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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FP2ZIAS5ZXIOWGUA72AGMXUMNWU3L7MG/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "FP2ZIAS5ZXIOWGUA72AGMXUMNWU3L7MG", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/FP2ZIAS5ZXIOWGUA72AGMXUMNWU3L7MG/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-080 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-03-20T02:06:57Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-080\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT Forum Speakers at Dayton\n* Just-Launched ISS Expedition 47/48 Crew Increment Includes Two Radio \nAmateurs\n* UK Student Balloon Crosses Pacific\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.01\nANS-080 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nMarch 20, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-080.01\n\nAMSAT Forum Speakers at Dayton\n\nThe AMSAT forum will be Saturday morning from 11:15 a.m. through 1:30 p.m.\nin Forum Room 5. See the commercial vendor layout map in the Hamvention\nprogram or the Hamvention website for the location of Forum Room 5 (same\nas the last few years).\n\nThe following speakers will be presenting at the AMSAT Forum:\n\nModerator: Mark Hammond, N8MH\n\n\"AMSAT Status Report\" Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA President, will\nhighlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of our\nchallenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.\n\n\"AMSAT-NA Satellite Program\" Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT-NA Engineering Vice\nPresident, will review the upcoming launches of four Fox spacecraft and\nexciting new engineering developments.\n\n\"AMSAT's HEO and GSO Plans\" Bob McGwier, N4HY, AMSAT-NA Director, will\ndiscuss AMSAT-NA opportunities for High Earth Orbit and Geo-Synchronous\nOrbit satellites.\n\n\"AMSAT Satellite Operations\" Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Operations\nVice President, will survey the current operational amateur satellites, as\nwell as those planned for launch in the next year.\n\n\"ARISS Report 2016\" Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human\nSpaceflight, will discuss ARISS developments & operation on the\nInternational Space Station.\n\n\"Teaching STEM Using the Fox Satellites” Joe Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT-NA\nEducational Relations Vice President, will explain how the Fox MEMS\ngyroscopes, radiation experiments, and cameras will be used to teach\nScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).\n\n\n[ANS thanks Steve, N9IP, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJust-Launched ISS Expedition 47/48 Crew Increment Includes Two Radio \nAmateurs\n\nThe Expedition 47/48 crew increment of Astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, and\nCosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, and Alexey Ovchinin, is on its way to the\nInternational Space Station (ISS). Their Soyuz TMA-20M launched from the\nBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 18 at 2126 UTC. The trio now is\nsafely in orbit.\n\n“During their 6-month mission, the expedition crew members will facilitate\napproximately 250 research investigations and technology demonstrations not\npossible on Earth,” NASA said. “Science conducted also will enable \nfuture long-\nduration human and robotic exploration into deep space and on the agency’s\njourney to Mars.”\n\nWilliams, Skripochka, and Ovchinin will join Expedition 47 Commander Tim \nKopra,\nKE5UDN, European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI/GB1SS, and \ncosmonaut\nYuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP. Williams will take command of the station on \nJune 4\nfor Expedition 48. The three will return to Earth in early September.\n\nThis mission marks Williams’ fourth spaceflight and will be his third long-\nduration stay on the orbiting laboratory — a first for an American. It’s \nalso\nhis first time back to the ISS since its completion in 2011. By the time his\nduty tour ends in September, Williams will become the new American \nrecord holder\nfor cumulative days in space — 534 — surpassing Expedition 46 Commander \nScott\nKelly, who wrapped up his 1-year mission on March 1.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUK Student Balloon Crosses Pacific\n\nOn Thursday, March 17 the UBSEDS14 balloon, launched by University of \nBristol\nstudents, had successfully crossed the Pacific and was above Arizona, having\ntraveled over 24,500 km since launch. By March 19 the balloon had \ncrossed the\nUnited States and was headed out across the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nThe University of Bristol Students for the Exploration and Development \nof Space\n(UBSEDS) launched their balloon on Monday, March 8. Powered by a single AA\nLithium Energiser Battery (LR91) the balloon has been transmitting about \n5dBm of\nContestia 16/1000 on 434.600 MHz USB at 4 minute intervals as well as APRS\nduring its flight at an altitude of about 11,000m.\n\nThe balloon uses the error-correcting Contestia 16/1000 mode on 434.6MHz \nUSB.\n\nThe transmission power on this band was measured to be +5dBm on a \nsimilar board,\nwhich is well below the +10dBm limit for ISM band operation. Each packet was\npreceded by 10 seconds of 1Hz pips for manual alignment and a RSID tone for\nautomatic alignment with suitable software (dl-fldigi for example). For many\ncountries the balloon transmits APRS packets on local frequencies. In \nparticular\nthis is 144.8MHz in Europe, 144.66MHz in Japan and 144.39MHz in North \nAmerica.\n\nThe balloon has a diameter of 1.5m and the payload weighs just 21.3 grams.\nDespite the weight constraints the team have managed to employ sophisticated\nGeofencing technology to prevent the balloon transmitting when over certain\ncountries and also to select different APRS frequencies depending on the\nterritory being overflown.\n\nUBSEDS14 information is available at\nhttp://www.bristol-seds.co.uk/hab/flight/2016/03/07/ubseds14.html\n\nUBSEDS14 balloon launch\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/march/ubseds14_balloon_launches_today.htm\n\nOne of the students involved in the project is Richard Meadows M0SBU. He \ntook\nthe amateur radio courses run by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society \n(CARS) at\nDanbury in Essex. Further information on the courses is available from \nthe CARS\nTraining Manager\nEmail: training2016 at g0mwt.org.uk\nWeb: http://g0mwt.org.uk/training\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }