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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-036  AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2012-02-05T01:20:41Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-036\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* Vega Launch on February 13 With Eight Amateur Band Cubesats\n* SKN On OSCAR 2012 Best Fist Winners\n* Remembering Mr. Smith - SuitSat-1 February 3, 2006\n* New Version HamSatDroid App is Available\n* Budapest University Masat-1 Telemetry Decoder Software Released\n* February Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation\n* Can It Already Be That Time of Year For Field Day Planning?\n* NASA Extends Deadline for Student Summer Internships\n* Successful ARISS Contact with El Dorado County Students\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-036.01\nANS-036 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 036.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 5, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-036.01\n\nVega Launch on February 13 With Eight Amateur Band Cubesats\n\nVega is scheduled to launch on Monday, February 13, at\n1000 UTC with eight student built amateur radio satellites. The\nlauncher will first deploy the main payload, the LARES the Laser\nrelativity Spacecraft and will then make an additional firing of\nthe final OVUM stage before deploying the secondary cubesat payloads.\n\nThe planned timing for these deployments are as follows:\n\n= T0+ 4245.30secs first PPOD, with (in order of ejection) XatCobeo,\n   e-st@r, and Goliat\n= T0+ 4255.30secs second PPOD, with (in order of ejection) Robusta,\n   MaSat-1 and  PW-Sat\n= T0+ 4265.30secs third PPOD, with UniCubeSat only\n  (These Cubesats will not deploy their antennas until >1800 seconds\n   after they leave their PODS.)\n\n= T0+ 4275.30secs  AlmaSat-1 - it is not known how soon this space-\n   craft will start transmitting after deployment\n\nFrequencies for the satellites on the Vega Launch are:\n\n+ ALMASat-1 - University of Bologna, Italy 437.465 MHz 1200 bps FSK\n   and 2407.850 MHz\n\n+ Xatcobeo (a collaboration of the University of Vigo and INTA,\n   Spain) to demonstrate software-defined radio and solar panel\n   deployment. 437.365 MHz FFSK with AX.25 and 145.940 MHz SSR\n\n+ Robusta (University of Montpellier 2, France) to test and evaluate\n   radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar transistor electronic\n   components. 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FM telemetry with one data burst\n   of 20 seconds every 3 minutes.\n\n+ e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) to demonstration of an\n   active 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control system including\n   an inertial measurement unit. 437.445 MHz 1200 bps AFSK.\n\n+ Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania) to provide imaging of\n   the Earth surface using a digital camera and in-situ measurement\n   of radiation dose and micrometeoroid flux. 437.485 MHz 1200 bps\n   AFSK.\n\n+ PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland) to test a deploy-\n   able atmospheric drag augmentation device for de-orbiting CubeSats.\n   PW-Sat carries an FM to DSB amateur radio transponder with an FM\n   input on 435.020 MHz and DSB output on 145.900 MHz. There are 5\n   modes of operation:\n   - Receive only - no downlink\n   - CW Beacon CW - On-Off Keying (OOK) CW 12 WPM 435.020 MHz\n   - BPSK Beacon - BPSK 1200 bps AX25 (1 frame on 20 sec) 435.020 MHz\n   - Control communication mode. Downlink BPSK 1200 bps AX25 435.020 MHz\n   - Voice Repeater mode (aka \"AO-16 mode) - uplink 435.020 MHz FM and\n     downlink 145.900 MHz DSB\n\n+ MaSat-1 (Budapest University of Technology and Economics): to dem-\n   onstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power condition-\n   ing system, transceiver and on-board data handling. 437.345 MHz\n   GFSK 625/1250 bps, CW. See the related article in these bulletins\n   describing the downloadable GFSK demodulator software.\n\n+ UniCubeSat GG - (University of Rome): The UNICubeSat mission goal\n   is the in situ measurement of atmospheric density. Downlink fre-\n   quencies are 437.305 MHz or 437.345 MHz 9k6 FSK.\n\nMineo Wakita, JE9PEL provides complete coverage of the Vega launch\non his 'ESA CubeSats Update' web pages. You'll find an overview of\neach of the satellite missions, frequencies, modulation/protocols,\nand links to the developers home web pages posted at:\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/esa9cubf.htm\n\nAMSAT-UK covers the Vega launch at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/4180\n\nAn ESA time-lapse showing the full assembly of the first Vega launch-\ner at the launch pad at the ESA Spaceport in Kourou is posted at:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YaUMSLU0aig\n\nThe university cubesat teams have requested reception reports. All\nobservers are being encouraged to join the CubeSat IRC chat channel\nto pass on their news and comments in realtime. You will need an IRC\nclient such as ChatZilla or mIRC to join the cubesat chat. Use the\nirc.freenode.net server. Then join the #cubesat channel. Many users\nset their chat nickname to \"name_callsign\".\n\n[ANS thanks the cubesat teams, Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, and AMSAT-UK\n  for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSKN On OSCAR 2012 Best Fist Winners\n\nMany thanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night\non OSCAR 2012, held in memory of Don Brown, W1JSM.  Activity was\ndown this year, owing largely to there being only two satellites\navailable for use: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 -- which remained in Mode A\nthroughout the event -- and VUSAT-OSCAR 52.\n\nEight participants each received at least one Best Fist nomination:\nAA5PK, N4ZQ, N6EV, WA6ARA, WB2SIH, WB4LHD, WB8TGY, and WC7V.\n\nCongratulations to 2012's Best Fist winners, and we'll see you\nin 2013!\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRemembering Mr. Smith - SuitSat-1 February 3, 2006\n\nFebruary 3 marks the sixth anniversary of the first ARISS satellite,\nSuitSat-1, which captured the imagination of students, radio amateurs,\nand people all around the world.\n\nDuring a scheduled EVA outside the International Space Station, Val-\nery Tokarev and Bill McArthur, KC5ACR deployed a retired Russian Orlan\nspacesuit with a radio transmitter and battery stuffed inside and\nantenna mounted on its helmet. The deployment took place just after\n23:05 UTC on February 3, 2006. Transmissions were soon heard on\n145.990 MHz.\n\nSuitSat-1, also known as Mr. Smith, Ivan Ivanovich, RadioSkaf, Radio\nSputnik and AMSAT-OSCAR 54, was an idea proposed by the ARISS-Russia\nteam as a commemorative gesture celebrating the 175th anniversary of\nthe Moscow State Technical University.\n\nSuitSat-1 was programmed to continuously transmit recorded voice\nmessages in several languages from students around the world. The\nsignal began transmission approximately 15 minutes after SuitSat-1\nwas jettisoned. The downlink signal was noted to be weaker than ex-\npected, possibly due to a mechanical problem with the antenna.\n\nSuitSat-1 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on September 7, 2006, at\n16:00 UTC about 1400 km south-southwest of Western Australia.\n\nSuitSat-2 was planned following the public relations success of the\nfirst suit. Originally, it was to have solar cells strapped to the\noutside of the suit to provide charge for internal batteries and ex-\ntend its life during orbit. When the Orlan suit planned to be used\nfor this mission was no longer available, SuitSat-2 was redesigned\ninto a satellite built into a deployable spaceframe with the solar\ncells and cameras for Slow Scan Television (SSTV) mounted on the\noutside of the box. The spacecraft was named ARISSat-1/KEDR which\nrecently completed its successful mission.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARISS and AMSAT archives for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Version HamSatDroid App is Available\n\nDave Johnson, G4DPZ announced a new version of the free HamSatDroid\napp now available on the Android Market.\n\nUpates to the app include:\n\n+ tracking algorithm uses Dave's SGP4 implementation, as GENSO.\n+ plot three orbits ahead on the map\n+ plot the footprint\n+ take keps from Celestrak\n\nDave says, \"Thanks to the feedback we've had from the existing\nusers, I've got quite a few more changes in development. Opinions\nare sought about making a small charge and paying the income into\nsatellite building funds and supporting a server which might be\nintroduced to improve functionality of the app.\"\n\nSee the HamSatDroid web page at:\nhttps://sites.google.com/site/hamsatdroid/\n\nDave is the FUNcube Data Warehouse Developer and is also an AMSAT-NA\nLife Member and AMSAT-UK Committee Member.\n\n[ANS thanks Dave Johnson, G4DPZ for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBudapest University Masat-1 Telemetry Decoder Software Released\n\nDr. Bandi Gschwindt HA5WH, Project Director of the Masat-1 CubeSat,\nthe first Hungarian satellite, built in Hungary by students at the\nBudapest University of Technology and Economics, reports that their\nsatellite is expected to be launched on the Vega maiden flight on\nFebruary 9 with a planned deployment window between 10:00-13:00 UTC.\n\nMasat-1's website is at: http://cubesat.bme.hu/?lang=en\n\nThe students are looking for hams to help with the reception of tele-\nmetry data on 437.345 MHz at 625/1250 bps baud rate GFSK, especially\nin the first two weeks after launch. The satellite's callsign is\nHA5MASAT.\n\nThe Masat-1 amateur radio webpage is at:\nhttp://cubesat.bme.hu/radioamatoroknek/?lang=en\nYou can register on that page.\n\nThe Masat-1 Ground Station Client Software was prepared to process\nthe 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps transmission received from the\nsatellite. The software provides the following functions:\n\n+ Audio demodulation\n+ Packet decoding\n+ Packet data visualization\n+ Frequency waterfall plot to aid radio tuning\n\nDownload the software and a test WAV file from:\nhttp://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/\n\nPlanned orbit will be  300x1500 km, inclination 70deg. Launch will\nbe by ESA from Kourou. A video showing Masat-1's elliptical orbit\nis posted online at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/4119\n\n[ANS thanks Dr. Bandi Gschwindt, HA5WH and Perry Klein, W3PK for\n  the above information]\n\n\n  ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFebruary Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation\n\nThe Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) is very pleased to\nannounce their special event operation in celebration of the\nArizona Centennial during the week of February 13-19th, 2012.\n\nK7UGA Satellite Operation\n-------------------------\nUsing the callsign of the late Senior Senator, Barry M. Goldwater,\nK7UGA, CADXA members will be operating from stations located\nthroughout Arizona during that week. Special operating locations\nfrom Tucson, Prescott and Phoenix will be on the air celebrating\nthe 100th anniversary on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. They will be\non all amateur bands (160-2 meters) and will be using CW, SSB,\nRTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes.\n\nArizona's AMSAT Field Ops coordinator Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nannounced satellite operations using the K7UGA callsign:\n\n+ Watch for announcements on amsat-bb for the specific passes WD9EWK\n   plans to operate using the K7UGA callsign on February 14.\n\n+ Patrick plans to use the K7UGA call sign for his on-air satellite\n   demonstrations from the Yuma, Arizona Hamfest on February 17-18,\n   2012.  More information about this is on AMSAT's online calendar\n   of events:\n   http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/eventDetail.php?eID=629\n\n+ Also refer to http://www.qrz.com/db/k7uga for additional info.\n\nAll K7UGA QSL requests go to Bob Davies - K7BHM (qrz.com) with an\nSASE. Additional information is posted on the CADXA Web site at:\nhttp://www.cadxa.org\n\nThunderbird Amateur Radio Club W7A Satellite Operation\n------------------------------------------------------\nRick Tejera, K7TEJ says the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club will be\noperating a special event station for the Arizona Centennial as well\nthe weekend of Feb 11-12, 2012. Rick plans to operating on as many\nFM satellite passes as possible during the event using the W7A call.\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK and Rick Tejera, K7TEJ\n  for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCan It Already Be That Time of Year For Field Day Planning?\n\nAMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO reminds you\nthat time of year is once again approaching - Field Day!\n\nEach year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day\nas an emergency preparedness exercise.  The event takes place during\na 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2012 the event\ntakes place during a 27-hour period between 1800 UTC on Saturday,\nJune 23, 2012 and 2100 UTC on Sunday June 24, 2012. Those who set up\nprior to 1800 UTC on June 23 can operate only 24 hours.\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own ver-\nsion of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held con-\ncurrently with the ARRL event.\n\nWith the loss of AO-51 and SO-67 field day this year is going to be\nmost challenging. If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites\nlike AMRAD-OSCAR-27 or SaudiSat-Oscar-50 for your primary AMSAT Field\nDay focus: Don't, unless you are simply hoping to make one contact\nfor the ARRL rules bonus points.\n\nThe congestion on FM LEO satellites was so intense in prior years\nthat we must continue to limit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite.\nThis includes the International Space Station. You will be allowed\none QSO if the ISS is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one\ndigital QSO with the ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward,\npacket satellite (if operational).\n\nIf you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may have\nnoticed a lot of good contacts can be made on some of the less-populated,\nlow-earth-orbit satellites like VUSat OSCAR-52,Fuji-OSCAR 29 (may or may not be\noperational), AMSAT-OSCAR 7. During Field Day the transponders come alive like\n20 meters on a weekend. The good news is that the transponders on these\nsatellites will support multiple simultaneous contacts. The bad news \nis that you\ncan't use FM, just low dutycycle modes like SSB and CW.\n\nThe AMSAT Field Day 2012 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators.\nAmateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field\nDay. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur sat-\nellites, both analog and digital.\n\nFor the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer to\nthe documents posted on-line at:\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/fd2012.doc\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/fd2012.pdf\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO\n  for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Extends Deadline for Student Summer Internships\n\nCollege Level Internships Deadline Extended\n-------------------------------------------\nNASA says they will continue accepting applications for college\nlevel summer internship positions among several NASA Centers around\nthe country until March 16, 2012.\n\nStudents can view opportunities and apply for them all in one place.\nTo start, the prospective student should go to:\nhttp://intern.nasa.gov/ then Student Opportunities tab then select\nInternships which will bring you to the OSSI:SOLAR page describing\nthe program.\n\nUsing the Search Tab on the OSSI:SOLAR page selecting Goddard in\nMaryland, Internship, Summer 2012, Engineering - Electrical Eng.,\nor Engineering - Computer Eng., and a keyword search using \"PICetSat\"\nreveals an opportunity titled \"PICetSat Module Development.\" which\nwill develop a high-altitude balloon experiment module and related\nground station components. This internship is open for Junior, Sen-\nior, and Masters level students. A description of this particular\ninternship opportunity can be found at:\nhttp://simsat.net/Internship-PICetSatModuleDevelopment-PKilroy.pdf\nas sponsored by Pat Kilroy, N8PK, an AMSAT member and engineer at\nNASA in Greenbelt, Maryland.\n\nHigh School Level Internships Applications Now Open\n---------------------------------------------------\nOn February 1, NASA opened the application process for high school\nstudents to apply for a summer internship. The application page is\nat: https://education.gsfc.nasa-telophase.com/ The deadline for high\nschool student applications is March 2, 2012.\n\nClick on \"Browse Available Projects\" for students in the greater\nMaryland/DC/Northern Virginia area. An opportunity exists for a\nhigh school student/intern to also participate on the SimSat high-\naltitude balloon experiment sponsored by Pat Kilroy, N8PK. The\ndirect link for this internship is:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/NASA-PICetSat-Internship\n\nThe application process must be completed at the NASA intern web\nsite. Students do not specify a specific internship program when\nthey submit an application. The NASA Education community will de-\ntermine which internship programs you are eligible for according\nto the information you provide in your application.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSuccessful ARISS Contact with El Dorado County Students\n\nOn Tuesday, January 24, on-orbit astronaut Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX participated in\nan ARISS contact with students from El Dorado County in Placerville, \nCalifornia.\nThe students, who came from several schools within the county, were able to get\nanswers to many of their questions about space. Approximately 250 \npeople were in\nattendance and another 160 watched as the contact was streamed over the\ninternet. The radio connection was provided by telebridge station W6SRJ in\nCalifornia. The station, located on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College\n(SRJC), hosted another 15 observers. In addition, the college sent a reporter\nand photographer from its newspaper, The Oak Leaf, to cover the event.  The\nARISS contact was part of a comprehensive education plan used to \npique students'\ninterest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). \nMore on the\nevent, including video and photos may be found on the El Dorado \nCounty Web site.\n  See: http://general.edcoe.org/nasaqa/default.html\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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