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    "subject": "[ans]    ANS-223  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2008-08-10T14:06:31Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-223\n\n**************************************************************\n***  2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting ***\n***            October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia           ***\n**************************************************************\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* Falcon-1 Launch Failure\n* THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER ON AUGUST 12\n* \"Nanosputnik\" Cubesat \"Polar Lights\"\n* ARISS Status - August 4, 2008\n* Satellite Shorts\n* AMSAT-UK Colloqium\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.01\nFalcon-1 Launch Failure\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.01\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugugst 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.01\n\nSpaceX's Falcon-1 rocket lifted off from the Kwajalein atoll on 03\nAugust 2008 at 0334 UTC.  On board was the Trailblazer satellite for the\nJumpstart Program of the United States Department of Defense’s\nOperationally Responsive Space Office (ORS). Also on board where two\ntriple-cubesats, PRESAT & NANOSAIL-D, from NASA which had beacons in the\namateur 70cm band.\n\nUnfortunately, an anomaly occured approximately 2 minutes 20 seconds\ninto the flight.  The engineers said the rocket stages did not separate\nand the second stage did not ignite.\n\nSpaceX has announced that the problem with the last launch was that\nthe first stage regenerative engine continued burning longer than they\nexpected. It therefore bumped into the second stage after separation.\nA new downward looking video that includes this action is available\nat:\n\nhttp://mfile.akamai.com/22165/wmv/spacex.download.akamai.com/22165/F1-003.asx\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceX and Bruce, VE9QRP, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.02\nTHE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER ON AUGUST 12\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.02\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugugst 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.02\n\nHAM RADIO IN SPACE:  THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER ON AUGUST 12\n\nMeteor scatter enthusiasts attention.  The annual Perseid meteor shower\npeaks on Tuesday, August 12th.  The best time to see them and make\ncontact by bouncing signals off their ionized tails is during the dark\nhours before dawn on Tuesday morning when forecasters expect 50 to 100\nmeteors per hour.\n\nThe source of the Perseids is Comet Swift-Tuttle, which has littered the\nAugust portion of Earth's orbit with space dust. The dusty zone is broad\nand Earth is already in its outskirts. As a result, even before the peak\non August 12th, you may see some \"early Perseids\" streaking across the\nnight sky.  (VHF Reflector)\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.03\n\"Nanosputnik\" Cubesat \"Polar Lights\"\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.03\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugugst 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.03\n\nI am asked by Alexander Zaitev RW3DZ of the Izmiran Institute, in\nTroitsk outside Moscow, Russia, to publicise his proposed \"Nanosputnik\"\nCubesat \"Polar Lights.\"\n\nFYI the Izmiran Institute made the first spaceborne magnetometer, on\nSputnik-3 in 1958. It is at:\n\nhttp://www.izmiran.ru\n\nRW3DZ recently referred to the Nanosputnik Cubesat in a blog at:\n\nhttp://www.vhfdx.ru/sputnikovaya-svyaz/50-let-kosmicheskoy-eryi\n\nand on his website at\n\nhttp://rk3dxb.narod.ru/polar_lights.html\n\nHe is establishing a team within the promotion of amateur radio to young\npeople around the RK3DKB club shack at Troitsk. John G7HIA and I were\nwelcomed there last Sunday.\n\nThe Nanosputnik is proposed to be built on a 10cm Cubesat frame and to\nweigh 1 Kg. Command uplink will be in 2 metres and data downlink at\nvarious data rates in 70cms, there are precise frequencies given but it\nis probably unwise for me to give them out at this stage as the\nsatellite is not built yet and I do not know whether IARU frequency\ncoordination has been undertaken. There may be an experimental 5 GHz beacon.\n\nThe proposed payload is a unique magnetometer which will detect\nfluctuations along the flux lines of the magnetosphere and will be\noriented along the flux lines within 1 degree by an on-board GLONASS/GPS.\n\nData sampling will be 1 observation/second and he is interested in\ndownloading every quarter orbit into the GENSO network.\n\nThere is also scope for a CCD camera and cosmic ray detector.\n\nOrbital life is estimated as 3 years with rechargeable batteries and a\nsolar panel charging system.\n\nI do not have any information about launch opportunities.\n\nJohn G7HIA and I will continue to work with RW3DZ and will bring any\nother information we have to this bb as we get it, although we are not\nresponsible for this Nanosputnik in any way whatsoever.\n\n[ANS thanks Andy, G0SFJ for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.04\nARISS Status - August 4, 2008\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.04\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.04\n\n1.\tUpcoming School Contacts\n\nTwo simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontacts are scheduled for Tuesday, August 5 with U.S. deployed soldier\ndependents visiting Euro Space Camp (ESC) in Belgium.  These training\nsessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using\nARISS-equivalent equipment. There will be EchoLink and IRLP coverage of\nboth contacts.\n\n•\tThe first simulated contact is scheduled with Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA,\nat approximately 14:20 UTC.\n•\tThe second simulated contact will take place with astronaut Soichi\nNoguchi, KD5TVP, at approximately 14:50 UTC.\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has\nbeen scheduled with Town of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Summer\nPlayground Camp on Wednesday, August 13 at 16:08 UTC. The New Providence\nAmateur Radio Club has been involved with this camp for the last four\nyears. It has provided an introduction to ham radio on the air by\nsetting up HF and VHF stations and having the campers communicate with\nhams around the world. The ARISS contact will be an extension of this\nactivity.\n\n2.\tUnited Space School Contact Successful\n\nAn international group of high school students attending United Space\nSchool in Seabrook, Texas experienced an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, July 31.\nTelebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium facilitated the contact. Twelve\nstudents had16 questions answered by astronaut Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ.\nThe audio for this event was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377)\nserver, receiving 10 connections and it was also fed into the JK1ZRW\n(277 208) server.\n\n3.\tARISS Meetings Held\n\nThe annual Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Face\nto Face Meeting was held in Moscow on July 17-18. Status reports were\ngiven by all committees and the election of officers was held. This\nmeeting was preceded by the first Amateur Radio Working Group (ARWG)\nconference and was followed by a Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) on\nJuly 21-23 where discussions covered SuitSat-2 and ARISS hardware. A\nfinal meeting was held at the Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre (GCTC)\nto discuss astronaut training on the ARISS equipment.  All meetings were\nsuccessful, much was accomplished and minutes will be available in the\nnear future.\n\n4.\tNASA Posts ARISS Article to Web Site\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) article has\nbeen written and posted to NASA Web sites. Several ARISS members were\ninterviewed for the story, including astronaut Bill McArthur, KC5ACR.\n“Communication From Space Inspires Young Minds” may be found at:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/index.html (and\non the Kennedy site http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html\nunder \"Features\").\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.05\nSatellite Shorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.05\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.05\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Congratulations are in order for Rafael, XE2RV on attaining VUCC\n   number 164 in satellite mode.\n\n+ John, KD6PAG will be in Scotland from 13 August - 2 September,\n   with 16 August - 21 August 08 in the Shetland Islands.  He'll\n   primarily be trying to work the eastern Canada and northeastern\n   parts of the US via satellite.  He'll include European passes\n   time permitting.  John will be running QRP with a portable antenna\n   similar to an Arrow antenna.\n\n+ The Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference on Saturday September 27 in\n   Blue Bell, PA will include a presentation by Bob, N4HY to discuss\n   Software Defined Radio Advancements.  Also included in this weekend\n   is the HAMARAMA hamfest on Sunday, September 28.  For more informa-\n   tion see http://www.packratvhf.com.\n\n+ AO-51 ground controllers have been able to boost the downlink power\n   due to increased solar illumination.  Both repeaters were reported\n   to be operating at around 400 mW this week in dueal V/U mode.\n\n+ AMSAT area coordinator, Clint Bradford, K6LCS, demonstrated oper-\n   ating via AO-51 and gave his \"How to Work Ham Satellites with your\n   HT\" presentation in Tarzana, CA, on Saturday morning, August 9.\n   Clint has a 4 page satellite operating tutorial available on-line\n   at: http://homepage.mac.com/clintbradford/Menu3.html.\n\n+ AMSAT received the sad news that Doug Beckwith N4CZT, an avid fan\n   and supporter of Amsat, passed away Sun. July 27 2008.  He was 1\n   day from his 65th birthday. His son, Douglas, wrote to AMSAT,\n   \"Thanks for helping him follow his dream.\"\n\n+  RA3OE reported the first QSO between Russian and Eurasia via\n    DELFI-C3 (DO-64) on August 3 when he had a QSO with Anatoly,\n    UA9UIZ.\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.06\nAMSAT-UK Colloqium\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.06\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 10, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-223.06\n\nAMSAT-UK Colloqium Presentation Videos Available On-Line\n\nThe Mars Orbiter P5-A Presentation video (lecture 10) is now on the\nBATC website. To access the videos go to http://www.batc.tv/ and\nclick on the 'Archive' icon on the left. Select which AMSAT-UK\nlecture you wish to watch then click the 'Play' icon. An add-\nitional feature allows you to click on the icon between the 'Progress'\nbar and the 'Volume' bar to get full screen viewing.\n\nLectures 4 and 5 are about the MoonLITE project which will be the\nfirst Lunar mission by the United Kingdom.\n\nLectures 6, 7 and 8 are about the Delfi-C3 satellite\n\nLecture 9 is the P3-E satellite presentation given by AMSAT-DL President\nPeter Guelzow DB2OS, see also 'Get into Orbit with AMSAT-DL's P3E-Satel-\nlite' at http://www.p3e-satellite.org/index.pl?lang=en_EN\n\nLecture 10 will be the Amateur Radio Mars Orbiter P5-A given by Achim\nVollhardt DH2VA, see also 'GO-Mars with AMSAT-DL's P5A Mission' at\nhttp://ticket-to-mars.org/index.pl?lang=en_EN\n\nOther video presentations planned to be added include:\n\nLecture 11 will be the Delfi-n3Xt next generation satellite\npresentation.\n\nLecture 12 will be the presentation on the new GB4FUN vehicle given\nby Carlos Eavis G0AKI\n\nLecture 13 will be the 2.3/3.4/5.6GHz Signal Generator for Satellite\nApplications by Grant Hodgson G8UBN\n\nLectures 14/15 will be the Band planning for satellite operations on\nfrequencies in the Amateur Service by Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV,\nPresident AMSAT-SA followed by the IARU Satellite Forum.\n\nThe full lecture programme (with video lecture numbers) can be seen at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/640/213/\n\nThe PowerPoint presentation slides can be viewed at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/664/235/\n\nPictures from the event can be seen at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/gallery2\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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