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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/TPFBCY5RWPFJCIQ6I5TEL2LYJDU7RTAU/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "TPFBCY5RWPFJCIQ6I5TEL2LYJDU7RTAU", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/TPFBCY5RWPFJCIQ6I5TEL2LYJDU7RTAU/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-302 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2012-10-28T06:36:40Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-302\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* AMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2012\n* Fox-1 Satellite in Development; Working on Partnerships for Launch\n* AMSAT News Service Welcomes New Weekly Editor EMike McCardel, KC8YLD\n* Japan PRISM Satellite Begins Amateur AX.25 Store-and-Forward Services\n* WS4FSM Hosts the Largest School Contact Ever With the ISS\n* Report Available for Japan's UNISEC Satellite Projects\n* FUNcube-2 Boards Delivered to Clyde Space for UKube-1 Nanosatellite\n* South Korea, Brazil, Ukraine Heading for Orbit\n* NASA Accepting Student Applications for HASP Balloon Flight\n* ARISS Status - 22 October 2012\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.01\nANS-302 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 28, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-302.01\n\n\nAMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2012\n\nElection of AMSAT's Senior Officers was one of the first orders of\nbusiness to be settled once the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting\nopened on October 25, prior to the start of the 2012 AMSAT Space\nSymposium held in Orlando, Florida.\n\nThe following positions were voted upon and filled:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW President\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Vice-President Operations \t\nGould Smith, WA4SXM Vice President User Services\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX Vice-President Engineering\nFrank Bauer, KA3HDO Vice-President Human Spaceflight\nMark Hammond, N8MH Vice-President Educational Relations\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA Secretary\nKeith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF Treasurer\nMartha Saragovitz Manager\n\nThe following Senior Officer positions remained open at this time\nawaiting appointments:\nExecutive Vice President\nVice-President Marketing\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors elected on September 15 include:\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW\nAlan Biddle, WA4SCA\nDr. Thomas A. Clark, K3IO\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nLou McFadin, W5DID\nTony Monteiro, AA2TX\nGould Smith, WA4SXM\nMark Hammond, N8MH (First Alternate)\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK (Second Alternate)\n\nAt the Board Meeting AMSAT Vice-President User Services Gould Smith,\nWA4SXM, announced the appointment of JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM as the\nEditor of the AMSAT Journal. JoAnne currently serves as the Senior\nEditor of the AMSAT News Service. She will make the transition to\nthe Journal effective immediately. Lee McLamb, KU4OS once again is\nassuming the role as the Senior Editor of the AMSAT News Service.\nThe Board noted that volunteer positions remain open for both the\nJournal team and the AMSAT News Service team.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1 Satellite in Development; Working on Partnerships for Launch\n\nAMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX presented the\nlatest status on the design, development, and construction of the\nFox-1A satellite project. This is the 1U cubesat which is slated as\nthe FM repeater transponder to replace AO-51.\n\nProject ELaNa, NASA's \"Educational Launch of NanoSat\" managed by\nthe Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, accepted\nthe AMSAT Fox-1 cubesat into this educational launch initiative on\nits merits toward meeting NASA's strategic and educational goals.\n\nAMSAT met the NASA goals by designing a satellite mission in support\nof education with amateur radio included:\n\n+ The Fox family of cubesats are ham radio transponders that are\n designed to host science experiment payloads.\n\n+ AMSAT will partner with universities to develop these science and\n educational missions.\n\n+ When the university missions gain a free launch for their primaary\n scientific missions AMSAT's amateur radio transponder will also be\n aboard.\n\n+ After the primary science/education mission is completed the AMSAT\n transponder will become available full-time for amateur radio ser-\n vice.\n\nAMSAT will work with NASA in a collaborative agreement where NASA\nwill cover the integration and launch costs. In the meantime, AMSAT\nmust still pay for the development costs of the cubesats and find\ntalented volunteers to work on the design.\n\nFox-1A's design goals include:\n\n+ Fox-1 is designed to operate in sunlight without batteries once\n the battery system fails. This applies lessons learned from AO-51\n and ARISSat-1 operations.\n\n+ In case of IHU computer failure Fox-1 will continue to operate its\n FM repeater in a basic, 'zombie sat' mode, so that the repeater\n remains on-the-air.\n\n+ Fox-1 is designed as the immediate replacement for AO-51. Its U/V\n (Mode B) transponder will make it even easier to work with modest\n equipment.\n\n+ From the ground user's perspective, the same FM amateur radio\n equipment used for AO-51 may be used for Fox-1.\n\nFox-1 continues AMSAT's long record of success as an all-volunteer\norganization providing access to space communications for students\nin a curriculum setting as well the private citizen.\n\nAMSAT's Fox-1 project timeline is based on targeting a launch in\nthe second half of 2013. NASA will determine on which flight each\nof the Project ELaNa CubeSats fly.\n\nWatch for news in the AMSAT Journal for details of AMSAT's partner-\nship with universities, the National Science Foundation, and NASA in\nseeking grants for getting the first and future Fox generation sat-\nellites into orbit.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX\n and the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT News Service Welcomes New Weekly Editor EMike McCardel, KC8YLD\n\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD is joining the AMSAT News Service as one of\nthe weekly rotating editors. EMike will welcome your news of Amateur\nRadio in Space via the [email protected] or his [email protected]\ne-mail address.\n\nHe is active on the amateur satellites using his Yaesu VX8R and VX7R\nradios. EMike is already active within AMSAT-NA serving as Associate\nDirection of Education working on our educational relations with Mark\nHammond, N8MH. The AMSAT-Edu e-mail list, supporting our educational\noutreach and planning, is moderated by EMike.\n\nRecently EMike worked with Mark, N8MH; Dale, KJ6VUC; Tom, KA6SIP;\nDave, KB5WIA; Joe, K6WAO; Barry, WD4ASW; and Alan, WA6DNR as a mem-\nber of the AMSAT team During PACIFICON October 12-14. This effort\nincluded a successful ARISS contact, support in the ARRL Youth Lounge\nmaking CubeSat models, the AMSAT table, and satellite demonstrations.\n\nEMike is an extra class operator. He is a member and past-president\nof the Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club, the Inter-City Radio Club in\nMansfield, OH, and a member of the ARRL. He is the ARRL Ohio Section\nAffiliated Club Coordinator, ARRL appointed PIO and VE.\n\nOther club affiliations include the Ohio Single Side Band Net, the\nOld Man International Sideband Society, and the Straight Key Century\nClub. His interest in emergency communications has lead to taking\ntwo ARECC and several FEMA courses leading to certificates in Inci-\ndent Command System/National Incident Management System, and the\nNational Response Plan.\n\nANS Bulletins will be coming from EMike as he joins the weekly edi-\ntor rotation with Lee, KU4OS and JoAnne, K9JKM. The AMSAT News Ser-\nvice Team still has a couple of openings for weekly editors. With 4\neditors each would have a bulletin for one week of the month. JoAnne\nhas taken over as Editor of the AMSAT Journal so ANS has an immediate\nopportunity for a new volunteer. Professional writing/editing experi-\nence is NOT a requirement. Your interest and enthusiasm in following\nand teaching on amateur radio in space will get you started.\n\nWelcome aboard EMike, KC8YLD!\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJapan PRISM Satellite Begins Amateur AX.25 Store-and-Forward Service\n\nThe team that developed the PRISM satellite have announced it is\nbeing opened up for use by radio amateurs during afternoon passes.\n\nThe satellite was built by the University of Tokyo and launched on\nJanuary 23, 2009 into a 660 by 670 km orbit. It uses AX.25 packet\nradio and can now be used by amateur radio operators as a store-\nand-forward message box.\n\nFull details at:\nhttp://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/en/HAMservice.html\n(Ed. Note - if this link does not work with FireFox try using\n Internet Explorer.)\nAdditional information is posted at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11174\n\nDownlink Frequency Information\n------------------------------\nBeacon 437.2500 MHz CW (80 mW)\nData 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS (800mW AX.25)\n\nTo gain access to the uplink frequency and the store-and-forward pro-\ntocol the amateur radio user must agree to comply with the terms of\nthe HAM Radio Service by clicking on the \"Read the Terms\" button at\nthe bottom of the web page. If you agree then click on the \"Agree\"\nitem.\n\nUpon agreement to the user terms you will be allowed access to a\ntechnical information page describing the communications protocol\nand the uplink frequency.\n\n[ANS thanks the PRISM team at the University of Tokyo for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWS4FSM Hosts the Largest School Contact Ever With the ISS\n\nOn Tuesday, October 30, at 11:58AM EDT (15:58 UTC) most of Palm\nBeach County's 187,000 students will be watching live as 10 stu-\ndents and 2 teachers make contact with the International Space\nStation.\n\nThe contact will be from the Motorola theater at the South Florida\nScience Museum (see: http://www.sfsm.org). Amateur Radio Station\nWS4FSM is part of a permanent Ham Radio Center exhibit built and\nmaintained by the West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group.\n\nBoth a tower mounted tracking antenna and a mast mounted Eggbeater\nantenna have been loaned to the club by area Hams for making this\ncontact.\n\nThe event will be televised live by closed circuit TV beginning\nabout 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC) to classrooms in all the county\nschools and streamed on the web at:\nhttps://vodcast.palmbeachschools.org/player/ten1\n\nParents at home will be able to view this contact on the web stream\nand on the school's educational channel and Comcast Cable in South\nFlorida. The final audience is expected to be over 250,000 live\nviewers.\n\nThe students were selected from the entire school district, includ-\ning private and home schooler's, and entered by submitting an essay\nabout their interest in space exploration. Tens of thousands of es-\nsays were read and sorted by the committee which included educators,\nastronomers, scientists, former astronauts, and Ham Radio operators.\nThe event is being co-sponsored by the Palm Beach Post who ran a\nseries of articles and published the winning essays.\n\nAn educational DVD will be produced for use in the school system at\nother times and selected portions will be available on YouTube from\nthe West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group.\n\nFor information on WS4FSM see:\nhttp://www.wpbarc.com/WS4FSM\n\nFor information on the West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group see:\nhttp://www.wpbarc.com\n\n[ANS thanks Tom Loughney, AJ4XM, President, West Palm Beach Amateur\n Radio Group Inc. for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nReport Available for Japan's UNISEC Satellite Projects\n\nJapan's University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) has compil-\ned a report on the current state of Japanese University Micro/Nano/\nPico-satellite Projects.\n\nThe 100 page report is accessible via these \"Download\" button at the\nbottom of this page: http://www.unisec.jp/member/jusat-e.html\n\n[ANS thanks UNISEC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-2 Boards Delivered to Clyde Space for UKube-1 Nanosatellite\n\nFor this story with additional photos see:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11133\n\nOn Friday, October 19, after some final testing and characterisation\nchecks completed at the facilities of ISIS BV in Delft, AMSAT-UK hand-\ned over the set of three PCBs that form the FUNcube-2 subsystem on\nthe UKube-1 spacecraft to Clyde Space Ltd in Glasgow. Clyde Space are\nleading the development and assembly of this CubeSat project for the\nUK Space Agency.\n\nThe PCBs were taken to Glasgow in a Pelicase by Graham Shirville,\nG3VZV who handed them to Steve Greenland Systems Engineer at Clyde\nSpace.\n\nThe three PCB's comprise:\n+ CCT Board - Command, control and telemetry, interfaces via I2C\n with the antenna deployment system and the main OBC\n (On-Board Computer).\n+ RF Board - Command receiver, telemetry transmitter and linear\n transponder of the FUNcube satellite educational pay-\n load also includes telemetry sensors.\n+ PA Board - 400 mW VHF amplifier and sensors.\n\nFUNcube-2 on UKube-1 will provide a 435/145 MHz (U/V) linear trans-\nponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications and telemetry for\nschool students around the world.\n\nThe UKube-1 spacecraft is expected to be launched on a Soyuz-2 launch-\ner from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in March 2013. UKube-1 is a demonstra-\ntion CubeSat mission designed to provide a platform for up to three\ntechnology demonstrator payloads. In addition to these payloads the\nsatellite will incorporate innovative attitude determination and con-\ntrol systems, deployable arrays, FPGA on board mission controllers.\n\nThere will be four communications systems:\n+ A U/V transceiver from ISIS BV, using either 1k2 or 9k6 BPSK\n for downlinks.\n+ A FUNcube compatible U/V transponder and telemetry transmitter\n provided by AMSAT-UK for educational outreach, amateur trans-\n ponder operation and redundant telecommand.\n+ A 1 watt S Band transmitter from Cape Peninsula University of\n Technology, Cape Town, for high data rate mission data down-\n linking using up to 1 Mbps QPSK or OQPSK modulation.\n+ myPocketQub 442 SuperSprite AU on UHF with 11mW output using\n spread spectrum with 100 kHz bandwidth.\n\nThese frequencies have been coordination by the IARU Satellite Panel:\n+ 1k2 or 9k6 BPSK Telemetry downlink 145.840 MHz\n+ FUNcube-2 1k2 BPSK Telemetry downlink 145.915 MHz\n+ FUNcube-2 Transponder SSB/CW uplink 435.080 - 435.060 MHz and\n downlink 145.930 -145.950 MHz\n+ S Band downlink 2401.0 MHz\n+ myPocketQub 437.425-437.525 MHz\n\nMore information is available at:\nhttp://www.ukspaceagency.bis.gov.uk/21973.aspx\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSouth Korea, Brazil, Ukraine Heading for Orbit\n\nBrazil-Ukraine\n--------------\nNews posted on Space-Travel.com reports that Brazil and Ukraine are\npartners in Alcantara Cyclone Space (ACS), a company which is prepar-\ning for the launch of the Cyclone-4 rockets from Brazil's Alcantara\nbase in the northeastern Maranhao state.\n\nThe Ukrainian Yuzhnoye engineering office is working on the develop-\nment of Cyclone-4, a new Cyclone series vehicle to be commercialized\nexclusively by ACS. The Cyclone series of launch vehicles is one of\nthe most successful series of rockets ever developed building on the\nprior successes of the Cyclone-2, and Cyclone-3 series initially bas-\ned on the SS-9 Scarp Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. A new third\nstage will enable the Cyclone-4 to inject 5,300 kg in low Earth or-\nbit, or 1,600 kg into a geo-transfer orbit. A new 4-meter diameter\npayload unit is under development for the Cyclone-4.\n\nAlcantara Cyclone Space plans the first launch from Brazil by 2014.\n\nSouth Korea\n-----------\nThis week South Korea joined the the exclusive club of countries cap-\nable of placing a satellite in space on Friday with a rocket launch\nfrom the Naro Space Center on the country's south coast. The first\nstage of the space vehicle is manufactured by Russia, combined with\na solid-fuelled second stage built by South Korea.\n\nCurrently, only three Asian countries -- China, India and Japan --\nhave successfully launched a satellite into orbit.\n\n[ANS thanks Space-Travel.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMASA Accepting Student Applications for HASP Balloon Flight\n\nNASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate uni-\nversity students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scien-\ntific balloon during the fall of 2013.\n\nThe High Altitude Student Platform (HASP) is a balloon-borne instru-\nment stack that provides an annual near-space flight opportunity for\n12 instruments built by students. HASP houses and provides power,\nmechanical support, interactivity and communications for the instru-\nments. It can be used to flight-test compact satellites, prototypes\nand other small payloads designed and built by students. HASP can\nsupport about 200 pounds for payloads and test articles. Since 2006,\nthe HASP program has flown 60 payloads involving more than 500 stu-\ndents from 14 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. Flights are launched\nfrom the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility's remote site in Fort\nSumner, N.M., and typically achieve 15 to 20 hours' duration at an\naltitude of about 23 miles.\n\nThe balloon competition is a joint project between NASA and the Louis-\niana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) in Baton Rouge. A panel of experts\nfrom NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and LaSPACE will re-\nview the applications and select the finalists for the next flight\nopportunity.\n\nThe deadline for applications for the 2013 flight is December 14.\nFlight information and application forms can be found on the LaSpace\nweb: http://laspace.lsu.edu/hasp/Participantinfo.php\n\nA related story was posted by SpaceREF at:\nhttp://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=38963\n\n[ANS thanks LaSpace and NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Status - 22 October 2012\n\n\n1. Successful ARISS Contacts Held\n\nOn Tuesday, October 16, CRA Pozohondo in Nava De Abajo (Pozohondo), \nSpain hosted\nan Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via\ntelebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. ISS astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB\nchatted with students, answering 20 of their life-in-space questions. The\nactivity was tied to lessons in astronomy, photography, radio and English as a\nsecond language. Over 100 students and guests attended. The school has posted\nvideo on its Web site:\nhttp://edu.jccm.es/cra/cra_pozohondo\n\nStudents from the Wattsburg Area School District in Erie, Pennsylvania\nparticipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact with on-orbit astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB on Friday, October 19\nvia telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. Approximately 600 students were in\nattendance with another 400 participating from their classrooms, connected by\ninternet. The ARISS contact was part of a comprehensive education plan which\ncovers Robotics, Astronomy, Amateur Radio and Science.\n\nScouts visiting the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas spoke with Sunita\nWilliams, KD5PLB via an Amateur Radio on the International Space \nStation (ARISS)\ncontact on Saturday, October 20. The contact was part of the Jamboree \non the Air\n(JOTA) weekend event whereby Scouts of all ages from around the world connect\nwith each other using Amateur Radio equipment. Williams was able to answer over\n20 questions put to her by the Scouts and had time for longer than usual\nanswers due to sharing of the contact by Australian telebridge stations VK6MJ\nand VK5ZAI. The audience consisted of around 200 scouts, parents, and friends\nand at least three television stations and several newspapers representatives\nwere present.\n\n\n2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held\n\nThe ARISS International Team monthly teleconference was held on \nTuesday, October\n16. A status was given on the HamTV project as well as the new VHF unit to be\nflown to the ISS and subsequently installed in the Columbus Module.\nMinutes have been posted. See: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-10-16.htm\n\n\n3. Astronaut Training Status\n\nLuca Parmitano, KF5KDP attended his preflight session on October 17. He is\nslated to fly with Expedition 36 crew in May 2013.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }