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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/I26X6OPWA5SD5FTIP4AQPAFXPY4UPTLJ/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "SJ0PR16MB4697C84C561BF8719529E3AA840FA@SJ0PR16MB4697.namprd16.prod.outlook.com", "message_id_hash": "I26X6OPWA5SD5FTIP4AQPAFXPY4UPTLJ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/I26X6OPWA5SD5FTIP4AQPAFXPY4UPTLJ/", "sender": { "address": "f.karnauskas (a) amsat.org", "mailman_id": "02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/02f2877f42094664ac13747666775d0e/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Frank Karnauskas (N1UW)", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-218 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for August 6, 2023", "date": "2023-08-06T00:00:47Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\r\nANS-218\r\n\r\nIn this edition:\r\n\r\n* Registration Open for 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting\r\n* AMSAT at Huntsville Hamfest August 19-20, 2023\r\n* IARU Coordinates Two Digipeating Satellites\r\n* VUCC Satellite Standing August 2023\r\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 4, 2023\r\n* ARISS News\r\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\r\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\r\n\r\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\r\n\r\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org\r\n\r\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nANS-218 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\r\n\r\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\r\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\r\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\r\nWashington, DC 20002\r\n\r\nDATE 2023 Aug 06\r\n\r\n\r\nRegistration Open for 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting\r\n\r\nThe 41st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday through Saturday, October 20-21, 2023 at the Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. Highlights of all scheduled events include:\r\n\r\n - AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 19-20\r\n - 41st AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 20-21\r\n - Friday Night Social and Auction, October 20\r\n - AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 21\r\n - AMSAT Member Breakfast, October 22\r\n\r\nPrices for the Symposium, the Banquet and the Member Breakfast remain the same as last year:\r\n\r\n - Friday and Saturday Symposium and General Meeting $75\r\n - Saturday Evening Banquet $55\r\n - Sunday Morning Member Breakfast $15\r\n\r\nEVENT REGISTRATION\r\nYou can register online for individual events or all events at: https://launch.amsat.org/event-5363188.\r\n\r\nHOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS\r\nThe Sheraton DFW Airport is located adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Complimentary parking is available for those who drive to the Symposium. The hotel address and phone number is:\r\n\r\nSheraton DFW Airport Hotel\r\n4440 W John Carpenter Fwy.\r\nIrving, TX 75063\r\n972-929-8400\r\n\r\nRooms are available for check-in on Wednesday, October 18 and check out Sunday, October 22.\r\n\r\n - Standard room with single King bed is $137.00*\r\n - Standard room with two Queen beds is $137.00*\r\n\r\n* Rate does not include state and local taxes of 15%\r\n\r\nFor Phone Hotel Reservations:\r\nCall 972-929-8400. Ask for rate RADIO AMATEUR SATELLITE.\r\n\r\nFor Online Hotel Reservations click on this link: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1689956666782&key=GRP&app=resvlink\r\n\r\nPlease send your Symposium questions or comments to info [at] amsat [dot] com.\r\n\r\nWe, at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host our 41st annual Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\nThe 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now! \r\nTo commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch \r\non June 16, 1983, this year's coin features \r\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10. \r\nJoin the AMSAT President's Club today and help \r\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space! \r\nhttps://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nAMSAT at Huntsville Hamfest August 19-20, 2023\r\n\r\nPlanning to attend the Huntsville Hamfest later this month? Be sure to find the AMSAT folks and say \"Hello!\" Attending the Hamfest will be AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL. Robert will be pleased to share the latest news about the progress on major programs such as the Fox-Plus series of LEO satellites and the GOLF series of HEO satellites.\r\n\r\nRobert should have an assortment of antennas and AMSAT bling available. Thinking of joining AMSAT or do you need to renew your membership? You can take care of that at Huntsville, too.\r\n\r\nThe Huntsville Hamvention will be held August 19-20, 2023 at the Von Braun Center South Hall, 700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nIARU Coordinates Two Digipeating Satellites\r\n\r\nThe IARU has recently coordinated frequencies for two European digipeating satellites scheduled for launch later in 2023.\r\n\r\n+ Veronika\r\nFrom the Technical University of Kosice, Veronika is a 1U CubeSat scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 launcher on the Transporter 9 mission in October 2023. The satellite will be equipped with a 24/7 digipeater on two different bands, as well as experimental SSDV transmissions.\r\n\r\nThe satellite also has an education and outreach mission in that it is planned to involve Slovak grammar and high schools and to transmit special CW and AX.25 messages on several special occasions. From a platform perspective, the satellite will be equipped with a novel ADCS subsystem, including electromagnetic actuators and a GNSS receiver. This will also help to identify the satellite during the first days and weeks. The satellite will communicate o using Spacemanic's well-known Murgas transceivers (BDSat-1, BDSat-2, Planetum-1).\r\n\r\nAltogether, Veronika will provide: AX.25 telemetry; a CW beacon; a digipeater; AX.25 & CW messages on special occasions for community engagement; Experimental SSDV transmissions; and SATNOGS integration, decoder and dashboard. A downlink on 436.680 MHz has been coordinated and will use 9k6 G3RUH AX.25 and a CW beacon. Planning a SpaceX launch on Transporter 9 mission in Q4 2023 to a 500/600km polar orbit . More info at https://om3ksi.tuke.sk/en/home/.\r\n\r\n+ ROM-3\r\nFrom the Romanian Radioamateur Federation, ROM-3 is a 50 x 50 x100mm picosat with three missions and objectives. Its primary mission is to act as a digital amateur radio repeater. Its secondary mission is to transmit low-resolution SSDV images in a GFSK Mode. The tertiary mission is to transmit a CW beacon that will help amateur radio operators detect the presence of the satellite and measure basic properties of the signals such as its strength, fading due to spin, Doppler to measure speed, etc. A downlink on 436.235 MHz has been coordinated for 20 wpm CW, 500bps GFSK telemetry and 5kbps GFSK SSDV. Planning a SpaceX launch in October or November 2023 into a 500km polar orbit. More info at https://rom-space.ro/.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\r\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\r\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\r\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\r\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nVUCC Satellite Standing August 2023\r\n\r\nVUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for July 01, 2023 to August 01, 2023.\r\n\r\nAA5PK 1324 1350\r\nN8RO 1317 1323\r\nN0JE 950 975\r\nPS8ET 726 925\r\nF4BKV 800 900\r\nDF2ET 752 862\r\nKN2K 750 804\r\nEA2AA 756 778\r\nKQ4DO 710 750\r\nWD9EWK (DM43) 727 734\r\nAF5CC 644 646\r\nFG8OJ 600 635\r\nXE1MYO 525 575\r\nN8MR 528 557\r\nVE4MM 508 536\r\nA65BR 436 455\r\nIK7FMQ 304 426\r\nAB1OC 371 400\r\nK8BL 297 300\r\nPA7RA 299 300\r\nN3CAL 247 270\r\nN6PAZ 241 247\r\nW7BMD 100 208\r\nZS2BK 176 186\r\nJE2UFF 158 185\r\nKB9DAK 164 171\r\nAG4W New 161\r\nN9XG New 151\r\nJI1SIE New 107\r\n\r\nCongratulations to the new VUCC holders.\r\nAG4W is first VUCC Satellite holder from EM64\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\r\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\r\n from our Zazzle store!\r\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\r\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\r\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\r\n\r\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\r\n\r\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 4, 2023\r\n\r\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. Elements in the TLE bulletin files are updated daily. TLE bulletin files are updated to add or remove satellites as necessary Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\r\n\r\nThe following satellites have decayed from orbit and have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:\r\n\r\nShaonian Xing NORAD Cat ID 43199 decayed from orbit on 30 July 2023\r\nFIREBIRD FU3 NORAD Cat ID 40377 decayed from orbit on 31 July 2023\r\nFIREBIRD FU4 NORAD Cat ID 40378 decayed from orbit on 01 August 2023 \r\n\r\n \r\n[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information.] \r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nARISS NEWS\r\n\r\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\r\n\r\n+ Completed Contacts\r\nBaltasi airfield school in the Baltasinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via RC4P.\r\nThe ISS callsign was RSØISS.\r\nThe crewmember was Andrei Fedyaev .\r\nThe ARISS mentor was RV3DR.\r\nContact was successful on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 14:02 UTC.\r\n\r\nMohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai, UAE, direct via A68MBR.\r\nThe ISS callsign was OR4ISS.\r\nThe crewmember was Al Neyadi, KI5VTV.\r\nThe ARISS mentor was ON6TI.\r\nContact was successful on Monday, July 31, 2023 at 08:16 UTC.\r\n\r\nKarasuyama Residents Center, Setagaya, Japan, direct via JA1ZSH.\r\nThe ISS callsign was OR4ISS.\r\nThe crewmember was Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV.\r\nThe ARISS mentor was 7M3TJZ.\r\nContact was successful on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 09:26 UTC.\r\n\r\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.\r\n\r\nThe packet system is also active (145.825 MHz up & down).\r\n\r\nAs always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol.\r\n\r\nNote, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. \r\n\r\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\r\n\r\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\r\n \r\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\r\n\r\nEN67 & EN56; August 4-12, 2023\r\nN8MR will be in EN57 roving to EN67 and EN56 August 4-12. Mike says to listening for DX. He prefers linear satellites. Skeds posted via\r\n@GridMasterHeat Sked depends on wx, etc. All QSOs to LoTW using N8MR (no /p, /r).\r\n\r\nFK87 & FK88; August 6, 2023 \r\nFG8OJ, Burt will begin his Caribbean rove of FJ/PJ6/FS and PJ7 on August 6. Additional info will be available on hams.at.\r\n\r\n[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\r\n\r\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\r\n\r\n+ Small Satellite Conference\r\nAugust 5-10, 2023\r\nUtah State University, Logan, UT\r\nMore information at: https://smallsat.org/\r\n\r\n+ Huntsville Hamfest\r\nAugust 19 & 20, 2023\r\nVon Braun Center South Hall\r\n700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801\r\nMore information at: https://hamfest.org/ \r\n\r\n+ Northeast HamXposition and ARRL New England Division Convention\r\nAugust 25-27, 2023\r\nBest Western Royal Plaza Hotel\r\nMarlboro, MA\r\nMore information at: https://hamxposition.org/\r\n\r\n+ 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting\r\nOctober 20-21, 2023\r\nSheraton DFW Airport Hotel\r\n4440 W John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, TX 75063\r\nMore information at: https://launch.amsat.org/event-5363188\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n \r\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\r\n\r\n+ Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, is tracking Chandrayan 3, India's lunar lander in its highly eccentric orbit. Follow him live at https://www.youtube.com/live/UYJ1x9NUYTU?feature=share [ANS thanks Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ SpaceX launched the world's heaviest commercial communications satellite atop a Falcon Heavy rocket on Friday. The triple-core rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite at 11:04 p.m. EDT. The booster carried EchoStar's Jupiter-3 (EchoStar-24) communications satellite, which weighs in at over 9,000 kg (198,416 lb.). It is the largest communication satellite ever launched to geostationary orbit. Jupiter-3, which was built by Maxar Technologies, will support Internet connectivity across North and South America, in-flight Wi-Fi, community Wi-Fi services, maritime connections, enterprise networks, and backhaul for mobile network operators. [ANS thanks parabolicarc.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ Voyager 2 has reestablished communication with Earth and is operating normally. NASA's long-running Voyager 2 mission, which launched from Earth in 1977 and is currently about 12.4 billion miles from Earth, lost contact with our planet after a set of commands accidentally moved Voyager 2's antenna two degrees away from Earth on July 28. A \"heartbeat\" signal was picked up on Tuesday, August 1. according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), letting mission controllers know the probe was still healthy despite being unable to communicate fully with it. Voyager 2 is programmed to automatically reset its orientation a few times a year in case of troubles like this, but the next window would have been in October. On Friday, August 4, JPL announced in a mission update that NASA's Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia was able to send a command into interstellar space that reoriented the spacecraft and pointed its antenna back towards Earth. Mission controllers had to wait 37 hours to learn if the command was successful. And it was. \"The spacecraft began returning science and telemetry data, indicating it is operating normally and that it remains on its expected trajectory,\" JPL said in the statement. [ANS thanks space.com for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ The ISS briefly lost communication with ground control due to a power outage at Johnson Space Center and had to use its backup control systems for the first time. A power outage at NASA's building in Houston disrupted communication between mission control and the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, July 25. Space station program manager Joel Montalbano said neither the astronauts nor station were ever in any danger and that backup control systems took over to restore normal communications within 90 minutes. \"It wasn't an issue on board. That was purely a ground problem,\" he said. \"At no time was the crew or the vehicle in any danger.\" [ANS thanks The Orbital Index and The Guardian for the above information.]\r\n\r\n+ The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a satellite spectrum licensing reform bill after House Science Committee leadership did not want to grant the FCC authority to regulate space debris/traffic management, since, in their opinion, doing so would divert from its primary responsibility of spectrum allocation. [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\r\n\r\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\r\n\r\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\r\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.\r\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\r\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\r\n\r\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\r\n\r\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\r\n\r\nThis week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW\r\nn1uw [at] amsat [dot] org\r\n\r\n\r\n", "attachments": [] }