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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-211 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2017-07-30T02:29:58Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-211\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* Packet Module Status On Board ISS\n* Oklahoma Radio Amateur is First to Score Satellite VUCC from\n   Greenland\n* 437 MHz Sprite Satellites Deployed\n* QIKCOM-1 Team Expect Eclipse Day ISS Deployment\n* One Radio Amateur is Part of New Crew Increment Heading to ISS\n* Fox-1 Operating Guide Updates for 2017\n* AMSAT Presentation at the Austin Summerfest, August 5, 2017\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-211.01\nANS-211 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 211.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE July 30, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-211.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPacket Module Status On Board ISS\n\n\nARISS has received several reports stating that the packet system on\nISS is down.  Here is what we know and our current forward plan.\n\nThe packet system in the Columbus module started to act up late last\nweek, sending only a beacon.  The ARISS team requested a power recycle\nby the crew, and with that power recycle, the packet system appears to\nhave stop functioning completely.  Note that this unit has been on-\norbit for 17 years.  It was launched on the STS-106 Space Shuttle\nAtlantis mission in September 2000 and was built, tested and certified\nfor flight about 20 years ago.\n\nThe ARISS team has had some extensive discussions on the way forward.\nWe would first like to do some additional troubleshooting with the\nexisting packet module.  It will take some time (weeks) to develop\ntroubleshooting procedures, get the procedures approved by NASA and\nthen conduct the tests with the crew.  This includes an additional\npower cycle.  The turnaround time is much longer than usual because a\nnew crew will soon be arriving on ISS.  The current crew is focused on\nthe new crew arrival and there will be about a one- to two-week\ntransition after the new crew arrives.  On the positive side, one\naspect of our troubleshooting—a second power cycle—will occur\nautomatically because ARISS is shut down during crew docking and\nturned on afterwards.  However, there will be more to our\ntroubleshooting than just the power cycle.\n\nWe have some additional plans with alternative solutions, but those\nare currently being discussed and prioritized within the ARISS team.\nAll solutions will require international ARISS team coordination,\nadditional procedures and crew interaction.   People who have\ncarefully followed ISS operations know that crew time continues to\nevolve with the more extensive research that is occurring on-board.\nSuffice it to say, it will take longer than what it has taken in the\npast to work through this issue.\n\nThe above information is to make sure that ARISS properly sets\nexpectations on how long it will take to resolve this.  At this point,\nexpect a few months with no ARISS packet.\n\nAs you all can see, deploying the Interoperable Radio system that is\ncurrently under development by ARISS has become even more critically\nimportant.  The ARISS team is laser focused on getting that system\ndeveloped and deployed.  We are conducting a final design review with\nNASA on this system next week.  But we cannot get to the finish line\nwithout your help.  If you can, please consider a donation to the\nARISS radio fund by clicking on the ARISS donate button on the ARISS\nweb page (www.ariss.org) or the AMSAT web page (www.amsat.org). All\ndonations, large and small are appreciated.\n\nOn behalf of ARISS, we thank you for your sustained interest and\nsupport of our program.\n\nSincerely,\n\nFrank H. Bauer, KA3HDO\nARISS International Chair\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Frank, KA3HDO, AMSAT Vice President, Human\nSpaceflight for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOklahoma Radio Amateur is First to Score Satellite VUCC from Greenland\n\n\nIt took just 4 days — some of that time without much sleep — but ARRL\nmember Gabe Zeifman, NJ7H/VE6NJH, of Oklahoma City recently became the\nfirst radio amateur to earn VUCC — working 100 grid squares — by\nsatellite from Greenland. In fact, his is the first VUCC award of any\nkind from Greenland. A relatively new licensee, Zeifman, 22, has\nmanaged to activate more than 300 grid squares via satellite as well\nas nearly 20 DXCC entities. Apart from the operating accomplishment,\nZeifman told ARRL, he was attempting to inspire newcomers.\n\n“I thought it could get more people interested in satellites in\ngeneral — VUCC is very achievable for anyone — and could also get more\npeople interested in roving,” said Zeifman, who began training this\nweek to become an air traffic controller. “I was overwhelmed by the\nsupport I got; it was really astonishing the number of people that\nhelped!” He said one operator activated eight grids for him, while\nothers who don’t typically rove, visited at least one neighboring grid\nsquare to give him a new one.\n\n“It was really cool to see our community throughout the world come\ntogether to help in this goal,” he said. “I really first envisioned\nthis idea when I realized I had nearly 70 grids confirmed from\nIceland, and I thought ‘hmm, OX is an even better location, I bet it’s\npossible.’”\n\nZeifman said he prefers the linear-transponder satellites such as FO-\n29, rather than the FM satellites. He said he may one day get into HF\nmore seriously, but, for now, he finds VHF/UHF/SHF “more fascinating.”\n\nHe said the trip to Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands with his\nmother and his sister, was “fantastic,” although, he noted, “they may\nhave sometimes been annoyed by my getting up at 3 AM or several times\n“Sometimes it was a very nice sunny day, and sometimes it was rainy,\nwindy, and cold,” he recounted. “But, I was happy to operate in\neverything, and it paid off.”\n\nZeifman, who said he enjoys visiting in “the north,” has been to\nNorthwest Territories twice in the past couple of years, and is hoping\nfor an ATC assignment in Alaska. “But now that I’m a ham, I’ve really\ndeveloped a passion for operating satellites while all over the\nworld,” he told ARRL. He said a goal still on the far horizon would be\nto complete a “reverse DXCC” on satellite — working the US on\nsatellites from 100 DXCC entities. “I think it’s definitely achievable\nsomeday,” he added.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n437 MHz Sprite Satellites Deployed\n\n\nScientific American magazine interviews radio amateur Zac Manchester\nKD2BHC in the article Breakthrough Sends Smallest-Ever Satellites into\n  Orbit.\n\nOn June 23, 2017 six tiny satellites were sent into low-Earth orbit as\nsecondary payloads on the Venta and Max Valier satellites that were\nlaunched on the Indian PSLV-C38 rocket. These six satellites are\ncomparatively dainty, but punch far above their weight. Called\n“Sprites,” each is a 4-gram flake of circuit-board just 3.5\ncentimeters on a side, packing solar panels, computers, sensors and\ncommunications equipment into an area equal to a U.S. postage stamp.\n\nOne Sprite apiece is attached to the outside of each mothership — the\nLatvian Venta satellite and the Italian Max Valier satellite, the\nlatter of which also holds four additional Sprites awaiting deployment\ninto space as wholly independent spacecraft. Radio telemetry from\nminuscule magnetometers and gyroscopes on the deployed Sprites would\nthen be used to track the spacecraft as they shift, spin and tumble,\nto better understand their orbital dynamics.\n\nSignals on 437.325 MHz from at least one of the exterior-mounted\nSprites have been received in California and New York.\n\nRead the Scientific American article at\nhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reaching-for-the-stars-\nbreakthrough-sends-smallest-ever-satellites-into-orbit/\n\nZac Manchester KD2BHC had 104 Sprite satellites launched into orbit on\nboard KickSat-1 on April 18, 2014 but the Sprites failed to deploy\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/18/successful-launch-of-kicksat-carrying-\n104-sprite-satellites/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nQIKCOM-1 Team Expect Eclipse Day ISS Deployment\n\n\nThe US Naval Academy team say their amateur radio QIKCOM-1 APRS\nDigipeater payload may be deployed from the International Space\nStation on August 21.\n\nThe QIKCOM-1 page says:\nThe Ham Radio QIKCOM-1 module attached to the NovaWurks NanoRacks\nSIMPL spacecraft is now finally scheduled for release from the ISS on\n21 August 2017!\n\nThis is being released on the same day as the solar Eclipse when the\nISS will also be passing over the USA during the eclipse 2 hour window\naround 1800z. We are not clear on any correlation with the Eclipse and\nour release, but there will be lots of hams in the field and it is a\ngood day to tune in!\n\nRead about QIKCOM-1 at\nhttp://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK ans the QIKCOM Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOne Radio Amateur is Part of New Crew Increment Heading to ISS\n\n\nEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, NASA\nastronaut Randy Bresnik, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy will\nhead to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 28. They will\nlaunch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 52/53\ncrew will spend more than 4 months together aboard the orbital complex\nbefore returning to Earth in December. After launching in their Soyuz\nMS-05 spacecraft, the trio will travel for 6 hours before docking.\nOnce the hatches between the Soyuz and ISS open, Expedition 52\nCommander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, and Flight Engineers Peggy\nWhitson, ex-KC5ZTD, and Jack Fischer, K2FSH, will welcome the new crew\nmembers aboard. Their arrival will double the population of the ISS.\nExpedition 52 will continue work on hundreds of experiments in\nbiology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science aboard the\nISS, NASA said.\n\nAMSAT-IT and the ARISS International community is anticipating a\nsuccessful mission from ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, with many\ndirect ARISS contacts scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL and ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1 Operating Guide Updates for 2017\n\n\nThe Fox-1 Operating Guide has been updated for 2017. This can be used\nfor personal reference and be made available for club meeting and\nhamfest handouts. Designed to be printed double sided the Operating\nGuide is available in two file sizes:\n\n+ The lower resolution PDF file is designed to shrink file size for\n   e-mail, web posting, or on-screen viewing. (~300K)\n\n+ The high resolution PDF file is publication quality designed for\n   hard-copy printing. (~2 MB)\n\nThe PDF files can be accessed on the AMSAT web:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/\n\n[www.amsat.org] --> [Satellite Info] --> [Station and Operating Hints]\n\nLaunch status and dates continue to be driven by the space industry\nand may change as the year progresses.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Web Gurus for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Presentation at the Austin Summerfest, August 5, 2017\n\n\nThe AMSAT Presentation at the Austin Summerfest, August 5, 2017 will\nbe given by Ron Parsons, W5RKN.\n\nThe presentation will consist of two parts:\n\nIntroduction to AMSAT --and-- A Software Defined Radio Satellite\nStation: The Evolution of its Design\n\nFor more information, see\nhttp://www.austinsummerfest.org/\n\nRon Parsons, W5RKN, has been a licensed amateur radio operator since\n1954, a member of AMSAT and active in amateur radio satellite\ncommunications since 1993. He has participated in three ARISS (Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station) school contacts: Fulmore\nMiddle School (MIR - 1998) and Blackland Prairie Elementary (2008) and\nLiberal Arts and Science Academy with Richard Garirott (1998). He has\na Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford and taught at The University of Texas\nat Austin.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nRecent Contacts\n\nA telebridge contact with students from the Tuskegee Airmen Youth in\nAviation Program at The  International Space Station (ISS) Research\nand Development (R&D) Conference,  Washington, D.C., was successful\nThu 2017-07-20 13:23:10 UTC 56 deg.\n\nAn International Space Station school contact was successful with\nparticipants at ISS R&D conference, Washington, D.C. on 20 July. The\nevent began at approximately 13:23 UTC. The contact was a telebridge\nbetween NA1SS and W6SRJ.\n\nSee the video at:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/SpaceStationExplorers/videos/334464240317857/\n\nThe contact was very successful with 24 questions answered. Five\nastronauts were present during the contact.\n\nFrank Bauer KA3HDO, ARISS International Chairperson and AMSAT VP for\nHuman Spaceflight, said of the event, \"Great day [Thursday July 20]\nat the ISS R&D Conference.  This was a very important contact with\nour sponsors---CASIS and NASA SCaN at the event and many of the CASIS\nsenior leaders in attendance.  It was great to see several members of\nthe multi-generational astronaut team, that have supported ARISS for\nover 20 years now, on stage and giving their perspectives of their\nARISS connections from space.\n\nThis ARISS contact was conducted with Youth in Aviation Program\nstudents from the East Coast Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. (ECCTAI)\nattending the ISS Research and Development conference as part of the\nconference’s STEM day.  ECCTAI is one of the largest Tuskegee Airmen,\nInc. chapters in United States and serves the Washington DC area.\nECCTAI is dedicated to keeping alive the history, achievements, and\nimportance of the original Tuskegee Airmen.  The term, \"Tuskegee\nAirmen,\" refers to the men and women, who were involved in the so-\ncalled \"Tuskegee Experience\", the World War II Army Air Corps program\nto train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft.\nECCTAI strives to increase understanding of the “Tuskegee Experience”\nby honoring the accomplishments and perpetuating the history of the\nmen and women who participated in the “Tuskegee Experience” and to\nintroduce young people to the world of aviation and space through its\nYouth in Aviation Program (YIAP).  YIAP motivates and inspires\nAmerica’s youth to strive for similar excellence of these earlier\npioneers, exposing them to aviation and space careers (Level I),\nattending FAA ground school (Level II) and receiving aircraft flight\ninstruction or interning at an FAA certified A&P (Airframe and\nPowerplant) facility (Level III).\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts:\n\nVCP-Bundeszeltplatz, Großzerlang, Germany, direct via DP9S\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled  astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA\nContact is a go for: Tue 2017-08-01  18:20:35 UTC 46 deg\n\nFrontiers of Flight Museum/ Moon Day, Dallas,  TX, telebridge\nvia ON4ISS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  TBD\nThe scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA\nContact is a go: Sat  2017-08-05 18:02:31 UTC 87  deg\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nMessage from Space hails Big Lottery Fund Award for Norfolk UK Based\nAmateur Radio Group\n\nThanks to UK National Lottery players, the Bittern DXers, a North\nNorfolk UK based Amateur Radio club, are celebrating an award of just\nunder £10,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to help them introduce people to\nthe endless possibilities in technology that Amateur Radio offers to\nyoung and old alike.\n\nNews of the award was heralded around the world by a message\ntransmitted by the FunCube 1 satellite congratulating the group on\ntheir award. FunCube 1 was built by members of the Amateur Radio\ncommunity and launched into orbit on 21st November 2013. It was built\nwith the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio,\nspace, physics and electronics, and is the first satellite with\noutreach as its primary mission and demonstrates the depth and breadth\nof the hobby of Amateur Radio.\n\nThe Bittern DXers' own Educational Outreach Project aims to take\nadvantage of technology like FunCube to bring demonstrations of as\nmany aspects as possible of their hobby to public events in Norfolk as\nwell as reaching out to young people in schools, scouting and guiding\netc.\n\nWith the money provided by National Lottery players, the group have\npurchased gazebos, radios and demonstration equipment allowing them to\ntake a complete hi-tech station to public shows and events that\nenables conversations with other amateurs around the world, as well as\npick up signals live from the International Space Station, weather\nsatellites and the many other amateur satellites currently in space.\n\nChairman, Steve Cordner - callsign M0HET, said: “We are immensely\ngrateful to the Big Lottery Fund and National Lottery players, for\nallowing us the opportunity to introduce amateur radio to people and\nshow them what we do.\n\n“We already know for example that when young people are shown images\nbeing received live from space, that their imagination is fired up and\nthey want to find out more. For older people it can break down\nbarriers of loneliness and disability and allow them to communicate\nwith others across county, country and world.\n\n“Becoming a Radio Amateur makes one more employable as well as leading\nto a lifetime of personal growth in the field of electronics and radio\ncommunication. Many people holding senior roles in high-tech\nindustries today owe their careers to an early interest in amateur\nradio. Our project aims to provide people of all ages that 'first\ncontact' with Amateur Radio.”\n\nClub Secretary, Linda Leavold, who has been licensed for more than 30\nyears with her callsign G0AJJ, is proof that it is not just a male\nhobby! She remarked “Being a radio amateur gives one a great sense of\npersonal achievement especially when you make that long distance\ncontact with someone on another continent. And its something the whole\nfamily can get involved in.”\n\nLaughing she added “Even my husband Richard joined me on the air after\na couple of years! He got fed up with burnt offerings for meals and\ndecided to discover just what it was that was occupying my time.\n\n“It doesn't matter where you come from, whether you have any\ndisabilities or what age you are, Amateur Radio has something to offer\neveryone and we want to get out there and show people what they are\nmissing.”\n\nAlthough they have a very busy calendar already this year, they\nwelcome contact from any person or organisation who might be\ninterested in seeing what they do. The contact details are available\non\nwww.bittern-dxers.org.uk\n\n[ANS thanks Julian, M0NUX for the above information]\n\n\nNASA Ground Station for Voyager 2\n\nYouTube tour of Deep Space Tracking Station in Austrailia.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rCrfQUcXDI\n\n[ANS thanks Zach, N0ZGO for the above information]\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n\n",
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