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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RBUDXSKCAUUIP3FURWTCZPZOD2PPDHTZ/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "RBUDXSKCAUUIP3FURWTCZPZOD2PPDHTZ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/RBUDXSKCAUUIP3FURWTCZPZOD2PPDHTZ/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-025 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2015-01-25T02:56:03Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-025\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* Listen In To Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 BL86\n* SKN on OSCAR Best Fist Nominations Due\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact\n* Containerized Satellite Survey\n* Search for NASA Educational Resources With New Search Tool\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-025.01\nANS-025 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 025.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nJanuary 25, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-025.01\n\nListen In To Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 BL86\n\nOn 2015 January 26, the near-Earth asteroid 2004 BL86 will pass within \n0.008 AU\nof Earth (3.1 times as far away as the Moon). This will be the closest \napproach\nto Earth by this asteroid for at least the next 240 years.\n\nAs part of an extensive campaign of radar observations to learn about\nBL86’s shape, spin state, and surface; and to refine knowledge of its\ntrajectory; the Arecibo Observatory’s S-band planetary radar plans to \nilluminate\nthe asteroid with a continuous-wave signal over 2015 January 27 03:45 – \n04:00\nUTC. Over that time, BL86’s radar echo will be received by elements of \nthe Very\nLong Baseline Array and the Very Large Array in New Mexico. Anyone with an\nantenna and receiver capable of detecting the echo is welcome to listen in.\n\nBL86 will be above the horizon for most observers in North and South \nAmerica,\nand for some parts of western Europe and western Africa. To readily \ndetect its\nradar echo, observers should have an antenna with an effective \ncollecting area\nof at least 10 square meters. BL86 will be moving rapidly across the \nsky. Over\nJan 27 03:45 – 04:00, it will move by ~0.5º. The asteroid’s exact \nposition on\nthe sky will depend on where it is observed from as well as the time, \nbut will\nbe near (RA,Dec) = (130º,+17º). A current ephemeris can be obtained \nfrom JPL’s\nHorizons system:\nhttp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons.\n\nThe Arecibo transmission will be tuned to give a nominal echo center \nfrequency\nof exactly 2380 MHz at geocenter. Without correction for Earth’s rotation,\nBL86’s radar echo will appear as slowly-drifting and within 15 kHz of \n2380 MHz.\nPredicted echo frequency as a function of time for a given location can be\nobtained on-request by emailing Michael Busch ([email protected]). We \nexpect an\necho bandwidth of 6 Hz or less.\n\nDetails of the BL86 radar observing campaign at the Arecibo Observatory, \nNASA’s\nGoldstone Solar System Radar facility, and the National Radio Astronomy\nObservatory are available at:\nhttp://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2004BL86/2004BL86_planning.html.\n\n[ANS thanks JPL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSKN on OSCAR Best Fist Nominations Due\n\nThanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on OSCAR \n2015. If\nyou haven't already done so, please take a moment to nominate someone \nyou worked\nfor Best Fist. Your nominee need not have had the best fist of those \nyou heard,\nonly of those you worked.\n\nSend your nomination to [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with \nparticipants\nat Masakame\" event, Shibuya, Japan on 24 Jan. The event is scheduled to \nbegin at\napproximately 14:21 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 \nminutes\nand 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and JK1ZRW. The \ncontact\nshould be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are \ninvited\nto listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be \nconducted\nin English.\n\nJapan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) are televising a regular science program \nMasakame\n(means Good Heavens) for young people and their parents.\n\n Aa special program focusing ARISS program and Amateur radio \nsatellites, etc. on\n 2015-02-28 on air, with video record of ARISS school contact. Members of\n contact are TV talent (who has a amateur radio license) and high school\n students (age 15 to 18).\n\n[ANS thanks David, AA4KN, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nContainerized Satellite Survey\n\nBungo Shiotani is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy at the\nUniversity of Florida. He is requesting your assistance with this survey to\nassess the potential impact that containerized satellite have on the debris\npopulation in low Earth orbit. The results will be used as part of his Ph.D.\ndissertation to create a statistical database and to quantify the growth of\ndebris population. The hope is the outcome will increase the awareness \nto the\ncommunity regarding the potential growth of debris population due to\ncontainerized satellites.\n\nYour identify will not be collected unless you choose to disclose it in the\nsurvey. Additionally, if you would like the results sent directly to \nyou, please\ndisclose your contact information when requested in the survey.\n\nPlease respond to this survey by Friday, February 27th 2015. The survey \nshould\ntake less than 30 minutes to complete.\n\nSurvey link: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8CYyyDTFUGKHFbL\n\nPlease forward this information to other members of the space community.\n\nIf you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to \ncontact:\n\nBungo Shiotani\nGraduate Researcher\[email protected]\n\nDr. Norman Fitz-Coy\nResearch Advisor\[email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Bungo Shiotani for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSearch for NASA Educational Resources With New Search Tool\n\nAre you looking for a lesson plan about the planet Jupiter? Do you need a\nposter with information about the Wright Brothers' first flight? Or maybe\nyou're hunting for a website with information about NASA's deep space\nmissions. NASA Education has a new tool to help you in your search!\n\nNASA's new Educational Resource Search Tool can help you find lesson plans,\nposters, educator guides and other materials to supplement your science,\ntechnology, engineering and mathematics curriculum. Search hundreds of\nresources by subject, grade level, type and keywords.\n\nTo check out the new search tool and begin your educational resource hunt,\nvisit http://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Jan. 22, 2015 for the\nabove information]\n\n/EX\n\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }