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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-052 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-02-21T19:33:05Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-052\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* AMSAT Seeks Volunteers to Support Phase 4 “Five and Dime” Ground Terminal\n   Effort\n* JAMSAT Symposium 2016 in Tokyo on March 5 - 6\n* Japanese Ham Radio Satellite Launched\n* HORYU-4 2.4GHz Received\n* New AO7 Distance Record\n* ARISS Information Sessions\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-052.01\nANS-052 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 052.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE February 21, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-052.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Seeks Volunteers to Support Phase 4 “Five and Dime” Ground Terminal\nEffort\n\n\nEstablished less than 1 year ago, AMSAT’s all-volunteer Phase 4 Ground\nTerminal team has made significant strides in developing an ensemble of\nsolutions to support the so-called “Five and Dime” (5 GHz and 10 GHz)\nstrategy AMSAT has embraced for microwave satellite projects. Prompting the\neffort is the planned launch of a geosynchronous military satellite in the\n2018 timeframe, which could play host to an Amateur Radio payload operating\non the two microwave band. The overarching project, which also includes a\ncomplementary Phase 4 Space team, is exploring new territory and innovative\nsolutions, and it’s seeking volunteers from among the technically savvy \nwithin\nthe Amateur Radio community.\n\n“We’re going to make it as awesome as possible,” Ground Station team lead\nMichelle Thompson, W5NYV, told ARRL. The project not only would support the\nPhase 4B geosynchronous launch but provide solutions for the Phase 3E\nhigh-Earth orbit satellite, and receiver support for AMSAT’s entry into the\nNASA Cube Quest Challenge, which would go to the moon.\n\nThompson said the compelling technical reason for using 5 GHz and 10 GHz is\nthe ability to use high-bandwidth modes on those bands. In addition, “the 5\nand 10 GHz bands are popular elsewhere, and other projects are embracing \nthis\nband complement,” she noted. Another advantage would be to raise Amateur\nRadio’s profile on the two bands and perhaps “shake things up” there for\nterrestrial use. “The 5 and 10 GHz bands are a compromise that’s working\nreally, really well,” Thompson said.\n\nThe US Air Force will control the geosynchronous satellite. Virginia Tech,\nMillennium Space Systems (MSS), FEMA, various clubs as well as AMSAT and \nARRL\nare partners in or are supporting the project. A formal memorandum of\nunderstanding is pending.\n\nCognitive Radios\n“We’re currently exploring the Amateur Radio implementation of a very \nadvanced\nand exciting open standard called DVB-S2X for the downlink,” Thompson\nexplained, noting it offers a variety of modulation and coding. Earth \nstations\nwill use their individual radios, transmitting a digital signal — probably\nsomething called Offset QPSK (O-PSK) — directly to the satellite, with each\ngetting its own channel in a frequency division, multiple access (FDMA)\nscheme. “This is an elegant way to design an efficient and advanced\ncommunication system and allows technical volunteers to experiment with the\nbasics of cognitive radio — radio that can sense the environment and \nadapt to\ntake full advantage of the capabilities the hardware offers,” she said.\n\nGroundsats and a “Big Honking SDR”\nPhase 4 radios will be designed to work not just with the impending\ngeosynchronous satellite but through terrestrial microwave “Groundsats,”\nwhich, Thompson said, “are essentially satellite simulators that let you \ntest\nand use the radio terrestrially.” Phase 4 radio designs also could be\nconfigured to use modulation schemes that are better able to deal with\nterrestrial multipath.\n\nAmateur Radio Access Points (ARAPs) — essentially signal aggregators — would\nallow legacy radios, FM hand-held transceivers, or emergency traffic \nproviders\nto use the satellite from any point where an ARAP can be deployed, packaging\nthe input for uplink to the satellite. Hams within ARAP range would be \nable to\nuse the Five and Dime terrestrial network just as if they were operating\nthrough a satellite.\n\n“The Groundsat, which is doing the same job as the satellite payload, has a\nbig honking SDR on it,” Thompson said. Groundsat equipment has arrived \nand is\nin use in San Diego, North Texas, and at Virginia Tech, and Groundsat\ndevelopment is under way at those sites. A fourth site would be at Morgan\nState University in Maryland.\n\nDoing It on the Cheap\n“Five and Dime” also reflects the project’s economics. AMSAT Board \nMember and\nVirginia Tech Research Professor Bob McGwier, N4HY, recently explained \non the\nAMSAT-BB that the Ground Team’s work is “an effort to design an inexpensive\nground terminal for amateurs that would cost tens of thousands of dollars\ncommercially, for as much under $1000 as we can get it.” In contrast to the\nSpace Team’s work, which, he said, is taking place “under the cloak of ITAR\n(International Traffic in Arms Regulations),” the Ground Team’s SDR is\n“completely open source, open specification” and “easily reprogrammed to do\nmany different kinds of missions just by changing the software.”\n\n“We welcome any interested technical volunteers to apply to the technical\nvolunteer program at AMSAT and become part of the team,” Thompson said. To\nvolunteer for the Phase 4 Ground Team, provide your contact information on\nAMSAT’s Engineering Team contact form. Thompson’s weekly “Phase4” \nengineering\nupdates are available via YouTube. Additional development documentation is\nposted on GitHub.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJAMSAT Symposium 2016 in Tokyo on March 5 - 6\n\n\nJAMSAT Symposium 2016 will be held on March 5th PM and 6th\nAM in Tokyo at Conference Room 2(CR2) in Miraikan\n(The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation).\n\nPlease see\nhttp://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/\nfor location and access details.\n\nDay 1 is mainly for \"JAS-1 30 Years Anniversary\".\nDay 2 is mainly for technology development for satellites.\nIf you are interested in it, or want to join the dinner party,\nplease contact\[email protected]\n\n     Time    Title    Presenter    Call Sign\nMarch 5\n14:30 - 14:35 \"Welcome\" Mikio Mouri JA3GEP\n14:35 - 16:10 \"JAS-1 30 Years Anniversary\" Toshiyuki Kondou Eng. Mgr.,\nJARL, JR1NVU\n16:20 - 17:30 \"Joy of Satellite Communications\" Eiji Nakamura, JA1CPA\n18:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Sky View Lounge (Restaurant)\n\nMarch 6\n  9:30 - 10:00 \"Report from AMSAT-DL\"(by Skype) Peter Guelzow, DB2OS\n10:10 - 10:40 \"Report on EsHailSat-2/Phase-4A\" AMSAT-Qatar Mohamed\nbin Jabor Althani, A71EY\n10:40 - 11:20 \"Development of Phase-4 Ground Station\" Akira Kaneko, JA1OGZ\n11:30 - 12:10 \"Development of JAMSAT Mode-J Transponder\", Kan Fukai, JH1CEP\n12:10 - 12:50 \"USB Mini Tuner\" Hiroshi Matsumoto, JA1SYK\n12:50 - 13:20 \"New Regulation on Spurious Emission\" Akira Kaneko, JA1OGZ\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mikio Mouri, JA3GEP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJapanese Ham Radio Satellite Launched\n\n\nYasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA posted on the AMSAT-BB:\nFeb. 17 17:45JST(08:45UTC), ChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3 has been launched on\nthe H-IIA F30 launch vehicle. After separation, both satellites start\ntransmitting beacon message. I hope you receive our message and report to\nus, thank you.\n\nhttps://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite2.html\nhttps://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite3.html\n\nYasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA provides the following information on ChubuSat-2/3:\n\nNagoya University(NU) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI) developed 50kg\nmicrosatellite ChubuSat-2(NU) and ChubuSat-3(MHI). These satellites have\namateur VHF receiver and amateur UHF transmitter, and will be launched \non Feb.\n12 2016 from Tanegashima, Japan. Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club operates these\nsatellites from Komaki, Japan.\n\nAfter the satellite separation, each satellite will transmit UHF CW beacon\nmessage including battery voltage etc. which is very important \ninformation for\nour initial and critical operation. So we are very happy if you receive \nthe CW\nbeacon message and report to us email: \[email protected]\n\nIn following web site, we show the information(frequency, format, TLE, etc.)\nabout ChubuSat-2 and ChubuSat-3. If we have your report, we will show your\nreport in this page.\nhttps://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite2.html\n\nBoth satellite will provide the message exchange service. After the on-orbit\ncheckout of the satellite(maybe one month after launch), you can use this\nservice, sending your message with VHF uplink, then your message is \nwritten to\nthe on-board memory. By sending inquiry message, anyone can read your \nmessage\nwith UHF downlink.\n\nChubuSat-2 Satellite\nUplink:  145.815 MHz FSK  1200bps\nDownlink: 437.100 MHz GMSK 9600bps and CW\n\nChubuSat-3 Satellite\nUplink:  145.840 MHz FSK  1200bps\nDownlink: 437.425 MHz GMSK 9600bps and CW\n\nThe uplink/downlink format will be uploaded in above web site.\n\nHoryu-4 downlink 437.375 MHz & 2400.300 MHz 1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK, S_BPSK, CW\nhttp://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/horyu4WEB/horyu4.html\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=434\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Horyu-4-Arc-Event-Generator-and-Investigation-\nSatellite-780188535364868/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Yasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA, and AMSAT-UK for the above \ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHORYU-4 2.4GHz received\n\n\nI heard 2.4GHz signal many times in this orbit. The spurious signal will\nbe heard lower than about 56kHz from the nominal frequency, it may sound\nrather strongly. The followings are the image that I received this real\nsignal and spurious signal. At the 2400.244 MHz, I heard the clear and\nstable sound of them. Perhaps it might not be a spurious signal.\nThis deviation signal might be the real signal of HORYU-4 2.4GHz.\n\n05:22-05:34 UTC, 20 Feb 2016, Ele 40 WS-S-E, 2400.300MHz 100kbps BPSK\n07:03-07:16 UTC, 20 Feb 2016, Ele 45 W-S-SE, 2400.244MHz 100kbps BPSK\n\nhttp://www.dropbox.com/s/yg41q64m69dnitc/60220hr4.wav?dl=0\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/hor4ch23.htm#ghz\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/60220hr1.png\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/60220hr2.png\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/60220hr3.png\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/60220hr4.png\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew AO7 Distance Record\n\n\nSatellite Friends and Colleagues,\n\nI wanted to share with everyone that on February 10th, at 2009UTC I made\na scheduled contact with Eduardo, PY2RN, using AO-7 Mode B, from\n'Shinnal Mountain' just west of Little Rock, Arkansas.  My 10 digit grid\nlocator for the contact was EM34ST20SC, and Eduardo's station is located\nat GG66LW77JQ in Vinhedo/SP, Brazil.  Using the\nhttp://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html\nwebsite for reference, this equates to 8030.895 km which we believe to be\na new record for AO-7 Mode B. I've been extremely busy this past week, but\nI had a few folks request that I share a little background behind the\ncontact, so here we go.\n\nBack on January 24th, I was on an AO-7(B) pass looking for Gustavo,\nPT9BM. While not a record distance, Gustavo's QTH is just shy of 7500km\naway from me, so I was up on my mountain, specifically in a spot with\ngreat a great southeastern view of the Horizon. As the bird came into\nview, while scanning the passband, I heard Eduardo, PY2RN, calling CQ. I\ntried to answer him, but his signal disappeared quickly after that, and\nI went ahead and had a great QSO with Gustavo, and didn't think anything\nelse of it until later that night when I decided to look up the station\nI had heard. To my astonishment, Eduardo was 8030km away, which was way\nbeyond the theoretical range AO-7, even with elevation assistance. I\npromptly emailed Eduardo and we both agreed to try and make a contact,\neven though the math said it shouldn't be possible.\n\nAt this point the random luck that had let me hear Eduardo on the 24th\nseemed to elude us. We attempted contacts on the 26th, 28th, and 30th\nall to no avail. After recalculating windows, our next shot was on\nFebruary 8th. WinListen (from Sat32pc) calculated a 3 second window on\nthe 8th, followed by 5 seconds on the 10th. The day of the 8th came, and\nwe prepared for the attempt. Murphy once again seemed to haunt us\nthough, as we successfully heard the calls and grids of each other, but\nstrong CW QRM was hitting the bird so hard that the intelligibility was\nlow and, more importantly, neither of us had a camera running. We\ndecided to not count the QSO due to these reasons. The good news was\nthough, we both heard each other (the first time that had happened) and\nour frequency coordination was spot on. We knew it could be done, we\njust needed a little luck.\n\nFinally, on February 10th, we got a bit of a break. We had already\ndetermined that 5 seconds was simply not enough time to do a proper \"QSL\nthanks for the grid, have a great day\" type of chat, so we both agreed\nto simply repeat 'your call / my call / grid / report' rapidly, much in\nthe same way a digital or contest contact is made. At 2009UTC, both\nstations cleanly heard the others call and grid, completing the\ncontact.  It was extremely rapid, and very weak, but clear. Eduardo's\nside of the QSO turned out way better than mine did, and he has uploaded\na recording of it to YouTube here:\nhttps://youtu.be/pTGSlaY7K7A\n\nAfter all my work towards low-elevation contacts from mountain-tops, I\nthink this is approaching the limits of what can be done on AO-7. This\nwas by far the hardest sked I've ever attempted, and with the contact\nwindow measured in mere seconds, it leaves absolutely no room for error.\nHad I not heard Eduardo's call at random on the attempt with Gustavo, I\ndoubt I would have even pursued this as something that was possible.\nThat said, wow.. what a rush\n\nBig thanks to Eduardo, PY2RN, for humoring my obsession with making\nultra long-distance QSOs on the birds, and for sticking with it until we\nfinally made it work. Good DX my friend. Also thanks to Gustavo (PT9BM)\nfor persuading me to point my arrow to the South, and Drew (KO4MA) for\nacting as a spotter during one of the passes to see just how far apart\nwe were from each other. Appreciate it guys.\n\nIf anyone has any questions or comments, I'm happy to field them. Until\nthen, catch you on the birds! 73!\n\nSigned,\nDave, KG5CCI\n\nDave, KG5CCI also posted on the AMSAT-BB that he was using an \"Alaskan\" \nArrow\n( 4 elements on 2m, 10 elements on 70cm) held by hand, running 10' pieces of\nLMR-240 into an Icom 821h, manually tuned.\n\"Everything is run from a LiFePo4 battery, and I pretty much exclusively\noperate portable mountain-top with unobstructed horizon views in the \ndirection\nI'm planning to work\", reported Dave.\n\nAlso on the AMSAT-BB Eduardo, PY2RN wrote that he used:\n\"RX: Funcube pro plus + SDR# V.1430 (with great NB capabilities) + Yagi-Uda\n11el CP + Mirage KP-2 pre-amp.\nTX: TS-2000x + Yagi-Uda 20el CP Tracked by Satellite Tracking embedded into\nSDR-RADIO V2 software suite + GS-232/G-5400\nCoax: RFS RGC213 15m long\nAnd a clear view to my N/NW bound which allows to hear a little after \nsat LOS\nmost of times.\nPut together again an old P3 sat setup sitting in storage for many \nyears, just\nadded the SDR fun to it.\"\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTGSlaY7K7A&feature=youtu.be\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/arkansas-vhfer-claims-mathematically-impossible-ao-7-\nmode-b-distance-record\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?p=4997\n\n\n[ANS thanks Dave, KG5CCI, Eduardo, PY2RN, the ARRL, and the AMSAT-BB\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Information Sessions\n\n\nHost a Real-Time Conversation With Crew Members Aboard the International\nSpace Station\n\nARISS-US is now accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science\ncenters and community youth organizations to host an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station, or ARISS, contact between Jan. 1 - June 30,\n2017. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS-US is looking for\norganizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the\ncontact into a well-developed education plan. Proposals are due April 15,\n2016.\n\nUsing amateur radio, students can ask astronauts questions about life in\nspace and other space-related topics. Students fully engage in the ARISS\ncontact by helping set up an amateur radio ground station at the school and\nthen using that station to talk directly with a crew member on the\nInternational Space Station for approximately 10 minutes. ARISS provides\nexperienced mentors and relies on local amateur radio volunteers to help\norganizations obtain the technology required to host this once-in-a-lifetime\nopportunity for students.\n\nInformational Sessions\n----------------------\n\nTo help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS program\ncoordinator will offer hourlong online information sessions. These are\ndesigned to provide more information regarding U.S. ARISS contacts and the\nproposal process, and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending\nan online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged.\n\nInformational sessions will be offered Feb. 29, 2016, at 4 p.m. EST and\nMarch 10, 2016, at 7 p.m. EST.\n\nAdvance registration is necessary. Email ARISS ([email protected]) to sign up\nfor an information session.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal\nguidelines and proposal form, visit\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nARISS-US is offered through a partnership between NASA; the American Radio\nRelay League, or ARRL; and the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, or\nAMSAT. ARISS was created and is managed by an international working group,\nincluding several countries in Europe as well as Japan, Russia, Canada, and\nthe USA.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be emailed to [email protected].\n\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Feb. 18, 2016 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country.  Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Friday, 4 March 2016 – presentation for the Associated Radio Amateurs\nof Long Beach meeting in Signal Hill CA\n\n*Saturday and Sunday, 12-13 March 2016 – ScienceCity science fair, on\nthe University of Arizona campus in Tucson AZ\n\n*Saturday, 19 March 2016 – Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Spring\nHamfest 2016 in Scottsdale AZ\n\n*Saturday, 26 March 2016 – Tucson Spring Hamfest in Tucson AZ\n\n*Friday through Sunday, 29 April-1 May 2016 - ARRL Nevada State\nConvention in Las Vegas NV\n\n*Saturday, 7 May 2016 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in\nSierra Vista AZ\n\n*Saturday, 4 June 2016 – White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\nOasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, UK, direct via  GB1OAB\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact was successful: Fri 2016-02-19  14:23:23 UTC 78 deg\n\nTim answered on the second call and we proceeded to to get 19 complete\nquestions answered.  Ham TV came in from Goonhilly and we had over four\nand a half minutes lock from our mobile 1.2m dish mounted on a Land Rover.\nOnce we had video, I asked Tim to give us a wave, which he did with the\nbiggest grin  I seen from him yet.\nIn the room for the contact, we had over 260i people present with somewhere\nnear 500+ in the hall next - numbers will be verified shortly.\nIn terms of media, we had BBC and ITV Bristol TV and radio\nBBC and ITV for the West Country, TV BBC (National) The One Show - they have\nrecorded a piece that will feature in build ups all next week and the \ncontact\nwill be featured on the show on Friday 26th February.\n\n\nUAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville,  Alabama, direct via K4UAH\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be  NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Tim Kopra KE5UDN\nContact was successful:  Fri 2016-02-19 17:20:14 UTC 72 deg\n\nUAH SHC was successful with 18 questions answered. Very noisy at start but\nfull quieting once beyond question 3.  73 round completed.  All are very\nexcited and happy!\n\nThe Space Hardware Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is an\nengineering club of students that builds balloon payloads, satellites and\nrockets outside of their regular classes. The club has been working on this\ncontact for over a year. After deciding to focus on 8th grade students, we\nreached out to Discovery Middle School, Westlawn Middle School, and the\nTennessee Valley Homeschool 4-H group – all from the northern Alabama area.\nThe students from Westlawn have been part of Project Lead The Way for 2 \nyears\nnow and have been exposed to robotics, modeling, and 3d printing. The \nstudents\nfrom the homeschool group all have a passion for STEM, a love of \nlearning and\nbeing challenged, and are bubbling with excitement for this opportunity of a\nlifetime. There are two STEM II classes from Discovery Middle School that\nroutinely rise to the expectations of their accelerated STEM focused\ncurriculum. By the time of the contact, the students will have learned about\nthe ISS, the astronauts and some of the experiments aboard, and amateur \nradio.\nAll of the students and club members involved are passionate about this\nopportunity, and thank you for your time.\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\nIstituto Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy,  direct via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN\nContact is a go for:  Thu 2016-02-25 09:10:55 UTC 40 deg\n\nNorwich Schools,  Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS\nThe ISS callsign is presently  scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake  KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-26 14:43:39 UTC 29 deg\n\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\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\nNASA Invites Public to Send Artwork to an Asteroid\n\nNASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a\njourney aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource\nIdentification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. This \nwill\nbe the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return \nit to\nEarth for study.\n\nOSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in September and travel to the asteroid\nBennu. The #WeTheExplorers campaign invites the public to take part in this\nmission by expressing, through art, how the mission’s spirit of \nexploration is\nreflected in their own lives. Submitted works of art will be saved on a chip\non the spacecraft. The spacecraft already carries a chip with more than\n442,000 names submitted through the 2014 “Messages to Bennu” campaign.\n\n“The development of the spacecraft and instruments has been a hugely \ncreative\nprocess, where ultimately the canvas is the machined metal and composites\npreparing for launch in September,” said Jason Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project\nscientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. \n“It is\nfitting that this endeavor can inspire the public to express their \ncreativity\nto be carried by OSIRIS-REx into space.”\n\nA submission may take the form of a sketch, photograph, graphic, poem, song,\nshort video or other creative or artistic expression that reflects what it\nmeans to be an explorer. Submissions will be accepted via Twitter and\nInstagram until March 20. For details on how to include your submission on\nthe mission to Bennu, go to:\n\nhttp://www.asteroidmission.org/WeTheExplorers\n\n“Space exploration is an inherently creative activity,” said Dante Lauretta,\nprincipal investigator for OSIRIS-REx at the University of Arizona, Tucson.\n“We are inviting the world to join us on this great adventure by placing \ntheir\nart work on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, where it will stay in space for\nmillennia.”\n\nThe spacecraft will voyage to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect a\nsample of at least 60 grams (2.1 ounces) and return it to Earth for study.\nScientists expect Bennu may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and\nthe source of the water and organic molecules that may have made their \nway to\nEarth.\n\nGoddard provides overall mission management, systems engineering and safety\nand mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. The University of Arizona, Tucson \nleads\nthe science team and observation planning and processing. Lockheed Martin\nSpace Systems in Denver is building the spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx is the third\nmission in NASA's New Frontiers Program.  NASA's Marshall Space Flight \nCenter\nin Huntsville, Alabama, manages New Frontiers for the agency's Science \nMission\nDirectorate in Washington.\n\nFor more information on OSIRIS-Rex, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\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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