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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/US3S2ZBVQ45DAQHJQPTUS2ARGL45SVDO/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5DN2fy+_8CsQ25T53JOkw_GtfppN+WD-XcFcYahbtd+KA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "US3S2ZBVQ45DAQHJQPTUS2ARGL45SVDO", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/US3S2ZBVQ45DAQHJQPTUS2ARGL45SVDO/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[AMSAT-BB] ANS-003 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Jan. 3, 2021", "date": "2021-01-03T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-003\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\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital 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: [email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* 2021 Promises To Be A \"Big\" Year in Space\n* Changes to AMSAT News Service Bulletins Distribution\n* New AMSAT Contact Information\n* FO-29 operation schedule for Jan. - Feb. 2021\n* AMSAT Awards Update\n* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 1, 2021\n* New Mail System Archives Changes\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 31, 2020\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-003.01\nANS-003 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 003.01\nFrom AMSAT HQ, WASHINGTON, DC\nDATE 2021 January 3\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-003.01\n\n\n2021 Promises To Be A \"Big\" Year in Space\n\n2021 is looking to be at least as big a space year as 2020. To name just a\nfew highlights:\n\n* Three missions (and a helicopter!) arrive at Mars (Tianwen-1, Hope Probe,\nPerseverance),\n\n* The James Webb Space Telescope launches in October (it just completed\nfinal sunshield testing),\n\n* NASA’s DART, Lucy, and CLPS landers start launching, the Vera Rubin\nObservatory should see first light, Starliner OPT-2 will hopefully go\nsmoothly, and China’s space station starts assembly.\n\n* We also expect to see a number of firsts throughout the industry:\n + first orbital flights for Astra, Virgin Orbit (carrying 11 CubeSats\nscheduled to be deployed on this launch, including RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E),\nFirefly, and maaaaybe Starship, New Glenn, and Artemis I;\n + first orbital booster reuse from a non-SpaceX commercial space company\n(Rocket Lab);\n + the first fully private crewed mission to the ISS, launched by SpaceX\nand Axiom;\n\n* And, the first two movies filmed in space, both to begin shooting on the\nISS in the fall.\n\n[ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT News Service Bulletins Distribution\n\nDue in part to the e-mail system upgrades and ongoing changes in technology\nmore generally, distribution of the AMSAT New Service (ANS) bulletins (the\nbulletins you are reading right now) have changed slightly in the new year.\n\nBeginning with this release, ANS bulletins will no longer be sent with hard\nreturns (CR/LF) inserted at 72 characters or fewer. Line length has\ntraditionally been delineated for transmission on packet networks. However,\nfew such networks remain operational, and most users receive the bulletins\nvia a computer or mobile device.\n\nFor the time being, ANS bulletins will continue to be sent in plain text,\nand most users will notice no change. A few may have to turn on or adjust\nthe \"word wrap\" feature in their email client, but for the vast majority,\nbulletins will display on their devices as they always have. The only\ndifference most might notice is fewer hyphens breaking words in the various\nnews stories.\n\nThis is a first step toward moving to an HTML format that will eventually\nallow bulletins to be sent with color and photo illustrations, much as\nbulletins from ARRL and other sources have been for some time. AMSAT News\nService is moving slowly toward this change, so users may expect the plain\ntext distribution to continue for some months yet.\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, ANS Senior Editor, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNew AMSAT Contact Information\n\nAMSAT's long-serving office manager, Martha Saragovitz, has retired!\nMartha’s last official day was December 31st. Because Martha is literally\nirreplaceable, AMSAT will be transitioning to a virtual office.\n\nThe best way to communicate AMSAT will be via email. If you have a question\nabout AMSAT membership, please use the Contact Form on our Member Portal,\nlaunch.amsat.org, or email us directly at [email protected]. If you have a\ngeneral question for AMSAT, please use the contact form on our main\nwebsite, amsat.org, or email us directly at [email protected]. It is important\nthat you include your name and call sign. You would be surprised how many\ninquiries we receive with just an email addressed that cannot be easily\ntraced back to a member.\n\nIf you need to mail something to AMSAT during the month of January, please\nsend it to AMSAT, PO Box 27, Washington DC 20044-0027. This is our\npermanent mailing address, and it requires a volunteer to travel. As such,\nwe will only retrieve this mail once a week.\n\nWe will open a virtual office at some point in January. Our virtual office\nwill include a telephone answering service and the ability to receive and\nelectronically process mail. We will post our new, virtual telephone number\nand mailing address on the Member Portal and main website contact pages, as\nsoon as this service is available.\n\nWe are excited about the opportunities these new communication challenges\nbring and understand there will be some hiccups along the way, but,\nultimately, we are committed to providing you with an open and effective\ncommunications system. Thank you for your patience and understanding.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above\ninformation]\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\nFO-29 operation schedule for Jan. - Feb. 2021\n\nTime in UTC\nJan. 2021\n1st 01:40- 03:25-\n3rd 01:35- 03:20-\n9th 01:20- 03:05-\n10th 02:10- 03:55-\n11th 01:15- 03:00-\n30th 01:20- 03:05-\n31st 02:10- 03:55-\n\nFeb. 2021\n7th 02:45-\n11th 02:35-\n21st 02:10-\n23rd 02:05-\n27th 01:55- 03:40-\n28th 02:45-\n\nFor more information, see\nhttps://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-201907.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Hideo Kambayashi, JH3XCU, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Awards Update\n\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)has just finished processing the\nlast awards for 2020. Here are those that have earned awards recently.\n\nAMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO\n\nStephen Small, KC1NBI\nMichael Pelaez, K4KMP\nKevin Addison, KM4RYN\nEdward Campagnuolo, KN4ZAA\nTimothy Stinson, AI5BE\nLowell Davis, WA2ZQX\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Communications Achievement Award\n\nMichael Pelaez, K4KMP, #630\nRobert Sours, K9UO, #631\nEdward Campagnuolo, KN4ZAA, #632\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Sexagesimal Satellite Communications Achievement Award\n\nRobert Sours, K9UO, #189\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Century Award\n\nAdrian Liggins, VA3NNA, #56\n\n------\n\nAMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award\n\nMichael Pelaez, K4KMP, #US233\nRobert Sours, K9UO, #US234\nEdward Campagnuolo, KN4ZAA, #US235\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award (1,000-4,000)\n\nGreg Phillips, WI4T, #115\nBernd Scholer, DL6IAN, #116\nMichael Mark, VE4MM, #117\nGerry Krebs, N0JE upgraded to 4000\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award\n\nRonald Parsons, W5RKN, #36\nChristy Hunter, KB6LTY, #37\nRobert Sours, K9UO, #38\n\n------\n\nAMSAT Rover Award\n\nRover Call\n===== ========\nNone this time\n\n------\n\nGridMaster Award\n\nGridMaster Call\n========== ========\n#14 N0JE\n#15 N8HM\n#16 AA8CH\n#17 KE4AL\n#18 N3GS\n#19 WC7V\n#20 N9EAT\n#21 KK4YEL\n#22 K9UO\n#23 K7TAB\n#24 KE0PBR\n#25 KI7UNJ\n#26 WI4T\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Services then\nAwards.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, for the\nabove information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nVUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 1, 2021\n\nHere are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL\nfor the period December 1, 2020 through January 1, 2021. Congratulations to\nall those who made the list this month!\n\nThere is a huge list this month. Perhaps due to the end of a Covid year.\n\nCALL Dec Jan\n\nWA4NVM 1544 1557\nWC7V 1229 1232\nN8RO 1075 1080\nN9EAT 706 784\nWA5KBH 766 775\nAA8CH 718 750\nW5RKN 732 739\nK9UO 600 631\nWD9EWK (DM43)625 630\nKI7UNJ 576 602\nKK4YEL 504 589\nAA4QE 408 508\nN7EGY 457 502\nKE8FZT 475 500\nN5BO 401 500\nKJ4EU *404 471\nWA6DNR New 457\nAC9E 401 451\nN4DCW 425 450\nHP2VX 377 406\nVE6WK 355 404\nWB7VUF 370 404\nWA9JBQ 375 400\nAK7DD 326 376\nKS1G 325 360\nKB9STR 229 353\nKF6JOQ 303 353\nN3CRT 303 351\nK5TA 202 302\nKX9X 219 302\nW8LR 225 300\nEA3CAZ New 293\nAB1OC 261 264\nKX9X (EN50) 175 250\nVU2LBW 200 246\nVE4MM New 227\nN8URE (FM19) New 186\nWD9EWK (DM22)150 177\nNA1ME 150 175\nVE1VOX 157 170\nWD9EWK (DM31)127 156\nEA2AA 148 153\nN4QX 149 152\nWD9EWK (DM54)101 125\nN2ZN 103 120\nAA0MZ 112 116\nN8URE (EL95) New 113\nDL6KBG 101 111\nK7RQN New 109\nDL7NX New 103\nK4KMP New 102\nW4ALF New 102\nKP4MV New 100\n\nFor some reason KJ4EU *404 was not on the 01 Dec ARRL list\n\nIf you find errors or omissions. please contact W5RKN off-list at\n<mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was\ndeveloped by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a\nvisual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not\nmentioned.\n\nThanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds.\nThey are doing most of the work!\n\n[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNew Mail System Archives Changes\n\nAMSAT's new mail system was introduced several weeks ago, but a number of\nusers remain confused about its operation. If you are not receiving email\nfrom AMSAT-BB or other lists from which you have received posts in the\npast, you probably need to register your email address at\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ Please contact postmaster [at]\namsat.org with any questions or concerns regarding this upgrade.\n\nLikewise, if you are searching for archives of recent posts to AMSAT-BB,\nANS (AMSAT News Service), the Keplerian Elements Mailing List (KEPS), you\nwill now find those archives at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/\n\nArchives of message posts that date from prior to the first week of\nDecember 2020 are still maintained at https://www.amsat.org/pipermail/ for\nyour continued reference. However, no new mail posts are archived at that\nlocation.\n\nAny messages from December 7, 2020 and onward are on the new \"HyperKitty\"\narchive. Messages prior to that date remain in the old \"PiperMail\" archive.\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, ANS Senior Editor, for the above information]\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 December 31, 2020\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from\nthis week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:\n\nEQUISat - NORAD Cat ID 43552 (Decayed on December 26, 2020 per Space-Track).\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\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\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received\nschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is\nthe group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between\nstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the\nInternational Space Station (ISS).\n\nThis will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take\nturns asking their questions of Victor Glover, amateur radio call sign\nKI5BKC. John Sygo in Paardekraal, South Africa will use call sign ZS6JON to\nserve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. English is the\nlanguage that will be used for this contact. The Radio Club Argentino will\nassist the students with the contact. The downlink frequency for this\ncontact is 145.800 MHZ.\n\nThe ARISS radio contact is scheduled for January 6, 2021 at 11:19 a.m. GALT\n(Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island), which is 17:19 UTC. The contact will be\nlive streamed and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/3XmNxHTtR6Q.\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****Watch Twitter, there are lots pop-up roves happening lately, and I\ncan’t keep this page updated with all of them.****\n\n@WL7T: Is headed to Colorado for 3 weeks in January. Will be in DM69 most\nof the time but might be able to be persuaded to go as far south as DM66.\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\nDue to Covid-19 restrictions, no events are currently scheduled.\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 great article about ARISS and ISS was recently published on the\nwebsite, PHYS.ORG\nhttps://phys.org/news/2020-12-earthlings-astronauts-chat-ham-radio.html\n(ANS thanks Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ, for the above information)\n\n+ ON THIS DATE in 2004, the Mars rover Spirit made its landing on the Red\nPlanet. In 1962, NASA publicly announced the Gemini program. And in 1920,\nbiochemist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov was born.\n(ANS thanks The Year in Space for the above information)\n\n+ Of all the estimated 2700 CubeSats and other “nanosatellites” that have\nbeen created to date, less than 10% have had their own means of propulsion.\nThis leaves them at the mercy of gravity and atmospheric drag, which can\ncause them to deorbit while they are still functional. In addition, they\nare unable to maneuver and adjust their orbit and get out of the way of\nother satellites and space debris. Thanks to Howe Industries and a\nbreakthrough engine design (known as the ThermaSat) that utilizes steam to\ngenerate propulsion, all of that could change very soon. ThermaSat differs\nfrom conventional steam engines by relying on plain water and\nsolar-electric power, and avoiding toxic, highly pressurized or even\nexplosive liquids, such as hydrazine.\n(ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information)\n\n+ The UK and EU announced a broad agreement Dec. 24 governing the UK’s\nrelationship with the EU once the country formally withdraws from the\nEuropean Union, a process known as Brexit. The agreement will allow the UK\nto remain in the Copernicus Earth observation program after it formally\nexits the EU. The situation is different with Galileo, the EU satellite\nnavigation program, which is not covered by the Brexit deal. Those programs\nare “100% financed” by the EU. A third EU space program, is the EU Space\nSurveillance and Tracking program for space situational awareness. The UK\ngovernment and private satellite operators based there will continue to\nhave access to those services under the deal.\n(ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information)\n\n+ The uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International\nSpace Station on Wednesday, Jan. 6, more than three months after delivering\nnearly 8,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial\nproducts, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting outpost. Live coverage\nof the cargo spacecraft’s departure will begin at 1445z on NASA Television\nand the agency’s website, with release of Cygnus scheduled for 1510z.\n(ANS thanks NASA and Southgate ARC for the above information)\n\n+ Effective on June 29, 2021, amateur radio licensees and candidates must\nprovide the FCC with an email address on all applications. If no email\naddress is included, the FCC may dismiss the application as “defective.”\nThe FCC has already begun strongly encouraging applicants to provide an\nemail address. Once an email address is provided, the FCC will email a link\nto an official electronic copy of the license grant. Licensees can log into\nthe ULS License Manager System with their FRN and password at any time and\nupdate anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email\naddress. Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator\nlicense may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as\nundeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct email\naddress.\n(ANS thanks ARRL for the above information)\n\n+ Today’s moment of Zen: your motions on this planet during your lifetime\nhave shifted the center of masses of both our planet and our solar system\nby minuscule amounts, and this, in turn, has gravitationally altered the\nmotions of every star within the distance that light traveled during your\nlife. While undetectable, your life and choices shape the motion of the\nstars.\n(ANS thanks The Orbital Index 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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Store.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled\nin at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a\nmaximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]\namsat.org for additional student membership information.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark D. 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