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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/OP75XEQKTOZE4KVAGC5DM42Z4GIH4CSX/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5Dxb2scV8gQuhrv5gvXTMNTWd05+ia479d=-OO8hfdwOg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "OP75XEQKTOZE4KVAGC5DM42Z4GIH4CSX", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/OP75XEQKTOZE4KVAGC5DM42Z4GIH4CSX/?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-199 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for July 18", "date": "2021-07-18T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-199\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's 39th Annual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting To Be Held\nOctober 29-31\n* First call for papers for 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium\n* 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Being Held\n* May/June 2021 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Now Available\n* ISS SSTV 145.800 MHz FM June 21-26\n* Youth on the Air Campers Enjoy Successful ISS Contact, Busy with Other\nActivities\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 15, 2021\n* NASA TV to Air Crew Dragon Port Relocation on Space Station\n* NASA TV to Air Launch of Space Station Module, Departure of Another\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-199 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 2021 July 18\n\n\nAMSAT's 39th Annual Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting To Be Held\nOctober 29-31\n\nThe 39th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held\nFriday through Sunday, October 29-31, 2021, at the Crowne Plaza AiRE in\nBloomington, Minnesota. Crowne Plaza AiRE is located at 3 Appletree Square,\nBloomington, MN 55245.\n\nThe Crowne Plaza AiRE is adjacent to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International\nAirport and only steps away from the METRO Blue Line’s American Blvd. stop.\nNearby shopping and tourist attractions include Mall of America, SEA LIFE\nat Mall of America, Nickelodeon Universe, and the Minnesota Zoo.\n\nThe Symposium includes presentations, exhibit space, and the AMSAT Annual\nGeneral Meeting. The preliminary schedule is presented below.\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held before the Symposium,\nOctober 28-29, at the same hotel.\n\nYou can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952)\n854-9000 or (877) 424-4188 (toll free) or online by visiting\ncrowneplazaaire.com. The group name is Amateur Satellite Group.\n\nRegistration is available on AMSAT's Member Portal at\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/Events\n\nPreliminary Schedule of Events (subject to change)\nThursday, October 28, 2021\n\n0800 – 1200 AMSAT Board Meeting\n1200 – 1300 AMSAT Board Lunch Break\n1300 – 1700 AMSAT Board Meeting\n1600 – 1900 Registration\n\nFriday, October 29, 2021\n\n0800 – 1900 Registration\n0800 – 2100 Space Exhibit\n0800 – 1200 AMSAT Board Meeting\n1200 – 1300 AMSAT Board Lunch Break\n1300 – 1700 AMSAT Space Symposium presentations\n1700 – 1900 Dinner Break\n1900 – 2130 AMSAT Reception, cash bar available\n\nSaturday, October 30, 2021\n\n0800 – 1600 Registration\n0800 – 2100 Space Exhibit\n0800 – 1200 AMSAT Space Symposium presentations\n1200 – 1300 Lunch Break\n1300 – 1500 AMSAT Space Symposium presentations\n1500 – 1700 AMSAT Annual General Meeting\n1800 – 1900 Attitude Adjustment (reception)\n1800 – 2200 Cash Bar\n1900 – 2200 Banquet\n\nSunday, October 31, 2021\n\n0700 – 0900 AMSAT Ambassadors’ Breakfast\n\nNOTE: All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT), UTC – 5 hours\n\n[ANS thanks the 2021 AMSAT Symposium Committee for the above information]\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\nFirst call for papers for 2021 AMSAT Space Symposium\n\nThis is the first call for papers for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium to be\nheld on the weekend of October 29-31, 2021 at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel\nin Bloomington, Minnesota.\n\nProposals for symposium presentations are invited on any topic of interest\nto the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your\npresentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 18\nfor inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be\nsent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, Symposium Program Committee, for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n2021 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Being Held\n\nThe nomination period for the 2021 Board of Directors Election ended on\nJune 15, 2021. The following candidates have been duly nominated and their\ncandidate statements can be found at link that follows:\n\nJoseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO\nRobert Bankston, KE4AL\nJerry Buxton, N0JY\nZach Metzinger, N0ZGO\n\nIn accordance with our Bylaws, AMSAT must hold an election, even though we\nhave four nominations for four open Director positions. As such, we will\nhost electronic voting on our Member Portal this year, at no cost to the\norganization. Voting is now open and will close on September 15, 2021.\n\nWhen members click on the poll link, they will see their ballot (poll\nquestion). After choosing from the possible options, click the Submit\nbutton to cast your vote. Unlike many online polls, the results of all\nvotes cast, up to the point of your vote, will not be displayed. AMSAT\nmembers can only vote once. If you click the poll link again after already\nvoting, a vote submitted message will be displayed. As four seats on the\nBoard of Directors are up for election this year, all four candidates will\nbe seated on the Board when the voting period concludes on September 15,\n2021.\n\nTo read candidate biographies see:\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/2021-BoD-Election\n\nAMSAT members may access their ballots at:\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/Sys/Poll/25943\n\n[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nMay/June 2021 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Now Available\n\nThe May/June 2021 issue of The AMSAT Journal is now available to members on\nAMSAT’s Member Portal.\n\nThe AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine for amateur radio in\nspace enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n(AMSAT). Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects,\ntechnical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from\naround the world.\n\nAMSAT members may download their copy at: https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nInside the Current Issue\n* Apogee View – Robert Bankston, KE4AL\n* AMSAT Strategic Plan: A Roadmap for Success – Robert Bankston, KE4AL\n* Educational Relations Update – Alan Johnston, KU2Y\n* AMSAT Board of Directors Election – Jeff Davis, KE9V\n* Debugging AO-109 (RadFxSat-2, Fox-1E) – Burns Fisher, WB1FJ and Mark\nHammond, N8MH\n* Working Portable with the Icom IC-9700 – Paul Philip, AC9O\n* A Really Cheap Portable Satellite Mount – Keith Baker, KB1SF / VA3KSF\n* Building a Tiny Satellite Ground Station – Mike Spohn, N1SPW\n\n[ANS thanks The AMSAT Journal 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\nISS SSTV 145.800 MHz FM June 21-26\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) logoARISS report\nthere will be an “Amateur Radio on Shuttle, Mir and ISS” Slow Scan TV\n(SSTV) event from June 21-26. Transmissions from the International Space\nStation will be on 145.800 MHz FM using PD120.\n\nThe ARISS team will be transmitting SSTV images continuously from June 21\nuntil June 26. The images will be related to some of the amateur radio\nactivities that have occurred on the Space Shuttle, Mir space station and\nthe International Space Station.\n\nThe schedule start and stop times are:\n\nMonday, June 21 – Setup is scheduled to begin at 09:40 UTC (transmissions\nshould start a little later).\n\nSaturday, June 26 – Transmissions are scheduled to end by 18:30 UTC.\n\nDownlink frequency will be 145.800 MHz and the mode should be PD120.\n\nThose that recently missed the opportunity during the limited period of MAI\ntransmissions should have numerous chances over the 6 day period to capture\nmany (if not all 12) of the images.\n\nCheck the ARISS SSTV blog for the latest information\nhttp://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/\n\nARISS SSTV Award https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/\n\nThe signal should be receivable on a handheld with a 1/4 wave whip. If your\nrig has selectable FM filters try the wider filter for 25 kHz channel\nspacing.\n\nYou can get predictions for the ISS pass times at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/track/\n\nUseful SSTV info and links https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nYouth on the Air Campers Enjoy Successful ISS Contact, Busy with Other\nActivities\n\nThe first Youth on the Air (YOTA) camp for young radio amateurs in the\nAmericas is under way in West Chester, Ohio. Among other activities, the\ncampers have been operating special event station W8Y from both the\nNational Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting and from the camp hotel.\nThe camp wraps up with an hour-long closing ceremony on Friday, July 16.\n\n\"Things are going really well,\" said Camp Director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. The\nearlier launch of a balloon carrying a ham radio payload was successful, he\nsaid, and -- after pinpointing where the payload landed some 3 hours away\n-- the campers were able to retrieve the package, thanks to some\nunderstanding landowners. Rapp said the balloon reached approximately\n100,000 feet.\n\nRapp said that campers have gotten along well from the first day, and\nproblems in general have been few and minor.\n\nSeveral of the approximately two dozen campers got to ask questions of ISS\ncrew member Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, during a Tuesday Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact. Responding to a query posed by\nGraham, KO4FJK, Hoshide said the most interesting things he's seen from\nspace included flying through an aurora and looking down at shooting stars\nfrom the ISS. He also said the ISS crew was able to view a partial lunar\neclipse from space.\n\nAnother camper, Adam, KD9KIS, wanted to know how often the ISS crew members\nuse the onboard ham station.\n\nHoshide said individual crew members may get on the radio every couple of\nweeks or so, or as the opportunity arises.\n\n\"This ARISS contact is intended to inspire these young hams to learn more\nabout communication using amateur satellites and making ARISS radio\ncontacts,\" ARISS said in announcing the contact date. ARISS team member\nJohn Sygo, ZS6JON, in South Africa, served as the telebridge relay station\nfor the late-morning event, which was streamed live via YouTube.\n\nRapp said he's hoping this pilot camp venture will provide the information\nneeded to replicate the camp over multiple locations for years to come. \"We\nalso hope this brings a more robust community of young hams into amateur\nradio,\" he added.\n\nThe long-anticipated summer camp for up to 30 hams, aged 15 through 25, was\nset for last June, but it had to be rescheduled until summer 2021 because\nof COVID-19 pandemic concerns. The camp for young hams in the Americas took\nits cue from the summer Youngsters on the Air camps held for the past few\nyears in various IARU Region 1 countries.\n\nThe Region 2 camp is aimed at helping participants to take their ham radio\nexperience to the next level by exposing them to a variety of activities\nand providing the opportunity to meet other young hams. Activities include\nkit building, antenna building, transmitter hunting and direction finding,\noperating with digital modes, and launching a high-altitude balloon.\nAmateur satellite operation is one of the workshops provided. Others\ninclude effective radio communication, local ham radio history, and using\namateur radio during emergencies. The YouTube channel features daily\nhighlight videos.\n\nW8Y has been on the air as campers complete projects, between sessions, and\nduring free time, although some late-evening slots have been on the\nschedule.\n\nThe camp's opening observance on Sunday featured keynote speaker Tim Duffy,\nK3LR, who told the campers, \"Amateur radio is the best hobby in the world.\"\n\nCampers also saw a video presentation by International Amateur Radio Union\nRegion 1 Youth Working Group chair Philipp Springer, DK6SP.\n\nARRL and The Yasme Foundation donated project kits for the campers.\nXTronics provided temperature-controlled soldering stations. The brochure\non the Youth on the Air website includes more details about the camp. --\nThanks to ARISS for some information\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and ARRL 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, now manifested for launch on\nNASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be\nworth it!\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 15, 2021\n\nThe name of the following satellite has been changed in this week's AMSAT\nTLE Distribution as follows:\n\nThe satellite owner actually uses a dash in the satellite name rather than\na blank. The name of CubeBel 1 has been changed to CubeBel-1 (NORAD Cat ID\n43666) to correct the satellite name.\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\nNASA TV to Air Crew Dragon Port Relocation on Space Station\n\nNASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station will\nrelocate their Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft Wednesday, July 21, setting\nthe stage for a historic first when two different U.S. commercial\nspacecraft built for crew will be docked to the microgravity laboratory at\nthe same time.\n\nLive coverage will begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT (10:30z) on NASA Television, the\nNASA app, and the agency’s website.\n\nNASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan\nAerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and ESA\n(European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, will board the\nCrew Dragon spacecraft about 4:30 a.m. and undock from the forward port of\nthe station’s Harmony module at 6:45 a.m. The spacecraft will dock again at\nthe station’s space-facing port at 7:32 a.m.\n\nThe relocation will free up Harmony’s forward port for the docking of\nBoeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, scheduled for launch Friday, July\n30, as part of NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission. The\nflight will test the end-to-end capabilities of Starliner from launch to\ndocking, atmospheric re-entry, and a desert landing in the western United\nStates. The uncrewed mission will provide valuable data about Boeing’s crew\ntransportation system, and help NASA certify Starliner and the United\nLaunch Alliance Atlas V rocket for regular flights with astronauts to and\nfrom the space station.\n\nThis will be the second port relocation of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. NASA’s\nSpaceX Crew-2 mission lifted off April 23 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center\nin Florida and docked to the space station April 24. Crew-2, targeted to\nreturn in early-to-mid November, is the second of six certified crew\nmissions NASA and SpaceX have planned as a part of the agency’s Commercial\nCrew Program.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNASA TV to Air Launch of Space Station Module, Departure of Another\n\nNASA will provide live coverage of a new Russian science module’s launch\nand automated docking to the International Space Station, and the undocking\nof another module that has been part of the orbital outpost for the past 20\nyears. Live coverage of all events will be available on NASA Television,\nthe NASA app, and the agency’s website.\n\nThe uncrewed Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), named Nauka, the Russian\nword for “science,” is scheduled to launch at 10:58 a.m. EDT (14:58z)\nWednesday, July 21 on a three-stage Proton rocket from the Baikonur\nCosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Live launch coverage will begin at 10:30 a.m.\n\nTwo days later, on Friday, July 23, the uncrewed ISS Progress 77 spacecraft\nwill undock from the Russian segment of the station while attached to the\nPirs docking compartment. With Pirs attached, Progress 77 is scheduled to\nundock at 9:17 a.m. (13:17z) Live coverage of undocking will begin at 8:45\na.m. A few hours later, Progress’ engines will fire in a deorbit maneuver\nto send the cargo craft and Pirs into a destructive reentry in the Earth’s\natmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. Deorbit and reentry will not be covered\non NASA TV.\n\nAfter Nauka completes eight days in free-flight to allow Russian flight\ncontrollers to evaluate its systems, the 43-foot long, 23-ton module will\nautomatically link up to the port on the Earth-facing side of the Russian\nsegment station, vacated by the departure of Pirs. Docking is scheduled for\n9:25 a.m. Thursday (13:25z), July 29, with live coverage beginning at 8:30\na.m.\n\nNauka will serve as a new science facility, docking port, and spacewalk\nairlock for future operations. Pirs has been part of the space station\nsince September 2001, functioning as a docking port for Russian visiting\nspacecraft and an airlock for Russian spacewalks.\n\nFor more than 20 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked on\nthe space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing\nthe skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Through NASA’s Artemis\nprogram, the agency will send the first woman and the first person of color\nto the Moon’s surface, and eventually expand human exploration to Mars.\nInspiring the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation –\nensures America will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA 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\nYOTA 2021, West Chester, OH, telebridge via ZS6JON\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\nContact is go for: Wed 2021-07-14 15:03:16 UTC 58 degrees max elevation\n\nTBD, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov\nContact is a go for Wed 2021-07-14 20:10 UTC\n\nSpaceKids Global, Winter Park, FL, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD\nThe scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nContact is go for: Wed 2021-07-21 17:47:21 UTC 51 degrees max elevation\n\nSeinan Gakuin Junior Senior High School, Fukuoka, Japan, direct via 8N6SW\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\nContact is go for: Thu 2021-07-22 09:14:25 UTC 31 degrees max elevation\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\nDM23, DM33, DM43 – Dave AD7DB will be operating holiday style on FM\nsatellites from July 22-25 2021. DM23 will be on July 22 or 25. The other\ngrids may be activated on any of those days depending on weather and other\nfactors. Confirmations in LOTW. Follow @ad7db on Twitter for updates.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nWA7AA:\nJuly 13-16 DN28 holiday style\nJuly 17 DN38 holiday style\nJuly 18 DN47/48 daytime passes\nJuly 21-23 DN54 holiday style\nJuly 25-27 DN64 holiday style\nJuly 30-31 DN63 holiday style\n\nJuly 7, 10, 11, 18 will all be planned trips just for Sat passes FM and\nSSB. I will try to publish passes ahead of time on Twitter and QRZ. The\nremainder of the trip will be camping in remote areas with little to no\ninternet or Twitter. I will get info out as I can, but I won’t be able to\nsetup skeds ahead of time. Lots of POTA activations on Sats and HF as well.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\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\nNo upcoming events currently 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\nContact AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, at http://www.work-sat.com\n or by phone at 909-999-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+ NASA awarded a $935 million contract to Northrop Grumman to build and\nintegrate the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for the lunar\nGateway, based off their Cygnus cargo craft, targeting a launch on a Falcon\nHeavy in late 2024. This module will house astronauts and provide command,\ncontrol and power, plus three docking ports and mounting hardware for\nCanadarm3 [and very likely, an amateur radio station!]. (ANS thanks The\nOrbital Index for the above information).\n\n+ Duct tape is really important in space. Among other things it was used by\nthe crew of Apollo 13 to build their improvised carbon monoxide scrubber\n(called “gray tape” in the transcript). Amazingly, up until 2021 astronauts\non the ISS just stuck it to the wall and had to remember where it was;\nSpaceX Crew-1 finally brought a duct tape dispenser which can be operated\nwith one hand, allowing an astronaut to stabilize themselves with the\nother. Even more amazingly, the dispenser was designed by high school\nstudents as part of NASA HUNCH, a program that farms out tactical\nengineering problems to high schoolers. (ANS thanks The Prepared blog and\nThe Orbital Index for the above information)\n\n+ China launched five small satellites designed to detect and monitor\nglobal radio transmissions Friday, July 9, 2021 on top of a Long March 6\nrocket, joining five similar spacecraft deployed in orbit in 2019. The five\nsatellites belong to a fleet owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology\nCo. Ltd., a company that provides radio spectrum monitoring services to\ncommercial and Chinese government customers. (ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for\nthe above information)\n\n+ A record number of satellites were launched into orbit in 2020, according\nto the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) State of the Satellite\nIndustry Report. By the end of 2020, there were 3,371 satellites orbiting\nEarth, an increase of 37% from 2019. The commercial satellite industry\ndominates the $371 billion global space economy, making up $271 billion, or\nnearly 73% of its revenue. (ANS thanks SatelliteToday for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas\nand new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies\nwith the potential to advance the agency’s science mission goals. To\nencourage entrepreneurs to participate in the challenge, the Science\nMission Directorate will award finalists as much as $90,000 through a\ntwo-stage process. Details at https://www.nasa-science-challenge.com (ANS\nthanks Southgate ARC for the above information)\n\n+ The Atmosphere–Space Interactions Monitor, or ASIM, installed outside the\nEuropean space laboratory Columbus module on the ISS, has detected a ‘blue\njet’—upward shooting lighting—that climbed to the interface between the\nstratosphere and the ionosphere. These have previously been associated with\n10- to 30-microsecond pulses of intense radiation across the 3 to 300 MHz\nradio spectrum. More study is necessary to determine effects related to\nradio propagation. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index and ESA for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ Virgin Galactic owner Richard Branson rocketed into space Sunday, an\nedge-of-the-seat sub-orbital test flight intended to demonstrate his\ncompany’s air-launched spaceplane is ready for passengers who can afford\nthe ultimate thrill ride. Whether the view and a couple of minutes of\nmicrogravity are worth the $250,000 (which purportedly 600+ people are\nsigned up to pay) is entirely a matter of opinion. But if you sign up, and\nplan to take along your hand-held ham transceiver, please let us know!\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\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.\nPresident's Club donations may be made at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-PresClub\nor through 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\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space,\n\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/OP75XEQKTOZE4KVAGC5DM42Z4GIH4CSX/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 30881, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/OP75XEQKTOZE4KVAGC5DM42Z4GIH4CSX/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }