a Satellite\n* Free Tours of Facilities at NASA's Glenn Research Center\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094.01\nANS-094 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 094.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nApril 3, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-094.01\n\n\nReplay Available Ham Talk Live! ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO\n\nIf you missed this past Thursday evening's Ham Talk Live! show\nfeaturing, Rosalie White, K1STO talking about the Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS) program sponsored by ARRL,\nAMSAT, and NASA, a replay of the recorded show is available on\nhttp://www.hamtalklive.com.\n\nThe discussion took a look back at the start of the ARISS program,\nthe 1000th QSO that was just completed, and the future of the\nprogram. Also featured were some messages from the ISS. Rosalie also\ntold of a way you can help.\n\nHam Talk Live! airs on the web on Thursday nights at 9PM eastern\ntime. In addition to their hamtalklive.com web site the show can be\nfound on-line via Spreaker, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, YouTube,\nSoundCloud, or TuneIn.\n\n[ANS thanks Ham Talk Live! For the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Dayton Booth Volunteers Needed\n\nCall for Volunteers for the AMSAT Booth at Dayton 2016\n\nThe 2016 Dayton Hamvention®, sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio\nAssociation will be held this year on May 20-22.  “Dayton” is the\nlargest hamfest in the United States, and AMSAT will be there again\nthis year.\n\nYou can assist AMSAT by volunteering to help staff the booth.  While\nthere, you will meet other AMSAT members, interact with the satellite\ndesigners, builders, and operators, and enjoy all that Dayton has to\noffer.\n\nPeople are needed to assist with the setup of the booth on Thursday,\nMay 19 (A few people to move the equipment from the storage area\nleaving the hotel at 9 am, most at the Arena from 11am to 4 pm), to\nstaff the booth Friday (9 am  to 6 pm), Saturday (9 am  to 5 pm), and\nSunday (9 am to 1 pm), and pack up on Sunday (1 pm to 3 pm).  If you\nare leaving late Sunday, or Monday morning, please consider helping\ntransport the display to the storage area on the south side of\nDayton.  This is normally completed by 5 pm.   Most people volunteer\nfor one or more 2 hour shifts in the booth.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Steve Belter, N9IP, n9ip (at) amsat.org, if\nyou are willing to help AMSAT at the Hamvention. Please let Steve\nknow as soon as possible if you're available to assist.\n\nIf you missed the Hamvention the last few years, there were some\nchanges in the Ball Arena, and the AMSAT exhibit was part of that\nchange.  We now have  a 3 X 3 booth arrangement, with the\nengineering,education, ARISS, and software display on one side of the\naisle, and the membership and Beginner¹s Corner on the opposite side.\nThe booth numbers are now 444-446 and 433-435.  We will be very near\nthe old exhibit area, within sight of the ARRL exhibit.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT.org for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT SA SPACE SYMPOSIUM 2016\n\nThe annual AMSAT SA Space Symposium will be held at the Innovation\nHub in Pretoria on 28 May 2016.\n\nThe theme is  “Make Space Sciences part of your development and free\ntime activity”\n\nThe conference programme will include a real time review on the SA\nAMSAT Kletskous CubeSat and papers on other projects, technology and\nspace science subjects.\n\nThis is a call for papers to be included in the proceedings  and for\npresentation at the conference. The closing date for synopsis has\nbeen extended to  6 April. The final paper will be required in word\nformat by 30  April 2016. Synopsis  must be in word format  and\nshould be sent to [email protected] .\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nThe 13th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop\n\nThe 13th Annual CubeSat Developers’ Workshop (April 20-22, 2016) at\nCalifornia Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA is\njust three short weeks away !!\n\nDon’t delay: register now before our Early Bird prices expire! You\ncan register by following the link, here, or following the link on\nour website, cubesat.org. Please note: The prices for professional\nattendees will INCREASE in just 6 days, on April 5, 2016!!\n\n[ANS thanks The CubeSat Workshop Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 VHF SUPER CONFERENCE\n\nThe upcoming Amateur Radio Technical Conference sponsored by the\nSoutheastern VHF Society, Northeast Weak Signal Group, and  Mt. Airy\nRadio Club will be held at the Holiday Inn Washington Dulles Airport\non April 15 to 17. - This year, one large conference is being held in\nLieu of three Eastern conferences.\n\nThe aim of the educational conference is to share with our fellow\nVHF, UHF, and Microwave enthusiasts, technical achievements and\ndevelopments.  The technical conference is followed by a dinner,\nrecognition of door prize contributors, and a drawing for door prizes.\n\nConference Web-site: http://vhfsuperconference.com\n\nThe Conference is affiliated with the ARRL.\n\nContacts\nMickie Clement, W1MKY\nTelephone: 603-428-3840 Email: dpclement at tds.net\nGary Hitchner, WA2OMY Email: gary.hitchner at momentumdynamics.com\n\n[ANS thanks Gary WA2OMY and Mickie W1MKY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSTMSat-1 and MinXSS CubeSats Featured on Public Radio\n\nElementary school, St. Thomas More's, satellite STMSat-1 and\nUniversity of Colorado's Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer\n(MinXSS)CubeSat were featured in an interview on Colorado Public\nRadio.\n\nThe interview of Doug Duncan, director of the Fiske Planetarium in\nBoulder by Colorado Matters' host Ryan Warner.\n\nThe interview can be heard at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS094-CPR\n\nThe interview is a good overview of cubsats and their capability.\n\nBoth satellites are expected to be launched from the ISS in early\nApril\n\n[ANS thanks Colorado Public Radio for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIrvine Students Are On a Mission to Launch a Satellite\n\nThe los Angeles Times reports that over a hundred students from five\nIrvine high schools and another dozen from a local middle school have\nbegun a year long collaboration to engineer, launch and place an\noperational nanosatellite in orbit.\n\nTeachers from Beckman, Irvine, Northwood and Woodbridge high schools\ndeveloped curriculum for teams of 20 to 25 students from each school\nto handle the CubeSat mission.\n\nStudents from Irvine's new Portola High School will be brought into\nthe program when the campus opens in the fall. Students from Rancho\nSan Joaquin Middle School are involved in the project as a STEM\nfeeder program. Organizers of the Irving project are in discussions\nwith a Russian company and have targeted a March 2017 launch date.\nIrving Public Schools Foundation have granted $150,000 in seed money\nto launch the project.\n\nThe schools are planning for three years of missions with a goal of\nrolling over in perpetuity depending on funding and future support.\n\nThe project is the brain child of Brent Freeze and Kain Sosa,\nneighbors in Irvine's Quail Hill subdivision, who have children in\nthe school district. Their goal is to support education that requires\nspecialized science backgrounds and recognize that developing talent\ncould start with STEM programs in local high schools.\n\nRead the full article at\nhttp://preview.tinyurl.com/ANS094-Irvine\n\n[ANS thanks the LA Times for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFree Tours of Facilities at NASA's Glenn Research Center\n\nNASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is offering tours\nthat take visitors behind the scenes and inside certain research\nfacilities. Glenn scientists and engineers serve as guides. Tours and\nopen house events will be held each month through October 2016. Tours\nare free for groups and individuals, but to guarantee admission,\nreservations are required. Visitor parking is also free.\n\nOn the days of the tours, a bus departs from Glenn's main gate every\nhour, beginning at 10 a.m. The last tour departs at 1 p.m. Each tour\nlasts about 45 minutes and is followed by a stop at Glenn's Gift Shop.\n\nGlenn's 2016 Tour Schedule\n\nApril 2, 2016 -- Piloted Control Evaluation Facility and Distributed\nEngine Control Laboratory: Visit two laboratories that showcase how\nresearchers evaluate propulsion control and aircraft engine control.\nTour the Piloted Control Evaluation (Flight Simulator) Facility to\nsee where researchers evaluate the effect of propulsion control on\naircraft performance. Visit the Distributed Engine Control Laboratory\nto learn how NASA evaluates new hardware architectures for aircraft\nengine control.\n\nMay 21-22, 2016 -- Open House at NASA's Glenn Research Center: NASA\nGlenn is opening its doors to the public for a weekend open house.\nVisitors will be able to tour many of the center's world-class\nfacilities and see how the center improves aviation and fosters\nexploration to benefit everyone on Earth. Visitors also will be able\nto meet an astronaut and talk with engineers, scientists and\ntechnicians who work on space programs. Registration for this event\nis not required.\n\nJune 11-12, 2016 -- Open House at NASA's Plum Brook Station: NASA\nGlenn is opening the doors of Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio,\nto the public for a weekend open house. Visitors will be able to tour\nthe station's world-class facilities and step inside the world's\nlargest vacuum chamber, which has tested parts of rockets, Mars\nlanders and Orion hardware. Visitors also will be able to meet an\nastronaut and talk with engineers, scientists and technicians.\nRegistration for this event is not required.\n\nJuly 9, 2016: Radioisotope Power System, Systems Integration\nLaboratory: See how NASA emulates the electrical characteristics of a\nspacecraft system in the Radioisotope Power System, Systems\nIntegration Laboratory. RPS is a source of electricity for NASA space\nmissions from the surface of Mars to the realm of the outer planets.\n\nAug. 6, 2016 -- See Things a Different Way: Check out Glenn's\nGraphics and Visualization, or GVIS, and the Reconfigurable User-\ninterface and Virtual Reality Exploration, or GRUVE, Laboratories.\nThe GVIS lab uses advanced computer input and output devices paired\nwith a variety of natural user interface devices and 3-D displays.\nThe GRUVE lab is used to analyze data obtained either by computer\nsimulation or from research test facilities.\n\nSept. 10, 2016 -- Vibration Testing: Join us on a tour of Glenn's\nStructural Dynamics Laboratory, where things get shaken to verify\ntheir survivability. Several experiments that currently are operating\non the International Space Station were tested in this lab.\n\nOct. 1, 2016 -- Prepare for Impact: Come explore Glenn's Ballistic\nImpact Facility. See the laboratory that helped to identify the cause\nof the space shuttle Columbia accident and return NASA's shuttle\nfleet to flight.\n\nTours are open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. To\nguarantee admission, reservations are required. For more information\non tours and how to make reservations, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/events/tours.html.\n\nPlease direct questions about the tours to\nSheila Reese at [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- March 31, 2016 for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Hirano Junior High School,\nKobe, Japan and Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN using Callsign NA1SS. The\ncontact began 2016-03-28 11:07 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was direct via 8N370H.\nARISS Mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between National Soaring Museum,\nElmira, New York, USA and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using\nCallsign OR4ISS. The contact began Fri 2016-04-01 18:34:03 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via\nIK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nKiilinik High School, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada, telebridge via\nVK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is  presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is go for: Wed 2016-04-06 18:02:20 UTC\n\nH.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via W6SRJ\nThe ISS  callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Tim  Kopra KE5UDN\nContact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-08 08:17:46 UTC\n\nThe  next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact in the\nUnited States is now open. The  window is open from 2016-02-15 to\n2016-04-15 and would be for contacts\nbetween  2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.\n\nCheck out the ARISS website  http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details.\n\nARISS  is always glad to receive listener reports for the above\ncontacts. ARISS  thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.\nFeel free to send your  reports to [email protected] or  [email protected].\n\nHere you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and\nquestions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and\ninstructions for any contact that may be streamed live.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\nTotal number of  ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1038.\nEach school counts as 1  event.\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1003.\nEach contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.\nTotal number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.\n\nA  complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in\nthe file.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\nThe  following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:\nArkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, American\nSamoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.\nSchools in these entities are encouraged to apply for a contact.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ JSatTrak Satellite App Released\n\n  Developed by Shawn Gano KB3OJE, JSatTrack is written in Java and\n  allows you to predict the position of any satellite in real time or\n  in the past or future. It uses advanced SGP4/SDP4 algorithms\n  developed by NASA/NORAD or customizable high precision solvers to\n  propagate satellite orbits. The program also allows for easy\n  updating of current satellite tracking data via CelesTrak.com.\n  Because this application was written in Java, it should run on\n  almost any operating system or directly off the web using java web\n  start!\n\n  Questions and comments are welcome at the JSatTrack Forum\n  http://www.gano.name/shawn/JSatTrak/forum\n\n  The JSatTrack App can be downloaded from\n  http://www.gano.name/shawn/JSatTrak/\n\n  [ANS thanks Shawn KB3OJE for the abiove information]\n\n+ Proposal windows for ARISS school contacts are still open in the\n  United States and Europe.\n\n  For more information about scheduled US contacts visit\n  http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact\n\n  For more information about scheduled European Region contact visit\n  http://www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts\n\n  [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n+ Current profiles of the crew currently aboard the ISS, Expedition\n  47, can be found at:\n  http://www.ariss.org/current-iss-crew.html\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, AA8EM (former KC8YLD)\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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