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    "subject": "[ans] AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207",
    "date": "2015-07-26T12:11:17Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-207\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* AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL, and Virginia Tech Announce Potential Phase-3E\n  Opportunity\n* AMSAT Awards Update\n* Request for help with SPROUT Telemetry Collection\n* QIKCOM-2 Satellite messages\n* NEON - Upcoming NASA Education Events For Your Attention\n* 73 on 73 Awards #21-#26\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-207\nANS-207 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 207\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nJuly 26, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-207\n\n\nAMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL, and Virginia Tech Announce Potential Phase-3E\nOpportunity\n\nVirginia Tech has approached the US Government to fly the Phase 3-E\nspace frame into High Earth Orbit (HEO) in order to support\nscientific payloads as well as serve as an amateur radio satellite.\nDuring the AMSAT-DL Annual Meeting on 4 JUL 15, the AMSAT-DL\nmembership approved the concept, agreeing to allow the Phase 3-E\nspace frame that is currently stored in Germany to be shipped to\nVirginia Tech in the USA for further construction, testing and\npreparation for eventual launch to HEO should the US Government\nformally agree to fund such a mission.\n\nShould the project move forward, AMSAT-NA will apply for frequency\ncoordination from the IARU Satellite Advisor and satellite licensing\nfrom the FCC as the satellite's initial operator.\n\nStay tuned to the AMSAT-DL Journal, the AMSAT-NA Journal, and the\nAMSAT-NA News Service for further developments and details as they\nbecome known.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL, and Virginia Tech for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Awards Update\n\nHere are our newest award recipients and quite a good batch we have\nthis time.\n\nThe following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for\nmaking their first satellite QSO.\n\nAndrew Chaloupka, KB9WHV\nLesley Swann, KM4BKO\nJoseph Kornowski, KB6IGK\nBill Dillon, KG5FQX\n\n------\nAMSAT Communication Achievement Award\n\nToralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #563\nSteve Kristoff, AI9IN #564\n\n------\nAMSAT Sexagesimal Award\n\nToralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #167\nDavid Webb, KB1VPH #168\n\n------\nAMSAT Century Award\n\nDavid Webb, KB1PVH #43\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM #44\n\n------\nAMSAT South Africa Communication Achievement Award\n\nToralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #US191\nSteve Kristoff, AI9IN #US192\n\n------\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award\nfor 1000 contacts\n\nMichael McCoy, KC9ELU #83  with 2000, 3000, 4000 endorsements\n\n------\nAMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement\nAward for 5000 contacts\n\nMichael McCoy, KC9ELU #32\n\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nAMSAT Director Contests and Awards\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRequest for help with SPROUT Telemetry Collection\n\nStudents from Japan's Nihon University are requesting help gathering\ntelemetry from the SPROUT satellite\n\nSPROUT was launched at May 24, 2014 from Tanegashima Space Center in\nJapan.\n\nThere are 3 main missions in SPROUT.\n\n·Deployment demonstration of inflatable membrane structure.\n·Demonstration of attitude determination and control technology for\n several kilogram class nano-satellite.\n·Upbringing of human resources of a space sector\n\nFor more information\nhttp://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/\n\nAn English document describing SPROUT's FM Telemetry Data Format\ncan be found at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS207-SPROUT\n\nThe students at Nihon University have deployed the demonstration of\ninflatable membrane structure. They find it necessary to collect as\nmuch data as possible to get information on the satellite. They are\nrequesting  reception cooperation from anyone who has the means of\ncolecting the data, specifically mebers of AMSAT and amateur radio\nsatellite enthusiasts.\n\nIf you would like to assist contact, cssu12036 (at) g.nihon-u.ac.jp\nfor more information.\n\n[ANS thanks Nihon University Students for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nQIKCOM-2 Satellite messages\n\nIn a message to the AMSAT-BB on July 22 Bob Bruninga WB4APR, invites\nproposed standard messages for the next APRS Satellite:\n\nBob writes, \"Our next QIKCOM-2 APRS satellite will accept 2 digit\nuplink DTMF messages to be spoken on the downlink.  We have already\nprogrammed all of the ARRL standard radio grams and emergency\nmessages.\n\nBut there is room for more.  So think....  What kind of message\nwould you want to send (that is not included in the existing ones)\nfrom your HT out in the wilderness.  At a hamfest?  or any other HAM\nRadio event or opportunity.  Keep them simple and of the same order\nof length as the existing ones.\n\nThe existing ones are listed here: http://nts.ema.arrl.org/node/30\n\nBut the implementation cannot include blanks for fill-in like the\nregular ones.  But any sentence that stands alone can work.\n\nJust thought I'd open it up.  Plenty of RAM and only 1 week before\ndelivery...\n\nSerious considerations only.\"\n\nTo clarify some thought processess Bob added in a subsequent follow-\nup,\n\n\"Well, took a few moments and here are some of my ideas.  I just\nrealized I can allow a single digit modifier, so the digit can go\nfrom 0 to 8.\n\nDemonstrating APRStt at Hamfest\nDemonstrating APRStt to friends\nI am on schedule.\nI may be delayed N hours\nI may be delayed N days\nI may be early N hours\nI May be early N days\nI may quit early  N stops\nI may go farther N stops\nWe are camping and enjoying it greatly.\nWe are hiking and enjoying it greatly.\nWe are sailing and enjoying it greatly\nCall me on my cell\nCall my cell on the hour.\n\nOr there can maybe be 1-to-8 different whole word modifiers too.\nLike:\nPlease Send ___ (Money, food, water, supplies, shoes, sleeping bag,\nblanket,fuel)\n\nWe are operating on ___ power (Solar, wind, battery, generator,\nemergency)\nWe are staying with ____ (Mom, dad, sister, brother, uncle,\naunt,friends)\nPlease pass to ____ (Mom, dad, sister, brother, uncle, aunt,friends)\n\nJust thinkin...\"\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNEON - Upcoming NASA Education Events For Your Attention\n\nNEON - NASA Educators Online Network\n\nFree NASA STEM Education Webinars -- NASA Educator Professional\nDevelopment\n\nAudience: In-service, Pre-service, Home School and Informal Educators\n\n+ July 27, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. EDT: Exploring Strange New Worlds\nSeries: Exoplanets and Kepler Mission (Grades 4-8) - Celebrate The\ncenturies-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been\nrejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest\nsurrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other\nstars. There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of the\nthree types of exoplanets; gas giants, hot super-Earths in short\nperiod orbits, and ice giants. During this webinar, teachers will\nlearn to use tools scientists use to determine planet\ncharacteristics, learn about the mission and explore and interpret\ndata from the mission. Register online to participate.\nhttps://www.etouches.com/133574\n\n+ July 28, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. EDT: ISS Across the Curriculum: Social\nStudies and Geography in Space (Grades 4-8) - The International Space\nStation (ISS) is not just a science and math mission. It is a unique,\norbiting laboratory that travels around the world and across your\ncurriculum. This webinar will explore how the ISS can also be\nintegrated into your social studies and geography curriculum with\nNASA inquiry lessons, online resources and teaching strategies. Let\nthe ISS bring space and the world around us together in your\nclassroom. Register online to participate.\nhttps://www.etouches.com/129777\n\n+ July 29, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. EDT: Art and the Cosmic Connection\n(Grades K-16) - Celebrate New Horizons arrival at Geology meets art!\nLet you inner geologist use art to recreate craters, mountains,\nrivers, wind driven landscapes and more. Learn to read planetary\nimages as well as Earth images. Meets NGSS for Earth Place in the\nUniverse, Earth Systems, and with Social Studies integrations.\nRegister online to participate. https://www.etouches.com/134190\n\n+ July 30, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. EDT: Rockets 2 Racecars: Session 4 -\nEducators Go Green (Grades 3-9) - Get your students revved up about\nscience, technology, engineering and mathematics with NASA's Rockets\n2 Racecars (R2R) STEM Education webinar series! In this webinar you\nwill have access to various solar and engineering activities for the\nclassroom and will discover various solar energy uses in space as\nwell as on planet Earth. Join NASA Specialists to discuss how NASA\nutilizes the power of the Sun in our missions, such as the\nInternational Space Station and Mars Exploration Rovers, as well as\nhow Pocono Raceway uses solar energy at the Pocono Raceway track!\nThis webinar is guaranteed to brighten your day! Register online to\nparticipate. https://www.etouches.com/133233\n\nFor the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development webinar\nschedule, go to: http://www.txstate-epdc.net/events/\n\n[ANS thanks NEON - NASA Educators Online Network for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n73 on 73 Awards #21-#26\n\nSeveral 73 on 73 Awards have been recently issued.\nCongratulations to all!\n\n#21 - Kiyosi Hasegawa, JA3FWT\n#22 - Mariusz Kocot, SQ9MES\n#23 - Hector Luis Martinez, W5CBF\n#24 - George Carr, WA5KBH\n#25 - Michel Ribot, F6GLJ\n#26 - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM (application reviewed and award issued by\n      W5PFG)\n\nFor more information on the award see\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between [Entity, City, State,\nCountry] and Astronaut [NAME,  CALLSIGN]  using Callsign [CALLSIGNE.\nThe contact began [YEAR, Month, Date Time] UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact was[direct/telebridge] via K6DUE.\nARISS Mentor was KA3HDO.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nUnited Space School, Seabrook, TX 12:52 UTC July 28\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at United Space School, Seabrook, TX on 28 July. The\nevent is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:52 UTC. It is\nrecommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before\nthis time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and\n30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ.\nThe scheduled  astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH\nThe contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S.\nInterested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz\ndownlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.\n\nThe United Space School is the premier educational program hosted by\nthe Foundation for International Space Education (FISE). For two\nweeks each summer, FISE invites approximately 50 students from 23\ndifferent countries to the Clear Lake, Texas area to introduce them\nto aspects of working in the space sciences. During their stay, the\nstudents work together in teams to assemble a manned mission to Mars,\nutilizing knowledge gained from guest lecturers and interactive field\ntrips. The Foundation for International Space Education Board of\nDirectors has two head teachers and five team mentors to assist the\nstudents in their day-to-day activities. United Space School\nculminates in a project presentation, in which the students present\ntheir final project to a panel of industry experts and the public.\nUpon successful completion of their final project presentation, the\nstudents are awarded a graduation certificate.\n\nParticipants will ask as many of the following questions as time\nallows:\n\n 1.  How has your understanding of the universe changed now that you\n     are seeing it from space?\n 2.  What do you think about the plans of some multi-billion dollar\n     investors to mine raw materials on asteroids and satellites?\n 3.  If you were in an emergency situation inside the ISS where an\n     ammonia leak is quite high and the hatches don't work, what\n     would you propose as escape route to save you and your team,\n     and why?\n 4.  What is the most interesting experiment to perform, and why?\n 5.  Do you see the speed of space travel progressing much further\n     than the point it's at now (within our own solar system)?\n 6.  When you return to Earth what do you think you will miss most\n     about the Space Station?\n 7.  What are your expectations of the manned trip to Mars?\n 8.  Isn't the NanoRacks deployer a cool temperature when it's\n     actually working?\n 9.  How do you maintain a natural sleep pattern aboard the ISS?\n10.  What were the steps you took to become an astronaut? Do you\n     have any advice for those of us who wish to go into space?\n11.  What do you think the biggest challenge to the space industry\n     today, besides budget?\n12.  In terms of hardware, if you could have one thing installed on\n     the ISS, what would it be?\n13.  What went through your mind while listening to the final\n     countdown before lift-off?\n14.  How does the ISS keep away from space junk?\n15.  What are the first effects that you feel in zero gravity?\n16.  What was a favorite experience of yours while in space school?\n17.  How many meals do you eat in a day, and has your appetite\n     changed at all?\n18.  Is moving around in microgravity conditions always fun, or does\n     it get uncomfortable and annoying?\n19.  What do you think the most important decision you made that put\n     you on the path to becoming an astronaut?\n20.  Have you ever seen anything weird in space you couldn't explain?\n21.  What planet would you like to investigate more, aside from Mars?\n\nNext planned event:\n\n23rd World Scout Jamboree Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club,\nBunkyo-ku, Japan, direct via 8N23WSJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren  KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Fri 2015-07-31 11:26 UTC\n\nPLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:\n\nVisit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS).\n\nTo receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status\n\nExp. 44 is now on orbit.  Welcome aboard!\nOleg  Kononenko RN3DX\nKimiya Yui KG5BPH\nKjell Lindgren  KO5MOS\n\n>From  2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams  on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during\nthis period  will be conducted  by the ARISS Russia  team.\n\nARISS  is always glad to receive listener reports for the above\ncontacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.  Feel free to\nsend your reports to [email protected] or [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ On July 22, 1962 the first live public trans-Atlantic TV broadcast\n  was relayed by Telstar 1, a communications satellite that had been\n  launched two weeks earlier. The broadcast featured CBS's Walter\n  Cronkite and NBC's Chet Huntley in New York and the BBC's Richard\n  Dimbleby in Brussels. Later that same day the satellite relayed the\n  first telephone call to be transmitted through space. Although it is\n  no longer fully functional, Telstar 1 is still in orbit around\n  Earth.\n\n  https://youtu.be/xdaHYAReYkg\n\n+ What does it take to test, build and launch a compact (yet highly\n  sophisticated) satellite into orbit? U-M students explain in this\n  behind-the-scenes look at U-M's latest CubSat:\n\n  http://tinyurl.com/UMich-Cubesat\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nAMSAT User Services and the Editors of the AMSAT New Service pass on\nour condolences to ANS Weekly Co-Editor Joe Spier K6WAO and his\nfamily on the death of Joe's mother this week.\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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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