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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans] ANS-348  AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2014-12-14T01:24:52Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-348\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* SSTV transmissions from the International Space Station\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n* OSCAR Number for DESPATCH\n* UWE-3 CubeSat Update\n* Send your code into space with astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-348.01\nANS-348 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 348.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nDecember 14, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-348.01\n\n\nSSTV transmissions from the International Space Station\n\nThe Russian ARISS team members plan to activate SSTV from the ISS on\nThursday December 18 and Saturday December 20, 2014.\n\nExpected SSTV mode will be PD180 on 145.800 MHz with 3 minute off\nperiods between transmissions. A total of 12 different photos will be\nsent during the operational period.\n\nStart time would be around 14:20 UTC on December 18 and 12:40 UTC on\nDecember 20. The transmissions should terminate around 21:30 UTC each\nday.\n\nFor ongoing information visit the ARISS SSTV Blogspot\nhttp://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/\n\nAlso, the full set of archived SSTV images are located at:\nhttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php\n\nThose that receive images can upload to the above link. The best of\nthe best uploads may make it to the blog.\n\nSpaceX CRS-55 will be launching this week and delays in the launch could\nadjust SSTV operational times.\n\n[ANS Thanks Gaston ON4WF, ARISS-Europe chairman, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nIstituto Tecnico Statale Economico e Tecnologico \"Elena di Savoia\" -- \"\nPiero Calamandrei\", Bari, Italy, direct via IZ7EVR and State Technical\nInstitute of Technology Alessandro Volta, Bitonto, Italy, direct via IZ7EVR\nContact is presently scheduled to be with IRØISS\nContact is a go for: Mon 2014-12-15 15:18:40 UTC 44 deg\n\nYekaterinburg, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is presently scheduled to be with RSØISS\nContact is a go for Sun 2014-12-21 11:55 UTC (primary) or Sun 2014-12-21\n13:00 UTC (backup)\n\nKursk, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is presently scheduled to be with RSØISS\nContact is a go for Thu 2014-12-24 TBD UTC\n\nKursk, Russia, direct via TBD\nContact is presently scheduled to be with RSØISS\nContact is a go for Fri 2014-12-25 TBD UTC\n\nARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send\nyour reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com.\n\nFor US schools, just a reminder that proposals for hosting an ARISS\ncontact are due December 15, 2014.\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOSCAR Number for DESPATCH\n\nProf. Akihiro Kubota of the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan has informed\nAMSAT-NA of the successful launch on December 3 of deep space probe \nDESPATCH.\n\nOne important mission for DESPATCH is an experiment in what is called\n\"cooperative diversity communication.\" In this experiment, an attempt \nwill be\nmade to collect signals from the spacecraft received not only at the ground\nstation in Tokyo, but also at many ham radio stations around the world. \nThis is\nin order to reconstruct the original data from the spacecraft.\n\nReception of such weak signals to reconstruct data from the spacecraft will\nrequire the expertise of exceptionally skilled ham operators. The \nbuilders are\nthereby providing a rare opportunity to receive radio signals \ntransmitted by a\nspacecraft in deep space, and ask for cooperation radio amateurs around the\nworld in the project.\n\nInitially, it was expected that the spacecraft would last only a few \ndays but\nnow it appears that this assessment was pessimistic with a longer life now\nexpected..\n\nSince DESPATCH appears to have met all of the requirements for an OSCAR \nnumber,\nincluding IARU coordination, I hereby with the authority vested in me be \nthe\nAMSAT-NA President, do confer on DESPATCH, the OSCAR number Fuji OSCAR \n81 or\nFO-81.\n\nI use the Fuji designation in recognition of the long history of \ncontributions\nthe Japanese have made to Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nI trust that Fuji OSCAR-81's mission will be successful and much \nvaluable date\ncollected.\n\n73,\nWilliam (Bill) Tynan, W3XO\nOSCAR Number Administrator\n\nFurther information about the Cooperative Data Reconstruction project \ncan be\nfound at the link below.\n\nhttp://despatch.artsat.jp/en/Cooperative_Data_Reconstruction\n\n[ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nUWE-3 CubeSat Update\n\nUWE-3 was launched with FUNcube-1 on November 21, 2013, the team says \nthey will\nnow be temporarily ending operations.\n\nToday, more than one year after launch, there will be a temporary end of\noperations caused by the end of funding.\n\nHowever, UWE-3 is in a very good health condition with fully charged \nbatteries\nand operations may be continued depending on future research plans.\n\nWithout any reception from ground, UWE-3 will carry out a warm reset \nevery four\ndays and switch regularly between the redundant on-board processors and \nradios.\nTherefore, UWE-3 will switch back to its nominal frequency of 437.385 MHz.\n\nNevertheless we appreciate the extensive support we received from the HAM\namateurs in the past and hope that also in the future the status of \nUWE-3 will\nbe monitored with your support, like you did so many times in the past \nyear.\nThank you so much for the very helpful cooperation in this respect!\n\nUEW-3 News\nhttp://www7.informatik.uni-\nwuerzburg.de/forschung/space_exploration/projects/uwe_3/uwe_3_news/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSend your code into space with astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI\n\nLeading UK space organisations have joined forces with UK Astronaut Tim \nPeake\nKG5BVI and Raspberry Pi to offer students a chance to devise and code \ntheir own\napps or experiment to run in space. Two Raspberry Pi computers are \nplanned to be\nflown to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Tim's 6 month \nmission\nand both will be connected to a new \"Astro Pi\" board, loaded with a host of\nsensors and gadgets.\n\nLaunched December 10 at an event held by the UK Space Agency, the Astro Pi\ncompetition will be officially opened at the BETT conference (January \n21-24) and\nwill be open to all primary and secondary school aged children who are \nresident\nin the United Kingdom. The competition will be supported by a comprehensive\nsuite of teaching resources that are being developed by ESERO-UK and \nRaspberry\nPi.\n\nDuring his mission to the ISS, Tim Peake KG5BVI plans to deploy the \nAstro Pi\ncomputers in a number of different locations on board the ISS. He will \nthen load\nup the winning code whilst in orbit, set them running, collect the data\ngenerated and then download this to Earth where it will be distributed \nto the\nwinning teams.\n\nSpeaking at the Astro Pi launch event, Dr David Parker, Chief Executive \nof the\nUK Space Agency, also revealed that the UK Space Agency has been given a £2\nmillion programme, as part of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, to support\nfurther outreach activities around Tim's mission, particularly to help \ninspire\ninterest in STEM subjects.\n\nTim Peake KG5BVI said I'm really excited about this project, born out of \nthe\ncooperation among UK industries and institutions. There is huge scope \nfor fun\nscience and useful data gathering using the Astro Pi sensors on board the\nInternational Space Station. This competition offers a unique chance for \nyoung\npeople to learn core computing skills that will be extremely useful in \ntheir\nfuture. It's going to be a lot of fun!\n\nTo help students on their way in developing their code, five inspirational\nthemes have been devised to stimulate creativity and scientific \nthinking. The\nthemes are Spacecraft Sensors, Satellite Imaging, Space Measurements, Data\nFusion and Space Radiation.\n\nIn the primary school age category, teams will be asked to devise and \ndescribe\nan original idea for an experiment or application which can be conducted \non the\nAstro Pi by Tim during his mission. The two best submissions will get the\nopportunity to work with the Astro Pi team to interpret their ideas and \nthe team\nat the Raspberry Pi Foundation will then code them ready for flight on \nthe ISS.\n\nIn the secondary school age group, the competition will be run across \nthree age\ncategories, one for each of Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 (in England and Wales, \nand\ntheir equivalent ages in Scotland and Northern Ireland). In the first \nphase,\ncompetitors can submit their ideas for experiments and applications. At \nleast\nthe best 50 submissions in each age category will win a Raspberry Pi \ncomputer\nand an Astro Pi board on which to code their idea. In phase 2, all teams \nwill\ndevelop code based on their original concept and two winning teams will be\nselected in each age category. The winning teams' code will be readied for\nflight by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and CGI.\n\nAs well as having their code uploaded to the ISS, all winning teams will \neach\nreceive a class set of Raspberry Pi and Astro Pi boards, meet the Astro \nPi team\nand participate in a winners event during Tim's flight.\n\nIn addition to the main prizes, each of the UK space companies \nsupporting the\nproject have offered a prize. These prizes will be awarded to the best\nsubmission associated with each of the themes, across the age ranges.\n\nESERO-UK and Raspberry Pi are developing a comprehensive suite of teaching\nresources to link to the curriculum and assist teachers of STEM subjects in\nengaging their students in the competition. As well as explaining how to \nuse and\nwrite code for the Astro Pi and its sensors, the resources will provide a\ncontext for the Astro Pi in the curriculum and link to teaching subjects \nand\nareas.\n\nThe first two resources of the series are available now in the National \nSTEM\nCentre eLibrary and the rest will follow.\n\nLaunching the Astro Pi computers, and consequently the successful \nimplementation\nand completion of this competition is subject to nominal progress \nthrough the\nESA integration programme and operations on-board the ISS.\n\nBBC TV News: Astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI invites Raspberry Pi challenge\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30415207\n\nAstro Pi: Your code in space http://astro-pi.org/\n\n[ANS thanks the UK Space Agency for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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