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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/DJ3CBYH264XTRP5IXXTFRCJRBGXYL6QP/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "DJ3CBYH264XTRP5IXXTFRCJRBGXYL6QP", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/DJ3CBYH264XTRP5IXXTFRCJRBGXYL6QP/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-122 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2010-05-02T02:02:22Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-122\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n********************************************************************\n* The AMSAT team is preparing for the 2010 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT *\n* Booth and activities. For the latest information go to: *\n* http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2010/Dayton.php *\n* *\n* Please be advised that tickets for the AMSAT-TAPR banquet at *\n* Dayton will not be sold at the booth. *\n*All tickets must be purchased at the AMSAT store by Monday, 10 May*\n* http://www.amsat-na.com/store/item.php?id=100158 *\n********************************************************************\n\nIn this edition:\n* Successful ARISS Contact With European School in European Parliament\n* H-IIA Rocket to Launch Four Cubesats\n* Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* ARISS Status - 26 April 2010\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.01\nSuccessful ARISS Contact With European School in European Parliament\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 2, 2010\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-122.01\n\nOn Tuesday, April 27 students of the European School II, Brussels\nenjoyed a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact with Astronaut Tim Creamer, KC5WKI operating the Amateur\nRadio station NA1SS aboard the International Space Station. The ISS was\nover South America during the contact with Adrian Sinclair's ARISS\nTelebridge station LU1CGB in Buenos Aires providing a solid earth station\nlink. Twelve students selected from the school completed the contact.\n\nARISS Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF hosted the event at the European\nParliament in Brussels as a feature of a cultural exhibition set up in\ncollaboration with the International Amateur Radio Union, the European\nSpace Agency and sponsored by MEP Birgit, Sippel, Germany. The IARU\nExhibition's name is \"European Amateur Radio Benefiting Society\" with\nthe theme of Emergency, Education and Space.\n\nBecause of the high profile of the location of the event at the European\nParliament Building in Brussels there was considerable opportunity to\nraise awareness through media coverage, especially with Brussels Euro-\npean School's 'model' schooling for Europe.\n\nThis chance to participate in an ARISS project was actively embraced\nby the Science faculty and it is here where the opportunities for cur-\nricular integration are gaining momentum. In the 1st Year Secondary\n(typically aged 11) students study forces, gravity, weight and basic\nideas about 'fields'. In the 2nd Year, studies of the Solar System,\nand well beyond, link directly to the Shuttle missions and the Inter-\nnational Space Station. In Year 7 (the final Baccalaureate year, when\nmost students are aged 18) the Physics section on 'Gravitational Fields'\nis mainly about the mechanics of planetary and satellite motion. Topics\n(and questions) are often presented within the context of NASA and ESA\nmissions.\n\nReporting from Brussels, Gaston wrote, \"In the European School, located\nin a residential area of Brussels, a similar setup was provided and many\nstudents listened in to the event live. Later in the same afternoon, ISS\ncrew members came to visit the exhibition. ISS Commander Frank De Winne,\nON1DWN, Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA and Roman Romanenko, each one representing\na different Space Agency participated in a live question and answer session\nwith a group of students from the European School and from another school.\"\n\nARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the\nparticipating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES,\nJAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participa-\nting countries.\n\nARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement\nof Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members onboard the\nInternational Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see,\nfirst hand, how Amateur Radio and crew members on ISS can energize\nyoungsters' interest in science, technology and learning.\n\nFurther information on the ARISS program is available on the website\nhttp://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of\nCanada).\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF; David Jordan, AA4KN;\n and ARISS for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.02\nH-IIA Rocket to Launch Four Cubesats\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 2, 2010\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-122.02\n\nFour CubeSats in Japan are planning to launch on 17 May 2010\ntogether with PLANET-C which belongs to JAXA by H-IIA rocket.\n\nLaunch date, 17 May 2010\nLaunch time, 21:44:14UTC\nLaunch site, Tanegashima Space Center in Japan\n\nhttp://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html\nhttp://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html\n\n\nThree of the CubeSats, Negai*\", WASEDA-SAT2, KSAT, being launched by\nthe H-IIA rocket on May 17 will be dropped off into a low earth orbit\nbut UNITEC-1 will continue following the JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter\nPLANET-C / AKATSUKI on its journey to Venus.\n\n\nUNITEC-1, NPO UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium)\n 5.840GHz, travel into deep space towards Venus\n http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html\n\nNegai*\", Soka University\n 437.305MHz CW, Packet 1200bps FSK AX.25\n http://kuro.t.soka.ac.jp/main.html\n\nWASEDA-SAT2, Waseda University\n 437.485MHz CW(FM), PCM-FSK(FM) 9600bps\n http://www.miyashita.mmech.waseda.ac.jp/Waseda-Sat2/index.htm\n\nKSAT, Kagoshima University\n Uplink: S-band(2GHz, 10kbps), Downlink: Ku-band(13.275GHz, 10kbps/1Mbps)\n http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~nishio/download/Ukaren2008Nishio.pdf\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo, JE9PEL, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.03\nNanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 2, 2010\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-122.03\n\nThe Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute\nfor Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) would like to announce the delivery of\nNanosatellite Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload to Satish Dhawan\nSpace Centre in Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, India, for\nlaunch on board PSLV-C15. PSLV-C15 will be launching from the First\nLaunch Pad at SDSC-SHAR into 637 km sun-synchronous orbit with 10:30\nLocal-Time of Descending Node. NLS-6 shares this launch with Cartosat-2B\nprimary, Alsat-2A co-primary, and STUDSAT auxiliary payload.\n\nNLS-6 is the 6th launch by SFL. The NLS-6 cluster comprises of two\nnanosatellite: AISSat-1 and TIsat-1.\n\nNLS-6 launch updates are being posted to\n http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/\n\n\n\nAbout AISSat-1\n------------------------------\nAISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research\nEstablishment (FFI). It is intended to demonstrate a new maritime AIS\nreceiver that has been developed by FFI. The AIS receiver will be used\nto monitor ship traffic in Norwegian waters. The design of AISSat-1 is\nbased on SFL Generic Nanosatellite Bus (GNB).\n\nThe spacecraft has a main structure measuring 20 cm by 20 cm by 20 cm\nand it is stabilized in three-axes using reaction wheels. It has a fixed\n46 cm long VHF payload monopole antenna for the AIS receiver and four\nUHF uplink monopole antennas for the command receiver. The downlink in\nthe S-Band. AISSat-1 has an overall dimension of 80 cm by 45 cm by 37 cm\nand an overall mass of 6.5 kg. AISSat-1 will be secured to the launch\nvehicle using the XPOD GNB separation system.\n\nAISSat-1 is not an amateur satellite and, as such, has coordinated\nappropriate frequencies. Its ground segment is located at Svalbard and\nits control centre is at FFI, near Oslo, Norway.\n\nMore information on the spacecraft can be found at\nhttp://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/AISSat-1/\nand\nhttp://www.spacecentre.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=51389\n\n\nAbout TIsat-1\n------------------------------\nTIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat of 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm and is built by\nstudents and staff at University of Applied Sciences of Southern\nSwitzerland (SUPSI). The primary mission objective is to involve\nstudents in systems engineering, development and test with a very\nchallenging project and to provide students and staff at SUPSI with\nspace mission knowledge. TIsat-1 will monitor the durability of material\nprobes exposed to space environment, will test a micro electromechanical\ndevice and will validate the redundant, fault tolerant hardware and\nfirmware design of the bus.\n\nTwo monopole antennas (VHF and UHF) will be deployed after separation.\nHousekeeping and payload data will be communicated to the ground as\norbital data profiles. TIsat-1 will be secured to the launch vehicle\nusing the XPOD Single separation system.\n\nTIsat-1 communicates over amateur radio frequencies, as coordinated\nthrough the IARU, and they have been working with radio amateurs in\nSwitzerland during the spacecraft's development. They have a Morse Code\nand data beacons. More information can be found at\n http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html\n\n\n\nFuture Launches by SFL\n------------------------------\nSFL has signed its 7th launch contract with ANTRIX for NLS-7 in late\n2010/early 2011. NLS-7 will launch the twin-satellite CanX-4 and CanX-5\nformation flying mission.\n\nSFL will be signing its 8th launch contract for NLS-8 momentarily, for\nthe launch of two astronomy nanosatellites: BRITE-Austria (CanX-3A) and\nUniBRITE (CanX-3B). NLS-8 will also launch one partner spacecraft.\n\nIn addition, SFL is under discussion for NLS-9, NLS-10, and NLS-11\nlaunches in 2011/2012 time frame, and would like to extend an invitation\nto spacecraft developers world-wide to join our launches.\n\nFor further information, please contact:\n Freddy M. Pranajaya\n Manager, Advanced Systems Group\n UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory\n 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M3H 5T6\n +1-416-667-7890 Voice\n +1-416-667-7799 Fax\n [email protected]\n http://www.utias-sfl.net/\n\n[ANS thanks Daniel, VA3KKZ, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.04\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 2, 2010\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-122.04\n\n+ Hiroyuki, JG7PSJ will be QRV as JD1BMH from Chichijima, IOTA\n AS-031, from May 2 to 14. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters, and\n possibly 80 meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL to\n home call. In addition, Makoto, JI5RPT will be QRV as JD1BLY,\n also from Chichijima, from May 2 to 7. Activity will be on 40\n to 6 meters using CW, SSB, digital modes and Satellites. QSL\n to home call. (via ARRL ARLD017 DX news)\n\n+ Congratulations to Loren, K7CWQ, who just received his VUCC\n award - using a FT-60R and Arrow Sat antenna as his station.\n Well done, sir!\n\n+ Also congratulations to KD0EM, Harold in EL98 Florida. On April 22\n he worked W4AS for his first satellit contact via AO-27 FM.\n\n+ Martha reminds us from AMSAT HQ that tickets for the AMSAT-TAPR\n banquet at Dayton will not be sold at the booth. All tickets must\n be purchased at the AMSAT store by Monday, 10 May:\n http://www.amsat-na.com/store/item.php?id=100158\n Dr. Robert McGwier, N4HY, will be the Banquet speaker\n\n+ Gavin, M1BXF reports the Camb-hams, the social side of the Cambridge\n Repeater Group (ex Pye telecoms group) will be active on FM and SSB\n satellites as GS3PYE/P from grid IO67nt on the Island of Harris\n Scotland between May 1st and May 15th. More information can found\n on their DXpedition webpage:\n http://dx.camb-hams.com/dx-peditions/harris-dxpedition-10/\n\n+ A video has been released that explains the design philosophy of the\n core power control unit of New Zealand's first Amateur Radio satel-\n lite KiwiSAT. In the video Hans Holtz ZL1HB and Andrew Cammell ZL1AVC\n explains the design and operation of the KiwiSAT central power con-\n trol system know as the Battery Control Regulator or BCR. Watch at:\n http://tinyurl.com/28ocp8h\n\n+ The Radio Club Ushuaia LU8XW is planning an expedition to the City\n of Tolhuin, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the radio club.\n LU8XW will be active in SSB, CW, PSK, RTTY and Satellites, from\n 01:00 UTC May 22 until 03:00 UTC May 24. QSLs via WD9EWK and LoTW\n (IOTA SA 008) - (W.A.P. - W.A.C.A Ref ARG-23) All contacts on this\n expedition are all contacts are valid for Radio Club Ushuaia\n Permanent Diploma. Please sen dany questions or comments to\n [email protected] Please visit our web www.lu8xw.com.ar Thanks!\n Pablo LU6XV SOURCE: 73 de Augusto HB9TZA / I2JJR - SRT\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.05\nARISS Status - 26 April 2010\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 2, 2010\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-122.05\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been\nscheduled for Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club in Mitaka-shi, Japan on\nTuesday, May 4 at 15:09 UTC. The Japan Boy Scouts have an amateur radio club,\nJA1YSS and study amateur radio station operations. The boys look forward to\nspeaking with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, a former Boy Scout.\n\nThe Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington,\nD.C. has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Family Day, Saturday, May 8 at 17:01 UTC via VK4KHZ in\nAustralia. The Education Division of NASM is recruiting the young people who\nwill participate in the contact. Generally, Boy Scouts and other groups are\ninvolved with this activity. The Museum draws approximately 30,000 on this\nSaturday in May.\n\n\n2. Caldwell-Dyson Speaks with Houston School via ARISS\n\nOn Monday, April 19, Expedition 23 astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF\nparticipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact with students from Jessup Elementary School in Houston, Texas. The\nconnection was made through telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. Prior to the\ncontact, ARISS was incorporated into science, math, and language arts classes\nand children prepared 20 questions for the astronaut. Caldwell-Dyson answered\nthem all as a crowd, filling the school's gymnasium, listened in. Several\nnewspapers also attended and covered the event.\n\n\n3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held\n\nThe monthly ARISS International Team teleconference was held on Tuesday, April\n20. Topics of discussion included an update on the radio equipment for the\nColumbus Module and an ARISSat-1 status. Minutes have been posted. See:\nhttps://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2010-04-20.htm\n\n\n4. Astronaut Training Status\n\nOn Monday, April 19, astronauts Kevin Ford and Shane Kimbrough received an\noverview of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\nprogram, followed by a Basic Ops session with Kimbrough. Both astronauts are\nscheduled to fly on future ISS expeditions.\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }