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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/T4HPYSFMFB56GTITGWXQHUKSYMSXWDX2/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "T4HPYSFMFB56GTITGWXQHUKSYMSXWDX2", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/T4HPYSFMFB56GTITGWXQHUKSYMSXWDX2/", "sender": { "address": "kd4iz (a) frawg.org", "mailman_id": "1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28/emails/" }, "sender_name": "[email protected]", "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-030 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins For January 30, 2022", "date": "2022-01-30T00:37:28Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-030\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest\nin designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins\nvia the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSATs GOLF-TEE CubeSat de-manifested from launch on ELaNa-46\n* Weak Signals Heard from Spanish Satellites EASAT-2 and HADES\n* Svalbard QO-100 Satellite DX-Pedition Announced\n* Orbital Mechanics for New and Experienced Satellite Operators\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 27, 2022\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-030 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2022 Jan 30\n\n\nAMSATs GOLF-TEE CubeSat de-manifested from launch on ELaNa-46\n\nNASA has de-manifested GOLF-TEE from the ELaNa-46 mission at the request of\nAMSAT. ELaNa-46 was expected to launch no earlier than 2022. COVID-related\nrestrictions and supply chain disruptions, affecting both AMSATs vendors\nand team, have put AMSATs ability to meet the mission integration timeline\nat high risk.\n\nAMSAT Vice-President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, described some of the\nreasons for this decision:\n\tAMSAT finds itself in a similar situation to what other payloads and\nspace-industry providers are experiencing. The worldwide pandemic and\nsupply chain shortages are threatening everyones ability to properly and\nsuccessfully deliver for launches.\n\tOut of respect for NASA, the launch provider, and other payloads, it\nis important to withdraw now, rather than later or, even worst, missing a\nlaunch integration deadline, which has possible financial penalty\nimplications.\n\tGOLF-TEE and GOLF-1 have both been selected to participate in NASAs\nCubeSat Launch Initiative program, and NASA will continue to look for\nanother launch for GOLF-TEE.\n\nAMSATs GOLF program plays an important role in AMSATs return to highly\nelliptical orbits. In addition to proving the maneuverability capabilities\nrequired by current and proposed orbital debris regulations, the GOLF\nprogram will work through a series of increasingly capable spacecraft to\ndevelop skills and learn systems for which we do not yet have the necessary\nlow-risk experience. Among these are active attitude control,\ndeployable/steerable solar panels, radiation tolerance for Commercial off\nthe Shelf (COTS) components in higher orbits, and propulsion.\n\nThe TEE designation in GOLF-TEE stands for Technology Exploration \nEnvironment and reflects GOLF-TEEs mission goal to test two critical\nsystems needed for higher orbits. The first is an Attitude Determination and\nControl System (ADCS) that will allow active pointing of high gain satellite\nantennas, provide accurate attitude adjustments in future missions with\nmaneuverability systems, and allow pointing the fixed solar panel array for\nbest solar power in any given orbit type. The second is the\nRadiation-Tolerant Integrated Housekeeping Unit (RTIHU), which will allow\nAMSAT to gain initial orbit and space radiation exposure for radiation\nevent-induced fault tolerant systems designed using COTS components.\nGOLF-TEEs RTIHU includes a command transceiver, and its design is based on\nthe Hercules line of ARM architecture-based microcontrollers.\n\nGOLF-TEE will also evaluate a low-cost, deployable, fixed attitude, solar\npanel array design as part of AMSAT Engineerings exploration of fixed panel\narrays that allow for outfitting a variable number of wings in order to\nbest match the power requirements of various CubeSat missions.\n\nAdditionally, GOLF-TEE will carry a modified Ettus E310 commercial\nsoftware-defined radio (SDR), as an experimental package, to test the high\nspeed data downlink in the 10 GHz band and a parrot V/x mode linear\ntransponder to provide users with an opportunity to experiment with the 10\nGHz microwave downlink. GOLF-TEE will also carry a legacy V/u linear\ntransponder.\n\nGOLF-1 will build on technology and lessons learned from the GOLF-TEE\nmission; however, it will be a return to STEM-based educational missions,\nincluding hosted student radiation and imaging experiments in collaboration\nwith AMSATs educational partners. GOLF-1 will require a more comprehensive\nde-orbiting plan and hardware that are in compliance with NASAs NPR 8715.6\nNASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris in order to be\nmanifested on an ELaNa launch to the high altitude AMSAT is seeking.\n\nA significant amount of funding is necessary to complete the development and\nconstruction of the GOLF series of CubeSats. Please consider a donation\ntoday. Donations designated for the AMSAT GOLF program may be made at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, President AMSAT for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! \n\t\t To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on \n\t\t\t\tOctober 15, 1972, this year's coin features \n\t\t\t\t\t\tan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. \n\t\t Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help \n\t\t\t\t\t\tKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\n\t\t https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nWeak Signals Heard from Spanish Satellites EASAT-2 and HADES\n\nAMSAT-EA (Spain) has said it appears that EASAT-2 and HADES are\ntransmitting, and that weak signals have been heard, but the satellites\nantennas may not have deployed.\n\nWe confirm the reception of both EASAT-2 and HADES, as well as the decoding\nof telemetry and the FM recorded voice beacon with the call sign AM5SAT of\nthe first one. EASAT-2 appears to be working well, except for the deployment\nof the antennas something that apparently has not yet occurred and causes\nweak signals, said AMSAT-EA Mission Manager Felix Paez, EA4GQS. However,\nthe AMSAT-EA team confirms that, based on the reception of FSK, CW, the FM\nvoice beacon, and the telemetry data that has been decoded, it can be said\nthat the satellite is working perfectly. In the event of low battery or\nsystem malfunction, the onboard computer would not transmit CW messages or\nthe voice beacon call sign, as it would be in [safe mode] with only fast and\nslow telemetry transmissions.\n\nAt the request of AMSAT-EA, EASAT-2 has been designated as Spain-OSCAR 114\n(SO-114) and HADES as Spain-OSCAR 115 (SO-115).\n\nThese signals that confirm the operation of both satellites were received\nby Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ, at 1807 UTC on Saturday, January 15, using two\nantennas from the Allen Telescope Array. Doppler observations from the\nco-launched Delfi-PQ satellite and the amateur radio community have been\nused to identify the satellites orbits or TLEs.\n\nAMSAT-EA reports that Estévez performed a preliminary analysis using just\none polarization of one of the Allen Telescope Array satellite dishes.\nEASAT-2 was detected with a relatively strong signal, close to the Delfi-PQ\nsignal, obtaining voice FM beacon transmissions and FSK, FSK-CW at 50 baud,\nAMSAT-EA said.\n\nThe CW beacon clearly shows the message VVV AM5SAT SOL Y PLAYA, which is\none of several that both satellites emit, although the call sign AM5SAT\nconfirms that it is EASAT-2, AMSAT-EA said. In the recording made by\nEA4GPZ, there is also a faint trace confirmed to be from HADES and stronger\npackets probably from the IRIS-A satellite.\n\nAMSAT-EA reports that signals from HADES are weaker than those of EASAT-2,\nmost likely because the onboard computer has not yet managed to deploy the\nantennas either, although it will continue trying regularly, AMSAT-EA said.\nThe reason the signals are suspected to be weaker at HADES is that the\nantennas are more tightly folded than those of EASAT-2. In any case, this is\ngreat news, since the transmission pattern confirms the proper functioning\nof the satellite. In the observations, you can see the FSK tones with a\ndeviation of about 5 kHz interspersed with the FM carrier corresponding to\nthe voice beacon of the satellite, which has call sign AM6SAT. The AMSAT-EA\nteam is working to try to decode the telemetry signals and obtain more\ndetailed information on the state of the satellite.\n\nAMSAT is asking amateurs with very high-gain antennas to try to receive\nthem especially HADES. If we could decode telemetry, it would be very\nhelpful for us. AMSAT-EA said. Until antennas are deployed, it will be\nvery difficult to use their repeaters or to receive any SSTV camera images\nfrom HADES, but we hope that this will happen sooner or later, at least\nbecause, even if the computer doesnt succeed applying heat to the resistor\nwhere the thread [retaining the antennas] is attached, with time, the thread\nshould break due to the space environment conditions.\n\nDetails of the decoded telemetry and voice, as well as more details in:\nhttps://www.amsat-ea.org/ (Texts are In Spanish)\n\nAnd in the following Twitter threads:\nEASAT-2 transmissions:\nhttps://twitter.com/ea4gpz/status/1482457631566487553\nEASAT-2 decodings by Gabriel Otero:\nhttps://twitter.com/gaoterop/status/1482758196037050382\nHADES transmissions:\nhttps://twitter.com/ea4gpz/status/1482696274797338625.\n\n[ANS thanks Felix Paez, EA4GQS, AMSAT-EA Mission Manager and AMSAT News\nService for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nSvalbard QO-100 Satellite DX-Pedition Announced\n\nThe very first Svalbard QO-100 Satellite DX-Pedition will take place April\n22-24, 2022 from Kapp Linné Isfjord Radio at 78° North. ON4CKM Cedric,\nON5UR Max and ON4DCU Patrick will take up the challenge and travel to Kapp\nLinné and stay there for 3 days, trying to be active 24 hours a day via the\nQatar-OSCAR 100 satellite. They will operate two QO-100 satellite stations\nunder the callsigns JW0W and JW100QO, while JW0X will be used by another\nteam for contacts on shortwave. \n\nWith QO-100 only 3° above the horizon, Kap Linné was the only suitable place\nin the area with Svalbard at the edge of the satellite footprint. Looking\nfor a suitable location to stay and getting there, is one of the biggest\nchallenges and cost drivers for the team. This is indeed a very unique\nopportunity to work this rare location and DXCC via satellite. And if they\nare lucky, they might also be able to contact DP0GVN at the german antarctic\nresearch Neumayer-Station III for the North/South distance record via\nQO-100. The team is seeking donations. Additional information and graphics\nmay be found at: https://bit.ly/3KLZsJI.\n\n[ANS thanks Peter Gülzow, DB2OS, President AMSAT-DL for the above\ninformation]\n \n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nOrbital Mechanics for New and Experienced Satellite Operators\n\nBob Meyers, WA8FXQ posted a useful link he discovered in the most recent\nOrbital Index. It is particularly good for those who want a better\nunderstanding of fundamental behind GPS. \n\nThe link's author, Bartosz Ciechanowski, is a blogger who focuses on\nexplorations of physics, math, and engineering. His animations couple with\nhis straight forward explanations to create a clear view of each topic he\ntackles. His current blog post is focused on the principles behind GPS\nsystems, however in the process of explaining how GPS systems work, he\ntackles orbital mechnics and the relationship of orbital altitude to radio\nfootprint of satellites. His excellent animations make it possible for him\nto present the rather complicated mathematics visually and without requiring\nthe viewer to have a strong mathematical background. His blog on the GPS\nsystem may be seen at: https://ciechanow.ski/gps/. He is also a Patreon\ncreator and fields questions and discussions on that platform.\n\n[ANS thanks Bob Meyers, WA8FXQ and The Orbital Index for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 27, 2022\n\nThe following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE\nDistribution.\nGrizu-263a - NORAD Cat ID 51025 (Thanks to Space-Track/CelesTrak for the\nidentification.)\n\nStill waiting for the SpaceTrack Catalog ID for Tevel-1 thru Tevel-8,\nEASAT-2, and Hades to be identified. For info on these satellites, see AMSAT\nNews Service Bulletin ANS-023 (January 23.2022) on www.amsat.org\n\nFinally, per AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-023, AMSAT-EA Receives Two\nOSCAR Designations: SO-114 & SO-115. Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP\nOperations/OSCAR Number Administrator wrote: \"At the request of AMSAT-EA,\nAMSAT hereby designates EASAT-2 as Spain-OSCAR 114 (SO-114) and HADES as\nSpain-OSCAR 115 (SO-115). We congratulate AMSAT-EA, thank them for their\ncontribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued\nsuccess on this and future projects.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation] \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-01-27 01:30 UTC\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nLewis Center for Educational Research, Apple Valley, CA, telebridge via\nK6DUE. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink\nfrequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember\nis Thomas Marshburn KE5HOC. Contact is go for: Mon 2022-01-31 17:47:42 UTC\n35 deg\n \nAmur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD \nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The downlink frequency\nis presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Pyotr\nDubrov. Contact is go for Wed 2022-02-02 08:45 UTC\n \nJohannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, Lebach, Germany, direct via DLØJKG (***). The ISS\ncallsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS. The downlink frequency is\npresently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Matthias\nMaurer KI5KFH. Contact is go for: Fri 2022-02-04 11:37:09 UTC 25 deg\n\nThe next mode change to voice cross band repeater is expected to occur in\nlate January/early February 2022.\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n \n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur\n Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\n{Copy directly from\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\nhowever,\nleave out sub-headings for \"Major Roves\" or \"Quick Hits.\" If time permits,\nedit out first-person comments such as \"I will be going to ....\" Make these\nthird-person as news reports.}\n\nISS Is in packet mode as of Jan 11th. 145.825 up and down. Going back to\ncross band repeater on 1/31.\n\n4A90, MEXICO (Special Event). Members of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio\nExperimentadores (FMRE)[Mexican Society]are celebrating their 90th\nanniversary during January, February and March 2022 promoting each of the 31\nStates and Mexico City with the following 32 different special event\ncallsigns and 4A90FMRE:\n\n January 1-15th: 4A90COL, 4A90CMX, 4A90EMX, 4A90GTO, 4A90HGO, 4A90JAL\nand 4A90MIC\n January 16-30th: 4A90MOR, 4A90NAY, 4A90PUE, 4A90QRO, 4A90TLX and 4A90VER\n January 31st-February 14th: 4A90AGS, 4A90BAC, 4A90BCS, 4A90COA, 4A90CHH\nand 4A90DGO\n February 15th-March 1st: 4A90NLE, 4A90SLP, 4A90SIN, 4A90SON, 4A90TAM and\n4A90ZAC\n March 2-16th: 4A90CAM, 4A90CHI, 4A90GRO, 4A90OAX, 4A90QUI, 4A90TAB\nand 4A90YUC\n\nActivity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/FT4 and the\nsatellites. Awards are available (see QRZ.com for details). For more details\non the event, see:http://fmre90.puebladx.org\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nClint Bradford, K6LCS, AMSAT Ambassador gave his Getting Started\npresentation last June to a great club on the east coast - now they want\nMORE! The club has asked for a speaker to cover working the linear\nsatellites. EME is of interest to them too! \n\nClint would appreciate help finding a Zoom-capable speaker. For further\ndetails, \nplease contact Clint Bradford, K6CLS at:\nEmail: clintbradford [at] mac DOT com or 951-533-4984 - cell\n\n+ ARRL National Convention\n February 10-13, 2022\n DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld\n 10100 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32821\n\n+ Orlando HamCation\n February 11-13, 2022\n Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park\n 4603 West Colonial Drive\n Orlando, Florida 32808\n\n+ CubeSat Developers Workshop\n April 2628, 2022\n San Luis Obispo, CA \n\n+ Hamvention 2022\n May 20, 2022 to May 22, 2022\n Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center\n 210 Fairground Road\n Xenia, Ohio 45385\n https://www.hamvention.org\n\n+ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention\n October 7, 2022 - October 9, 2022\n Event Center at Archer\n 3921 Archer Pkwy\n Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007\n https://wyhamcon.org/site.\n\nClint Bradford K6CLS, AMSAT Ambassador writes: \"I have a really great club\nneeding a speaker specializing in SSB, and touching on EME. They were given\nmy Getting Started presentation last year, and want MORE!\nAn East Coast club meets on Wednesdays \nPlease send me a private email message if youre ready to Zoom!\"\nWrite to: Clint Bradford K6LCS Email: clintbradford AT mac DOT com\n951-533-4984 - cell \n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ A Martian carbon biosignature? Not content to be overshadowed by the\nnewer, shinier Perseverance, Curiosity has roved and drilled on (for nearly\n10 years now). A paper and NASA summary both report (appropriately\nconservatively) on tantalizing new evidence from the rover of potential\nbiosignatures in Gale crater. Curiositys SAM lab heated 24 different\npowdered rock samples to 850° C, releasing their solid carbon as methane\ngas. The onboard Tunable Laser Spectrometer then measured the carbon\nisotopes in that gas and found more 12C than would be expected based on the\n12C-to-13C ratio in the modern Martian atmosphere. On Earth, life\npreferentially uses 12C over the heavier 13C, bioaccumulating it, so that we\nobserve significantly more 12C than 13C in ancient rocks where life grew.\nDid ancient Martian microbial methanogenesis concentrate this isotope at\nGale crater as it built up complex organic molecules? Maybe. Two other\nhypotheses offer abiotic explanations: one suggests that UV light could have\ncaused CO2 in the Martian atmosphere to form isotopically enriched carbon\nmonoxide molecules that settled to the surface, the other wonders if the\nisotopes arrived from space when our solar system drifted through a\n13C-depleted giant molecular cloud hundreds of millions of years ago. Its\nalso possible that the Martian atmospheric concentration changed over time\nfor some unknown reason. On Earth, processes that would produce the carbon\nsignal were detecting on Mars are biological, but we dont understand the\nMartian carbon cycle well enough yet to have any real confidence. As with\nother tantalizing results about microbial extraterrestrial life, this will\nprobably just turn out to be a physicochemical process we dont yet\nunderstand. Or maybe not. See https://go.nasa.gov/35vE0IQ and\nhttp://bit.ly/3IIKpyF for details. [ANS thanks NASA and The Orbital Index\nfor the above information]\n\n+ Reaching the tipping point for 3D printing satellites: The number of\n3D-printed parts on board satellites is growing amid advances in additive\nmanufacturing. Satellite shops are embracing the technology to cut costs and\naccelerate production for increasingly capable spacecraft. Advances are\npaving the way to a future where satellites can print parts in orbit. But\nhow close is the industry to 3D printing entire satellites? Its a tricky\nquestion, not least because the number of parts on a satellite differs\ngreatly depending on its size and complexity, and range from simple\nfoundational structures to intricate semiconductors. Cubesat parts can\nnumber in the hundreds of components while larger satellites can range from\ntens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for flagship missions such as\nthe just-launched $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, said Emile de\nRijk, CEO of additive manufacturing specialist Swissto12. But just five\nyears ago, the use of 3D printed structures was largely experimental with\nvery few parts being flown in missions and payloads that had a healthy risk\nappetite, according to de Rijk. Now, nearly all satellites built today have\nat least some 3D printed parts, he says, although most are still relatively\nsimple mechanical bracketing systems for keeping a spacecrafts structure\ntogether. More information may be found at: https://bit.ly/3g3sWod. [ANS\nthanks Jason Rainbow at SpaceNews.com for the above information]\n\n+ SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon: A rocket launched by Elon\nMusk's space exploration company is on course to crash into the Moon and\nexplode. The Falcon 9 booster was launched in 2015 but after completing its\nmission, it did not have enough fuel to return towards Earth and instead\nremained in space. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell told BBC News it will be the\nfirst known uncontrolled rocket collision with the Moon, but the effects\nwill be minor. The rocket was abandoned in high orbit seven years ago after\nit completed a mission to send a space weather satellite on a million-mile\njourney. It was part of Elon Musk's space exploration programme SpaceX, a\ncommercial company that ultimately aims to get humans living on other\nplanets. See https://bbc.in/3o4bpRa for the full story. [ANS thanks Georgina\nRannard of BBC News for the above information]\n\n+ NASA to name astronauts this year for first Artemis moon mission: NASA\nwill announce later this year the four astronauts who will slingshot around\nthe far side of the moon on the Artemis lunar programs first crew mission,\ncurrently scheduled for launch in 2024, the head of the agencys human space\nexploration division recently said. The crew is expected to include three\nU.S. fliers and one Canadian astronaut. The Artemis 2 mission will follow\ntwo years after NASAs Artemis 1 test flight, an unpiloted pathfinder\nmission scheduled to launch no earlier than March from Kennedy Space Center\nin Florida. Artemis 1 will be the first flight of NASAs Space Launch\nSystem, a heavy-lift rocket designed for lunar missions thats been in\ndevelopment for more than a decade. It will also be first trip by NASAs\nOrion crew capsule to the moon, following a demonstration flight that\norbited Earth in 2014. The goal of NASAs Artemis program is to land\nastronauts on the moons surface for the first time since the final Apollo\nlunar mission in December 1972. The Artemis programs first attempt to land\na crew on the moon is penciled in for the Artemis 3 mission, scheduled for\n2025, with a derivative of the Starship vehicle SpaceXs is developing in\nSouth Texas. More info is available at: https://bit.ly/3L0nGQG. [ANS thanks\nStephen Clark of Spaceflight Now for the above information]\n\n+ Two New Satellite Distance Records Claimed: An initial distance record has\nbeen claimed on HO-113. A65GC (@farangov) worked @F4DXV on 13-Jan-2022 at\n19:52 UTC - a distance of 5,298 km. Earlier in the month a new distance\nrecord has been claimed on AO-109. @ES4RM in KO49al completed a SSB QSO\nwith @F4DXV in JN04iu on 22-Dec-2021 at 15:24 UTC - a distance of 2,445 km.\nSee https://amsat.org/satellite-distance-records/. [ANS thanks Paul\nStoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President of the Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation (AMSAT) and ANS Editor for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall\nbe eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in\nthis status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\nkd4iz [at] frawg dot org\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }