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ANS-273 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-273 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************* AMSAT 2007 Space Symposium ************************* The Wireless Association of South Hills Amateur Radio Club announces the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2007. The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site. You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2007/index.php ************************************************************************** In this edition: * Annual International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum at Symposium * AMSAT Awards * Students to Build Satellite Antennas at AMSAT Symposium * Sputnik 50th Anniversary Special Events Planned for October 4 * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-273.01 Annual International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum at Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 273.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 30, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-273.01 The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council holds its Amateur Satellite Forum on alternating years between the AMSAT-NA Symposium and the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. This year is the turn to hold this forum in the USA at the Symposium on Sunday, Oct- ober 28. Three speakers are currently scheduled to address the forum. There is also time planned for a panel discussion with the IARU delegates. The forum will be open to everyone attending the Symposium. [ANS thanks the Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-273.02 AMSAT Awards AMSAT News Service Bulletin 273.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 30, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-273.02 Bruce, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards says the latest awards are: We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club. Richard Silva, WA6ES AMSAT Communication Achievement Award Jeffery Thomas, K7WIN, #454 Douglas Papay, KD8CAO, #455 South Africa AMSAT Communication Achievement Award Jeffery Thomas, K7WIN, #US112 Douglas Papay, KD8CAO, #US113 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org. [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-273.03 Students to Build Satellite Antennas at AMSAT Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 273.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 30, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-273.03 Richard Crow, N2SPI will conduct a workshop which will mentor students to build satellite antennas for 145 and 435 MHz. They will be able to use their antenna to receive signals from AO-51, SO-50, and AO-27. The workshops are slated to take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at the Symposium. [ANS thanks the Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-273.04 Sputnik 50th Anniversary Special Events Planned for October 4 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 30, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-273.04 AMSAT-NA will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik with a special event on AO-51. AO-51 will rebroadcast original Sputnik telemetry and a congratulatory message to mark the event during passes over North America on the evening of Wednesday, October 3rd in North America, which is early October 4th UTC. At this time, only the passes over North America will be able to carry the special event. Please watch ANS and the amsat-bb mailing list for further information as the date approaches. Robert, G8ATE and John, G7HIA will be using the special call sign GB50SO starting on the 4th October for one month to celebrate the 50th Anni- versary of the launch of the first earth orbiting satellite SPUTNIK ONE on that date in 1957. All of the available analogue satellites will be used as time permits. A special QSL card will be available after the event. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, and Robert, G8ATE for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-273.05 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 273.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 30, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-273.05 + Make your room reservations for the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium in Pittsburgh as soon as possible. Any rooms that have not been reserved by October 8th will be released to the hotel. For the reservation code, go to the AMSAT website and click on the left hand side - AMSAT Symposium. If you have any problems making a reservation, please call Martha in the ASMAST office at (301-589-6062). + Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations reminds AO-51 users that its time to again submit your mode requests for the month of October. Please submit them to ao51-modes(a)amsat.org as soon as possible. + Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, ARRL Assistant Manager, Membership & Volunteer Programs Department wrote this week, "After review, ARRL will permit contacts through the ISS (Earth - ISS - Earth) to be counted towards satellite endorsement for WAS and DXCC. This applies to contacts made via the onboard repeater equipment provided that the equipment does not hold and re-transmit information. Contacts with the ISS do not receive any award credit. Further information will be available on the LoTW website." See: http://www.arrl.org/lotw/ + Masa, JN1GKZ has an FO-29 Operation Schedule page at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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WSR-267 Weekly Satellite Report 267
by James French 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

This report is organized into FIVE parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites Part 5 (S5) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-267.S1 WSR 267 Part 1 09/24/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 267.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 24, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/v - Indian Transponder Frequencies: Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [06252007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Modes: FM Repeater - V/u L/u Telemetry Beacon - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09242007] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary): 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [05282007] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Operational - check operational schedule for current times!! Current Mode: V/u Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM 145.870 MHz FM 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP For current operational schedule for FO-29: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm JARL English webpage: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm AMSAT-NA Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID =5&retURL=/satellites/status.php Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts.htm [0820007] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [08202007] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Mode: Listen before transmitting Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW 145.972 MHz CW 435.100 MHz CW 2304.100 MHz CW Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [05282007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational - APRS and BBS Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-267.S2 WSR 267 Part 2 09/24/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 267.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 24, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.S2 CAPE1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Intermittent Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW Callsign: K5USL TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds. [07302007] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational? Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 [08132007] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 [07302007] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31122 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW [07302007] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM [02052007] ===== ?O-?? FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: /u Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html [02262007] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [07302007] ===== GENESAT-1 ?O-?? Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0670 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [01082007] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [10302006] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW Beacon only Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [03262007] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [01082007] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: February 21, 2006 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW Callsign: JQ1YPC Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [01082007] ===== CO-55 CUTE-1 Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW [08132007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/u L/u Telemetry Beacon - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09242007] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Hibernation until full sunlight in November Current Mode: V/v General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09242007] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: OPERATIONAL Current Modes: V/U L/U Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [09172007] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational. Current Mode: /v Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz - OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz - OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Due to solar eclipses which will continue until late August 2007, the beacon will only transmit for about one orbit every 21 days. It is unlikely to be heard during this period. Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07162007] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT RS-22 Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: /u CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz [08062007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational - APRS and BBS Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-267.S3 WSR 267 Part 3 09/24/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 267.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 24, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NCUBE-2 Catalog number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01222007] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non=Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK [08132007] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01222007] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [007302007] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [01222007] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [01222007] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks ------- V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlinks --------- S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 MHz 24048.035 MHz P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU) ---------------------------- BEACON General Beacon (GB) Middle Beacon (MB) Engineering Beacon (EB) 2 m none 145.898 MHz none 70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz 13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz 13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz 3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz 1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz [007162007] ===== OO-38 OPAL Catalog Number: 26063 Launch Date: January 27, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK [08132007] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlinks: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [01222007] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [01222007] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [09042006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Reported non-operational Current Mode: V/U Digipeater - Authorized for APRS usage Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.920 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB 1200-baud PSK Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [06112007] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [012212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 [01222007] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01222007] ===== AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21 Catalog Number: 21087 Launch Date: January 29, 1991 Status: Operational Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP [01222007] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW 435.910 MHz AX25 Voice Transponder: Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Digital Transponder: Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.870 MHz 145.890 MHz 145.910 MHz Downlink: 435.910 MHz More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [01152007] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [01222007] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12 Catalog Number: 16909 Launch Date: August 12, 1986 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launch Date: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8 Catalog Number: 10703 Launch Date: March 3, 1978 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW [01152007] ===== AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6 Catalog Number: 06236 Launch Date: October 15, 1972 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5 Catalog Number: 04321 Launch Date: January 23, 1970 Status: Non-Operational Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW 29.4500 MHz CW [01152007] ===== OSCAR III Catalog Number: 01293 Launch Date: March 09, 1965 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW [01012007] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-267.S4 WSR 267 Part 4 09/24/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 267.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 24, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: Phase 5a Mars Mission Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: 2009 or 2011 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P5-A web page: http://ticket-to-mars.org [01222007] ===== PHASE 3E AO-?? Catalog number: Proposed Launch Date: Late 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [01222007] ===== Eagle AO-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2009 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status updates please visit the AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org [01222007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-267.S5 WSR 267 Part 5 09/24/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 267.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 24, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND: NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: May 30, 2007 Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25 Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz Packet to Voice ID: RAFT [06112007] /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org Mailing address: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-266 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-266 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************* AMSAT 2007 Space Symposium ************************* The Wireless Association of South Hills Amateur Radio Club announces the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2007. The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site. You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2007/index.php ************************************************************************** In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results * New AMSAT VP of User Services * GO-32 enabled for experimental APRS access * AO-51 Sputnik 50th Anniversary Special Event * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARISS Status - 17 September 2007 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.01 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.01 The following candidates were elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors: Barry Baines , WD4ASW Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Rick Hambly, W2GPS Gunther Meisse, W8GSM Lee Mclamb, KU4OS is the alternate A total of 871 votes were cast. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.02 New AMSAT VP of User Services AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.02 It was with great enthusiasm that AMSAT President Rick Hambly, W2GPS, announced the appointment of Gould Smith, WA4SXM, to the position of AMSAT Vice President of User Services. In this position Gould will serve on the Executive Team and will be responsible for the leadership of a team that will include the management of the AMSAT Journal, the AMSAT New Service (ANS), AMSAT HF radio nets, Field Operations, Awards and Contests, the Dayton Hamvention and other duties as may be assigned by the President or the Board. [ANS thanks Rick, W2GPS, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.03 GO-32 enabled for experimental APRS access AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.03 The GO-32 Satellite TECHSAT-1B team has announced experimental 9600 baud APRS access for mobile and tactical APRS on a not-to-interfere basis with the existing PACSAT BBS. The uplink is possible with 5 Watts on 2 meters, but the downlink is 9 dB worse to an omni antenna on UHF and requires tuning 10 to 20 KHz for Doppler. Currently there are no permanent IGates to bring the downlink into the global APRS system, but it is hoped volunteers will surface with permanent satgates. So initally, do NOT expect to see yourself on FINDU.COM. Enjoy ham radio, Make a contact instead! Experimental testing shows that an APRS HT with a 19.5" whip can get a lucky shot into this satellite (but not when there is congestion on the uplink). With a handheld beam, it should be no problem for an HT, and the beam is needed on reception anyway. Fifty Watt mobiles should have no problem using a stock mobile whip. Due to the absence of APRS signals to date, we do not have good statistics on reception in a mobile yet... Operating on a 9600 baud FULL DUPLEX APRS satellite is MUCH different than ARISS, or any of the other 1200 baud APRS PCSATS. Because the turn-around is so fast, you cannot see your own digipeated packets on the same radio (usually)... Please read and understand this entire bulletin before attempting to operate. The easiest way to get on GO-32 with 9600 baud APRS is to use a Kenwood D7, D700 or D710 radio. These radios since 1998 have been satellite 9600 baud ready, just waiting on a satellite!. Read these notes on how to operate GO-32 with a D7 or D700: Set APRS Baudrate to 9600 baud. Set A band to uplink on 145.93 Set B band to receive 435.225 +/- 10 KHz Set Path to be via 4XTECH Set MYCALL to a unique SSID Set TX method to AUTO Set TX RATE 1 min for HT. 2 min for D700 Put something useful in your STATUS text maybe describing your setup: "50W mobile, 1/4 wave, 2m rate" or "5W HT, long whip, 1m rate" Save in a PM for use anytime you are outside of the terrestrial APRS network. SATELLITE OPERATING NOTES: The GO32 uplinks and downlinks are for the PACSAT store and forward system and users. APRS use is on a secondary basis and should not be operated unattended. If you see that the BBS PBLIST is full of other users, do not enable your APRS since the uplink will be busy. Currently the PBLIST is not in APRS format so you cannot see it unless you are running normal packet mode. On the D700 you can press PMON on the front panel and see these packets... but they FLY by... ACCESS TIMES: GO-32 is sun synchronous and so it comes over everywhere three times between about 8 AM to Noon and again between 8 PM to midnight local sun time. During these two windows at least one pass each will be an overhead pass which might also work for an HT. The other passes will be lower to the East or West and will work fine for a 50W mobile. WHAT YOU HEAR: 9600 baud sounds almost exactly like open squelch, though the tuned ear can soon distinguish the difference. Before the pass, set your squelch normally to quiet the speaker. When you hear the satellite, the squelch will open and you may see up to 3 bars on your S meter. Tune to the "best sounding" noise. DOPPLER: Depending on how low to the horizon you can see, the satelite approaches 10 KHz high at 435.235 MHz... But it is maybe 3000 km away. As it gets higher, and 6 dB closer, it will be on 435.230 MHz, passing through 435.225 published center frequency at the middle point, and then drop down through 435.220 and ending at 435.215. But since it is 6 to 10 dB closer (and stronger) towards the center of the pass (800 km overhead), the mobile antenna is probably only going to hear the middle 435.230, .225, .220 portion easily. So I would start my receiption at 435.230... UPLINK CHANNELS: GO-32 allows two APRS uplinks. One is exclusive to D7/D700 tactical position reporting and the other exclusive to messaging. This is in hardware, not policy... 1) All APRS messaging (or fixed station non-Mic-E positions) must use the 145.85 uplink where GO32 only digipeats APRS packets with TOCALLs that begin with the usual "APxxxx". (Even the D7 and D700 use "APKxxx" for messages.) 2) All APRS Mic-E position uplinks (D7, D700 and D710s) must be on 145.93 MHz and they must have the position comment set to "Committed, Special or PRIORITY"... With those comment settings then the TOCALL first LATITUDE digit will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and only these will be accepted by GO32 for digipeating from 145.93. DATA CARRIER DETECT: The D700 and non(g) model D7's will NOT TX if they are hearing the downlink at the same time due to CARRIER DETECT. The D7(g) model has DCD IGNORE that *will* let it TX anyway. So use separate rigs for TX and for RX if you want to see yourself. Otherwise stick to the receommended TX rates and know that you are getting in if you stick to the protocol. Sticking to the recommended rates also keeps channel loading low, so that everyone gets in with less congestion. PERMANENT SATGATES: Here is a great place to use your D7 HT when you are not using it otherwise. Simply connect it to a 19" whip over a ground plane and to your APRS IGate system. The antenna does not even need to be high, since it cannot hear, nor will it be on frequency for low packets near the horizon 3000 km away. Set it to 9600 baud RX and tune to 435.230 (which is 5 KHz high). This Doppler setting will match the stronger signals. This 19.5" whip (3/4 wave on 435) does not need to see below 25 degrees, since its max gain (almost 7 dB) is between 30 to 70 degrees anwyay. This also protects your HT from lightning, since it can be low, below all of your other antnenas. Yes, your station will only see about 30% of all possible packets and only on the best two passes per day, but combined with dozens of other such unattended SATgates, all packets should be heard somewhere by someone and injected into the APRS Internet system. Bob Bruinga, WB4APR, reports that he hopes to have an APRS-via-GO32 web page up in a few weeks. Additional information about GO-32 can be found on the AMSAT web site at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL=/sate… Good luck! [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.04 AO-51 Sputnik 50th Anniversary Special Event AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.04 AMSAT-NA will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik with a special event on AO-51. AO-51 will rebroadcast original Sputnik telemetry and a congratulatory message to mark the event during passes over North America on the evening of Wednesday, October 3rd in North America, which is early October 4th UTC. At this time, only the passes over North America will be able to carry the special event. Please watch ANS and the amsat-bb mailing list for further information as the date approaches. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.05 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.05 Satellite Shorts From All Over + Make your room reservations for the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium in Pittsburgh as soon as possible. Any rooms that have not been reserved by October 8th will be released to the hotel. For the reservation code, go to the AMSAT website and click on the left hand side - AMSAT Symposium. If you have any problems making a reservation, please call Martha in the ASMAST office at (301-589-6062). + AMSAT congratulates Ramon Santoyo, XE1KK, who was just elected to the new position of the Secretary for the IARU---Region 2. For those who don't know, Ramon is an active satellite op, goes on many dxpeditions taking satellite gear, and is an all around friend of AMSAT. + This is a reminder that the 26th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communi- cations Conference will be held September 28-30, 2007 in Hartford, CT. See http://www.tapr.org/dcc for additional information. The Sunday Seminar will feature AMSAT VP-Engineering and Director, Bob McGwier, N4HY presenting "A Stroll Through Software Radio, Informa- tion Theory, and Some Applications". [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-266.06 ARISS Status - 17 September 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 266.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-266.06 1. ARISS Contact with M. L. King Academy Successful On Wednesday, September 12, students attending M. L. King Academy (formerly Alexander Macomb Academy) in Mount Clemens, Michigan experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Clay Anderson, KD5PLA answered 25 questions put to him by ten students. A crowd of approximately 350 gathered to watch the contact with several television stations and newspapers in attendance to report on the event. The school board director was also present and is now encouraging other schools to submit applications to ARISS. The audio from this contact was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers. It received 33 connections, including 6 repeater nodes, from 9 countries. Among those listening were China, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay and Thailand. To view the Macomb Daily article covering the event, see: http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/091307/loc_students001.shtml 2. Successful ARISS Contact with Westbrook Intermediate Students from Westbrook Intermediate School in Clear Creek, Texas took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, September 14. The contact was made possible with the assistance of telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. Twenty-four students asked one question each of Clay Anderson, KD5PLA. The audio from this event was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, receiving 28 connections from the U.S., Australia, Thailand and England, including 4 repeater nodes. 3. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been planned for Art and Pat Goforth Elementary School in League City, Texas on Friday, September 28 at 16:04 UTC via the telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The school has a student body of which 25% of the children come from economically disadvantaged families and 12% receive special education. This event is a crew pick of Clay Anderson, KD5PLA. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, September 29 as part of its Family Day, “Commemorating 50 Years in Space.” It will take place at 16:28 UTC via the telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii The overall theme of the day will be to celebrate at least one major event and object in the Museum’s collection for each decade of the space age. This event will focus on the ISS and the Shuttle program, and will acknowledge its sponsor, Charles Simonyi, who also participated in ARISS contacts with students while on the ISS. Visitors will be encouraged to participate in hands on activities during their time at the museum. Approximately 15,000 - 20,000 visitors are expected to attend throughout the day. The event will be promoted on the National Air and Space Museum’s website, (http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=664) advertised by e-flyer to a variety of lists, and have newspaper ads in the Express (a daily tabloid of the Washington Post with a daily circulation of 286,000) and The City Paper, an alternate newsweekly, with a weekly subscription of 85,000.) The audio for this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) Conference Room servers and into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. 4. Scouts Participate in SuitSat-2 Project On Saturday, September 15, approximately 58 boys, ages 6-18, from cub scout packs 983, 977, 778, 997, troop 993 and ham radio explorer post 599 in Maricopa, Arizona met to assemble two non-flight safety boxes for SuitSat-2. The scouts also drew pictures to be included on the SuitSat-2 DVD. Afterwards, the older boys were taught how to solder and lace cables. Photos from the explorer scouts may be found on this site: http://www.briansnapped.com/content/pics/SuitSat_2007/ 5. ISS Radio Running Packet Operations On Tuesday, September 11, the Kenwood radio was turned on and configured to run Packet operations. The Amateur Radio community world wide has been very pleased to have this capability restored. 6. Astronaut Training Status On Wednesday, September 12, astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, participated in a simulated amateur radio school contact. Wakata is slated to fly on the shuttle STS-126 mission. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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WSR-260 Weekly Satellite Report 260
by James French 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

This report is organized into FIVE parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites Part 5 (S5) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-260.S1 WSR 260 Part 1 09/17/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 17, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/v - Indian Transponder Frequencies: Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [06252007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Modes: FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary): 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [05282007] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Operational - check operational schedule for current times!! Current Mode: V/u Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM 145.870 MHz FM 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP For current operational schedule for FO-29: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm JARL English webpage: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm AMSAT-NA Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID =5&retURL=/satellites/status.php Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts.htm [0820007] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [08202007] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Mode: Listen before transmitting Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW 145.972 MHz CW 435.100 MHz CW 2304.100 MHz CW Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [05282007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational - APRS and BBS Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-260.S2 WSR 260 Part 2 09/17/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 17, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.S2 CAPE1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Intermittent Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW Callsign: K5USL TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds. [07302007] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational? Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 [08132007] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 [07302007] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31122 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW [07302007] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM [02052007] ===== ?O-?? FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: /u Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html [02262007] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [07302007] ===== GENESAT-1 ?O-?? Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0670 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [01082007] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [10302006] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW Beacon only Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [03262007] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [01082007] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: February 21, 2006 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW Callsign: JQ1YPC Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [01082007] ===== CO-55 CUTE-1 Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW [08132007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Operational only in Full Sun Light Current Mode: V/v General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [05282007] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: OPERATIONAL Current Modes: V/U L/U Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [09172007] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational. Current Mode: /v Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz - OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz - OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Due to solar eclipses which will continue until late August 2007, the beacon will only transmit for about one orbit every 21 days. It is unlikely to be heard during this period. Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07162007] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT RS-22 Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: /u CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz [08062007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational - APRS and BBS Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-260.S3 WSR 260 Part 3 09/17/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 17, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NCUBE-2 Catalog number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01222007] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non=Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK [08132007] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01222007] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [007302007] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [01222007] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [01222007] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks ------- V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlinks --------- S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 MHz 24048.035 MHz P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU) ---------------------------- BEACON General Beacon (GB) Middle Beacon (MB) Engineering Beacon (EB) 2 m none 145.898 MHz none 70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz 13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz 13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz 3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz 1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz [007162007] ===== OO-38 OPAL Catalog Number: 26063 Launch Date: January 27, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK [08132007] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlinks: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [01222007] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [01222007] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [09042006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Reported non-operational Current Mode: V/U Digipeater - Authorized for APRS usage Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.920 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB 1200-baud PSK Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [06112007] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [012212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 [01222007] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01222007] ===== AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21 Catalog Number: 21087 Launch Date: January 29, 1991 Status: Operational Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP [01222007] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW 435.910 MHz AX25 Voice Transponder: Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Digital Transponder: Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.870 MHz 145.890 MHz 145.910 MHz Downlink: 435.910 MHz More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [01152007] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [01222007] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12 Catalog Number: 16909 Launch Date: August 12, 1986 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launch Date: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8 Catalog Number: 10703 Launch Date: March 3, 1978 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW [01152007] ===== AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6 Catalog Number: 06236 Launch Date: October 15, 1972 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5 Catalog Number: 04321 Launch Date: January 23, 1970 Status: Non-Operational Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW 29.4500 MHz CW [01152007] ===== OSCAR III Catalog Number: 01293 Launch Date: March 09, 1965 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW [01012007] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-260.S4 WSR 260 Part 4 09/17/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 17, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: Phase 5a Mars Mission Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: 2009 or 2011 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P5-A web page: http://ticket-to-mars.org [01222007] ===== PHASE 3E AO-?? Catalog number: Proposed Launch Date: Late 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [01222007] ===== Eagle AO-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2009 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status updates please visit the AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org [01222007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-260.S5 WSR 260 Part 5 09/17/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 17, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-260.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND: NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: May 30, 2007 Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25 Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz Packet to Voice ID: RAFT [06112007] /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org Mailing address: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-259 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne Maenpaa 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-259 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************* AMSAT 2007 Space Symposium ************************* The Wireless Association of South Hills Amateur Radio Club announces the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2007. The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site. You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2007/index.php ************************************************************************** In this edition: * New launch date for Netherlands Delfi-C3 * AO-51 Schedule for September Includes V/U FM, L/S FM, SSB, and L/U * AMSAT at the LA County Fair * Three Satellites Spur Activity on 145.825 MHz Packet * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARRL Announces 1296 MHz WAS #1 * ARISS Status Report for the Week of September 10, 2007 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.01 New launch date for Netherlands Delfi-C3 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.01 The Delfi-C3 team has been informed by its launch broker that the launch of Delfi-C3 has been moved to December, 2007. The two major factors that have contributed to the postponement of the launch are weather and the Indian launch schedule. The weather effect on the launch is the typhoon season in India, which lasts from mid-October until December. The launch schedule is dependent on mission priorities. In the meantime the Delfi-C3 team will continue to work on futher testing parts of the satellite and preparing for the operations phase. As soon as more information regarding the launch of Delfi-C3 is available it will be available on the Delfi-C3 website. For downloads related to the press presentation (promotional movie, pictures, presentations) please go to http://www.delfic3.nl/press/ Delfi-C3 will have a telemetry downlink in the amateur satellite segment of the VHF amateur radio frequency band. Telemetry decoding software will be made available to participating amateur radio oper- ators and universities which allows them to decode and display real time telemetry. This software will allow for uploading received tele- metry date to the central Delfi-C3 ground station via the Internet for data processing. The Delfi-C3 team would like to invite all interested radio amateurs to receive, decode and forward telemetry data to the Delfi-C3 ground station. Delfi-C3 includes a mode UV linear transponder. The satellite will be in telemetry only mode for approximately the first three months of the mission, after which it is switched to transponder mode. Delfi-C3 Frequencies: + Primary telemetry downlink: 145.870 MHz 1200 Baud BPSK AX.25 400mW + Backup telemetry downlink: 145.930 MHz 1200 Baud BPSK AX.25 400mW + Linear transponder passband downlink: 145.880 - 145.920 MHz (inverting) 400mW PEP + Linear transponder passband uplink: 435.570 - 435.530 MHz + Transponder mode beacon: 145.870 MHz CW (10dB below transponder PEP) [ANS thanks the Delfi-C3 team for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.02 AO-51 Schedule for September Includes V/U FM, L/S FM, SSB, and L/U AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.02 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.02 Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice President of Operations described the AO-51 Satellite Schedule for September. Drew said, "We are currently running 370 mW on TXA (435.150) and 630 mW on TXB (435.300). Power levels will continue to increase as eclipses get shorter, leading up to 10 weeks of continuous sun in early 2008." Drew continued, "These are going to be interesting times. Keep in mind that anytime we have something other than telemetry running on TXA (i.e. L/U repeater), we may have to interrupt it occasionally for tele- metry and satellite maintenance. Our lead command station, Gould WA4SXM, has been doing an outstanding job of squeezing every last drop of power for the downlinks." AO-51 just completed 5 days of Mode L/S FM repeater operation. The schedule for the remainder of September 2007 is as follows: September 14 - September 17 FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM, 9k6 Telemetry Only September 17 - September 21 SSB/FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.880 MHz USB Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM, 9k6 Telemetry Only September 21 - October 1 FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM FM Repeater, L/U (subject to interuption for satellite maintenance) Uplink: 1268.700 MHz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.03 AMSAT at the LA County Fair AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.03 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.03 As part of the Amateur Radio Expo at the Los Angeles County Fair, AMSAT member Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is manning an AMSAT booth. The Expo runs weekends throughout the Fair. "It's been an AMSAT week," Clint reports. "I gave my "Working AO-51 with your HT" presentation Friday night at the annual HAMCON conference in Torrance. We had 62 people in attendance, including Gordon West and Cathy Gardenias. And right after that presentation, we had a great pass of AO-51 that we worked from the top of the conference hotel's parking structure. "Then on to the LA County Fair for all day Saturday and Sunday. Amateur Radio is well-represented here, with over 300 feet of booth space. Our booth is a 10x10 E-ZUP, with a slideshow running with photos and "stimulating" information. Handouts include a special "Fair Edition" of AMSAT News, and other material. "If you are planning a trip to the Fair, we are set up outside between Commercial Buildings 4 and 6." The Los Angeles County Fair runs September 7-30 this year. It is the largest county fair in the United States and retains its impressive ranking of fourth among the top 50 fairs and festivals in all of North America. The all-time record attendance was 1,612,097 over 24 days in 1991. Fair attendance in 2006 was the highest since that record-breaking year, clocking in at 1,427,656. For more Fair information, their Web site is... http://www.lacountyfair.com [ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.04 Three Satellites Spur Activity on 145.825 MHz Packet AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.04 The ARISS system aboard the International Space Station has frequently enabled its packet digipeater for APRS on 145.825 using the path of "VIA ARISS". Additionally, by mid-September PCSAT-1 should enter a FULL SUN OPERATING PERIOD. This may present a period of a few weeks when we will have THREE APRS satellites flying in constellation: ISS, PCSAT-1, and ANDE, all operating 145.825 MHz. This will assure over 18 passes per day. And since they all respond to the same path "VIA ARISS" then which satellite is in view is transparent to the user. Two-hop paths via ARISS,ARISS might also be possible. Bob, WB4APR noted, "In order for the global APRS internet system to capture all these packets, we do need volunteer ground stations to place an IGATE to monitor all packets on 145.825 MHz downlinks. In many cases, a simple omni antenna connected to APRS is all that is needed." Successful packet digipeating on 145.825 can be seen on either: http://www.ariss.net or http://pcsat.aprs.org Bob added, "We are also working on getting GO-32 enabled for APRS operation at 9600 baud. But since it uses different uplink and downlink fequencies, it cannot be used for multiple-APRS-satellite operations." [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.05 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.05 + Hotel reservations in the reserved block of rooms for the AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh are being quickly booked up. This is a reminder to visit the Symposium web page and make your reservation. + Robert, G8ATE and John, G7HIA will be using the special call sign GB5OSO starting on the 4th October for one month to celebrate the 50th Anni- versary of the launch of the first earth orbiting satellite SPUTNIK ONE on that date in 1957. All of the available analogue satellites will be used as time permits. A special QSL card will be available after the event. + Special congratulations to Beth (KD5CAA) and Kenneth Ransom (N5VHO ARISS/ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer) on the birth of their daughter Angela Hope on September 10, 2007! Everyone is reported doing well. + John, LA2QAA, administrator of the AO-7 resource page reminds satellite operators of these AO-7 pages: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/howmuchpowerisenough.ht m http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/how_much_power_is_enoug h_pt2.htm While no prizes or certificates are currently being offered for the number of contacts via AO-7 the Resource Page includes an activity log from active stations on the satellite. In recent weeks we have received a report of the milestone of the 2000th QSO via AO-7 by G1WPR. F3ZD reports his AO-7 log since May, 1975 has 4276 QSOs via AO-7. The current leader in the logged number of contacts on the Resource Page is K3SZH. + The operating schedule for the FO-29 satellite is available on-line at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm + Clive, G3CWV reports from Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, in the UK that nothing has been heard from OSCAR-11. The satellite is operational in sunlight but the current eclipses ended on August 20. Prior experience with OSCAR-11 suggest that operation should have been restored at this point. Clive would appreciate any reception reports of the satellite. Please post to AMSAT-BB or directly to g3cwv(a)amsat.org. The frequency of the VHF beacon is 145.825 MHz, mode FM. For more information see: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.06 ARRL Announces 1296 MHz WAS #1 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.06 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.06 Al Ward, W5LUA, of Allen, Texas, is the first person to achieve the ARRL's Worked All States (WAS) on 1296 MHz, making him 1296 MHz WAS #1. Ward first started on his pursuit January 25, 1977, with his first 1296 MHz contact with Leroy May, W5HN (SK). His 30 year quest ended last week, with confirmed contacts with Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, giving Ward his last three needed states, thanks to Paul Perryman's, WA5WCP, EME DXpedition. "I couldn't have done this without Paul," Ward said. "Also, thanks to Ron Roche, K0ALL, and Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA, in North Dakota for number 47 in August. Without them, it just wouldn't have been possible." After collecting his 50th QSL card, Ward drove from his home in Texas to Little Rock, Arkansas so ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, could verify his cards and complete his WAS paperwork. "Verifying QSL cards from 30 years of activity brought back a lot of memories of several stations active on 1296, many who are Silent Keys now," Harrison said. [ANS thanks the ARRL Letter Vol. 26, No. 37 for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.07 ARISS Status Report for the Week of September 10, 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 259.07 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-259.07 1. Successful Contact with Gail Borden Public Library Youth from Elgin, Illinois experienced an ARISS contact on Wednesday, September 5. Astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, fielded 20 questions put to him by 16 children visiting the Gail Borden Public Library. The contact was held in conjunction with the multi-media educational exhibit "SPACE: Dare to Dream." Approximately 100 people witnessed the contact, including the mayor of Elgin and three city council members. Two admin- istrators from School District U-46 attended, as did reporters from the Daily Herald and Elgin Courier newspapers. Children were interviewed pre-contact by WGN Radio and the event was reported on by WBBM News Radio 780 in Chicago. Video was also streamed over the internet. The audio from this event was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, and received 16 connections from 6 countries and 3 repeater nodes. Five connections were also made to the IRLP Dis- covery Reflector 9010. The Courier News ran an article covering the event: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/544694,3_1_EL06_A1SPACE_ S1.article To view the Daily Herald story, complete with slide show and audio, see: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=32229 2. Successful Contact with M. L. King Academy An ARISS contact was completed with the M. L. King Academy (formerly Alexander Macomb Academy) in Mount Clemens, Michigan on Wednesday, September 12. The academy is a Title 1 school located in a suburb of Detroit and has a population of approximately 66% African American and 30% Caucasian students. Nearly 80% of the students and their families are economically disadvantaged. Students in grades K- 6 will study space and the history of spaceflight. They will participate in related hands on activities and will use several resources available on the NASA education website. As a result of their space science research, lower grades will create posters and upper grades will produce Power Point presentations. All students will be able to witness the contact through the school's television equipment. 3. Successful Contact with Westbrook Intermediate School An ARISS event with Westbrook Intermediate School in Clear Creek, Texas took place on Friday, September 14 via the telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Westbrook is a gifted and talented (GT) magnet school with a program known as Webster Academy - Visions in Education (WAVE), which started at Webster Academy in 1996. This GT magnet brings together over 500 gifted and talented students from across the district to participate in a unique program design. One of the opportunities available to WAVE students is an amateur radio license class. In partnership with the Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club, over 300 students have earned their ham radio license over the last 8 years. At any time, there are approximately 100 hams in attendance at the school. Students and teachers have discussed the ARISS contact in their classes, and all students have participated in the development of questions for Clay Anderson. 4. Upcoming School Contacts Mitchell Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School (NES), in Ann Arbor, Michigan has been slated for an ARISS contact. The event is planned for Monday, September 17 at 13:39 UTC. The use of Amateur Radio provides for the integration of technology, math, science, geography, writing, reading, and speaking through hands on applications of these concepts. Amateur radio operators in Ann Arbor will present talks and demonstrations covering these concepts prior to the actual contact with the ISS. Through this experience, students will gain an understanding of amateur radio technology and it's potential. Students will visit websites to view and listen to previous conversations with the astronauts. Mitchell Elementary will download and install tracking software onto the school lab computers to follow the space station as it passes by on the day of the contact. Using computer software, students will write essays explaining why they should be chosen to fly on the ISS. Local, state and federal officials will be invited to attend the event. Television, radio, newspapers, and the internet will cover the contact. The audio from this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, and into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. Pueblo Magnet High School in Tucson, Arizona plans to participate in an ARISS contact on Friday, September 21 at 15:04 UTC. The school formed an Amateur Radio Club last year to involve students in math and science. Dona- tions of radio equipment were made by the local Catalina and Green Valley Amateur Radio Clubs. Five students have already earned their Technician licenses and one has upgraded to General Class. Science, art, and the economic departments are involved in this endeavor; the Special Education department has also been included - some students who will participate in this event are autistic. Eighty percent of the students come from econom- ically disadvantaged families. Local and national media coverage is anti- cipated. The audio from this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, and into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. 5. ARISS - Ashland Greenwood Contact Receives Publicity Omaha Newstand.com ran an article on the ARISS contact with Ashland Greenwood High School. The contact took place on August 29. See: http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18782692&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id =556245&rfi=8 [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org

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WSR-253 Weekly Satellite Report 253
by James French 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

This report is organized into FIVE parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites Part 5 (S5) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-253.S1 WSR 253 Part 1 09/10/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 253.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-253.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/v - Indian Transponder Frequencies: Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [06252007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Modes: FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary): 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [05282007] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Semi-Operational Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM 145.870 MHz FM 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP JARL English webpage: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm AMSAT-NA Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID =5&retURL=/satellites/status.php Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts.htm [0820007] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [08202007] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Mode: Listen before transmitting Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW 145.972 MHz CW 435.100 MHz CW 2304.100 MHz CW Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [05282007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-253.S2 WSR 253 Part 2 09/10/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 253.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-253.S2 CAPE1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Intermittent Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW Callsign: K5USL TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds. [07302007] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational? Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 [08132007] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 [07302007] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31122 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW [07302007] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM [02052007] ===== ?O-?? FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: /u Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html [02262007] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [07302007] ===== GENESAT-1 ?O-?? Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0670 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [01082007] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [10302006] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW Beacon only Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [03262007] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [01082007] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: February 21, 2006 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW Callsign: JQ1YPC Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [01082007] ===== CO-55 CUTE-1 Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW [08132007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Operational only in Full Sun Light Current Mode: V/v General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [05282007] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: OPERATIONAL? Current Modes: V/U L/U Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08062007] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational. Current Mode: Telemetry Downlink - 2M Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz - OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz - OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Due to solar eclipses which will continue until late August 2007, the beacon will only transmit for about one orbit every 21 days. It is unlikely to be heard during this period. Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07162007] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT RS-22 Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: CW Beacon CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz [08062007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-253.S3 WSR 253 Part 3 09/10/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 253.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-253.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NCUBE-2 Catalog number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01222007] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non=Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK [08132007] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01222007] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [007302007] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [01222007] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [01222007] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks ------- V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlinks --------- S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 MHz 24048.035 MHz P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU) ---------------------------- BEACON General Beacon (GB) Middle Beacon (MB) Engineering Beacon (EB) 2 m none 145.898 MHz none 70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz 13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz 13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz 3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz 1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz [007162007] ===== OO-38 OPAL Catalog Number: 26063 Launch Date: January 27, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK [08132007] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlinks: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [01222007] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [01222007] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [09042006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Reported non-operational Current Mode: V/U Digipeater - Authorized for APRS usage Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.920 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB 1200-baud PSK Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [06112007] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [012212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 [01222007] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01222007] ===== AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21 Catalog Number: 21087 Launch Date: January 29, 1991 Status: Operational Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP [01222007] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW 435.910 MHz AX25 Voice Transponder: Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Digital Transponder: Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.870 MHz 145.890 MHz 145.910 MHz Downlink: 435.910 MHz More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [01152007] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [01222007] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12 Catalog Number: 16909 Launch Date: August 12, 1986 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launch Date: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8 Catalog Number: 10703 Launch Date: March 3, 1978 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW [01152007] ===== AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6 Catalog Number: 06236 Launch Date: October 15, 1972 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5 Catalog Number: 04321 Launch Date: January 23, 1970 Status: Non-Operational Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW 29.4500 MHz CW [01152007] ===== OSCAR III Catalog Number: 01293 Launch Date: March 09, 1965 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW [01012007] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-253.S4 WSR 253 Part 4 09/10/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 253.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-253.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: Phase 5a Mars Mission Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: 2009 or 2011 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P5-A web page: http://ticket-to-mars.org [01222007] ===== PHASE 3E AO-?? Catalog number: Proposed Launch Date: Late 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [01222007] ===== Eagle AO-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2009 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status updates please visit the AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org [01222007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-253.S5 WSR 253 Part 5 09/10/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 253.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-253.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND: NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: May 30, 2007 Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25 Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz Packet to Voice ID: RAFT [06112007] /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org Mailing address: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-252 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-252 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************* AMSAT 2007 Space Symposium ************************* The Wireless Association of South Hills Amateur Radio Club announces the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2007. The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site. You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2007/index.php ************************************************************************** In this edition: * September 11th * AMSAT September 15th Deadline * OSCAR 7 The Old/New Satellite * ARISS Status - 3 September 2007 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.01 September 11th AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 9, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.01 As amateur radio operators, we all know "when all else fails, there is still amateur radio!" September 11th is a prime example of preparedness. President Bush has declared September as Emergency Preparedness Month and we share in responsibilities to our communities in times of communications disasters. I, for one, was directly involved with 9/11 emergency comms on a professional level and admired that during this time amateurs were providing parallel comms. I wasn't home for five days to insure emergency communications were in place to serve the needs of the area and the organization I work for. Keep those batteries charged and know what frequencies to monitor locally and be prepared to drop in an assist. This is true for any area of the world you may be at when something can suddenly happen. [ANS thanks Dee, NB2F, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.02 AMSAT September 15th Deadline AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 9, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.02 Ballots must be received in Silver Spring by September 15th. This is for the BOD election. Also, this is the deadline for those that are attending the Pittsburgh Symposium to obtain special discounted rates. You can save a few dollars by registering before September 15th for the activities planned at the Symposium. Please plan early to attend and enjoy all that is offered. See the attached headline for more info. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.03 OSCAR-7 The Old/New Satellite AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 9, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.03 AO-7 is one of the early satellites amateurs had to work with. Since its miraculous emergence from a battery problem, it has been an available "other" satellite to use. It has transponders on it so SSB is the normal mode of ops with several QSO's allowed at a time. Numerous reports of its switching between mode A & B have been verified. It has a much larger footprint than AO-51 and is in view much longer. Dust off those mode A receivers (HF) and try to make a contact on this bird. This will prepare you for the upcoming HEO satellites Phase 3 E and Eagle. I was told that many CQ's go unanswered for lack of operators listening. It may take a little more effort to use, however, it's more fun and rewarding. [ANS thanks John, LA2QAA, for the above reminder] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-252.04 ARISS Status - 3 September 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 252.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 9, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-252.04 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report September 3, 2007 1. ARISS - Amagasaki Contact Successful On Tuesday, August 28, Amagasaki Child Science Hall in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, answered twenty questions put to him by seventeen students. The contact was organized in part to help celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Amagasaki City. Children studied the history of Amagasaki, its economic growth and the environmental issues associated with that growth. Through this contact, students learned about space and were able to practice their English. More information will follow when available. 2. Successful ARISS Contact with Ashland Greenwood High School On Wednesday, August 29, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place between Ashland Greenwood High School in Ashland, Nebraska and Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, aboard the ISS. Anderson, an Ashland Greenwood alumnus, answered 24 questions posed to him by 8 students, as twenty-one people gathered around the radio. The contact was broadcast on the school’s cable television station so that all 839 students could listen in. It was also available on the school’s website and publicized to the parents. Reporters from three television stations, three newspapers and one radio station covered the event. Twenty-four ham stations from 7 countries connected to EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, including 4 repeater nodes. IRLP received 10 connections from the U.S.A. and Scotland and 7 connections to the streaming audio on its website. Video of the event may be viewed on the News radio 1110 KFAB website. See: http://www.kfab.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=159377&ar… The Ashland Greenwood Public School website posted this story: http://news.agps.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/08/28/46d5ea4755cdd The Lincoln ARC posted news clips from Channel 8 and Channel 10/11. See: http://www.146760.net/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1188431470/0 The Journal Star, the Omaha World-Herald and KETV also ran articles: http://journalstar.com/articles/2007/08/30/news/local/doc46d60ab04e86410992… http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10119034 http://www.ketv.com/technology/14006509/detail.html 3. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for M. L. King Academy (formerly Alexander Macomb Academy) in Mount Clemens, Michigan on Tuesday, September 11 at 16:06 UTC. The academy is a Title 1 school located in a suburb of Detroit and has a population of approximately 66% African American and 30% Caucasian students. Nearly 80% of the students and their families are economically disadvantaged. Students in grades K- 6 will study space and the history of spaceflight. They will participate in related hands on activities and will use several resources available on the NASA education website. As a result of their space science research, lower grades will create posters and upper grades will produce Power Point presentations. All students will be able to witness the contact through the school’s television equipment. Media outlets have been invited to report on the event. The audio from this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, as well as being fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) event has been planned for Westbrook Intermediate School in Clear Creek, Texas on Friday, September 14 at 18:40 UTC via the telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Westbrook is a gifted and talented magnet school with a program known as Webster Academy – Visions in Education (WAVE), which started at Webster Academy in 1996. The audio from this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, as well as being fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. 4. Article on Richmond Community Center Contact The Queens Courier ran an article on the August 7 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with the One Stop Richmond Community Center in New York. See: http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2007/08/24/news/regional_news/queens_… 5. Nanjing – ARISS Contact Publicity On Sunday, August 26, China’s Nanjing No. 3 High School in Nanjing, Jiangsu participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact – the first for China. It received extensive media coverage. Video of the contact may be found at: http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/bn/2007-08-26/19421289.shtml A photo report may be viewed here: http://en.chinafotopress.com/index/onegroup?gid=1717212 For articles covering the event, see: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/27/content_6058744.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/27/content_6608493.htm http://english.sina.com/life/p/1/2007/0826/123028.html [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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WSR-246 Weekly Satellite Report 246
by James French 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

This report is organized into FIVE parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites Part 5 (S5) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-246.S1 WSR 246 Part 1 09/03/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 246.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 03, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-246.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/v - Indian Transponder Frequencies: Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [06252007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Modes: FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary): 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [05282007] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Semi-Operational Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM 145.870 MHz FM 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP JARL English webpage: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm AMSAT-NA Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID =5&retURL=/satellites/status.php Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts.htm [0820007] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [08202007] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Mode: Listen before transmitting Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW 145.972 MHz CW 435.100 MHz CW 2304.100 MHz CW Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [05282007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-246.S2 WSR 246 Part 2 09/03/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 246.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 03, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-246.S2 CAPE1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Intermittent Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW Callsign: K5USL TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds. [07302007] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational? Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 [08132007] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 [07302007] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31122 Launch Date: April 17,2007 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW [07302007] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM [02052007] ===== ?O-?? FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: In Orbit Current Mode: /u Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html [02262007] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [07302007] ===== GENESAT-1 ?O-?? Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0670 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [01082007] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [10302006] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW Beacon only Current Mode: /u Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [03262007] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [01082007] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: February 21, 2006 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW Callsign: JQ1YPC Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [01082007] ===== CO-55 CUTE-1 Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 Status: Operational Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW [08132007] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/u Telemetry Beacon - /u Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 PBP Digital Beacon: 435.150 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09032007] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Operational only in Full Sun Light Current Mode: V/v General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [05282007] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: OPERATIONAL? Current Modes: V/U L/U Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08062007] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational. Current Mode: Telemetry Downlink - 2M Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz - OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz - OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Due to solar eclipses which will continue until late August 2007, the beacon will only transmit for about one orbit every 21 days. It is unlikely to be heard during this period. Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07162007] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT RS-22 Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: CW Beacon CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz [08062007] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/v Expedition 15 crew: Commander: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Flight Engineer: Clayton C. Anderson KD5PLA Flight Engineer: Oleg Kotov Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09032007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-246.S3 WSR 246 Part 3 09/03/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 246.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 03, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-246.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NCUBE-2 Catalog number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01222007] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non=Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK [08132007] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01222007] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [007302007] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [01222007] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [01222007] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplinks ------- V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlinks --------- S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 MHz 24048.035 MHz P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU) ---------------------------- BEACON General Beacon (GB) Middle Beacon (MB) Engineering Beacon (EB) 2 m none 145.898 MHz none 70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz 13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz 13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz 3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz 1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz [007162007] ===== OO-38 OPAL Catalog Number: 26063 Launch Date: January 27, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Mode U TLM Beacon Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK [08132007] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlinks: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [01222007] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [01222007] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [09042006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Reported non-operational Current Mode: V/U Digipeater - Authorized for APRS usage Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.920 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB 1200-baud PSK Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [06112007] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud 145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [012212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 [01222007] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01222007] ===== AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21 Catalog Number: 21087 Launch Date: January 29, 1991 Status: Operational Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP [01222007] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW 435.910 MHz AX25 Voice Transponder: Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Digital Transponder: Uplinks: 145.850 MHz 145.870 MHz 145.890 MHz 145.910 MHz Downlink: 435.910 MHz More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [01152007] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK 145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [01222007] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12 Catalog Number: 16909 Launch Date: August 12, 1986 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launch Date: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8 Catalog Number: 10703 Launch Date: March 3, 1978 Status: Non-Operational Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW [01152007] ===== AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6 Catalog Number: 06236 Launch Date: October 15, 1972 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW [01152007] ===== AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5 Catalog Number: 04321 Launch Date: January 23, 1970 Status: Non-Operational Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW 29.4500 MHz CW [01152007] ===== OSCAR III Catalog Number: 01293 Launch Date: March 09, 1965 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW [01012007] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-246.S4 WSR 246 Part 4 09/03/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 246.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 03, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-246.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: Phase 5a Mars Mission Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: 2009 or 2011 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P5-A web page: http://ticket-to-mars.org [01222007] ===== PHASE 3E AO-?? Catalog number: Proposed Launch Date: Late 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [01222007] ===== Eagle AO-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2009 Status: Design Phase For the latest project status updates please visit the AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org [01222007] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-246.S5 WSR 246 Part 5 09/03/2007 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 246.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 03, 2007 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-246.S5 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE DE-ORBITED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE GROUND: NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: May 30, 2007 Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25 Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz Packet to Voice ID: RAFT [06112007] /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org Mailing address: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-245 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-245 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************* AMSAT 2007 Space Symposium ************************* The Wireless Association of South Hills Amateur Radio Club announces the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel on Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2007. The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site. You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2007/index.php ************************************************************************** In this edition: * AMSAT Presentation at HAMCON, Torrance, CA * AMSAT Board of Directors Election Deadline * OSCAR-11 Report 31 August 2007 * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARISS Status - 27 August 2007 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-245.01 AMSAT Presentation at HAMCON, Torrance, CA AMSAT News Service Bulletin 245.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 2, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-245.01 AMSAT member Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his "Working AO-51 with your HT" multimedia session at the HAMCON convention Friday, September 7, 2007 in Torrance, California. He'll be speaking during the Long Beach Amateur Radio Club's special 5:00pm meeting at the Marriott Hotel Convention Center, 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA, 90503-4809. Attendees should download his 4-page tutorial and radio programming matrix before the meeting from http://www.clintbradford.com. There will be a workable pass of AO-51 right after the meeting! Clint has been a licensed amateur (and GMRS Licensee KAF3359) since 1994, and has been involved in public service communication for most of that time. He owns an award winning Web site on the JFK assassination. Professionally, he was sales manager for ADI/ Premier/Pryme, worked for Motorola, and for HRO. He proudly supports AMSAT at all his presentations. Clint resides in Mira Loma with his wife Karen, her Icelandic horse Mjollnir, and Clint's donkey, Edaward R. Burro. [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-245.02 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Deadline AMSAT News Service Bulletin 245.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 2, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-245.02 This is a reminder for all AMSAT members who have not yet returned their ballot. This is your chance to "voice your choice". Let us know who you want to represent you on the AMSAT Board of Directors. It is not too late to ask the candidates questions. Ballots must be received in Silver Spring by September 15th. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-245.03 OSCAR-11 Report 31 August 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 245.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 2, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-245.03 During the period 15 July to 31 August 2007, The satellite has remained silent. Eclipses finished on 20 August. Previous observations indicated that anytime after 10 August there would have been sufficient solar power to support continuous operation. Owing to the lack of accurate timings, it is impossible to predict when sustained beacon operation will restart, although this is expected any day now. When the beacon starts it is expected to operate 10 days ON followed by 10 days OFF. The satellite is now in continuous sunlight, and this will continue until 14 November, when a short eclipse season starts. I have received one reception report, from Jim G3WGM, who heard weak signals at the end of a pass on 01 August. Many thanks JIM. The Beacon frequencies are - VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. The current monthly bulletin contains further details of the satellite's status. If you need to know what OSCAR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio clip for you to hear. The website contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT136.CWV, to prevent duplication. 73 Clive G3CWV xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv) [ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-245.04 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 245.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 2, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-245.04 + Eric, W4OTN, AMSAT Area Coordinator for Southeastern Virginia is proposing creating a Satellite Islands on the Air (IOTA) award. He is currently in the process of collecting comments to support his request to the IOTA Board. If you are interested in supporting this new award please submit your comments to Eric via: http://eric-sparks.blogspot.com/2007/08/official-iota-satellite-award- petition.html (careful with the line-wrap!) + Ed, WA4SWJ Editor of The AMSAT Journal reported this week that the July/August issue of the Journal was uploaded to the printer on August 28. This issue should be on its way to your mailbox shortly. + Information about an ESA student project with a 30 kilometre tether which will perform a deorbit manoeuvre of a capsule is now available on-line at http://www.yes2.info/. This is scheduled to fly in late September. The tether is expected to be visible over parts of Africa the Middle East, South America (below 55°S), Antarctic Peninsula (above 82°S), and Eastern Russia and western Alaska (above 170°E). + The Smallsat conference held in August published the abstracts from the papers presented including one by Kyle Leveque KG6TXT`on GENSO - the Global Educational Network for Satellite Operators. He will be presenting a further update on this network at the AMSAT Symposium in October. See http://www.smallsat.org/tech-sessions for more information. + The presentation slides from the CalPoly Summer Workshop are available at http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu/pages/workshops/2007-summer-workshop.php, Included is an update on the Delfi-C3 sunlight only U/V transponder mission due for launch from India later this year. + The ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention is being held on Saturday, September 22, 2007 at the Sheraton Independence Hotel in Independence, Ohio. This is near Cleveland. Jim Sanford, WB4GCS will be making a presentation on AMSAT's Eagle Satellite. More information about the convention can be found at: http://www.2007gldc.org/. [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-245.05 ARISS Status - 27 August 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 245.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 2, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-245.05 1. ARISS Contact with Nanjing, China, a Huge Success On Sunday, August 26, the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with a Chinese school was performed with youth from Nanjing No. 3 High School in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Twenty students spoke with astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA. Twenty questions were asked and answered as approximately 300 students and parents looked on. A vice-director of MII (Chinese FCC) was present during the contact, as well as a vice mayor of Nanjing and a group of 60 local government officials. Mr. Chen, BA1HAM, and Mr.Tong, BA1AA, two of the veterans in Chinese Amateur Radio Society, also attended. Local hams and businesses supported the students with the contact. ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, was invited to speak via teleconference to the students and other participants prior to the contact. Ten television stations, including local, provincial, and national stations, as well as another television team from Hong Kong reported on the event. The news story was also picked up by several radio stations, and was broadcasted live in several provinces across China. It was also covered by thirty newspapers. Live video of the contact was also available on sina.com and qq.com, which are two major internet news portals in China, and they also put the contact on their front pages as featured reports. A headline about the upcoming school contact in China was posted on the MSN startup window, so every Chinese MSN messenger user would see this notice. Many other websites published their own press releases. Through all media avenues, more than 100 million people were reached! The audio for this event was fed into EchoLink AMSAT (101 377), JSDXC (337 784) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, receiving 106 connections from 10 countries, of which five were repeater nodes. (A fourth server in Bangkok was also used, although it was not monitored for connections.) The audio was also fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010 and received 5 connections and another 9 picked up on the streaming audio. Several press releases may be viewed on the following sites: http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_85/2007/08/20/118757580… www.nanjing.gov.cn/pub/english/today/njnew/society/200708/t20070808_219253.… http://en.0437.gov.cn/dispArticle.Asp?ID=1581 http://nanjingbbs.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7973 http://english.qianlong.com/article1.jsp?oid=23244189 http://en.implight.net/node/54595 http://www.ariss.cn/ (video) 2. Upcoming School Contacts Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illinois has been slated for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, September 5 at 18:38 UTC. A multi-media educational exhibit entitled, “SPACE: Dare to Dream,” will be on display for four months and is expected to draw 350,000 people of all ages. The exhibit will include the Forest of Dreams where the night sky rises, Galileo’s studios, and a Saturn V section. Other NASA exhibits will be on display, all to encourage the public to join the library’s reading program – “Mission: Read.” In addition to these ongoing displays, many special programs with presentations and hands on activities will be offered throughout the summer. Veteran astronaut Dr. Janice Voss visited on July 10. On the day of the event, space videos will be shown and a slideshow of the crew and earth observation photos will be presented during the contact. In concluding the event, the staff will run the video, “NASA back to the Moon.” The collaborative exhibit and program partners are Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL; Fermilab, Batavia, IL; Planetary Studies Foundation, Galena, IL; Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, IL; NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; SciTech, Aurora, IL. Extensive media coverage is planned through newspapers, magazines, television, radio and the internet. 3. ARISS International Meeting Held The monthly Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Team teleconference was held on Tuesday, August 21. Topics discussed included the Malaysian space participant, SuitSat-2 and Columbus Module antennas. The minutes have been posted to the ARISS website. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2007-08-21.htm [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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