March 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Hope for the amateur satellite community?
by Robert Kovacs 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

An article in this month's, April's SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: "Low Cost Ticket to Space". Bob Kovacs KC2WYH ____________________ Sent via BlackBerry.

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Fw: April/May launch for CubeBug-1 and April launch for SOMP
by M5AKA 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Argentine CubeBug-1 satellite will have an amateur radio digipeater, launch April/May http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/22/cubebug-1/ SOMP CubeSat launch April http://amsat-uk.org/?p=16017 STRaND-1 Update – Ground Station Improvements Underway http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/22/strand-1-update-ground-station-improvements/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium July 19-21 http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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April/May launch for CubeBug-1 and April launch for SOMP
by M5AKA 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Argentine CubeBug-1 satellite will have amateur radio digipeater launch April/May http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/22/cubebug-1/ SOMP CubeSat launch April http://amsat-uk.org/?p=16017 STRaND-1 Update – Ground Station Improvements Underway http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/22/strand-1-update-ground-station-improvements/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium July 19-21 http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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Dragon's Return Delayed
by B J 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/dragon-homecoming-delayed-high-seas-… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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UT1FG/MM QSL Manager UX0FY
by John Papay 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Eugene UX0FY advises that he has not received logs for UT1FG/MM after November 2012. He hopes to have the December 2012 thru March 2013 logs in a few weeks. Then he will be answering all QSL requests that he has received so far. He asks everyone to be patient. 73, John K8YSE

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UT1FG/MM QSL Manager UX0FY
by John Papay 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Eugene UX0FY advises that he has not received logs for UT1FG/MM after November 2012. He hopes to have the December 2012 thru March 2013 logs in a few weeks. Then he will be answering all QSL requests that he has received so far. He asks everyone to be patient. 73, John K8YSE

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Upcoming things of interest, some information.
by Robert McGwier 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Hello AMSAT friends: Some of you that know me, know I have moved to Virginia Tech. I am in my second school year here, working harder than I ever have, and loving it. I've started a company with friends Joe Mitola (revered by many as the father of Software Radio and Cognitive Radio), Charles Clancy (director of my center where I am director of research), Jeff Reed (Wireless @ VT) and we are working on products to help wireless communications systems perform better (4G -> 5G). Virginia Tech encourages this kind of spinoff and has built growing set of tools to help.... It does help to actually be here to get the win! So I am announcing my center is growing very rapidly. We are looking for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and project managers to help our rapidly expanding research portfolio. Please take a look at the listings: http://www.hume.ictas.vt.edu/vacancies I am just about to take control of a 3U Cubesat from the USG government agency, NRO. It is a colony 1 bus. It will look like a Colony 1 when launched, but the insides will undergo transformation. As some of you may have seen, we have signed an MOU with AMSAT to do joint work and when this arrives, we will discuss doing this joint work. We are exploring other, sooner projects now and hope we are successful in find ways to work together... I have a great team of budding spacecraft building participants and an active member in Space@VT: http://www.space.vt.edu/ and the AMSAT announcement (which we used for our announcement for cooperation with Space@VT) http://www.southgatearc.org/news/february2013/amsat_and_virginia_tech_sign_… In Space @ VT we are working on a 1U and a 6U for a NASA Elana and hope to use the Colony for our 3U opportunity with students here and at the USNA. It is very exciting to be involved in all of this.. I'm also a member of the Wireless Center here; Wireless @ VT and we run a conference here at the end of the school year: http://www.wireless.vt.edu/symposium/2013/ This year we are delighted to announcement that all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.... GnuRadio Hackfest will be hosted by the Hume Center (my center) immediately following the Wireless Symposium. -- Bob McGwier Owner and Technical Director, Allied Communication, LLC Senior Member IEEE Facebook: N4HYBob ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ)

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Fwd: NASA Voyager Status Update on Voyager 1 Location
by Bryce Salmi 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

I figured some of you would enjoy this! Bryce KB1LQC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory <JPLNewsroom(a)jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:21 PM Subject: NASA Voyager Status Update on Voyager 1 Location To: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist(a)gmail.com> MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 PHONE 818-354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook 818-354-0850 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. jccook(a)jpl.nasa.gov News release: 2013-107 March 20, 2013 NASA Voyager Status Update on Voyager 1 Location The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-107&cid=release_2013-107 "The Voyager team is aware of reports today that NASA's Voyager 1 has left the solar system," said Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. "It is the consensus of the Voyager science team that Voyager 1 has not yet left the solar system or reached interstellar space. In December 2012, the Voyager science team reported that Voyager 1 is within a new region called 'the magnetic highway' where energetic particles changed dramatically. A change in the direction of the magnetic field is the last critical indicator of reaching interstellar space and that change of direction has not yet been observed." To learn more about the current status of the Voyager mission: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-381 - end - -end- To remove yourself from this mailing, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=arJLJ3PGK9JOLZOLH&s=lvKYI6PUJjIYJjMYKvF&m=e… To remove yourself from all mailings from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKTKfNWIdIWJcN2F&s=lvKYI6PUJjIYJjMYKvF&m=e…

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KiwiSAT - All systems are now flight ready
by M5AKA 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

KiwiSAT - All systems are now flight ready http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/20/kiwisat-all-systems-are-now-fight-ready/ KiwiSAT status - http://www.kiwisat.org.nz/status.html Recent posts on the AMSAT-UK site: Radio Amateur G3YJO in ADS Advance Magazine http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/18/radio-amateur-g3yjo-in-ads-advance-magazine/ BBC: ESA seeks help to control robot spacecraft http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/18/bbc-esa-seeks-help-to-control-robot-spacecra… Nanosatellite Separation Experiment Using a P-POD Deployment Mechanism http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/17/nanosatellite-separation-experiment-using-a-… LOHAN hooks up with radio ham and top-flight rocketeer G7ALW http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/17/lohan-hooks-up-with-radio-ham-and-top-flight… ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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GRAIL's Impact Photographed
by B J 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-103 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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