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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/3QBB4KNDRVFZQ3577LMWJBFOAB2LDBLT/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "3QBB4KNDRVFZQ3577LMWJBFOAB2LDBLT", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/3QBB4KNDRVFZQ3577LMWJBFOAB2LDBLT/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-319 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2015-11-15T03:26:45Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-319\n\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* EO-79 CubeSat Update\n* QB50 Frequency Table\n* Newsline Interview With ISS First School Contact Teacher\n* Signal Reports Requested From IO-86 FM Transponder Test\n* ARISS Contact Featured in ARRL Radio Waves Newsletter\n* McMurdo completes MEOSAR satellite ground station in New Zealand\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.01\nANS-319 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nNovember 15, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.01\n\nEO-79 CubeSat Update\n\nWouter Weggelaar PA3WEG has provided this update on the status and plans for\nQB50p1 – EO-79.\n\nEarlier testing campaigns indicate that the AMSAT-UK/AMSAT-NL transponder on\nboard of this spacecraft is in good health. We have activated the \ntransponder on\nvarious occasions for testing purposes.\n\nAt the moment we believe the power system is capable of sustaining \ntransponder\noperations indefinitely. ISIS (the satellite designer and operator) \nstill needs\nto write and apply a software patch that would keep the transponder \nrunning. The\ncurrent logic in the satellite will switch off the transponder if a \nreset occurs\nof the On Board Computer or power system.\n\nEfforts are being made to allow usage of the transponder in the mean \ntime and\nalso allow select command stations to take the satellite out of safe \nmode if it\ndoes reset. ISIS will continue to monitor all telemetry and the satellites\nhealth.\n\nThe precursor satellites have gathered valuable data about the sensor \npayloads,\nand the lessons learnt are being implemented in the flight units for the \nQB50\nmain mission.\n\nWe will still have to wait until procedures are in place and the \nactivation is\ncleared by the operator and owners of the satellite, but we are nearly \nready for\nthe activation of another transponder!\n\nTransponder activations will be announced on the AMSAT Bulletin Board.\n\nOn behalf of AMSAT-NL and the ISIS operations team I would like to thank the\ncommunity for supporting our mission and thank you for your patience.\n\n[ANS thanks Wouter, PA3WEG, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nQB50 Frequency Table\n\nHere is a link worth keeping an eye on as the QB50 launch in 2016 gets\ncloser. JE9PEL has a page documenting the frequencies of the 50 cubesats at:\n\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/qb50sats.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNewsline Interview With ISS First School Contact Teacher\n\nThis week’s Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1985 November 13, 2015 includes an\ninterview with Rita Wright, KC9CDL, the science teacher who was lucky \nenough to\nhelp her students be chosen to talk with ISS astronaut William M. “Shep”\nShepherd, KD5GSL, for the first school contact with the International Space\nStation.\n\nAmateur Radio Newsline has this week’s bulletins posted at:\n\nhttp://www.arnewsline.org/news/2015/11/13/amateur-radio-newsline-report-1985-\nnovember-13-2015.html\n\nSelect ‘Script’ or ‘Audio’ to access the newscast as desired.\n\n[ANS thanks the Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSignal Reports Requested From IO-86 FM Transponder Test\n\nThe FM transponder aboard IO-86/LAPAN-ORARI was activated for testing, \nand was\navailable for amateur radio use on 14 November 2015 between 01:35 UTC - \n03:40\nUTC. This satellite is in a 6° inclination orbit so only stations in \nequatorial\nregions have access. Station in far southern United States may have access.\n\n+ Uplink: 145.880Mhz with 88.5 Hz tone\n+ Downlink: 435.880 Mhz\n\nIf you heard IO-86 or had any contacts please e-mail signal reports to\[email protected]\n\nThe two-line Keplerian elements are:\n\nIO-86\n1 40931U 15052B 15316.15776324 .00001070 00000-0 60618-4 0 9994\n2 40931 6.0030 69.3893 0012877 275.6206 84.2533 14.76374433 6653\n\nThese are also included in the keps download available from www.amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Dirgantara Rahadian. YE0EEE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Contact Featured in ARRL Radio Waves Newsletter\n\nThe American Radio Relay League's Fall 2015 issue of \"Radio Waves\", a \nnewsletter\nfor teachers, license instructors, and radio science education features \ncoverage\nof the ARISS contact with Tulsa Community College. The PDF issue can be \naccessed\nat:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/radio-waves\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMcMurdo completes MEOSAR satellite ground station in New Zealand\n\n\nThe legacy of AMSAT OSCAR 6 & 7 in demonstrating satellite based Doppler\nlocation of ground transmitters for search-and-rescue operations in the \n1970s\nset the stage for the Cospas-Sarsat system which is now entering into \nthe next\nstage of evolution.\n\nMcMurdo's next-generation MEOSAR satellite ground station system \ninstallation in\nNew Zealand will reduce rescue times in one of the world's most active \nsearch\nand rescue regions.\n\nMcMurdo has announced that it has completed the installation of a \nsix-antenna\nnext-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite \nground\nstation system in New Zealand.\n\nThe project, which is part of a joint initiative with Maritime New \nZealand and\nthe Australian Maritime Safety Authority, is expected to significantly boost\nsearch and rescue capability in the New Zealand and Australia search \nregions and\nmarks the first implementation of MEOSAR in Asia Pacific. MEOSAR is the \nnext-\ngeneration version of Cospas-Sarsat, the international search and rescue\nsatellite system that has helped to save 37,000 lives since 1982.\n\nIn a typical satellite-based search and rescue scenario, ships, aircraft or\nindividuals transmit distress signals from an emergency location beacon via\nsatellite to a fixed ground receiving station or local user terminal. \nThe ground\nstation receives and calculates the location of the distress signal and \ncreates\nand sends an alert to the appropriate rescue authorities.\n\nToday, the beacon-to-alert process depends on a limited number of Low Earth\nOrbit (LEO) satellites and may take several hours before a position is\nconfirmed. With MEOSAR, beacon signals will be received more quickly and \nbeacon\nlocations identified with greater accuracy thereby reducing this time to\nminutes.\n\nThe New Zealand MEOSAR system, and another being installed in Western \nAustralia,\nwill cover one of the largest search and rescue areas in the world - \nfrom north\nof Australia/New Zealand to the Equator and south to the South Pole, east to\nhalf way across the Pacific, and west half way across the Indian Ocean. The\nsystems will undergo rigorous testing before being officially brought \nonline in\nlate 2017 by Cospas-Sarsat.\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }