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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5B6SMWR3ZXA6OEEAFRWN4ZWYZPZTZAS5/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "SJ0PR16MB46975E6BA2E5766B573133008487A@SJ0PR16MB4697.namprd16.prod.outlook.com", "message_id_hash": "5B6SMWR3ZXA6OEEAFRWN4ZWYZPZTZAS5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/5B6SMWR3ZXA6OEEAFRWN4ZWYZPZTZAS5/", "sender": { "address": "f.karnauskas (a) amsat.org", "mailman_id": "02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Frank Karnauskas (N1UW)", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-337 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for December 3, 2003", "date": "2023-12-03T00:00:10Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\r\nANS-337\r\n\r\nIn this edition:\r\n\r\n* Update on AMSAT's Participation in ESA Geostationary Project\r\n* September/October 2023 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Available\r\n* ISS Resupply Will Interrupt ARISS Activity\r\n* ISS SSTV Event December 7-8, 2023\r\n* VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing December 2023\r\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 1, 2023\r\n* ARISS News\r\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\r\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\r\n\r\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\r\n\r\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat [dot] org.\r\n\r\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nANS-337 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\r\n\r\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\r\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\r\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\r\nWashington, DC 20002\r\n\r\nDATE 2023 DEC 03\r\n\r\n\r\nUpdate on AMSAT's Participation in ESA Geostationary Project\r\n\r\nFollowing the recent AMSAT Symposium where David Bowman, G0MRF, presented information on the ESA Geostationary payload investigation, an offer was extended to AMSAT to participate with AMSAT-UK in developing a proposal for submittal to ESA. AMSAT Director and Vice President - Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, volunteered on short notice to represent AMSAT in these initial discussions. An additional Canadian AMSAT representative is desired and welcome to participate in future meetings and discussions.\r\n\r\nAfter a meeting on November 26th, an initial proposal to ESA was being finalized for submittal on December 4th. More information will be forthcoming soon.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Director and Vice President - Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nSeptember/October 2023 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Available\r\n\r\nAMSAT members can now go to the member portal (https://launch.amsat.org/) and download the latest edition on The AMSAT Journal. The AMSAT Journal is published online in full-color. This edition is 38 pages jam-packed with the latest updates on key AMSAT projects. Topics in this issue include:\r\n\r\n - Apogee View - Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President\r\n - AMSAT Awards Update - Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Awards Manager\r\n - Education and CubeSat Simulator Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP, Educational Relations\r\n - PACSAT BBS Operations - Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ/VE2TCP\r\n - PACSAT Software Architecture - Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ/VE2TCP and Burns Fisher, WB1FJ\r\n - ARISS Update - Dave Taylor, W8AAS\r\n - Engineering Update - Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY; Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO\r\n\r\nAttention AMSAT members: You should receive an email alert that a new edition of The AMSAT Journal is available. If you are not receiving that email, it means your email is not on file in out membership system. You can add or update your email information by logging in the member portal (https://launch.amsat.org/) and updating your profile. If you have trouble doing this, please write info[at]amsat[dot]org and we will assist you.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\nLAST CALL for 2023 AMSAT President's Club Coins!\r\n\r\nThe year is almost over and, when it is,\r\nthe 2023 coins will no longer be available.\r\n\r\nTo commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch \r\non June 16, 1983, this year's coin features \r\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. \r\nJoin the AMSAT President's Club today and help \r\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space! \r\nhttps://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nISS Resupply Will Interrupt ARISS Activity\r\n\r\nNASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of the Roscosmos Progress 86 cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nThe unpiloted spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Friday, December 1,2023 at 09:25 UTC (4:25 A.M. EST) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.\r\n\r\nNASA coverage will begin at 4 A.M. on the NASA+ streaming service via the web <https://plus.nasa.gov/> or the NASA app <https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html>.\r\n\r\nThe Progress spacecraft will be placed into a two-day, 34-orbit journey to the station, leading to an automatic docking to the Poisk module at 6:14 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3. Coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 5:30 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website. As always, all amateur radio activity aboard the ISS is suspended during docking maneuvers.\r\n\r\nThe spacecraft will remain at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, then undock for a destructive but safe re-entry into Earth's atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n* ISS SSTV Event December 7-8, 2023\r\n\r\nRussian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images on 145.800 MHz FM probably using the SSTV mode PD-120. \r\n\r\nThe transmissions are part of the Moscow Aviation Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will be made from the amateur radio station RS0ISS in the Russian ISS Service module (Zvezda) using a Kenwood TM-D710E transceiver. It appears the theme for this session will highlight one of MAI's cosmonaut graduates - Yuri Usachov. Currently scheduled days and times are:\r\n\r\nThu 2023-12-07 08:55 UTC to 14:25 UTC\r\nFri 2023-12-08 08:15 UTC to 14:10 UTC\r\n\r\nDays and times are subject to change due to the operational requirements of the ISS.\r\n\r\nReminder - No ARISS award will be available for this session since it is not transmitted globally.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the \r\n AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\r\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\r\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\r\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nVUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing December 2023\r\n\r\n+ VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for November 01, 2023 to December 01, 2023.\r\n\r\nKO4MA 1933 2000\r\nK8DP 1575 1581\r\nAA5PK 1382 1404\r\nN8RO 1368 1384\r\nDL2GRC 1004 1108\r\nDF2ET 1000 1102\r\nKF7R 1050 1075\r\nPS8ET 925 1000\r\nK9UO 926 950\r\nKE8RJU 905 950\r\nOZ9AAR 800 900\r\nEA2AA 825 856\r\nKQ4DO 808 827\r\nW8LR 818 825\r\nFG8OJ 639 737\r\nHB9AOF 604 725\r\nKS1G 655 703\r\nWA6DNR 457 605\r\nJL1SAM 511 601\r\nW0NBC 437 563\r\nJG6CDH 515 553\r\nA65BR 513 532\r\nXE1UYS 327 505\r\nIK3ITB 400 500\r\nIK7FMQ 453 500\r\nN3CAL 435 471\r\nN6RVI 100 380\r\nSA0UNX 205 362\r\nJR0GAS 250 360\r\nAD2DD 261 356\r\nKG4AKV 254 355\r\nHC2FG 276 350\r\nN6PAZ 326 342\r\nDK3ZL New 319\r\nKB8CR New 301\r\nAL7ID New 261\r\nK6VHF 201 250\r\nN7GR 179 205\r\nK9JKM 114 201\r\nJF3MKC 175 200\r\nJI5RPT/1 101 200\r\nK9AQ 109 200\r\nWD9EWK (DM45) 160 165\r\nN4QX 152 157\r\nAA0DW New 141\r\nN6UTC (DM15) New 126\r\nJF1CDX New 105\r\nKT6CA New 103\r\nW3TI 101 103\r\nNJ2DX New 100\r\n\r\nCongratulations to the new VUCC holders.\r\nAL7ID is first VUCC Satellite holder from BP64\r\n\r\n+ DXCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for November 01, 2023 to December 01, 2023.\r\n\r\nOE9DGV 208 210\r\nF6BKI 203 207\r\nYO2CMI 169 173\r\nZS1LS 153 160\r\nEA2AA 152 154\r\nDL6GBM 125 152\r\nHB9RYZ 137 139\r\nLA6OP 123 136\r\nSP3AU 130 136\r\nDL9RAN 100 125\r\nFG8OJ 111 114\r\nSM2OAN 100 109\r\nCT1ETE New 104\r\nTF1A 100 102\r\nJA0FSB New 101\r\nK9UO 100 101\r\nEA5RM New 100\r\nKB9STR New 100\r\nKN2K New 100\r\nLA0FA New 100\r\nN0JE New 100\r\n\r\nCongratulations to the new DXCC Satellite holders.\r\nKN2K is first DXCC Satellite holder from VA\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\r\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\r\n from our Zazzle store!\r\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\r\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\r\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 1, 2023\r\n\r\nThe following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:\r\n\r\nNEUDOSE NORAD Cat ID 56315 Decayed from orbit on or about 28 November 2023 \r\n\r\nThe following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:\r\n\r\nHADES-D NORAD Cat ID 58294 IARU coordinated downlink on 436.666 MHz\r\nVERONIKA NORAD Cat ID 58261 IARU coordinated downlink on 436.680 MHz\r\nKAFASAT NORAD Cat ID 58317 IARU coordinated downlinks 435.835 MHz and 2404.400 MHz\r\n\r\nAMSAT thanks Nico Janssen for positively identifying these spacecraft and associating them with object numbers.\r\n\r\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. Elements in the TLE bulletin files are updated daily. TLE bulletin files are updated to add or remove satellites as necessary Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information.] \r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nARISS NEWS\r\n\r\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\r\n\r\n+ Upcoming Contacts\r\n\r\nCarl-Maria-von-Weber-Schule Eutin, Eutin, Germany, direct via DKØOH/Telebridge and Gymnasium in Loekamp, Marl, Germany, telebridge via DKØOH.\r\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS.\r\nThe scheduled crewmember is Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ.\r\nThe ARISS mentor is IN3GH.\r\nContact is go for Monday, December 4, 2023 at 11:36 UTC.\r\n\r\nOrangeburg Christian Academy, Orangeburg, SC, direct via N7GZT.\r\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.\r\nThe scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL.\r\nThe ARISS mentor is KD8COJ.\r\nContact is go for Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 15:19 UTC.\r\nWatch for Livestream at https://www.facebook.com/orangeburgchristianacademy\r\n\r\nObninsk, Russia, direct via TBD.\r\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS.\r\nThe scheduled crewmember is Konstantin Borisov.\r\nThe ARISS mentor is RV3DR.\r\nContact is go for Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 09:15 UTC.\r\n\r\n+ Completed Contacts\r\n\r\nGagarin From Space Performance Of An Amateur Radio Communication Session With Pupils Of Schools Of Aznakaevsky District Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan. Tatarstan, Russia, direct via RC4P.\r\nThe ISS callsign was RSØISS.\r\nThe crewmember was Konstantin Borisov.\r\nThe ARISS mentor was RV3DR.\r\nContact was successful on November 25, 2023 at 14:08 UTC.\r\n\r\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.\r\n\r\nAs always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol.\r\n\r\nNote, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. \r\n\r\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\r\n\r\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\r\n \r\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\r\n\r\nNone scheduled at this time.\r\n\r\nA growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming satellite passes that are accessible from your location.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n\r\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\r\n\r\nAMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says, “Think a 75-minute presentation on “working the easy satellites” would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!” Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n \r\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\n+ Eirsat-11 was successfully launched on Friday, December 1, 2023 from Florida aboard a Space X ride. On the first pass over Europe EIRSAT-1 was almost 10 minutes\r\nlate on the preliminary TLE set and almost 4 minutes early on the projected TLE set. The launch team will try to develop better parameters. Since this was a classified launch, TLEs may not be published by he usual sources, so the team will have to develop its own TLE set. [ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ A fascinating article describes the development of the CubeSat standard by AMSAT member Bob Twiggs, KE6QMD, and co-inventor Jordi Puig-Suari, an aerospace engineering professor at California Polytechnic State University. Searching for a way to simplify the projects—and cut out build time — Twiggs thought, “What if we made [the satellite] a cube and put solar cells on all sides so no matter which way it rotated, it was going to get charged?” With some spare solar cells from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he went down to a local shop and found a 4 X 4 X 4-in. transparent box. It was also around that time—in 1999—that an infamous error caught Twiggs’ attention. That year a mix-up between Imperial and metric units by a Lockheed Martin engineering team caused NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter to burn up in the red planet’s atmosphere, ending the mission early. “I said, ‘It’s about time students learn metric,’” he says. “I wonder what this [4-in. box] is in metric? Well, it turned out to be just almost 10 cm.” Read the entire article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-337-Twiggs. [ANS thanks Aviation Week Network for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe. The experiment beamed a laser encoded with data from far beyond the moon for the first time. The test data was sent from nearly 10 million miles (16 million kilometers) away and reached the Hale Telescope at the California Institute of Technology’s Palomar Observatory in Pasadena, California. Read the entire article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-337-Laser. [ANS thanks CNN.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\r\n\r\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\r\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.\r\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\r\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\r\n\r\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\r\n\r\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\r\n\r\nThis week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW\r\nn1uw [at] amsat [dot] org\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n", "attachments": [] }