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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RHLSV6JQXD2WCYWLXEAXDSX4DFUQ4UVP/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "RHLSV6JQXD2WCYWLXEAXDSX4DFUQ4UVP", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/RHLSV6JQXD2WCYWLXEAXDSX4DFUQ4UVP/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-050 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2017-02-19T02:22:17Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-050\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* Nayif-1 Launched\n* Satellite Operators on the Road\n* Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity\n* RadFXsat-2 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination\n* 14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop\n* BY70-1 Re-entry\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-050.01\nANS-050 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 050.01\n From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE February 19, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-050.01\n\nNayif-1 Launched\n\nThe Indian Space Agency ISRO successfully launched the amateur radio \nsatellite\nNayif-1 along with 103 other satellites, a record for a single launch. \nThe PSLV-\nC37 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra \nPradesh\nat 03:58 UT on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.\n\nNayif-1 started transmitting about an hour after launch and radio \namateurs in\nthe west of the USA reported the first signals. The first frame of data \nreceived\nat the Data Warehouse was from Christy Hunter KB6LTY. Telemetry data was \nalso\nreceived by WA6FWF, KA7FVV, WC7V, NC7V, K6FW, KE7QPV, WA9ONY, W5PFG, KK6AYK.\n\nKen Eaton GW1FKY reports he received his first frames of data when the \nsatellite\ncame in range of the UK at 10:07 UT.\n\nThe satellite looks to be in perfect health and it was placed in \nautonomous mode\nbefore the end of the first day in orbit. Just like FUNcube-1, this mode \nhas the\nspacecraft sending high power telemetry when in sunlight and with the SSB/CW\ntransponder active when in eclipse. Already many contacts have been made \nthrough\nthe transponder. As expected, the frequency stability of this spacecraft \nis much\nbetter than its predecessors.\n\nA new post-launch set of TLE’s has been issued by the launch authority \nand it\ncan be downloaded from http://amsat-nl.org/download/NAYIF_TLE.txt\n\nPlease note that these numbers are not based on JSpOC observations so we \ndo not\nyet have a valid catalog number.\n\nDuring the Launch and Early Operation phase (LEOP) of the mission, the \nNayif-1\ncommand team have been headquartered at the American University of Sharjah\nGround station in the United Arab Emirates. They have been very grateful \nfor all\nthe telemetry received from around the world. It has proven to be immensely\nuseful to the team in checking that the spacecraft is functioning correctly.\n\nOur world-wide network has greatly impressed the many professionals that \nhave\nbeen watching our activities. Already more than 100 ground stations are\nsubmitting data to the Nayif Data Warehouse. Please continue uploading \nthe data\nas this will further enhance our knowledge about the spacecraft and the \nspace\nenvironment through which it is traveling at 7.6 km/s.\n\nThe Nayif-1 Data Warehouse has been updated and now includes the Whole \nOrbit,\nHigh Resolution graphs and the upload ranking. It also includes telemetry\ndetails from the ADCS sub-system – this is called the iMTQ and is capable of\nactively magnetorquing. Over the coming days, we will be further \ntweaking the\nwarehouse, so bear with us if it is unavailable for short periods of time.\n\nBackground\nNayif-1 has been developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre \n(MBRSC) and\nAmerican University of Sharjah (AUS). The UAE’s first Nanosatellite was\ndeveloped by Emirati engineering students from AUS under the supervision \nof a\nteam of engineers and specialists from MBRSC within the framework of a\npartnership between the two entities, aiming to provide hands-on \nexperience to\nengineering students on satellite manufacturing.\n\nThe spacecraft includes a U/V linear transponder and telemetry \ntransmitter. It\nemploys enhanced oscillator circuitry and includes an active attitude\ndetermination and control system.\n\nThe operating frequencies for the spacecraft are:\n\nTelemetry\n145.940 MHz using 1k2 BPSK to the FUNcube standard.\n\nSSB/CW Transponder\nUplink on 435.045 – 435.015 MHz\nDownlink on 145.960 – 145.990 MHz\n\nThe Nayif-1 Telemetry Dashboard can be downloaded from\nhttp://download.funcube.org.uk/nayif-1_Dashboard_1039_Installer.msi\n\nGuidance notes\nhttps://funcubetest2.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/nayif-1_dashboard_notes_release\n_1-0b.pdf\n\nA file to test that the Dashboard and Warehouse configuration are working\ncorrectly\nhttp://download.funcube.org.uk/nayif1_testfile.funcubebin\n\nNayif-1 Data Warehouse http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Operators on the Road\n\nZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Scott/KA9P and Ron/W9XS will be active as ZF2SC and\nZF2FB, respectively, from the Cayman Islands between February 22-28th.\nActivity will be on 40/30/20/17/15 meters and the satellites. Operations\nwill typically be CW, with a KX1 or KX3, and Buddipole beams or verticals.\nQSL via their home callsigns or LoTW.\n\n6E, MEXICO. A group of Ham Radio operators from Southern Mexico will be\noperating from some Mayan archaeological sites from the Mexican States\nof Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas and Quintana Roo, using the special\ncallsign 6E3MAYA between March 18-21st. Activity is to commemorate the\nSpring Equinox which is so important for the Mayan culture. Activity will\nbe on 80-6 meters on CW, SSB, the satellites and the Digital modes. QSL\nvia XE3N.\n\nC6, BAHAMAS (IOTA Op). Operators John/M0IDA, Rob/M0VFC and Steve/M1ACB\nhope to be active as C6APY from Little Harbour Cay, Berry Islands (NA-054,\nWW Locator FL15do). They will fly into the Bahamas on March 2nd, but it\nwill take them a couple of days to get to the island, so they hope to be\nactive around March 4th - but this is very much weather dependent, as is\nthe whole operation. They will fly back to the UK on March 12th, which\nmeans they will need to de-rig on the 10th or 11th, again varying according\nto the weather. Operation probably won't be 24/7 - they will do as much\noperating as they can, but eating and sleeping is back on the boat, there's\nonly three of them, and they will probably want to go for the occasional\nswim as well. They will be running up to three stations simultaneously,\nall Elecraft K3s at 100W. They will be generator powered and have to carry\nthe full week's fuel with them on the boat, hence no amps. They are\nexpecting that most QSOs will be on 40-15 meters; they will monitor the\nhigher HF bands as well and may venture on to 10/12m if propagation favors\nthem; similarly they may throw up an 80m dipole, but don't expect to do\nvery much, if anything, there. There will definitely be CW (op M0VFC) and\nSSB (ops M0IDA and M1ACB); they may also do some data if time permits.\nThey should be active on some satellite passes with hand-held antennas:\nthe FM birds will only cover parts of the USA, and not EU, so they will\nattempt some FO-29 passes as well. They are not satellite experts though,\nso be patient with them. QSL is via M0OXO's OQRS system. They will upload\nthe logs to ClubLog and LoTW regularly throughout the trip, assuming all\nthe kit plays nicely. Watch Twitter for any other updates:\n https://twitter.com/rmc47 (M0VFC)\n https://twitter.com/ItinerantHam (M0IDA)\n\n[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity\n\n\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window February 15 - April 15, 2017\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is \nseeking\nformal and informal education institutions and organizations, \nindividually or\nworking together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on \nboard\nthe ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between \nJanuary 1,\n2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine \nthe exact\ncontact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is \nlooking\nfor organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and \nintegrate the\ncontact into a well-developed education plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal \ninformation and\ndocuments can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in\nscheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10\nminutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts \nthrough a\nquestion-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio\nbetween astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and \nclassrooms and\ncommunities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity \nto learn\nfirsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and \nto learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and\nradio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the \ncomplexity of\nscheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate \nflexibility\nto accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in\nRussia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by\nproviding the equipment and operational support to enable direct \ncommunication\nbetween crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. \nIn the\nUS, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite \nCorporation) and\nARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS \n(Center\nfor the Advancement of Science in Space).\n\n\nMore Information\n\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at \nwww.ariss.org\nand www.arrl.org/ARISS.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal\nguidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information \nSessions go to\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nPlease direct any questions to [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks Dave, AA4KN, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadFXsat-2 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination\n\nRadFXSat-2 is a 1U cubesat technology demonstration mission from Vanderbilt\nUniversity that has been accepted for launch as part of NASA’s CubeSat \nLaunch\nInitiative. Vanderbilt University is partnered with AMSAT, who will \nprovide the\nsatellite and communications for the experiments onboard as part of the \nAMSAT\nFox program.\n\nAMSAT recently received IARU frequency coordination for a 1200 baud BPSK\ntelemetry downlink beacon on 435.750 MHz, and a mode V/u inverting \ntransponder\nwith an uplink of 145.860-145.890 MHz and a downlink of 435.760-435.790 MHz.\n\nRadFXSat-2 is currently manifested as part of the ELaNA XX mission, \nscheduled\nfor no earlier than December 2017, on a Virgin Galactic Launcher One, from\nMojave, California. Other satellites on the mission include:\n\n CACTUS-1 – Capitol Technology University, Laurel, Md.\n ALBus – NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio\n SurfSat – University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.\n Q-PACE – University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.\n CAPE-3 – University of Louisiana Lafayette, La.\n MiTEE – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.\n PICS – Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah\n INCA – New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M.\n MicroMas-2b – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.\n EXOCUBE – California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo, Calif.\n PolarCube – University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colo.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop\n\nThe 14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop will be held in San Luis \nObispo, CA\nApril 26-28 2017. The schedule is now on the workshop website at the link\nbelow.\nhttp://www.cubesat.org/s/2017-Workshop-Schedule.pdf\n\nREGISTRATION\nPrices are as follows:\n3 Day Pass + Banquet\nEarly Bird Professional - $375\nProfessional - $475\nStudent - $150\n\n1 Day Pass\nEarly Bird Professional - $160\nProfessional - $200\n\nEarly bird registration ends on March 17, 2017 so be sure to register \nbefore the\nprice goes up!\n\n[ANS thanks the CubeSat Workshop Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBY70-1 Re-entry\n\nThe 2U CubeSat BY70-1 was built by students from the Beijing Bayi High \nSchool\nand carried into a 524 x 212 km orbit on a CZ-2D rocket launched from the\nTaiyuan Space Launch Center on December 28, 2016.\n\nOn February 17, 2017, as the satellite started to burn up on its \nre-entry into\nthe Earth’s atmosphere, this end of mission statement was posted on the \nschool’s\nwebsite.\n\nDear friends of BY70-1:\n\nSatellite BY70-1 has completed all designed missions. For the amateurs who\ncompleted 2-way QSO using the repeater onboard, received effective satellite\ntelemetry, or obtained satellite camera photos, we would like to invite you\nsending connection data package (audio or video evidence), satellite \ntelemetry\ndata or photos received to Email: [email protected].\n\nSo that we can keep statistics records and deliver our appreciation \ntoward you\nin public. We would be pleased to exchange QSL card for QSO users, and some\nsouvenirs for the telemetry or camera photos users.\n\nWe hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near\nfuture!\n\n\nE-mail Address: [email protected]\n\nPost Address: Mr Xiangming TAOBeijing Bayi School, 29# Suzhou Street, \nHaidian\nDist, Beijing, China\n\nP.O. 100080\n\n[ANS thanks Beijing Bayi High School and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }