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    "subject": "[ANS] RE-SENT: ANS-021 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-021 [RE-SENT IN PLAIN TEXT MODE]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Microwave Ambitions for GOLF Satellites\n* All-Ham Axiom Crew Launched for Commercial Visit to ISS\n* AMSAT Argentina Celebrates 34 Years of LUSAT\n* AMSAT Volunteers Needed For the Upcoming 2024 Orlando Hamcation\n* IO-117 Project Group Presents the IO-117 Code of Conduct\n* NASA Program Empowers Students for EZIE-Mag CubeSat Mission\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan. 18\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\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\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital 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: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nANS-021 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2024 JAN 21\nMicrowave Ambitions for GOLF Satellites\n\nRecently AMSAT News Service had the opportunity to interview Zach\nMetzinger, NØZGO, AMSAT Director and Volunteer Engineer, about the work\nthat is being done to add microwave communication bands to the GOLF\nsatellites.\n\nANS: “Zach, I understand that AMSAT will add microwave capability to the\nnew GOLF CubeSat satellites, currently in design and evaluation. Is this\ncorrect?”\n\nZM: “Yes, that is correct! AMSAT had microwave capabilities in earlier\nsatellites such as AO-10 and AO-40 and only a 1.2GHz downshifter on the\nnewer CubeSats, that is the Fox series of satellites.\nThe GOLF (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint) satellites are currently under\ndevelopment.\nGOLF-TEE is the first of these satellites and is the technology\ndemonstrator for the GOLF series, which is in turn the successor to the FOX\nsatellites. GOLF-TEE will have more capability as we increase the\ncapability and functionality of our satellites, including adding microwave\nbands. “\n\n\n\nANS: “What is driving this increased functionality of the GOLF series?”\n\nZM: “Due to new orbital debris regulations, the FCC will require us to be\nable to be able to move as well as deorbit satellites, so we are adding the\nability to orient and steer the satellite. While this adds complexity, it\nwill also help us to improve the functionality of the satellite. For\nexample: We will now be able to have the satellite maintain direction and\norientation which will allow us to point the antenna for improved gain.\nThis increased functionality is causing the increase in size. The GOLF\nsatellites are a 3U size satellite, that is 30 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. (The\npredecessor FOX satellites are 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.) With the increase in\nsize, we can also add other functionality, in this case the microwave\ncapability we are discussing here today.”\n\nANS: “Can you tell us a little about how this is implemented?”\n\nZM: “While GOLF-TEE will have the usual 2m uplink and 70 cm downlink bands,\nit will also have an X-band (10 GHz) downlink transmitter. The 10 GHz SSPA\nboard has already been demonstrated and works well. The 10 GHz SSPA has a\npeak power of 1 watt.\n\n“We will also use a Software Defined Radio (SDR) which we will purchase.\n(For the development and demonstration, we have been using the Ettus E310\nradio.) This will enable many simultaneous uplink bands, for example 1.2\nGHz, 2.4 GHz, 5.7 GHz, etc. The whole system is very flexible. For example,\nthe microwave antenna will support frequencies from 1 GHz to 26 GHz.”\n\nANS: “It is very exciting to hear about these improved capabilities. What\nare the next steps?”\n\nZM: “We continue to test the system and tweak the hardware. We will be\nready to be on GOLF-TEE, which is estimated to launch in the second quarter\nof 2025. If it works well, it could be turned on for general use, but of\ncourse we will have to see. We definitely plan to have the microwave bands\noperational on succeeding GOLF satellites.\n\nOne more tidbit of information that folks may find interesting: The orbit\nfor GOLF-TEE will be LEO. The next satellite, GOLF-1, could be LEO or\nperhaps MEO or HEO.\n\nANS: “This is an exciting development. How can we learn more?”\n\nZM: “I gave a 20-minute presentation on this at the AMSAT Annual Space\nSymposium, which you can see on YouTube.”\n\nANS: Thank you for your time, Zach!\n\nLink to Zach Metzinger’s presentation is:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcO4-h7bbxs&t=2270s\n\n[ANS thanks Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, AMSAT Director and Volunteer Engineer,\nand Mark Blackwood, KI5AXK, AMSAT Staff Writer, for the above information.]\nAll-Ham Axiom Crew Launched for Commercial Visit to ISS\n\nWith retired NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, KE5GTK, and Italian\nco-pilot Walter Villadei, IUØRWB, at the controls, flanked by Turkish\nmission specialists Alper Gezeravci, KJ5DIY, and Marcus Wandt of Sweden,\nKJ5COO, a SpaceX Falcon 9 thundered to life at 21:49 UTC Thursday and\nclimbed away from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center atop a\nbrilliant jet of flaming exhaust.\n\nA Falcon 9 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center carrying an international\ncrew on a commercial mission to the space station. Image: Adam\nBernstein/Spaceflight Now.\n\nRocketing away along a trajectory paralleling the East Coast of the United\nStates, the 12-minute climb to space got off to a picture-perfect start,\nthrilling area residents and tourists with a late-afternoon sky show\ndespite low clouds that limited the view.\n\nAdding to the spectacle, the booster’s first stage, heralded by twin sonic\nbooms, flew itself back to a rocket-powered landing at the Cape Canaveral\nSpace Force Station, chalking up SpaceX’s 43rd landing in Florida and its\n265th overall.\n\nA few minutes later, the Crew Dragon capsule was released to fly on its\nown. SpaceX Chief Engineer Bill Gerstenmaier radioed congratulations to the\ncrew “on a great ride to orbit. I think you’re demonstrating the ultimate\nin reuse — a reused commander, reused Dragon and a reused Falcon.”\n\nIf all goes well, López-Alegría and Villadei will monitor an automated\napproach to the space station, catching up from behind and below to set up\na docking at the lab’s forward port early Saturday.\n\nThey’ll be welcomed aboard by the station’s current seven-member crew:\nSoyuz MS-24/70S commander Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, and his two crewmates,\nNikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM, along with NASA\nCrew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL, European Space Agency astronaut\nAndreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, Japanese flier Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW, and\ncosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.\n\nAt least two ARISS school contacts are scheduled with Axiom crewmembers,\nand participants in previous Axiom missions have activated the ARISS\nequipment on board the Space Station for casual contacts in the past.\n\nOnce their experiments are complete, López-Alegría and his crewmates will\nstrap back into their Crew Dragon and undock from the space station on Feb.\n3 for a fiery plunge back to Earth and splashdown off the coast of Florida.\n\nThe Axiom flights are sanctioned by NASA, which is trying to encourage\nprivate-sector development in low-Earth orbit. The company is using the\n“private astronaut missions,” or PAMs, to gain experience with orbital\noperations before launching its own space station modules later this decade.\n\n[ANS thanks spaceflightnow.com for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nThe 2024 AMSAT President’s Club coins are here now!\nHelp Support GOLF and Fox Plus\n\nJoin the AMSAT President’s Club today and help\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\nhttps://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nAMSAT Argentina Celebrates 34 Years of LUSAT\n\nOn Jan-22, 34 years ago was launched LO-19, LUSAT, 1st Argentine Satellite,\ntill now emitting on 437.125 KHz.\n\nDuring ‘LUSAT Week’, from Saturday-20 to Sunday-28 January 2024, AMSAT-LU,\nseveral Radio Clubs and collaborators will deliver a QSL commemorative of\nthe 34rd anniversary of LUSAT, see: lusat33qsl.jpg, and the 34rd\nanniversary silver certificate with 5 (five) contacts or gold with 15\n(fifteen) contacts, it will not be mandatory to communicate with LU7AA.\n\nThis Certificate complies with all the requirements of Argentine Resolution\n3635-E/2017, articles 4.5.4 and 4.6.4, and therefore having LU7AA in force\nLegal Status and being recognized by ENACOM is valid for category\npromotions.\n\nIt will be operated by radio means of the radio amateur service only, in\nmultiband/multimode, terrestrial HF/VHF/UHF and via active amateur\nsatellites. More information at LU7AA at qrz.com. Collaborators will be\ncalling: ‘LUxxx collaborating station of AMSAT Argentina, grants\nCommemorative QSL for the 34rd Anniversary of LUSAT’.\n\nDo not miss this Certificate or QSL like the previous ones, it will be a\npride to have it and for AMSAT your participation. Radio clubs and radio\namateurs were invited to operate as a collaborating station.\n\nTo sign up as a Collaborating station see:\nhttps://forms.gle/iyEYE5F3gskmRdkQ8\n\nBases:\n\nTo obtain the QSL you must contact a collaborating station, or as a short\nwave listener receive a QSO between stations related to the 34rd\nanniversary event of LUSAT.\n\nTo obtain the Certificate, it will be necessary to contact (Radio amateurs)\nor listen (Short Wave Listeners) by radio at least 5 collaborating stations\n(silver), or 15 stations (gold) in any band and mode.\n\nFinalized contacts or listening and after January 29:\n\nFor radio amateurs, go to https://forms.gle/c2RJE5LyBqz5erh7A and inform\nyour contacts, it is not necessary to send QSLs or images.\n\nFor Short Wave Listeners, go to https://forms.gle/pkHNsQuWRo4MB21DA and\nreport your listen stations, it is not necessary to send QSLs or images.\n\nIssuance of the Certificate:\n\nThe LUSAT 34rd Anniversary Certificate will be issued free of charge,\ndigitally to the email of each applicant. The Certificate can be printed by\nthe recipient if desired.\n\nMore information and images: http://amsat.org.ar?f=34\n\nCelebrating its permanence in space, our LUSAT continues to emit a strong\ncarrier after 34 years, receivable at 437.125 KHz. +/- Doppler.\n\nSee pass schedules at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=LUSAT\n\nDetails: http://amsat.org.ar?f=34 http://qrz.com/db/LU7AA\nhttps://www.qrzcq.com/call/LU7AA (also in English)\n\nCollaborating stations registration open at\nhttps://forms.gle/iyEYE5F3gskmRdkQ8\n\nLUSAT could be tracked/seen thru http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat\n\nDeeply appreciation to AMSAT-NA than in the eighties develop AO-16 & LO-19\nnovel pacsat protocol and lead on design and launch.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina, LU7AA, for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nNeed new satellite antennas?\n\nPurchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\nand M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\nAMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\nKeeping Amateur Radio in Space.\nhttps://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nAMSAT Volunteers Needed For the Upcoming 2024 Orlando Hamcation\n\nThe new year is now upon us and that means the 2024 HamCation in Orlando,\nFlorida (Feb. 9 – 11) is just around the corner. The hamfest began in 1946\nand in 2024 celebrates its 78th year having achieved the designation as\nbeing the 2nd largest gathering of ham operators in the world annually.\n\nAlong with a myriad of popular amateur radio vendors and enormous tailgate\narea to peruse through, AMSAT will also be on hand and we could sure use\nyour help. If last year’s 21,800 attendees are any indication of what’s\nahead, we would greatly appreciate you sharing at least 2 to 4 hours of\nyour time at the AMSAT booth sometime during the three-day event,\nintroducing fellow hams to what amateur satellites are all about, helping\nthose who maybe having problems getting on the air and best of all,\nconnecting face to face with hams you’ve talked to on the satellites.\n\nSo if you would like to join us at the AMSAT booth or have any questions\nabout helping out, please contact David Jordan, AA4KN at [email protected].\n\nBTW, the average temp. for Orlando in February is a high 75 deg. and low 54\ndeg.\n… hard to beat that!!\n\nFor more details on 2024 HamCation, visit https://www.hamcation.org\n\n[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, AMSAT Ambassador in Central Florida for the\nabove information]\nIO-117 Project Group Presents the IO-117 Code of Conduct\n\nA group of amateurs who regularly work the IO-117 satellite has worked to\ndevelop a code of conduct for using this popular digipeating resource.\n\nThe purpose of the IO-117 Code of Conduct document is to provide suggested\noperational guidelines that will hopefully optimize everyone’s access to\nthe limited resource single channel digipeater aboard IO-117. If better\nmessaging discipline can be adopted as well as a better understanding of\nwhat operating techniques improve or diminish the success of a station’s\ntransmission being digipeated by IO-117, then the entire group of operators\non an individual pass will benefit from implementing these standards.\n\nThose involved in this project, in alphabetical order, are: 2MØSQL, DF2ET,\nFG8OJ, IK3ITB, JH8FIH, JK2XXK, KF7R, KGØD, KH6WI, KIØKB, OZ9AAR, and W8LR.\n\nIO-117 CODE OF CONDUCT\n\n1. LISTEN MORE TRANSMIT LESS – Consider giving the station you are calling\nseveral minutes to return Your call before you call again. The use of\nGreencube Terminal program by OZ9AAR (GC-T) with its “yoU Heard Me” feature\n(UHM — available in the latest GC-T version, 1.0.0.85) turned on may aid in\nthis process. The software is available for free download at:\nhttps://www.moonbounce.dk/hamradio/greencube-terminal-program.html\n\n2. STATIONS SHOULD USE THE MINIMAL POWER NECESSARY TO ACCESS THE SATELLITE.\n\n3. AVOID CALLING CQ MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 5 MINUTES.\n\n4. AVOID DUPE QSOs – Other than occasional contacts with friends and for\ntesting purposes we should discourage repeat contacts with stations already\nconfirmed in your log, particularly for uncommon or rare DX stations.\n\n5. AVOID 2X – 3X IDENTICAL TRANSMISSIONS IN BACK TO BACK TO BACK DIGIPEATS\nBY ANY MEANS. The\nUse of GC-T/UHM ABSOLUTLEY helps you avoid this problem.\n\n6. WHEN CALLING A STATION, TIME YOUR TX TO WHEN THEY WILL MOST LIKELY BE\nLISTENING FOR NEW CALLS. AFTER THEY SEND A CQ OR SEND ANOTHER STATION THEIR\nR73 TX.\n\n7. KEEP MESSAGES AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE – Every millisecond saved does make a\ndifference. Four character grids only, not six characters.\n\n8. AVOID SENDING SUPERFLUOUS DATA – 599 is irrelevant on a digipeater.\nAvoid sending operator names. Use 2-Letter ID for states; don’t include\ncity or regional quantifiers (ie: “SoCal”, just send “CA”). You can shorten\n“UR 599, DN84fj, Sturgis South Dakota, LoTW, QSL?” to “DN84 SD” with no\nloss of relevant information for the QSO.\n\n9. CALLING FOR A SPECIFIC STATE IS UNNECESSARY AND UNPRODUCTIVE – That info\nis available on GC-T and the Greencube Reporter:\nhttps://oscarwatch.org/greencube/.\n\n10. WHEN A STATION DECLARES “SKED” IN THE TX MESSAGE DO NOT CALL THAT\nSTATION UNTIL THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR SCHEDULED CONTACT – Both stations\nshould use SKED GRID in message & use COSI (Callsign of Special Interest).\n\n11. WHEN WORKING A RARE CALL/GRID STATION THAT IS USING THE GC-T MULTICALL\nFEATURE THEIR “R73” TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO FINISH THE QSO: GC\nF/H Mode: similar to FT8 F/H mode.\n\n12. FOR ROVERS, PUTTING YOUR ROVING GRID IN THE “R73” TRANMISSION IS\nACCEPTABLE, AS WELL AS BEING HELPFUL, TO ALL STATIONS COMING INTO THE\nFOOTPRINT.\n\n13. SUGGESTED MESSAGE FORMAT: FT8 Format (GC F/H Mode) and GRID Format: 4\nCharacters only NOT 6\nCalling Message:\nP5ABC CQ PM39\nP5ABC 3Y0ABC PM39.\nP5ABC 3Y0ABC/R/P PM39\nResponse 73 Message: 3Y0ABC P5ABC R73 or RR73\n3Y0ABC/R/P P5ABC R73 JD15\n\n14. AS A FORM OF COURTESY, THE R73 EXCHANGE IS USUALLY BILATERAL BUT ONE\nMUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE SATELLITE, SO THE LAST\nR73 MAY BE WELCOMED BUT NOT MANDATORY – The use of GC-T/UHM may aid you in\nthis decision process.\n\n15. ROVERS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE STATION, TO INCLUDE\nTHE USE OF THE GC-T/UHM FEATURE WHEN INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE, IN ORDER\nTO MAKE AN IO-117 ACTIVATION PRODUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL STATIONS\nINVOLVED.\n\n[ANS thanks Jeff Schwartz, KI0KB, and the IO-117 Project Group for the\nabove information.]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nWant to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\nGet your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\nfrom our Zazzle store!\n\n\n25% of the purchase price of each product goes\ntowards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\nhttps://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nNASA Program Empowers Students for EZIE-Mag CubeSat Mission\n\nThe Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) team at Johns Hopkins Applied\nPhysics Laboratory (APL) is extending an invitation to citizen scientists,\nschools, and researchers to actively participate in NASA’s CubeSat mission\nset to capture the magnetic signatures of Earth’s upper atmosphere. The\nproject, known as EZIE-Mag, is distributing 700 Raspberry Pi-powered\nexperimentation kits, providing an unprecedented opportunity for\nenthusiasts to contribute valuable ground-based readings to the mission.\n\nDr. Nelli Mosavi-Hoyer, project manager for EZIE at Johns Hopkins APL,\nemphasizes the importance of citizen scientists’ involvement, stating,\n“EZIE-Mag provides the mission with a unique opportunity to engage citizen\nscientists in this important research. Measurements made by these kits will\nbe complementary to data collected by the three EZIE spacecraft.”\n\nThe core of NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer program consists of\nthree CubeSats, scheduled for launch in the late stages of 2024. These\nCubeSats will play a pivotal role in recording the magnetic fingerprints of\nEarth’s auroral electrojets – electrical currents flowing between the outer\nlimits of the atmosphere and surrounding space. While the CubeSats map\nthese currents, the EZIE-MAG initiative aims to enhance the mission with\nadditional ground-based data.\n\nAdebayo Eisape, second from left, an electrical engineering doctoral\nstudent at Johns Hopkins University, watches as high school students with\nthe Lab’s ASPIRE program assemble the EZIE-Mag kit. (Image credit: Ed\nWhitman/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)\n\nDr. Jesper Gjerloev, EZIE project scientist, stresses the inclusive nature\nof involving citizen scientists in the project, highlighting that it was\npreviously considered unfeasible due to the high costs of custom equipment,\nranging from $25,000 to $500,000. The innovative solution involved creating\na low-cost sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero single-board computer.\n\nEZIE ground systems engineer Rob Barnes, inspired by a science fair project\nwith his niece and nephew, developed prototypes for the EZIE-Mag kits.\nThese kits, priced at just $200, include a low-cost magnetometer sensor\npaired with GPS for accurate time and location data, connected to a\nRaspberry Pi Zero. The cost reduction allows the team to distribute the\nkits to schools free of charge.\n\nBarnes explains, “When we distribute EZIE-Mags, the data that’s going to\ncome in from all these schools and places is actually going to be included\nas part of the mission database. We’re going to do real science with it.\nYou get all the parts and they just snap together, and you’re done.”\n\nThe EZIE team will make and freely distribute approximately 700 EZIE-Mag\nkits to teachers and students across the United States, with a specific\nfocus on Indigenous schools. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University\nApplied Physics Laboratory/Ed Whitman)\n\nThe EZIE-Mag program has also formed partnerships with the Indigenous\nEducation Institute and Little Singer Community School, establishing five\nIndigenous-based collaborative workspaces equipped with EZIE-Mag kits. In\ntotal, up to 700 kits will be distributed to schools in underserved\ncommunities.\n\nDr. Gjerloev applauds the active participation of schools, stating,\n“They’re actively participating, providing data that is used in our\nsolutions. As a middle schooler or high schooler, you can say, ‘I’m\nactually providing data and making measurements that are important and\nbeing used for a NASA mission.’ That’s the way it should be. It’s much more\nexciting than sending out a flyer.”\n\nFor those interested in joining the EZIE-Mag project, further information\nand an application form for the kit are available on the project website:\nhttps://ezie.jhuapl.edu/outreach/ezie-mag.\n\n[ANS thanks Gareth Halfacree, hackster.io, for the above information]\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan. 18\n\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps\nin the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical\nmodel of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly\nupdates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin\nfiles are updated daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin\nfiles will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available\nfor new amateur satellites. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.\n\nThis week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page for the above information]\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\nIC Statale Villa Guardia, Villa Guardia, Italy, telebridge via ZS6JON\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Walter Villadei, IUØRWB\nThe ARISS mentor is IZ2GOJ\nContact is go for: Mon 2024-01-22 09:35:49 UTC 44 degrees elevation\nWatch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQUWMww9yE\n\nIstituto Comprensivo “Anna Rita Sidoti”, Gioiosa Marea, Italy, direct via\nIT9DBI\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Walter Villadei, IUØRWB\nThe ARISS mentor is IKØWGF\nContact is go for: Wed 2024-01-24 14:37:22 UTC 40 degrees elevation\n\nYouth Group, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Konstantin Borisov\nThe ARISS mentor is RV3DR\nContact is go for Thu 2024-01-25 15:30 UTC\n\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &\n437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is\npick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband\nrepeater. So give a listen, you just never know.\n\nThe packet system Temporarily stowed. (145.825 MHz up & down). SSTV Status\nis OFF.\n\nAs always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios\nare turned off as part of the safety protocol.\n\nNote, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own\norbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed\ntime.\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nNone scheduled at this time.\n\n[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\n+ Orlando HamCation 2024\nFriday February 9th through Sunday February 11th, 2024\nCentral Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park\n4603 West Colonial Drive\nOrlando, Florida 32808\nhttps://www.hamcation.com\n\n+ 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Positive Impact of Amateur Radio on\nHuman Spaceflight\nThursday February 22nd through Saturday February 24th, 2024\nCenter for Space Education: Astronauts Memorial Foundation\nKennedy Space Center, M6-306 405 State Road, FL 32899\nhttps://www.ariss.org/overview.html\n\n+ Dayton Hamvention 2024\nFriday May 17th through Sunday May 19th, 2024\nGreene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center\n120 Fairground Road\nXenia, OH 45385\nhttps://hamvention.org\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nGridMaster Plaque+ Congratulations to Lyle Hood, WB7VUF, for being awarded\nGridMaster Award #63! This prestigious award, introduced by Star Comm Group\nin 2014 and sponsored by Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM, is\nnow entrusted to AMSAT for the benefit of the entire AMSAT community. The\nGridMaster Award recognizes amateurs worldwide who establish two-way\ncommunication via amateur satellite with operators in all 488 Maidenhead\ngrids in the contiguous United States of America. More information about\nthis award can be found on the AMSAT website at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/gridmaster. Well done on this remarkable achievement\nLyle! (ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards\nfor the above information)\n\n+ Kudos to Tom Kenny, NJ2DX, on achieving AMSAT Century Award #60! This\ndistinguished recognition entails confirming satellite contacts with a mix\nof one hundred USA states, Canadian provinces, or DXCC entities. Tom met\nthe requirements for the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award\nand AMSAT Sexagesimal Award by respectively establishing satellite contacts\nwith twenty and sixty distinct entities from within a 40-kilometer radius\nof the same location, paving the way for eligibility for this distinguished\nhonor. For more information about this award, please visit the AMSAT\nwebsite at https://www.amsat.org/awards. Once again, congratulations to Tom\non this exceptional accomplishment! (ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT\nDirector of Contests and Awards for the above information)\n\n+ Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander was launched on January 8 under an\nexperimental new partnership between NASA and private industry intended to\nreduce costs for American taxpayers and seed a lunar economy. But it\nexperienced an explosion shortly after separating from its rocket and had\nbeen leaking fuel, making it impossible to reach its destination.\nAstrobotic announced that it had lost contact with its spacecraft shortly\nbefore 2100 GMT Thursday, January 18, indicating a “controlled re-entry\nover open water” as it had predicted. Engineers had executed a series of\nsmall engine burns to position the golf cart-sized robot over the South\nPacific to “minimize the risk of debris reaching land.” (ANS thanks Space\nDaily for the above information)\n\n+ After a leisurely, fuel-efficient trip to the Moon, the Japan Aerospace\nExploration Agency (JAXA) SLIM lander (aka “Moon Sniper”) attempted a\npinpoint landing at 15:20 UTC on Jan. 19. Pinpoint in this context means\nshooting for a landing area ellipse of 100 x 100 meters after a 20-minute\nautonomous descent process. That’s a smaller target area than ever\nattempted by a lunar lander, though China’s Chang’e 3 lander managed to\nland 89 meters from the center of its 6,000 x 6,000 meter target in 2013.\nWhile the soft landing was a success, JAXA is still analyzing data to\ndetermine the precision of the landing. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index and\nJAXA for the above information)\n\n+ The Chinese Academy of Sciences, ESA, and the Max Planck Institute for\nExtraterrestrial Physics in Germany collaborated on the Einstein Probe, an\nX-ray telescope that launched last week on a Long March 2C. The telescope\nwill observe X-ray bursts from energetic sources such as neutron star\nmergers and black holes and will monitor how these change over time. It\nwill orbit Earth at 600 km and carry two instruments. The Wide-field X-ray\nTelescope (WXT) uses hundreds of thousands of square fibers “inspired by\nthe eyes of lobsters” which can collectively image almost a tenth of the\ncelestial sphere at a time. Once sources are identified, they can be imaged\nin more detail with the narrower but more sensitive, two-module Follow-up\nX-ray Telescope (FXT). (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above\ninformation)\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week’s ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM\nk0jm [at] amsat.org\n\n\n",
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