April 2013 - Amsat-dc (INACTIVE)

FW: PhoneSats Back on Earth
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Game Over. ... See their message below. Did you hear any of the three over the seven days? PhoneSats INFO page: http://phonesat.org<http://phonesat.org/> ________________________________ From: PhoneSat [contact(a)phonesat.org] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:22 PM To: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) Subject: PhoneSats back on Earth Dear PhoneSat followers, Our orbital analysis indicates that the PhoneSats have deorbited on April 27 and have burned in Earths atmosphere as predicted. No one has been able to hear from the satellites since, which confirms the predictions. The PhoneSat team is continuing to develop the PhoneSats using consumer technology to greatly increase the capability of the satellite whilst developing with a low cost - our next versions launching late this year so stay tuned. Thank you again for your support in making this technology demonstration successful! The PhoneSat team

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FW: Official TLEs released!
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

FYI Save below to a text file and update your tracking software! From: Tintore Gazulla, Oriol (ARC-TH)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:10 PM Subject: Official TLEs released! Dear PhoneSat followers, We have finally received official TLEs of the three satellites. They have been updated to the website. We also add them in this email: GRAHAM 1 39142U 13016A 13114.89139670 .02066248 11824-4 11888-2 0 125 2 39142 051.6312 294.1214 0011318 353.4416 006.6606 16.18063182 484 BELL 1 39143U 13016B 13114.89029360 .02779577 11872-4 14142-2 0 147 2 39143 051.6283 294.1154 0011084 343.5055 016.9415 16.19669199 498 ALEXANDER 1 39146U 13016E 13114.89004989 .02887841 11883-4 14290-2 0 38 2 39146 051.6237 294.1128 0010785 344.8223 015.2784 16.20034403 395 I seems that Alexander and Bell are flying very close to each other and Graham is a bit more distant. As for now, the TLEs that we had seem to point more towards Graham, but we would suggest targeting Alexander and Bell. We are working on releasing the reconstructed pictures that we have so far, we still need your help to finalize the picture. Again, thank you very much for your great collaboration, we will let you know once the pictures are on the site. Thanks, PhoneSat team http://www.phonesat.org

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Orbital Launch Delayed until Friday - Maybe
by Eric Rosenberg 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Orbital Sciences Corporation had planned to launch its Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Va., on Wednesday, but it was scrubbed after a crucial data cable on the rocket's upper stage became disconnected. Launch has been tentatively rescheduled for Friday. Eric W3DQ Washington, DC

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Fwd: [Tracking] PhoneSat launch April 17th! 437.425MHz
by Samudra Haque N3RDX & S21X 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

I am forwarding a request from NASA ARC Phonesat project, relevant to my mail earlier yesterday. This is a 3-for-1 special for amsat community. 73 de N3RDX ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wolfe, Jasper Lewis. (ARC-RD)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)] <jasper.l.wolfe(a)nasa.gov> Date: Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [Tracking] PhoneSat launch April 17th! 437.425MHz Cc: "Guillen Salas, Alberto (ARC-SST)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)]" <alberto.guillensalas(a)nasa.gov>, "Tintore Gazulla, Oriol (ARC-TH)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)]" < oriol.tintoregazulla(a)nasa.gov> Hello CubeSats and Amateur Radio Operators! The very first PhoneSat’s will be launching aboard the Antares on April 17 th at 1700 EDT (launch window to April 19th possibly further). We have manifested 2x PhoneSat 1.0 and 1x PhoneSat 2.0 Beta.**** ** ** Our orbit is very low (270km x 300km 51.6deg) and we’ll only be up there for 2 weeks! So we’re looking for as many people as possible to help with tracking our satellites!**** ** ** If any of you are interested in tracking the satellite please let myself (+the cc’d team) know – your help will be greatly appreciated! **** ** ** All three satellites will be transmitting on *437.425MHz* and TLE’s + more info can be found at www.phonesat.org – consolidated info sheet attached.*** * ** ** Feel free to tune-in and submit packets to www.phonesat.org **** ** ** Cheers!**** PhoneSat Project**** NASA ARC**** ** ** This time attached :D**** _______________________________________________ Earthstation mailing list Earthstation(a)cubesat.org http://lists.cubesat.org/mailman/listinfo/earthstation

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More information on the Antares launch
by Eric Rosenberg 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

More for those of us on the east coast: Where the launch should be able to be seen from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/739028main_A-ONE_Visibil… (Color%20Enhanced <http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/739028main_A-ONE_Visibil…>).jpg <http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/739028main_A-ONE_Visibil…> Antares fact sheet - http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Antares_fact.pdf There are pictures of the rollout on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8632520054/in/set-72157633198376352/ GL! 73, Eric W3DQ Washington, DC

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Follow Up to Workshop: The GBHC This Saturday
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Hello fellow AMSAT Members, YOU ARE INVITED to help staff the AMSAT booth at the local hamfest in Timonium, Md. with us this Saturday! So far, it is just Ken Perko WA3WHE and me in the booth. We have a premium 1.5-hour or 2-hour slot in the schedule for you to slip in and provide a sliver of relief for one of us. Just call or write me what time you'd like to volunteer with us. All the info about the show is given below and at the GBHC Web site link shown. There is room to set up a demo or two as well. Would you like to show off part of your portable satellite ground station and laptop software in action? Please do! Otherwise just swing by to chat. You may purchase a ticket to the hamfest on the morning of, and find us in the Cow Palace like last year. This coming Saturday ought to be another fine day for Amateur Radio and satellites! Cheers, Pat N8PK n8pk(a)amsat.org The GBHC http://www.gbhc.org Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest Saturday, April 6, 2013 9:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Located at the Maryland State Fairgrounds 2200 York Road in Timonium, Maryland 21093 (served by Maryland-45, Interstate-83, and the Timonium Light Rail stop) P.S. . . . AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-090 [snippet] + Watch a video of WD9EWK working FO-29 from the Scottsdale, Arizona Hamfest on Saturday, March 9. 2013. Patrick used two FT-817ND rigs, one for the uplink transmitter, the second to receive the downlink on a handheld ELK 2M/70cm antenna. The video is posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0ZhR7Doby0E P.S. 2 The Local AMSAT-DC Web Page: http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/ P.S. 3 A follow up note about the March 23 Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground Stations is expected in the next week or so. Certainly, a good time was had by all!

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