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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5UEOSHHLX6UA5PWWKAB2TGCC37BH576D/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5C1rYZy_U7thRXu8X1MD--mBJfK4FdgF72zWadTAkbVDw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "5UEOSHHLX6UA5PWWKAB2TGCC37BH576D", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/5UEOSHHLX6UA5PWWKAB2TGCC37BH576D/?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": "[ANS] ANS-352 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Dec. 18", "date": "2022-12-18T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-352\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: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\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* CAMSAT XW-4 (CAS-10) Scheduled for Deployment Today\n* CAS-5A Designated Fengtai-OSCAR 118 (FO-118)\n* Administration Drafting Executive Order To Simplify Space Rules\n* Top Ten Most Needed of the 488 Gridmaster Grids, November 2022\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 8\n* Spacewalk From ISS With Two Cosmonauts Cancelled\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-352 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2022 Dec 18\n\nCAMSAT XW-4 (CAS-10) Scheduled for Deployment Today\n\nThe CAMSAT XW-4 (CAS-10) satellite was launched into the Chinese Space\nStation on November 12, 2022 aboard China's Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft,\nand was launched by the Long March-7 Y6 launch vehicle from the Wenchang\nLaunch Center in Hainan, China. It is currently planned that the XW-4\n(CAS-10) satellite will be separated from the Chinese space station and\nenter operational orbit at 01:30 UTC on December 18, 2022.\n\nThe functions of XW-4 (CAS-10) satellite include UHF CW telemetry beacon,\nGMSK telemetry data transmission, V/U mode linear transponder, a visible\nlight band space camera.\n\nAfter the satellite completes the in-orbit test and works normally, the\nspace camera photo download will be open to amateur radio enthusiasts all\nover the world. When the relevant remote control command is received by the\nsatellite, the GMSK telemetry channel will be used to downlink the photo\nstorage information and photo data, and the telemetry data will stop\nsending at that time.\n\nXW-4(CAS-10) satellite adopts a 8U CubeSat structure with a mass of about\n12kg, an on-orbit envelope size of 1007x790x475mm with four solar array\npanels and a three-axis stabilized attitude control system is used,\nlong-term power consumption is about 18.3 Watts.\n\nXW-4 Technical specifications are as follows:\n* CW telemetry beacon:\n Frequency: 435.575MHz\n RF power: 20dBm\n CW rate: 22wpm\n* GMSK telemetry:\n Frequency: 435.725MHz\n RF power: 23dBm\n Data rate: 4800bps\n* V/U mode linear transponder:\n Uplink frequency: 145.870MHz\n Downlink frequency: 435.180MHz\n RF power: 20dBm\n Bandwidth: 30kHz\n Spectrum inverted\n* Photo download remote control:\n Coming soon...\n\nPreliminary Keplerian elements, as supplied by CAMSAT are as follows:\nXW-4 (CAS-10)\n1 48274U 21035A 22349.57666509 .00020514 00000+0 25201-3 0 9994\n2 48274 41.4739 194.5783 0004074 111.0935 347.0781 15.59787538 93120\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU, CAMSAT CEO, for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Time is running out to get your 2022 AMSAT President's Club coin!\n To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on\nOctober 15, 1972, this year's coin features\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.\n Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nCAS-5A Designated Fengtai-OSCAR 118 (FO-118)\n\nOn December 9, 2022, the CAS-5A satellite was launched on a Smart Dragon-3\nY1 launch vehicle from the Chinese sea launch platform in the Yellow Sea.\nThe Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT), working closely with local\neducation authorities, designed, built, tested, and manages the CAS-5A\nsatellite. Thirty-one students from ten high schools learned satellite\ndesign, manufacturing, and applications through educational courses\ninitiated by CAMSAT and the Fengtai educational institution. The satellite\ncarries V/u and H/u linear transponders, a V/u FM repeater, and CW and GMSK\ntelemetry beacons for amateur radio use.\n\nAt the request of CAMSAT and the CAS-5A team, AMSAT hereby designates the\nsatellite as Fengtai-OSCAR 118 (FO-118). We congratulate all the involved\nteams, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite\ncommunity, and wish them continued success on this and future projects.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, OSCAR Number Administrator, for the\nabove information]\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\nAdministration Drafting Executive Order To Simplify Space Rules\n\nWASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is\ndrafting an executive order intended to streamline approval for private\nrocket launches amid a broader effort to bring legal and regulatory clarity\nfor American companies on everything from space travel to private space\nstations, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the effort.\n\nThe order would be part of a push by the White House's National Space\nCouncil to modernize U.S. space regulation, which has failed to keep up\nwith the increasingly ambitious pace of private-sector investment and\ndevelopment.\n\nThe order, slated to be ready for Biden to sign by early 2023, is meant to\nsimplify licensing procedures under existing laws for more routine space\nactivities like launching rockets and deploying satellites\n\n[ANS thanks Reuters for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTop Ten Most Needed of the 488 Gridmaster Grids, November 2022\n\nAs of November, stations actively seeking the Gridmaster award who have\nreported their progress to KE0PBR -- owner of the Gridmaster Heat Map\naccount on Twitter, and AMSAT rover page manager -- have indicated that the\nfollowing are the most needed grids at this time:\n\n 1. CM79\n 2. DN35\n 3. DN08\n 4. CM89\n 5. DN27\n 6. DN24\n 7. DN26\n 8. DL79\n 9. DM86\n10. DM76\n\nSatellite operations or roves in any of these grids would be VERY popular!\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\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 18\n\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps\nin the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical\nmodel of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly\nupdates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin\nfiles are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if\nnew high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\n\nOn December 9, 2022, CAMSAT's CAS-5A satellite was launched on a Smart\nDragon-3 Y1 launch vehicle from the Chinese sea launch platform in the\nYellow Sea. See AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-345 (Dated December 11,\n2022) for transponder data.\n\nThen, at the request of CAMSAT and the CAS-5A team, AMSAT has designated\nthe satellite as Fengtai-OSCAR 118 (FO-118) on December 15, 2022. See Drew\nGlasbrenner, KO4MA and OSCAR Number Administrator's bulletin (above)) for\ndetails.\n\nOriginally FO-118 was thought to be NORAD Cat ID 54682, but more recent TLE\nhave revealed that CAS 5A is actually object 54684 (2022-167C). Thanks to\nNico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the update on the correct NORAD Cat ID for FO-118\n(formally CAS-5A).\n\nTherefore, the following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA\nTLE distribution:\nFO-118 NORAD Cat ID 54684.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpacewalk From ISS With Two Cosmonauts Cancelled\n\nThe Roscosmos Mission Control team in Moscow postponed Wednesday evening’s\nplanned spacewalk with two cosmonauts to evaluate the situation and data\nfrom the Soyuz spacecraft. None of the crew members aboard the\nInternational Space Station were in danger, and all conducted normal\noperations throughout the day.\n\nRoscosmos is closely monitoring Soyuz spacecraft temperatures, which remain\nwithin acceptable limits. NASA and Roscosmos continue to coordinate\nexternal imagery and inspection plans to aid in evaluating the external\nleak location. Plans for an additional inspection of the Soyuz exterior\nusing the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm are underway.\n\nThe leak was first detected around 7:45 p.m. EST Dec. 14 (0045z on Dec. 15)\nwhen data from multiple pressure sensors in the cooling loop showed low\nreadings. At that time, cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were\npreparing to conduct a spacewalk. The cosmonauts did not exit the space\nstation, and no crew members were exposed to the leaking coolant.\n\nThe Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carried NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos\ncosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin into space after launching\nfrom the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 21.\n\n[NOTE: All amateur radio equipment aboard the ISS is switched off during\ndocking maneuvers and EVAs (spacewalks)]\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\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\nRECENTLY COMPLETED:\nMaitland Air Cadet Association, Goderich, ON, Canada, direct via VA3SQN.\nThe ISS callsign was NA1SS. The crewmember was Josh Cassada, KI5CRH.\nContact was successful: Fri 2022-12-16 17:25:07 UTC 32 degrees elevation.\nCongratulations to the Maitland Air Cadet Association students and Josh!\n\nTO BE RESCHEDULED:\nESPRIT: Private Higher School of Engineering and Technology, Little Ariana,\nTunisia, telebridge via ON4ISS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to\nbe TBD. The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH. Due to an EVA,\nthe contact has been cancelled for: Wed 2022-12-21 08:45:59 UTC 84 degrees.\nThe contact will need to be rescheduled.\n\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so\ninclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume\nup, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never\nknow!\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\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\nKG4AKV: I’ll be activating grid FM15 on Dec 17th or 18th. Carlos W7QL needs\nit for his last 2-3 grids for the Gridmaster Award. Specific passes will be\nposted later.\n\nKB3IAI: Will be roving in EM23 (near Paris, TX) from Dec 21 to Dec 27th.\nPasses will be added to hams.at, & Twitter. Linear and FM as availability\nwith family permits.\n\nAD7DB: AD7DB going to DM22 in Yuma AZ, Dec 17-18. Maybe DM32 and DM23.\nVarious FM sats. He will try to post announcements on Twitter ahead of them.\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\nAMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6LCS has a few satellite\npresentations scheduled …\n-Greenville, North Carolina (1/10/23)\n-Ontario, Canada (1/16/23)\n-Thames Valley, England (5/11/23)\n\nThink a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy\nSatellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or\nclub? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And\npre-presentation questions are welcome. Visit http://www.work-sat.com for\nmore information.\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+ An FO-118 (CAS-5A) User's Manual, containing technical details and\ntelemetry specifications, is now available at https://bit.ly/3HXEzwn (ANS\nthanks Alan Kung, BA1DU, for the above information).\n\n+ Pages 60-62 of the January 2023 issue of QST magazine carries a story\nabout RamSat, a cubesat constructed by students at Robertsville Middle\nSchool in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that was launched by NASA in 2021. Page 66\nof the same issue describes an ARISS contact with Canterbury School in fort\nMyers, Florida that took place in October of 2022. (ANS thanks ARRL for the\nabove information)\n\n+ The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation has been issued a $336.64\ndonation from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result of AmazonSmile program\nactivity between July 1 and September 30, 2022. (ANS thanks Frank\nKarnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development, for the above information)\n\n+ FalconSat-3 is being made available for use for 24 hour periods most\nweekends. The satellite is decaying, and near re-entry. So use it while you\ncan! (ANS thanks Mark L. Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Director and Command Station,\nfor the above information)\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5UEOSHHLX6UA5PWWKAB2TGCC37BH576D/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 18038, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/5UEOSHHLX6UA5PWWKAB2TGCC37BH576D/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }