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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/OLNIPQS2NURU7FNOKXZHKVQHVO6QV2AU/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "OLNIPQS2NURU7FNOKXZHKVQHVO6QV2AU", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/OLNIPQS2NURU7FNOKXZHKVQHVO6QV2AU/", "sender": { "address": "kd4iz (a) frawg.org", "mailman_id": "1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28/emails/" }, "sender_name": "[email protected]", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2022-12-31T22:38:26Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-001\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day to be Held January 1st\n* HAARP was used to ping Asteroid 2010 XC15\n* Space junk bill passes Senate unanimously\n* TJREVERB was deployed from the ISS on December 29, 2022\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan 1, 2023\n* OSCAR number assigned for CAS-10\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\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 interest\nin designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital 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: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins\nvia the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2023 Jan 01 - Wishing All a Happy and Prosperous New Year\n\n\nW2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day to be Held January 1st\n\nIn March 2022, the AMSAT community lost one of our pioneers when Ray Soifer,\nW2RS, became a silent key. In addition to his numerous contributions to\nAMSAT and the worldwide amateur satellite community, Ray was also the long\ntime organizer of AMSAT's CW Activity Day - previously AMSAT Straight Key\nNight - held in conjunction with the ARRL's event on New Year's Day. In\nrecognition of Ray's long time service to AMSAT and his keen interest in CW\noperating via satellite, AMSAT is pleased to announce that AMSAT's CW\nActivity Day will now be known as the W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day in\nRay's honor.\n\nThe rules are simple - operate CW through any amateur satellite between 0000\nUTC and 2359 UTC on January 1, 2023. Straight keys and bugs are encouraged,\nbut not required. Logs are not required, but operators are encouraged to\nsubmit a report of their activity to the AMSAT-BB. Photos and video clips of\nactivity are also encouraged - post them on Twitter and tag @AMSAT. \n\nRemember to use the minimum power required for communication as constant\ncarrier modes, including CW, can disrupt transponder operation for other\nusers.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Last Day for 2022 AMSAT President's Club Membership \n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWhen Theyre Gone Theyre Gone! \n\t\tJoin the 2022 AMSAT President's Club today and help \n\t\t\t\t\t\tKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\n\t\t https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t(2022 membership closes 1/3/2022)\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nHAARP was used to ping Asteroid 2010 XC15\n\nResearchers at the HAARP array in Alaska attempted the lowest-frequency\nasteroid radar experiment ever. On Tuesday, Dec. 27th, they pinged a passing\nspace rock with shortwave radio waves at 9.6 MHz. This could allow them to\nsee *inside* the asteroid.\n\nA number of amateur radio operators around the world were able to copy the\nsignal. The signal appeared in a sequence of frequency sweep pings centered\naroun the the 9.6MHz frequency in a \"Ping\" Wait 2 seconds. \"Ping\" Wait 2\nseconds \"Ping\" pattern. \n\nThat's what most ham radio operators heard last Tuesday when they received\nHAARP's radar transmission to asteroid 2010 XC15. Scott Tilley of Roberts\nCreek, British Columbia, provided a recording of what he saw. It may be\nviewed at: https://bit.ly/3C2YshF along with a vidoe that includes sound.\n\nThe pulse was lopsided with a fast rise and a slow decay,\" notes Tilley. \"I\nbelieve this is due to multipath propagation from HAARP in Alaska to my\nreceiver in British Columbia.\"\n\nEveryone who picked up the pulse did so because Earth's ionosphere reflected\nsome of HAARP's radio energy back to Earth. Only a fraction escaped into\nspace and reached the asteroid. Tilley's high-time-resolution recording of\nthe pulse shows that multiple reflections (probably with a dash of ducting\nand refraction) were involved.\n\nThe complexity of the ionosphere, and how it modifies shortwave signals, is\na key challenge for researchers who will be processing radar returns from\nasteroid 2010 XC15. Good luck to the radar team as we await their results!\n\n[ANS thanks spaceweather.com for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpace junk bill passes Senate unanimously\n\nU.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded Senate passage of his Orbital\nSustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a\nfirst-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk\nin orbit. The bill passed the Senate unanimously.\n\n\"From satellite communications to rockets carrying humans into deep space,\nspace debris is a massive threat to space operations,\" said Hickenlooper,\nchair of the Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science. \"I'm over the moon\nthat our ORBITS Act passed and we can start cleaning up this space junk.\"\n\nSpace junk, or orbital debris, currently threatens human space exploration,\nscientific research missions, and emerging commercial space services. There\nare approximately 8,000 metric tons of debris currently in orbit, including\nat least 900,000 individual pieces of debris that are potentially lethal to\nsatellites. Because of the magnitude of the current debris, simply\npreventing more debris in the future is not enough. The ORBITS Act will\njumpstart a program focused on research, development, and the demonstration\nof technologies capable of safely carrying out successful Active Debris\nRemediation (ADR) missions to create a new market for these services.\n\nAdditional information may be found at https://bit.ly/3WwsCCa\n\n[ANS thanks spacedaily.com 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\nTJREVERB was deployed from the ISS on December 29, 2022\n\nTJREVERB, an APRS digipeater 2U cubesat on 145.825 MHz, built by students at\nthe Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology was deployed on\nDecember 29, 2022 by NanoRacks from the International Space Station.\nTJREVERB was launched on November 22 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida as\npart of the SpaceX-26 Commercial Resupply Service Mission en route to the\nInternational Space Station. The launch is the culmination of seven years of\nhard work for TJ Space. Led by Robotics lab director Kristen Kucko, many\nstudents from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology have\nhad a hand in this historic launch.\n\nA statement and description of the mission by Michael Roth and Kristen Kucko\nof Thomas Jefferson High School states: TJ REVERB is significant because\nthe CubeSat was designed, built, coded and integrated entirely by high\nschool students, said Kucko. The students did not use a satellite kit, nor\ndid they have an industry or university partnership to assist them. Building\nsatellites is not an easy task. According to Col. Nick Hague, Astronaut,\n(some)countries have not been able to build CubeSats. The students in TJ\nSpace should be proud of their accomplishments. Additional information\nabout the project may be found at:\nhttps://tjhsst.fcps.edu/features/launch-tjreverb-culmination-seven-year-proj\nect-tj-space \n\nKirsten Kucko, the teacher sponsoring the TJ Space team wrote, \"TJ Space\nreceived crowdsourced reports that there is an APRS unit digipeating within\nthe vicinity of the ISS. The spacecraft has the orbital characteristics of\none of the satellites launched during the NRCSD 24 mission. \" Since TJREVEB\nis the only CubeSat using APRS in that vicinity, TJREVERB could very well be\nthat spacecraft. It is TJ Spaces assertion that something went critically\nwrong with TJREVERBs implementation of the Iridium radio and Iridium did\nnot receive power to turn on. The APRS radio powered on as the backup radio\nand started digipeating. TJ Space continues to search for confirmation that\nthis spacecraft is indeed TJREVERB. \n\nAny help from the community would be greatly appreciated.\n\n[ANS thanks Michael Roth and Kristen Kucko or Thomas Jefferson High School\nand JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, for the above information]\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\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan 1, 2023\n\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps\nin the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical\nmodel of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly\nupdates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin\nfiles are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if\nnew high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\n\nThe following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\ndistribution:\n\nMYSat 1 NORAD Cat ID 44045 (Decayed from orbit 12/16/2022 per SpaceTrack).\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation] \n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nOSCAR number assigned for CAS-10\n\nOn November 12, 2022, the XW-4 (CAS-10) satellite was launched to the\nChinese Space Station aboard the Tianzhou-5 spacecraft, by the Long March-7\nY6 launch vehicle from the Wenchang Launch Center in Hainan, China. On\nDecember 18, the XW-4 (CAS-10) satellite was separated from the station. The\nChinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) built and operates the satellite,\nin cooperation with a Chinese government space contractor and Macau\nUniversity of Science and Technology, to serve radio amateurs around the\nworld and educate students in space and radio communication science and\ntechnology. This satellite is also known as Macao Student Science\nPopularization Satellite No. 1, and is the first satellite from the Macao\nSpecial Administrative Region. The satellite carries a V/u linear\ntransponder, and CW and GMSK telemetry beacons for amateur radio use. \n\nAt the request of CAMSAT and the XW-4 (CAS-10) team, AMSAT hereby designates\nthe satellite as Hope-OSCAR 119 (HO-119). We congratulate all the involved\nteams, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community,\nand wish them continued success on this and future projects.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number\nAdministrator 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\nNo School Contacts are currently scheduled.\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\nChris VE3FU / VO2AC / VO1FUA / VE2FUA: The weekend of January 27-29\n@Dave_VE3KG and Chris, VE3FU will be competing in the CQ160 CW Contest as\nVO2AC from the Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador (Zone 2). They will also\nbe on the other HF bands starting January 24 as VO2AC and VO2AAA. They also\nplan on operating the linear and FM satellites from grid GO11 as VO2AC and\nVO2AAA from January 24-27.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\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\nMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6ALCS has a few satellite\npresentations scheduled:\n-Greenville, North Carolina (1/10/23)\n-Ontario, Canada (1/16/23)\n-Thames Valley, England (5/11/23)\n\nHam Radio University will be held 1/7/2023. Registration is now open for\nthis virtual event at https://hamradiouniversity.org/. Peter Portanova, W2JV\nwill be hosting a Satellite Forum on the History of Amateur Satellites.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, and Peter\nPortanova, W2JV for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ SpaceX launches first mission for Starlink Gen2 constellation using a\nFalcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday with 54 more Starlink internet\nsatellites, a mission to begin populating a new orbital shell authorized by\nfederal regulators earlier this month for the companys Starlink Gen2\nnetwork. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space\nForce Station on SpaceXs Starlink 5-1 mission occurred at 4:34 a.m. EST\n(0934 GMT) Wednesday, about six minutes earlier than previously announced.\nThe mission was SpaceXs 60th launch of the year, with one more Falcon 9\nflight set to blast off later this week from Vandenberg Space Force Base,\nCalifornia, with an Israeli Earth-imaging satellite. he 54 satellites\nlaunching Wednesday were the first spacecraft deployed into a new segment of\nthe Starlink constellation. The Falcon 9 rocket released the 54 satellites\nat an orbital altitude and inclination set aside for use by SpaceXs\nsecond-generation Starlink network, which the company eventually intends to\nlaunch on the new Starship mega-rocket. More at https://bit.ly/3IcrO0P. [ANS\nthanks spaceflightnow.com for the above information]\n\n+ An Israeli reconnaissance satellite was carried into orbit during the\nfinal SpaceX launch of the year. The EROS-3 Earth-imaging satellite was\nlaunched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in\nCalifornia at 11:38 p.m. Thursday. The first stage detached successfully and\nlanded on a SpaceX pad eight minutes after launch. The rocket was launched\nin retrograde, against the direction of the Earth's rotation, and carried\nthe EROS-3 into low Earth orbit. More information is available at:\nhttps://bit.ly/3G8FXJI [ANS thanks Patrick Hilsman, UPI and Spacedaily.com\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall\nbe eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in\nthis status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel\nkd4iz at frawg dot org\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }