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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-277\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* Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015\n* NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events\n* AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday\n* Volunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal\n* ISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5\n* LQSat Launch Monday, October 5\n* Beijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites\n* LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched\n* September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop\n* Online Registration for the AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th\n* White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy\n  Internship Program\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-277.01\nANS-277 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 277.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE October 4, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-277.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSpecial Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015\n\n\nAMSAT’s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare\nAdvanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission\nOctober\n8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details will be\nreleased when made available from our launch provider. NRO has released this\nfactsheet about the mission:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_\nFactSheet.pdf\n\nGeneral information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox\nOperating Guide.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_\nMay2015_Hi.pdf\n\nFoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made\navailable for download at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 .\n\nAs part of the preparations for the launch and activation of\nthis new satellite, AMSAT is making our “Getting Started With The Amateur\nSatellites” book available for a limited time as a download with any\npaid new\nor renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only\navailable with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A\nperennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest\namateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite\noperation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and\ncovers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite.\n\nPlease take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/\nand selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other\nitems, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and\nother\nswag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A!\n\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice-President Operations for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events\n\n\nNASA Press Release:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-schedule-for-cubesat-\nlaunch-events\n\nThirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored\nCubeSats are\nscheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday,\nOct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prelaunch media\nbriefings\nand launch commentary coverage will be carried live on NASA Television\nand the\nagency's website.\n\nFour of the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of\nwhich was developed with NASA funding. All will be flown on the NRO's\nGovernment Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment (GRACE), which is an\nauxiliary payload aboard the NROL-55 mission.\n\nThe CubeSat developed with NASA funding will evaluate the ability to point a\nsmall satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at\nrates\nof up to 200 Mb/s -- a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat\ncommunications systems. The NASA-sponsored CubeSats will test new small\nsatellite control and communications systems, Earth observations,\namateur radio\ncommunications and an X-Band radio science transponder.\n\nThese CubeSats also include the first to be designed, built and operated by\nstudents in Alaska and the first from Native American tribal college\nstudents.\n\nSmall satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger\nrole\nin exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and\neducational\ninvestigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost\nplatform\nfor NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth\nobservations;\nfundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science\ninstruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite\ncommunications and autonomous movement capabilities. They also allow an\ninexpensive means to engage students in all phases of satellite development,\noperation and exploitation through real-world, hands-on research and\ndevelopment experience on NASA-funded rideshare launch opportunities.\n\nNASA will host two prelaunch briefings at Vandenberg on Wednesday, Oct.\n7. The\nfirst briefing will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in\nexploration\nand technology development and will begin at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). The\nparticipants will be:\n\n*    Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA\nHeadquarters\n*    Meagan Hubbell, deputy chief, CubeSat Program Office, National\nReconnaissance Office\n*    Sherrie Zacharius, vice president, Technology and Laboratory\nOperations at\nThe Aerospace Corporation\n*    John Serafini, vice president, Allied Minds and CEO, BridgeSat and\nHawkEye\n360\n*    Andrew Petro, Small Spacecraft Technology Program executive at NASA\nHeadquarters\n*    Scott Higginbotham, Launch Services Program ELaNa-12 Mission manager at\nNASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida\n\nThe second briefing will discuss the five NASA-sponsored CubeSats. This\nbriefing will begin at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT). The participants will be:\n\n*    Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The\nAerospace Corporation\n*    Tim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai\nCollege,\nPablo, Montana\n*    Morgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska,\nFairbanks\n*    Jerry Buxton, vice president, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1\n*    Courtney Duncan, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA's Jet\nPropulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California\n\nPanelists also will be available from noon to 1 p.m. PDT for one-on-one\ninterviews. Slots are limited.\n\nMedia interested in participating in the briefings by telephone or to\nschedule\nan interview must contact Joshua Buck at 202-358-1130 or [email protected] by 5\np.m. PDT, Tuesday, Oct. 6. Questions also can be submitted via Twitter\nduring\nthe briefings using the hashtag\n#askNASA.\n\nMedia may obtain access badges by contacting Capt. Selena Rodts, Vandenberg\nAir Force Base Public Affairs at 805-606-3595 or\[email protected] and\nsubmitting the necessary information by noon PDT on Tuesday.\n\nFor information about NASA TV launch coverage, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/nasatv\n\nFor more information about NASA CubeSats, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/cubesats\n\n\n[ANS thanks Joshua Buck, NASA Headquarters, Washington for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday\n\n\nAMSAT-NA VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY will be on the panel at a NASA\nprelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7 at 1800 UT. The briefing will be\nshown live on NASA TV.\n\nThe amateur radio FM transponder CubeSat, AMSAT Fox-1A, will be among 13\nCubeSats flying as secondary payloads on the NROL-55 mission which should\nlaunch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Thursday, October\n8, from\nVandenberg Air Force Base in California.\n\nNASA will be holding two briefings about the launch. The first on Wednesday,\nOct. 7 at 1700 UT (1pm EDT) will highlight the growing importance of\nCubeSats\nin exploration and technology development. The second at 1800 UT (2pm\nEDT) will\ndiscuss five of the CubeSats.\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY will on the panel in the 1800 UT briefing to talk\nabout the\nFox mission and science, and answer questions.\n\nFox-1A is a 1-Unit CubeSat carrying an FM repeater that will allow simple\nground stations using an HT and an “Arrow” or “Elk” type antenna to make\ncontacts using the satellite.\n\nData Under Voice (DUV) is used to send 200 bps FSK telemetry data at the\nsame\ntime as FM audio. This is achieved by making use of sub-audible frequencies\nbelow 200 Hz.\n\nInformation on the free Fox telemetry decoder software is at\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/23/fox-telemetry-decoder-software/\n\nRead the Fox Operating Guide at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-\ncontent/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf\n\nThe launch is still listed as TBD, Thursday, October 8 - CubeSat Launch\nCoverage from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Watch the following website\nfor updated coverage:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html\n\nWatch NASA TV at\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/nasatv\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVolunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal\n\n\nAMSAT is searching for a volunteer to assume the position of editor-in-chief\nof the AMSAT Journal. You'll help develop article sources and using AMSAT\nprovided software and templates compile the 32-page magazine for six\nissues per\nyear. Our publishing system is the Adobe InDesign CS6 package. This can be\nlearned quickly by any computer literate ham. InDesign is MS-Word on\nsteroids.\n\nThe editor-in-chief leads a team of assistant editors who locate\narticles and\nestablish contact with potential authors. All you need is an eye for\narticles\nof interest to amateur radio in space. You'll compile input from AMSAT HQ,\nvolunteer authors, and amateur radio news sources into articles for\npublication\nin our semi-monthly magazine.\n\nContact Barry Baines, WD4ASW ([email protected]) for additional information.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5\n\n\nThe European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that two Danish CubeSats\ncarrying amateur radio payloads should be deployed from the\nInternational Space\nStation (ISS) on Monday, October 5.\n\nOriginally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015 the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5\nand GomX-3, will be deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock. An\nastronaut will manipulate the Kibo robotic arm to lift AAUSAT-5 from the\nairlock and place it in orbit.\n\nOnce deployed from the ISS the CubeSat will begin transmitting signals to\nEarth that can be picked up by anyone with common amateur radio\nequipment. The\nfrequencies to listen on are:\n\nAAUSat-5 – 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600\nbps GMSK\npacket every 30 seconds\n\nGomX-3 – 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data from a NanoCom AX100 using\nCSP protocol\n\nIn addition to the amateur radio payloads new radio technology being\ndemonstrated by GomX-3 will support the tracking of civil aircraft and\nmeasuring telecom satellite signal quality. AAUSat-5 will demonstrate the\ntracking of ships on the open sea.\n\nESA article CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video)\nhttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_CubeSats_set\n_for_Monday_release\n\nESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/24/esa-listen-for-aausat-5/\n\n\n[ANS thanks ESA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLQSat Launch Monday, October 5\n\n\nonday, October 5 should see the launch of LQSat which was developed by\nresearchers and students at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine\nMechanics\nand Physics (CIOMP) and carries an amateur radio payload.\n\nThe launch will take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center\n(JSLC) in\nInner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket.\nLQSat is technology demonstrator 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg and\ncarries\na 2 m resolution camera as the main payload.\n\nThe IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are\n• 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps\nMSK CSP\npacket data\n• 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK\n\nSee\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/02/lqsat-launch/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBeijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites\n\n\nOn September 25, 2015 at 01:41 UT Beijing launched three satellites with\namateur radio payloads from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC)\nin the\nGobi desert, Inner Mongolia. They were carried on a new launcher, Beijing’s\nfirst solid-fuel rocket Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11), and deployed in a 470 x\n485 km,\n97.3 degree inclination Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).\n\nThis launch occurred just over 5 days after nine satellites carrying amateur\nradio payloads were launched by Beijing from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch\nCenter (TSLC) in Shanxi on September 19 at 23:01 UT.\n\nThe satellites were developed by students at the Nanjing University of\nAeronautics and Astronautics in collaboration with the Shanghai Engineering\nCenter for Microsatellites (SECM).\n\nThe main goal of the mission is to experiment with Software Defined Radio\n(SDR) in space. The amateur radio payloads will be used for exchanging\nTelemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) information with the amateur radio\nground control station. Information about the telemetry will be made\npublicly\navailable so that radio amateurs around the world may track and monitor the\nhealth of the satellites.\n\nOther payloads include a video camera along with receivers for dual-band\nGPS/Beidou, Maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Aeronautical\nAutomatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B).\n\nUsing MEMS based cold-gas micropropulsion it is planned to demonstrate\nformation flying by two of the CubeSats along with inter satellite\ncommunication using GAMALINK 2.4 GHz spread spectrum at 1 Mbps and the\nCubeSat\nSpace Protocol (CSP).\n\nThe TW-1A and TW-1B CubeSats are 2U (20x10x10cm) in size while TW-1C is 3U\n(30x10x10cm).\n\nMichael Chen BD5RV reports the satellites have these downlinks in the\n435-438\nMHz ITU Amateur Satellite Service allocation:\n• Tianwang-1A (TW-1A / SECM): Camera, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX\ninterval 10s\n• Tianwang-1B (TW-1B / NJUST-2): AIS, 437.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX\ninterval 20s\n• Tianwang-1C (TC-1C / NJFA-1): ADS-B, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX\ninterval 10s\nNote: TW-1A and 1C use the same frequency.\n\nOn the same launch was the technology demonstration satellite Pujian-1 which\nhas WiFi for intra-satellite communications.\n\nObject identification from information supplied by Nico Janssen PA0DLO and\nZhang Xuan BH4DBE:\nTW-1A object 40928, 2015-051B\nTW-1B object 40927, 2015-051C, (other IDs: TianWang 1B, NJUST-2)\nTW-1C object 40926, 2015-051D\nPujian 1 object 40925, 2015-051A\nChang Zheng 11 (CZ-11) fourth stage object 40929, 2015-051E\n\nKeplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for new satellites launched in\npast\n30 days\nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nShanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites\nhttp://www.microsate.com/en/\n\nGAMALINK in Space\nhttp://tekevernews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/gamalink-in-space.html\n\nIARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages\nhttp://amsat.org.uk/iaru/\n\nSatellite tracking information\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/\n\nAdding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched\n\n\nThe Indonesian amateur radio society ORARI report that on Monday, September\n28, 2015 04:30 hours UT, the LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite was launched from the\nSriharikota Range (SHAR) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.\nDeployment\ntook place  23 minutes later.\n\nLAPAN-A2 is in a 650 km orbit with an inclination of 6 degrees. It takes\nabout\n110 minutes to orbit the Earth and should pass over Indonesia and other near\nequatorial locations 14 times a day.\n\nThe low inclination equatorial orbit means it will be receivable from\nabout 30\ndegrees North to 30 degrees South. About a third of the world’s population,\nover 2.4 billion people, live within the coverage area of the satellite.\n\nThe ground station at the LAPAN Satellite Technology Centre in Rancabungur,\nBogor has made contact with LAPAN-A2. There will now be a period of\nactivation\nand testing of all the satellite systems and it is expected to be about\na month\nbefore the amateur radio payload becomes available for general use.\n\nThe primary aims of the mission are Earth observation using an RGB\ncamera and\nmaritime traffic monitoring using AIS, both using frequencies outside the\nAmateur Satellite Service.\n\nThe IARU has coordinated these frequencies for LAPA-A2/ORARI:\n• 437.425 MHz telemetry beacon\n• 435.880 MHz FM uplink\n• 145.880 MHz FM downlink (5 watts)\n• 145.825 APRS digipeater (5 watts)\n\nPlease send reports to\[email protected]\n\nListen to a recording of the 437.425 MHz telemetry signal at\nhttps://chirb.it/MrgLGy\n\nPre-launch Keps courtesy of Dirgantara Rahadian YE0EEE\n\nYBSAT\n1 99999U 00000    15270.20393519  .00010000  00000-0  10000-3 0 00011\n2 99999 006.0383 028.8188 0001450 317.4897 243.6033 14.00000000000018\n\nKeplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for new satellites launched in\npast\n30 days\nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nAdding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/\n\nSatellite tracking information\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/\n\nAMSAT-ID Facebook Group\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/831872960241607/\n\nOrganisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia (ORARI) in Google English\nhttp://tinyurl.com/IndonesiaORARI\n\nLAPAN-A2 paper\nhttp://www.researchgate.net/publication/259844289_Development_of_\nMicro-satellite_Technology_at_the_Indonesian_National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_\nand_Space_%28LAPAN%29\n\nThe IARU Region 3 Conference takes place in Bali, Indonesia, October\n12-16, 2015\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/21/iaru-region-3-act-on-band-plan-satellite/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSeptember/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop\n\n\nThe September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is complete and has been sent to\nthe print shop. Watch for your issue arrive in a few weeks (sent 2nd class\nmail).\nIn this issue you will find:\n\n+ AMSAT Announcements\n+ Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n+ Amateur Radio, AMSAT and STEM events: a great partnership\n  by Tom Schuessler, N5HYP\n+ AMSAT Fox Presentation to Dallas Area Ham Clubs\n  by Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY\n+ AMSAT Fox-1A: Concept to Launch, Contributions by the Fox-1A team:\n  o The Fox-1A Story - Ready for Launch October\n  o Some History: Introducing the Fox-1 Cubesat\n  o Fox-1A Design + Build + Software = Engineering Prototype\n  o Fox-1A Shake and Bake\n  o Fox-1A Delivery and Integration\n  o Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1 Team!\n  o Fox-1A at Vandenberg AFB and Ready for Launch\n  o Operating Tips When You Operate on Fox-1A\n+ DopplerPSK: Doppler-Correction Software for NO-84's\n  (PSAT) PSK31 Transponder by Andy Flowers, K0SM/2\n+ ARISS-International Meeting Held in Tokyo, Japan\n  by David Jordan, AA4KN\n+ Implementation of the International Arms Export Control Act\n  of 1976 by Elizabeth Garbee, KC0OTR\n\nThanks to all who contributed to this issue of the AMSAT Journal. As always\nplease send your photos, articles, news about club activities, awards to\[email protected]. The Journal's editorial team will be glad to help you get\nit published. We have an author's guide, \"How to Write for the AMSAT\nJournal\", posted at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1709\n\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editorial Team for the above information]\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOnline Registration for tne AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th\n\n\nOnline reservations for the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium close October\n8th.  After that, you will have to register at the October 16-18 meeting in\nDayton, Ohio.\n\nSee\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667\n\n\n[ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy\nInternship Program\n\n\nThe White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking students\nfor spring 2016 internships. The OSTP advises the President on the effects\nof science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The office\nserves as a source of scientific and technological analyses and judgment for\nthe president with respect to major policies, plans and programs of the\nfederal government.\n\nPolicy internships are open to interested students from all majors and\nprograms, including law school programs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens\nwho are enrolled, at least half-time, in an accredited college or university\nduring the period of volunteer service. Students in undergraduate, graduate\nand professional programs in all fields are encouraged to apply.\n\nWhile these positions are without compensation, the assignments provide\neducational enrichment, practical work experience and networking\nopportunities with other individuals in the science and technology policy\narena.\n\nApplications for spring 2016 internships are due Oct. 30, 2015.\n\nFor more information, visit\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/student.\n\nIf you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Rebecca Grimm\nat [email protected].\n\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Oct. 1, 2015 for the above\ninformation]\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*Monday, 16 November 2015 – Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in\nGoodyear AZ\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\n* A direct contact via 8N2F with students at Fukara Junior High School,\nSusono,\nJapan, was successful Thu 2015-10-01 10:26:55 UTC 85  deg. Thirteen students\nwere able to ask 17 questions of astronaut Kimiya Yui before the signal was\nlost.\n\nFukara Junior High School is located in the eastern part of Susono City in\nShizuoka Prefecture. Susono faces magnificent Mt. Fuji to the northwest, and\nextends to the crater of Mt. Hakone in the east. We have an unbroken\nview from\nthe foot of Mt. Fuji to Suruga Bay.This school is a smaller school with only\n147 students – 2 classes for each grade. The students are friendly and\nobedient\nand the school is always full of activity. All of the students belong to a\nsports team – we have baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and table\ntennis teams, so all of the students are involved in sports. Integrated\nactivities are the focus of our educational philosophy. For example, we\nperform\na play each year called “The Canal of Life”, in which the students study\nabout\nlocal history and perform a play about the work left behind by our\nforbearers –\nan irrigation canal that was built in the area. Through this kind of\nstudy, the\nstudents develop many strong ties to their community as well as pride in\ntheir\nhometown. Also, all the students in the school analyze newspaper\narticles each\nmorning to build awareness of current events around the world. They form\ntheir\nown thoughts and opinions about each article, and discuss their opinions\nwith\nfriends to further develop their thought process. This is how we are\npromoting\nthe NIE program (Newspapers in Education). The opportunity to talk with\nMr. Yui\nvia wireless transmission is a valuable experience to the students. We\nbelieve\nthat this activity will elevate the quality of our students.\n\nA video file has been uploaded:\nhttp://www.ariss.jp/fukara/8n2f.wmv\n\n\n* A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Nowogard Union Schools,\nJunior High School No. 2, Nowogard, Poland was successful Tue 2015-09-29\n12:56:27 UTC 36 deg. Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS answered 14\nquestions for\nstudents.\n\nNowogard Union Schools consists of two schools: Junior High School No 2\nand II\nHigh School. The school is situated in Nowogard in West Pomernia\nProvince. Our\nstudents are 13-19 years old. II High School provides students mainly with\nhumanities, science and mathematics curriculum.\n\nIn December 2013 the schools joined the ARISS School Contacts project.\nIn 2004\nthe Nicolaus Copernicus School Amateur Radio called SP1KMK was established.\nSince then our students have been keenly developing their radio ham\ninterests.\nStudents have taken part in astronomy and astronautics projects such as:\nMiniSat (they sent their own experiments in near space via balloons\nthanks to\nCopernicus Project Foundation), EarthKam (pupils ordered images of Earth\ntaken\nfrom the ISS). There was also an educational project called\n“SUPERCOMPUTER” in\nwhich our students gained some knowledge of the latest wireless networking\ntechnologies.\n\nApart from the above projects, they have made numerous astronomical\nobservations and got involved in astrophotography. Moreover, we hosted some\nmembers of Polish Amateur Astronomers Society who showed at the school the\nlargest amateur telescope called “SOWA”. Within the project, Nowogard Union\nSchools started to cooperate with some institutes of higher education\nsuch as\nWest Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and University of\nSzczecin. We also has established cooperation with NASA staff and\nconducted a\nvideo conference with a NASA astronauts’ trainer and a NASA flight engineer.\nThere have been some school trips to Air Force Base in Ewidwin and Dolna\nOdra Power Station in Gryfino organized to expand students’\ntechnological and\ntechnical knowledge.\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n*    A telebridge contact with students at Corpus Christi Catholic School,\nChambersburg, PA, USA via LU1CGB is scheduled for Tue 2015-10-06\n16:29:32 UTC\n33 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren  KO5MOS.\n\n\n          Audio from this contact will be fed into:\n              - EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377)\n              - IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector\n              - Streaming Audio at:\nhttps://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/\n\nAudio on Echolink and web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes\nprior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the\npreparation\nthat occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to\nthe ISS.\nPlease note that due to control issues with Echolink and IRLP there are\nmanual\nbreaks approximately every 2 minutes to prevent timeout of connected\nrepeaters\nand links. You may still time out depending on your local configuration.\n\nCorpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School,\nlocated in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215\nstudents and\n17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is\ncommitted to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school\nstrives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every\nclassroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks.  Students in the\nprimary\ngrades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate\ngrades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers.  Grades\nfour through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with\nGemini and\ncontinuing onto Mars.  In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the\nReduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools.  This experience\nincreased the entire students’ awareness of space flight and experiments\nbeing\nconducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school\nstudents are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major\ncities such\nas Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA.  Scores on standardized\ntests are above the national average.  School pride runs deep with the\nstudents, faculty, staff and parents.\n\n*    A direct contact via 9M2RPN with students at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman\nTun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is scheduled for Fri 2015-10-09\n08:00:04 UTC 47 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS.\n\nOur first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut\nShiekh Muzapher went on board the ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when,\nsome 80\nschool children talked to him and asked questions.  Since then it has\nbecome a\nhighly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's\nSpace Challenge Trophy.  This year we will be making our 8th yearly contact.\nSince the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite\nGround Station at the National Planetarium established in 1995 under the\ncall\nsign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future\nastronauts and\nspace scientists.  The forthcoming contact in October 2015 provides the\nhands\non experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists.\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\nTwo Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Open at Cal Poly, Looking for Experience\nwith SmallSats\n\nThe Aerospace and Electrical Engineering Departments at California State\nPolytechnic University at San Luis Obispo have 2 tenure-track faculty\npositions\nopen. Each position is looking for experience with or that can directly be\napplied to small satellites. A description of each position is listed\nbelow. If\ninterested in either position, please visit www.calpolyjobs.org and use the\napplicable requisition number for the position.\n\nMicro-Satellite and Space Propulsion (Requisition # 103821): Review\nBegin Date\nDecember 1, 2015\n\nThe Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invites\napplications for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty\nposition at\nthe Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning no later than Fall 2016.\nDuties include teaching undergraduate and master's level courses,\ndeveloping an\nexternally funded research program in the area of micro-satellite space\npropulsion, expanding the space propulsion curricula; collaborating with the\ndepartment’s ongoing CubeSat initiatives; and providing service to the\ndepartment, university, and community. Rank and salary is commensurate with\nqualifications and experience.\n\nThe position requires individuals who have demonstrated ability to provide\nundergraduate and graduate students with hands-on engineering education in a\nmultidisciplinary, systems-based environment. A Ph.D. in engineering, or\nclosely related field, is required. It is expected that the successful\ncandidate will work with faculty from the department and the college of\nengineering to grow and sustain the department’s CubeSat initiative in\nthe area\nof propulsion systems and related technologies including nonchemical\npropulsion, advanced propulsion technologies, and supporting technologies.\nIndustry experience, especially in the area of CubeSat or other\nmicro-satellite\npropulsion systems, and a commitment to working in a multidisciplinary and\ncollaborative setting are preferred.\n\n\nElectrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Joint Position\n(Requisition #\n103796): Review Begin Date January 4, 2016\n\nThe Electrical Engineering Department and Aerospace Engineering\nDepartment at\nCal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invite applications for a full-time, academic\nyear\ntenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor\nrank. The\nprojected start date is September 15, 2016. Duties include teaching\ncoursework\nin Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, building a\ncollaborative\nresearch program in the area of Satellite Communication and Mobile\nTerrestrial\nCommunications, and service to the department, university, and community.\nDesired areas of expertise include satellite electronics systems\nincluding the\nCube Sat form factor, mobile terrestrial communication systems with a strong\nhands-on orientation in working with students.  Rank and salary are\ncommensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates with research or\nprivate industry experience are encouraged to apply.\n\n[ANS thanks Ryan Nugent, CubeSat Program Cal Poly for the above information]\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\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n",
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