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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/NGROPLOKP7ZWX4UOCEBJLHNVEDEYYCQ3/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5BG+0Mmvutww8GspoWQWDWW2RS-mBHeuD8kLiHG48o4-A@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "NGROPLOKP7ZWX4UOCEBJLHNVEDEYYCQ3", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/NGROPLOKP7ZWX4UOCEBJLHNVEDEYYCQ3/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-136 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for May 16", "date": "2021-05-16T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-136\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: [email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT Server Maintenance Scheduled for May 22\n* URE Satellite Telecommand Station Automated\n* Satellite Constellation Aimed At Next-Gen Connectivity For IoT Devices\n* Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for May 13, 2021\n* U.S. Schools/Groups Move Into Phase 2 of ARISS Selections\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-136 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 136.01\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 May 16\n\n\nAMSAT Server Maintenance Scheduled for May 22\n\nAs part of our modernization efforts, AMSAT will be moving its web server\nto a new vendor over the weekend of 22 May 2021. This move will result in\ngreater operational flexibility, ensure continued flow of security updates\nand may result in lower costs for server rental and backup services.\n\nEnd users may see service outages for www.amsat.org and the central\ntelemetry server associated with FoxTelem but otherwise no observable\nchanges are expected. Outages are expected to be brief, perhaps an hour or\ntwo, and are presently planned during the USA overnight hours, and we have\nconfidence that we will be complete by the end of the weekend. FoxTelem\nusers will find that any telemetry collected during an outage will be\nuploaded once the central telemetry server is established in its new home.\nMailing lists and mail forwarding will not be affected, and the membership\nand events portal at launch.amsat.org will remain fully operational\nthroughout the migration.\n\n(ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT IT services team for the above\ninformation)\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Join the 2021 President's Club!\n Score your 2\" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.\n This gold finished coin comes with\nFull Color Certificate and Embroidered \"Remove Before Flight\" Key Tag\n Donate today at\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n You won't want to miss it!\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nURE Satellite Telecommand Station Automated\n\nSpain’s national amateur radio society URE has announced their satellite\nground station has been automated and is ready for the launch of GENESIS,\nEASAT-2 and Hades satellites.\n\nA translation of the URE post reads:\n\nThe URE satellite monitoring and telecommand station, located at the Madrid\nheadquarters, on Monte Igueldo street, has recently been completely\nautomated, thanks to the efforts made in recent weeks.\n\nThese works, which began to be carried out before the confinements due to\nthe pandemic, have consisted of the change of the lifting rotor, which due\nto its long time without maintenance had been unusable, the alignment of\nthe antennas, both VHF and UHF, of circular polarization, the installation\nof a Linux computer, the configuration of the reception software with SDR\nand the emission software using Pluto hardware, acquired by URE, as well as\nthe automation of the rotor control with the hardware provided by EA4TX\n(ARS).\n\nThis station will automatically record and analyze the telemetry of the\ntwin GÉNESIS satellites, as well as EASAT-2 and Hades, all of them designed\nand built by AMSAT EA, as well as remote control in the event that actions\nare necessary on your computer from a on board, which, once in space, will\nbe able to receive instructions from Earth to modify its operation,\nalthough the satellites themselves implement the intelligence necessary to\nadapt to adverse circumstances that may occur in space.\n\nThe GENESIS satellites should be launched soon, once Firefly, the American\ncompany that built the launch vehicle, completes the static tests of its\nAlpha rocket, which is already prepared at the Vanderberg space base in\nCalifornia. As for Hades and EASAT-2, both are currently at the Momentus\nspace integrator facilities in Santa Clara, also in California, and it is\nexpected that they can be launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket in late\nJune from Cape Canaveral, once, overcome the problems of the Momentus\ncompany, which prevented its scheduled launch in January of this year.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nSatellite Constellation Aimed At Next-Gen Connectivity For IoT Devices\n\nAnother satellite constellation prepares for launch, this one aimed at\nnext-gen connectivity for IoT devices. 5G IoT operator OQ Technology has\ninked a deal with satellite firm NanoAvionics to build what OQ boss Omar\nQaise described as a \"flying cell tower in orbit.\"\n\nAssuming that cell tower had a volume of 30cm x 20cm x 10cm and weighed 6kg.\n\nThe 6U satellite is the second mission for NanoAvionics with OQ Technology\nand will be the latest addition to the latter's Low Earth Orbit\nconstellation. The plan is to provide basic commercial IoT and Machine to\nMachine (M2M) services, using 5G connectivity, to customers with a focus\ninitially on Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.\n\nThe mission, dubbed Tiger-2, will feature two payloads onboard the\ndiminutive spacecraft; a primary payload for satellite-based IoT and M2M\nservices using low frequencies, and a secondary payload aimed at\ndemonstrating the use of high frequencies for IoT radio links.\n\nQaise told The Register that three missions were expected this year, and\nthe target was to eventually have more than 60 satellites at an altitude of\n550-600km \"for real-time coverage.\" The spacecraft are expected to last\nfive years and, if undisturbed, de-orbit within 25 years. \"We can also\nactively bring them down,\" he added.\n\nWhere the likes of Starlink and Oneweb are aimed squarely at broadband\nservices and shovelling large amounts of data around for applications such\nas streaming, Tiger-2 and its siblings target IoT devices. Qaise cited\nhardware such as sensors or tracking devices that require only short\nmessages. \"So instead of having millions of users with large amounts of\ndata, you have billions of devices with small amounts of data.\"\n\nQaise also highlighted another key difference – rather than needing a\nrouter-like device to distribute the internet service, \"we use the same\nexisting mobile and cellular devices to connect to the satellite directly.\nThe satellite acts as a flying cell tower in orbit.\"\n\nIt'll certainly be a challenge for 5G protestors to set on fire.\n\nTwo more missions are scheduled after Tiger-2, followed by a batch of six\nsatellites. The plan is to eventually make the coverage global, and Qaise\ntold us that customers would be able to use the service by Q3.\nThe company also plans to secure frequency licences and partnerships in key\ncountries.\n\nFor those groaning at the thought of yet another constellation (although\none with considerably fewer satellites than something like Starlink) Qaise\ninsisted that the chance of a collision in the selected orbits was low, and\nactive monitoring and manoeuvring would be used if needed.\n\nAs for the ride to orbit, the mission will launch as part of the SXRS-5\nrideshare aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 later this year.\n\nFull article at: https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/12/oq_5g_iot/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all\nbegins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar\npanels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The\njourney will be worth it!\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT TLE Distribution for May 13, 2021\n\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA (OSCAR Number Administrator) announced May 9, 2021\nin AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-129 that DIY-1 has been designated\nDIY-1-OSCAR 111 or DO-111.\n\nThus, DIY-1 (NORAD Cat ID 47963) is now shown as DO-111 in this week's TLE\ndistribution.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nU.S. Schools/Groups Move Into Phase 2 of ARISS Selections\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to\nannounce the schools/host organizations selected for the January-June 2022\ncontact window. A total of 9 of the submitted proposals during the recent\nproposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of\nplanning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS.\nThe primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science,\nTechnology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their\nawareness of space communications, radio communications, space exploration,\nand related areas of study and career possibilities.\n\nARISS anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling\nopportunities for these US host organizations. The candidates must now\ncomplete an equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the\nham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS\ntechnical team, the final selected schools / organizations will be\nscheduled as their availability and flexibility match up with the\nscheduling opportunities.\n\nThe schools and organizations are:\n\nBellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, OH\nCarter G. Woodson Middle School, Hopewell, VA\nLewis Center for Educational Research, Apple Valley, CA\nMatinecock District, Suffolk County NY Boy Scouts, Medford, NY\nMcBride High School, Long Beach, CA\nOld St. Mary's School, Chicago, IL\nSalem-South Lyon District Library, South Lyon, MI\nSussex County Charter School for Technology, Sparta, NJ\nSpace Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama\n\n[ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nMonaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP\nContact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg\nWatch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/\n\nLycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg\n\nUfa, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy\nContact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nQuick Hits:\n\nN6AJ: FROM DM05 TO EM04, I will be headed to OK from CA around May 17 ,\nDM74 AND DM75 is on the list for sure. I will be on FM and SSB. As it\ncloser I hope to have a schedule.\n\nEN57/67: @SeanKutzko KX9X and @Nancy_N9NCY will celebrate Sean’s birthday\nin the Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula July 15-19. Look for them on FM and\nSSB satellites, with the possibility of some Parks On The Air activity as\nwell.\n\nW8LR: May 27. EM99/98_EM89/88 TENTATIVE schedule. Subject to change\ndepending on obligations. Will post to twitter as needed if I have cell\ncoverage.\n\nW7LT: EN36/37/38/46/47/48/57/58 for late May is on my radar.\n\nEA4M: : Hi guys later in June I’ll be in IN73 on holidays, probably for a\nweek or so, I will try some birds stay tuned on tweeter for schedules Major\nRoves:\n\nCM93 N6DNM Journey begins on Th with stop in CM95 and SOTA, then Fr\nmorning departure and coming back on Su. Thurs 5/13 – On the way to\nVentura – stop along the way to do W6/SC-028 (will see if any sat pass\nfits). Then few sat passes from CM95xa late in the day for few folks who\nneed/want it, but all are welcome.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\nInternational:\n\n Members of AMSAT Italia commemorate Gagarin's flight into space until\nthe end of the year with the callsign II0SAT on HF and via satellite.\n\n[ANS thanks DX Newsletter DXNL 2246 April 21, 2021, and JoAnne Maenpaa,\nK9JKM, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nAMSAT Ambassador and ARRL registered instructor Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is\ncertainly keeping busy! He reports an upcoming satellite presentation on\n06/15 – East Massachusetts … and more being scheduled.\n\nThink a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy\nSatellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or\nclub? Always includes are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS and\npre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome.\n\nSend Clint an email or call!\nClint Bradford K6LCS\nhttp://www.work-sat.com\n909-999-SATS (7287)\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The RSGB has announced that their popular GB2RS news broadcast will now\nbe available on the QO-100 amateur radio transponder on the geostationary\nsatellite Es'hail-2. QO-100 provides continuous coverage from eastern\nBrazil to as far west as Thailand. There are two amateur transponders, one\nfor Narrowband modes such as SSB and FT8 and the other for digital amateur\ntelevision (DATV). (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Southgate ARC for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ The SpaceX SN15 flew, landed, and failed to explode, unlike its\npredecessors. Starship SN15 ascended through low lying cloud cover,\nperformed a nominal climb to 10 km, then belly-flopped, and finally\ncompleted a successful two-Raptor soft landing. A small methane fire at the\nbase of the vehicle was again visible after landing, possibly due to a\nthermal protection blanket coming loose and catching fire. But, unlike\nprevious tests, the fire did not appear to be caused by structural damage\nand there was no unplanned return to flight. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index\nfor the above information)\n\n+ A few days ago, AMSAT's web servers were under attack from multiple\nmalicious IP addresses. This forced a shutdown of the Fox Telemetry server\nas well as general slowdowns of our web server. As a result, we upgraded to\na paid premium version of Wordfence to better defend our web presence\nagainst attacks. Hopefully this will improve the reliability of the AMSAT\nwebsite. (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President, for the\nabove information)\n\n+ SpaceX has revealed the flight plan for the first orbital test launch of\nthe company’s huge stainless steel Starship rocket, a 90-minute,\naround-the-world mission that will originate from South Texas and culminate\nwith a controlled re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.\nWhen fully assembled, the gigantic reusable rocket will stand nearly 400\nfeet (120 meters) tall, making the Starship stack the largest launcher ever\nbuilt.The company expects the un-crewed demonstration mission to occur some\ntime between June 20 and Dec. 20.(ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ A Rocket Lab Electron rocket failed to reach orbit May 15 when its second\nstage engine shut down seconds after ignition, the second launch failure in\nless than a year for the company. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s\nLaunch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 1111z. The liftoff was delayed by a\nlittle more than an hour because of upper-level winds. The first stage of\nthe vehicle appeared to perform as expected. The second stage then\nseparated and ignited its single Rutherford engine. However, video from the\nrocket broadcast on the company’s webcast of the mission showed that engine\nshutting down seconds later. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard\nspacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction\nout of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness\nand an out-of-this world view before returning to Earth. (ANS thanks\nSpaceflight Now for the above information)\n\n+ The United States now has company on Mars. A Chinese spacecraft descended\nthrough the thin Martian atmosphere and landed safely on a large plain on\nFriday, May 14 at 2318z, state media reported, accomplishing a feat that\nonly two other nations had before. The Tianwen-1 mission launched from\nEarth last July, consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The rover is\nintended roll off the lander, but China has not released a schedule for\nwhen that will occur. (ANS thanks The New York Times for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ JAMSAT reports limited operation for the FO-99 transponder, primarily on\nweekend orbits over east Asia. See https://www.jamsat.or.jp/ for a schedule\nof operation. Email [email protected] with questions. (ANS thanks JAMSAT for\nthe above information)\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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Store.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled\nin at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a\nmaximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]\namsat.org for additional student membership information.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM\nk0jm at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/NGROPLOKP7ZWX4UOCEBJLHNVEDEYYCQ3/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 22622, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/NGROPLOKP7ZWX4UOCEBJLHNVEDEYYCQ3/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }