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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-194 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2014-07-13T06:20:07Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-194\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* UKube-1 with FUNcube-2 payload launched!\n* AMSAT Prepares for ARRL Centennial Celebration\n* UKube-1 Signals Received\n* ISEE-3/ICE spacecraft fires thrusters for a return to Earth\n* DX-1 Appeal to radio hams from Dauria Aerospace\n* MEO and HEO satellite orbits\n* Surrey Space Centre – UK CubeSail Satellite\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-194.01\nANS-194 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 194.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE July 13, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-194.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKube-1 with FUNcube-2 payload launched!\n\n\nUKube-1 was successfully launched and deployed July 8th\nfrom the Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M launch vehicle as a secondary payload.\nThe launch took place as planned at 15:58 UTC from Baikonur in\nKazakhstan.\n\nThe primary payload was Russia’s Meteor-M2 weather satellite.\nAdditional secondary payloads (according to eoportal.org)\nincluded:\n* Baumanets-2, a technology microsatellite (~100 kg) of BMSTU\n(Bauman Moscow State Technical University.\n* Monika-Relek (or MKA-PN2), a Russian microsatellite (solar and\nmagnetosphere research)\n* Venta-1 / V1-QSPnP1 (V1-QuadSat-PnP-1) the first nanosatellite\n(7.5 kg) project of Latvia built by LatSpace SIA of Ventspils.\n* TechDemoSat-1 of SSTL, UK with a mass of ~160 kg\n* DX-1 (Dauria Experimental-1) of Dauria Aerospace, Russia’s first\nprivate microsatellite with a mass of 22 kg.\n* SkySat-2 of Skybox Imaging Inc. of Mountain View, CA, USA, a\ncommercial remote sensing microsatellite of ~100 kg.\n* AISSat-2, a nanosatellite with a mass of 6.5 kg of Norway.\n* UKube-1 is a 3U cubesat and carries a FUNcube educational beacon\nand linear transponder similar to AO-73 (FUNcube-1). Beacon signals\nwere heard soon after launch by the UKube team at 19:16 UTC.\n\nFrequencies in use by UKube-1 include:\n* 145.840 Primary telemetry downlink CW or 1k2-9k6 BPSK\n* 145.915 FUNcube-2 telemetry 1k2 BPSK\n* 145.930-145.950 FUNcube-2 transponder downlink,\n* 435.080-435.060 uplink\n* 2401.0 S-band downlink (QPSK-OQPSK)\n* 437.425-437.525 myPocketQub spread spectrum\n\nTransponder and data downlinks operation will be variable during\ncheckout and early operations.\n\nCheck ANS, http://funcube.org.uk/, and http://amsat-uk.org/ for the\nmost recent updates.\n\n\n[ANS Thanks AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Prepares for ARRL Centennial Celebration\n\n\nAMSAT is preparing for its participation at the ARRL Centennial\nCelebration and National Convention in Hartford Connecticut July 17\nthrough 19.\n\nOn Thursday an AMSAT team with present the all day Training Track,\n“An Introduction to Amateur Satellites.”\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW will be the facilitator for the\nevent which will begin at 8:30 am and run through 4:30pm. Baines\nexplains, “The training session is to serve as a ‘Soup to Nuts’\napproach to getting started with working Amateur Radio Satellites.”\n\nBaines will lead the training with an Overview of the History of\nAmateur Radio in Space, including our future.\n\nDirector of Educational Outreach Joe Spier K6WAO will cover\nUnderstanding Orbits, Kepler Elements and Doppler Shift.\n\nV.P. for Educational Outreach E. Mike McCardel KC8YLD will discuss\nSatellite Tracking and Tracking Software with an emphasis on\nSATPC32.\n\nDirector Field Operations Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK/VA7EWK and Area\nCoordinator Peter Portanova W2JV will address Station Configuration\nand Satellite Operation including general operation, Easy Sats, FM\nBirds, CW and SSB Birds and telemetry;\n\nAMSAT Fox-1 Software Team Co-Leader Burns Fisher W2BFJ will present\nan overview and discuss the capabilities of AMSAT’s Fox-1 Satellite\ndue to launch in 2015.\n\n\nAMSAT will also host a Forum, “An Overview of AMSAT” Friday at 2pm\nin room 25. Immediately following the Forum Peter Portanova W2JV will\npresent “Working the Amateur Radio FM Satellites with Your HT”, in\nthe same room.\n\nThroughout the weekend AMSAT will be staffing Booths 500 and 501. The\nbooth will feature the legacy of Amateur Radio in Space with\nprototypes and models of OSCAR-1, AO-07, and Fox-1 on display.\n\nFor more information on the ARRL Centennial and National Convention\nvisit WWW.ARRL2014.org.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKube-1 Signals Received\n\n\nThe UKube-1 satellite was successfully launched on Tuesday, July 8,\n2014 at 1558 UT from Pad 31/6 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The 145.840\nMHz beacon signal was received by the UKube team in Chilbolton at\n19:16 UT.\n\nIt had been expected the first signal would be received over South\nAfrica at about 18:52 UT but no signals were heard. The UKube team at\nChilbolton and radio amateurs across the British Isles and Europe\nanxiously awaited the satellite coming within range, when it did a\nstrong signal was heard from the satellite.\n\nPractical Wireless magazine VHF columnist Tim Kirby @G4VXE was one\nof the radio amateurs listening, he tweeted “Pleased to receive CW\nfrom UKube-1 on the first pass over the UK”.\n\nSignals have also been received from DX-1 and the SSTL research\nsatellite TechEdSat which were on the same launch as UKube-1.\n\nUKube-1 carries a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards which provide an\neducational beacon for use by schools and a linear transponder for\namateur radio communications.\n\nThe first submitters of UKube-1 telemetry data to the FUNcube Data\nWarehouse were:\nDK3WN\nOO1A\nF-60429\nG0PGL\nG4GUO\nPD3T\nM0LTC\nThe team is currently analyzing the data.\n\nThe UKube team has asked that all stations continue to monitor the\ndownlinks and where possible to forward their reports as follows:\n- CW beacon on 145.840 MHz to [email protected] and\[email protected]\n- FUNcube telemetry on 145.915 MHz – your existing dashboard will\nnot display properly (except for the Fitter Messages!) but it WILL be\nforwarding it to the Warehouse correctly and the data will be very\nuseful for the team.\n\nDashboard App – Telemetry Decoder\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n\nData Warehouse – Telemetry Archive http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/\n\nNico Janssen PA0DLO has posted on the AMSAT Bulletin Board that\nDoppler measurements suggest that UKube-1 is either object 40074,\n2014-037F, or object 40075, 2014-037G. The separation between these\nobjects is now only 1 s, so no more than 7.5 km.\n\nKeplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ of new satellites launched\nin past 30 days\nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nUKube-1 frequencies:\n• 145.840 MHz Telemetry downlink\n• 145.915 MHz FUNcube subsystem beacon\n• 400 mW inverting linear transponder for SSB and CW\n- 435.080-435.060 MHz Uplink\n- 145.930-145.950 MHz Downlink\n• 2401.0 MHz S Band Downlink\n• 437.425-437.525 MHz UKSEDS myPocketQub Downlink\n\n\nThere will be a presentation on the UKube-1 FUNcube-2 amateur radio\npayload at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium being held at\nthe Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ on July 26-27, the event is open\nto all, further details at\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2014/\n\nPeter Goodhall @2E0SQL made this recording of UKube-1 CW and Data\nhttps://soundcloud.com/peter-goodhall/ukube-1-satellite-first-pass-\nover-the-uk\n\nUK Space Agency announcement\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/successful-launch-for-uk-space-\nagencys-first-cubesat-mission\n\nUKube-1 Launch Information\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/03/ukube-1-launch-information/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISEE-3/ICE spacecraft fires thrusters for a return to Earth\n\n\nAMSAT-DL report a team of engineers, space enthusiasts and radio\namateurs have succeeded in firing the thrusters of the NASA-abandoned\nISEE-3/ICE spacecraft.\n\nThe plan on Tuesday, July 8, was to fire the thrusters for a total\nof 7 sequences with breaks for telemetry analysis. While this would\nhave resulted in a velocity change of 7 m/s, the course correction is\nrequired for the lunar swing-by on Aug 10, 2014 then to enter a\nstable orbit around Earth. However after the first firing sequence\nthe remaining sequences were cancelled due to the returned telemetry\ndata, which is being analyzed. A second attempt was planned for July\n9.\n\nThe ISEE-3 Reboot Project (IRP) team attempted this main trajectory\ncorrection maneuver following a first short thruster firing on July\n2, which increased the rotation rate of the spacecraft to the\nrequired value. This was possible due to international collaboration\nbetween the IRP, and a team of AMSAT-DL and Bochum observatory with\nits 20 m diameter radio telescope which received and processed\ncritical real-time data of the maneuvers.\n\nWhile the IRP has access to the Arecibo observatory which, at 305 m\ndiameter, is the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world,\ndownlink support from Bochum is required as Arecibo cannot transmit\nand receive simultaneously.\n\nTwo members of the AMSAT-DL Bochum team will be giving presentations\non their reception of ISEE-3 at the AMSAT-UK International Space\nColloquium on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford,\nGU2 7XZ, United Kingdom. The event is open to all, further details at\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2014/\n\nReal-time telemetry from ISEE-3 is displayed at\nhttp://amsat-dl.org/\n\nISEE-3\nhttp://spacecollege.org/isee3\n\nRead the Daily Mail story at\nhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2684345/Zombie-\nspacecraft-rescued-abyss-fires-thrusters-time-20-years.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDX-1 Appeal to radio hams from Dauria Aerospace\n\n\nThe DX-1 satellite, built by Dauria Aerospace, launched from Pad\n31/6 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 15:58:28\nUT. It weighs 27 kg and is 40x40x30 cm. Dauria Aerospace have posted\nthe following information:\n\nFinally, close to the accomplishment of our long-awaited event – the\nlaunch of the spacecraft DX1 Tuesday, July 8. We would like to ask\nfor help to all radio amateurs who are interested in receiving\nsignals spacecraft. Invite you to participate in the “catching” our\nsatellite immediately after the start.\n\nStart will be at 19:58 Moscow time from the Baikonur cosmodrome.\nBased on the parameters of the orbit, its separation from the upper\nstage and the inclusion happen over Eastern Europe, and it will\nreturn to Russia after only a few turns of a few hours from the Far\nEast. Therefore, our MCC in Moscow will hold the first session the\nnext day. Beacon satellite broadcasts in amateur radio frequency, so\neveryone will be able to hear it before us. Moreover, such aid, we\nneed to clarify and confirm its orbit performance. Therefore, our\ngratitude will be backed up souvenirs for the lucky hunters from\naround the world.\n\nParameters of the radio beacon mode:\n\nCarrier frequency: 438.225 MHz [it is understood there is a 145 MHz\ncommand uplink]\nThe protocol used: AX.25\nCall Sign source: DSC001\nCall Sign Receiver: Dauria\nSize TMI frame within AX.25 packet: 55 bytes\nSpeed: 9600 bit / s\nModulation GFSK\n\nIt is understood the satellite will also be using the following\nfrequencies:\n• 162.0125-162.0375 MHz Uplink – AIS ship tracking receiver\n• 2269.5-2270.5 MHz Downlink – Data\n\nDauria Aerospace\nhttp://dauriaspace.com/ Blog\nhttp://tinyurl.com/Dauria-Aerospace-Blog\n\nDX-1 Microsatellite to launch from Baikonur\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/27/dx-1-microsatellite-baikonur/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMEO and HEO satellite orbits\n\n\nThe paper Revisiting elliptical satellite orbits to enhance the O3b\nconstellation by Lloyd Wood, Yuxuan Lou and Opeoluwa Olusola of the\nUniversity of Surrey is now available for download.\n\nEarly low-orbiting satellites were launched into Highly Elliptical\nOrbits (HEO) as a result of not having much control over trajectory.\nCircular orbits with minimal eccentricity offer consistent altitudes,\nwith the benefits of consistent free space losses and link budgets\nthroughout the orbit, and soon became the norm. Highly elliptical\norbits fell from favour for communications use.\n\nHighly elliptical orbits can be used to provide targeted satellite\ncoverage of locations at high latitudes. We review the history of use\nof these orbits for communication. How elliptical orbits can be used\nfor broadband communication is outlined. We propose an addition of\nknown elliptical orbits to the new equatorial O3b satellite\nconstellation, extending O3b to cover high latitudes and the Earth’s\npoles. We simulate the O3b constellation and compare this to recent\nmeasurement of the first real Internet traffic across the newly\ndeployed O3b network.\n\nDownload the paper from\nhttp://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.2521v1\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSurrey Space Centre – UK CubeSail Satellite\n\n\nCubeSail is an exciting, ground-breaking educational satellite\nproject at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) that hopes to launch into a\n680 km Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) from India in December 2014.\n\nA key feature is the deployment of a 25 square metre sail structure,\nwhich will be used to demonstrate the propulsive effect of solar\nradiation pressure (i.e. solar sailing) and will demonstrate the de-\norbiting capabilities of the sail as a drag augmentation device.\nCubeSail will be the first launched three-axis stabilised solar sail.\n\nCubeSail will build on small satellite experience at SSC, such as\nthe STRaND-1 nanosatellite, launched on February 25, 2013.\nFurthermore, the mission critical sail deployment mechanism has\nundergone an extensive testing and validation process as part of the\nESA Gossamer Deorbiter project carried out at SSC. The CubeSail\nproject is also financially and technically supported by world\nleading industrial partners, Astrium and Surrey Satellite Technology\nLtd.\n\nCubeSail is a 3U CubeSat project with a 6kg mass, the mission aims\nare :\n\n• Technology Demonstration 1: Deployable Sail- The CubeSail\nsatellite will deploy a large (up to 5×5 metre) square aluminised\nKapton sail, using novel CFRP deployable booms.\n\n• Technology Demonstration 2: Solar Sailing – The CubeSail mission\nwill demonstrate ‘solar sailing’ in LEO by utilising the solar\nradiation pressure on the reflective sail to change its orbital\ninclination.\n\n• Technology Demonstration 3: Attitude Control CubeSail is equipped\nwith 3-axis-stabilizing attitude determination and control system. A\nnovel capability of this system is pointing via a centre-of-\nmass/centre-of-pressure (COM/COP) offset.\n\n• Technology Demonstration 4: Drag Deorbiting -The satellite will\ndeorbit much more quickly than otherwise due to its deployable sail.\nSatellite pointing will be optimized by the attitude control system\nfor maximum drag.\n\n• Outreach – The satellite will provide beacons for which amateur\nsatellite users and ham radio users will be able to receive.\nProposing a 9600 Bit/s AX.25 RC-BPSK downlink\n\nThe IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel have coordinated a\ndownlink frequency of 435.240 MHz.\n\nCubeSail\nhttp://www.surrey.ac.uk/ssc/research/space_vehicle_control/cubesail/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events\naround the country.  Examples of these events are radio club meetings\nwhere AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of\nworking amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a\ntable with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with\npresentations, forums, and/or demonstrations).\n\nThursday through Sunday, 17-20 July 2014 – ARRL Centennial Convention\nin Hartford CT. AMSAT will host a day-long Satellite Workshop on\nThursday, and have a booth at the convention along with an AMSAT\nForum and demonstrations throughout the convention.\n\nFriday through Sunday, 12-14 September 2014 – ARRL Southwestern\nDivision Convention 2014 in San Diego CA(north of the city center,\nnear Montgomery Field airport & I-805/CA-163 interchange) – AMSAT\nwill have a booth at this convention, there will be on-air\ndemonstrations using satellites throughout the convention, and a\npresentation on amateur satellites and AMSAT\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\n+ A direct contact with students at DLR School Lab, Braunschweig,\nGermany, via DH1ALF was successful Fri 2014-07-11 09:37:47  UTC 66\ndeg. During the interview which was conducted in German, students\nasked 13 questions of astronaut Alex Gerst, KF5ONO.\n\nThe German Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of Europe's largest and\nmost modern research institutions. Here is where the aircraft of the\nfuture are being developed and pilots trained, rocket engines tested\nand images of distant planets analyzed. In addition, over 7,700 DLR\nstaff members are investigating next-generation high-speed trains,\nenvironmentally responsible methods of generating energy, and much\nmore ...\n\nDLR School Lab in Braunschweig investigates many topics related to\ntransportation: whether on the road, rails, or in the air. In various\nexperiments, school classes can acquaint themselves with the research\ntopics being studied at the science institutes at DLR Braunschweig.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between DLR Project Lab,\nNeustrelitz, Germany and Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using\ncallsign DPØISS. The contact began 2014-07-02 12:05:13 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via DL1BLV. ARISS\nMentor was Francesco IKØWGF.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nARISS offers congratulations the following mentors who have now\nmentored over 100 schools:\nGaston ON4WF with 117\nSatoshi 7M3TJZ with 102\nFrancesco IKØWGF with 102\n\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\nLouisiana Tech University Online Course -- Steps to STEM\n\nNASA Education Resources for STEM Engagement - Louisiana Tech\nUniversity is teaming up with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to\noffer a 10-week course for educators interested in putting a\nspace-themed twist on learning. The course is designed to be a\nself-paced, online professional development experience focusing on\nscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, education\nresources available from NASA. These resources have application\nmethods for use in grades 4-9 classrooms with the goal of advancing\nhigh quality STEM education utilizing NASA's unique capabilities.\n\nApplications are due Aug. 30, 2014.\n\nFor more information and to enroll in the course, visit\nhttp://scitecatlatech.weebly.com/opeo.html.\n\nQuestions about these courses should be directed to Amy McDowell at\[email protected]\n\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- July 10, 2014 for\nthe 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\n",
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