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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-354\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* Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch expiring December 31\n* 17 US Schools Move Forward Into the Next Stage of ARISS Selection\n* ARISS Commemorative Event Update\n* SA AMSAT Kletskous Cubesat Invites School Experiments to Fly to\n  Space\n* Slow Scan TV Image Sent Through AO-85\n* Yuri, UT1FG/MM, Itinerary During Trip Up the St. Lawrence River\n* Unscheduled Spacewalk Likely on Monday\n* SME-SAT video\n* Look Up and Spot the Station! Learn More With STEM on Station\n* NASA's Digital Learning Network Seeking Participants for\n  International Event\n* Now Accepting Applications for NASA Summer Internships\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-354.01\nANS-354 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 354.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDecember 20, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-354.01\n\n\nSpecial Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch expiring December 31\n\nWe've welcomed dozens of new members since the AO-85 launch with our\noffer of \"Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites\" as a free PDF\nwith membership in AMSAT, but this offer will come to an end on\nDecember 31st, 2015. Point your browser to\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=32 and help AMSAT keep\namateur radio in space, and get a free e-book as a thank you.\n\n>From http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591\n\nAMSAT's Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government\nRideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-\n55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle.\nMore details will be released when made available from our launch\nprovider. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-\ncontent/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_FactSheet.pdf\n\nGeneral information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable\nAMSAT Fox Operating Guide http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-\ncontent/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf\n\n(Editor's Note: The above two links were truncated to in order to fit\nrequired editorial format standards. Please copy and paste complete\nlink, without spaces, into your browser of choice to view the\ninformation)\n\nFoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been\nmade available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532\n\nAs part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this\nnew satellite, AMSAT is making our \"Getting Started With The Amateur\nSatellites\" book available for a limited time as a download with any\npaid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This\noffer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only\na limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated\nevery year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the\npremier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented\nin PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your\nfirst contacts on a ham radio satellite.\n\nPlease take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT\nstore (http://store.amsat.org/catalog/) and selecting any membership\noption. While there, check out our other items, including the M2\nLEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank\nyou, and see you soon on Fox-1A!\n\n[ANS thanks Drew KO4MA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n17 US Schools Move Forward Into the Next Stage of ARISS Selection\n\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and the\n\nAmerican Radio Relay League (ARRL), US managing partners of Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS), are pleased to\nannounce the schools/organizations selections for the second half of\n2016. A total of 17 of the submitted proposals during the recent\nproposal window have been accepted to move forward into the next\nstage of planning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew\non the ISS during the July through December period of 2016. This is a\nsignificant step in ARISS' continuing effort to engage young people\nin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities and\nraise their awareness of space exploration, space communications and\nrelated areas of study and career possibilities.\n\nThe ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide\nscheduling opportunities for these US host organizations during the\nJuly - December 2016 time period. These 17 schools/organizations must\nnow complete an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their\nability to execute the ham radio contact. Once theirequipment plan is\napproved by the ARISS technical team, the final selected\nschools/organizations will be scheduled as their availability and\nflexibility match up with the scheduling opportunities offered by\nNASA.\n\nThe schools and organizations are:\n\nBoca Raton Christian School Boca Raton, FL\nThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN\nFrontiers of Flight Museum's \"Moon Day 2016\" Dallas, TX\nHowell L. Watkins Middle School Palm Beach Gardens, FL\niSPACE Cincinnati, OH\nJohn Glenn Middle School Maplewood, MN\nKopernik Observatory &Science Center Vestal, NY\nLawrence Public Library Lawrence, KS\nMuseum of Innovation and Science Schenectady, NY\nNorthland Preparatory Academy Flagstaff, AZ\nPeoria Riverfront Museum Peoria, IL\nUniversity of Nebraska's Peter Kiewit Institute Omaha, NE\nSouth Street School Danbury, CT\nSpace Jam 10 Rantoul, IL\nUnited Space School Seabrook, TX\nU.S. Space & Rocket Center Huntsville, AL\nWorld Genesis Foundation (WGF) Goodyear, AZ\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a\ncooperative venture of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the National\nAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States, and\nother international space agencies and international amateur radio\norganizations around the world. The primary purpose of ARISS is to\norganize scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members\naboard the International Space Station (ISS) and classrooms or\ninformal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio\nvolunteers from amateur radio clubs and coordination from the ARISS\nteam, the ISS crew members speak directly with large group audiences\nin a variety of public forums such as school assemblies, science\ncenters and museums, Scout camporees, jamborees and space camps,\nwhere students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space,\nspace technologies and Amateur Radio. Find more information at\nwww.ariss.org, www.amsat.org and www.arrl.org.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, The ARRL and AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Commemorative Event Update\n\nARISS is celebrating its 15th anniversary of continuous operations\non the ISS. On November 13, 2000 the crew conducted their first ham\nradio contacts on ISS and then on December 21, 2000 ARISS conducted\ntheir first school contact with the Burbank School in Burbank,\nIllinois.\n\nAn SSTV commemoration of these historic events is in the planning for\nDecember 26 and 27. The transmission mode will be PD120 instead of\nthe P180 mode used in the past. This will allow for more pictures to\nbe transmitted per pass. ARISS is also investigating the possibility\nof a repeat of the event in January.\n\nPictures for transmission are currently under review and will be\nimages that commemorate 15 years of school contacts using Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station.\n\nPlease note that the event, and any ARISS event, is dependent on\nother activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and\nare subject to change at any time.\n\nWhile preparations are being finalized please check for new and the\nmost current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org web sites and\nthe AMSAT-BB for the latest information on this event and others that\nARISS plans to conduct over the next few months\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSA AMSAT Kletskous Cubesat Invites School Experiments to Fly to Space\n\nSA AMSAT is inviting Southern African leaners and school science\ngroups to take their next science project into space on the first\namateur radio satellite being designed and built by radio amateurs in\nSouth Africa. Named Kletskous (Afrikaans for Chatterbox) the CubeSat\nwill carry a linear transponder for communication between amateurs,\nschool science projects and a telemetry system.\n\nKletskous measures 10x10x10 cm and will be powered by solar panels.\nBecause of the small size, any science project to be considered for\ninclusion in the satellite has to be small and consume the minimum of\npower. The selected projects will be incorporated on one of the main\nprinted circuit boards and connected to the telemetry system. This\nmeans that participants in the science projects will be able to\ndownload their own telemetry and evaluate how their project is\nperforming and analysing the data collected inspace.\n\nThe telemetry stream will also be made available on the SA AMSAT web\npages giving access to the data to learners on the tablets and\nlaptops. The mission of the new satellite is to give radio amateurs\nand educational institutions in Southern Africa easy access to a Low\nEarth Orbit (LEO) satellite on as many of the available passes as\npossible and thus stimulate interest and activity in space,\nsatellites and amateur radio. A secondary mission is to fly\nscientific payloads proposed and designed by learners or school\nscience groups.\n\nKletskous will be using the two metre and 70 cm amateur bands. The\nuplink is on 70 cm, and the downlink on 2 m. A linear transponder\nwith a bandwidth of 20 kHz is utilised for both FM and SSB. A sub-\ncarrier for a telemetry downlink will be included. For command and\ncontrol purposes a separate 70 cm frequency will be used. Currently\nfrequencies in the 435.100 to 435.140 MHz range are considered for\nthe uplink and 145.860 to 145.980 MHz for the downlink. The above\narchitecture will ensure that the transponder is accessible for\ngeneral use while the satellite is being commanded and controlled by\nthe ground station.\n\nSchool science payloads are being encouraged that measure things\nhappening in space such the temperature inside or outside the\nsatellite, sounds in space, radiation particle count and many more.\nDevelop the project on a breadboard and test it on the bench, develop\nsoftware for the project and then write up a proposal with as much\ninformation as possible. Include information about yourself or your\ngroup, include any photographs and contact details such as telephone\nnumber, email address, and physical location.\n\nEmail the proposal to [email protected]\n\nThe closing date for proposal is 31 March 2016. Depending on the\ntype and scope of the proposal, SA AMSAT will make the final decision\nand advise all entrants by 30 April 2016. Theentrants of the\nsuccessful project or projects will be invited to make a short\npresentation at the 2016 SA AMSAT Space Symposium on 28 May 2016\nplanned to be held at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria.\n\nThe SA AMSAT CubeSat project is funded by donations. To contribute or\nparticipate in the project see the SA AMSAT web page at:\nhttp://www.amsatsa.org.za/\n\n[ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSlow Scan TV Image Sent Through AO-85\n\nOn December 13 Brazilian radio amateur Roland, PY4ZBZ, received an\nSSTV image sent in Robot 36 via AO-85.\n\nAMSAT Vice President for Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, said \"I can\ntell you that in South America, they are having some fun, and that\nour analog-to-digital to analog IHU processing of the audio seems to\nwork very well at SSTV frequencies!\" Buxton told ARRL. \"I don't know\nwho uplinked the signal, but it was a ground-satellite-ground\ncontact, nothing that originated on AO-85.\"\n\nBuxton went on to state that the transmission was \"a very good\ndemonstration of the capability of the FM repeater on the Fox-1\nseries satellites.\"\n\nThe FM satellite uplink is at 435.170 MHz (67 Hz CTCSS tone\nrequired). The downlink is at 145.978 MHz. Both frequencies are\nsubject to Doppler shift.\n\nWhereas is it not recommended to use satellites to transmit SSTV\nimages this personal experiment by South American hams didn't seem to\ninterfere with any other transmissions. AMSAT VP of Operations Drew\nGlasbrenner KO4MA stated \"At some point we will set up a period to try\nit over the US, but until then please refrain from repeating this\nexperiment.\"\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT, Jerry, N0JY, and Drew KO4MA for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUT1FG/MM Itinerary During Trip Up the St. Lawrence River\n\nYuri, UT1FG/MM, is heading up to the St. Lawrence and Montreal and\nwill visit two ports there.  He has shared a list of grids that he\nwill likely travel through.  Some of these grids have not been\npreviously activated, however, keep in mind that not every grid will\nbe workable due to the timing of the available satellite passes.  He\nmay be in some of these grids for a very short time.\n\nFL17 FL18 FL28 FL29\n\nFM20 FM30 FM31 FM32 FM42 FM43 FM53\nFM54 FM55 FM56 FM66 FM67 FM68 FM78 FM79 FM89\n\nFN80 FN81 FN82 FN83 FN93 FN94 FN95\n\nGN05 GN06 GN07\n\nFN97 FN98 FN88 FN89 FN79 FN69 FN58 FN57 FN47 FN46 FN36 FN35\n\nThe ship is the Barnacle, a vessel on which he has previously sailed.\n\n[ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above iformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUnscheduled Spacewalk Likely on Monday\n\nImpacts that the amateur radio on the ISS will not return to service\nuntil after the EVA.\n\nThe International Space Station’s mission managers are preparing for\na likely unplanned spacewalk by Astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra\nno earlier than Monday, Dec. 21.\n\nLate Wednesday, the Mobile Transporter rail car on the station’s\ntruss was being moved by robotic flight controllers at Mission\nControl, Houston, to a different worksite near the center of the\ntruss for payload operations when it stopped moving. The cause of the\nstall is being evaluated, but experts believe it may be related to a\nstuck brake handle, said ISS Mission Integration and Operations\nManager Kenny Todd. Flight controllers had planned to move the\ntransporter away from the center of the truss to worksite 2. The\ncause of the stall that halted its movement just four inches (10\ncentimeters) away from where it began is still being evaluated.\nProgress 62 is scheduled to launch at 3:44 a.m. EST Monday, and dock\non Wednesday to the Pirs docking compartment at 5:31 a.m. Wednesday.\n\nThe ISS Mission Management Team met Friday morning and is targeting\nMonday for the spacewalk, but will meet again in a readiness review\nSunday morning. Managers could elect to press ahead for Monday, or\ntake an extra day and conduct the spacewalk Tuesday.\n\nISS Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim\nKopra of NASA will conduct the spacewalk. It will be the 191st\nspacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the\nthird in Kelly’s career and the second for Kopra. Kelly will be\ndesignated Extravehicular Activity crew member 1 (EV1) wearing the\nsuit bearing the red stripes, and Kopra will be Extravehicular\nActivity crew member 2 (EV2) wearing the suit with no stripes.\n\nA start time for the spacewalk either Monday or Tuesday has not yet\nbeen set, but NASA TV coverage will begin 90 minutes prior to the\nstart of the spacewalk.\n\nFor amateur radio enthusiats should note that the EVA impacts the\nuse of the amateur radio which will likely not return to service\nuntil after the EVA.\n\n[ANS thanks blogs.nasa.gov for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSME-SAT video\n\nThe Surrey Space Centre in Guildford has released a ‘Softstack’\nIntegration time-lapse video of the SME-SAT CubeSat.\n\nThe mission objectives are:\nA: Outreach – The satellite will provide beacons for which amateur\nsatellite users and ham radio users will be able to receive.\n\nB: Space qualification and performance characterisation of sensors.\n• High performance COTS Gyroscopes (x3).\n• High precision MEMS accelerometers.\n• 2 Aperture Star Camera, At a later point in the mission these will\nbe used in conjunction with the ADCS to characterise the closed loop\nperformance of the sensors.\n\nC: Performance characterisation of Nano-Control Moment Gyros (CMGs)\nfor agility. The mission is equipped with 4-Nano-CMGs in a pyramid\nconfiguration for ADCS. This part of the mission will evaluate the\nperformance of this system on the ADCS and agility of the satellite.\n\nD: Space qualification and performance characterisation of the EPS\nThe EPS for this mission has heritage from the Delfi-C3 and other\nmissions and includes additional improvements to be demonstrated on\nthis mission.\n\nE: Smart Thermal Radiation Devices (STRD tiles) SME-SAT is equipped\nwith a number of STRD tiles on the outside faces of the satellite for\npassive thermal management of the internal structure.\n\nF: Flux Gate Magnetometer The mission contains a scientific grade\nminiaturized flux gate magnetometer that sits on the end of a\ndeployable boom to improve the performance of the sensor. This\npayload will be switched into the ADCS for evaluation of performance\nduring parts of the mission but is not the primary magnetometer for\nADCS.\n\nG: GPS SME-SAT also contains an experimental GPS system that will be\nswitched into the ADCS loop at stages in the orbit to evaluate the\nperformance of the system.\n\nThe IARU coordinated frequency for the satellite’s 9k6 RC-BPSK AX.25\ndownlink is 437.150 MHz.\n\nMore information here\nhttp://www.surrey.ac.uk/ssc/research/onboarddata/smesat/index.htm\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLook Up and Spot the Station! Learn More With STEM on Station\n\nThe International Space Station orbits 250 miles above Earth and\ntravels about 17,500 miles per hour. The space station is visible in\nthe night sky and looks like a fast-moving plane, but it is dozens of\ntimes higher than any airplane and travels thousands of miles an hour\nfaster.\n\nLearn more about how you can spot the space station and other ways\nyou can bring the station into your classroom by visiting NASA's STEM\non Station website. While you are there, stop by and learn more about\nthe yearlong mission and how it is helping us on our #JourneytoMars.\nOpportunities, resources and more await at this space-station-focused\nsite!\n\nTo check out the website, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/education/STEMstation.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Dec. 17, 2015 for\n the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA's Digital Learning Network Seeking Participants for\nInternational Event\n\nIn February 2016, NASA's Digital Learning Network is teaming up with\nThe Royal Institution and Faraday Studios for a series of Google\nHangout events in connection with British astronaut Tim Peake's\nmission to the International Space Station. The live hourlong events\nwill include selected classrooms from the United Kingdom and the U.S.\nThese classes will pose questions to Dr. Kevin Fong (author of\n\"Extreme Medicine\"), Dr. Steven Jacobs (Mr. Wizard) and NASA experts.\nThe events will be broadcast live on YouTube.\n\nThe DLN currently is seeking U.S. middle and high schools (grades 5-\n12) that would be interested in participating in these events\ninteractively with our U.K. partners.\n\nSchools, if selected, would be required to conduct a test call in\nearly January with a representative of the DLN to confirm\nparticipation. If you would like to have your school considered,\nplease contact Caryn Long at [email protected]. Inquiries must be\nreceived no later than Dec. 21, 2015.\n\nFor more information about the lecture series, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/dln/opportunities/.\n\nTo learn more about NASA's Digital Learning Network, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/dln.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Dec. 17, 2015 for\n the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNow Accepting Applications for NASA Summer Internships\n\nNow is your chance to apply for exciting hands-on summer internship\nopportunities available at all NASA centers. High school,\nundergraduate and graduate students are needed to help NASA\nscientists and engineers with ongoing scientific and engineering\nresearch, technology development and spaceflight operations\nactivities. Internship opportunities also exist in nontechnical areas\nsuch as communications, budget, procurement, education and human\nresources. NASA internships are stipend-paid and offer students\nmentor-directed, degree-related, real-time tasks. If you think you\nhave what it takes to be part of NASA's Journey to Mars, please visit\nhttps://intern.nasa.gov today to apply or to learn more about the\nnumerous opportunities available to you.\n\nThe deadline for summer applications is March 1, 2016!\n\nPlease submit inquiries about the NASA Internships, Fellowships, and\nScholarships One Stop Shopping Initiative, or NIFS OSSI, via\nhttps://intern.nasa.gov/oic/.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Dec. 17, 2015 for\n the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this\nperiod will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.\n\nLook for SSTV image downlinks to commemorate ARISS' 15 years of\nschool contacts on the ISS on December 26 and 27 (subject to change)\nSee related story above.\n\nAn EVA that needs to be scheduled to fix a problem with the mobile\ntransporter cart, will most likely mean that the the amateur radio on\nthe ISS will remail off until after after the EVA.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS354-ISS-EVA\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Fox-1A Operating Guide - updated with post launch information. A Hi-\nresolution PDF for hard copy printing is available.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144\n\nHamfest brochure introducing AMSAT - trifold, print double-sided\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS354-AMSAT-Trifold\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information]\n\n+ New ISS SSTV Video and \"ISS SSTV Reception Hints\" webpage\n\nTo help promote the tentative December 26th International Space\nStation Slow Scan TV event (and others that are planned over the next\nyear) John Brier, KG4AKV, made a new video of an ISS SSTV reception\nthat he filmed last April. He also made an extensive webpage with\ninformation, resources, and hints on receiving ISS SSTV events,\nincluding the upcoming ones.\n\nVideo: My First Perfect ISS SSTV Image!\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7to9uX1sWC4\n\nWebpage: ISS SSTV Reception Hints\nhttps://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/\n\n+ NASA Commercial Crew Program 2016 Children's Artwork Calendar\n\nSome of the best works of art come from children who are only\nlimited by their imaginations, like the more than 150 young explorers\nfrom across the country who submitted artwork depicting human\nspaceflight as they see it. Sixteen masterpieces were chosen to be\nincluded in the NASA Commercial Crew Program 2016 Children's Artwork\nCalendar, which is now available for download in PDF format, at\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/1NVTww4. We offer a huge \"thank you!\" to all the\nexplorers, ranging in age from four to 12, who submitted their work\nand hope that everyone will enjoy and use this calendar next year.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Commercial Crew Program 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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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