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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans] ANS-311 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-11-06T02:12:35Z",
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    "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-311\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* AMSAT Symposium Cruise Port Call Changed\n* ARISS Packet Active on 437.550 MHz\n* Upcoming ARISS contact with Boca Raton Christian School, Boca Raton FL\n* US Naval Academy Students Plan HF Transponder Satellite\n* UBAKUSAT 3U Linear Transponder CubeSat\n* NASA CubeSat Launch Opportunity\n* Free Program -- Cubes in SpaceTM\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.01\nANS-311 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.01\n  From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE November 6, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-311.01\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium Cruise Port Call Changed\n\nThe 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held aboard a commercial cruise ship\ndeparting from the port of Galveston, Texas.  Sail dates are November 10-14\naboard the Carnival Liberty.  Galveston is conveniently located near \nHouston,\nTexas with access from both the George Bush Intercontinental Airport \n(IAH) and\nthe Houston Hobby Airport (HOU.)\n\nAMSAT has been notified that due to a technical issue with Carnival \nLiberty which\nonly affects the ship;s maximum cruise speed, the arrival and departure \ntimes\nas well as scheduled itinerary have been modified.  This cruise will \nembark on\nThursday evening, 19:00-22:00 CST and return on the following Monday \nmorning at\n10:00 CST.  The trip includes two full days at sea and one day in port at\nProgreso, Mexico.  Symposium presentations and meetings will be \nconducted during\nthe days at sea to allow free time during the stop while in port. The AMSAT\nBoard of Directors meeting will occur on shore at the DoubleTree by Hilton\nGalveston Beach, Galveston, Texas, November 9-10.\n\n[ANS thanks Carnival Cruise Lines for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Packet Active on 437.550 MHz\n\nN5VHO reported via Twitter (#ARISS, #hamradio) that the ISS packet system\nnow operational on UHF (437.550 MHz). See also:\nhttp://www.issfanclub.com/node/41955\n\n[ANS thanks Kenneth, N5VHO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS contact with Boca Raton Christian School, Boca Raton FL\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with \nparticipants\nat Boca Raton Christian School, Boca Raton FL on 07 Nov. The event is \nscheduled\nto begin at approximately 17:15 UTC. The duration of the contact is\napproximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct \nbetween NA1SS\nand N4BRF. The contact should be audible over the state of Florida and \nadjacent\nareas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz \ndownlink.\nThe contact is expected to be conducted in English.\n\nBoca Raton Christian School is a faith-based school distinguished by its\nacademic excellence, spiritual formation, and caring environment. BRCS \nserves\napproximately 570 students in grades PreK-12. The campus is situated on\napproximately 22 acres in downtown Boca Raton, FL. Founded in 1973 as a \nministry\nof Boca Raton Community Church, the school is accredited by several \neducational\ninstitutions and has been recognized twice as a National Blue Ribbon \nSchool. The\ncollege preparatory high school features a one-to-one laptop program as \nwell as\nsuperior fine arts and athletic programs. All BRCS students participate in\ncommunity service: grades K through 8 are involved in local projects, \nand high\nschool students spend a week serving under-served communities in Tennessee,\nArizona, and Costa Rica.\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative\nventure of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that\nsupport the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, \nsponsors\nare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio \nRelay\nLeague (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space \n(CASIS) and\nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The primary goal \nof ARISS\nis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and \nmathematics\n(STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between \ncrew\nmembers aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education \nvenues.\nWith the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak \ndirectly\nwith large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these\nradio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about \nspace,\nspace technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see \nwww.ariss.org,\nwww.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.\n\n[ANS thanks David, AA4KN, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUS Naval Academy Students Plan HF Transponder Satellite\n\nAMSAT-UK reported the US Naval Academy HFSAT received IARU frequency\ncoordination on October 27, 2016. This is a 1.5U CubeSat with a 15 meter to\n10 meter linear transponder. The #HFsat 21.4 to 29.42 MHz inverting\ntransponder will have a bandwidth of 30 kHz. The satellite will also carry\nan APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz. crossed 1/4 wave whips on VHF and also a\n10 meter dipole. No launch has yet been identified.\n\nIARU Coordination:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=528\nUS Naval Academy page: http://aprs.org/hfsat.html\n\n[Thanks to IARU and US Naval Academy]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUBAKUSAT 3U Linear Transponder CubeSat\n\nTurkey’s 3U CubeSat UBAKUSAT carrying an amateur radio 145/435 MHz SSB/CW\ntransponder is planned to be deployed from the ISS in 2017.\n\nThe linear transponder is almost the same as that on the TURKSAT-3USAT \nwhich was\nlaunched on April 26, 2013.\n\nThe satellite is being developed by Istanbul Technical University, \nFaculty of\nAeronautics and Astronautics, Space Systems Design and Test Lab (SSDTL) \nalong\nwith TAMSAT, GUMUSH and ERTEK Ltd, with some support of the RF lab of \nITU (RFL)\nand Ministry of Transportation, Communication and Maritime in \ncollaboration with\nthe Japanese Government.\n\nThe primary mission of UBAKUSAT is to provide voice communications for \namateur\nradio stations around the globe. Additionally the satellite will carry the\nTAMSAT Simplesat card which will send telemetry data, including the relative\nradiation data absorbed by the card, to ground stations. There is also a CW\nbeacon.\n\nThe estimated duration of the satellite mission is about 6 to 12 months \nbefore\nre-entry. The launch from Japan to the International Space Station is \nplanned\nfor late 2016 or early 2017 and deployment from the ISS will occur sometime\nlater.\n\nIARU coordinated frequencies:\n• 437.225 MHz CW Beacon\n• 437.325 MHz Telemetry\n• SSB/CW transponder:\n– 145.940-145.990MHz\n– 435.200-435.250 MHz\n\nIARU satellite frequency coordination pages http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/\n\nTurkish Amateur Satellite Technologies Organization (TAMSAT)\nhttp://tinyurl.com/TurkeyTAMSAT\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA CubeSat Launch Opportunity\n\nNASA has opened the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative in an \neffort to\nengage the growing community of space enthusiasts who can contribute to \nNASA's\nspace exploration goals.\n\nThe CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers and faculty a \nchance to\nget hands-on flight hardware development experience in the process of \ndesigning,\nbuilding and operating small research satellites. It also provides a \nlow-cost\npathway to space for research in the areas of science, exploration, \ntechnology\ndevelopment, education or operations consistent with NASA's Strategic Plan.\n\nApplicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, \nNov. 22,\n2016. NASA will choose the payloads by Feb. 17, 2017, but initial \nselection does\nnot guarantee a launch opportunity. Certain selected experiments are \nslated to\nbe flown as auxiliary payloads on agency rocket launches or to be \ndeployed from\nthe International Space Station beginning in 2017 and running through \n2020. NASA\ndoes not fund the development of the small satellites, and this \nopportunity is\nopen only to U.S. nonprofit organizations and U.S. accredited educational\norganizations.\n\nOne goal of the CubeSat Launch Initiative is to extend the successes of \nspace\nexploration to all 50 states by launching a small satellite from at \nleast one\nparticipant in each state in the next five years. During this round, NASA is\nparticularly focused on gaining participation in the District of Columbia,\nPuerto Rico and 18 states not previously selected for the CubeSat Launch\nInitiative. These states are Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, \nMaine,\nMinnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina,\nOklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.\n\nCubeSats are in a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. \nThe base\nCubeSat dimensions are about 4 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches (10 \ncentimeters by\n10 centimeters by 11 centimeters), which equals one \"cube,\" or 1U. CubeSats\nsupported by this launch effort include volumes of 1U, 2U, 3U and 6U. \nCubeSats\nof 1U, 2U and 3U size typically have a mass of about three pounds (1.33\nkilograms) per 1U Cube. A 6U CubeSat typically has a mass of about 26.5 \npounds\n(12 kilograms). The CubeSat's final mass depends on which deployment \nmethod is\nselected.\n\nTo date, NASA has selected 119 CubeSat missions from 66 unique \norganizations. Of\nthose missions, 46 have been launched into space with 29 more CubeSats \nscheduled\nto go in the next 12 months.\n\nFor additional information about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative \nprogram, visit\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/CubeSat_initiative.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be directed to Jason Crusan at\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Nov. 3, 2016 for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFree Program -- Cubes in SpaceTM\n\nCubes in SpaceT provides students ages 11-18 an opportunity to design and\ncompete to launch an experiment into space at no cost! Cubes in SpaceT is\noffered by idoodledu, inc., in partnership with NASA's Goddard Space Flight\nCenter's Wallops Flight Facility, the Colorado Space Grant Consortium and\nNASA's Langley Research Center.\n\nThis global education program based on STEAM (science, technology,\nengineering, arts and mathematics) enables students to learn about space\nexploration using innovative problem-solving and inquiry-based learning\nmethods. Participants have access to resources that help prepare them to\ndesign and develop an experiment to be integrated into a small cube.\n\nThis year, experiments will be launched into space via sounding rocket from\nNASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, in late June\n2017 or from a high-altitude balloon launched from NASA's Columbia\nScientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in August 2017.\n\nThe deadline for program registration is Jan. 6, 2017. For more information,\nvisit http://www.cubesinspace.com. Questions about this program may be\ndirected to [email protected].\n\nAbout idoodedu inc.\nidoodledu inc., a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is a wholly\nowned subsidiary of idoodlelearning inc., and was created in 2015 as a legal\nvehicle to bring public/private partnerships and publicly funded programs to\nall learners and educators. idoodlelearning inc. is an education company\nbased in Ottawa, Canada; London, England; and Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Nov. 3, 2016 for the above\ninformation]\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",
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