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    "subject": "[ANS] ANS-330 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Nov.26",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-330\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73)\n* AMSAT Servers Back In Service After Brief Outage\n* HERON Mk. II Reaches Orbit\n* Starship Flies Higher\n* ITU RS-23 Adopts Resolution for Space Spectrum\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 24\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\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: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\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\nANS-330 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 Nov 26\n\n\nHappy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73)\n\nNovember 21, 2023, marks the tenth birthday of our very first CubeSat\nmission, FUNcube-1 (AO-73).\n\nA very short time after the launch from Yasny in Russia and within a few\nminutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power\ntransmitter on board, was detected and decoded by ZS1LS in South Africa. He\nwas able to relay the data over the internet from his Dashboard to the Data\nWarehouse and the numbers, appeared, as if by magic, at the launch party\nbeing held at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park.\n\nAfter a very brief check out, the FUNcube team were able to switch the\ntransmitter to full power, again at the very first attempt, and were quite\namazed at the strength of the signal from the 300mW transmitter on 145.935\nMHz. The transponder was then switched on and successfully tested, the\nfirst contact was between G6LVB and M5AKA who were both operating from the\nBletchley Park car park.\n\nThe team finished the day with a request to AMSAT-NA for an Oscar number\nand were delighted to receive the AO73 Oscar 73 designation!\n\nSince then, FUNcube-1, with a launch mass of less than 1kg, has operated\ncontinuously with only a very few interruptions. In excess of 53,500\norbits, 1.3 billion miles travelled, 61 million telemetry data packets\ntransmitted, and with more than 10.9 million unique data packets downloaded\nand stored in the Data Warehouse.\n\nThe FUNcube team still receive many requests for Fitter message uploads for\nschool events…please contact us by email to [email protected]\ngiving us at least two weeks notice.\n\nThe FUNcube team continue to be very grateful to all the many stations\naround the world that continue to upload the telemetry that they receive to\nour Data Warehouse. They really need this data to provide a continuous\nresource for educational outreach.\n\nFUNcube Data Warehouse and the Dashboard software\nhttps://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n\nFUNcube email group https://groups.io/g/FUNcube\n\nFUNcube Website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nThe 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now!\nTo commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch\non June 16, 1983, this year's coin features\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10.\nJoin the AMSAT President's Club today and help\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\nhttps://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT Servers Back In Service After Brief Outage\n\nAt approximately 21:04 UTC Tuesday November 21, our vendor Linode detected\na failing disk on the hardware that runs our web, telemetry, source code\ncontrol and Echolink servers and began to effect emergency data protection\noperations.    AMSAT's Engineering department is clearly working hard,\nbecause within 10 minutes they alerted the AMSAT IT department that they\nwere having trouble accessing the server that holds the source code for our\nsatellite projects.\n\nMeanwhile Linode proceeded to \"evacuate\" our servers from the failing\nhardware, and migrated them to new hardware.\n\nAll services were restored by approximately 21:20 UTC and the servers\nappear to be happily settling in to their new home.\n\nThere is no sign of any data loss, but as always if you see anything out of\nthe ordinary please write [email protected]\n\n[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, of the AMSAT IT Team for the above\ninformation]\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\nHERON Mk. II Reaches Orbit\n\nThe University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT) Space Systems’ HERON Mk. II\nsatellite lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, aboard\na Falcon 9 rocket of the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission.\n\nAs a rideshare mission to space, the Transporter-9 delivered HERON Mk. II —\nalongside 89 other small satellites — to an orbit approximately 540\nkilometres above Earth’s surface. Marking the culmination of nearly a\ndecade of work by student Space Systems engineers, the HERON Mk. II’s path\nto the launch pad was one of dedication and perseverance.\n\nThe UTAT are a team composed primarily of engineering students that designs\nand builds small satellites known as CubeSats. Team’s first satellite,\nHERON Mk. I — short for Human Experiment Relay On Nanosatellite — was a\nCubeSat developed from 2014–2016. For various reasons, the project did not\nend in a launch opportunity, and so HERON Mk. I was retired.\n\nSince our team was performing work that required members to be on campus,\nthe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our original spacecraft assembly plans.\n\nAny organization wishing to send a satellite into space and communicate\nwith it via radio waves first needs to obtain the appropriate radio\nfrequency (RF) licenses from Innovation Science and Economic Development\nCanada. Unfortunately, the process of obtaining these licenses for the\nHERON Mk. II satellite took significantly longer than expected and delayed\nthe launch. Because of the delay, the team was forced to abandon the\noriginal biological mission.\n\nTherefore, the team decided to shift the primary focus of the HERON Mk. II\nmission toward validating UTAT Space Systems’ RF communications\ncapabilities and providing amateur radio and satellite operations\nexperience to our members.\n\nWhile waiting for the frequency licenses to be issued, a group of our\nteammates began designing an amateur ultra-high frequency (UHF) ground\nstation. This is the apparatus that allows us to communicate with HERON Mk.\nII from the ground, via radio waves at a frequency of 437.12 megahertz. Now\nfully operational, the ground station currently resides on the sixth-floor\nroof of the Bahen Centre for Information Technology.\n\nIn September, a few team members travelled to Spaceflight’s facilities in\nBellevue, Washington, where they placed HERON Mk. II inside its deployer\nthat would later be mounted inside the Falcon 9 rocket for the SpaceX\nTransporter-9 mission.\n\nOnce the Falcon 9 rocket reached its intended orbit in space, HERON Mk. II\nwas ejected from the rocket at 3:04 pm EST, and soon deployed its UHF\nantenna. The UHF antenna plays a crucial role in preventing any\nelectromagnetic interference with the other satellites, which might\notherwise distort the signals sent between HERON Mk. II and the ground\nstation.\n\nDuring the initial commissioning period, we will be actively trying to\nestablish the first communications via the ground station. Afterward, HERON\nMk. II will begin a year of regular operations during which the team will\nregularly monitor the satellite’s health.\n\nThe lessons learned from mission operations and monitoring the satellite’s\nhealth will inform the development of future satellite missions undertaken\nby UTAT Space Systems.\n\nWith the launch of HERON Mk. II, UTAT Space Systems has lowered the barrier\nto entry for space programs even further by becoming the first organization\nin Canada to receive the entirety of its satellite development funding from\na student levy. This marks yet another paradigm shift in the industry,\ndemonstrating that students are capable of sourcing their own space mission\nfunding, rather than solely relying on government grants or commercial\nsponsorships.\n\nFrom an educational perspective, the HERON Mk. II mission will enable team\nmembers to learn more about satellite operations and amateur radio and to\ngain knowledge that will carry forward to UTAT Space Systems’ future\nmissions.\n\n[ANS thanks The Varsity, student newspaper of the University of Toronto,\nfor the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nStarship Flies Higher\n\nSeven long months after Starship’s first integrated flight test in April,\nShip 25 launched atop Booster 9 on a second test flight, again targeting a\nballistic trajectory with a planned splashdown north of Hawai’i.\n\nThis time, all 33 Raptor 2 engines on Booster 9 completed a full\nfirst-stage burn, producing a 300-meter-long exhaust plume and roughly\ntwice the thrust of any other object flown by humanity.\n\nThe 121-meter monster rocket also completed what appeared to be a\nsuccessful hot stage separation, with B9 shutting down all but three of its\nRaptors (which were throttled to 50%) followed by S25’s six engines\nstarting up to push the ship away from the booster.\n\nHot staging reduces gravity losses and keeps the upper stage continuously\nunder thrust for fuel settling.\n\nAfter stage separation, B9 completed a somewhat vigorous flip and, perhaps\ndue to propellant slosh or damage, had trouble relighting its Raptor\nengines. (Engines that ingest tank pressurization gas instead of propellant\ngenerally end up functioning quite destructively.)\n\nAfter several “high energy” events at the aft end of Booster 9, an\nexplosion originating from its common bulkhead rapidly disassembled the\nbooster.\n\nAfter separation, Starship’s upper stage burned until seconds before\nentering its planned coast phase—climbing to an altitude of 148 km and over\n6.7 km/s, reaching space and very nearly hitting orbital velocity.\n\nHowever, S25 appeared to trigger its automated flight termination system\nduring terminal guidance, possibly due to a leak in its oxygen tank—debris\nfrom the explosion were caught on NOAA radar extending past Puerto Rico.\n\nThe thermal protection system (TPS) made up of 18,000 tiles, appeared to\nlose a significant number of tiles during the launch, especially ones that\nwere glued on near weld points, making the ship unlikely to have survived\nreentry even if the flight had made it that far.\n\nS28’s TPS tiles are said to have an improved adhesion process that has been\ntested with a suction cup plus force meter to verify attachment. One\nadditional clear success was the performance of SpaceX’s much improved\n“stage zero”—the water deluge system appeared undamaged and very little\nother damage and debris have been spotted by ever-vigilant tank watchers.\n\nDue to a complete loss of both stages, the FAA will conduct another mishap\ninvestigation, although many hope it will be significantly more streamlined\ndue to the improved FTS functionality and better performance of the launch\nsystem—in particular, the Fish and Wildlife Service may not be involved\nthis time.\n\nThe always-optimistic Musk suggests a next test flight for Starship in 3-4\nweeks, and with plenty of hardware waiting in the wings (S28 and B10 are\nlikely up next), the timeline will probably be determined yet again by the\nmishap investigation and mitigation process. NASA seems keen to get on with\nit though as the agency believes its lunar lander mission may take up to 20\nStarship launches\n\n[ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nITU RA-23 Adopts Resolution for Space Spectrum\n\nThe ITU Radiocommunication Assembly 2023 (RA-23), a precursor to the World\nRadiocommunication Conference, WRC-23, wrapped up on November 17 with a lot\nof new resolutions covering 6G standards, sustainable usage of space\nspectrum and gender equality.\n\nRA-23, which was held last week in Dubai, adopted the new Recommendation\nITU-R M. 2160 on the “IMT-2030 Framework,\" which sets the basis for\ndevelopment of 6G, a.k.a. IMT-2030. The next phase will be the definition\nof relevant requirements and evaluation criteria for potential radio\ninterface technologies.\n\nThe assembly also adopted a a new resolution on space sustainability to\nfacilitate the long-term sustainable use of radio spectrum and associated\nsatellite orbit resources used by space services, in in accordance with\nResolution 219 (Bucharest, 2022). The ITU says this resolution will benefit\nthe satellite sector and support further cooperation with other United\nNations organizations.\n\nRA-23 also finished a new ITU-R Recommendation on the protection of the\nradio navigation-satellite service and amateur satellite services, and\nadopted a a new resolution on the use of IMT technologies for fixed\nwireless broadband.\n\nThe assembly also agreed to revise ITU-R Resolution 65 to facilitate\nstudies looking at the compatibility of current regulations with potential\n6G IMT radio interface technologies for 2030 and beyond.\n\nResolution ITU-R 8-3 was also revised to promote the participation of\nengineers and scientists from developing countries in radiowave propagation\ncampaigns in tropical and subtropical regions with limited data monitoring.\n\nThe RA-23 resolutions arrive just ahead of WRC-23, which commenced November\n20 in Dubai and will run until 15 December 2023. Hot items on the agenda\ninclude the ongoing battle between the satellite and mobile sectors for 5G\nspectrum, especially as non-terrestrial networks become part of 3GPP’s 5G\nstandards, the development of direct-to-device satellite services, and\nrevisiting rules about satellite power limits for LEO satellites, to name a\nfew.\n\nTo learn more about the WRC-23, visit\nhttps://www.itu.int/wrc-23/about/about-wrcs/.\n\n[ANS thanks DevelopingTelecoms.com 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 November 24\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 daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin\nfiles will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available\nfor new amateur satellites. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.\n\nThis week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page 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\nCOMPLETED CONTACT:\nNational Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN),\nNizhny Novgorod, direct via UB1QBM. The ISS callsign was RSØISS, and the\ncrewmember was Konstantin Borisov. The ARISS mentor was RV3DR. Contact was\nsuccessful at Wed 2023-11-22 16:40 UTC.\nCongratulations to the National Research Lobachevsky State University of\nNizhny Novgorod students, Konstantin, and mentor RV3DR!\n\nNote that due to the recent debris avoidance maneuver, that was performed\non Nov. 10, some of the pass times have significantly shifted. It is\nsuggested that you use the very latest Kep data.\n\nThe crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &\n437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is\npick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband\nrepeater.  So give a listen, you just never know.\n\nThe packet system is also active (145.825 MHz up & down).\n\nAs always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios\nare turned off as part of the safety protocol.\n\nNote, all times are approximate.  It is recommended that you do your own\norbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed\ntime.\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\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nNone scheduled at this time.\n\nA growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their\ngrid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you\ngain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators\nresponsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have\nthe ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular\nrover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming\nsatellite passes that are accessible from your location.\n\n[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, 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\nNone scheduled at this time.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ EIRSAT-1 is expected to launch on a Space X Falcon 9 rocket from the\nVandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, on November 29, 2023. It will\nhave a downlink on the IARU coordinated frequency of 437.100 MHz, see\nhttps://iaru.amsat-uk.org/finished_detail.php?serialnum=639. Information on\nthe beacon can be found at https://github.com/ucd-eirsat-1/beacon. EIRSAT-1\nwas built by students from University College Dublin under the framework of\nESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite! programme (FYS). (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for\nthe above information)\n\n+ The European Space Agency conducted a long-duration firing of an Ariane 6\nprototype Nov. 23, one of the final tests before the agency is ready to set\na date for the rocket’s inaugural launch. ESA said Ariane 6 “passed” the\ntest in a statement shortly afterwards, describing it as a “seven-minute\nfull firing” of the engine, rather than the nearly eight minutes advertised\nbeforehand. (ANS thanks SpaceNews.com for the above information)\n\n+ The tool bag recently lost by NASA astronauts during a spacewalk is now\norbiting Earth and is surprisingly visible to stargazers. The object can\nappear as bright as a 6th-magnitude star. The tool bag changes slightly in\nbrightness, suggesting the object is tumbling as it orbits our planet.\nAlthough the tool bag was ahead of the International Space Station (ISS) by\nabout a minute or two shortly after the incident, it is gradually appearing\nfarther ahead of the ISS as it loses altitude. By mid-November, the tool\nbag should be ahead by about ten minutes. (ANS thanks EarthSky.org for the\nabove information)\n\n+ With the Sun in the way of our messages, Curiosity and Perseverance,\nalong with Ingenuity, MRO, Odyssey, and MAVEN, are hunkered down during the\nMars solar conjunction communication blackout. Curiosity has now spent\n4,000 sols exploring the red planet and has driven 32 km. (ANS thanks The\nOrbital Index for the above information)\n\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\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this 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, Mark Johns, KØJM\nk0jm [at] amsat.org\n\n\n",
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