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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/S7TONHNARI7MVZOBODD7UJHJOPF24IO4/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "S7TONHNARI7MVZOBODD7UJHJOPF24IO4", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/S7TONHNARI7MVZOBODD7UJHJOPF24IO4/", "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-038 AMSAT Weekly News Bulletin", "date": "2021-02-07T00:41:54Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-038\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: [email protected]\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\nIn this edition:\n\n* RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E Is Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 109 (AO-109)\n* SN9 Starship Test Launch: Otherwise successful test ends in a fireball\n* CAPE-3 Updates and iGate Request\n* First QO-100 satellite contact from Indonesia\n* ARISS Call for Proposals: Contacts for January to June 2022\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for February 4, 2021\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-038 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 038.01\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 Feb 07\n\nRadFxSat-2/Fox-1E Is Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 109 (AO-109)\n\nOn January 17, 2021, the RadFxSat-2 cubesat was launched on a LauncherOne\nvehicle off the coast of California. RadFxSat-2 is a joint mission of AMSAT\nand the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt\nUniversity. The satellite carries a telemetry beacon and a linear\ntransponder, along with radiation effects experiments. The telemetry beacon\nhas not yet been heard, but the transponder is partially operational at\nreduced signal strength. Work continues to recover the telemetry beacon and\ncharacterize the transponder with the goal of opening it for general use.\nAMSAT hereby designates RadFxSat-2 as AMSAT-OSCAR 109 (AO-109).\n\nTesting and characterization of RadFxSat-2/AO-109 continues. After user\nreports and additional verification that the linear transponder is at least\npartially functioning with a low level downlink signal, the Engineering and\nOperations teams made the official designation. Of the several objects have\nbeen suspected (D, C, and M), with Object C being suggested recently by Drew\nGlasbrenner, KO4MA. Recently, these satellites have sufficiently spread\napart to allow testing to determine which object is RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E. \n\nDuring the 2 Feb 2021 0240 UTC passes, command station Mark Hammond, N8MH,\ncompared Objects D, C, and M for the \"best fit\" for received signals with\nDoppler correction on both the uplink and downlink frequencies for each of\nthe candidate objects. Objects D and M were quickly eliminated from further\nconsideration, due to poor frequency predictions of Doppler correction\ncompared to observed signals. The clear best fit is Object C, which is known\nOBJECT C, INTELDES 2021-002C, and NORAD CAT ID 47311. Therefore, AMSAT is\nhappy to identify Object C/2021-002C/47311U as RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E and make\nthe designation AO-109. Thanks to Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, for support during\nthe identification. \n\nThe Engineering and Operations teams appreciate the community's cooperation\nthus far and affirm the request that users do not attempt to use the\ntransponder until further notice. The proper identification will allow\nfurther characterization of the satellite's condition through additional\ntesting. \n\n(ANS thanks Mark L. Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Director and the Engineering and\nOperations Team 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\nAnother Starship Test Launch: SN9 test ends in a fireball\n\nOn Tuesday, February 2, Starship serial number 9 (SN9) completed SpaceX's\nsecond high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from our site in\nCameron County, Texas.\n\nSimilar to the high-altitude flight test of Starship serial number 8 (SN8),\nSN9 was powered through ascent by three Raptor engines, each shutting down\nin sequence prior to the vehicle reaching apogee - approximately 10\nkilometers in altitude. SN9 successfully performed a propellant transition\nto the internal header tanks, which hold landing propellant, before\nreorienting itself for reentry and a controlled aerodynamic descent. \n\nDuring the landing flip maneuver, one of the Raptor engines did not relight\nand caused SN9 to land at high speed and experience a RUD.\n\nThe full description and a video of the test launch may be found at:\nhttps://bit.ly/3avfkPC\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceX Public Relations for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office\n is closed until further notice. For details, please visit\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nCAPE-3 Updates and iGate Request\n\nRizwan Merchant, KF5BNL, reports: \"It seems CAPE-3 is indeed healthy in\norbit. Our power system seems to be working as intended and UHF transmitters\nseem healthy. However, we're suspecting the VHF radio is dead on arrival.\nWe've not seen any indication of it functioning in orbit, which aligns with\na fear we had prior to integration. \n\nThe CAPE-3 team is devising plans to begin testing individual subsystems on\nthe satellite to gauge the health of those. This might take a few more weeks\nto validate and provide an update on what capabilities we can still carry\nout, as we update our ground systems.\" \n\nAdditional updated information on CAPE-3 may be found at:\nhttps://bit.ly/2O6t1Nj\n\nRizwan continues: \"If anyone is able to switch their iGates, or make a UHF\niGate to help track CAPE-3 email packets, we'd be really grateful for the\nhelp! We've turned on one at our University as well.\n1.) We are expecting UHF APRS on 437.325, the same as what our FSK and AX.25\npackets are coming across on. \n2.) From what I can tell, our NORAD ID is 47309. \n3.) Currently we are having some issues commanding CAPE-3 from our\nUniversity lab, so once we are able to transmit commands, we'll be able to\nset the APRS emails to come across more often, and begin experimenting the\ntweeting function to see if it works as we intended.\n\nI'd like to thank everyone who's helped so far! We got our first email\npacket from W7KKE-13 earlier this evening (approximately 00:45 UTC Saturday,\n02/06/2021).\n\nThe SatNOGS network is getting packets fairly regularly:\nhttps://network.satnogs.org/observations/?future=0&bad=0&unknown=0&failed=0&\nnorad=47309&observer=&station=&start=&end= \"\n\n[ANS thanks Riswan Merchant, KF5BN, 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\nFirst QO-100 satellite contact from Indonesia\n\nIndonesia's national amateur radio society, ORARI, reports on the first\ncontacts from Indonesia via the Qatar-Oscar-100 geostationary satellite\ntransponder\n\nThe contacts took place on Thursday, January 27, 2021. Those involved were\nFarid Farhan YC1HVZ, Remco den Besten PA3FYM and Rene Stevens PE1CMO.\n\nORARI's report says a team from the Telkom University Telecommunication\nEngineering Student Association (HMTT) led by Farid Farhan YC1HVZ, succeeded\nin conducting the first contact from Bukit Moko (Grid square OI33UD),\nBandung, West Java with a satellite elevation of 0.8 degrees at an altitude\nof 1200m+.\n\nAdditional information is available at: https://bit.ly/3jgIC8B\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nARISS Call for Proposals \n\nNew Proposal Window is February 15th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021\nFebruary 2, 2021 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio\ncontact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the\ncontact would be held between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Crew\nscheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To\nmaximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for\norganizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the\ncontact into a well-developed education plan. \n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is March 31st, 2021. Proposal information\nand more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal\nform can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session\nwill be held on February 25th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign\nup is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2021.eventbrite.com\n\nAdditional information may be found at https://www.ariss.org/\n\n[ANS thanks David Jordan AA4KN ARISS PR 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. Come along for the ride. The\njourney will be worth it!\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for February 4, 2021\n\nThe NORAD Cat ID for RadFxSat-2 has been updated in this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\nDistribution as follows:\n\nRadFxSat-2 - NORAD Cat ID 47311.\nMark Hammond, N8MH, (AMSAT Director and Command Station) has identified\nRadFxSat-2 as OBJECT C, NORAD CAT ID 47311. OBJECT C was determined to be\nthe \"best fit\" for RadFXSAt-2 and OBJECTS D and M were eliminated as\ncontenders. RadFxSat-2/Fox1E has been designated AO-109 as reported above.\n\nThe following satellites have also been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\nDistribution:\n\nSOMP 2b - NORAD Cat ID 47445.\nIDEASSat - NORAD Cat ID 47458.\nThanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for these two satellite identifications.\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--------------------------------------------------------------------\nARISS NEWS\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-02-06 04:30 UTC\n \nSterling MS, Ashburn, VA, multi-point telebridge via ON4ISS (***)\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS \nThe downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz \nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html \nThe scheduled astronaut is Shannon Walker KD5DXB (***)\nContact is go for: Tue 2021-02-09 14:44:48 UTC 66 deg (***)\n \nWatch for live stream at https://youtu.be/qVhBweqjCo4 (***)\n\nRed Hill Lutheran, Tustin, CA, telebridge via NA7V (***)\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) \nThe downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz \nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html \nThe scheduled astronaut is Mike Hopkins KF5LJG (***)\nContact is go for: Wed 2021-02-10 18:26:15 UTC 65 deg (***)\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\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\nN6DNM: There will be a quick run at CM88/89 on Sun 7th, and a good chance of\nan attempt at CM79 on around Feb 12-13 (if wx holds) . Details will follow.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nCM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your\ncalendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for #SOTA\nfolks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once\nbefore.\n\nJD1BQA activation of Ogasawara: Takio Hata, JH3QFL, plans to activate\nOgasawara (AS-031) from May 1 to 7 as JD1BQA. QRV on 160, 80, 40, and 6m on\nFT8/FT4, and via the RS-44 satellite (CW). QSL via JH3QFL (d).\nReport(Reported in DXNL 2235 - February 3, 2021 DX Newsletter)\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\nUpdated 02/3/ 2021\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, and JoAnne\nMaenpaa, K9JKM for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nWant to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nAMSAT Ambassador and registered ARRL instructor Clint Bradford K6LCS has a\ncouple Zoom presentations lined up to begin 2021. In the first week of\nFebruary, an \"abbreviated\" presentation was given to a Southern CA ARES\ngroup. Later in the month, a \"normal\" show will be presented. There are\nup-to-five spots available for you to attend! Just send Clint an email\nmessage for details.\n\nWould a 90-minute informative, personalized-to-your-club, FUN presentation\non working the \"easy\" satellites would be appropriate for your club? Send\nClint an email message, and let's book a date!\nContact: \nClint Bradford K6LCS\nk6lcs at ham-sat dot info\n909-999-SATS (7287)\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ UVSQSat update\n\nAfter a successful launch in December, on 2 Feb. 2021, UVSQSat switched mode\nfrom 1200 BPSK(G3RUH) to 9600 BPSK(G3RUH). Frequencies for UVSQSat are\ntelemetry on 437.02 MHz with callsign LATMOS-1 and the repeater: 145.905 MHz\nUplink, 437.02 MHz Downlink\nMore information on the UVSQSat mission may be found at:\nhttps://bit.ly/3oOPYRy \n(ANS thanks Christophe Mercier of AMSAT Francophone for the above\ninformation).\n\n+ Two astronauts working outside the International Space Station on January\n27 installed a European Space Agency data relay antenna and connected four\nof six cables to partially power a new ESA experiment platform. But the two\ncables they were unable to connect to the Bartolomeo platform will need to\nbe connected later. Unable to resolve the cable trouble, they capped the two\nbalky connectors and used tie-downs to hold all the cables in place. (ANS\nthanks SpaceFlight Now for the above information)\n\n+ An update to the IC-705 Satellite Memory .CSV file has been posted at the\nAMSAT-SE website. Lars, SM0TGU, has fixed a bug in the PO-101 settings and\nhas added 5 offsets for each of the FM birds. The 5 offset memory settings\nshould make it easier to track the doppler shift of those satellites if an\noperator is in the field. The revised memory settings files are available\nat: https://www.amsat.se/2020/11/12/satellite-memory-file-for-ic-705/\n(ANS thanks Lars Thunberg, SM0TGU of AMSAT-SE for the above information)\n\n+ Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine and dozens of vine shoots are back at home\nin southwest France after spending months on the International Space Station\n(ISS) for an unusual astrochemistry experiment. The red wine and 320 mature\nshoots known as canes arrived February 1 after their return to Earth via a\nDragon capsule operated by SpaceX. They will be analysed at the Institute of\nVine and Wine Science in Bordeaux to see how the stresses produced by zero\ngravity affect both grape growth and the finished product, which could spur\nnew agricultural research. (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above\ninformation)\n\n+ Sixty more SpaceX-owned Starlink internet satellites rocketed through a\nmoonlit winter sky over Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 launcher early\nThursday, while another Falcon 9 stood on a different launch pad a few miles\naway to loft another 60 Starlink payloads Friday. The first stage's landing\npunctuated the fifth trip to space and back for this booster, and it broke a\nrecord for the fastest turnaround between flights of a SpaceX booster,\nbesting the previous mark of 38 days set last month.(ANS thanks SpaceFlight\nNow for the above information)\n\n+ Diplomas for the AMICALSAT satellite are being sent out. If you have not\nyet requested them, you can do so before 28/02/2021. The request for a\ndiploma is done by sending an email to [email protected] indicating your\ncallsign or the name given in the AMSAT-F database to send the data. (ANS\nthanks Christophe Mercier of AMSAT Francophone for the above information)\n\n+ The first private Chinese company to reach orbit met with failure Monday\n(Feb. 1) during its second attempt to go to space. iSpace's four-stage\nHyperbola-1 rocket failed after liftoff while attempting to carry the\ncubesat-sized Fangzhou-2 (Ark-2) satellite into space. Media reports\nindicate the launch attempt happened around 0815z from the Jiuquan Satellite\nLaunch Center in the Gobi Desert. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above\ninformation)\n\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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from 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\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\nkd4iz at frawg dot org\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }