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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-019\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* ARRL Features Bringing Space into the Classroom\n* The Pragmatic Guide for Using the FUNCube Materials Science\n  Experiment in the Classroom\n* SA AMSAT Invites Educational Payload Proposals\n* PhoneSat 2.4 Ham Radio CubeSat\n* UK CubeSat programme in New Electronics\n* Peter Portanova W2JV To be Active on Satellites as W1AW/2\n* Deorbitsail CubeSat\n* 2014 Eastern VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference -- April 11-13\n* FUNcube-1 in Practical Wireless Magazine\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-019.01\nANS-019 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 019.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE January 19, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-019.01\n\n\nARRL Features \"Bringing Space into the Classroom\"\n\nBringing space into the classroom is an incredibly powerful learning\nexperience for students. The marriage between wireless technology\nliteracy and space literacy is a strong one that produces a portfolio\nof activities that can engage virtually all students at some ability\nand interest level.\n\nThe portfolio of activities can range from simply having a satellite\nprediction software package running in the back of the classroom on\nan old, salvaged computer, a simple receiver to collect telemetry\ndata from orbiting satellites, to a full-up ground station to\ncommunicate with other hams via satellites, or even with the\nastronauts in the International Space Station through the ARISS\n(Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) program.\n\nNew Resources for Classroom Instruction\n\nFor an overview of recent additions of classroom resources designed\nto help teachers instruct students about research projects to be\nlaunched by AMSAT on its Fox satellites, view a video of a\npresentation by Mark Spencer, WA8SME at the 2013 AMSAT Symposium.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8HCBEGv4Q\n\nThis library is a collection of resources designed for teachers who\nwant to explore satellite communications with students. There are\nalso instructional resources designed for classroom exploration of\nsatellite telemetry data used to understand satellite engineering and\nresearch deployed on satellites. The classroom resources are\nmanipulatives that can prepare students to understand and utilize\nlive telemetry data that can be captured from orbiting satellites.\nThe collection includes\n\n+ Satellite Antenna Rotor Simulator\n+ CubeSat Classroom Simulator\n+ Study Satellite \"Wobble\" Using Telemetry Data\n+ Managing Satellite Power: A Study in Maximum Power Point Tracking\n+ MAREA: Mars Lander Simulation\n+ Using FUNCube to do Materials Science in the Classroom\n+ Studying Satellite Rotation\n\nIn the interest of supporting teachers who want to bring space into\nthe classroom by actively engaging students with amateur radio\nsatellite communications, the Education Technology Program has\ndeveloped some equipment resources designed with utility to support\nham radio satellite operations for classroom use.\n\n+ Satellite Tracker Interface\n+ ISS Minimalist Antenna\n+ ISS Minimalist Antenna, UHF Version\n+ Inexpensive Broadband Preamp for Satellite Work\n+ Inexpensive “WRAPS” Rotor for Satellite Work\n\nFor more information visit\nhttp://www.arrl.org/classroom-library-satellite-communications\n\nThis information nicely supplements other ARRL Educational\nInformation.\n\nThe ARRL Educational & Technology Program Curriculum Guide\nhttp://www.arrl.org/curriculum-guide\n\nReports on classroom activities\nhttp://www.arrl.org/reports-on-classroom-activities\n\nAmateur Radio Curriculum Connections\nhttp://www.arrl.org/curriculum-connections-and-benchmarks\n\nand other articles and stories that describe the classroom\nactivities of students\nhttp://www.arrl.org/articles-and-stories\n\n[ANS thanks Debra Johnson K1DMJ and the ARRL for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nThe Pragmatic Guide for Using the FUNCube Materials Science\nExperiment in the Classroom\n\nA guide to supplement the FUNCube Handbook\n(http://funcube.org.uk/), produced by AMSAT-UK, has been authored to\nprovide some practical advice to interested hams and classroom\nteachers on how to access and use the Materials Science Experiment\n(MSE) on-board the satellite. \"The Pragmatic Guide for Using the\nFUNCube Materials Science Experiment in the Classroom\" was prepared\nby ARRL Education & Technology Program Director\nMark Spencer WA8SME\n\n\"The Guide\" can be downloaded by visiting this web page on the ARRL\nweb site:\n\nhttp://www.arrl.org/classroom-library-satellite-communications\n\nOn this page you will find the Guide and other useful information\nthat has been developed for teachers interested in using space\ntechnology in their classrooms.\n\nThere are six chapters included in the Guide, this article provides\nonly a summary glimpse of the material. If this summary peaks your\ninterests, or you think the Guide may contain material that your club\nor local teacher could use, take a closer look.\n\nThe first chapter of the Guide includes a brief overview of the MSE\nand a basic refresher of thermodynamics. The primary mission of the\nFUNCube is education and the MSE is the focus of that mission. There\nare actually two different experiments included in the MSE, one using\nthe thermally isolated aluminum bars mounted on one of the satellite\nfaces, the other using four aluminum bars mounted as part of the\nsatellite body in the corners of the cube. The data collected by the\nMSE is transmitted via a two-meter data link and decoded and\ndisplayed by an AMSAT-UK software package called the Dashboard.\n\nCollecting the data is only part of the education mission, the other\nand more meaningful part is interpreting the data. Interpreting data\nstarts with a thermodynamics refresher. In the broadest terms,\nthermodynamics is the study of how heat moves from one place to\nanother. The amount of heat energy that is absorbed by, or radiated\nfrom, a material depends on material’s temperature, the temperature\nof the surroundings, and the emissivity of the material. The purpose\nof the FUNCube MSE is to allow students to witness heat transfer by\nradiation first hand in an environment (space) where convection and\nconduction are not present.\n\nThe second chapter discusses how to access the FUNCube telemetry\nusing a typical VHF all-mode receiver (the FUNCube Dongle (SDR) is\nnot covered in the Guide). A simple interface circuit between the\nreceiver audio and the sound card is illustrated. There is a lengthy\ndiscussion of the minimum antenna required to receive usable FUNCube\ntelemetry data. It is suggested that a minimum of 50 frames of\ntelemetry data are required to develop a usable data set from\ndirectly received telemetry. The performances of various simple\nantennas, with and without preamps, are compared against this goal of\nreceiving 50 frames of telemetry data.\n\nThe third chapter presents an affordable Leslie’s Cube experiment\nset up that you can duplicate. The Leslie’s Cube experiment allows\nstudents to explore the concept of emissivity and how that property\naffects the ability of a material to radiate heat energy (MSE is a\nspace borne equivalent of the Leslie’s Cube experiment).\n\nAlternatively, the fourth chapter presents an inexpensive MSE In-\nclass Simulator experiment that can be easily and affordably\nduplicated for demonstrating the thermodynamics of heat absorption.\nThe simulator uses simple aluminum bars that are coated with black\npaint and shiny aluminum foil to simulate the MSE panel bars in the\nFUNCube. Thermistors are mounted in the bars to measure the\ntemperatures of the bars as they are exposed to a heat source, and\nthen as they cool when the heat source is removed. By manipulating\nthe heat source (i.e., turning it on and off at different rates),\nconditions on orbit can be simulated in the classroom and the\nstudents can evaluate the results. This installment produced the\ngreatest surprise results of the whole Guide effort and proved to be\ninstrumental in interpreting the real FUNCube MSE data.\n\nThe fifth chapter presents a number of examples how to interpret the\nMSE data, and this is the most important section of the Guide. There\nis a disconnect between the whole-orbit-data that is received from\nthe FUNCube and what is expected when considering basic\nthermodynamics. This disconnect is evaluated, discussed, and\nspeculated on at length in this section. Data generated from the\nLeslie’s Cube presented in installment three, and from the MSE In-\nclass Simulator presented in installment four are used to speculate\nabout and try to explain the observed behavior of the MSE bars on-\norbit. The content of the fifth chapter will be controversial, but at\nthe same time thought provoking and could possibly stimulate a lot of\nclassroom discussion.\n\nThe final chapter simply presents additional ideas and explorations\nthat could be used in the classroom to take the FUNCube MSE to a\nwhole new, and unintended level.\n\nOn the ARRL web page where the Guide is located, you will also find\nsome additional material that might be of interest. For example,\nthere are some video clips and other graphic materials that you can\nuse to help explain how passive, fixed magnets are used in a cubesat\nto align the Z-axis of the satellite along the lines of the Earth’s\nmagnetosphere to optimize antenna orientation toward Earth. These\nvisual aids might encourage students take a closer look at the\ntelemetry data from FUNCube to see if they can detect the effects of\nthese magnets in action.\n\n“I know there is an ongoing discussion of the value of cubesat\ntelemetry when compared to transponder operations,” Spencer says.\n“[Y]ou just might find that an occasional look at the telemetry will\nhelp you better understand satellites and make you a better satellite\noperator.” He goes on to state that the FUNcube MSE is “an\nexceptional educational resource,” and he praised AMSAT-UK’s efforts.\n“It’s now our turn to gain as much as we can from their efforts, and\nI hope the Guide will help you get started.”\n\nThe guide can be directly downloaded at the following link\nhttp://www.arrl.org/files/file/ETP/FUNCube%20Guide.pdf\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Spencer WA8SME and the ARRL for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSA AMSAT Invites Educational Payload Proposals\n\nThe South African Amateur Radio Satellite Association SA AMSAT is\ninviting schools and universities to submit proposals for an education\nproject for inclusion in their CubeSat satellite current being\ndeveloped.\n\nSA AMSAT is building a small satellite with a 20 kHz transponder to\noffer amateur radio enthusiasts on the African continent an\nopportunity to experience space communications.  \"We believe this is\nan ideal opportunity to include an educational project that will be of\ninterest to learners to promote Science and Technology based\nactivities\", Hannes Coetzee who leads the project said.\n\n\"Space is a magical subject and attracts the attention of many young\npeople even those who may not have shown an interest in science as a\nsubject at school or as a past time. Combining Amateur Radio with\nSpace doubles the attraction.\"\n\n\"While the satellite will carry a telemetry beacon which report on the\nhealth of the satellite and provides interesting opportunities for\nlearners to acquire more knowledge about space, we believe that a\nstudent designed project will add the additional magic.\"\nProposals for a project are invited from high Schools and\nUniversities. The most interesting proposal received will be\nconsidered for inclusion in the satellite. The criteria for judging\nincludes originality and once operating from space the amount of\ninterest it is likely to draw from young people.\n\n\"It should also be noted that the project needs to be small enough to\nfit in with the rest of the equipment of the 10x10x10 cm CubeSat and\ndraw as little as power as possible.\"\n\n\"I believe this an ideal opportunity for a school's science club to\ntake a project into space and to be able to monitor information about\ntheir project included in the spacecraft telemetry string.\"\n\nProposals should be documented as comprehensively as possible and be\nemailed to SA AMSAT at [email protected]. The closing date for\nproposals is 28 February 2014.\n\n[ANS thanks SARL News in English for 1/18/2014 for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPhoneSat 2.4 Ham Radio CubeSat\n\nJan Stupl provides an update on PhoneSat 2.4 which was part of  the\nORS3 / Elana 4 launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on November\n19, 2013\n\nBy now there are TLEs at space-track for all 29 objects of that\nlaunch (NORAD ID 39380 – 39409), but only five of them have been\nidentified on space-track.\n\nThe PhoneSat team thinks that 39381 is theirs, but 39402, 39400 and\n39397 are also (less likely) possibilities. Because the satellites\nare still close, using the radio beacon for identification is\nsomewhat ambiguous. Getting more observations would be very helpful\nfor everybody on that launch.\n\nYou find all information about the 437.425 MHz PhoneSat 2.4 on the\nphonesat.org website and people can submit received packets as well,\nand comment which TLE they used. The latter is obviously important to\ngain confidence on the assigned TLEs.\n\nPhoneSat 2.4\nhttp://www.phonesat.org/\n\nMinotaur-1 ELaNa-4 Satellites\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/satellites/elana-4-cubesats/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUK CubeSat programme in New Electronics\n\n\"New Electronics\" has a feature on the UK CubeSat programme and the\namateur radio UKube-1 satellite which it says should be launched from\nKazakhstan on March 27, 2014\n\nThe article says:\n\nCaroline Harper is a programme manager at the UK Space Agency and\none programme that comes under her wing is UKube-1.\n\nCubeSats can also have a role in education, as Harper pointed out.\n“We have a payload called FUNCube, which will allow kids in schools\nto download real housekeeping data from the spacecraft almost in real\ntime and to do their own experiments on that data. We hope that will\nencourage interest in STEM subjects.”\n\nFUNcube was developed entirely by volunteers at the amateur radio\norganisation AMSAT-UK. TOPCAT, meanwhile, is a payload that will\nmeasure the regions of space just beyond the Earth’s atmosphere – the\nionosphere and plasmasphere – in order to help GPS users by\nmonitoring and subsequently reacting to variable space weather\nconditions that adversely affect the Global Positioning System. The\npayload will consist of a specialised dual frequency GPS receiver\nthat is suitable for operation in the space environment. The\ndevelopment has been led by a postgraduate at the University of Bath,\nwith support from Chronos Technology, RAL and MSSL.\n\nRead the article at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS019-emerging-opportunities\n\nIn addition to the educational telemetry beacon the FUNcube boards\non UKube-1 will also provide a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for\nSSB/CW communications.\n\nUKube-1 communications subsystem:\n• Telemetry downlink 145.840 MHz\n• FUNcube subsystem beacon 145.915 MHz 1200 bps BPSK\n• 400 mW inverting linear transponder for SSB and CW\n- 435.080 -435.060 MHz Uplink\n- 145.930 -145.950 MHz Downlink\n• 2401.0 MHz S Band Downlink\n• 437.425-437.525 MHz UKSEDS myPocketQub Downlink\n\nMarch launch for UKube-1 and TechDemoSat-1\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS019-UKube-1\n\nThe UK CubeSat Forum\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/19/announcing-the-uk-cubesat-forum/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPeter Portanova W2JV To be Active on Satellites as W1AW/2\n\nPeter Portanova W2JV will be active on all the amateur satellites\nfrom 1/22 - 1/28 as W1AW/2 as part of the W1AW Portable Operations,\nARRL Centennial QSO Party\n\nThe ARRL Centennial \"W1AW WAS\" operations are taking place\nthroughout 2014 from each of the 50 states, relocating each Wednesday\n(UTC) to a new pair of states (this week, Nebraska and Delaware.\nListen for W1AW/0 and W1AW/3). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air\nfrom every state at least twice and from most US territories, and it\nwill be easy to work all states solely by contacting W1AW portable\noperations.\n\n[ANS thanks Peter W2JV former WB2OQQ for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDeorbitsail CubeSat\n\nStudents and researchers at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) in the\nUniversity of Surrey, Guilford, are developing the 3U CubeSat\nDeorbitsail. It is planned to launch on a Dnepr rocket into a 600 km\nLow Earth Orbit (LEO).\n\nThe aims of the mission are:\n\n(1) Deploy a large (5-by-5-metre) square Kapton sail.\n\n(2) Deorbitsail is equipped with 3-axis-stabilizing attitude\ndetermination and control system. A novel capability of this system\nis pointing via Centre-Of-Mass / Centre-Of-Pressure (COM/COP) offset.\n\n(3) The satellite will deorbit much more quickly than otherwise due\nto its deployable sail. Satellite pointing will be optimized by the\nattitude control system for maximum drag.\n\n(4) The satellite will provide beacons which radio amateurs will be\nable to receive. The ISIS UHF/VHF radio will provide a 9600 bps BPSK\ndownlink on 145.975 MHz.\n\nFor further information read DeOrbitSail Nanosatellite Mission\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS019-deorbitsail\n\nDeorbitSail: A Spacecraft Mission to deploy sails in Space\nhttp://www.athena-spu.gr/projects/DeOrbit\n\nKapton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton\n\nDeorbitsail: a deployable sail for de-orbiting by Olive R. Stohlman,\nUniversity of Surrey and Vaios Lappas, University of Surrey\nhttp://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2013-1806\n\nInspection of a co-orbital solar sail using a microthruster attitude\ncontrol system\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS019-microthruster-attitude\n\nOpen access to latest research output from Surrey Space Centre\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/19/open-access-to-ssc-research/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2014 Eastern VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference -- April 11-13\n\nThe 40th Eastern VHF-UHF-MW Conference will be held the weekend\nbefore Easter. The 2014 event will be held at the same hotel as it\nwas in 2013.\nOn-line Registration will be available very soon at:\nhttp://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html\n\n40th ANNUAL EASTERN VHF/UHF/MICROWAVE CONFERENCE\nFri./Sat./Sun. April 11-12-13 2014\nBAYMONT INN & SUITES,\n20 Taylor St., Manchester, CT 06042\n(just a few miles northeast of Hartford, CT off I-84, at Exit 63)\n\nFRIDAY--6pm to ?--SUPER HOSPITALITY ROOM & INDOOR SWAP\n\nSATURDAY--8am to 5pm--Presentations & Indoor Vendors\n7pm-- BANQUET BUFFET, Tom Kirby Award Presentation,\nBanquet Speaker, Trivia Quiz by Dave Olean K1WHS, Door Prizes\n\nSUNDAY\n8am--SWAP/TAILGATE in Parking Lot\n\nThe Baymont Room rates will be the same as last year\n......Double $69.00, Suites $99.00\n\nRegistration $25 before April 1, $30 after April 1 and at the door\nBanquet $28. Must order banquet before April 1.\nOn-line Registration will be available very soon at:\nhttp://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html\n\nWe are still looking for your interesting presentation!\nWant to give a Presentation and/or have something for the Proceedings?\nPlease email Paul Wade, W1GHZ, W1GHZ at arrl dot net\n\nSponsored by: North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS)\nQuestions?\nEmail Mark, K1MAP: [email protected]\nor Contact one of the Conference Co-Chairs:\nMark K1MAP, (hospitality, hotel, swaps/vendors)\nRon, WZ1V, (registration, website, test session)\nPaul, W1GHZ, (presentations, proceedings)\n\nCheck: www.newsvhf.com for updates--MORE TO COME!\n\n[ANS thanks Eastern VHF/UHF Society and the North East Weak Signal\nGroup for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 in Practical Wireless Magazine\n\nIn the February issue of Practical Wireless, the Data Modes column,\nwritten by Mike Richards G4WNC, devotes three pages to describing how\nto receive the signals from the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite\n\nThe World of VHF column by Tim Kirby G4VXE also covers FUNcube-1 and\nwhat is believed to be the first contact between Cuba and the UK on\nthe FO-29 satellite. The contact took place on October 19, 2013\nbetween Hector Martinez CO6CBF and Peter Atkins G4DOL.\n\nIt is understood that postal copies of Practical Wireless can be\npurchased using a Debit or Credit card, by ringing +44 (0)1202 751611\nMonday – Thursday 8.30am – 4.00pm.\n\nPractical Wireless\nhttp://www.pwpublishing.ltd.uk/?page_id=632\n\nG4WNC Data Modes Yahoo Group\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/datamodes\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Istituto Tecnico Industriale\n\"Galileo Ferraris\", San Giovanni  Valdarno, Italy and Astronaut\nKoichi Wakata KC5ZTA using callsign IOR4ISS. The contact began\nWed 2014-01-08 12:21 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes.\nContact was direct via IQ5GX. ARISS Mentor was IKØWGF.\n\nThe Technical Institute \"Galileo Ferraris\" is active on the\nterritory of the Arno Valley since 1979 and has trained over the\nyears the engineers of the many industrial enterprises in the area.\nThe technical institute in fact offers a solid general education and\ntraining of scientific and technical basis necessary for both a rapid\nentry into the world of work and the professions and for the\ncontinuation of studies at university . In particular, enables the\nstudent to face the entrance test for the various scientific\ndisciplines . Its strength lies in teaching laboratory accompanied by\na solid theoretical and scientific .\nBranches of study offered the institute is currently divided into\nthe following specializations:\no Electronics and electrical engineering.\no Chemistry, Materials and Biotechnology\no Data processing and telecommunications\nThe time is for all specializations of 32 hours per week , spread\nover four days per week of five hours (from 8.10 am to 13.10) and two\ndays a week for six hours (from 8.10 am to 14.10 ).\nThe school is equipped with several laboratories and a large gym.\nAmong these, for the two years, we have the laboratories of\nPhysics, Chemistry, Drawing- CAD, Computer Science, for the three\nyears, Chemistry, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer\nScience, Mathematics, Technology Design and Planning, Automatic\nSystems, Information systems .\nIn addition, the active school every year internships at companies\nin the area and technical projects in cooperation with such companies.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Zespól Szkól Technicznych,\nOstrów Wielkopolski, Poland and Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA using\ncallsign OR4ISS. The contact began Wed 2014-01-08 10:43:57 UTC\nand lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via\nSP3POW. ARISS Mentors were SP3QFE and IN3GHZ.\n\nThe Centre of Technical Schools in Ostrów Wielkopolski is a school\nwhich educates future electronics and mechatronics engineers,\ncomputer scientists and renewable energy specialists.\n\nTheir school has been cooperating with Polish universities, electronic\nand mechatronic industrial plants and schools in Germany and the UK,\nwhich brings very good results. Thanks to the participation in the\nARISS program their school has partnered with the Space Research\nCentre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.\n\nTheir students participate in various forms of extra-curricular\nactivities which develop their passions and interests. As a result,\nthey have created many interesting electronic and mechatronic\ndevices. For example, some of the recent constructions include fpv\nplane, a quadrocopter, a stratospheric balloon capsule, some amateur\nradio equipment and many more.\n\nCurrently, the school has 800 students aged 16 - 19 years.\n\nThe Center of Technical Schools has invited its younger mates\n(students 13 - 15 years old) from Junior High School No. 1 named of\nPolish Nobel laureates in Ostrów Wielkopolski and 10 - 12 year-old\nstudents from Pope John Paul II Primary School in Lamki so that they\nall can participate in the ARISS program.\n\nPreparations for the ARISS contact began in late 2011. A series of\namateur radio classes were carried out so that students could learn\nthe rules of work on the radio. It was a very interesting experience\nto carry out radio communications through amateur radio satellites\nand to take photos from NOAA satellites. In addition, we monitored\nother radio signals from space. Most emotions were from the radio\ncontact with the ISS in the APRS system and from listening to ARISS\ncontacts of other schools in Poland and Europe.\n\nThe schools participating in the ARISS program organized a series of\nevents to promote various fields of science, particularly those that\nare the most relevant for the development of astronautics.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Berkeley Middle School,\nWilliamsburg, VA, USA and Astronaut Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-01-08 18:33 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via K4RC. ARISS\nMentor was K4SQC.\n\nBerkeley Middle School, Williamsburg, VA is one of three middle\nschools. There are thirty-six core teachers, sixteen elective\nteachers, a gifted and talented teacher, reading specialist, math\nspecialist, and ten special education teachers. Additionally, there\nare three administrators, two school counselors, a Student\nAdvancement Coach, and media specialist along with support staff.\nThe student to teacher ratio is 28:1.\n\nUniquely, the school is one of two located in the City of\nWilliamsburg, serving students in the city and county.  Over the past\nfew years, enrollment has steadily increased, which is a direct\nreflection of the growth within the community.  At the end of\nSeptember 2013, the enrollment was 913 with an even distribution\namong its three grade levels (6-8). Berkeley's student population is\napproximately 60 percent white, 30 percent black, and 10 percent\nidentify as other ethnicities such as American Indian, Asian,\nHispanic, etc. Nearly 30 percent of the student population receives\nspecial education services, close to 20 percent are identified as\ngifted and talented, and less than 5 percent identify as English\nLanguage Learners (ELL). At Berkeley, 41 percent of the students\nqualify for federal free or reduced lunch.\n\nIn partnership with parents and community members, Berkeley strives\nto foster a safe, caring and supportive learning environment that: a)\nknows its population, b) maintains a culture of continuous\nimprovement, c) maximizes learning time, and d) remains focused and\ndetermined to close the achievement gap.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Collège Les Gondoliers, La\nRoche sur Yon, France and Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA  using\ncallsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2014-01-17 09:51 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via F6KUF/p.\nARISS Mentor was F6ICS.\n\nLes Gondoliers Secondary School, with its 500 pupils -aged 11-15- is\nlocated in Vendée, 70 km south of the city of Nantes, where famous\nJules Verne author was born . At the end of the last year, the pupils\ntake an exam called \"Diplôme National du Brevet\". Their Astronomy Club\nhas resumed its activities this year with the objective to enter in\ncontact with the ISS. The starting point has been the visit of the\nexhibition \"Voyages planétaires\" (Planetary spaceflights), in Nantes,\nduring the International Planetary Science Congress. Various\nastronomy and amateur radio activities were organized, with the\nhelp of members of the association of \"radioamateurs of Vendée\", who\ncame to their school to display their activities and provide students\nwith the tools that were necessary to get in contact with the ISS.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Wallingford STEM\nAcademy/Town of Wallingford, Wallingford, CT, USA and Astronaut\nKoichi Wakata KC5ZTA using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-01-\n18 15:18 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was\ntelebridged via K6DUE. ARISS Mentor was W2CYK.\n\nWallingford STEM Academy is a community based and family oriented\norganization that excites students about science, technology,\nengineering and mathematics.  This program, previously known as the\nYoung Astronaut Club of Wallingford and founded in 2000, has been\nproviding STEM enrichment for students in grades 4 through 8 for over\nthirteen years through Wallingford Youth and Social Services.\n\nThe Wallingford STEM Academy is a collaborative partnership between\nthe Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW), the Town of Wallingford\nYouth and Social Services Department (WYSS), the Wallingford\nEducation Association (WEA). STEM Academy branches in Wallingford,\nand Hamden, are the flagship programs for CEA's STEM Education\nInitiative. They currently serve the Spanish Community of Wallingford\n(SCOW) and the general population.  40% of their STEM Enrichment\nAcademy is comprised of students from the Spanish community and 40%\nof our students are girls interested in STEM education.  Their weekly\nmeetings are conducted at the Spanish Community of Wallingford Great\nRoom and in their STEM Education Classroom next to SCOW.\n\nSince 2005, a companion project to Wallingford STEM Enrichment\nAcademy is the Wallingford Family Science and STEM Night Series.  At\nleast twice a month, they organize and implement family oriented\nScience and STEM Family Nights in Wallingford.  These events range\nfrom evening programs, daytime vacation programs, hands-on\ninvestigations, assembly style programs, and night sky observations.\nThe purpose of this organization is to deepen student, and family,\nunderstanding of STEM concepts as a compliment to an existing inquiry\nbased STEM curriculum in Wallingford.  Their major funders for both\nSTEM Academy and Wallingford Family STEM Nights are the Wallingford\nRotary Club's Wallingford Foundation, 3M Charitable Contributions and\nthe Connecticut Education Association.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nMarymount University (Fort Belvoir Elem.), Arlington, VA,\ntelebridge via W6SRJ\nContact is a go for: Fri 2014-01-24  15:06:04 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Cyber-security: Small satellite dish systems called ripe for hacking\n\n  Thousands of small satellite dish-based computer systems that\n  transmit often-sensitive data from far flung locations worldwide –\n  oil rigs, ships at sea, banks, and even power grid substations – are\n  at high risk of being hacked, including many in the United States, a\n  new cyber-security report has found.\n\n  Read the full Christian Science Monitor article at:\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS019-cybersecurity\n\n  VSAT terminals are opened for targeted cyber attacks\n  http://intelcrawler.com/about/press05\n\n  [ANS thanks Stephen G7VFY and Southgate ARN for the above\n   information]\n\n+ Japan to test 'magnetic net' that can fish out floating space junk\n\n  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) is teaming up with a\n  company that manufactures fishing equipment to create a net that\n  will sweep the heavens of the man-made debris orbiting our planet.\n\n  See story at\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS019-magnetic-net\n\n  [ANS thanks South China Morning Post for the above information]\n\n+ SatMagazine January 2014 Edition features The Small Satellite\n  Surge... Note AMSAT's own Nick Pugh's picture on page 30.\n\n  SatMagazine is available online http://www.satmagazine.com/\n\n+ January 2014 Edition of MilsatMagazine is now online\n  http://www.milsatmagazine.com/\n\n+ Andy Thomas G0SJF describes lessons learned about using dashboard\n  software etc. from the perspective of an interested science teacher\n  using an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle Software Defined Radio (SDR).\n\n  He says: For those of us about to receive the Kicksat Sprites (when\n  launched), and others using RTL dongles, the experience may be\n  useful.\n\n  https://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/funcube\n\n  [ANS thanks Andy G0SJC and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ January 432 and Above EME Newsletter\n\n  The January issue of the free amateur radio 432 MHz and Above EME\n  Newsletter is now available\n\n  The Word and PDF formats the newsletter can be downloaded from\n  http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html\n\n  Previous newsletters are at\n  http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm_arc.html\n\n  [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ \"Wake Up, Rosseta\"\n  Want to be one of those who helps to \"wake up\" a sleeping\n  comet-chasing ESA space probe??  Well you can.  See information\n  at link below:\n\n  http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/17/tech/rosetta-comet-chaser/\n\n  [ANS thanks Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF and ARNewsline for the above\n   information]\n\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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n",
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