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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/EOUODYXP5UOHF6BQLUTLINIDYZNL772Y/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "EOUODYXP5UOHF6BQLUTLINIDYZNL772Y", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/EOUODYXP5UOHF6BQLUTLINIDYZNL772Y/", "sender": { "address": "Frank (a) GoKarns.com", "mailman_id": "043fef98dcf142f7a4988c365d7e60ae", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/043fef98dcf142f7a4988c365d7e60ae/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Frank Karnauskas", "subject": "[ans] ANS-357 AMSAT Weekly News Bulletin", "date": "2018-12-23T03:04:22Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-357\n\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and \ninformation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio\nAmateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur\nRadio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide\ngroup of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in \ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio \nin space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat dot org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AO-85 Update as of December 19, 2018\n* Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 20, 2018\n* UWE-4 Satellite Ready to Launch\n* New Amateur Radio Packet Gear Awaits Unpacking, Installation on \n Space Station\n* Successful \"AMSAT on the Queen Mary\" Operation\n* AMSAT CW Activity Day January 1, 2019 In Memory Of W3XO\n* ELaNa-XIX Successfully Launched\n* AMSAT Awards\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.01\nANS-357 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDecember 23, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-357.01\n\n\nAO-85 Update as of 12/19/2018\n\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice-President Operations published the \nfollowing on AO-85's status as of December 19, 2018:\n\n\"As you probably know, AO-85 has had issues recently with the \nbatteries dropping precariously low during eclipse. We think it's \nlikely the batteries suffered degradation due to heat during previous \nperiods of no eclipses. This has made it difficult to keep the \nsatellite available for use without endangering the batteries. Today \nthe nominally 3.6v pack was down to 2.8v at the end of the eclipse. \nThat is dangerously low.\n\n\"In an effort to extend the useable life of the satellite, this \nevening we turned both the IHU and the transmitter off. This ceases \nall transmissions, including the beacons every two minutes in both \nsunlit and eclipsed parts of the orbit. We will periodically turn \nthe satellite back on for an orbit or two, in order to gather \ntelemetry. If all goes as planned, we will turn the repeater back on \nduring the next period of no eclipses beginning around January 24th. \n\n\"In the meantime, it is important to leave AO-85 tracked in your \nFoxTelem setups, in order for us to gather telemetry and keep tabs \non the situation. If you do happen to hear a Veronica beacon, or \neither the normal repeater or the COR/no telemetry repeater, please \nlet the list know, or send me an email or message directly.\n\n\"We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we try to make \nthe most of the situation. Please consider supporting the AMSAT \nGOLF project with your membership, and one-time or recurring \ndonations at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\nor\nhttps://www.amsat.org/donate/\"\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nChanges to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 20, 2018\n\nThe identification of the 64 satellites launched by SpaceX SSO-A \nmission on December 3, 2018 continues. The consensus is that the \nspacing between unidentified satellites is growing to a point where \npositive identification may now be possible. In the past, two weeks \nafter launch has been the time when distance between CubeSats \nincreases enough to identify most individual satellites. We will see.\n\nThere are no major changes to the previous AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution\n(Monday, December 17, 2018) for the IDENTIFIED SSO-A launch objects \nat this time except for the following comments:\n\n(1) There is a disagreement between this week's TLE distribution \n(Thursday, December 20, 2018) and the Space-Track data of the same \ndate. Space-Track shows PWSat 2 as OBJECT 43814, but detailed \nDoppler analysis suggests that PWSat 2 is object 43775 or 43779. \nHopefully this will be resolved in the next week. In the meantime, \nall three objects 43775, 43779, and 43814 are included in this week's \ndistribution with PWSat 2 shown as CAT ID 43775.\n\n(2) The following satellites still await greater separation:\n\n- AO 95 (ex Fox 1Cliff) is shown as OBJECT 43769 but may be 43771;\n\n- JO 97 (ex JY1Sat) is shown as OBJECT 43803 but may be 43801, \n downlink 145.839085 MHz.\n\n(3) The following objects have been identified as non-amateur radio\nsatellites and have been removed from this week's distribution:\n\n- ICEYE-X2 1 - CAT ID 43761 (identified by Space-Track, non-amateur)\n\n- STPSAT-5 - CAT ID 43762 (identified by Space-Track, non-amateur)\n\n- CORVUS BC4 - NORAD CAT ID 43767 (identified by Space-Track, \n non-amateur)\n\n- NEXTSAT-1 - NORAD CAT ID 43811 (identified by Space-Track, \n non-amateur)\n\n- GLOBAL-2 - NORAD CAT ID 43812 (identified by Space-Track, \n non-amateur)\n\nFinally, the following satellites have been added to this week's TLE \ndistribution:\n\n- Reaktor Hello World is NORAD CAT ID 43743 (Downlink: 437.77527)\n\n- CHOMPTT is NORAD CAT ID 43855 (Downlink: 437.55895)\n\nAMSAT thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, two \nvery diligent \"telemetry fans\" and to everyone else for their \npatience in this process.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above information.]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n For a limited time, new and renewing AMSAT members\n will receive a free digital copy of\n \"Getting Started with Amateur Satellites\"\n Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at\n https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nUWE-4 Satellite Ready to Launch \n\nThe University of Wuerzburg's UWE-4 1U CubeSat is ready for launch on\nDecember 27, 2018 at 02:07:18 UTC on Soyuz-2 from Russia's Vostochny \nLaunch Site.\n\nThe UWE-4 mission will demonstrate and characterize to enable \nattitude and orbit control using an electric propulsion system.\n\nUplink: 437.385 MHz (when amateur digipeater is enabled)\nDownlink: 437.385 MHz 9K6 FSK AX.25 science data and digipeater\nCallsign: DP0UWH\nUWE-4 beacons are transmitted periodically every 60s. The beacon \ndefinition is provided in a file available at:\ntinyurl.com/ANS-357-UWE-4-Beacon\nData recordings can also be forwarded to: \[email protected]\n\nAfter the scientific mission has been completed, a digipeater service \non board the satellite will be activated, which is open to all radio \namateurs. This service will not be active right after launch in order \nto avoid large radio interference at the satellite during payload \noperations.\n\nMore information is available at:\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2018/12/20/uwe-4-satellite/\nor\ntinyurl.com/ANS-357-UWE-4-Satellite\n\nA live stream of the Soyuz Launch with UWE-4 CubeSat on board will \nbe available online on December 27, 2018 at 02:06 GMT at:\nLivestream: http://www.russian.space/306/\nLivestream: http://online.roscosmos.ru/\n\n[ANS thanks the University of Wuerzburg, AMSAT-UK, and the IARU \nfor the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNew Amateur Radio Packet Gear Awaits Unpacking, Installation on \nSpace Station\n\nNew Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) packet \nequipment awaits unpacking and installation on board the station \nafter arriving in November as part of the cargo transported via a \nRussian 71P Progress resupply vehicle. The new packet module for \nNA1SS will replace the current packet gear, which has been \nintermittent over the past year.\n\n\"With the arrival of Progress complete, the crew has to find free\ntime \nto unpack Progress, uninstall the intermittent module, and then set \nup and test the replacement packet module,\" explained Dan Barstow, \nKA1ARD, senior education manager of the ISS National Laboratory \n(CASIS), an ARISS sponsor.\n\nThe ISS packet system was reported to have gone down in July 2017, \nalthough it unexpectedly came back to life the following summer. At \nthe time of the failure, NASA ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer \nKenneth Ransom, N5VHO, said the revived system would fill the gap \nuntil the replacement packet module was launched and installed. The \npacket system operates on 145.825 MHz. ARISS hardware team members \non the ground were able to locate a functional duplicate of the ISS \npacket module that has been in use on the ISS for 17 years. ARISS \nsaid the subsequent installation will depend on the crew's busy \nschedule.\n\nIn an email to ARISS and other groups CASIS supports, Barstow \npointed out that ARISS is an official back-up system for astronauts \nto talk with Mission Control in the unlikely failure of the \nstation's primary communication systems.\n\nBarstow said that in 2017, hams relayed nearly 89,000 packet messages \nvia the ISS - an average of 243 every day. The statistic so \nintrigued and amazed Barstow that he decided to get his Amateur \nRadio license and gear to join in the activity.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign\n to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades\n on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to\n continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.\n We have reached a great milestone with $15,895 raised\n or about 10% towards our goal. This would not have been\n possible without your outstanding generosity!!\n\n For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:\n\n https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n Successful \"AMSAT on the Queen Mary\" Operation\n\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK filed the following report after a day of\nsatellite operation board the Queen Mary anchored in Long Beach, \nCalifornia:\n\n\"After a few months of planning, the \"AMSAT on the Queen Mary\" event \non December 15, 2018 was a success. Many months of planning led to \nthe day-long satellite activity on the Verandah Deck of the \nQueen Mary, where the ship's club call sign W6RO was heard on several \ndifferent satellites (AO-7, AO-91, AO-92, FalconSat-3, FO-29, ISS, \nand SO-50) during the day. There were two operators for the satellite \nactivity - Endaf Buckley, N6UTC, and Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The \nAssociated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, the club that operates the \nW6RO station, was represented by David Akins N6HHR, the W6RO \nWireless Room Manager. \n\n\"The W6RO club station has its own Wireless Room near the bow of the \nQueen Mary. Unfortunately, a deck in that area was being used for a \nsmall ice rink, so the satellite operation had to take place at the \nother end of the ship. Not a big deal, as the Verandah Deck is a \nlarge open area. This was the first satellite operation by W6RO in \nalmost 3 years, and the first time W6RO was used on the ship from a \nlocation other than the Wireless Room. \n\n\"The satellite activity was like a Field Day station, working with \nportable equipment (HTs, FT-817s, and handheld antennas). Being on a \nship which is part museum and part hotel, there were tours passing \nby during the day, along with others who were curious about our \nevent. There were flyers on a table, along with 3D-printed models of \nCubeSat satellites including a model of the AO-91 satellite. \n\n\"After the 8-hour event, 50 QSOs were logged with stations across \nNorth America, and the log sheets were given to David N6HHR so they \ncould be filed with the rest of the W6RO logs. The Associated Radio \nAmateurs of Long Beach will be happy to answer QSL requests with a \nQSL card. The QSL procedure is listed on W6RO's QRZ.com entry, with \none exception - the QSO number referenced on the QRZ.com entry is \nnot required for satellite QSOs made during \"AMSAT on the Queen Mary. \n\n\"Some thank-you's are in order, starting with Endaf Buckley N6UTC. \nEndaf started talking with the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long \nBeach about the possibility of having an amateur satellite event on \nthe Queen Mary a few months ago. The W6RO Wireless Room Manager, \nDavid Akins N6HHR, worked with the Queen Mary management to get the \napprovals needed for this event to take place on the ship. Without \ntheir hard work this event wouldn't have taken place. We also had \nadditional help from ARALB member Ron Frank N3HI during the day.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT CW Activity Day January 1, 2019 In Memory Of W3XO\n\nYou are cordially invited to participate in AMSAT's third annual CW\nActivity Day. It will be held from 0001 to 2400 UTC on \nJanuary 1,2019.\n\nThis year's event is being held in memory of AMSAT past president \nBill Tynan, W3XO. Bill operated primarily SSB, but would always \ncome back to my CW call. Bill's experience reminds us that one need \nnot be a CW specialist to enjoy the mode. \n\nCW Activity Day rules are very simple: there aren't any. Just \noperate CW through any amateur radio satellite. Straight keys and \n\"bugs\" are encouraged, but not required. The important thing is to \nget on the air and have fun, as Bill did.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nELaNa-XIX Successfully Launched\n\nRocket Lab launched its Electron rocket December 16, 2018 at \n06:33 UTC with a host of CubeSats for NASA's Educational Launch of \nNanosatellites (ELaNa) program.\n\nThe Electron rocket injected the CubeSats into a 500 km circular \norbit at an inclination of 85 degrees. Liftoff occurred from Rocket \nLab's private Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) on the Mahia Peninsula in New \nZealand. Of the 13 Cubesats launched, 10 were sponsored by NASA or \neducational institutions from the United States:\n\n- ALBUS - NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH\n- CeREs - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD\n- CHOMPTT - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL\n- CubeSail - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL\n- DaVinci - North Idaho STEM Charter Academy, Rathdrum, Idaho\n- ISX - SRI International/ California Polytechnic University, \n Menlo Park, CA\n- NMTSat - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM\n- RSat - United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD\n- Shields-1 - NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA\n- STF-1 - West Virginia University / NASA IV&V, Morgantown, WV\n\nA narrated video of the launch can be viewed at\nyoutube.com/watch?v=F7Kr3664hJs\n\n[ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC and Spaceflight.com for the \nabove information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Awards\n\n+ Congratulations to Ruth Willet, KM4LAO for earning AMSAT Rover \n Award #040\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\n+ Oahu (BL01, BL11) - December 28 to January 1, 2019\nGabe, AL6D will be heading to Oahu, Hawaii, at the end of the year. \nPlan is to operate from BL01 and BL10, linears and FM. Trip is \ndependent on availability of cockpit jump seat, so subject to \ncancellation. Keep an eye on the @AL6D_Alaska Twitter for further \nupdates at https://twitter.com/AL6D_Alaska\n\n+ Azores (HM58) - December 30 to January 2, 2019\nPedro, CU2ZG, will spend the long New Year's weekend in HM58. Pedro \nwill operate holiday style on FM and linears. Skeds are accepted \nand preferred, but keep in mind that being a family trip availability \nconstrains might occur. Confirmations via LoTW using plain CU2ZG \nwill be uploaded the following week, and any direct QSL will get a \nproper reply. Updates posted on Twitter and publicly viewable at \nhttps://twitter.com/pdsousa.\n\n+ Point Pelee National Park, Canada (EN81) - January 1, 2019\nRon, AD0DX, and Mike, W8LID plan to active Point Pelee National Park \non New Year's Day to kick of the Canadian National Parks on the Air \n(CNPOTA) event. Keep an eye on their Twitter accounts for further \nupdates at https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/w8lid\n\n+ Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) - January 5, 2019\nRon, AD0DX will activate the CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06 grid corner on \nJanuary 5th. Keep an eye on the @ad0dx Twitter feed for more updates \nat https://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\n+ Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) - January 12, 2019\nDavid, AD7DB, will be in the area of Kettleman City CA near a \nconvergence of four grids, operating on FM satellites. Grids (maybe \ngridlines) will depend on the satellite passes. Operation expected \nfrom 1700 UTC through 2300 UTC. Updates will be on Twitter as the \ntime approaches at https://twitter.com/ad7db\n\n+ Quartzfest Arizona (DM23) - January 19-27, 2019\nJohn, N7JY, will be operating FM satellites on a holiday schedule. He \nmay also visit some adjoining grids. There will likely be other \nhams operating from the event, located a few miles south of \nQuartzsite AZ. QSL via LOTW, or you can send your card with SASE.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\n+ ARISS Contacts for 2018 Concluded\nThe next ARISS contact is expected to be during the week of \nJanuary 14th, 2019.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts from All Over\n\n+AMSAT Office Closed for the Holidays\n\nThe AMSAT Office will be closed from 20:00 UTC December 21, 2018 \nuntil January 4, 2019. Voice mail and email will not be checked. \nOrders placed, will be processed when the office reopens.\n\n[ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz for the above information.]\n\n\n+ AO-95 Trivia: Who is \"Veronica\"?\n\nWhile circling the earth, a female voice, referred to as \"Veronica\" \nannounces that AO-95 is in Safe Mode. The message repeats every \ntwo minutes. As for the voice you're hearing deliver it, that's a \nyoung woman named Veronica who is the daughter of Tony Monteiro, \nAA2TX. Tony had been AMSAT's vice president of engineering and an \nunwavering advocate for the FOX series of satellites. Tony became a \nSilent Key in 2014 but now it is his daughter who is spreading the \nword that another satellite is making its way across the sky.\n\n[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information.]\n\n\n+ WD9EWK Wins the December QST Cover Plaque Award\n\nThe winning article for the December 2018 QST Cover Plaque award was \n\"Making Digital Contacts Through the ISS\" by Patrick Stoddard,\nWD9EWK. The QST Cover Plaque Award, given to the author or authors\nof the \nmost popular article in each issue, is determined by a vote of ARRL \nmembers on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]\n\n\n+ Satellite Field Operations Photos Wanted\nFrank Garofalo, WA2NDV is hosting a forum at Ham Radio University \nto help those who may be interested in getting involved with\nsatellite communications. While putting his presentation together \nhe thought it might be nice to see what fellow sat ops are using to \nwork the sats. He'll be discussing various rigs/antenna/rotator/\ntracking systems and has stock photos but he thinks it would be fun \nto see what others are running in the real world.\n\nIf you care to share some photos please send them to Frank at \[email protected] and use HRU PIC in the subject line. Photo credits \nwill be given if you like.\n\nHam Radio University is a completely voluntary function, there are no \nvendors or swap meet. It's all about education and fellowship. More\ninformation is available at:\nhttp://hamradiouniversity.org/\n\n[ANS thanks the Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV for the above information.]\n\n\n+ Keith Baker, KB1SK Interviewed on QSO Today\n\nEric, 4Z1UG interviews the eloquent and informative Keith Baker, \nKB1SF on a little bit of history, a little bit of AMSAT behind the\nscenes \nand a little bit of future opportunities of Amateur Radio space\n operations. You can listen to the 1-hour interview at:\ntinyurl.com/ybe3j2tj \n\n[Editor's Note: This is a concise, no-frill interview full of \ninteresting information.]\n\n[ANS thanks Eric, 4Z1UG for the above information.]\n\n\n+ AMSAT-DL & Qatar Television Showcase Es'hailSat\n \nAMSAT Deutschland is at Es'hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company at \nDoha, Qatar. A must see for all Es'hail-2 / AMSAT P4-A fans, Qatar \nTelevision produced a beautifully made documentation about \nEs'hail-1 & Es'hail-2 launch campaigns. In the second half you can \nsee the Es'hail-2 satellite which includes the history making first \ngeostationary amateur radio transponders. Even if you don't \nunderstand the language, just enjoy the pictures and try to spot \nthe antennas for the AMSAT transponder. Watch it at:\ntinyurl.com/ANS-357-EshailSat-Video\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]\n\n\n+ Interactive Grid Square Map Available\n\nRobert Bankston, KE4AL originally published his 488-Grid Square Map \nin March 2018. It has become a popular way for amateur radio \nsatellite operators to keep track of grid squares they have worked or \nconfirmed.\n\nNow, Chris Tabor, K7TAB has transformed the original map (requiring \nmanual input, Excel coloring book) into a more sophisticated, semi-\nautomated GridMaster tracking tool.\n\nMore information on the new and improved Gridmaster Map and the free \ndownload is available at:\nke4al.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/new-and-improved-gridmaster-map/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n\n+ Dramatic power reduction on 23cm Proposed for Belgium Radio Hams\n\nThe Belgium regulator BIPT has proposed cutting to just 20 watts the \npermitted power level for the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite \nallocations in 1260-1300 MHz which is to be used by the Galileo \nGNSS / GPS constellation. More information at:\ntinyurl.com/ANS357-Belgium-23CM\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]\n\n\n+ View a Cubesat Launch from Inside the ISS\n\nCheck out what CubeSat deployment from the ISS Kibo module looks like.\nThis short but interesting video can be viewed at:\ntwitter.com/i/web/status/1075695199685369856\n\n[ANS thanks the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs for \nthe above information.]\n\n\n+ KNACKSAT Makes Headlines in Thailand\n\nKNACKSAT, an acronym for KMUTNB Academic Challenge of Knowledge \nSatellite, was one of 64 satellites launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 \nrocket SSO mission on December 3, 2018. It received positive news\ncoverage from the Bangkok Post. Read the article at:\ntinyurl.com/ANS-357-KNACKSAT\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\n\n\n+ ESA Kids Website Updated\n\nThe ESA Education office is proud to launch the new and improved ESA \nKids website, the online home of Paxi, the ESA Education mascot. With \nthe new design and organization, ESA Kids is the one-stop shop for \nall space-related information, resources, multimedia, and activities \nfor children. The ESA Kids platform has a new look and feel that \nenables users easier access to space-inspired Science, Technology, \nEngineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content geared toward primary-\nschool aged children (5-12 years) in English, German, Dutch, Spanish, \nFrench, and Italian. More information at:\nhttp://www.esa.int/Education/New_and_improved_ESA_Kids_website\nor\nhttps://www.esa.int/kids/en/home\n\n[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information.]\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 \nadditional benefits. Application forms are available from the \nAMSAT office.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the \nstudent rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this \nstatus.\n\nContact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student \nmembership information.\n\nHappy Holidays Around the World and 73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW\nn1uw at amsat dot org\n\nSent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum \navailable to all interested persons worldwide without requiring \nmembership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author \nand do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n\nNot an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \nprogram!\n\nSubscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }