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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/CEGIXQSTPVOFFKTUJ5FJBTBJKK4RY6OY/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "CEGIXQSTPVOFFKTUJ5FJBTBJKK4RY6OY", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/CEGIXQSTPVOFFKTUJ5FJBTBJKK4RY6OY/", "sender": { "address": "kd4iz (a) frawg.org", "mailman_id": "1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28/emails/" }, "sender_name": "[email protected]", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-0103 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Jan. 10, 2021", "date": "2021-01-09T23:58:59Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-010\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest\nin designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: [email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins\nvia the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Launch Demo 2 is go for launch\n* Cargo Dragon to Return to Earth from ISS\n* Portable QO-100 station activated on Antarctic cruise\n* AMSAT-SM releases a satellite memory set for the ICOM IC-705\n* AMSAT Ambassador Activities\n* AMSAT - Changes in Orbital Elements\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-010.01\nANS-010 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 010.01\nFrom AMSAT HQ WASHINGTON, DC\nDATE YYY\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-010.01\n\n\nVirgin Orbit's LauncherOne is go for launch with RadFXSat-2/Fox-1E cubesat\n\nLauncherOne is scheduled for launch on Sunday, January 10th at 13:00 EST.\nThe LauncherOne vehicle will carry 11 satellites including the\nAMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2 cubesat.\nRadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Frequencies:\nTelemetry Downlink – 435.750 MHz\nInverting Linear Transponder Uplink – 145.860 MHz – 145.890 MHz\nInverting Linear Transponder Downlink – 435.760 MHz – 435.790 MHz \n\nSee https://bit.ly/2XboF8H and https://bit.ly/3hLlDl3 for more information\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM AMSAT News Editor, the AMSAT-UK editorial team,\nand SpaceLaunchNow for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nCargo Dragon to Return to Earth from ISS\n\nThe SpaceX Dragon that arrived at the International Space Station on the\ncompany's 21st resupply services mission for NASA is scheduled to depart on\nMonday, Jan. 11, loaded with 5,200 pounds of scientific experiments and\nother cargo. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast its\ndeparture live beginning at 9 a.m. EST (1400z).\n\nThe upgraded Dragon spacecraft will execute the first undocking of a U.S.\ncommercial cargo craft from the International Docking Adapter at 9:25 a.m.\n(1425z), with NASA astronaut Victor Glover, KI5BKC, monitoring aboard the\nstation.\n\nDragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station's\nspace-facing port of the Harmony module, then initiate a deorbit burn to\nbegin its re-entry sequence into Earth's atmosphere. Dragon is expected to\nmake its parachute-assisted splashdown around 9 p.m. (0200z on Jan. 12) the\nfirst return of a cargo resupply spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean. The\ndeorbit burn and splashdown will not air on NASA TV.\n\nSplashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the\nscience aboard the capsule to the agency's Kennedy Space Center Space\nStation Processing Facility, and back into the hands of the researchers.\nThis shorter transportation time frame allows researchers to collect data\nwith minimal loss of microgravity effects. For splashdowns in the Pacific\nOcean, quick-return science cargo is processed at SpaceX's facility in\nMcGregor, Texas, and delivered to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. \nDragon launched Dec. 6 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A\nat NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, arriving at the station just over\n24 hours later and achieving the first autonomous docking of a U.S.\ncommercial cargo resupply spacecraft. Previous arriving cargo Dragon\nspacecraft were captured and attached to the space station by astronauts\noperating the station's robotic Canadarm2. The spacecraft delivered more\nthan 6,400 pounds of hardware, research investigations and crew supplies.\n\nThe upgraded cargo Dragon capsule used for this mission contains double the\npowered locker availability of previous capsules, allowing for a significant\nincrease in the research that can be carried back to Earth.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nPortable QO-100 station activated on Antarctic cruise\n\nA portable satellite station for the QO-100 geostationary satellite\n(Es’hail-2) was commissioned on the icebreaker FS “Polarstern” at 14:23 UTC\non December 27, 2020, with an initial QSO between DP0POL/mm and DK3ZL. A\nvery special experiment, originated from an idea of Felix DL5XL and Charly\nDK3ZL. AMSAT-DL spontaneously supported this project by providing a complete\n6 Watt transverter radio station, as well as a 75 cm dish on a tripod.\n\nCharly DK3ZL first tested this system extensively via QO-100 at his home for\na few days before he personally brought it to Felix DL5XL in Bremerhaven for\nhandover on December 6, 2020. On the same day, all the equipment was loaded\nonto the research vessel Polarstern, while the entire crew remained in\nquarantine for almost 2 weeks. On 20 December 2020, the Polarstern then set\nsail from Bremerhaven and embarked on the long voyage to Antarctica,\nnon-stop.\n\nIn agreement with the responsible board engineer of Polarstern, Jörg DJ0HO,\nwho is responsible for the callsign DP0POL on Polarstern, the station could\nbe set up in front of a container on the upper deck, depending on the\nweather situation (see cover picture). Theresa DC1TH and Felix DL5XL are\nthus able to make radio calls in their spare time during the several-week\ntrip to Antarctica. After the premiere there was an impressive “pile-up” of\nup to 40 kHz on the NB transponder on the following days.\n\nAdditional information may be found at: https://bit.ly/3bjx1Um\n\n[ANS thanks Peter Gülzow, DB2OS, President AMSAT-DL for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT-SM releases a satellite memory set for the ICOM IC-705\n\nLars Thunberg, Webmaster for AMSAT-SM has posted a satellite memory set for\nthe new IC-705 QRP radio from ICOM. Lars has provided two .CSV files which\nmay be merged into your existing memory groups as a dedicated group. You\nwill need to use the CS-705 software from ICOM to perform the merge. Please\ncarefully read the instructions that Lars gives at:\nhttps://bit.ly/3obNm0R\nThe .CSV files in the EU/Swedish format and the North American/US format are\nposted at the above URL. \nNote from Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ. \"I found the CS-705 format difficult to\nimport into the RT Systems IC-705 Programmer. The easiest path would be to\nuse Icom's CS-705 software to merge the memories into a new group, then to\nsave the settings back into the RT Systems Programmer software. I have\nprovided an import template for the RT Systems software to Lars. It will\nrequire some testing by others. Please contact me with your results or\nquestions (kd4iz at arrl dot org). Lars has posted this file at the above\nlink.\nLars also has also provided a nice tutorial for users of the PstRotator\nSatellites Tracking Sofware at:\nhttps://bit.ly/2LewbNt\nLars plans to update his memory settings file to add additional satellites\nin the future. \n[ANS thanks Lars Thunberg, SM0TGU, Webmaster AMSAT-SM and Jack Spitznagel,\nEditor AMSAT News for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT Ambassador Activities\n\nAMSAT Ambassador and registered ARRL instructor Clint Bradford K6LCS has a\ncouple of Zoom presentations lined up to begin 2021.In the first week of\nFebruary, a private group “abbreviated” presentation will be given to a\nSouthern CA ARES group.\nClint will make a full presentation to The Villages Amateur Radio Club, The\nVillages, Florida on January 21, 2021 - 3PM Pacific, 6PM Eastern, via Zoom.\nThe Villages Radio Club website may be found at: https://www.k4vrc.com/\nClint wishes to add some additional presentations to his schedule and he\nadds: \"There are up-to-five spots available for you to attend! Just send me\nan email message (email address below) for details. Would a 90-minute\ninformative, personalized-to-your-club, FUN presentation on working the\n“easy” satellites would be appropriate for your club? Send me an email\nmessage, and let’s book a date!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS (k6lcs at ham-satdot info) for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 7, 2020\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from\nthis week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:\nUBAKUSAT - NORAD Cat ID 43467 (Decayed on December 27, 2020 per\nSpace-Track).\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation] \n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nShigagakuen Junior & Senior High School, Higashioumi, Japan, direct via\n8N3SG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink\nfrequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on\nthe operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled\nastronaut is Shannon Walker KD5DXB \n(***)Contact is go for: Wed 2021-01-13 10:38:29 UTC 26 deg (***)\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to\nannounce the schools/host organizations selected for the July-December 2021\ncontact window. A total of 7 of the submitted proposals during the recent\nproposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of\nplanning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The\nprimary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science,\nTechnology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their\nawareness of space communications, radio communications, space exploration,\nand related areas of study and career possibilities. \n \nThe ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling\nopportunities for the 7 US host organizations during the July through\nDecember 2021 time period. They are now at work completing an acceptable\nequipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio\ncontact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS Technical\nMentors, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as their\navailability and flexibility match up with the scheduling opportunities\noffered by NASA. \n\nThe following have been listed by Organization and Location:\nMonroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN\nTarwater Elementary,\tChandler, AZ\nMuseum of Science & Technology, Syracuse , NY\nSpaceKids Global and Girl Scouts of Citrus, Winter Park, FL\nCivil Air Patrol – Illinois Wing, St Charles, IL\nChildren’s National Hospital, Washington, DC\nSavannah River Academy, Grovetown, GA\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N and Dave Jordan, AA4KN of ARISS for the\nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nQuick Hits: \n+Thursday 1/14/21 KF6JOQ \"Planning to rove DM16 and maybe 16/15\nline,Thursday 1/14/21. Will be FM and linear.\"\n+Watch for additional rove tweets from WL7T: @WL7T Is headed to Colorado for\n3 weeks in January. \"Will be in DM69 most of the time but might be able to\nbe persuaded to go as far south as DM66. I am heading to Denver on Thursday\n(1/7) morning. I’ll be in DM79 for a few hours starting at 20z and will try\nworking whatever I can as time permits. Will get to DM69 by Thursday evening\nand will get on the later passes as soon as I arrive.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n1/10/2021, from 1300Z-1700Z, N4DCW will be working satellite passes from\nWest Virginia in EM88. Passes are listed at: https://t.co/YbgeMyu3Vv?amp=1\nMichael asks: \"Please, no blind calling (calling me before I have AOS). I\nwill have *at least* 5-10 degree horizons in all directions. (It’s West\nVirginia!) Rest assured, when I can hear the satellite, I will let you know.\n:)\"\nRove updates can be found on his Twitter account:\nhttps://twitter.com/MWimages\n\n[ANS thanks Michael Whitman, N4DCW posting to AMSAT-BB for the above\ninformation]\n\nMajor Roves:\nThere are no major roves scheduled as of 1/6/2021\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nNone on the immediate schedule.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Reminders from Drew Glasbrenner about AO-92 and AO-91 - AMSAT-BB 1/6/2021:\n\"Today I turned AO-92's transmitter off after resetting the min-max\nreadings. We've been watching the battery minimum voltage decline steadily\nover the last few days, and needed to give it a rest for a bit.\nImmediately afterwards, there was an AO-91 pass. I turned on the\ntransmitter, and a few moments later reset the min-max readings. The command\nteam will monitor telemetry and determine if we can leave it on for a while.\nPlease remember to not transmit to either satellite while it is in eclipse.\nIf you do not use software that indicates eclipse state, just avoid the\nevening passes. We are in the endgame for both satellites, and your\ncooperation will give us more operational time over the coming months.\"\n\n(ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ Alba Orbital, the space broker that manages the launch of AMSAT-EA (AMSAT\nSpain) EASAT-2 and Hades satellites, has informed us of a delay in the\nscheduled one for January 14, 2021 with SpaceX.\n\"This delay has nothing to do with our satellites, or with Alba Orbital\nitself. It is attributable to Momentus, which acts as an integrator with\nSpaceX.\"\n\"The delay means the next try would probably go to March, coinciding with\nthe Starlink mission and being located in an estimated orbit between 450 and\n550 km with an inclination of 53 degrees.\"\n\"As for the satellites themselves, this should not be a major setback.\nAMSAT-EA does does not expect a significant drain on the batteries.\"\n\n(ANS thanks Felix Paez, EA4GQS of AMSAT EA for the above information)\n\n+ Roy Dean, K3RLD commented on LilacSat-2 operations: \"Just a reminder for\nthose who may not know, LilacSat-2 frequently turns on with a downlink about\n12 kHz higher than it's published value. It seems to \"jump around\"\nsometimes between the two frequencies. Here is a good illustration of the\nthe recently completed 21:55z pass:\"\n\nhttps://network.satnogs.org/observations/3416149/\n\nRoy continues: \"It was just me and KC1OCA on this pass, but I don't think\nMichael could hear me. The downlink was very strong, so I suspect he was\nusing a radio with no waterfall - which would make it difficult to know that\nyou are getting in.\n\nIf anybody knows KC1OCA - please let him know that I have a recording of the\npass if he would like (no email on qrz.com). Thanks!\"\n\n(ANS thanks Roy Dean, K3RLD for the above information)\n\n+ Rocket Lab announces \"Another One Leaves The Crust\" launch window: The\nmission will launch a single communication microsatellite for OHB Group that\nwill enable specific frequencies to support future services from orbit. The\nlaunch will be Rocket Lab’s 18th Electron mission and was procured for OHB\nGroup through OHB Cosmos International Launch Service GmbH, the launch\nservice division of OHB Group. OHB Cosmos is responsible for launching the\nspacecraft built by the Group's satellite manufacturers based in Germany,\nSweden, and Czech Republic. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab Launch\nComplex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula \n\n(ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC of RocketLab for the above information)\n\n+ A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what\nthey hope will be the world's first satellites made out of wood by 2023.\nSumitomo Forestry said it has started research on tree growth and the use of\nwood materials in space. The partnership will begin experimenting with\ndifferent types of wood in extreme environments on Earth. Space junk is\nbecoming an increasing problem as more satellites are launched into the\natmosphere. Wooden satellites would burn up without releasing harmful\nsubstances into the atmosphere or raining debris on the ground when they\nplunge back to Earth.\n(ANS thanks BBC News for the above information)\n\n+ Want to add a bit of space to your Google Calendar? CNET has launched the\nSPACE CALENDAR (all caps for dramatic cosmic effect), covering all the big\nrocket launches, mesmerizing meteor showers, epic eclipses and even an\nassortment of scientific milestones. The Google Calendar is constantly\nupdating, and can be added to your existing Google app at\nhttps://bit.ly/38lfWHC For other calendars, such as Outlook, a static\ncomputer file of dates as they are presently scheduled can be downloaded at\nhttps://bit.ly/3hQm6T2\n\n(ANS thanks CNET.com for the above information)\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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Store.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled\nin at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a\nmaximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact AMSAT for\nadditional student membership information at info at amsat dot org.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\nkd4iz at frawg dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }