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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-328",
    "date": "2013-11-24T05:57:54Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-328\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* A Historic Week for CubeSat Launches\n* FUNcube-1 spacecraft now named AO-73\n* Amateur Radio Satellites Launched Nov 21 on Dnepr\n* NASA ELaNa-4 Cubesats Launched Nov 19 with ORS-3 Minotaur from Wallops, VA\n* South Africa ZACube-1 Now Named TshepisoSat\n* Assistance requested in receiving UNISAT-5 payloads\n* Adding new satellites to SatPC32 and Gpredict\n* Triton-1 Update November 23\n* Delfi-n3Xt Update November 22\n* FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Activation\n* FUNcube-1 Transponder in Autonomous Mode\n* Satellite TLE Challenge Begins\n* FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Test Saturday November 23\n* $50Sat Eagle2 PocketQube Operational\n* BBC TV visit FUNcube station at RSGB National Radio Centre\n* FUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Transponder Test\n* FUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Fitter Message Uploaded\n* FUNcube-1 Loud and Clear in Essex\n* FUNcube-1 on BBC News\n* Florida SwampSat Team Request Assistance\n* FUNcube-1 Deployed\n* FUNcube-1 Bletchley Park monitoring station ready for launch\n* Minotaur-1 Deploys CubeSats\n* Triton-1 Update\n* FUNcube Dashboard – New Version v806 Released\n* Help Track ISS CubeSats\n* Delfi-n3Xt Update\n* Help needed with the CAPE II satellite\n* Dual-Band Slim Jim Antenna for Satellites\n* PhoneSat 2.4\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-328.01\nANS-328 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 328.01\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 24, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-328.01\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nA Historic Week for CubeSat Launches\n\n\nThis week has seen the deployment of 64 cubesats, with 35 of the satellites\noperating on amateur radio frequencies, now orbiting our Earth.\n\nBarry Baines, WD4ASW, President of AMSAT-NA and all of the editors of\nthe AMSAT News Service wish to congratulate all of the teams that have had\nsatellites deployed. May your birds fly high, sing loud, and live long!\n\nI have tried to capture a majority of the events as they have occurred from\nthe newest (at the top) to the oldest (earlier in the week at the \nbottom). For\nfurther information please check the team's website or better yet, get \non the\nair and work the birds!\n\n\n[73, ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 spacecraft now named AO-73\n\n\nThe FUNcube team are delighted to be able to release the formal email \nreceived\nat the Bletchley Park monitoring station on the afternoon of Thursday, \nNovember\n21, informing us that the FUNcube-1 spacecraft can now be referred to as \nAMSAT-\nOSCAR-73 (AO-73).\n\n\"Congratulations on the successful launch of the FUNcube-1 CubeSat, launched\nthis morning from Yasny in Russia at 07:10:10.47 UTC November 21st 2013.\n\nSince FUNcube-1 meets all of the requirements for being issued an OSCAR\nnumber, including coordination through IARU and requesting such a number; I,\nunder authority vested in me by the President of AMSAT-NA, do hereby name\nFUNcube-1, ”AMSAT- OSCAR-73? or “AO-73.”\n\nI, and all at AMSAT-NA wish AMSAT- OSCAR-73 great success in fulfilling \nall of\nits mission objectives and we welcome it to the long list of Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\n73,\n\nWilliam (Bill) Tynan, W3XO\nOSCAR Number Administrator\n\nFUNcube-1 Deployed\nsee http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/21/funcube-1-deployed/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Radio Satellites Launched Nov 21 on Dnepr\n\n\nSignals heard from Funcube-1 and Triton-1 on first pass over EU.\n\nA Russian Dnepr rocket launched on November 21 at 07:10:11 UTC from\nDombarovsky near Yasny. This launch deployed 32 satellites, many of \nwhich are\namateur radio or experimental using amateur radio frequencies.\n\nNader, ST2NH has developed graphics depicting the known satellites on the\nlaunch, as well as published frequencies of those using amateur radio. \nNader’s\nblog can be found at\n\nhttp://st2nh-blogger.blogspot.co.uk/\n\nA full list of known payloads can be found at\n\nhttp://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1745\n\nSeveral of these satellites are expected to provide opportunities for \ntwo-way\namateur communications via linear transponders, FM to DSB repeaters, or \ndigital\nlinks.\n\nFUNcube-1 from AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL is a 1U cubesat that includes an\neducational beacon and 20 kHz wide linear transponder. Detailed info is at:\n\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/ and http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/funcube-cubesat/\n\nPreliminary keps:\n\nFUNCUBE-1\n1 99991U 00000    13325.30956308  .00000106  00000-0  10000-3 0 00010\n2 99991 097.7956 038.2570 0059925 198.5190 336.5388\n14.77841394000015\n\nDelfi-n3Xt is a 3U cubesat from Delft University of\nTechnology that includes a 40kHz wide linear transponder and high speed \nS-band\ndownlink. Detailed info may be found at\n\nhttp://www.delfispace.nl/index.php/delfi-n3xt\n\nTriton-1 is a 3U cubesat from ISIS-BV (Innovative Solutions In\nSpace BV) with a AIS (ship location service) radio science experiment. After\nthe experiment is complete (est. 3 months), the spacecraft radios will be\nreconfigured to U/V FM to DSB (“AO-16 mode”) repeaters open for amateur use.\nMore info is at\nhttp://www.isispace.nl/cms/index.php/projects/triton-missions\nand\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=224S\n\nCubeBug-2\nis a 2U cubesat from the Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and\nProductive Innovation, INVAPS.E., Satellogic S.A., and Radio Club Bariloche\nIt is a technology demonstration mission, with digipeater and data downloads\nopen after initial experiments.\nSee http://2.cubebug.org/\nand http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=310\n\nCubeBUG-2_SatelliteAdditional launch information will be added as it becomes\navailable.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA ELaNa-4 Cubesats Launched Nov 19 with ORS-3 Minotaur from Wallops, VA\n\n\nLAUNCHED!\n\nEleven cubesats from NASA’s ELaNa Educational Launch of Nanosatellites \nprogram\nwere launched on the ORS-3 mission on a US Air Force Minotaur-1 from\nWallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Launch scheduled for 2330 UTC\non November 19, 2013, with a target orbit of 500km circular, and 40.5 degree\ninclination.\n\nCubesat.org recently published a list of those satellites in the amateur\nservice, or those using amateur frequencies under an experimental \nlicense. The\nlist includes frequencies, modulation, beacon periods, and links to the\nindividual project web pages, and can be found at\nhttp://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-alert\n\nUp to the minute launch data can be found at Spaceflight Now’s web site at\nhttp://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ors3/status.html\n\nReal time discussion regarding the launch can be found via IRC, with details\nposted at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators\n\nUPDATE\n\nPreliminary Keplerian elements have been released; refer to\nhttp://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-alert\nfor P-POD order assignments.\n\nORS3-2.2A\n1 99900U 00000 13324.06792882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0005\n2 99900 40.5215 249.9769 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000006\nORS3-2.3A\n1 99901U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0007\n2 99901 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000009\nORS3-2.3B\n1 99902U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0008\n2 99902 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000000\nORS3-2.3C\n1 99903U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0009\n2 99903 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000001\nORS3-2.5A\n1 99904U 00000 13324.06862326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000\n2 99904 40.5214 249.9768 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000009\nORS3-2.5B\n1 99905U 00000 13324.06862326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001\n2 99905 40.5214 249.9768 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000000\nORS3-2.5C\n1 99906U 00000 13324.06862326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0002\n2 99906 40.5214 249.9768 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000001\nORS3-2.6A\n1 99907U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0003\n2 99907 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000005\nORS3-2.6B\n1 99908U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0004\n2 99908 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000006\nORS3-2.6C\n1 99909U 00000 13324.06827604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0005\n2 99909 40.5215 249.9769 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000007\nORS3-2.7A\n1 99910U 00000 13324.06792882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0006\n2 99910 40.5215 249.9769 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000007\nORS3-2.7B\n1 99911U 00000 13324.06792882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0007\n2 99911 40.5215 249.9769 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000008\nORS3-2.7C\n1 99912U 00000 13324.06792882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0008\n2 99912 40.5215 249.9769 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000009\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSouth Africa ZACube-1 Now Named TshepisoSat\n\n\nThe South African Radio League posted this news in their SARL News\nSunday November 24 Bulletins:\n\nOn Thursday 21 November  2013 the French South African Institute of\nTechnology (F'SATI), at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology,\nmade history by being the first in South Africa, and indeed the first\nin Africa, to launch a locally built nano satellite into orbit from a\nsite in Russia.\n\nDeon Coetzee, ZR1DE, who represented SA AMSAT at a ceremony held in\nthe auditorium at the university campus reports that  Vice Chancellor,\nProf. Vuyisa Mazwi-Tonga, paid tribute to all at the university who\nmade this achievement possible, and said she was immensely proud of\nbeing part of it all.\n\nOriginal known as ZACube-1, the satellite has been named TshepisoSat,\nafter a competition held for Grade 9 learners. Tshepiso is the seSotho\nword meaning promise.\n\nThe launch was the culmination of five years' work after the first\nproposal to build a small satellite as part of the engineering\ncurriculum was put forward by Professor Robert van Zyl in February\n2008. Co-operation of the French Government made possible the forming\nof  F'SATI  and the French Ambassador in South Africa, Elizabeth\nBarbier, during a video address, promised continued support by France\nfor the programme.\n\nZACUBE-1 was one of fourteen cubesats aboard the thirty metre tall,\nthree stage rocket. All the cubesats were successfully released at a\nheight of 600 km above the Earth. TshepisoSat will circle the Earth up\nto fifteen times per day in a polar orbit.\n\n\"At 11h13 the first signals from ZACUBE-1 were received amongst loud\ncheers\", Deon said. According to Francois Visser, ZS1CED, who was the\nprincipal engineer and student mentor, the satellite was functioning\nwell. The satellite also includes a small camera which will be used to\nmonitor the releases of the 20 metre beacon antenna. The beacon will\noperate on 14 099 kHz  and will be used to characterise the Superdarn\nantennas at the Antarctic which are used to study the ionosphere. A\nUHF beacon operates on 437,345 MHz. Follow  progress at\nwww.cput.ac.za/fsati and www.amsatsa.org.za\n\n\n[ANS thanks the South African Radio League for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAssistance requested in receiving UNISAT-5 payloads\n\n\nThe Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems (GAUSS) has \nasked for\nassistance in receiving some of the satellites deployed by the UNISAT-5 \nmini-\nsatellite which was launched on a Dnepr from Yasny on November 21.\n\nDear All,\n\nThe Dnepr Cluster Launch 2013 has just been successfully accomplished:\nif anyone of the CubeSat community has the chance, please support GAUSS team\nin receiving some of the US5 payloads.\nTry to get:\n- PUCPSAT (from Perù): beacon @ 145.840 MHz (transmitting call sign OA0PUCP)\n- HumSat-D (from Spain): 437.325 MHz\n- WREN: 437.405 MHz\n\nThank you for your support!\n\nGAUSSteam\n–\nGruppo di Astrodinamica per l’Uso dei Sistemi Spaziali – Group of\nAstrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems\nVia Lariana, 5\n00199 Roma\n\nDnepr Yasny launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/dnepr-november-2013/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAdding new satellites to SatPC32 and Gpredict\n\n\nErich, DK1TB, has provided a short guide on how to manually add new \nsatellites\nto the SatPC32 satellite tracking app which is available from the \nAMSAT-UK shop.\n\nThe new FUNcube-1 AO-73 satellite is used as an example.\n\na. Copy  the following address to the aux. file Celestrak.SQF (all aux. \nfiles\ncan be opened and edited from menu “?”, “Auxiliary Files”):\nhttp://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nb. Copy the following line to the file AmsatNames.txt\n39417 13066B  AO-73\nThat will convert the CelesTrak sat name 213-066B to AO-73. In menu\n“Satellites” choose “SatNames”, “Use Amsat Names if Available”.\n\nc. Copy the following lines to Doppler.SQF:\nAO-73,145934.0,,USB,,,,TLM\nAO-73,145960.0,435140.0,USB,LS\nB,REV,,, Transponder\n\nIn menu “Satellites” choose “Sat Groups” and select – for example- the group\n“Diverse” to have the sat in a separate list. With “Update Keps” \ndownload the\nCelestrak file. It will appear in  the left list of the menu. Click on \nthe file\nname. In the middle list you will see AO-73 with this name. Select it \nfor the\nright list and click “OK”. The group will  later automatically use the \nchosen\nCelesTrak file.\n\n73s, Erich, DK1TB\n\nGpredict\n\nBryce KB1LQC describes how to update the free satellite tracking software\nGpredict:\n\nYou can add new TLE’s by using the Edit->Update TLE and choose network or\nlocal files. I’ve found it interesting to get some of the FUNcube TLE’s in\nthere, maybe Gpredict is being picky but it’s worked. Also, there’s a \ndownward\nfacing arrow in the top right window of Gpredict with a “configure” menu\noption. I’ve placed my cursor over it in one of the screenshots. When \nyou are\nin there you can add and remove satellites as shown in the second \nscreenshot.\nHope this helps!\n\nLocation of configure menu:\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/11015569633/ (Preview)\nInside Configure menu:\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/11015526594/ (Preview)\n\nSatellite TLE Challenge Begins http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/tle-challenge-\nbegins/\n\nISS CubeSats http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/16/iss-cubesats-deploy-tuesday-and-\nwednesday/\n\nMinotaur-1 ELaNa-4 launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/elana-4-cubesats/\n\nDnepr Yasny launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/dnepr-november-2013/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTriton-1 Update November 23\n\n\nTriton-1 is a 3U cubesat from ISIS-BV (Innovative Solutions In Space BV) \nwith\na AIS (ship location service) radio science experiment which was launched on\nNovember 21. After the experiment is complete (est. 3 months), the \nspacecraft\nradios will be reconfigured to U/V FM to DSB (“AO-16 mode”) repeaters \nopen for\namateur use.\n\nThis update was issued at 08:48 on November 23, 2013.\n\nHi all,\n\nNew TLE’s for the DNEPR launch have been issued, we believe that\nTriton-1 is object M.\n\n2013-066M\n1 39427U 13066M  13326.98436826 -.00002391  00000-0 -39688-3 0 10\n2 39427  97.7901  39.5474 0120424 185.3601 174.6374 14.64539763 201\n\nMeanwhile, Triton-1 is still in nominal mode, transmitting AX.25 BPSK on\n145.822 MHz. Reception reports, especially in case the satellite is in\nsafe mode (transmitting the safe mode CW beacon) are welcome!\n\n73 on behalf of the team,\n\nWouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ\n\nTriton missions \nhttp://www.isispace.nl/cms/index.php/projects/triton-missions\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDelfi-n3Xt Update November 22\n\n\nDelfi Nanosatellite Program Manager, Jasper Bouwmeester, provides this \nupdate\non the Delfi-n3Xt satellite which was launched November 21 and carries a\n435/145 MHz linear transponder.\n\nDear radio amateurs,\n\nWe had a fantastic launch and early reception of Delfi-n3Xt! The good \nnews is\nthat Delfi-n3Xt is transmitting when in the Sun and is off in eclipse to \nsave\nbattery power; just as we want it to be. The signal strength is also good.\n\nVHF Reception\n\nWe have noticed however that the DUDe telemetry client does not properly\nindicate the frequency offset and it is very difficult to get a lock on the\nsignal.\n\nAlso our ICOM910 receivers have too limited bandwidth to receive a 2400 \nbit/s\nBPSK signal properly (although we had a few packets decoded with this, \nso it is\njust on the edge of what is possible). We now use only AR5000 in combination\nwith an SDR to record a wide spectrum in IQ files. This way we can \nreplay the\nfiles and retune the signal again and have been able to decode more packets\nthan before. This morning at our second pass we were lucky to have a \nreal time\nlock on the signal and retrieve many packets, so it is possible to have it\nright at once. But of course we would like to get the ‘luck-factor’ out \nof it.\n\nA few people will look into the Costas PLL inside DUDe to see if we can\nimprove its performance.  Meanwhile, you can regard Delfi-n3Xt as a real\nchallenging game to decode packets…\n\nS-band reception\n\nWith respect to the S-band, we have not been able to test this as all our\nefforts go into VHF reception. The beacon is however on (also in eclipse),\ntransmitting packets in a duty cycle of 5%, 1 Hz at 50 kbit/s MSK. The\nsatellite is however still tumbling, so the antenna might be pointing in\narbitrary direction. Next to this, a lot of gain is needed to be able to \neven\nsee something above the noise floor (we have an 38dB dish). I believe \nthat dish\nantenna below 25 dB will not be able to receive the beacon (let alone decode\nit). If someone however has the right equipment and good see the 1 Hz \nbeacon,\ne.g. in a waterfall plot, please let us know and sent us a picture!\n\nTLEs\n\nThese are the latest TLEs we have received:\n1 00371U 00371A   13325.30974640  .00000000  00000-0  10000-4 0 7\n2 00371  97.7888  38.2587 0131876 190.4863 345.6615 14.61864099 08\n\n73,\n\nJasper\n\nTelemetry reception \nhttp://www.delfispace.nl/operations/delfi-n3xt-telemetry-\nreception\n\nDelfi-n3Xt http://www.delfispace.nl/operations/radio-amateurs\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Activation\n\n\nThe FUNcube Team have had reports of an apparent distortion in the \ntransmitted\ntelemetry and difficulty in decoding around 12:00 UT today.\n\nIt is believed that this may have actually been occurring due to the natural\nphenomena of an active aurora rather than a problem on board the \nspacecraft. We\nunderstand that another spacecraft had the same issues around the same time.\n\nThe Team intend to command AO-73 back into autonomous mode during the \n2035 UT\npass this evening. This will mean that we should have the transponder active\nwhen in eclipse and telemetry only when in sunlight.\n\nEveryday we learn something new!\n\nbest 73\n\nFUNcube-1 team\n\nAnalysis of the telemetry data from FUNcube-1 (AO-73) is continuing. \nThank you\nto all stations who have provided telemetry so far. More telemetry data is\nneeded to enable the FUNcube team to characterise the satellite.\n\nWe would encourage stations to download the Dashboard software to \nreceive the\ntelemetry and upload it to the Data Warehouse.\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 Transponder in Autonomous Mode\n\n\nA test of the Autonomous Mode on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) SSB/CW linear\ntransponder has been carried out.\n\nIt was switched into Autonomous Mode during orbit 32 at 1113 UT on Saturday,\nNovember 23. In this mode the transponder will automatically switch on \nwhen the\nspacecraft enters darkness, and switch off again when it enters sunlight.\n\nDuring the test all radio amateurs in the footprint were encouraged to make\ntheir own tests of the transponder up/down links, and make contacts.\n\nAmong the contacts reported have been:\n\nAlan ZL2BX: Transponder switched to eclipse mode OK about mid pass over ZL.\nGood signals from the transponder and had a brief contact with VK2MAL.\n\nMalcolm VK2MAL: Good signals from AO-73 over VK tonight. Stations heard\nthrough the transponder were ZL2BX Alan and VK4CBW Wal.\n\nIf you did make a contact or test please report the details as a comment on\nthe FUNcube website at http://funcube.org.uk/\n\nPlease note that the transponder frequencies have not yet been fully\ncharacterised.\n\nFUNcube-1 Radio Communications Payload:\n• 145.935 MHz BPSK Telemetry 300 mW or 30 mW when the transponder has been\nactivated\n• Inverting SSB/CW transponder 300 mW PEP\n- 435.150 – 435.130 MHz Uplink\n- 145.950 – 145.970 MHz Downlink\n\nAnalysis of the telemetry data from FUNcube-1 (AO-73) is continuing. \nThank you\nto all stations who have provided telemetry so far. More telemetry data is\nneeded to enable the FUNcube team to characterise the satellite.\n\nWe would encourage stations to download the Dashboard software to \nreceive the\ntelemetry and upload it to the Data Warehouse.\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite TLE Challenge Begins\n\n\nThis week has seen deployments from the ISS, a Minotaur-1 and a Dnepr of an\nestimated 35 satellites carrying amateur radio payloads along with a \nnumber of\ncommercial and research satellites.\n\nAfter a launch the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) \nissue the\nKeplerian Two Line Element Set which can be used to determine the \nposition and\nvelocity of the associated satellite. CelesTrak make this information \navailable\nand the file for launches in the past 30 days is available here.\n\nAfter a new launch this file will list the ID’s of the objects that \nNORAD have\ndetected. These objects can be parts of the rocket body as well as the\nsatellites. The challenge in the days after launch is to work out which \nobject\nID’s correspond to which satellites.\n\nOn the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) Nico Janssen PA0DLO has posted an\noverview of the presently known IDs for the satellites that were launched\nbetween November 19-21.\n\nISS JSSOD Cubesat launches\n2013-11-19 12:18 UTC\n39412 1998-067DA  Pico Dragon ?\n39413 1998-067DB  ArduSat 1 ?\n39414 1998-067DC  ArduSat X ?\nTo be confirmed when the objects have more separation.\n2013-11-20 07:58 UTC\n39415 1998-067DD  TechEdSat 3P\n\nMinotaur 1, Wallops Flight Facility\n2013-11-20 01:15 UTC\nORS3 & ELaNa 4: 29 satellites\nSo far only 4 TLEs published. No IDs yet but probably:\n39380 2013-064A  STPSat 3\n\nDnepr, Yasny\n2013-11-21 07:10:11 UTC\n32 satellites\n19 TLEs published\n39417 2013-066B  FUNcube 1\n39427 2013-066M  Triton 1\n39428 2013-066N  Delfi-n3Xt\n\nNote that all designations may change later on.\n\n73,\nNico PA0DLO\n\nKeplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs or ‘Keps’):\n• New satellites launched in past 30 days\nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n• CubeSats http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt\n• Experimental satellites http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/x-comm.txt\n• Engineering satellites http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/engineering.txt\n• Amateur radio satellites \nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasa.all\n\nNORAD Two-Line Element Set Format \nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/documentation/tle-\nfmt.asp\n\nISS CubeSats http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/16/iss-cubesats-deploy-tuesday-and-\nwednesday/\n\nMinotaur-1 ELaNa-4 launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/elana-4-cubesats/\n\nDnepr Yasny launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/dnepr-november-2013/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Test Saturday November 23\n\n\nThe FUNcube Team are planning to open the SSB/CW linear transponder on the\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73) CubeSat for a single orbit on Saturday, November 23. \nThe aim\nof this test is to establish the thermal performance of the satellite \nwhen in\nthis mode for an extended period.\n\nAll radio amateurs who are in the footprint are welcome to make their own\ntests of the transponder up/down links, and make contacts. It is planned to\nswitch on the transponder either during the orbit timed at 0937 UT \n(orbit 31)\nat the Time of Closest Approach (TCA) to Bletchley Park, or the \nfollowing orbit\nat 1113 UT (orbit 32).\n\nIf you do make a contact or test please report the details as a comment \non the\nFUNcube website at \nhttp://funcube.org.uk/2013/11/22/transponder-test-tomorrow-\n23-nov-2013/\n\nPlease note that the transponder frequencies have not yet been fully\ncharacterised.\n\nFUNcube-1 Radio Communications Payload:\n• 145.935 MHz BPSK Telemetry 300 mW or 30 mW when the transponder has been\nactivated\n• Inverting SSB/CW transponder 300 mW PEP\n- 435.150 – 435.130 MHz Uplink\n- 145.950 – 145.970 MHz Downlink\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\nFirst Transponder Test http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/22/funcube-1-ao-73-\ntransponder-tested/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n$50Sat Eagle2 PocketQube Operational\n\n\n$50SAT – Eagle2 – the PICAXE and RFM22B micro satellite was successfully\nlaunched from Dombarovsky Air Base in Russia on November 21 at 07:10 UT.\n\nIt went active soon after being released from UNISAT-5 and the 437.505 \nMHz (+/-\n10 kHz Doppler shift) Morse beacon from $50SAT was heard in the UK at 10:28\nthat morning (Nov. 21).\n\n$50SAT is a very low cost and simple satellite and most radio amateurs \nshould\nbe able to receive the Morse beacon and FSK RTTY data with an omni \ndirectional\nantenna.\n\nThe primary purpose of $50SAT (Eagle2) was to create a cost effective \nplatform\nfor engineering and science students to use for developing real world \nskills.\nThe PocketQube form factor has no precision mechanical parts and can be \nbuilt\nfrom locally obtained sheet metal.\n\n$50sat is comprised of two 40mm x 40mm circuit boards. The first is the\nprocessor/radio board which contains the PICaxe 40X2 processor programmed in\nPICaxe basic, the Hope RFM22B single chip radio and some peripheral devices.\nThe PICaxe 40X2 is an easy to use micro controller popular in the education\nsector.\n\nThe second board is the power control and monitor board. This board contains\nfour maximum power point controllers, one for each solar array on each \nside of\nthe spacecraft as well as current monitors for the battery and summed solar\npower. The battery is a common 3.7 volt lithium ion camera battery.\n\nThe satellite will transmit data telemetry about the satellites operation, a\nsequence of call signs in slow FM Morse and some key data as fast FM \nMorse (120\nWPM). The main data payload will also be transmitted as FSK RTTY which \nshould\nbe readily heard on the ground with basic amateur radio equipment.\n\n$50SAT has been a collaborative education project between Professor Bob\nTwiggs, KE6QMD, Morehead State University and three other radio \namateurs, Howie\nDeFelice, AB2S, Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA, and Stuart Robinson, GW7HPW.\n\nThe $50SAT team plan to make all the software and hardware designs freely\navailable to anyone who wants them for personal or educational use. The \nPICAXE\nsoftware and EagleCad files for the processor and radio board should soon be\nadded to the $50SAT DropBox.\n\nInformation on the communications payload is now available in the $50SAT\nDropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/-HxyXNsIr8\n\nThere is a discussion group for $50SAT at:\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/50dollarsat/conversations/topics\n\nThe $50SAT team plan to make all the software and hardware designs freely\navailable to anyone who wants them for personal or educational use.\n\n50DollarSat http://www.50dollarsat.info/\n\nHOPE RFM22B FSK transceiver http://www.hoperf.com/rf/module/fsk/RFM22B.htm\n\nPICAXE-40X2 microcontroller \nhttp://www.picaxe.com/Hardware/PICAXE-Chips/PICAXE-\n40X2-microcontroller/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBBC TV visit FUNcube station at RSGB National Radio Centre\n\n\nOn Friday, November 22 a film crew from the BBC Breakfast show visited the\nRSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park to interview the FUNcube\nProject team about the new educational amateur radio satellite FUNcube-1 \n(AO-\n73).\n\n\nBBC presenter John Maguire interviewed Graham Shirville G3VZV at the GB3RS\nstation in the NRC. Other members of the FUNcube team were filmed making \na SSB\ncontact from the Bletchley Park car park using the linear transponder on\nFUNcube-1.\n\nThe interview should be broadcast on the BBC One TV Breakfast show on \nMonday,\nNovember 25, between 6 and 9 AM. Shortly after a recording of the show \nshould\nbe made available for 7 days to view on the web at\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03jcfh2\n\nThe FUNcube segment will be short, only 2 or 3 minutes, but should be shown\nseveral times during the 3 hour show possibly at 10 minutes before each \nhour.\n\nDuring the visit to the National Radio Centre, John Maguire asked the \nFUNcube\nTeam to support a visit to a local school, Abbeys Primary School in \nBletchley,\nto meet up with some 10-11 year old pupils and talk to them about the \nFUNcube\nproject.\n\nThe visit was a huge success, with the school children asking lots of\nquestions. As this was the first educational outreach opportunity after \nlaunch,\nthe school children were asked to compose a Fitter message which the FUNcube\nTeam will upload to FUNcube-1 (AO-73) when they have decided what it \nshould be!\n(Teachers’s comment “Might be their home work!”).\n\nBBC One TV live on the web http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbcone/live\n\nBBC Breakfast show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5tb\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Transponder Test\n\n\nThe first test of the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) SSB/CW linear transponder took place\non Friday, November 22. The transponder was successfully commanded on at \n10:49\nUT and at 10:51 GB3RS successfully transmitted through the inverting\ntransponder using a pair of Yaesu FT-817 transceivers and an Arrow dual-band\nantenna.\n\nA two-way contact was then made between GB3RS and G0AUK who worked each \nother\nat 10:53 UT. Both stations were operating from the Bletchley Park car \npark each\nrunning 5 watts PEP to Arrow antennas.\n\nCiaran Morgan M0XTD captured the entire downlink passband during the \npass on a\nMicrosoft Surface Tablet using a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ SDR connected to an Elk\ndual-band antenna.\n\nHoward Long G6LVB also worked AO-73 while Ciaran Morgan M0XTD captured the\ndownlink passband data using a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and Microsoft Surface \nTablet\n\nFUNcube-1 carries a 20 kHz bandwidth transponder for SSB and CW\ncommunications. To reduce the Doppler shift the transponder is inverting\nmeaning that a Lower Sideband (LSB) signal on the uplink comes out as an \nUpper\nSideband (USB) signal on the downlink.\n\nTesting and analysis of the telemetry data from FUNcube-1 (AO-73) is \ncontinuing.\n\nThank you to all stations who have provided telemetry so far. More telemetry\ndata is needed to enable the FUNcube team to characterise the satellite.\n\nWe would encourage stations to download the Dashboard software to \nreceive the\ntelemetry and upload it to the Data Warehouse\n\nThe FUNcube Team hope to do further transponder tests possibly Saturday,\nNovember 23.\n\nFUNcube-1 Deployed !!! http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/21/funcube-1-deployed/\n\nBBC TV visit FUNcube station at RSGB National Radio Centre\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/22/bbc-visit-funcube-station-at-rsgb-national-\nradio-centre/\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Fitter Message Uploaded\n\n\nFirst Fitter Message Uploaded (FM8)\n\nOn Thursday evening the FUNcube team successfully uploaded the first Fitter\nmessage to the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite.\n\n‘Fitter’ is derived from ‘Twitter’. So it’s like a tweet, but via FUNcube.\n\nThe message is a short (200 characters maximum) text-like message which \ncan be\nuploaded to the satellite (by authorised ground stations), and which can be\ntransmitted several times every five minutes or so. It will continue to be\nretransmitted until such time as it is replaced by a new Fitter Message.\n\nThe message uploaded was:\n\"Thanks to ZS1LS for receiving and uploading\nthe first FUNcube-1 (AO-73) packets\"\n\nThere is memory space for a total of nine such Messages (total 1800 \ncharacters).\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 Loud and Clear in Essex\n\n\nPete Sipple M0PSX from the Essex Ham website was one of a handful of UK\namateurs to receive and decode the data signals from the satellite in its\nsecond UK pass at 10:28 GMT today.\n\nPete had tried receiving the first pass over the UK just before 09:00 \nGMT, but\nthis was very low on the horizon and he wasn’t able to receive it here in\nEssex. At the time FUNcube-1 was on low power running just 30 mW by the \ntime of\nthe second UK pass it was running high power, 300 mW.\n\nYou can see screenshots of the data, an audio recording of the pass, and\ndetails on how to receive signals from FUNcube-1 on the Essex Ham site:\nhttp://www.essexham.co.uk/news/funcube-1-live-and-heard-over-essex.html\n\nThe audio of FUNcube-1 received in Essex on an omni-directional colinear\nhttp://www.essexham.co.uk/media/funcube_1028_21nov13.mp3\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK, for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 on BBC News\n\n\nThe BBC report that the Dnepr rocket launching from Yasny in Russia has \nset a\nrecord for the most payloads carried to orbit in a single mission.\n\nThey say the converted intercontinental missile released 32 objects in \nspace –\nmostly small, so called “cubesats”.\n\nRead the BBC story Rocket deploys spacecraft armada at\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25035490\n\nStory on NASA Space Flight\nhttp://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/russian-dnepr-record-breaking-32-\nsatellite-haul/\n\nLatest FUNcube-1 TLE’s:\n\nFUNCUBE\n1 00312U 00312A   13325.30964218  .00000000  00000-0  10000-4 0 7\n2 00312  97.7992  38.2578 0062122 196.7894 338.6768 14.77349691 03\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFlorida SwampSat Team Request Assistance\n\n\nThe SwampSat team at the University of Florida is requesting assistance in\ncollecting telemetry from their 1U pico-satellite, which was successfully\nlaunched at 01:15 UT on November 20.  SwampSat will begin transmitting a \nbeacon\nafter 01:15 UT on November 21 (24 hours after launch).  The details are:\n\nTx frequency = 437.385 MHz\nAFSK modulation\n9600 baud, 60 second interval\nAX.25\n1 W transmission power\n\nThe call sign is currently WG4SAT.  Any operators who are able to copy\ntelemetry are encouraged to send it to [email protected]. Telemetry\nstrings can be pasted into the email body, or attached as a text file.  \nPlease\ninclude your call sign in telemetry submissions.  We will be \ndistributing some\nmore automated tools in the near future.\n\nYour assistance is greatly appreciated.\n\nSincerely,\nThe SwampSat team\nUniversity of Florida\n\nUniversity of Florida Small Satellite Design Club (SSDC)\nhttp://www.ufsmallsat.com/\n\nGator Amateur Radio Club http://www.gatorradio.org/\n\nUnveiling of Florida Student CubeSat SwampSat\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2012/06/30/unveiling-of-florida-student-cubesat-swampsat/\n\nSwampSat on TV News http://amsat-uk.org/2012/06/19/swampsat-on-tv-news/\n\n\n[ANS thanks the SwampSat Team and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 Deployed\n\nThe Dnepr carrying FUNcube-1 and 18 other satellites carrying amateur radio\npayloads successfully launched at 07:10:11 UT on Thursday, November 21.\nApproximately 8 minutes later, FUNcube-1 was deployed from the upper \nstage of\nthe Dnepr rocket.\n\nAbout 10 minutes after separation, telemetry was successfully been received,\ndecoded using the Dashboard App, and uploaded to the data warehouse by ZS1LS\n(at 07:37) and ZS6BMN in South Africa.  There was a huge cheer at Bletchley\nPark and the FUNcube-1 Project team toasted the successful launch .\n\nAll main parameters on FUNcube look nominal; temp, battery voltage, solar\npanel charging rate, etc and the data received so far is available in \nthe Data\nWarehouse.  The team are already seeing some superb examples of the data \nthat\nwill be fundamental to the educational aspect of FUNcube – thank you to all\nstations around the world for your efforts so far.\n\nThe first signals from FUNcube-1 were heard in the UK on the first visible\npass at 3 degrees above the horizon and Mike Willis, G0MJW, became the \nfirst UK\nstation to receive and decode the telemetry from FUNcube-1 – congratulations\nMike.\n\nFor the first two orbits FUNcube-1 was in Safe mode with the beacon\ntransmitting low power just 30 mW. FUNcube-1 was then commanded into\nEducational mode which increased the power to 300 mW. This enabled it to be\ncopied on a SSB handheld with whip antenna.\n\nThe FUNcube team encourage all stations to continue to receive the telemetry\nand upload it to the Data Warehouse as we monitor the spacecraft and \ncontinue\nwith the early operations tasks.\n\nThese satellites were heard during the morning passes:\n• FUNcube-1\n• ZACUBE-1\n• Delfi-n3xt\n• Triton-1\n• CubeBug-2\n• UWE3 9k6\n• HumSat-D\n\nOne of the satellites on the launch UniSat-5 will deploy a number of\nadditional satellites. Among them should be the CubeSats PUCP-SAT-1, \nHumSat-D,\nestar-2, Icube-1 and the PocketQubes Wren, Eagle-1 (BeakerSat), Eagle-2\n($50Sat), QB-Scout1. PUCP-SAT-1 intends to subsequently release a further\nsatellite Pocket-PUCP.\n\nAs well as UniSat-5 and its associated CubeSats and\nPocketQubes these amateur radio satellites were also on the launch:\nHinCube\nFUNcube-1\nZAcube-1\nFirst-MOVE\nUWE-3\nVelox-PII\nCubeBug-2\nTriton-1\nDelfi-n3Xt\nGOMX-1\n\nFrequency list for amateur radio satellite deployments in November\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/13/three-amateur-radio-satellite-deployments-in-\nnovember/\n\nMass Amateur Radio Satellite Launch November 21\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/08/mass-amateur-radio-satellite-launch-november-21/\n\nDownload the FUNcube-1 Dashboard App\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n\nFUNcube-1 Data Warehouse\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/ground-segment/the-data-warehouse/\n\nOnline Real-Time satellite tracking of FUNcube-1 based on preliminary keps\nhttp://www.n2yo.com/?s=99991\n\nA live video stream from the Bletchley Park station is at\nhttp://batc.tv/streams/funcube1\n\n[ANS thanks the AO-73 Team and AMSAT-UK, for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-1 Bletchley Park monitoring station ready for launch\n\n\nFUNcube team members spent Wednesday, November 21 setting up and testing the\nsatellite monitoring station at the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) in\nBletchley Park.\n\nAll members of the FUNcube development team (except Gerard Albers, who \nhas had\nto stay Holland) assembled at National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park\nready for the launch early tomorrow morning.\n\nThey added satellite equipment to the existing excellent\ndemonstration station. As part of our testing, we made a couple of QSOs \nvia VO-\n52, one with UR3CTB and another with OH5LK. Earlier in the day, we also\nconfirmed that we could receive signals from a low elevation pass of the \nsame\nsatellite. So we are poised for an early start tomorrow morning.\n\nA live video stream from the Bletchley Park station is at\nhttp://batc.tv/streams/funcube1\n\nPreliminary Keplerian Two-Line Elements (TLEs):\nFUNCUBE-1\n1 99991U 00000    13325.30956308  .00000106  00000-0  10000-3 0 00010\n2 99991 097.7956 038.2570 0059925 198.5190 336.5388 14.77841394000015\n\nSatellite tracking http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/\n\nFUNcube communication subsystem:\n• 145.935 MHz BPSK Telemetry 30 or 300 mW\n• Inverting SSB/CW transponder 300 mW PEP\n- 435.150 – 435.130 MHz Uplink\n- 145.950 – 145.970 MHz Downlink\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\nForum for Question and Answers on FUNcube Satellite and Dashboard App\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/\n\nFUNcube Yahoo Group http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK, for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMinotaur-1 Deploys CubeSats\n\n\nA large number of CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were launched \nfrom\nNASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., on Nov. 19, 2013 \nat 0115\nUT. In total 29 satellites were on the rocket of which 12 operate in Amateur\nSatellite Service frequencies.\n\nRadio amateurs from around the world have reported receiving signals \nfrom the\nsatellites.\n\nFor the latest news check the DK3WN satellite blog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/\n\nAlso see the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB)\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/\n\nMinotaur-1 Launch: Keplerian Two-Line Elements (TLEs)\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/19/minotaur-1-launch-keplerian-two-line-elements-\ntles/\n\nDoppler.sqf data at http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=38470\n\nSatellite tracking http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/\n\nFrequency list for amateur radio satellite deployments in November\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/13/three-amateur-radio-satellite-deployments-in-\nnovember/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK, for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTriton-1 Update\n\n\nAs part of the November 21 of the Dnepr launch vehicle, the Triton-1 \nsatellite,\na 3-unit cubesat developed by ISIS –\nInnovative Solutions In Space from Delft, The Netherlands. Note that the\nTriton-2 satellite is not on this launch, its launch date  is yet to be\ndetermined at this stage. Triton-2 will be similar to Triton-1,  the main\ndifference being that it will also carry an S-band downlink and associated\nmode US transponder.\n\nTriton-1 is a satellite which will serve as a test bed\nfor an experimental receiver, designed to receive Automatic Identification\nSystem (AIS) messages from ships. During the first three months after \nlaunch,\nthe plan is to characterize the AIS receiver in orbit. After approximately\nthree months of experimenting, we intend to activate a single channel FM \nto DSB\nmode UV transponder (similar to AO-16?s transponder). The exact transponder\nuplink frequency in the 435-438 MHz band will be announced at that time \nas well.\n\nWe have created an amateur radio information page which\ncontains all information related to its downlink signals at:\n\nhttp://www.isispace.nl/HAM/\n\nWe intend to publish regular status updates on the AMSAT-BB as well as \non the\naforementioned page.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the Triton-1 team and AMSAT-UK, for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube Dashboard – New Version v806 Released\n\n\nA couple of issues have come to light and have been corrected in this latest\nversion.\n\nFixes in release v806\n- enhancements to the audio capture and processing.\n- Audio Devices now handled correctly when a Dongle is attached with \nDashboard\nrunning.\n- User Warehouse settings will now be retained for future upgrades to the\nDashboard.\n- Updates error messages.\n- Should no longer crash when going to settings and help pages\n\nTo download this latest version of the FUNcube Dashboard and the supporting\ndocumentation go to\n\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n\nwhich is being kept right up-to-date.\n\nFUNcube Yahoo Group http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp Track ISS CubeSats\n\n\nAstronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, deployed the CubeSats ArduSat-1, ArduSat-X\nalong with Pico Dragon from the International Space Station at 1218 UT on\nTuesday, November 19.\n\nPico Dragon was developed by the Viet Nam National Satellite Center (VNSC),\nUniversity of Tokyo and IHI aerospace. It has a 437.250 MHz CW beacon and\n437.365 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 telemetry.\n\nMineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has received the CW signal from Viet Nam’s Pico Dragon\nCubeSat but nothing was heard from ArduSat-1 or ArduSat-X.\n\nListen to the recording of the PicoDragon CW beacon made at 16:08-16:17 UTC,\n19 Nov 2013, Ele 28 S-E-EN, 437.250MHz CW\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/31119pic.mp3\n\nThe Pico Dragon beacon has been reported as appearing about 3 kHz high \nof the\nexpected frequency.\n\nEdward BX1AD reports hearing ArduSat-1: I heard ArduSat-1 CW (FM-modulated\n800Hz tone) on 437.000 MHz during the pass 01:51 – 02:00 UT Nov. 20, \ndecoded as\nfollowing:\nWG9XFC-1 D16\nWG9XFC-1 E16\nWG9XFC-1 A7.27\n\nThe ArduSat team have released the following information:\n\nIf you’re a radio amateur and would like to help out the ArduSat team, \nyou can\nlisten for our Morse beacons and send them to us! This beacon gives us\nimportant information – like battery voltage and lets us know that the\nsatellites are still alive!\n\nThe initial TLE for AS-1 and AS-X will be the same as the ISS until they put\nsome distance between each other and are assigned their own Noad IDs.\nTLE for ISS: http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/stations.txt\n\nBoth satellites will have a Morse beacon (FM-modulated 800Hz tones) that is\ntransmitted at 20 WPM every two or three minutes on 437.000 MHz. The beacon\nwill be structured in the following format:\n\nArduSat-1 beacon: Battery voltage (uint16_t), RX_counter (number of received\nvalid data packets, uint32_t), TX_counter (number of sent valid data \npackets,\nuint32_t), “WG9XFC-1?\n\nArduSat-X beacon: Battery voltage (uint16_t), RX_counter (number of received\nvalid data packets, uint32_t), TX_counter (number of sent valid data \npackets,\nuint32_t), “WG9XFC-X”\n\nSubmitting a beacon packet:\nYou can submit a beacon as plain text to [email protected] – be sure to\nput the word “packet” in the subject line so that we can parse it quickly.\n\nSubmitting audio:\nYou can submit audio as an email attachment. Send an email to\[email protected] – with the audio file as an attachment.\n\nArduSat https://ardusat.org/\n\nSource: http://www.nanosatisfi.com/2013/11/help-track-ardusat-1x/\n\nISS CubeSats Deploy Tuesday and Wednesday\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/16/iss-cubesats-deploy-tuesday-and-wednesday/\n\nFrequencies of amateur radio satellites launching in November\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/13/three-amateur-radio-satellite-deployments-in-\nnovember/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDelfi-n3Xt Update\n\n\nThe Delfi-n3Xt has a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and is on the \nNovember 21\nDnepr launch. Jasper sends this update:\n\nDear radio amateurs,\n\nWe have made some changes to the webserver and the telemetry client to \nresolve\nsome issues with the connection as stated before. It seems that the \nsystem is\nnow improved, but we are not a 100% certain if it will be stable for \nlong term.\nUnfortunately our resources and time are limited, so we have decided to go\nahead with the systems as-is.\n\nAttached is the new DUDe client, version 5.0. Please delete the previous\nversion (4.7) in case you still have this on your computer. Thank you \nfor your\nhelp and patience so far!\n\nAfter orbit injection of Delfi-n3Xt, the satellite will first be idle for 25\nminutes and then start deployment of about 5 minutes. The satellite will not\ntransmit on the 145.870 MHz during eclipse, so the first time Delfi-n3Xt can\ntheoretically be heard is about 8:38h UTC.\n\nAttached are also the pre-launch TLE set which can be used in tracking\nprograms. We will announce new TLEs on our website after launch as soon \nas they\nbecome available. After a few days, the satellite should appear in one \nof the\nregular automatically updated lists.\n\nI am looking forward for a wonderful launch next Thursday, with many radio\namateur satellites on board, and of course successful reception of \nDelfi-n3Xt!\n\n73,\n\nJasper\n\nJ. (Jasper) Bouwmeester, MSc.\nDelfi Nanosatellite Program Manager &\nResearcher Small Satellite Technology\nChair of Space Systems Engineering\nDelft University of Technology\n\nTelemetry reception \nhttp://www.delfispace.nl/operations/delfi-n3xt-telemetry-\nreception\n\nDelfi-n3Xt http://www.delfispace.nl/operations/radio-amateurs\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp needed with the CAPE II satellite\n\n\nNick K5QXJ writes: On November 20 at 0030 GMT the CAPE II satellite is\nscheduled to  be launched.\n\nCAPE stands for Cajun Advanced Picosat Experiment and is a completely\nnonprofit and student run organization which develops and builds \npicosatellites.\n\nThe frequencies are 145.825 MHz FM and 437.325 MHz FSK. On the VHF FM\nfrequency the beacon will be in CW and AX.25\n\nPlease listen to our sat and send reports to me at [email protected]\nPlease include your location and time you first hear our sat.\n\nThe preliminary Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) are:\n\nORS3-2.5B\n1 99905U 00000    13323.95403993 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 0009\n2 99905  40.5214 208.6139 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000004\n\nThanks\nNick Pugh K5QXJ\n\nCAPE website http://ulcape.org/\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/CajunAdvancedPicosatelliteExperiment\n\n\n[ANS thanks Nick Pugh K5QXJ & AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDual-Band Slim Jim Antenna for Satellites\n\n\nThe AMSAT-SM website has an article on the dual-band omni-directional \n145/435\nMHz Slim Jim antenna developed by N9TAX.\n\nLars SM0TGU comments that the antenna works great for satellite passes below\n30 degrees elevation, but signals are considerably weaker on high elevation\npasses.\n\nRead the AMSAT-SM article in Google English at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-SM-Dual-Band-Antenna\n\nFurther information on the N9TAX dual-band Slim-Jim antenna is at\nhttp://n9tax.com/Slim Jim Info.html\n\nThe antenna is available via the Two Way Electronix website at\nhttp://www.2wayelectronix.com/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-SM & AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nPhoneSat 2.4\n\n\n*** UPDATE ***\nA Minotaur I rocket carrying the DOD's Operationally Responsive Space-3\nmission successfully launched at 8:15 p.m. EST, November 19. The \nPhoneSat 2.4\npayload also successfully deployed and sent its first transmissions. The\nsatellite is performing as expected.\n\nFor the second time this year, NASA is preparing to send a smartphone-\ncontrolled small spacecraft into orbit. The PhoneSat 2.4 mission is\ndemonstrating innovative new approaches for small spacecraft technologies of\nthe future.\n\nThe NASA PhoneSat 2.4 is hitch-hiking a ride onboard an Orbital Minotaur I\nrocket slated for a November 19 liftoff from the Mid Atlantic Regional\nSpaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The primary \npayload on\nthe booster is the U.S. Air Force Office of Responsive Space ORS-3 mission,\nwhich will validate launch and range improvements for NASA and the military.\n\nPhoneSat 2.4 builds upon the successful flights of a trio of NASA smartphone\nsatellites that were orbited together last April. That pioneering mission\ngauged use of consumer-grade smartphone technology as the main control\nelectronics of a capable, yet very low-cost, satellite, reports Andrew \nPetro,\nprogram executive for small spacecraft technology at NASA Headquarters in\nWashington.\n\nEach smartphone is housed in a standard cubesat structure, measuring roughly\nfour inches square.\n\nThe soon-to-be lofted PhoneSat 2.4 has two-way radio communications\ncapability, along with reaction wheels to provide attitude control, \nPetro says,\nand will be placed into a much higher orbit than its PhoneSat predecessors.\nThose were short-lived, operating for about a week in orbit.\n\nTabletop technology\n\n“We’re taking PhoneSat to another step in terms of capability, along with\nseeing if the satellite continues to function for an extended period of \ntime,”\nPetro explains.\n\nThe PhoneSat mission is a technology demonstration project developed through\nthe agency’s Small Spacecraft Technology Program, part of NASA’s Space\nTechnology Mission Directorate.\n\nNASA PhoneSats take advantage of “off-the-shelf” consumer devices that \nalready\nhave many of the systems needed for a spacecraft, but are ultra-small, \nsuch as\nfast processors, multipurpose operating systems, sensors, GPS receivers, and\nhigh-resolution cameras.\n\n“It’s tabletop technology,” Petro says. “The size of a PhoneSat makes a big\ndifference. You don’t need a building, just a room. Everything you need \nto do\nbecomes easier and more portable. The scale of things just makes \neverything, in\nmany ways, easier. It really unleashes a lot of opportunity for \ninnovation,” he\nsays.\n\nThere’s another interesting aspect to using the smartphone as a basic\nelectronic package for PhoneSats.\n\n“The technology of the consumer electronics market is going to continue to\nadvance,” Petro notes. “NASA can pick up on those advances that are \ndriven by\nthe needs of the consumer.”\n\nWhat’s the big deal about small satellites?\n\nNASA is eyeing use of small, low-cost, powerful satellites for \natmospheric or\nEarth science, communications, or other space-born applications.\n\nFor example, work is already underway on the Edison Demonstration of \nSmallsat\nNetworks (EDSN) mission, says Petro. The EDSN effort consists of a loose\nformation of eight identical cubesats in orbit, each able to cross-link\ncommunicate with each other to perform space weather monitoring duties.\n\nMagic dust\n\nThe three PhoneSats that were orbited earlier this year signaled “the first\nbaby step,” says Bruce Yost, the program manager for NASA’s Small Spacecraft\nTechnology Program at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.\n\n“The PhoneSat 2.4 will be at a higher altitude and stay in space for a \ncouple\nof years before reentering,” Yost adds. “So we’ll be able to start \ncollecting\ndata on the radiation effects on the satellite and see if we run into \nanything\nthat causes problems.”\n\nYost says where the real “magic dust” of PhoneSats comes into play is \nhow you\nprogram them. “That is, what applications can you run on them to make them\nuseful. We’re adding more and more complexity into the PhoneSats.”\n\nTo that end, PhoneSats and the applications they are imbued with can lead to\nnew ways to interact with and explore space, Yost observes. “You can \napproach\nproblems in a more distributed fashion. So it’s an architectural shift, the\nconcept of inexpensive but lots of small probes.”\n\nNASA’s Petro sees another value in pushing forward on small satellites.\n\n“It used to be that kids growing up wanted to be an astronaut. I think we\nmight be seeing kids saying, what they want to do is build a spacecraft. The\nidea here is that they really can do that,” Petro says. “They can get \ntogether\nwith a few other people to build and fly a spacecraft. Some students \ncoming out\nof college as new hires have already built and flown a satellite…that’s \na whole\nnew notion, one that was not possible even 10 years ago,” he concludes\n\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above announcement]\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nUpdate will occur in ANS-335\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts from all over\n\n\nUpdate will occur in ANS-335\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n",
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