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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-320\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\npublishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on\nthe activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\nshare an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-\nicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\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:\[email protected]\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:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n* Australian Space Communications Station To Feature Optical Data\n  Transfer\n* WB4APR Seeking high power VHF stations for Leonids Meteor Shower\n* AMSAT Italia and Italian Space Agency ISS STEAM agreement\n* ORI sponsors the M17 VOCODER and hardware development\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November ##, 2020\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* Tips for the New Operator - Mobile Apps\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-320.01\nANS-320 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 320.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020 November 15\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-320.01\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\nAustralian Space Communications Station Will Feature Optical Data\nTransfer\n\nThe University of Western Australia (UWA) is set to install an optical\ncommunications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmis-\nsions from space. The communications station will be able to receive\ndata from spacecraft from anywhere between low-Earth orbit (between\n100 miles and 620 miles above Earth's surface) to as far away as the\nsurface of the moon -- some 240,000 miles away. Astrophotonics Group\nLeader Dr. Sascha Schediwy at UWA and the International Centre for Radio\nAstronomy (ICRAR) said optical communications are an emerging alterna-\ntive to radio waves and are expected to drastically improve data trans-\nfer capabilities from space.\n\n\"Most current space communications rely on radio waves -- it's the same\ntechnology that brought us the voice of Neil Armstrong when the Apollo\n11 mission landed on the moon in 1969,\" Schediwy said. \"Free-space op-\ntical laser communications has several advantages over radio, including\nsignificantly faster data rates and hack-proof data transfer. It's the\nnext generation of space communications, and it's likely to be how\nwe'll see high-definition footage of the first woman to walk on the\nmoon.\"\n\nThe $535,000 ground station will use a 0.7-meter observatory-grade op-\ntical telescope donated to ICRAR, which will be fitted with atmospheric\nnoise suppression technology developed at the university. The Western\nAustralian ground station will be a joint venture between the UWA\nAstrophotonics Group, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quan-\ntum Systems (EQUS), and UK industry partner Goonhilly Earth Station,\nwhich handles data traffic and supports secure communications links for\nmajor satellite operators including Intelsat, Eutelsat, and SES Satel-\nlites.\n\nData from the station will be fed to Goonhilly's supercomputer data\ncenter in Cornwall, England by high-speed fiber. It will form part of\na larger Australasian network of optical stations, led by the Austral-\nian National University and supported by partners in South Australia\nand New Zealand.\n\nEQUS Director Andrew White said the Western Australian ground station\ncould be the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere and have ad-\nditional applications in research in different fields.\n\nGoonhilly Chief Executive Ian Jones said the initiative is driving sat-\nellite communications into the next generations of systems and techno-\nlogies needed to support the \"enormous\" data volumes produced by space\nmissions. \"This data arises from science and other missions and, in the\nfuture, will come from lunar and Mars missions that involve remote op-\nerations, robotics, and AI,\" Jones said. The ground station is expected\nto be operational from early 2021 and open for business later that year.\n\n[ANS thanks Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor of The ARRL Letter for the\nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nWB4APR Seeking high power VHF stations for Leonids Meteor Shower\n\nBob Bruninga, WB4APR is seeking a several AMSAT operators with beams\nand high power transmitters to join in a Meteor Shower experiment.\nBob writes:\n\nWith the Leonids Meteor shower coming up after Midnight next Monday\n(Tues AM), maybe its time to have some fun with APRS again!\n\nLast time we did this was 1998 and over 48 MS packets were seen over\n500 to 600 miles on the APRS channel..  Here is the report:\nhttp://aprs.org/APRS-docs/LEONIDS.TXT\n\nThis year I propose not a free-for-all but just a few HIGH power sta-\ntions transmitting and everyone else in the country checks the next\nmorning to see what they copied. Best TX stations are those with sev-\neral hundred watts and a beam. Even one such station would be a great\ntest, because on 144.39 we would have maybe 10,000 full time normal\nAPRS stations as receivers. In retirement, I don't have the power nor\nthe beam.\n\nUp to 15 TX stations with power capability > 100W and beams would par-\nticipate. Beams would be pointed toward distant population centers. The\n15 transmitting stations will be distributed in various parts of the\ncountry would TX a continuous keydown string of short packets for 15\nseconds every minute. Special software and APRS ID's will be used.\nXmission will be on the 144.39 national APRS channel to maximize the\nnumber of people that might copy one.\n\nTransmissions begin at midnight local time and runs to 6 AM only to\nminimize any interference to other operators. This will result in local\nreception within about 20 miles of the TX station, but since the pac-\nkets have no path, they can only be heard in simplex range of a trans-\nmitter or via meteor scatter. If a meteor happens, someone within about\n400 to 600 miles is likely capture it.  Because the APRS channel load\nin most areas is only a packet every 3 or 4 seconds and that gives\neveryone a receive window of 75% of the total slots available.  Even if\nthe TX stations are not synchronized, it doesnt matter because a given\nmeteor path only exists for a fraction of a second between two fixed\n100 mile or so areas for that instant.\n\nThe 15 high power TX stations will send is about 30 copies of the APRS\ngrid format in a single burst every minute. This burst would look like:\n>GG##gg<CR>\n>GG##gg<CR>\n>GG##gg<CR>\n>GG##gg<CR>\n...\n>GG##gg<CR>\n>GG##gg<CR>\n\nThe TNC will concatenate probably seven to ten of these at a timel into\ndense packets with only a single TX delay, not 30 delays.\n\nThe TNC has UNPROTO set to simply \"APRS\" no path! And set to CONVErSE..\n\nAdjust the number (30?) till the TX burst lasts 15 seconds each minute.\nThe result is a complete grid in only 200 milliseconds each.  Hopefully\nshort enough so that occasionally one will get bounced somewhere by the\nextremely short meteor path bursts at VHF.\n\nPoint beam toward an area with a dense ham population that is at least\n600 miles away. Vertical or Horizontal polarization will work.\n\nThe PARS IS will be from the range METEOR-1 through METEOR-15\n\nRX stations will not need to do anything special.  Any APRS software\nshould capture and decode and plot a grid report if received overnight.\n\nFor those who are interested, here is the 1998 experiment page:\nhttp://aprs.org/meteors.html Look about 75% down the page for the map\nof the 1998 2m experiment.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT Italia and Italian Space Agency ISS STEAM agreement\n\nAMSAT Italia and ASI, the Italian Space Agency, have subscribed a\nthree-year framework program for joint initiatives in the area of the\nscientific culture development with particular interest in the aero-\nspace field. The agreement also aims to develop interest of new genera-\ntions in the STEAM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,\nand Mathematics. In this framework AMSAT Italia will propose the Agency\nproject with particular technical relevance and high dissemination\nvalue for a joint technical feasibility and, as national reference for\nthe ARISS project, the association will involve ASI in the school con-\ntacts with the astronauts on board the ISS. On the other hand ASI will\nmake available the resources at its operation centers for verification\nactivities or test of devices developed for educational purposes. The\n2020-2023 framework program subscription confirms the collaboration\nbetween the Agency and our Association already started in 2011. More\non the event on the AMSAT Italia web site <http://www.amsat.it>\n(in Italian).\n\n[ANS thanks Fabrizio Carrai, IU5GEZ of AMSAT Italia for the\nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nORI sponsors the M17 VOCODER and hardware development.\n\nOpen Research Institute is proud to formally sponsor M17, an open\nsource digital radio protocol, code, voice codec, and hardware project.\nThe designs and technology are highly useful for digital radio uplinks\nor a wide variety of amateur satellite projects. The project is dyna-\nmic, international, accessible, modern, and welcoming. Open Research\nInstitute is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source research and develop-\nment for the amateur radio satellite service and beyond. Find out more\nat https://openresearch.institute\n\nLearn about M17 and get involved at https://m17project.org/\n\n[ANS thanks <Michelle Thompson W5NYV, Member AMSAT Board of Directors,\nCEO Open Research Institute> 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\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 12, 2020\n\nThe Neutron-1 cubesat was deployed from the ISS on 11-5-2020 at 10:40\nUTC, but its NORAD Catalog number has not yet been identified. Neu-\ntron-1 is a 3U cubeSat built by the Hawaii Space Flight Lab at the Uni-\nversity of Hawaii.\n\nThe Hawaii Space Flight Lab has asked the world wide amateur to help\ncollect beacon data as a part of this project. The IARU coordinated\nbeacon frequency is 435.300 MHZ,1200bps BPSK every 60 seconds.\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 306.01 has further information on this pro-\nject at the following url.\nhttps://www.amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2020/001212.html\n\nEditor's Note: Also see comment in the Satellite Shorts section.\n\nA post launch TLE set (updated 11-9-2020) is available at the following URL.\nhttps://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/\nSources: AMSAT News Service and Hawaii Space Flight Lab\n\nA Chinese student/radio amateur satellite BY70-3 was launched 11-6-2020\nwith a CZ 6 rocket. The IARU coordinated downlink frequency is 437.443\nMHz, 8000 bps BPSK. So far no signals have been recieved.\nSource: Nico Janssen, PA0DLO.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the\nabove 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\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 for the week of 8 November, 2020\n\nARISS has posted a special anniversary message and a video celebrating\nour 20th Anniversary on the ARISS Web Page: <http://www.ariss.org>.\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\nA multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on\nthe telebridge from their own home.\n\nARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools\nand the public in general.  As such, we may have last minute cancella-\ntions or postponements of school contacts.  As always, I will try to\nprovide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19\nrelated announcements at https://www.ariss.org/\n\nThe following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to\nCOVID-19:\nPostponed: No new schools\nCancelled: No new schools\n\nNote, all times are approximate.  It is recommended that you do your\nown orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the\nlisted time.\n\nAll dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date\nand time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\n\nThe complete schedule page has been updated as of 2020-11-10 16:00 UTC.\n(***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts,\nand questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites,\nand instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.\n\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt\n\nThe successful school list has been updated as of 2020-10-14 18:00 UTC.\n\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf\n\nThe ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/. Note that there are\nlinks to other ARISS websites from this site.\n\nThe main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html\n\n\nARISS Contact Applications (United States)\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,\nindividually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with\na crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact\nwould be held between July 1, 2021 and December 30,\n\n2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact\ndates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking\nfor organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and in-\ntegrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2020. Proposal in-\nformation and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines\nand the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Intro-\nductory Webinar session will be held on October 8, 2020 at 8PM ET. The\nEventbrite link to sign up is:\nhttps://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2020.eventbrite.com\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in\nscheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approxi-\nmately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the\nastronauts through a question-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur\nRadio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and\nclassrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences\nthe opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to\nlive and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on\nthe ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satel-\nlite communication, wireless technology, and radio science.\n\nBecause of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of sched-\nuling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexi-\nbility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA\nand space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educa-\ntional organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations\nvolunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to en-\nable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the\nworld using Amateur Radio.\n\nPlease direct any questions to [email protected].\n\nFor future proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Informa-\ntion Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.\n\nARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)\n\nSchools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East\ninterested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on\nboard the International Space Station are invited to submit an applica-\ntion from September to October and from February to April.\n\nPlease refer to details and the application form at\nwww.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.  Applications should be addressed by\nemail to:  [email protected]\n\nARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia\nand Australia and Russia)\n\nOrganizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact\nby filling out an application.  Please direct questions to the appro-\npriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not\nspecifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region\nlisted. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your ques-\ntion to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your ques-\ntion to the appropriate coordinator.\n\n\n\nFor the application, go to:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.\n\nARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD\nemail to: [email protected]\n\nARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email\nto: [email protected], Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)\nhttps://www.jarl.org/\n\nARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/\n\nARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.  Feel free to\nsend your reports to [email protected] or [email protected].\n\nListen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted.\nARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over\n100 schools:\n\nFrancesco IKØWGF with 140\nSatoshi 7M3TJZ with 138\nSergey RV3DR with 137\nGaston ON4WF with 123\n\nThe webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date\nwebpages were removed, and new ones have been added.  If there are ad-\nditional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.\n\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1403.\nEach school counts as 1 event.\nTotal number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1336.\nEach contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.\nTotal number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.\n\nThe following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:\nSouth Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands,\nand the Virgin Islands.\n\nQSL information may be found at:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html\nISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS\n\nFrequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing\nDoppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC\nhttps://bit.ly/3kVbNNL\n\nCheck out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts\nhttps://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415\n\nExp. 63 now on orbit\nKate Rubins KG5FYJ\nSergey Ryzhikov\nSergey Kud-Sverchkov\n\nAbout ARISS:\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a coopera-\ntive venture of international amateur radio societies and the space\nagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the\nUnited States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab\nand National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary\ngoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engin-\neering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts\nvia amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in\nclassrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts,\nstudents, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space\ntechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see\nwww.ariss.org.\n\n73,\n\nCharlie Sufana AJ9N\nOne of the ARISS operation team mentors\n\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-\ntors for 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\nNote: Watch Twitter, there are lots pop-up roves happening lately, and\nI can't keep this page updated with all of them.\n\nDM89, 11/14 @N6UA Saturday might just be a good day to rove. Thinking\nof DM89 east of Denver – either around Last Chance or Agate, CO.\n\nKH67, 7Q7RU, AO-7, RS-44, QO-100, 11/11 thru 11/21.\n\nBRAZIL BAHIA. Sandro Ribeiro PY1SAN and Claudio MARCelo PY1CMT are QRV\non the QO-100 satellite (some opportunities AO-07, FO-29 or RS-44)\nusing CW and SSB as ZX6BA from Prado (HH02) 13 to 15 November 2020.\nThe activity will be in several HF bands too, using CW and FT8, por-\ntable Alex Loop Antenna with 5 watts. QSL via LoTW.\n\nBRAZIL, ESPIRITO SANTO. Sandro Ribeiro PY1SAN and Claudio MARCelo\nPY1CMT are QRV on Satellite QO-100 (maybe AO-07, FO-29, RS-44) using\nCW and SSB as PR1S from Nova Almeida (GG99) from 16 to 18 November 2020.\nA activity will be in several HF bands too, using CW and FT8, portable\nAlex Loop Antenna with 5 watts. QSL via LoTW.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nMaine!!!!!!\n\n@KL7TN will be in FN53/54/55/56/57/64/65/66/67 Nov 13-18. Details to\nfollow.\n\nEditor's Note: Don't forget to check out Paul Overn's GridMasterHeatMap\non Twitter: https://bit.ly/35kUqB3 and Blog at: https://bit.ly/3eOpYT4\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to KE0PBR (at) gmail.com\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the\nabove information]\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nClint Bradford K6LCS has booked his \"Work the FM Voice Satellites\nWith Minimal Equipment\"  presentation for the clubs.\n\nTBD – Antelope Valley (CA) ARC\n\nTBD – A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, Penn-\nsylvania\n\nThese will be Zoom presentations. Everyone is asked to update their\ncopies of the Zoom application – by directly visiting Zoom.us.\n\nClint will be conducting “working the easy satellites† sessions\nvia Zoom on November 19, 2020 at 7pm Pacific. If you are interested in\nattending, please send him a private email for exact times and Zoom\nmeeting number!\n\n[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6CLS for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Tausat, a 3U CubeSat created by university students at Herzliya Sci\n  ence Center in Israel, received frequency coordination approval from\n  the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on November 12. It will\n  carry a U/V FM amateur radio transponder, as well as a 9k6 BPSK AX25\n  telemetry downlink. The builders are planning a JAXA deployment from\n  the ISS in February, 2021.\n  (ANS thanks IARU for the above information)\n\n+ NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and\n  events ahead of the launch the agency's SpaceX Crew-1  mission with\n  astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the first crew\n  rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9\n  rocket following certification by NASA for regular flights to the\n  space station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The\n  launch is targeted for 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch\n  Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dra-\n  gon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 4:20 a.m. Sunday,\n  Nov. 15. Launch, prelaunch activities, and docking will air live on\n  NASA Television and the agency’s website.\n  https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive Additional Information is available at:\n  https://go.nasa.gov/38Aii5J\n  (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ Rocket Lab launch delayed to November 19 UTC.\n  See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1327691418970644481\n  Previous announcement: The next Rocket Lab launch window is scheduled\n  for November 15 UTC at 01:44 to 04:34. It's is called \"Return to\n  Sender\". They are going to try to recover the first stage by captur-\n  ing it by helicopter as it is descending.\n  See: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/\n  The payload is 30 cubesats, one of which (APSS-1) is a 1U student\n  satellite from Auckland University. This one has a 9600 GMSK downlink\n  in the 70CM band. The format and details are due to be published here\n  in the next few days. https://apss.space.auckland.ac.nz/.\n  To balance the payloads, a 3D printer version of \"Gnome Chompski\" has\n  been attached to the kick stage. See:\n  https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1323335303008903170\n  Gabe Newell who made the Gnome is going to donate $1 to Starship\n  Children's Hospital for every person watching the launch live. For\n  information about Starship Children's Hospital, see:\n  https://www.starship.org.nz\n\n  Editors Note: at time of 11/11/2020 draft, a group message from Mark\n  Jessop, VK5QI indicated that APSS-1's IARU frequency coordination re-\n  quest has not been completed:\n  http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=669\n  (ANS thanks Terry Osborne ZL2BAC for passing along the above informa-\n  tion)\n\n+ NROL-101 Mission Targeting Nov. 13 due to Hurricane Eta\n  (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Nov. 11, 2020) -- Due to\n  impending weather and escalation of Hurricane Eta, ULA is now target-\n  ing Friday, Nov. 13, at 5:13 p.m. EST (2213 UTC) for the launch of\n  the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. See\n  https://bit.ly/35kiIeA for additional information.\n  (ANS thanks the ULA editors for the above information)\n\n+ NASA has extended the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System\n  mission (CYGNSS) through 2023 with plans to revisit and possibly\n  extend  the mission through 2026. The constellation of microsatel-\n  lites designed, built and operated by Southwest Research Institute\n  with the University of Michigan, has made history over the last three-\n  plus years, penetrating thick clouds and heavy rains to accurately\n  assess wind speeds and better understand hurricane intensification.\n  The NASA senior review panel rated the mission extension proposal as\n  excellent, based on the current health of the constellation of instru-\n  ments, particularly considering the low-cost nature of the sensors.\n  (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information)\n\n+ SpaceX fired up the three rocket engines of its Starship SN8 proto-\n  type for the second time last night at its testing facilities in Boca\n  Chica, Texas. The event was a powerful blast of orange smoke — and\n  flying sparks, as captured by onlookers on video. The video and addi-\n  tional information is available at https://bit.ly/3lmcSPD\n  (ANS thanks futurism.com for the above information)\n\n+ Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to go outside the International\n  Space Station on Wednesday, Nov. 18, to conduct a spacewalk that will\n  initiate preparations for the arrival of a new Russian research\n  module. Expedition 64 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer\n  Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, both of the Russian space agency Roscosmos,\n  will relocate an antenna from the Pirs docking compartment, to the\n  Poisk module, the first in a series of tasks over the course of sev-\n  eral spacewalks that will prepare Pirs for decommissioning, undocking,\n  and disposal. The Earth-facing Pirs will be replaced by the new Rus-\n  sian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, named \"Nauka,\" Russian for \"sci-\n  ence,\" which is being prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome\n  in Kazakhstan. The spacewalk is expected to last up to six hours.\n  Live coverage of the Russian spacewalk will begin at 13:30z on NASA\n  Television and the agency's website. The spacewalk is expected to be-\n  gin about 14:30Z.\n  (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Saturday, Nov. 7 with\n  India's EOS 1 radar imaging satellite and nine rideshare payloads for\n  customers based in the United States, Luxembourg, and Lithuania. The\n  successful mission was India’s first launch in nearly a year due to\n  delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Also on Saturday, a new\n  four-stage rocket operated by the Chinese launch company Galactic\n  Energy succeeded on its inaugural flight, delivering a data relay\n  microsatellite to an orbit 300 miles above Earth.\n  (ANS thanks SpaceflightNow for the above information)\n\n+ After its release from the ISS, many satellite enthusiasts have lis-\n  tened for a signal from the Hawaii Spaceflight Lab's Neutron-1 cube-\n  sat. Reports have not come flooding in. Shane Pule, KC3PPM shared an\n  email with the UH-SFL with me that outlines a possible explanation:\n  Aloha Shane, Thank you for this information, we appreciate you lis-\n  tening for Neutron-1. We haven't been successful at contacting Neu-\n  tron-1 yet. We have noticed a signal at 435.275MHz while tracking\n  Neutron-1, and we are investigating this in the event that our signal\n  is shifted by 25kHz. We are not sure what could have caused this, but\n  there may be an issue with the SDR tuning onboard the spacecraft. 73,\n  Amber Imai-Hong\n  (ANS thanks < Shane Pule, KC3PPM > for the above information)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTips for the New Satellite Operator - Mobile Apps\n\nThis is the second of a what I hope to be a monthly New Satellite Opera-\ntors Corner. I will offer AMSAT New Operator tips and links to AMSAT\nresources for new operators and posts from various interest groups where\nuseful info is published. This weeks tip comes from Rick, WA6NDR via\[email protected]. I hope you find this as useful as I have.\nJack, KD4IZ, Editor, AMSAT News Service.\n\nThere are many websites, cell phone, and desktop apps available for\ntracking satellites and learning about launches. For the beginner, the\nchoices are bewildering and everyone seems to have a favorite. There\nare many choices available for all operating systems to choose from.\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV, has a very comprehensive website with links to a\ntremendous amount of great information. He does an excellent job of\ndistilling the basics and presenting them along with some great \"how\nto\" information. See: https://bit.ly/3nwx6H9\n\nScott suggested a number of the rocket launch apps to me recently and\nI have been exploring them. He also suggested several tracking apps. I\ndon't have an opinion or a recommendation for any of them yet, but I\nwould encourage you to join me in looking these over.\n\nOf the launch apps I am looking over, the primary are Launchcraft,\nSpacelaunch, and Supercluster. All appear to be available for both iOS\nand Android devices and can be found on the respective \"store\" sites\nfor each OS. They are news aggregation apps that focus on upcoming\nspace launches as well as offering timetable and post-launch reports.\n\nBy the my next monthly report, I should be able to address them, but\nfor those who are interested, have at it and tell me what you think.\nPlease let me know if you find an app that is particularly useful.\n\n(ANS thanks AMSAT Member Scott Harvey, KA7FVV for sharing this informa-\ntion and his website)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\n\nkd4iz at amsat dot org\n",
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