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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/DPFCN7G2L4P4QJGXPJCLFIHFKHKEVAK3/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5CJG92gLEQvh=g7fcyavciG_pHRx1HM5NWtmiao4kSB+w@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "DPFCN7G2L4P4QJGXPJCLFIHFKHKEVAK3", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/DPFCN7G2L4P4QJGXPJCLFIHFKHKEVAK3/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-303 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Oct. 30", "date": "2022-10-30T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-303\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\nIn this edition:\n\n* MESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module\n* FoxTelem Version 1.12 Released\n* AMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members\n* GreenCube in Digipeater Mode\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution\n* ISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-303 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 2022 Oct 30\n\n\nMESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module\n\nAn AMSAT-constructed linear transponder module is included in the MESAT 3U\nsatellite to be deployed as part of NASA's upcoming ELaNa 43 mission.\n\nMESAT-1 is a stack of three tech-stuffed 4-inch cubes assembled at the\nUniversity of Maine and destined for space in 2022. The first satellite of\nits kind ever built in Maine, MESAT-1 carries three imaging experiments\nproposed by Maine schools and a 2-way radio for use by ground control and\namateur radio enthusiasts.\n\nMESAT-1 was originally projected to launch from Vandenberg Space Force\nBase, California, in June 2022, but has been delayed. The satellite will be\ncarried by a Firefly Aerospace \"Alpha\" rocket and released into a\nSun-synchronous orbit about 555 kilometers (350 miles) above Earth. It will\nfly nearly over the poles traveling at about 7.8 kilometers per second\n(17,000 mph), making a full orbit in roughly 100 minutes. Any given\nlocation on Earth will experience 4 to 6 passes per day, with each pass\nlasting less than 15 minutes. MESAT-1 is expected to remain in space for\nwell over a decade.\n\nA statewide competition in 2019 drew payload proposals from schools across\nMaine. Three projects were selected for the MESAT-1 mission: ALBEDO,\nIMAGER, and HAB.\n\nALBEDO: Saco Middle School will study reflected light (albedo) and local\ntemperature in urban and rural areas, with the idea that urban heat islands\ncould be mitigated through architectural designs that reflect more light.\n\nIMAGER: Fryeburg Academy will photograph shallow coastal waters as part of\nan effort to distinguish turbidity and phytoplankton concentration from\nspace. The academy is collaborating with the Wells National Estuarine\nResearch Reserve.\n\nHAB: Falmouth High School will work on early detection of harmful algal\nblooms by measuring atmospheric temperature and water vapor levels around\nbloom areas. They will watch blooms develop, move, and disperse.\n\nThe main radio aboard MESAT-1 is a linear transponder module (LTM-1) built\nby the nonprofit Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), a partner in\nthe project. The ground station operator will command the satellite through\nLTM-1 and the module will transmit telemetry back to Earth. LTM-1 will also\nbe made available to amateur radio operators for 2-way communication.\n\nUMaine applied to the International Amateur Radio Union to coordinate its\nplanned frequency use for MESAT-1. The IARU approved this plan on 22\nNovember 2021:\n Telemetry beacon downlink: 435.800 MHz 1200 baud BPSK\n Transponder uplink: 145.910-145.940 MHz\n Transponder downlink: 435.810-435.840 MHz\n\nMESAT-1 carries a second radio, an EyeStar transmitter, originally intended\nto interface with the satellite's built-in GPS and the GlobalStar network\nto provide the ground team with accurate, hourly position information. This\naspect of the mission was altered during MESAT-1 construction. The EyeStar\nunit will serve only a minimal function on MESAT-1.\nBackground on Maine's First CubeSat\n\nMESAT-1 exists thanks to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) and the\nMaine Space Grant Consortium. Through CSLI, NASA has selected more than 200\nCubeSat missions for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program. More\nthan 130 ELaNA satellites have been launched at NASA's expense since 2011.\n\nIn 2018, Maine Space Grant kicked off a pilot Maine CubeSat Launch\nInitiative to involve students and teachers from across the state in\ndesigning CubeSat missions. Through a competitive process, the consortium\nselected three experiments to propose for NASA's 2019 ELaNa opportunity.\n\nThe MESAT-1 proposal was accepted by NASA early in 2020. The satellite was\npaired with launch provider Firefly Aerospace for ELaNa mission 43.\n\nDr. Ali Abedi, director of the WiSe-Net Lab at UMaine Orono, assigned three\nUMaine graduate students the task of producing the satellite. With the\nsupport of the Maine Space Grant Consortium, they completed MESAT-1 in time\nfor a 2022 launch.\n\n[ANS thanks mainesat.org for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!\n To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on\nOctober 15, 1972, this year's coin features\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.\n Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nFoxTelem Version 1.12 Released\n\nA new version of FoxTelem has been released ahead of the launch of MESAT-1.\nThe new version will be required in order to decode MESAT-1 telemetry.\nMESAT-1 has an AMSAT Linear Transponder Module (LTM) and will transmit\nhealth data and images at 1200bps using BPSK. FoxTelem will decode and\ndisplay the images from the University of Maine multi-spectral camera, as\nwell as other data about the spacecraft.\n\nThis version of FoxTelem will still support all previous spacecraft and the\nCubeSat Simulator.\n\nYou can download it from these locations:\nhttps://www.g0kla.com/foxtelem\nhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/\n\nIn addition to support for MESAT-1 this version also includes several bug\nfixes and enhancements. Questions or comments (other than \"when is the\nlaunch\", because I don't know) may be directed to chrisethompson [at]\ngmail.com or to g0kla [at] arrl.net. Issues or bugs can be logged on github\nat:\nhttps://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues\n\n[ANS thanks Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members\n\nThe following members of the AMSAT 2022 President’s Club have been added as\nof October 31, 2022. We thank them for their generous support and helping\nto keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThe 2022 Year is rapidly coming to a close. If you have not yet joined, you\ncan still earn your membership with distinctive five-color gold-finish\ncoin, iron-on AMSAT logo patches and full-color certificate. Go to\nhttps://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ for more information.\n\nTitanium ($4,800+)\nBarry A. Baines WD4ASW\nAlan P. Biddle WA4SCA\nJohn D. Botti KC8OKB\nWilliam G. Brown K9LF\n\nPlatinum ($2,400+)\nRonald G. Parsons W5RKN\n\nGold ($1,200+)\nDouglas Besemer K0VPL\nBurns Fisher WB1FJ\nJoseph Lynch N6CL\nJohn R. Kludt K7SYS\nGlenn Miller AA5PK\nDouglas B. Tabor N6UA\n\nSilver($600+)\nJohn Boehme K4PRK\nWarren Fugate W3WE\nMark Johns K0JM\nBruce Paige KK5DO\nDavid A. Vine WA1EAW\nChuck Weaver W3VAR\n\nBronze($300+)\nAllen Kenney KK4AK\nBruce Perens K6BP\nDonald Pettigrew K9ECT\nScott Shaheen WB8OOJ\nThomas Talley K0CFI\nDave Taylor W8AAS\nRicky N. Walker K4TD\n\nCore ($120+)\nOscar Alonso N6PAZ\nDwight Aussieker W9QJ\nSteve Bachhuber K9SJB\nRobert Brennan KC3CKV\nBurlington Amateur Radio Club\nGeorge Carr WA5KBH\nMichael Caughey N2BT\nJim Clary ND9M\nRichard Dittmer KB7SAT\nGeorge Gallis AL7BX\nDavid Grebe WA4LM\nDavid Hartrum WA3YDZ\nStephen Howard AB0XE\nNels E. Knutzen W0PEC\nGailen Marshall N5GDM\nBrendan McNeil ZL3BAM\nJuan Munoz TG9AJR\nAndrew Northam KE8FZT\nArt Payne VE3GNF\nMaxwell Rathbone W3POI\nJay Schwartz WB8SBI\nJason Schwarz N4JJS\nAlton Simpson WA5TJB\nCarl Starnes W4EAT\nPaul Stoetzer N8HM\nChristopher Wachs WA2KDL\nStefan Wagener VE4SW\nJeremy Wyatt KA2PFD\n\n[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development, for the above\ninformation]\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\nGreenCube in Digipeater Mode\n\nThe S5Lab research team of the University \"La Sapienza,\" Rome, Italy, the\nItalian Space Agency and AMSAT Italia are happy to inform the ham radio\ncommunity that the GreenCube satellite will be switched in digipeater mode\nbetween 29-Oct-2022 00:01 UTC and 30-Oct-2022 23:59 UTC. Information on the\nsetup required to access the satellite can be found on the team's web site\nhttps://www.s5lab.space/index.php/digipeater/.\n\nThe S5lab team of Sapienza provides the software needed to communicate with\nthe satellite along with a technical guide of the setup and the GUI\nfeatures. The archive contains:\n\n The user manual\n The Graphical User Interface (GUI)\n The Terminal Node Controller (TNC) software\n The GNURadio script to receive and transmit\n\nThe software kit can be downloaded from the same web page. The satellite\ndigipeater implements a store-and-forward message service and works at\n435.310 Mhz (U/L and D/L).\n\nThe 3U cubesat was launched on the Vega-C maiden flight on 13-Jul-2022 in a\nMEO orbit. The GreenCube project is being carried out through a\ncollaboration agreement between the Italian Space Agency and Sapienza\nUniversity of Rome, with the participation of ENEA and University Federico\nII of Naples. As for the radio frequency communications, a strong and\neffective cooperation with AMSAT Italia has been established, whereby AMSAT\nItalia endorsed the frequency coordination request.\n\nThe team can be reached via their website at the URL\nhttps://www.s5lab.space/index.php/contact-us/.\n\n[ANS thanks Fabrizio Carrai, IU5GEZ, of AMSAT Italia 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\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 Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if\nnew high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\n\nNo changes to the satellite list this week.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations\n\nPartner agencies on the International Space Station program say they are in\ndiscussions about how they will use, and pay for, commercial space stations\nthat will replace it.\n\nRepresentatives of several countries currently involved in the ISS said\nduring a panel at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’\nASCEND conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 25 that they are looking at\noptions for how to continue work they currently do on the ISS on the\ncommercial space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) NASA is helping develop\nto replace it at the end of the decade.\n\n“With the commercialization of LEO, it is really necessary to revisit our\nprinciples of doing cooperation,” said Peter Gräf, director of applications\nand science at the German space agency DLR. Germany is the biggest\ncontributor to ESA’s share of the ISS and actively uses the station for\nfundamental and applied research.\n\nHe said discussions among agencies and companies had started on how those\narrangements would change with a commercial station. “We need to find ways\nto work together, certainly in other ways than we did before,” he said.\n“There are a lot of options available and the main players are in heavy\ndiscussions on that.”\n\nThe ISS today relies extensively on barter arrangements among participating\nagencies, providing services to cover their share of operations of the\nstation. Such arrangements are unlikely to work for commercial stations,\nhowever.\n\n“We need to find a new way of cooperating,” said Nicolas Maubert, space\ncounselor at the French Embassy in the U.S. and representative of the\nFrench space agency CNES in the U.S., citing the challenges of extending\ncurrent barter arrangements to commercial stations. “We need to put on the\ntable every option.”\n\n“The bottom line for all is that there is a strong demand for capabilities\nin low Earth orbit,” Gräf said. “It’s quite clear there will be a human\noutpost in LEO, no matter what the future will bring.”\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceNews.com for the above information]\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\nPOSTPONED: Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada,\ntelebridge via VK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH\nContact is no longer go for: Wed 2022-10-26 13:42:09 UTC 66 deg due to crew\ntimeline changes. It has been postponed to the week of Nov. 14, exact date\nand time TBD.\nWatch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/ARISSlive and\nhttps://nslive.tv/five-bridges-ariss\n\nUfa, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina\nContact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC\n\nHarel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel, telebridge via VK4ISS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH\nContact is go for: Fri 2022-11-04 09:43:51 UTC 50 deg\n\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so\ninclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume\nup, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never\nknow.\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]\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\nRoving season is drawing to a close in many parts of North America, but a\nfew brave souls are out there providing rare grids:\n\nW8LR: EN90 EM99 10/28-30. Passes are holiday style. Will post passes to\nTwitter and http://hams.at Will be on Linear and FM. EU I will be trying\nsome RS-44 and AO-07 (in mode b) if I can. Lots of hills will make it hard\nfor lower passes but my fingers are crossed. LOG W8LR/R\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\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\nNone presently scheduled.\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+ CORRECTION: Last week's ANS 296 reported that AMSAT Engineering expressed\nappreciation to AMSAT-DL for capturing AO-109 telemetry. While AMSAT has\ngreat appreciation for AMSAT-DL for its ongoing partnership, the telemetry\nmentioned was provided by the PI9CAM team at the CAMRAS 25m diameter dish\nat Dwingeloo in the Netherlands. AMSAT Engineering expressed appreciation\nto the Dwingeloo team. (ANS regrets the error and thanks Nico Janssen,\nPA0DLO, for calling it to our attention.)\n\n+ AmazonSmile has made a charitable donation to the Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation, in the amount of $342.72 as a result of qualifying purchases\nmade by customers between April 1st - June 30th. Thanks to customers\nshopping at smile.amazon.com or using the Amazon app with AmazonSmile\nturned ON, everyday purchases make an impact. So far, AmazonSmile has\ndonated:\n $9,030.13 to Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n Over $377 million to US charities\n Over $422 million to charities worldwide\n\n+ Draft minutes of the 2022 AMSAT Board of Directors meeting are now\navailable at https://www.amsat.org/minutes-of-the-board-of-directors/ (ANS\nthanks AMSAT for this information)\n\n+ AMSAT's 2021 Financial Review and 2021 IRS Form 990 are now available at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/audit-and-other-financial-reports/ (ANS thanks AMSAT\nfor this information)\n\n+ The Proceedings of the 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium are now available to\nAMSAT members on the AMSAT Member Portal at\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/Proceedings (ANS thanks AMSAT for this information)\n\n+ Videos of the talks given at the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space\nColloquium are now available on YouTube. Playlist is at\nhttps://bit.ly/3sAcYIx (ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA, for the above\ninformation)\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\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, K0JM\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/DPFCN7G2L4P4QJGXPJCLFIHFKHKEVAK3/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 23147, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/DPFCN7G2L4P4QJGXPJCLFIHFKHKEVAK3/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }