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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FSCCDXJTUNO3B4BCTWBVNZ2K6QVBYIP5/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "FSCCDXJTUNO3B4BCTWBVNZ2K6QVBYIP5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/FSCCDXJTUNO3B4BCTWBVNZ2K6QVBYIP5/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[ans] ANS-360 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-12-25T02:21:20Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-360\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* Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D launch now likely 2Q 2017\n* AMSAT CW Activity Day\n* STARS-C reports requested\n* Extra - Extra - Read all about it - LVB Tracker\n* BY70-1 2U CubeSat Scheduled for Launch 01/08/201\n* Pratham student satellite returns to life\n* FUNcube Transponders Info\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-360.01\nANS-360 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 360.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE December 25, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-360.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1Cliff and Fox-1D launch now likely 2Q 2017\n\n\nAMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton said that because of the\ndelays SpaceX has experienced following their September 1 anomaly, it is\nlikely that the launch of the Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D CubeSats will be no\nearlier than the second quarter of 2017.\nThe two Fox-1 CubeSats will be carried to orbit in the Spaceflight\nSherpa platform on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB. The\nlast period set for our launch would have closed November 30 of this\nyear but was delayed due to the anomaly. The new launch period is not\nyet set but SpaceX expects to return to flight with their Iridium-1\nlaunch in early January, 2017. Based on that expectation, we are\nlooking forward to a 2Q 2017 launch of Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice President for Engineering\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT CW Activity Day\n\n\nJanuary 1, 2017 (UTC) will be AMSAT's first annual CW Activity Day!\n\nAs with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a\ncontest. It will run for 24 hours on January 1, 2017 (UTC).\n\nAll forms of CW are welcome, -- straight keys, bugs, keyers, even\nkeyboards and decoders. Since it is not a contest, there is no\nrequired exchange. A QSO is a QSO. Working the same station on more\nthan one satellite is permitted.\n\nInstead of submitting Best Fist nominations, all participants are\nasked to post their results, including \"Soapbox\" comments, to AMSAT-\nBB. Please include the satellites you used, and the number of CW\nQSOs you had on each. While it is not necessary to post your full\nlog, you may do so if you wish.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Ray W2RS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSTARS-C reports requested\n\n\nA group here in Huntsville is attempting to help the STARS-C team collect\nsignal reports and data from the STARS-C satellite recently launch from the\nISS. The team will filter the data and forward it to the STARS-C team at\nShizuoka University in Japan.\n\nA NASA colleague received an email from Professor Yoshiki Yamagiwa, an\nengineering professor at Shizuoka University in Japan, requesting help\nlistening for signals from a pair of CubeSats recently released from ISS.\n\nUniversity orbiter set to lift space elevator technology\nThe Asahi Shimbun\nhttp://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607060005.html\nprovides overview information about the STARS-C (Space Tethered Autonomous\nRobotic Satellite-Cube). The basic configuration is two 1U satellites, a\nmother and a daughter, connected by a tether.\n\nOur understanding is that the STARS-C team is trying to receive the CW \nbeacons\nas part of the first step of their operations, but their signals they're\ngetting are too weak for data analysis, especially from the daughter \nsatellite.\nThey're reaching out to ham operators and ground stations at \nuniversities, and\nwould appreciate reports on CW data received.\n\n\nOrbit and frequency info for the satellites:\n\n19 Dec 2016 18:19:55\nJ-SSOD#5\nSatellite Name: STARS-C\nTime: (UTCG) 19 Dec 2016 08:50:19.273\nSemi-major Axis (km) 6785.004\nEccentricity 0.0009020\nInclination (deg) 51.6492\nRAAN (deg) 214.6791\nArg of Perigee (deg) 33.9061\nMean Anomaly (deg) 293.7118\n\n(*1) True of Date Coordinate System, Osculating Orbit\n\n# Mother satellite: CW 437.245MHz, FM downlinks 437.405MHz\n# Daughter satellite: CW 437.255MHz, FM downlinks 437.425MHz\n\nDetails of the telemetry format are at\nhttp://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/~vk127139/download/Telemetry%20Format.pdf\nhttp://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/%7Evk127139/download/Telemetry%20Format.pdf\n\nThe STARS-C team will appreciate any info that reaches your ears, automated\nreceivers, or whatever!\n\nFor additional information here is a link from the AMSAT UK group:\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/08/jaxa-iss-ham-radio-cubesats/\n\nPlease email all reports with date and time directly to\[email protected]\n\nYou can see the deployment on YouTube.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOseY2mE5LY\nI hope you will like it though it is in Japanese.\n\nJAXA announced another 6 CubeSats transported to ISS by HTV-6\nwill deploy in January 2017.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Tim, N8DEU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nExtra - Extra - Read all about it\n\n\nThe AMSAT On-Line Store has been stocked with LVB Tracker Complete. A\nlimited number are available.\n\nShipments will not go out until after Christmas due to long lines at the\npost office and the labor contract of the elves at the AMSAT Office.\nThere is no choice in the color of the LED, some are Blue\nand some are Amber. You get what is in the box when shipped.\n\nDo not forget, these make great after Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year,\nbirthday, or just because, presents for that special ham (or yourself\n- we know that's what you really wanted).\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBY70-1 2U CubeSat Scheduled for Launch 12/26/2016\n\n\nBY70-1 is a 2U CubeSat project led by China Center for Aerospace Science and\nTechnology International Communications for school education and amateur \nradio.\nThe amateur radio station onboard will provide telecommand, telemetry and FM\nrepeater functions. The spacecraft will be 3 axis stabilized and have\ndeployable solar panels. Proposing a V/U transponder and requesting a \n436.2MHz\ndownlink and a 145.920 MHz uplink, this satellite has been IARU \ncoordinated.\nIt was planned to launch from Jiuquan on Dec 26th 2016 into a 530km \ncircular\nSSO. The launch has now been rumored to be delayed due to weather.\nMore info at\nhttp://english.spacechina.com/n16421/index.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPratham student satellite returns to life\n\n\nThe Mumbai Mirror reports on the return to life of the Pratham satellite\nlaunched on September 26, 2016. Pratham carries an amateur radio payload and\nwas built by students at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B).\n\nThe newspaper says:\n\nAfter one month of radio silence, the ground station at the Indian Institute\nof Technology, Bombay, received a signal from Pratham satellite on the \nmorning\nof December 17, suggesting that it was still alive and kicking. Pratham \nis the\nfirst satellite to be sent into space by an IIT.\n\nThe satellite had received signals in the first few weeks after its \nlaunch on\nSeptember 26, this year, but had gone quiet in November, due to technical\ndifficulties, causing team members to worry if it was still operational.\n\n“The fact that we received a signal on Saturday suggests that the satellite\nhas now stabilized and is back to collecting data,” said Ratnesh Mishra,\nproject manager of Pratham. While Mishra says that the incoming signal means\nthat the satellite is functional, data transfer is yet to take place.\n\nRead the full article at\nhttp://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/IIT-Bs-satellite-gets-a-signal\n-from-space/articleshow/56075162.cms\n\nPratham info\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/09/07/pratham-student-satellite/\n\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/20/pratham-returns-to-life/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube Transponders Info\n\n\nAO-73 has just changed into continuous transponder mode. Plan is to\nswitch back to auto mode on Sunday 8 Jan 2017 pm UTC. This will give a long\nopportunity for transponder operations over the Holidays.\n\nPls see below for FUNcube transponder info\nHave FUN with the transponder.\nAll the best for the holiday season, and for 2017\n\nAO-73 FUNcube-1\n\nThe transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in\neclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends\n(from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational\n24/7.\n\nWhen the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full\npower, when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During\nholidays, eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe\nactivated for extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are\nusually made on Friday evenings (UTC)\n\nThe nominal transponder frequencies are:\nUplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting)\nDownlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB\nTelemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK\n\n(The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low\ntemperatures give higher freqs!)\n\nFUNcube-2 aka FUNcube on UKube\n\nThe FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost\ncontinuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the\ntelemetry downlink is functioning with about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1\nDashboard does not correctly display the telemetry but it does correctly\ndecode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse from where\nit can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational\nand these include battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via\nthe main On Board Computer (OBC).\n\nThe transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the\nother transmitter sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds\nwhen the main OBC reboots (approx seven times each orbit).\n\nThe nominal transponder frequencies are:\nUplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting)\nDownlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB\nTelemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK\n\n(The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low\ntemperatures give higher freqs!)\n\nEO79 FUNcube-3\n\nDue to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7\nand an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will\ncommence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will\nstay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future\nmonths as a result of experience.\n\nThe nominal transponder frequencies are:\nUplink: 435.077-435.047 MHz LSB (Inverting)\nDownlink: 145.935-145.965 MHz USB\n\nAll FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. We are\nvery grateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space Bv,\nThe Netherlands.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM and the FUNcube team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Sunday, 8 January 2017 – Ham Radio University in Bethpage, NY\n\n*Saturday, 14 January 2017 – Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ\n\n*Thursday, 26 January 2017 – presentation for Arizona Repeater Association\n in Tempe AZ\n\n*Saturday, 4 February 2017 – Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA\n\n*Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL\n\n*Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 – Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ\n\n*Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\n* Maristes High School, Toulouse, France, direct via F8IDR\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be FXØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact was successful: Mon 2016-12-12 13:29:47 UTC\n\n* A direct contact with students at The Communication College Of Vologda\nand Information Technologies, in Vologda, Russia, was successful\nTue 2016-12-13.\n\n* Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Niccolò Pisano”, Marina di Pisa,\nItaly, telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nContact was successful: Sat 2016-12-17 12:23:31 UTC\n\n* Ecole Communale de Saint Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France, direct via\nIK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign was scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact was successful: Wed 2016-12-21 13:46:38 UTC 29 deg\n\nVery good contact between the school Nelson Mandela / St Sylvestre and\nThomas Pesquet this afternoon. All 20 questions answered plus 2 spare\nminutes for congratulations and applause.\n\nVery clear audio all the way long\nThanks to Claudio / IK1SLD who made a great job.\n\nReported more than 300 people present in the gymnasium, with:\n1 regional TV (France 3)\n1 regional radio (France Bleu)\n3 local Radios (Alouette FM, Beaub FM, Flash FM)\n2 newspapers (Le Populaire du Centre, l'Echo du Centre)\n\nLive audio streaming on Beaub FM web site\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n* Primary School Georges Wallers, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France, \nDirect\nvia F4KJV\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-31 11:31:12 UTC 44 deg\n\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nBest Wishes for the Holidays and the New Year\n\nAll the editors at the AMSAT News Service wish to extend to you and\nyours the best wishes this holiday season and great success in the New\nYear. May your launches be high, your birds sing true, and have life\nbeyond their years.\n\n[ANS thanks Joe, Lee, and EMike 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 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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }