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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/6Q6PG4RYTASJHR6S6HM7A4VY2455FMT7/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "6Q6PG4RYTASJHR6S6HM7A4VY2455FMT7", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/6Q6PG4RYTASJHR6S6HM7A4VY2455FMT7/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[ans] ANS-263 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2015-09-20T04:23:03Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-263\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* 2015 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n* List of Papers & Presentations for the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium\n* September 19 Multiple Amateur Radio Satellite Launch From China\n* LilacSat-2 Website and Telemetry Decoder Available\n* SERPENS CubeSat Deployed from ISS\n* ARISS-Europe Board Elections\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.01\nANS-263 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE September 20, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-263.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2015 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results\n\n\nAs a result of the 2015 Board of Directors election, Barry Baines, WD4ASW;\nJerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; and Bob McGwier, N4HY; will\nserve on the board for two years.\n\nThe First Alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the Second Alternate is Bruce\nPaige, KK5DO. Both will serve for a term of one year.\n\nThe results of the voting with 625 ballots cast are as follows:\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW............475\nJerry Buxton, N0JY..............417\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA.........366\nBob McGwier, N4HY...............316\nMark Hammond, N8MH..............289\nBruce Paige, KK5DO..............198\nSteve Coy, K8UD.................194\nE. Mike McCardel, KC8YLD........152\n\nSubmitted by:\nMartha Saragovitz Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\nManager Corporate Secretary\n\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Corporate Secretary for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nList of Papers & Presentations for the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium\n\n\nThe 2015 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be held on the\nweekend of October 16-18, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton,\nOhio.\n\nCurrently the following Papers have been proposed.\nALL TITLES ARE TENTATIVE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AND SOME MAY ONLY APPEAR IN THE\nSYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. More current information will be made available as\nsoon as possible.\n\n\"APRS Satellites, PSK31 and DTMF/Voice\"\nBob Bruninga, WB4APR\n\n\"A Modern Approach to Secure Commanding of an Amateur Satellite\"\nBurns Fisher, W2BFJ (possibly another author will be added)\n\n\"Nano-satellite and Amateur Satellite Ground Station Development at the\nUniversity of the Philippines\"\nLeo Almazan, AMSAT-Philippines\n\n\"SatNOGS - An open satellite ground station network\"\nI.Charitopoulos, I.Giannelos, E.Kosmas, D.Papadeas, P.Papadeas,\nM.Papamatthaiou, N.Roussos, V.Tsiligiannis, and A.Zisimatos\nLibre Space Foundation, Athens, Greece\n\n\"Fox-1C Environmental Testing\"\nRobert Davis\n\n\"DSP on-board Rideshare to Geosynchronous Orbit\"\nMike Parker, KT7D, Rincon Research Corp.\n\nFox Maximum Power Point Tracker\nBryce Salmi\n\n\"Preliminary Design of Fox-1E.\"\nMike KB2GHZ\n\n\"HEO/GEO Mission\"\nBob McGwier, N4HY\n\n\"Virginia Tech Ground Station Update\" (Potentially Live Demonstrations)\nZach Leffke\n\n\"VT, AMSAT, and ITAR\"\nSonya Rowe\n\n\"Fox-1 Camera Update\"\nSeth Hitefield\n\n\"VT Ground Station Control Framework\"\nPaul David\n\n\"Software/Cognitive Radio Experiment onboard NASA SCaN JPL SDR\"\nDeirdre Beggs\n\n\"Phase3E Proposed Orbit and Attitude Control Changes.\"\nAndrew Rogers\n\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, Symposium Proceedings Editor, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSeptember 19 Multiple Amateur Radio Satellite Launch From China\n\n\nAlan Kung, BA1DU, provided China AMSAT's (CAMSAT) frequency and mode\ninformation for the September 19 launch of mulitple satellites on Beijing’s\nnew Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.\n\nEstimated early Keplerian elements for a September 19 launch are:\n\nXW-2(CAS-3)\n1 99999U 15262.96885748 .00004985 00000-0 28395-3 0 00005\n2 99999 097.4712 270.8252 0010383 266.0522 270.6644 15.12847565000015\n\nLaunch time was planned for 23:00:00 UTC on 2015-09-18 with deployment \nof the\nsatellites at 23:15:14 UTC. Technical difficulties postponed the launch \nuntil\n23:00:00 UTC on 2015-09-19.\n\nThe ARRL posted a Word Doc with frequency information from BA1DU at:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/files/media/News/XW-2CAS-3%20Sats.doc\n\nAMSAT-UK has a link to this document at:\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/16/camsat-xw-2-satellites-launch-info/\n\nThe XW-2A through XW-2F satellites are using the same type of antenna. \nThese\nare quarter wavelength deployable monopole whip antennas and made of steel\ntape, including a UHF uplink antenna and a VHF downlink antenna for each\nsatellite.\n\n TX\n Satellite Frequencies (MHz) Power Modulation\n----------------------------- ------- -------------------\nXW-2A (CAS-3A)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.640 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.660 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.030 - 435.050\n Downlink: 145.665 - 145.685 20 dBm\n\nXW-2B (CAS-3B)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.705 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.725 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.090 - 435.110\n Downlink: 145.730 - 145.750 20 dBm\n\nXW-2C (CAS-3C)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.770 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.790 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.150 - 435.170\n Downlink: 145.795 - 145.815 20 dBm\n\nXW-2D (CAS-3D)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.835 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.855 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.210 - 435.230\n Downlink: 145.860 - 145.880 20 dBm\n\nXW-2E (CAS-3E)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.890 20 dBm 9.6kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.910 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.270 - 435.290\n Downlink: 145.915 - 145.935 20 dBm\n\nXW-2F (CAS-3F)\nDigital Telemetry: 145.955 20 dBm 9.6kbps, GMSK\nCW Beacon: 145.975 17 dBm 22wpm, CW\nInverting Linear Transponder\n Uplink: 435.330 - 435.350\n Downlink: 145.980 - 146.000 20 dBm\n\nDCBB (CAS-3G)\nDownlink: 145.475 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, GMSK\n 437.950 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, GMSK\n\nLilacSat-2 (CAS-3H)\nCW Beacon 437.200\nAPRS\n Uplink: 144.390 AFSK\n Downlink: 144.390 AFSK\nFM Transponder\n Uplink: 144.350 FM\n Downlink: 437.225 FM\n\nNUDT-Phone-Sat (CAS-3I)\nDownlink: 437.300 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, FSK\n\nThe AMSAT-BB reports CW beacon activity from the satellites after launch\nalthough the actual orbit is reported to be running approximately two \nminutes\nlater than the estimated Keps.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU, and CAMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLilacSat-2 Website and Telemetry Decoder Available\n\n\nLilacSat-2 website\nhttp://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/\n\nand telemetry decoder based on GNU Radio\nhttps://github.com/bg2bhc/gr-lilacsat\n\nare now available.\n\n\n[ANS thanks WEI Mingchuan, BG2BHC for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSERPENS CubeSat Deployed from ISS\n\n\nOn September 17, 2015 the Brazilian SERPENS CubeSat carrying an amateur \nradio\npayload, call sign PY0ESA, was deployed from the International Space Station\n(ISS).\n\nSERPENS LogoSERPENS is a 3U CubeSat which was developed by students at the\nUniversity of Brasilia and focuses on meteorological data collection.\n\nThe SERPENS Amateur Radio Page shows these downlink frequencies:\n\n• 145.980 MHz using GFSK modulation at 9600 bps and AX.25 protocol\ntransmiting two different beacons. The first occurs every 10 seconds \nwith the\nmessage “SERPENS A”. This is implemented for easy identification of the\nsatellite when searching for it. The second beacon is transmitted every 30\nseconds and contains the main housekeeping data of the satellite. In \naddition\nto the beacons, a simple Store and Forward experiment has been implemented.\n\n• 437.365 MHz using CW/MSK modulation at 1200 bps and CSP protocol.\n\nThere is a Store and Forward messaging system compatible with HUMSAT sensors\non the frequency of 437.525 MHz, using GMSK modulation at 1200 bps. The \nHUMSAT\ntransponder will collect data (e.g. wind, humidity, water levels, etc) from\nEarth based sensors operating on 437.525 MHz, store the data on-board \nand then\ntransmit it to university ground stations. For more information visit\nhttp://www.humsat.org/\n\nSERPENS carries a Pulsed Plasma Thruster for CUbesat Propulsion (PPTCUP) \nunit\ndeveloped by UK companies Mars Space Ltd and Clyde Space Ltd in \ncollaboration\nwith the University of Southampton.\n\nThe PPTCUP consists of a thruster board and discharge chamber. Overall, the\nthruster assembly weighs 180 grams including 7g of Teflon fuel and \ndelivers a\nthrust of 40 micronewtons at a power consumption of 2 Watts. The entire\nthruster assembly fits into a 90 by 90 by 27-millimeter envelope.The \nthruster\noperates at a specific impulse of 608 seconds and in its original version is\ncertified for 1.5 million shots. For durability, the system uses copper-\ntungsten electrodes. All thruster functions are controlled by a PIC16\nmicrocontroller.\n\nAlso deployed with SERPENS from the ISS was the CubeSat S-CUBE designed to\nobserve the Ultraviolet (UV) spectrum during the Orionid meteor shower in\nOctober. It does not operate in the Amateur Satellite Service.\n\nSERPENS Amateur Radio Page\nhttp://www.aerospace.unb.br/serpens_radioamateurs\n\nSERPENS information in HTV-5 Cargo Overview\nhttp://www.spaceflight101.com/htv-5-cargo-overview.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS-Europe Board Elections\n\n\nAccording the ARISS-Europe Terms of Reference, Board elections took \nplace in\n2015:\n\n- A call for candidatures was circulated to the Member Societies March \n2015.\n- Candidatures were accepted till the end of May 2015.\n- June 4, 2015 four candidates were presented to the Member Societies.\n- Till September 1st, 2015, the votes of the Member Societies were \ncollected.\n- All four candidates are elected unopposed for a two years term.\n\nElected Board:\n\n- Emanuele D'Andria, I0ELE, chairman\n- Oliver Amend, DG6BCE, technical director\n- Bertus Hüsken, PE1KEH, counsellor\n- Jean Pierre Courjaud, F6DZP, counsellor.\n\nAccording the Terms of Reference, the Board elected takes office October \n1st,\n2015.\n\nMember Societies:\n\n• AMSAT-Belgium (Belgium)\n• AMSAT-Francophone (France)\n• AMSAT-Italy (Italy)\n• AMSAT-SM (Sweden)\n• AMSAT-UK (UK)\n• ARI (Italy)\n• DARC (Germany)\n• MARL (Malta) (associate member)\n• PZK (Poland)\n• RAL (Lebanon) (associate member)\n• REF (France)\n• REP (Portugal)\n• RSGB (UK)\n• UBA (Belgium)\n• USKA (Switzerland)\n• VERON (The Netherlands)\n\nCongratulations to the elected Board and best wishes for a very successful\nterm of office.\n\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/ariss-europe-chairman-retires-successor-elected\n\n(Editors note: Emanuele D'Andria, I0ELE, will assume the duties as \nARISS-Europe\nchairman. Gaston Bertels, ON4WF is retiring. ANS would like to thank Gaston\nfor his dedicated and enthusiastic support of ARISS and amateur radio.)\n\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston Bertels, ON4WF for the above 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, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in\nDayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza)\n\n*Saturday, 7 November 2015 – Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in\nMarana AZ\n\n*Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 – Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL\nGeorgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA\n\n*Saturday, 5 December 2015 – Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\nNew Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM, direct via N5MMI\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact was successful: Wed 2015-09-16 15:48:50 UTC 43 deg.\n\nAbout The NEW Mexico Military Institute\n\nLocated in Roswell, New Mexico, the New Mexico Military Institute offers a\nrich history and tradition of educating tomorrow’s leaders through a \nprogram of\nstrong, challenging academics, leadership preparation, and character\ndevelopment. Known as “The West Point of the West,” NMMI remains the \nonly state-\nsupported co-educational college preparatory high school and junior \ncollege in\nthe United States. Serving the educational needs of an international student\npopulation, the Institute has an enrollment of approximately 1,000 \nstudents who\ncome from 43 states, the District of Columbia, and 13 foreign nations.\n\nAbout Roswell\n\nRoswell is located in the southeast New Mexico and is the home of more than\n48,000 people. The major industries here are farming, dairying, ranching,\nmanufacturing, petroleum production, and, of course, tourism! Roswell is \nwell\nknown for the “Roswell Incident”, the alleged crash landing of a UFO \nNortheast\nof town in 1947. Between 1930 and 1941 Roswell was the home of Robert \nGoddard,\nconsidered the father of the liquid-fueled rocket. Goddard’s research and\nrocket flight testing in Roswell paved the way for our current space \nprogram.\nsuccessful.\n\nListen to partial audio of contact from John Brier, KG4AKV recorded from\nRaleigh, NC\nhttps://soundcloud.com/johnbrier/iss-new-mexico-military-institute-contact-\nreception-in-raleigh-nc\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\nThree ISS Crew Members, Including Two Hams, Return Safely to Earth\n\nTwo radio amateurs -- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas \nMogensen,\nKG5GCZ, Soyuz commander and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT -- plus\nKazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, arrived back on Earth on September 12 \nfrom the\nInternational Space Station (ISS). Mogensen, Aimbetov, and cosmonaut Sergey\nVolkov, RU3DIS, had launched in a Soyuz transporter to the ISS on \nSeptember 2\nfrom Baikonur cosmodrome. Aimbetov -- who had replaced \"space tourist\" and\nBritish singer Sarah Brightman on the Soyuz flight -- and Mogensen took \npart in\nthe 10-day ESA mission to test new technologies and conduct a series of\nscientific experiments. Mogensen is Denmark's first astronaut, while \nAimbetov\nis the first Kazakh cosmonaut.\n\nThe trio undocked from the orbiting complex on September 11 in the Soyuz\nspacecraft that had been attached to the ISS, leaving the vessel they \narrived\nin for the station crew. The new Soyuz spacecraft will return NASA astronaut\nScott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, RN3BF, at the end of their one-\nyear mission next March, along with Volkov.\n\nThe return wrapped up 168 days in space for Padalka, who had been on the ISS\nsince March and has logged a record 879 days in space on five flights -- \nmore\nthan 2 months longer than cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, the previous \nrecord\nholder.\n\nThe undocking of the returning Soyuz marked the formal start of ISS \nExpedition\n45 under Kelly's command. In addition to Kelly, Kornienko, and Volkov, those\nonboard the ISS include astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS; cosmonaut Oleg\nKononenko, RN3DX, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, KG5BPH.\n\nThree more radio amateurs are scheduled to head to the ISS in December. They\nare cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP; UK astronaut Timothy Peake, \nKG5BVI, and\nTimothy Kopra, KE5UDN.\n\nNovember 2 will mark the 15th anniversary of a permanent human presence \non the\nISS.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL Letter, NASA, & European Space Agency for the above\ninformation]\n\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\n\n", "attachments": [] }