Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-10-31 16:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Gagarin From Space, 12th International Aerospace School named after cosmonaut U.N. Sultanov, Ufa, Russia, direct via RØCBZ (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact was successful for Sun 2022-10-30 18:44 UTC (***)
Congratulations to the 12th International Aerospace School students and Anna! (***)
Harel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel, telebridge via VK4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Fri 2022-11-04 09:43:51 UTC 50 deg
Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is TBD
Contact is go for Sun 2022-11-20 TBD UTC
The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home.
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ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:
Postponed:
No new schools
Cancelled:
No new schools
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Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-10-31 16:30 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtfhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-10-31 16:30 UTC. (***)
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
Call for Proposals
The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***)
Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com.
For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)
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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.
For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net
The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
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ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 185 (***)
Francesco IKØWGF with 149
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148
Gaston ON4WF with 124
Peter IN3GHZ with 114
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1571. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1490. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti…
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 68 on orbit
Sergey Prokopyev
Francisco Rubio
Dimitri Petelin
SpaceX Crew-5 on orbit
Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Nicole Mann
Anna Kikina
Koichi Wakata KI5TMN
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2022-10-30 16:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Gagarin From Space, 12th International Aerospace School named after cosmonaut U.N. Sultanov, Ufa, Russia, direct via RØCBZ (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:44 UTC (***)
Harel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel, telebridge via VK4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Fri 2022-11-04 09:43:51 UTC 50 deg
Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is TBD
Contact is go for Sun 2022-11-20 TBD UTC
The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
########################################################################################################################################
A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home.
****************************************************************************************************************************************
ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:
Postponed:
No new schools
Cancelled:
No new schools
****************************************************************************************************************************************
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2022-10-30 16:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtfhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2022-10-25 03:30 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
Call for Proposals
The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2022 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. This proposal is due to ARISS by November 13, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2022-11-14 07:59 UTC). (***)
Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com.
For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia)
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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator.
For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted.
*******************************************************************************
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
*******************************************************************************
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts.
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net
The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
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ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 184
Francesco IKØWGF with 149
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148
Gaston ON4WF with 124
Peter IN3GHZ with 114
****************************************************************************
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1570.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1489.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti…
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 68 on orbit
Sergey Prokopyev
Francisco Rubio
Dimitri Petelin
SpaceX Crew-5 on orbit
Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Nicole Mann
Anna Kikina
Koichi Wakata KI5TMN
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-303
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active
interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog
and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]
amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* MESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module
* FoxTelem Version 1.12 Released
* AMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members
* GreenCube in Digipeater Mode
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-303 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 30
MESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module
An AMSAT-constructed linear transponder module is included in the MESAT 3U
satellite to be deployed as part of NASA's upcoming ELaNa 43 mission.
MESAT-1 is a stack of three tech-stuffed 4-inch cubes assembled at the
University of Maine and destined for space in 2022. The first satellite of
its kind ever built in Maine, MESAT-1 carries three imaging experiments
proposed by Maine schools and a 2-way radio for use by ground control and
amateur radio enthusiasts.
MESAT-1 was originally projected to launch from Vandenberg Space Force
Base, California, in June 2022, but has been delayed. The satellite will be
carried by a Firefly Aerospace "Alpha" rocket and released into a
Sun-synchronous orbit about 555 kilometers (350 miles) above Earth. It will
fly nearly over the poles traveling at about 7.8 kilometers per second
(17,000 mph), making a full orbit in roughly 100 minutes. Any given
location on Earth will experience 4 to 6 passes per day, with each pass
lasting less than 15 minutes. MESAT-1 is expected to remain in space for
well over a decade.
A statewide competition in 2019 drew payload proposals from schools across
Maine. Three projects were selected for the MESAT-1 mission: ALBEDO,
IMAGER, and HAB.
ALBEDO: Saco Middle School will study reflected light (albedo) and local
temperature in urban and rural areas, with the idea that urban heat islands
could be mitigated through architectural designs that reflect more light.
IMAGER: Fryeburg Academy will photograph shallow coastal waters as part of
an effort to distinguish turbidity and phytoplankton concentration from
space. The academy is collaborating with the Wells National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
HAB: Falmouth High School will work on early detection of harmful algal
blooms by measuring atmospheric temperature and water vapor levels around
bloom areas. They will watch blooms develop, move, and disperse.
The main radio aboard MESAT-1 is a linear transponder module (LTM-1) built
by the nonprofit Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), a partner in
the project. The ground station operator will command the satellite through
LTM-1 and the module will transmit telemetry back to Earth. LTM-1 will also
be made available to amateur radio operators for 2-way communication.
UMaine applied to the International Amateur Radio Union to coordinate its
planned frequency use for MESAT-1. The IARU approved this plan on 22
November 2021:
Telemetry beacon downlink: 435.800 MHz 1200 baud BPSK
Transponder uplink: 145.910-145.940 MHz
Transponder downlink: 435.810-435.840 MHz
MESAT-1 carries a second radio, an EyeStar transmitter, originally intended
to interface with the satellite's built-in GPS and the GlobalStar network
to provide the ground team with accurate, hourly position information. This
aspect of the mission was altered during MESAT-1 construction. The EyeStar
unit will serve only a minimal function on MESAT-1.
Background on Maine's First CubeSat
MESAT-1 exists thanks to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) and the
Maine Space Grant Consortium. Through CSLI, NASA has selected more than 200
CubeSat missions for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program. More
than 130 ELaNA satellites have been launched at NASA's expense since 2011.
In 2018, Maine Space Grant kicked off a pilot Maine CubeSat Launch
Initiative to involve students and teachers from across the state in
designing CubeSat missions. Through a competitive process, the consortium
selected three experiments to propose for NASA's 2019 ELaNa opportunity.
The MESAT-1 proposal was accepted by NASA early in 2020. The satellite was
paired with launch provider Firefly Aerospace for ELaNa mission 43.
Dr. Ali Abedi, director of the WiSe-Net Lab at UMaine Orono, assigned three
UMaine graduate students the task of producing the satellite. With the
support of the Maine Space Grant Consortium, they completed MESAT-1 in time
for a 2022 launch.
[ANS thanks mainesat.org for the above information]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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FoxTelem Version 1.12 Released
A new version of FoxTelem has been released ahead of the launch of MESAT-1.
The new version will be required in order to decode MESAT-1 telemetry.
MESAT-1 has an AMSAT Linear Transponder Module (LTM) and will transmit
health data and images at 1200bps using BPSK. FoxTelem will decode and
display the images from the University of Maine multi-spectral camera, as
well as other data about the spacecraft.
This version of FoxTelem will still support all previous spacecraft and the
CubeSat Simulator.
You can download it from these locations:
https://www.g0kla.com/foxtelemhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/
In addition to support for MESAT-1 this version also includes several bug
fixes and enhancements. Questions or comments (other than "when is the
launch", because I don't know) may be directed to chrisethompson [at]
gmail.com or to g0kla [at] arrl.net. Issues or bugs can be logged on github
at:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues
[ANS thanks Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ, for the above information]
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AMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members
The following members of the AMSAT 2022 President’s Club have been added as
of October 31, 2022. We thank them for their generous support and helping
to keep Amateur Radio in Space!
The 2022 Year is rapidly coming to a close. If you have not yet joined, you
can still earn your membership with distinctive five-color gold-finish
coin, iron-on AMSAT logo patches and full-color certificate. Go to
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ for more information.
Titanium ($4,800+)
Barry A. Baines WD4ASW
Alan P. Biddle WA4SCA
John D. Botti KC8OKB
William G. Brown K9LF
Platinum ($2,400+)
Ronald G. Parsons W5RKN
Gold ($1,200+)
Douglas Besemer K0VPL
Burns Fisher WB1FJ
Joseph Lynch N6CL
John R. Kludt K7SYS
Glenn Miller AA5PK
Douglas B. Tabor N6UA
Silver($600+)
John Boehme K4PRK
Warren Fugate W3WE
Mark Johns K0JM
Bruce Paige KK5DO
David A. Vine WA1EAW
Chuck Weaver W3VAR
Bronze($300+)
Allen Kenney KK4AK
Bruce Perens K6BP
Donald Pettigrew K9ECT
Scott Shaheen WB8OOJ
Thomas Talley K0CFI
Dave Taylor W8AAS
Ricky N. Walker K4TD
Core ($120+)
Oscar Alonso N6PAZ
Dwight Aussieker W9QJ
Steve Bachhuber K9SJB
Robert Brennan KC3CKV
Burlington Amateur Radio Club
George Carr WA5KBH
Michael Caughey N2BT
Jim Clary ND9M
Richard Dittmer KB7SAT
George Gallis AL7BX
David Grebe WA4LM
David Hartrum WA3YDZ
Stephen Howard AB0XE
Nels E. Knutzen W0PEC
Gailen Marshall N5GDM
Brendan McNeil ZL3BAM
Juan Munoz TG9AJR
Andrew Northam KE8FZT
Art Payne VE3GNF
Maxwell Rathbone W3POI
Jay Schwartz WB8SBI
Jason Schwarz N4JJS
Alton Simpson WA5TJB
Carl Starnes W4EAT
Paul Stoetzer N8HM
Christopher Wachs WA2KDL
Stefan Wagener VE4SW
Jeremy Wyatt KA2PFD
[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development, for the above
information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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GreenCube in Digipeater Mode
The S5Lab research team of the University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy, the
Italian Space Agency and AMSAT Italia are happy to inform the ham radio
community that the GreenCube satellite will be switched in digipeater mode
between 29-Oct-2022 00:01 UTC and 30-Oct-2022 23:59 UTC. Information on the
setup required to access the satellite can be found on the team's web site
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/digipeater/.
The S5lab team of Sapienza provides the software needed to communicate with
the satellite along with a technical guide of the setup and the GUI
features. The archive contains:
The user manual
The Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The Terminal Node Controller (TNC) software
The GNURadio script to receive and transmit
The software kit can be downloaded from the same web page. The satellite
digipeater implements a store-and-forward message service and works at
435.310 Mhz (U/L and D/L).
The 3U cubesat was launched on the Vega-C maiden flight on 13-Jul-2022 in a
MEO orbit. The GreenCube project is being carried out through a
collaboration agreement between the Italian Space Agency and Sapienza
University of Rome, with the participation of ENEA and University Federico
II of Naples. As for the radio frequency communications, a strong and
effective cooperation with AMSAT Italia has been established, whereby AMSAT
Italia endorsed the frequency coordination request.
The team can be reached via their website at the URL
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/contact-us/.
[ANS thanks Fabrizio Carrai, IU5GEZ, of AMSAT Italia for the above
information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
No changes to the satellite list this week.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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ISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations
Partner agencies on the International Space Station program say they are in
discussions about how they will use, and pay for, commercial space stations
that will replace it.
Representatives of several countries currently involved in the ISS said
during a panel at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’
ASCEND conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 25 that they are looking at
options for how to continue work they currently do on the ISS on the
commercial space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) NASA is helping develop
to replace it at the end of the decade.
“With the commercialization of LEO, it is really necessary to revisit our
principles of doing cooperation,” said Peter Gräf, director of applications
and science at the German space agency DLR. Germany is the biggest
contributor to ESA’s share of the ISS and actively uses the station for
fundamental and applied research.
He said discussions among agencies and companies had started on how those
arrangements would change with a commercial station. “We need to find ways
to work together, certainly in other ways than we did before,” he said.
“There are a lot of options available and the main players are in heavy
discussions on that.”
The ISS today relies extensively on barter arrangements among participating
agencies, providing services to cover their share of operations of the
station. Such arrangements are unlikely to work for commercial stations,
however.
“We need to find a new way of cooperating,” said Nicolas Maubert, space
counselor at the French Embassy in the U.S. and representative of the
French space agency CNES in the U.S., citing the challenges of extending
current barter arrangements to commercial stations. “We need to put on the
table every option.”
“The bottom line for all is that there is a strong demand for capabilities
in low Earth orbit,” Gräf said. “It’s quite clear there will be a human
outpost in LEO, no matter what the future will bring.”
[ANS thanks SpaceNews.com for the above information]
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
POSTPONED: Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada,
telebridge via VK4KHZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH
Contact is no longer go for: Wed 2022-10-26 13:42:09 UTC 66 deg due to crew
timeline changes. It has been postponed to the week of Nov. 14, exact date
and time TBD.
Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/ARISSlive and
https://nslive.tv/five-bridges-ariss
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC
Harel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel, telebridge via VK4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Fri 2022-11-04 09:43:51 UTC 50 deg
The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so
inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume
up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never
know.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur
Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Roving season is drawing to a close in many parts of North America, but a
few brave souls are out there providing rare grids:
W8LR: EN90 EM99 10/28-30. Passes are holiday style. Will post passes to
Twitter and http://hams.at Will be on Linear and FM. EU I will be trying
some RS-44 and AO-07 (in mode b) if I can. Lots of hills will make it hard
for lower passes but my fingers are crossed. LOG W8LR/R
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
None presently scheduled.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ CORRECTION: Last week's ANS 296 reported that AMSAT Engineering expressed
appreciation to AMSAT-DL for capturing AO-109 telemetry. While AMSAT has
great appreciation for AMSAT-DL for its ongoing partnership, the telemetry
mentioned was provided by the PI9CAM team at the CAMRAS 25m diameter dish
at Dwingeloo in the Netherlands. AMSAT Engineering expressed appreciation
to the Dwingeloo team. (ANS regrets the error and thanks Nico Janssen,
PA0DLO, for calling it to our attention.)
+ AmazonSmile has made a charitable donation to the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation, in the amount of $342.72 as a result of qualifying purchases
made by customers between April 1st - June 30th. Thanks to customers
shopping at smile.amazon.com or using the Amazon app with AmazonSmile
turned ON, everyday purchases make an impact. So far, AmazonSmile has
donated:
$9,030.13 to Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
Over $377 million to US charities
Over $422 million to charities worldwide
+ Draft minutes of the 2022 AMSAT Board of Directors meeting are now
available at https://www.amsat.org/minutes-of-the-board-of-directors/ (ANS
thanks AMSAT for this information)
+ AMSAT's 2021 Financial Review and 2021 IRS Form 990 are now available at
https://www.amsat.org/audit-and-other-financial-reports/ (ANS thanks AMSAT
for this information)
+ The Proceedings of the 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium are now available to
AMSAT members on the AMSAT Member Portal at
https://launch.amsat.org/Proceedings (ANS thanks AMSAT for this information)
+ Videos of the talks given at the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium are now available on YouTube. Playlist is at
https://bit.ly/3sAcYIx (ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA, for the above
information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status
shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary
years in this status.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM
k0jm at amsat dot org
I planning a mission that could use lora modulation for telemetry/command.
Does anyone know the status of fossasat and lorasat, etc?
Also, what is Amsat/IARU stand on use of Lora (a proprietory protocol) on
ham bands? I wish we had a standard weak signal protocol for amatuer sats
that is doppler insensitive.
- f
Hi,
Just wondering about the status of Falconsat-3? I see an observation on
SatNOGS from the 22nd of October with signal, though nothing since.
73
Mark VK5QI
Dear All,
the S5Lab research team of the University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, the
Italian Space Agency and AMSAT Italia are happy to inform the ham radio
community that the GreenCube satellite will be switched in digipeater mode
between 29-Oct-2022 00:01 UTC and 30-Oct-2022 23:59 UTC. Information on the
setup required to access the satellite can be found on the team's web site
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/digipeater/
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.s5lab…>
.
The S5lab team of Sapienza provides the software needed to communicate with
the satellite along with a technical guide of the setup and the GUI
features. The archive contains:
- The user manual
- The Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- The Terminal Node Controller (TNC) software
- The GNURadio script to receive and transmit
The software kit can be downloaded from the same web page. The
satellite digipeater implements a store-and-forward message service and
works at 435.310 Mhz (U/L and D/L).
The 3U cubesat was launched on the Vega-C maiden flight on 13-Jul-2022 in a
MEO orbit. The GreenCube project is being carried out through a
collaboration agreement between the Italian Space Agency and Sapienza
University of Rome, with the participation of ENEA and University Federico
II of Naples. As for the radio frequency communications, a strong and
effective cooperation with AMSAT Italia has been established, whereby AMSAT
Italia endorsed the frequency coordination request.
The team can be reached via their website at the URL
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/contact-us/
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.s5lab…>
.
73, Fabrizio IU5GEZ for AMSAT Italia
I am considering picking up a cheap FM dualband radio to have as another travel radio for the satellites. I am wondering which models of the Chinese dualbanders that people have had success with on the FM satellites. Some ones at good prices are
TYT TH-7800
TYT TH-8600
Jetstream JT270MH and its Lexein VV-898
Anytone AT778UV
Any good or bad comments on these models? Other good models to consider? I do need something with a headphones/speaker jack with leaves out some of the QYT models.
73 John AF5CC
I am releasing a new version of FoxTelem ahead of the launch of MESAT-1.
You may have heard about this at the AMSAT NA symposium. Some details
here: https://umaine.edu/wisenetlab/mesat1/
If you want to decode MESAT-1 then you will need this new version of
FoxTelem. MESAT-1 has an AMSAT Linear Transponder Module (LTM) and will
transmit health data and images at 1200bps using BPSK. FoxTelem will
decode and display the images from the University of Maine multi-spectral
camera, as well as other data about the spacecraft.
This version of FoxTelem will still support all previous spacecraft and the
CubeSat Simulator.
You can download it from these locations:
https://www.g0kla.com/foxtelemhttp://amsat.us/FoxTelem/
In addition to support for MESAT-1 this version also includes several bug
fixes and enhancements. If you have questions or comments, other than
"when is the launch", because I don't know, then feel free to contact me.
You can also log issue or bugs on github here:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues
73
Chris
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Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson(a)gmail.com
g0kla(a)arrl.net
ARISS CONTACT UPDATE: Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ has been postponed to the week of Nov 14 due to crew timeline changes.
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR