July 2023 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

TEVEL-3,4,7
by david.greenberg＠bezeqint.net 07 Jul '23

07 Jul '23

Hello All, TEVEL-3,4,7 FM transponders have been activated, starting from today, 07.07.23 18:42U for 72 hours. 73, David 4X1DG

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IO-117/GreenCube Digi ON
by Eduardo PY2RN 07 Jul '23

07 Jul '23

S5Lab@S5LabUpdates from the OPS Room: GREENCUBE DIGI now on. Thanks a lot for your patience! 73 EdPY2RN

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vOLUNTEERS FOR "mOON dAY" AT fRONTIERS OF fLIGHT, jULY 22ND.
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Hello all, Looking for amateur satellite enthusiasts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to help talk Amateur Radio in space to a mostly non-ham audience of all ages at the 2023 edition of an event called "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Love Field, Dallas, TX. Event is 10A-4P with Setup at 8. Mostly indoor, but we will have a number of satellite passes to work, cubesat simulators to show off, The FOX Engineering model, and other cool things to show off. If you can help/participate, I need to hear from you via email, n5hyp(a)arrl.net <mailto:n5hyp@arrl.net> pretty soon, so I can get you details. <https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/> https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

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La Habra, CA Antenna Project
by Clint Bradford 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Friend to the hobby and all-around excellent human being, N6VNI George Jacob, needs assistance for less than an hour THIS SATURDAY at 8am to erect an antenna. His tele is 562-544-7373. Any problems getting a message to him, please call me at 951-533-4984. He is facing medical issues - the latest is a spinal problem affecting use of both hands. Clint K6LCS Sent from my iPhone

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-07-07 01:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2023-07-07 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: TBD 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. 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 2023-07-07 01:00 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.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2023-06-23 03:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. 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 **************************************************************************************************************************************** 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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 February 20, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024. This proposal is due to ARISS by March 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 213 Francesco IKØWGF with 150 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 148 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 115 Steve VE3TBD with 104 **************************************************************************** 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 1646. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1554. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** 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-6 on orbit Steve Bowen KI5BKB Warren Hoburg KB3HTZ Sultan Al Neyadi KI5VTV Andrey Fediaev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: Cubesat deployments from the ISS, July 6
by Nico Janssen 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

The six Cubesats have been deployed from the ISS today. SC-ODIN at 09:55 UTC, MoonLighter at 10:05 UTC, RADSAT-SK and Ukpik-1 at 11:30 UTC, IRIS and ESSENCE at 11:40 UTC. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 04-07-2023 15:06, Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > On 2023-07-06 six small satellites are to be deployed from the > ISS Kibo module, using NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer-26: > > SC-ODIN, 436.525 MHz > RADSAT-SK, 435.400 MHz (with FM repeater) > Ukpik-1, 437.160 MHz > ESSENCE, 435.775 MHz (not IARU coordinated) > IRIS, 436.250 MHz(not IARU coordinated) > MoonLighter, 914.700 and 2225.0 MHz. > > Live deployment on Youtube: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzv81nIvT8A > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available athttps://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/amsat-bb@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences athttps://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: launch 🚀 holiday
by Daniel Schultz 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Hi Stephen, Upcoming space launches are listed on: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ and https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/ Projected launch dates are always subject to change, sometimes even at the last second. Launches in the US occur at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and Wallops Island in Virginia. Both the Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center in Texas have very large visitor complexes with guided tours. Admission prices are comparable to what they charge at Disney World in nearby Orlando, which is to say not inexpensive. Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland offers free tours, other NASA centers have limited or no public access, inquire with the center you want to visit. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California does offer occasional public lectures in the Von Karman Auditorium on campus. The National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia (near Dulles Airport) have historical exhibits, including the retired Space Shuttle Discovery in Chantilly. Space shuttle Endeavour is at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Atlantis is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Enterprise, which never flew in space, is at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama has many exhibits on the Apollo program and the Saturn V rocket. The Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas is also noteworthy but somewhat out of the way. The US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio has a declassified Hexagon Reconnaissance (spy) Satellite. Have a good trip. Dan Schultz N8FGV ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:32:13 AM EDT From: Stephen Thornber <skthornber(a)mac.com> To: Daniel Schultz <n8fgv(a)usa.net>Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] launch 🚀 holiday > I’m looking to travel to US in March. Thought might be a good idea to check out a launch. Anyone got information on something happening around then that might be worth a visit. > > Space center visit etc. > > Stephen G6SGA

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launch 🚀 holiday
by Stephen Thornber 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

I’m looking to travel to US in March. Thought might be a good idea to check out a launch. Anyone got information on something happening around then that might be worth a visit. Space center visit etc. Stephen G6SGA Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Jul 2023, at 15:15, Daniel Schultz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > This is the first call for papers for the 41st annual AMSAT Space Symposium to > be held on the weekend of October 20-21, 2023 at the Sheraton DFW Airport in > Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas > > Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of > interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of > your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 12 > for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be > sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv(a)amsat.org > > 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/amsat-bb@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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First call for papers for 2023 AMSAT Space Symposium
by Daniel Schultz 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

This is the first call for papers for the 41st annual AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 20-21, 2023 at the Sheraton DFW Airport in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 12 for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv(a)amsat.org 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV

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SatPC32 versions -- I'm confused
by Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

The version numbers and dates on SatPC32 have me confused.... The website for the program starts off with "What's New in *Vers 12.10*, Release *January. 2023*?" The version available for download says "SatPC32 Demo *V. 12.10*, 46 MB, released *Nov, 2022*" When I install it, the info screen says "SatPC32 V. *12.10* Released *March, 2022*" The version numbers and dates don't seem to consistent at all. I think I have the latest and greatest version, but it's really hard to tell. -- Keith E Brandt, *WD9GET* District 1 DEC STX *This message transmitted with 100% recycled DHMO-free electrons xb

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