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WSR-147 Weekly Satellite Report 147 - May 27, 2013
by James French 27 May '13

27 May '13

This report is organized into three (3) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-147.S1 WSR 147 Part 1 05/27/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 27, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-147.S1 NEE-01 Pegasus Catalog Number: 39151 Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Mode: ?/? Status: Reported possible collision with space junk Mode: ? Downlink: 910MHz wide band signal - 720dpi HD CW SSTV Voice announcement [05272013] ===== TURKSAT-3USAT Catalog Number: 39152 Launch Date: April 26, 2013 0413z Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.940-145.990MHz Downlink: 435.200-435.250MHz Beacon: 437.225MHz CW Callsign: IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=213 URL: [05272013] ===== PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Mode: U/v Status: On Orbit Uplink: 435.020 MHz FM Downlink: 145.900 MHz DSB Beacon: Callsign: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=132 URL: [05272013] ===== DO-64 Delfi-C3 Catalog number: 32789 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Mode: U/v Status: Operational Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY Telemetry: 145.870 MHz Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=68 URL: http://www.delfic3.nl/ [05272013] ===== VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05, 2005 0444z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Mode: U/v 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: 145.9360 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=30 [05272013] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launch date: December 20, 2002 1700z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Mode: V/u Status: Operational 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 re- peater 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. [05272013] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Mode: V/u (Mode JA) Status: 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 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 [05272013] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Launch site: Vandenberg AFB, California, USA Mode: Alternating between Mode A (V/a) and Mode B (V/u) Status: Operational 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 [05272013] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Possible Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - U/u 70cm Digi - U/u SSTV - V/v Status: Operational Expedition 36 Crew (May 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [05272013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-147.S2 WSR 147 Part 2 05/27/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 27, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-147.S2 Name: ESTCUBE-1 Catalog Number: 39161 Launch date: May 05, 2013 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Mode: /u Status: Operational Downlink(s): 437.505MHz 9k6 bps AX.25 telemetry Beacon(s): 437.250MHz CW Callsign: ES5E/S Beacon ES5E-11 9.6kbps AX.25 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=171 URL:http://www.estcube.eu/en/ [05272013] ===== CubeBug-1 Catalog Number: Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Mode: /u Status: Reported possible collision with space debris Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2bps AX.25 AFSK Callsign: LU1VZ-11 IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=239 URL: http://1.cubebug.org/ [05272013] ===== OSSI-1 Catalog Number: 39131 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Mode: /u Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 145.980 MHz CW 437.525 MHz 1k2bps Beacon(s): Callsign: DS1SBO (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=290 [05272013] ===== SOMP Catalog Number: 39135 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Mode: /u Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s):437.485 MHz 1k2/9k6 Callsign: DM1EF (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=173 [05272013] ===== BEESAT-2 Catalog Number: 39136 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Mode: /u Status: On orbit Downlink(s): 435.950 MHz 4k8bps GMSK/Mobitex Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=233 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [05272013] ===== BEESAT-3 Catalog Number: 39134 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Downlink(s): 10 M/b Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=234 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [05272013] ===== STRaND-1 Catalog Number: 39090 Launch Date: February 25, 2013 12:31z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Mode: /u Status: Operational Downlink:437.568MHz 9k6 FSK URL: http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1--Launched-2013 [05272013] ===== Fitsat-1 Catalog number: 38853 Launch Date: October 04, 2012 Launch site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Mode: /u /c /Light Status: Operational Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2 AFSK 5840.00 MHz 115k2 data LED CW (200w pulses) Beacon(s): 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: NIWAKA URL: http://carpcomm.com/satellite/fitsat1 [05272013] ===== We Wish Catalog number: 38856 Launch date: October 04,2012 Launch Site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Mode: /u Status: Operational Downlink(s): 437.505MHz 1k2 AFSK 437.505MHz SSTV Beacon(s): 437.505MHz CW Callsign: JQ1ZIJ [05272013] ===== Aeneas Catalog Number: 38760 Launch Date: September 13, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Mode: /s /u Status: On Orbit Uplink: WiFi 2425MHz Downlink(s): WiFi: 2425MHz Spread Spectrum: Somewhere in the 70cm band Beacon: 437.600MHz 1k2 ax25 every 10 seconds [05272013] ===== CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment) Catalog Number: 38761 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 with ax.25 [10012012] ===== CP5 (Polysat) Catalog Number: 38763 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.405MHz AFSK on LSB ax.25 over NRZI at 1k2 baud, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on [10012012] ===== CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite) Catalog Number: 38762 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.525MHz GFSK ax.25 [10012012] ===== Proiteres Catalog Number: 38756 Launch Date: September 09, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.485MHz FM/AFSK Beacon: Callsign: JL3YZK [10012012] ===== RS-40 MiR (Yubileiny-2) Catalog Number: 38735 Launch Date: July 28, 2012 Launch Site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: On Orbit Downlink(s): 435.265 MHz 435.365 MHz [08272012] ===== HORYU-II Catalog number: 38340 Launch Date: May 17, 2012 1639z Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz Downlink: 437.375 MHz CW/AX25/FSK Beacon: 437.375 MHz CW Callsign: JG6YBW IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=216 [10012012] ===== XaTcobeo Catalog Number: 38082 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Downlink: 437.365 MHz FFSK with AX.25 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=135 [100162012] ===== UniCubeSat Catalog Number: 38085(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Downlink: 437.305 MHz 9k6 bps GMSK URL: http://www.gaussteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:un… besat&catid=36:unicubesat&Itemid=183 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=133 [10012012] ===== Robusta Catalog Number: 38083(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1k2 FM telemetry (data every 3 min, 20 sec. burst) IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=122 [10012012] ===== MO-72 MaSat-1 Catalog Number: 38081 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Downlink: 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps 437.345 MHz CW IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=126 [10012012] ===== Goliat Catalog Number: 38084(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Downlink: 437.485 MHz 1k2 AFSK IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=98 [10012012] ===== E-St@r Catalog Number: 38079 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.445 MHz 1k2 bps AFSK IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=130 [10012012] ===== ALMASat-1 Catalog Number: 38078 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 bps FSK 2407.850 MHz IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=39 [10012012] ===== RS-39 Chibis-M Catalog Number: 38051 Launch Date: October 30, 2011 10:11:00 UTC Launch site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan Status: Operational Beacon: 435.315 MHz CW 435.215 MHz CW [07302012] ===== JUGNU Catalog Number: 37839 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz 1k2 (mode?) Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 (mode?) Beacon: 437.275 MHz 15 wpm (?) CW URL: http://www.iitk.ac.in/me/jugnu/index.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=160 [07092012] ===== SRMSAT Catalog Number: 37841 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz 1k AX.25 (speed?) Downlink: 437.500 MHz 2k4 AX.25 Beacon: 437.425 MHz 12 wpm CW URL: http://srmsat.in/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=181 [01282013] ===== HRBE (E1P Explorer 1 [Prime] CubeSat (E1P-U2)) Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.305 MHz (???) Downlink: 437.505 MHz AX.25 (SSB?) URL: http://ssel.montana.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=116 [01122012] ===== M-Cubed Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.485 MHz AX.25 URL: http://umcubed.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=215 [01122012] ===== RAX-2 Catalog Number: 37853 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: Operational Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 GMSK URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu// IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=221 [03232012] ===== AO-71 AubieSat-1 Catalog Number: 37854 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.475 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Beacon: 437.475 MHz CW Callsign: KI4NQO URL: http://www.space.auburn.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=148 [12262011] ===== O/OREOS Catalog Number: 37224 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.035 MHZ AX.25 URL: http://www.ooreos.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=146 [02092011] ===== Rax-1 Radio Aurora Explorer Catalog Number: 37223 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 GMSK Callsign: RAX-1 URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=165 [02092011] ===== FO-69 Fastrac-1 Sara Lily Catalog Number: 37227 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 145.980 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 145.825 MHz 1k2 baud Downlink: 437.345 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 437.435 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast1 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=83 [07052011] ===== FO-70 Fastrac-2 Emma Catalog Number: 37380 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 435.025 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 437.435 MHz 9k6 baud Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast2 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=84 [12162011] ===== StudSat Catalog Number: 36796 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=164 [02092011] ===== TIsat-1 Catalog Number: 36799 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On orbit Callsign: HB9DE Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK Beacon: 437.305MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=118 [02092011] ===== SwissCube Catalog Number: 35932 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: HB9EG Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=109 [02092011] ===== UWE-2 Catalog Number: 35934 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: In Orbit Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps 437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=110 [02092011] ===== ITUpsAT1 Catalog Number: 35935 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=113 [02092011] ===== BEESAT Catalog Number: 35933 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: DP0BEE Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bp [02092011] ===== SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.) Catalog Number: 33496 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Proposed Frequencies and Modes: Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=101 [02092011] ===== KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.) Catalog Number: 33495 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: In Orbit Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW [02092011] ===== STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites) Catalog Number: 33498 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational ? Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW 437.465 MHz FM/CW Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW 437.275 MHz FM/CW Callsigns: JR5YBN JR5YBO IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=99 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT) Catalog Number: 33499 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW Callsign: JQ1YYY IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=107 AMSAT-NA webapge: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL =/satellites/status.php [20092011] ===== PRISM (Tokyo Univ.) Catalog Number: 33493 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Uplink: 145.xxx MHz AFSK 1k2 Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK 1k2 Beacon: 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YCX IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=97 Read terms and conditions of operations at the PRISM web page to find out how to properly operate on the satellite and to get the uplink frequency. It has been asked that the uplink frequency not be given out untik you have read and understood the terms of usage. URL: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/en/HAMservice.html [10282012] ===== RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny) Catalog Number: 32953 Launch Date: May 23, 2008 1520z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational Curent Modes: Telemetry Audio Images Downlinks: 435.315 MHz 435.215 MHz AMSAT-NA website: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret URL=/satellites/status.php Official website: http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43 [02092011] ===== CanX-2 Catalog number: 32790 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational in range of ground station only Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=46 [02092011] ===== AAUSAT-II Catalog number: 32788 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web page: http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=60 [02092011] ===== CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II Catalog number: 32785 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz Telemetry Beacon: Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 Command Station blog website: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL =/satellites/status.php [03232012] ===== Compass-1 Catalog number: 32787 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Current Mode: dependant on last received command Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW 437.405 MHz Packet For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=52 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL =/satellites/status.php [06162011] ===== CO-66 Seeds II Catalog number: 32791 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.485 MHz Callsign: JQ1YGU For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=36 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL =/satellites/status.php [073092011] ===== CAPE-1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan 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. AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL= /satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=72 [02092011] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=74 [02092011] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 0652z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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/xivpicte.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=37 [02092011] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL =/satellites/status.php Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [02092011] ===== QuakeSat Catalog Number: 27845 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Telemetry only Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet Mode U packet Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS Quakesat webpage: http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/ [02252011] ===== CO-55 Cute-1.7+APD II Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL =/satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 [02092011] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 0240z Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational 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/ [10292012] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22 (MOZHAYETS 4) Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 0612z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: /u CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launch date: January 22, 1990 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana 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-12 General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [02092011] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launch Date: March 1, 1984 Launch site: Vandenburg AFB, California, USA Status: Operational ? Current Mode: /v Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07052011] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Operational Possible Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - U/u 70cm Digi - U/u SSTV - V/v Expedition 36 Crew (May 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [05272013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-147.S3 WSR 147 Part 3 05/27/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 27, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-147.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NANOSAIL-D Catalog Number: 37361 Ejection Date: January 17, 2011 Status: Non - Operational Downlink: 437.270 MHz AX.25 URL: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=115 [07302012] ===== HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1) (XW-1) Catalog Number: 36122 Launch Date: December 15, 2009 0231z Launch site: Taiyuan Space Center, PRC Status: Telemetry only Callsign: Broadcast: BJ1SA-11 BBS: BJ1SA-12 Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz. 145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW 145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM 435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW 435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP 2.0dBi max U: RHCP 3.0dBi max IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=108 For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1): http:// [04302012] ===== SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Callsign: ZS0SUM Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz Downlink: 435.345MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear For more information about SO-67: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=88 [01272012] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31132 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=79 [09062010] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=76 [09062010] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=51 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=24 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=54 [09062010] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=53 [09062010] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 0745z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Current Mode(s): Voice repeater: V/u Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM Telemetry: Recovery efforts Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6 Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.880 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst 1268.705 MHz FM Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.703 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 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/CTNews.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=19 [12062011] ===== CANX-1 Catalog Number: 27847 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps [06052009] ===== DTUSAT Catalog Number: 27842 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported Downlink: 437.475MHz Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL =satellites/all_oscars.php [02212009] ===== 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 Launch date: September 26, 2000 Status: Telemetry only 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 communication. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [03302009] ===== 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, 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 Launch date: 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 [07162007] ===== 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 Launch date: 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: 25636 Launch date: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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-Operational Current Modes: Telemetry : /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://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL =/satellites/status.php [07172010] ===== 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] ===== MO-30 UNAMSAT-2 Catalog Number: 24305 Launch Date: September 5, 1996 Status: Non-operational Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [06042009] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Non-operational 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 [01012009] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Recovery efforts in progress Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [12032012] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Status: PSK carrier only Current Mode: 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 [01212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launch date: 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] ===== AO-24 ARSENE Catalog Number: 22654 Launch Date: May 13, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW Broadcast callsign: BBS: [12162009] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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: Non-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] ===== 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] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: non-operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.920 MHz FM VOICE 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE (1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED] Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [07242009] ===== UO-15 UoSAT-4 Catalog Number: 20438 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: ? Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?) 435.1200MHz (?) [06042009] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launch date: 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): Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: 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 Beacons: 29.450 MHz 435.100 MHz [01312008] ===== 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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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 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. 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ANS-146 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 25 May '13

25 May '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-146 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * First picture from ESTCube-1 ham radio CubeSat * NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action * Ecuador Pegasus CubeSat fears over space debris crash * Argentinian CubeSat CubeBug-1 was also hit by space debris. * NASA History Program Office Fall 2013 Internships * Registration for the 5th European CubeSat Symposium (3-5 June 2013) * NASA Seeks Academic Partners for SmallSat Technology Collaboration * Satellite Applications Catapult Hackathon * Amateur Radio Satellites for Emergency Communications * NASA looking for far-out ideas * Update: Museum Ships Weekend Special Event Station KK5W Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-146.01 ANS-146 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 146.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. DATE May 26, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-146.01 First picture from ESTCube-1 ham radio CubeSat The first picture taken by the amateur radio CubeSat ESTCube-1 in space has been released. ESTCube-1 was launched from Kourou in the Caribbean on May 7 at 0206 UT on an ESA Vega rocket into a 704 km orbit. The hard work of the first two weeks has paid off and the CAM team, leaded by the University of Tartu Computer Technology graduate student Henri Kuuste has this to say: The camera works perfectly and so do all the other subsystems, needed for taking the photo. The first image was captured on May 15 over the Mediterranean Sea, showing the sea, Sahara desert, and Tunisia. On Monday, May 13 the whole ESTCube-1 team was invited to the reception of the rector of University of Tartu to celebrate the success of the satellite. Watch the video (in English) at http://www.uttv.ee/naita?id=17163 ESTCube-1 was built by students at the University of Tartu. The main mission of the satellite is to test electric solar wind sail technology, a novel space propulsion technology that could revolutionize transportation within the solar system. It will deploy a 10 meter conductive electrodynamic tether and the force interacting with the tether will be measured. The technology is based on the electrostatic interaction between the electric field generated by the satellite and the high-speed particles being ejected from the Sun. A spacecraft utilizing this method would first deploy a set of electrically charged wires, which allow to generate an electric field over a large area. This area effectively forms a "sail" that can be pushed by the charged particles by being diverted by it and therefore transferring momentum to the craft. ESTCube-1 uses these frequencies: 437.252 MHz - CW beacon, callsign ES5E/S 437.505 MHz - 9600 bps AX.25 telemetry, callsign ES5E-11 Electric solar wind sail http://www.electric-sailing.fi/ EstCube on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/estcube/ EstCube website http://www.estcube.eu/en/home Wiki EstCube-1 http://tinyurl.com/WikiESTCube-1 [ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action NEE-01 Pegasus (Pegaso) the first of two HD TV CubeSats built in Ecuador launched on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center on Friday, April 26 at 0413 UT. The 1U CubeSat 10x10x10 cm) was built in Ecuador and carries a 0.9 watt output 720p HD TV transmitter on 910 MHz (an amateur radio band in some countries). EarthCam has teamed up with the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency to deliver what EarthCam describe as an amazing viewing experience from an orbiting satellite. You can view the NEE-01 Pegasus SpaceCam online at http://www.earthcam.com/world/ecuador/ecsa/ NEE-01 Pegasus (Pegaso) http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/25/nee-01-pegasus-hd-tv-cubesat/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ecuador Pegasus CubeSat fears over space debris crash BBC News is reporting that at 0538 UT on Thursday, May 23 Ecuador’s new NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz CubeSat collided with debris from a S14 Soviet rocket launched in 1985. The satellite was some 1,500 km east of Madagascar at the time of the impact. Pegasus, launched less than a month ago, is the first 1U CubeSat to carry a HD TV transmitter and deployable solar panels. The basic satellite is just 10 by 10 by 10 cm but, when deployed, the solar panels have a span of 70 cm. Ronnie Nader with Elisse Nader and CubeSat Ecuador’s first Astronaut Ronnie Nader is quoted as saying “Pegasus could be damaged or spinning out of control, but because it’s still in orbit, we have hope“. He had said earlier that it could take up to 48 hours to ascertain possible damage using radar. Read the BBC News story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin- america-22635671 May 23, 0700 UT: Ronnie Nader posted “Survived the event, but we are almost sure of side impact with particles, tomorrow [May 23 ECT?] we will see the state of Pegasus, but we are still in the sky, still have Pegasus”. May 23, 1600 UT: Ronnie Nader tweeted “Now we are sure that there [was] particle impact“. The BBC report that the Ecuadorian Government contributed $700,000 towards the launch costs of the 1U CubeSat. It was launched on April 26, 2013 into a 660 km orbit on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center. Educational outreach is an important part of the project. The Ecuadorian Space Agency EXA is partnering with schools in Ecuador as part of the ASTERIA Program, in which students will use the satellite in their curricular and extra curricular activities. 902 – 928 MHz is an amateur radio allocation in some countries. NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action http://tinyurl.com/o94oqbu NEE-01 Pegaus HD TV CubeSat http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/25/nee-01-pegasus-hd-tv-cubesat/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentinian CubeSat CubeBug-1 was also hit by space debris. One of the companions of PEGASUS, the Argentine satellite CubeBug-1 also reported changes in the tilt of its orbit and confirmed at least 1 particle impact. The Argentine team reported a slight change in the inclination of the orbit of the NEE-01 PEGASUS product of this collision, however to the issue of this newsletter we can not confirm this information to make more measurements, if this is confirmed could slightly alter satellite overpass schedules on Ecuadorian territory, the Space Operations Directorate EXA works to adjust the new orbital calculations and check the magnitude of this change. The Space Operations Directorate EXA is analyzing the data collected at each step of the satellite to determine if you can recover the use of the satellite and will have a report ready to expose to the media on Monday May 27 at 10h00 in the ECU911 Samborondon. CubeBug-1, NEE-01 Pegasus and TURKSAT-3USAT (Mode J Linear transponder) were all deployed from the same launch vehicle on April 26. See the EXA report at http://www.exa.ec/bp52/ Google English http://tinyurl.com/q8wdql2 [ANS thanks M5AKA and Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA History Program Office Fall 2013 Internships The NASA History Program Office is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for fall 2013 internships. The History Program Office maintains archival materials to answer research questions from NASA personnel, journalists, scholars, students at all levels and others from around the world. The division also edits and publishes several books and monographs each year. It maintains a large number of websites on NASA history. Students of all majors are welcome to apply. While detailed prior knowledge of the aeronautics and space fields is not necessary, a keen interest and some basic familiarity with these topics are needed. Strong research, writing and editing skills are essential. Experience with computers, especially hypertext markup language, or HTML, formatting and social media (Twitter and Facebook) is a plus. Intern projects are flexible. Typical projects include handling a variety of information requests, editing historical manuscripts, doing research and writing biographical sketches, updating and creating websites, creating Twitter and Facebook entries, and identifying and captioning photos. Applications for fall 2013 internships are due June 1, 2013. For more information, visit http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Bill Barry at bill.barry at nasa.gov. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration for the 5th European CubeSat Symposium (3-5 June 2013) This is a final reminder for you to register at reduced rate for the 5th European CubeSat Symposium to be held on 3-5 June 2013 at Brussels, Belgium. Kindly keep in mind that the registrations that will be received after 27 May will be charged at a higher rate. The preliminary programme and all other details are published at the web site www.CubeSatSymposium.eu [ANS thanks Cem O. Asma, PhD for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Seeks Academic Partners for SmallSat Technology Collaboration NASA is seeking small spacecraft technology project proposals from U.S. colleges and universities that would like to collaborate with agency researchers. Small spacecraft, or smallsats, represent a growing field of space research and operations in which universities often have led the way in technology development. Smallsats, some of which are as small as a four-inch cube, are not expected to replace conventional spacecraft, but sometimes can provide an alternative to larger, more costly spacecraft. Smallsats can serve as platforms for rapid technology testing or specialized scientific research and exploration not otherwise possible. Smallsats also can be developed relatively quickly and inexpensively, and can share a ride to orbit with larger spacecraft. NASA expects to competitively select approximately 10 proposals. Each team will form proposal partnerships with researchers from any of NASA's field centers. Awards for each project will include as much as $100,000 ($150,000 for teams of more than one school). Proposals submitted in response to this NASA cooperative agreement notice are due June 5, 2013. In addition, NASA will fund the time for NASA employees to work with each selected team. Project funding is for one year with the potential to continue for a second year. Proposed projects could include anything from laboratory work to advance a particular spacecraft technology to flight testing of a new smallsat. For example, projects might focus on a technology area such as propulsion, power or communications, or on a smallsat capability, such as formation flight or satellite rendezvous. Details of the opportunity and instructions for submitting proposals are provided in a Cooperative Agreement Notice that is available online at http://tinyurl.com/cb3mqdw. For additional information on the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, visit http://www.nasa.gov/smallsats. The Small Spacecraft Technology Program is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in NASA's future missions. For more information about NASA's investment in space technology, visit http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech. Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Rachel Khattab at rachel.khattab(a)nasa.gov. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Applications Catapult Hackathon The Satellite Applications Catapult is hosting a Satellite Applications Hackathon event on the weekend of 8-9 June 2013. It will take place at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. The two-day ‘technology development’ event is part of a series of activities to help generate innovative ideas and solutions in response to several challenges set by the Catapult or its associated partners. Hackathons offer an innovation platform to enable people to work together to solve challenges using space technologies, and exploit the benefits for both space and other markets sectors, eg. transport, healthcare, natural resources, etc. The Hackathon is open to anyone who would like to participate – software developers, engineers, technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, students and entrepreneurs – anyone who has a passion to help change the world. To register for the Hackathon, please go to catapulthackathon.eventbrite.co.uk or email hackathons(a)sa.catapult.org.uk. For more Information visit http://sa.catapult.org.uk/event/catapult-hackathon/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Satellites for Emergency Communications Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS) Coordinator Raydel Espinet CM2ESP comments on the use of amateur radio satellites for emergency communications and describes how an amateur satellite was used in a Civil Defense exercise on May 18-19, 2013 About the topic of satellites and emergencies I think satellites are an option very important to consider when there is no more available. In case of HF propagation blackouts or poor conditions and when local VHF and UHF repeaters fails, satellites can bring help, specially from light weight battery run portable stations. Here in Cuba we do every year an emergency rehearsal exercise named “Meteoro” which is organized by Cuba’s Civil Defense to simulate catastrophes and other actions relevant to the upcoming hurricane season. This weekend (May 18th and 19th) was held the 2013 Exercise, like always Cuban Ham Radio Operators are invited to participate as an important asset during emergencies. But by first time ever on the Civil Defense National Headquarters were is installed amateur station CO9DCN we do a short and simple satellite demonstration to the Civil Defense authorities. The short demo was just a simple “hello” exchanged between CO6CBF (Hector) in Cienfuegos Province and CM2ESP/Portable (Raydel) in the Headquarter’s backyard. Hector had done previous years demos for his province’s civil defense authorities, but this was the first time a demo was done at the National Civil Defense Headquarters. As HF propagation was terribly bad that day due to the recent solar flares the Civil Defense Authorities were very pleased with our short demo proving that satellites can be an alternative when ground and ionospheric propagation are disrupted. The Press publish a short report about the amateur radio importance on emergencies and there is also a short mention in paragraph three of the very first satellite contact. The news report can be found at http://www.ain.cu/2013/mayo/19ya-meteoro_reduccion_desastres.htm It is in Spanish only, but Google translator works fine http://tinyurl.com/navmyoh (Google Translation) On the picture featured on the news report from the Cuban News Agency you can see CO9DCN Club Station (Defensa Civil Nacional – National Civil Defense) being operated by CO2OT in digital modes and CO2JC in voice communications. The satellite demo was done portable on the backyard on Sunday at 14:10 UTC during a SO-50 pass, the press arrived one hour after the satellite pass so unfortunately there is no photo available. [ANS thanks Raydel, CM2ESP for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA looking for far-out ideas NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary program. The NIAC program funds cutting-edge concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter current approaches to launching, building, and operating aerospace systems. "Creating the technologies needed to keep our explorers -- robotic and human -- alive and well is a terrific challenge, and these transformative concepts have the potential to mature into the solutions that enable our future missions," said Michael Gazarik, NASA's associate administrator for space technology in Washington. "NASA's early investment and partnership with creative scientists, engineers and citizen inventors from across the nation holds the potential to pay huge technological dividends and help maintain America's leadership in the global technology economy." NIAC's Phase II opportunity continues development of the most promising Phase I concepts. These are visionary aerospace architecture, mission, or system concepts with transformative potential, which continue to push into new frontiers, while remaining technically and programmatically credible. NIAC's current portfolio of diverse efforts advances aerospace technology in many areas, including science, aeronautics, robotics and manufacturing. Recent NIAC Phase II studies have included a concept for "printable spacecraft," which could be manufactured using additive manufacturing technology that creates 3-D objects from computer designs. Spacecraft electronic components could be "printed" layer upon layer on flexible materials, advancing the functionality and availability of components needed for space missions. Another study is examining the feasibility of using high temperature superconducting magnets as a potential form of radiation shielding in space. "Phase II proposals are especially exciting because they can provide the opportunity to bring real breakthroughs one step closer to implementation," said Jay Falker, NIAC program executive at NASA Headquarters. NASA will be accepting NIAC Phase II proposals of no more than 20 pages in length until July 9. Selection announcements are expected later this year. This solicitation is open only to current or previously awarded NIAC Phase I concepts. Complete guidelines for proposal submissions are available on the NIAC website at http://www.nasa.gov/niac. NASA expects to initiate approximately five new Phase II studies this year. The number of awards will depend on the strength of proposals, availability of appropriated funds and selected mix of Phase I and Phase II awards. Selected proposers will receive as much as $500,000 over two years to further analyze and develop their innovative concepts. NIAC is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in NASA's future missions. To view the NASA NIAC Research Announcement for this solicitation and for more information about the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate, visit: http://go.usa.gov/R1N [ANS thanks Southgate Amateur radio News for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: Museum Ships Weekend Special Event Station KK5W Satellite Operations The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club (BVARC) will participate in the Museum Ships Weekend Event on June 1-2, 2013 from Pelican Island (IOTA NA-143) near Galveston, Texas. Currently 90 ships worldwide are registered to participate in the event and it is expected that additional museum ships will register before the event begins. In 2008 the BVARC satellite team was the first museum ship to use OSCAR satellites. Last year at least a half dozen museum ships joined us on the OSCAR satellites. This year the KK5W team will launch a balloon on Saturday morning, June 1, 2013. Previous balloons launched by the South Texas Balloon Launch Team have reached an altitude of over 111,000 feet and have traveled as far east as South Carolina. This balloon will carry a 70cm to 10m linear transponder with center frequencies of 433.500 MHz and 28.600 MHz. The balloon can be tracked on <http://www.aprs.fi>www.aprs.fi by entering the identifier N5BPS-11 (the USS Cavalla's wartime call sign was NBPS). Working the balloon transponder is just like working a satellite but with no Doppler shift. BVARC plans a full 2-day operation on the HF bands. Operation on OSCAR satellites is planned for daytime passes on Saturday, June 1, 2013. The BVARC satellite and balloon team consists of AMSAT members Andy MacAllister, W5ACM, Allen Mattis, N5AFV, Charlie Keng, K5ENG, Carl Hacker, WC5WM, Thomas Krahn, KT5TK, and Mike Scarcella, WA5TWT. We encourage any interested satellite operators to volunteer to operate on the OSCAR satellites if you live near a participating museum ship. Join in and be part of this worldwide event. If you hear KK5W on during MSWE 2013 give us a call. QSL with SASE to KK5W, Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club, PO BOX 2997, Sugar Land, TX 77487-2997. Additional information: http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/index.html [ANS thanks Allen F. Mattis for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Congratulations to Expedition 34 Commanader Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG for his successful return to earth. Chris dedicated himself to bringing space science to students around the world. Notable are the 23 ARISS contacts in which he participated. Successful ARISS Contacts + Yellowknife R.C.M.P. Headquarters Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada 2013-05-12 17:55 UTC A succesful International Space Station school contact was conducted between participants at Yellowknife R.C.M.P. Headquarters, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada and Expedition 34 Commander Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, on 12 MAY 2013 at approximataely 17:55 UTC. The duration of the contact was approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was be a telebridge between NA1SS and k6DUE. The contact was audible over the Eastern U.S. and adjacent areas. Yellowknife is the capital city of Northwest Territories in Canada's north and has a population around 20,000. Yellowknife is found on the north shore of Great Slave Lake and on the west side of Yellowknife Bay, near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife is known as the "diamond capital of North America" because there are three mines near our city. This event in Yellowknife brought in many areas of their community. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment was the host for this event. Their commanding officer started the event by greeting all who attended. The event was blessed before the contact by one of the respected Elders. Students from ages 6-17 asked the questions. They were from local schools, the Side Street Youth Center, and families of police officers. This was a huge celebration of our community connections. + Participants of the first phase of the qualifying round of the World "Man will fly away, come back a hero" in Podolsk, Russia had a successful 2013-05-15 07:41 UTC The contact was direct via RN3DOM with Expedition 35 Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS using station call RSØISS + Anacapa School Santa Barbara, California USA 2013-05-22 17:43 UTC A successful International Space Station school contact was conducted between participants at Anacapa School, Santa Barbara, CA and Expedition 35 Astronaut Christopher J Cassidy KF5KDR on 22 May. The event began at approximately 17:43 UTC. The duration of the contact was approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was direct between NA1SS and N6KTH. The contact was audible over portions of the west coast of the U.S. Anacapa School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school for junior high and high school students. This year they have a total of 65 students in grades 7-12. Through academic and experiential learning, they encourage students to integrate critical thinking, creativity, integrity, and compassion in order to develop the potential of each individual in our diverse community. The Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club - KK6BBL was founded in 2010 by Anacapa students. The first team designed and built Anacapa Amateur High-Altitude Balloon 1 (AAHAB-1), which launched on May 22, 2011, returning stunning still images from an altitude of 91,122 feet over the California Central Coast. In 2012, a second team consisting of new and returning crew members built off of the success with a second near space probe, AAHAB-2. Team AAHAB-2 set even more ambitious goals including a live Amateur Television video downlink, high-definition recording, radiation sensors and live APRS telemetry. On May 5, 2012, AAHAB-2 returned to Earth after a project record- breaking flight peaking at more than 111,814 feet above the surface! This year a new group of students are busy preparing for the ARISS contact, developing new designs and earning their Amateur Radio licenses. Following the success of the two balloon probes and their acceptance into the ARISS / TFS program last summer, they decided to make space exploration the focus of their annual Synthesis Unit for the 2012- 2013 school year. This means that all of the students at Anacapa have spent many hours over the past few months taking an in-depth look at the space program's past, present and future by doing independent research and hearing from expert speakers like NASA Astronaut Rick Linnehan who visited us in January. Students are presently in the process of finalizing the Synthesis product which is a report of their findings. Other areas schools were asked to join them on the day of the contact so they might share this "million dollar moment." + Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-05-25 21:00 UTC ATR International Youth Forum - “Growth points”, Altai Krai Belokuriha, Russia Contact is a go for Tue 2013-06-04 21:15 UTC ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contact. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. [ANS thanks ARISS, David AA4KN and Charlie AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + SPUTNIX is granted a license for space activity SPUTNIX has been granted has been granted a license by the Russian Federal Space Agency for engaging in space activity, namely: creating and modernizing small automatic space vehicles for scientific and commercial purposes. SPUTNIX_is_granted_a_license_for_space_activity_999.html + The three planets converging in the Western skyy just after sunset May 25-28 are Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. + NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready For Flight Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity. A new NASA-designed and developed satellite deployer, dubbed the Nano Launch Adapter System (NLAS), is scheduled to demonstrate the capability to launch a flock of satellites into space later this year. http://tinyurl.com/povkvfe + First precise MEMS output measurement technique unveiled The commercial application of MEMS, or micro-electro-mechanical systems, will receive a major boost following the presentation of a brand new way to accurately measure the power requirements and outputs of all existing and future devices. The cheap and easy to apply technique will be presented for the first time at the TechConnect World Conference 2013 by a research team from Laboratoire national de metrologie et d'essais (LNE) in France. The researchers believe it will help manufacturers improve product performance, develop new functionalities, reduce energy consumption of mass production, respond to market demands for miniaturization, and increase reliability of MEMS devices around the world. http://tinyurl.com/q9g3phx + Plug-and-Play technology for microsatellites has been experimentally confirmed SPUTNIX specialists within the work on creation of a microsatellite platform TabletSat have assembled and tested the onboard control system equipment based on Space Plug- and-Play Architecture (SPA) specifications. This set of open standards has been developed by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA, jointly with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL. http://tinyurl.com/p3rzk5u + May Edition of MilsatMagazine is available online http://www.milsatmagazine.com/2013/MSM_May2013.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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ANS-134 ANS Special Bulletin - NASA Announces Fox-1 Launch Date
by JoAnne Maenpaa 14 May '13

14 May '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-134 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-134.01 ANS-134 ANS Special Bulletin - NASA Announces Fox-1 Launch Date AMSAT News Service Bulletin 134.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 14, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-134.01 NASA announced Monday that AMSAT's Fox-1 spacecraft has been assigned for launch in 2014. For details on the launch vehicle, targeted launch date, orbit specifics, and more, please attend the AMSAT Forum or visit the AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamven- tion this weekend. Watch http://www.amsat.org and the AMSAT News Service for more details to follow. [ANS thanks AMSAT Vioe President Engineeing Tony Monteiro, AA2TX for the above information] /EX

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WSR-133 Weekly Satellite Report - May 13, 2013
by James French 13 May '13

13 May '13

This report is organized into four (4) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-133.S1 WSR 133 Part 1 05/13/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 133.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 13, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-133.S1 NEE-01 Pegasus Catalog Number: Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Mode: ? Downlink: 910MHz wide band signal - 720dpi HD CW SSTV Voice announcement IARU coordination page: URL: [04292013] ===== TURKSAT-3USAT Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.940-145.990MHz Downlink: 435.200-435.250MHz Beacon: 437.225MHz CW Callsign: IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=213 URL: [04292013] ===== PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: 435.020 MHz FM Downlink: 145.900 MHz DSB Beacon: Callsign: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=132 URL: [02112013] ===== DO-64 Delfi-C3 Catalog number: 32789 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY Telemetry: 145.870 MHz Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=68 URL: http://www.delfic3.nl/ [02112013] ===== VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05, 2005 0444z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Mode: U/v - Dutch 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: 145.9360 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=30 [02112013] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launch date: December 20, 2002 1700z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan 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 re- peater 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. [02112013] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA) 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 [02112013] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Launch site: Vandenberg AFB, California, USA Status: Operational Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours 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 [02112013] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Operational Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - ? 70cm Digi - ? SSTV - V/v Expedition 36 Crew (May 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [05132013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-133.S2 WSR 133 Part 2 05/13/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 133.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 13, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-133.S2 Name: ESTCUBE-1 Catalog Number: 39161 Launch date: May 05, 2013 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Mode: /u Status: Operational Downlink(s): Beacon(s): 437.250MHz CW Callsign: ES5E/S Beacon ES5E-11 9.6kbps AX.25 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=171 URL:http://www.estcube.eu/en/ [05132013] ===== CubeBug-1 Catalog Number: Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2bps AX.25 AFSK Beacon: Callsign: LU1VZ-11 IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=239 URL: http://1.cubebug.org/ [04292013] ===== OSSI-1 Catalog Number: 39131 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 145.980 MHz CW 437.525 MHz 1k2bps Beacon(s): Callsign: DS1SBO (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=290 URL: [04292013] ===== SOMP Catalog Number: 39135 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s):437.485 MHz 1k2/9k6 Beacon(s): Callsign: DM1EF (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=173 URL: [04292013] ===== BEESAT-2 Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 435.950 MHz 4k8bps GMSK/Mobitex Beacons(s): Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=233 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [04292013] ===== BEESAT-3 Catalog Number: Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 10 M/b Beacons(s): Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=234 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [04292013] ===== STRaND-1 Catalog Number: Launch Date: February 25, 2013 12:31z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink:437.568MHz 9k6 FSK Beacon: None(?) Callsign: URL: http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1--Launched-2013 [03042013] ===== Fitsat-1 Catalog number: 38853 Launch Date: October 04, 2012 Launch site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2 AFSK 5840.00 MHz 115k2 data LED CW (200w pulses) Beacon(s): 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: NIWAKA URL: http://carpcomm.com/satellite/fitsat1 [10292012] ===== We Wish Catalog number: 38856 Launch date: October 04,2012 Launch Site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.505MHz 1k2 AFSK 437.505MHz SSTV Beacon(s): 437.505MHz CW Callsign: JQ1ZIJ URL: [10152012] ===== Aeneas Catalog Number: 38760 Launch Date: September 13, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: WiFi 2425MHz Downlink: WiFi: 2425MHz Spread Spectrum: Somewhere in the 70cm band Beacon: 437.600MHz 1k2 ax25 every 10 seconds Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment) Catalog Number: 38761 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 with ax.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CP5 (Polysat) Catalog Number: 38763 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.405MHz AFSK on LSB ax.25 over NRZI at 1k2 baud, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite) Catalog Number: 38762 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.525MHz GFSK ax.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== Proiteres Catalog Number: 38756 Launch Date: September 09, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.485MHz FM/AFSK Beacon: Callsign: JL3YZK URL: [10012012] ===== RS-40 MiR (Yubileiny-2) Catalog Number: 38735 Launch Date: July 28, 2012 Launch Site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink(s): 435.265 MHz 435.365 MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: [08272012] ===== HORYU-II Catalog number: 38340 Launch Date: May 17, 2012 1639z Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz Downlink: 437.375 MHz CW/AX25/FSK Beacon: 437.375 MHz CW Callsign: JG6YBW URL: IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=216 [10012012] ===== XaTcobeo Catalog Number: 38082 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.365 MHz FFSK with AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=135 [100162012] ===== UniCubeSat Catalog Number: 38085(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.305 MHz 9k6 bps GMSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://www.gaussteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:un… besat&catid=36:unicubesat&Itemid=183 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=133 [10012012] ===== Robusta Catalog Number: 38083(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1k2 FM telemetry (data every 3 min, 20 sec. burst) Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=122 [10012012] ===== MO-72 MaSat-1 Catalog Number: 38081 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps 437.345 MHz CW Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=126 [10012012] ===== Goliat Catalog Number: 38084(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.485 MHz 1k2 AFSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=98 [10012012] ===== E-St@r Catalog Number: 38079 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.445 MHz 1k2 bps AFSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=130 [10012012] ===== ALMASat-1 Catalog Number: 38078 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 bps FSK 2407.850 MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=39 [10012012] ===== RS-39 Chibis-M Catalog Number: 38051 Launch Date: October 30, 2011 10:11:00 UTC Launch site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: Beacon: 435.315 MHz CW 435.215 MHz CW Callsign: URL: IARU coordination status page: [07302012] ===== JUGNU Catalog Number: 37839 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz 1k2 (mode?) Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 (mode?) Beacon: 437.275 MHz 15 wpm (?) CW Callsign: URL: http://www.iitk.ac.in/me/jugnu/index.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=160 [07092012] ===== SRMSAT Catalog Number: 37841 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz 1k AX.25 (speed?) Downlink: 437.500 MHz 2k4 AX.25 Beacon: 437.425 MHz 12 wpm CW Callsign: URL: http://srmsat.in/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=181 [01282013] ===== HRBE (E1P Explorer 1 [Prime] CubeSat (E1P-U2)) Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.305 MHz (???) Downlink: 437.505 MHz AX.25 (SSB?) Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://ssel.montana.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=116 [01122012] ===== M-Cubed Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.485 MHz AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://umcubed.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=215 [01122012] ===== RAX-2 Catalog Number: 37853 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 GMSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu// IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=221 [03232012] ===== AO-71 AubieSat-1 Catalog Number: 37854 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.475 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Beacon: 437.475 MHz CW Callsign: KI4NQO URL: http://www.space.auburn.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=148 [12262011] ===== O/OREOS Catalog Number: 37224 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.035 MHZ AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://www.ooreos.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=146 [02092011] ===== Rax-1 Radio Aurora Explorer Catalog Number: 37223 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 GMSK Beacon: Callsign: RAX-1 URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=165 [02092011] ===== FO-69 Fastrac-1 Sara Lily Catalog Number: 37227 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 145.980 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 145.825 MHz 1k2 baud Downlink: 437.345 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 437.435 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast1 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=83 [07052011] ===== FO-70 Fastrac-2 Emma Catalog Number: 37380 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 435.025 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 437.435 MHz 9k6 baud Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast2 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=84 [12162011] ===== StudSat Catalog Number: 36796 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=164 [02092011] ===== TIsat-1 Catalog Number: 36799 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On orbit Callsign: HB9DE Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK Beacon: 437.305MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=118 [02092011] ===== SwissCube Catalog Number: 35932 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: HB9EG Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=109 [02092011] ===== UWE-2 Catalog Number: 35934 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: In Orbit Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps 437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=110 [02092011] ===== ITUpsAT1 Catalog Number: 35935 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=113 [02092011] ===== BEESAT Catalog Number: 35933 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: DP0BEE Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bp [02092011] ===== SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.) Catalog Number: 33496 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Proposed Frequencies and Modes: Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW Callsign: IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=101 [02092011] ===== KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.) Catalog Number: 33495 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: In Orbit Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW IARU coordination status page: AMSAT-NA webpage: [02092011] ===== STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites) Catalog Number: 33498 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational ? Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW 437.465 MHz FM/CW Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW 437.275 MHz FM/CW Callsigns: JR5YBN JR5YBO IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=99 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT) Catalog Number: 33499 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW Callsign: JQ1YYY IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=107 AMSAT-NA webapge: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL =/satellites/status.php [20092011] ===== PRISM (Tokyo Univ.) Catalog Number: 33493 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Uplink: 145.xxx MHz AFSK 1k2 Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK 1k2 Beacon: 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YCX IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=97 Read terms and conditions of operations at the PRISM web page to find out how to properly operate on the satellite and to get the uplink frequency. It has been asked that the uplink frequency not be given out untik you have read and understood the terms of usage. URL: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/en/HAMservice.html [10282012] ===== RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny) Catalog Number: 32953 Launch Date: May 23, 2008 1520z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational Curent Modes: Telemetry Audio Images Downlinks: 435.315 MHz 435.215 MHz AMSAT-NA website: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret URL=/satellites/status.php Official website: http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43 [02092011] ===== CanX-2 Catalog number: 32790 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational in range of ground station only Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=46 [02092011] ===== AAUSAT-II Catalog number: 32788 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web page: http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=60 [02092011] ===== CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II Catalog number: 32785 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz Telemetry Beacon: Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 Command Station blog website: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL =/satellites/status.php [03232012] ===== Compass-1 Catalog number: 32787 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Current Mode: dependant on last received command Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW 437.405 MHz Packet For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=52 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL =/satellites/status.php [06162011] ===== CO-66 Seeds II Catalog number: 32791 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.485 MHz Callsign: JQ1YGU For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=36 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL =/satellites/status.php [073092011] ===== CAPE-1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan 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. AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL= /satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=72 [02092011] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=74 [02092011] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 0652z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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/xivpicte.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=37 [02092011] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: ????? Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL =/satellites/status.php Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [02092011] ===== QuakeSat Catalog Number: 27845 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Telemetry only Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet Mode U packet Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS Quakesat webpage: http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/ [02252011] ===== CO-55 Cute-1.7+APD II Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL =/satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 [02092011] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 0240z Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational 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/ [10292012] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22 (MOZHAYETS 4) Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 0612z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: /u CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launch date: January 22, 1990 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana 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-12 General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [02092011] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launch Date: March 1, 1984 Launch site: Vandenburg AFB, California, USA Status: Operational ? Current Mode: /v Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07052011] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Operational Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - ? 70cm Digi - ? SSTV - V/v Expedition 36 Crew (May 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [05132013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-133.S3 WSR 133 Part 3 05/13/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 133.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 13, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-133.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NANOSAIL-D Catalog Number: 37361 Ejection Date: January 17, 2011 Status: Non - Operational Downlink: 437.270 MHz AX.25 URL: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=115 [07302012] ===== HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1) (XW-1) Catalog Number: 36122 Launch Date: December 15, 2009 0231z Launch site: Taiyuan Space Center, PRC Status: Telemetry only Callsign: Broadcast: BJ1SA-11 BBS: BJ1SA-12 Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz. 145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW 145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM 435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW 435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP 2.0dBi max U: RHCP 3.0dBi max IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=108 For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1): http:// [04302012] ===== SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Callsign: ZS0SUM Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz Downlink: 435.345MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear For more information about SO-67: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=88 [01272012] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31132 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=79 [09062010] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=76 [09062010] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=51 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=24 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=54 [09062010] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=53 [09062010] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 0745z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Current Mode(s): Voice repeater: V/u Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM Telemetry: Recovery efforts Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6 Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.880 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst 1268.705 MHz FM Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.703 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 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/CTNews.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=19 [12062011] ===== CANX-1 Catalog Number: 27847 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps [06052009] ===== DTUSAT Catalog Number: 27842 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported Downlink: 437.475MHz Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL =satellites/all_oscars.php [02212009] ===== 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 Launch date: September 26, 2000 Status: Telemetry only 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 communication. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [03302009] ===== 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, 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 Launch date: 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 [07162007] ===== 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 Launch date: 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: 25636 Launch date: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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-Operational Current Modes: Telemetry : /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://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL =/satellites/status.php [07172010] ===== 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] ===== MO-30 UNAMSAT-2 Catalog Number: 24305 Launch Date: September 5, 1996 Status: Non-operational Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [06042009] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Non-operational 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 [01012009] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Recovery efforts in progress Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [12032012] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Status: PSK carrier only Current Mode: 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 [01212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launch date: 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] ===== AO-24 ARSENE Catalog Number: 22654 Launch Date: May 13, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW Broadcast callsign: BBS: [12162009] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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: Non-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] ===== 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] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: non-operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.920 MHz FM VOICE 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE (1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED] Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [07242009] ===== UO-15 UoSAT-4 Catalog Number: 20438 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: ? Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?) 435.1200MHz (?) [06042009] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launch date: 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): Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: 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 Beacons: 29.450 MHz 435.100 MHz [01312008] ===== 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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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 $WSR-133.S4 WSR 133 Part 4 05/13/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 133.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 13, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-133.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY: F-1 Catalog number: 38855 Launch Date: October 04, 2012 Launch Site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: May 09, 2013 Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 145.980MHz 1k2 AFSK 437.485MHz FM moduled CW Beacon(s): Callsign: XV1VN URL: http://fspace.edu.vn/ [05132013] ===== TechEdSat Catalog number: 38854 Launch date: October 04, 2012 Launch site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: May 05, 2013 Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.465 1k2 AFSK Beacon(s): Callsign: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=228 URL:http://www.techedsat.com/ [05062013] ===== Bell Catalog Number: 39145 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: May 10, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=211 URL: http://phonesat.org/ [05132013] ===== Graham Catalog Number: 39143 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: April 26, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=267 URL: http://phonesat.org [40292013] ===== Alexander Catalog Number: 39146 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: April 26, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=267 URL: http://phonesat.org [40292013] ===== HAWKSAT 1 Catalog number: 35004 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: re-entered Re-entry date: September 04, 2012 Downlink: 437.345 MHz ? IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=105 [02112013] ===== ARISSat-1 Catalog number: 37772 Launch date: August 03, 2011 1843z Launch site: International Space Station Status: Re-entered January 05, 2012 Callsign: RS01S Current Mode(s): Linear Transponder: U/v Uplink: 435.758 to 435.742 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.922 to 145.938 MHz CW/USB FM Telemetry/SSTV/Messages/ID: Downlink: 145.950 MHz FM Telemetry/Beacon: Downlink: 145.939 MHz CW1 145.919 MHz CW2 145.920 MHz 1k BPSK USB 145.920 MHz 400b BPSK USB Official Webpage:http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSat.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/informal_detail.php?serialnum=89 [01052012] ===== CP-6 Catalog Number: 35003 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-enetered October 06, 2011 Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=121 [01282013] ===== Pharmasat Catalog Number: 35002 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered August 14, 2012 Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=94 [01282013] ===== ANUSAT Catalog Number: 34808 Launch Date: April 20, 2009 0115z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Re-entered Re-entery date : April 18, 2012 Downlink: 435.000 MHz Uplink: 145.800 MHz Telemetry: 137.400 MHz [02112013] ===== CAERUS (Mayflower) Catalog Number: 37252 Launch Date: December 08, 2010 15:43:00 UTC Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Re-entered December 22, 2010 Uplink: Downlink: 437.600 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Beacon: 437.600 MHz CW Callsign: KJ6FIX URL: http://www2.isi.edu/research/prj-serc/prj-serc_projects/prj-serc_projects-8… IARU coordination status page: [01282013] ===== Cinema Catalog Number: 36764 Launch Date: September 13, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Ren-entered Re-entry date: Spetember 10, 2010 Uplink: Downlink: Engineering: 2400 - 2450MHz Telemetery: 2200 - 2300MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: [02112013] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launch date: February 21, 2006 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: October 25, 2009 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/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=56 [09062010] ===== BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1) Catalog Number: 35690 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK 437.325 MHz CW 20wpm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=117 [07312009] ===== AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2) Catalog Number: 35690 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS [11112009] ===== Pollux Catalog Number: 35693 Launch Date: July 31, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Callsign: POLLUX-1 Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=139 [09062010] ===== Castor (ANDE-2) Catalog Number: 35694 Launch Date: July 31, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Callsign: KD4HBO-1 Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=144 [09062010] ===== NO-62 FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: July 28, 2008 Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=59 [01012009] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: December 25, 2007 Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [01032008] ===== 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] ===== GENESAT-1 Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered date: August 8, 2010 Current Mode: /u Callsign: KE7EGC Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [08082010] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: June 18, 2008 Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [01012009] ===== SO-43 Starshine 3 Catalog Number: 26929 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: January 21, 2003 Beacon: 145.825Mhz [02212009] NNNN /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-132 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne Maenpaa 11 May '13

11 May '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-132 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT is Going to the Dayton Hamvention This Week * AMSAT Engineering Will Show Fox-1 System Software Running on IHU * AMSAT V/U/WX Receive Preamps at Dayton for Display and Sales * New Fox-1 CubeSat Model to Debut at Hamvention 2013 * Updated AMSAT LVB Tracker to be Shown at Dayton * "Dayton Only" Special Deals * Signals Received From Estonia's ESTCube-1 CubeSat * AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Solicited * ARISS School Contacts * Museum Ships Weekend Special Event Station KK5W Satellite Ops * Additional 2M Downlink Allocation Proposed for Amateur Satellites? * HAMSAT VO-52 Celebrates 8th Year On Orbit * SA AMSAT Space Symposium Coming to Pretoria on May 18 * 1000th Session of the Houston AMSAT Net Invites You to Check In * NASA TV to Cover Soyuz Landing May 13 * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-132.01 ANS-132 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 111.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 12, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-132.01 ************************************************************** * Volunteers are still needed to help at the AMSAT booth at * * Dayton. We have about 20 people who have stepped forward, * * but we could use a few more. If you are willing to spend a * * couple of hours on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to help at * * the Hamvention, please send an e-mail NOW to Steve Belter, * * n9ip(a)amsat.org. If you've volunteered, but not heard back * * from Steve, please send him another note. Thank you! * * * * Monitor the 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' link on the * * new AMSAT Web Site http://www.amsat.org for the latest * * AMSAT at Dayton news and developments. * ************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT is Going to the Dayton Hamvention This Week This is the week - May 16 through May 19 - for the really big show near Dayton, Ohio at the 2013 Hamvention. AMSAT Hamvention activities and displays are planned to take place at the new booth location (444-446 and 433-435) in the Ball Arena, and outside in the Satellite Demonstration Area just outside the Ball Arena entrance. 2013 theme for AMSAT at Dayton is "AMSAT - A View to the Future." If you have not yet made your reservations for the AMSAT/TAPR Ban- quet, please make them by Tuesday, May 14, 1800 EDT. Because of the requirement that the caterer have a final count, no more reserva- tions will be accepted afterwards, either on the AMSAT Store or at Dayton. This is a great opportunity to mingle with your fellow techies, as well as hear a fascinating speaker! Here are the daily AMSAT activities for on-site and off-site events at the 2013 Hamvention! Thursday 16 May 2013 -------------------- + 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM AMSAT Booth Setup at Ball Arena (contact Steve Belter, N9IP, n9ip at amsat.org if you can help during this time). + 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM The third Annual AMSAT "Dinner at Tickets" party will be held at Tickets Pub & Eatery in Fairborn, OH. Check out the 'AMSAT at Day- ton Hamvention 2013' link to the page 'AMSAT Dayton Social Events' on the new Web Site: http://www.amsat.org. Friday 17 May 2013 ------------------ + 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM at the AMSAT Booth AMSAT Booth open for membership renewals, books, new items and information. You may pick up your tickets at the AMSAT boot for the Friday Night AMSAT/TAPR Banquet during this time. + 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Dayton 2013 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet on Friday night, May 17 is one of the main AMSAT activities during the 2013 Hamvention at Dayton. The speaker this year will be Bruce Perens, K6BP, with a humorous history of tech- nology evangelism: "The Evangelist's Dilemma: Driving New Ideas With Nothing But Words." Saturday 18 May 2013 -------------------- + 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM at the AMSAT Booth AMSAT Booth open for membership renewals, books, new items and information. Note the bulletin below for the AMSAT Store Dayton Deals! + 11:15 AM - 1:30 PM The AMSAT Forum Get the latest information about what is going on with AMSAT and its projects. The AMSAT Forum will be held in Forum Room 5. See the bulletin below for details! Sunday 19 May 2013 ------------------ + 9:00 AM - 1:00PM at the AMSAT Booth AMSAT Booth open for membership renewals, books, new items and information. + 1:00PM - 3:00PM at the AMSAT Booth Take down and storage of the AMSAT Booth. (contact Steve Belter, N9IP, n9ip at amsat.org if you can help during this time). Demos Daily on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for All Available Passes -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT is encouraging everyone attending the 2013 Dayton Hamvention to come by the Satellite Demonstration Area just outside of the Ball Arena entrance and make a contact using the amateur satellites. There will be AMSAT volunteers to explain how to make the contacts and dur- ing actual satellite passes will complete as many actual contacts as possible. Satellite pass times will be posted in the satellite demon- stration area and at the AMSAT booth. [ANS thanks AMSAT's 2013 Dayton Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Engineering Will Show Fox-1 System Software Running on IHU AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX reported that the software development team successfully brought up the Fox-1 system software on the Internal Housekeeping Unit (IHU.) The IHU is the brains of the Fox-1 satellite and it has a 32-bit, STM32L microprocessor. Tony says the operating IHU card will be shown at the Dayton Ham- vention next week in the AMSAT booth. The engineering team welcomes everyone to stop by and have a look. ANS thanks AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT V/U/WX Receive Preamps at Dayton for Display and Sales AMSAT will have a supply of the popular V/U/WX receive preamplifiers at Dayton for display and sales. Ready to operate--not a kit! Fully assembled, tested, and installed in a metal enclosure with female BNC connectors on input and output. It is based on the MAR 7 device, and covers 100 MHz to 500 MHz. This includes the137 MHz WX, 2M, and 70cm satellite bands. Operates from +9-15V DC (a fresh 9V battery works great!). Perfect for portable operations using dual band hand-held Yagis like the ARROW, Cheap Yagi, etc. Just put it inline on the correct receive band for operations in either mode U/V or V/U. You won't believe what you've been missing! Includes low power (about 5W) protection diode on the input for acci- dental transmissions into the input. This preamp is not RF switched. It must be protected from inadvertent repeated or high power trans- mission RF using a relay or diplexer. Full details and schematic can be found in the November/December 2012 AMSAT Journal article by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, or downloaded from the item in the Hardware section of the AMSAT Store: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ The assembled and tested kit is priced at $50 USD. Proceeds from the sale of this item will help fund the AMSAT Fox Family of satellites! This equipment was developed as part of the ARRL Education and Tech- nology Program. [ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Fox-1 CubeSat Model to Debut at Hamvention 2013 Through the dedicated work of Stefan Wagener, VE4NSA, AMSAT-NA will debut its new 1:1 scale cardboard model of the Fox-1 CubeSat at Ham- vention 2013. We will have a complete display at the AMSAT booth. It is life size, and based on the latest Fox-1 engineering drawings for highest fid- elity in design and appearance. The model is printed in color on heavy stock paper, including all components. The instructions are carefully prepared to allow for easy assembly requiring scissors, glue etc. Depending on experience, assembly will take approximately 10+ hours. The complete model will be a perfect addition to any satellite oper- ator's shack, and a chance to show visitors what is being done by AMSAT today. We will have finished models at the AMSAT booth for a recommended donation of $25. All proceeds will go to supporting the Fox Project. See http://ww2.amsat.org/?p=503 for a photo of the model. [ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated AMSAT LVB Tracker to be Shown at Dayton AMSAT has sold the popular G6LVB Tracker for several years. This year we will have a new version which replaces the amber LCD display with an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. The new display offers a high visibility contrast with a wide angle of view. It will be available in blue, green and amber. LVB Trackers will be available with the recommended serial (RS-232) I/O. The recommended minimum donation will remain $200. An FTDI USB/ Serial module is available as an option for an additional $25. A pic- ture showing the old and new displays may be found at: http://ww2.amsat.org/?p=484 Current LVB Tracker owners may update their own units. The OLED dis- plays used are manufactured by Newhaven, NHD-0216KZW series, and are available from Mouser and other online parts suppliers. The OLED dis- plays have less depth so the PEM fasteners need to be shortened for correct fit and viewing thru the front of the case. The LVB Tracker firmware will also require updating. Current owners may send their LVB Tracker to WB8CXO for retrofit if they don't wish to do the mod- ifications themselves. Upgrading existing trackers will be $50 + ship- ping. Contact WB8CXO(a)AMSAT.ORG for details. AMSAT would like to acknowledge the many contributors to this effort. Mike Young, WB8CXO who has supported the Tracker and whose initiative was essential to this development. John Drago, W8FAA modified the LVB Tracker firmware to support the OLED display. Ken Baker from Ridge Machine manufactured the PEM fastener cutting jig. Steve Belter, N9IP, Mark Hammond, N8MH and John Papay, K8YSE did beta testing. And finally Gould Smith, WA4SXM, LVB Tracker project manager for his continuous guidance and support. [ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dayton Only" Special Deals As usual, during the Hamvention AMSAT will have a number of special items and packages available at the booth. These will range from new design shirts and hats, to tracking hardware and software, to Elk antennas. Many of the shirts and trinkets are only available at Dayton. When they are gone, they are gone! Be sure to stop by the booth early while we have a full range of sizes. Here are some of the bargains announced for Dayton Hamvention 2013: + SATPC32 - $40 (normally $45 for members) + AMSAT TOTE BAG - $5.00 (Free for new and renewing members and for those who buy a LVB Tracker Box.) + AMSAT LICENSE PLATE HOLDER - $5.00 (Free for new and renewing members) These items are only available at Dayton: + LVB TRACKER BOX - $200 + ELK ANTENNA - $125 The full shopping list, including publications, software, hardware, apparel, and sustaining memberships are posted on the AMSAT On-Line Store at: http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=296 Please do not contact the AMSAT office requesting Dayton-only spe- cials. Our regular offerings remain available at the AMSAT Store: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ [ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Signals Received From Estonia's ESTCube-1 CubeSat Estonia's first CubeSat ESTCube-1, amateur radio callsign ES5E/S, was successfully launched from the ESA Spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana on May 7, 2013 aboard an ESA VEGA rocket. Built by students at the University of Tartu ESTCube-1 the main mission of the satellite is to test electric solar wind sail tech- nology, a novel space propulsion technology that could revolution- alize transportation within the solar system. It will deploy a 10 meter conductive electrodynamic tether and the force interacting with the tether will be measured. Information about the satellite is posted at: http://www.estcube.eu/en/ The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel have pub- lished these frequencies for ESTCube-1: + 437.250 MHz - CW beacon, callsign ES5E/S + 437.505 MHz - 9600 bps AX.25 telemetry, callsign ES5E-11 + See http://www.estcube.eu/en/radio-details for additional news. + A beacon decoder can also be found on a link from this page. The AMSAT-UK web shows additional photos and a description of the mission for ESTCube-1 at: http://amsat-uk.org/2013/05/06/estcube-1-estonias-first-cubesat-2/ The ESTCube-1 Team has begun posting updates on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/estcube Here is a google maps page that tracks ESTCube-1: http://tinyurl.com/ESTCube-Tracker (lizard-tail.com) ESTCube-1 keplerian elements are included in the AMSAT.ORG elements set sent out this week via the keps(a)amsat.org e-mail list. After deployment from the VEGA upper stage reception reports of ESTCube-1 reception reports from amateur radio stations worldwide were posted: + Ib, OZ1MY received the signal, noting, "Using the preliminary TLEs I heard ESTCube-1 beacon at 0908 UTC May 7. The received frequency is approximately 2 KHz higher than published." + Nader, ST2NH reported, "EstCube-1 Beacon heard over Africa strong and clear." + Ken, GW1FKY reported, "Monday 7th May 2013 - Time here in Wales, UK 1235hrs UTC. Hearing ESTcube-1 very well with just my Elk antenna and a Kenwood TS-2000. + Jean-Pierre, F5YG wrote, "On orbit number 4, good signal but only small pieces of text as there is a lot of time between CW frames. + Hector, CO6CBF said, "ESTCube-1 was heard in EL92sd with a great signal. I was running a FUNcube Dongle with SDR-Radio V2.0 and ELK antenna with a homebrew preamplifier. Approximately 12 hours after launch the ESTCube-1 team posted a status that received telemetry packets indicate the satellite had charged its batteries completely. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the University of Tartu ESTCube-1 Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Solicited It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. A nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member for the position. Four director's terms expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Drew Glasbrenner, K04MA, and Tony Monteiro, AA2TX. In addition to traditional submission of written nominations, which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, nominations may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, FAX, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG or faxed to 301-608-3410. Written nominations, consisting of names, calls and individual sig- natures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Ave #600 Silver Spring, MD, 20910 No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS School Contacts Gary, Indiana ------------- An International Space Station school contact was susscessful with participants at The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc, Gary, IN on May 8. This was a direct contact between NA1SS and KC9JQN. The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. serves as the primary literacy collaborative in the City of Gary and neighboring communities. GLC supports, promotes, enhances, and coordinates the accessibility of literacy opportunities, thus making Gary, "A Reading City." GLC has maintained a close partnership with the Gary Community School Corporation (GCSC). The GLC/GCSC partnership allows the operation of the "Learning Partner" Mentoring Project. This mentoring initiative is a motivational endeavor offering an arm of support to 4th, 5th and 6th grade students enrolled in the GCSC gender academies; Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys and Frankie Woods-McCullough Academy for Girls. The GCSC is an urban public school district challenged to ex- pand and enhance educational experiences for the approximately 10,000 students that it serves. A large percentage of these students reside in single-parent homes and/or low -income families. Royal Canadian Mounted Police HQ, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------- The contact with the Yellowknife R.C.M.P. Headquarters, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, via a telebridge connection with K6DUE that had been scheduled for Saturday, May 11 was postponed due to an unplanned EVA to investigate an ammonia leak. At press time this contact has been rescheduled for a telebridge via K6DUE on Sunday, May 12. ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at pre- sent, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. [ANS thanks the ARISS Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Museum Ships Weekend Special Event Station KK5W Satellite Ops The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club (BVARC) will be participating in the Museum Ships Weekend Event on June 1-2, 2013 from Pelican Island (IOTA NA-143) near Galveston, Texas. It is expected that amateur radio operators will activate amateur radio stations on over 80 ships worldwide during the event. The BVARC operation from Seawolf Park will activate both the submarine USS Cavalla and the destroyer escort USS Stewart. BVARC plans a full 2-day operation on the HF bands. Operation on OSCAR satellites is planned for daytime passes on Saturday, June 1. The BVARC satellite team will consist of AMSAT members Andy Mac- Allister, W5ACM, Allen Mattis, N5AFV, Charlie Keng, K5ENG, and Carl Hacker, WC5WM. During MSWE 2012 a number of museum ships operated on OSCAR satel- lites and the KK5W satellite team worked the USS Nautilus, the USS New Jersey, and the Lightship Overfalls. We encourage any interest- ed satellite operators to volunteer to operate on the OSCAR satel- lites if you live near a participating museum ship. Join in and be part of this worldwide event. If you hear KK5W on during MSWE 2013 give us a call. QSL with SASE to KK5W, Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club, PO BOX 2997, Sugar Land, TX 77487-2997. Additional information is posted on these web pages: + http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/index + http://www.bvarcmswe.org [ANS thanks Allen Mattis, N5AFV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional 2M Downlink Allocation Proposed for Amateur Satellites? AMSAT-UK reports that an increased allocation for amateur satellite downlink on the 2 meter band has been proposed. In the minutes from the IARU Region 1 Interim meeting held in Vienna, April 20-21, the papers related to the Amateur Satellite Service included: + VIE13_C5_03 Increased Amateur-Satellite Service 144MHz Usage + VIE13_C5_05 Recommendations for DATV Transmission + VIE13_C5_24 Region 1 Satellite Coordinator Report + VIE13_C5_27 New Narrow-Band working frequencies in the 2300-2450 MHz band + VIE13_C5_32 2400MHz Amateur Satellites The VIE13_C5_03 which proposed the use of 144.000-144.035 MHz for satellite SSB/CW downlinks was modified to accommodate some CW con- tests, the proposal was reduced from 35 to 25kHz (i.e. 144.000-144.025 MHz). The minutes record that Graham Shirville, G3VZV presented the paper on the increasing use of 2m by satellites and the desire to use the under-utilized bottom of the 2m band 144.000-144.035, which had originally been harmonized for EME activity. "EME has subsequently moved to frequencies further up the band," Shirville said. An IARU Region 1 representative noted that if the other IARU Region 2 and Region 3 are also willing to go for 144.000 and 144.025, then IARU Region 1 will support this proposal. IARU Region 2 Conference is in Cancun, Mexico in September 2013. Additional details of the proposal and links to the Vienna C5 meet- ing minutes and papers are posted on the AMSAT-UK web at: http://tinyurl.com/FrequencyProposal (www.amsat-uk.org) In the show "Amateur Radio Today" for May 5, 2013 Murray Niman G6JYB was interviewed about the IARU Region 1 Vienna conference and dis- cussed the proposal to permit amateur radio satellite linear trans- ponders operate in the very bottom section of the 144 MHz band. The show, hosted by Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV, provides a pre- view of the Dayton Hamvention, Murray Niman who represented the SARL (and RSGB) at the IARU Vienna Conference. The interview with Murray Niman G6JYB starts 34 minutes into the show. Listen to Amateur Radio Today May 5, 2013 at: http://www.amateurradio.org.za/ARTODAY5MAY2013pod.MP3 (lo-res) http://www.amateurradio.org.za/ARTODAY5MAY2013.MP3 (hi-res) AMSAT-NA President Barry Baines, WD4ASW notes that the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors is studying the IARU Region 1 proposal but has as yet not reached a decision on whether to support it or not. He further noted that EME operators and other weak signal people need to be canvassed before the Board is willing to reach a decision. Barry observed, "The inclusion of this news item in ANS is meant to encourage conversation/discussion and is not meant to suggest impli- cit endorsement by AMSAT-NA. AMSAT members and others who wish to comment on the proposal are encouraged to send their feedback to the AMSAT Board of Directors' mailbox at BOD at AMSAT.org." [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMSAT VO-52 Celebrates 8th Year On Orbit Mani, VU2WMY, Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC at India's ISRO Satellite Centre noted this week: "It gives us great and immense pleasure to say that 'HAMSAT VO-52' completes eight fruitful years in orbit contributing to the wonder- ful cause of 'Amateur Radio Satellite Communication'. The overall health parameters are excellent and we do hope that transponder(s) on-board 'HAMSAT VO-52' would continue to render good services for many more years to come. On this joyous occasion, on behalf of everyone here in ISRO/India and on my personal behalf, I thank each and every user, contribu- tors and well wishers for this great achievement. Special thanks to Guru VU2GUR, Nitin VU3TYG, Partha VU2GPS, Sunil VU2UKR, Bob W7LRD, Trevor M5AKA and others for sending in their reports and suggestions for the possible HAMSAT 2." [ANS thanks Mani, VU2WMY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SA AMSAT Space Symposium Coming to Pretoria on May 18 The 2013 SA AMSAT Space Symposium will be held at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria on Saturday 18 May. Full details can be found on-line at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za. Some of the program topics announced this week include: + Eddie Leighton, ZS6BNE, will take delegates on a historical journey in his presentation "living the dreams of our space pioneers", speaking of OSCAR-7, the oldest amateur satellite still operating. + Deon Coetzee, ZR1DE, will share his experiences developing a 14 MHz receiver to receive signals from the soon to be launched ZACube satellite. + Frik Wolff, ZS6FZ will have a presentation on antenna control. SA AMSAT says, "The programme is packed with interesting papers to cater for all levels of interest and experiences. All attendees will receive a CD with all the presentations and other interesting material. [ANS thanks SA AMSAT and the SARL News for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000th Session of the Houston AMSAT Net Invites You to Check In The Houston AMSAT net is on the air live on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 PM (Wednesday 0100 UTC) on the 145.47 W5RPT FM Repeater PL 123.0. The net can also be heard on Echolink on the AMSAT confer- ence. All interested satellite operators are invited to tune in on Tuesday, May 21 for 1000th consecutive session of the net. A special feature of the 1000th net will include AMSAT officers and other guests call- ing into the net. If you are on the Echolink AMSAT conference you also count as being checked into the net. [ANS thanks Andy W5ACM, Net Control of the Houston AMSAT Net for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA TV to Cover Soyuz Landing May 13 NASA Television will provide live coverage May 12-14 as three crew members aboard the International Space Station end five months in orbit and return to Earth for a scheduled landing May 13. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will undock their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the station at 7:08 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) May 13, heading for a land- ing on the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 10:31 p.m. EDT. NASA TV's full coverage schedule is as follows (all times EDT): Sunday, May 12: 3:40 p.m. -- Expedition 35/36 change of command ceremony Monday, May 13: 3:30 p.m. -- Farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure scheduled at 3:50 p.m.) 6:45 p.m. -- Undocking (undocking scheduled at 7:08 p.m.) 9:15 p.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing (deorbit burn scheduled at 9:37 p.m., landing scheduled at 10:31 p.m.) Midnight -- Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities Tuesday, May 14: Noon -- Video file of post-landing activities and interviews For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + We receive occasional inquiries about the error message shown when attempting to access the prior AMSAT.ORG web pages. These prior web pages are down and are being replaced with a new AMSAT web presence. You need to delete any old bookmarks pointing to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new. The URL http://www.amsat.org should be manually entered into your browser. This will bring you to the new AMSAT web page currently under development. There is only basic information posted on this site at present but will expand in the future. + Members of the Camb-Hams are now active from the Isle of Mull (IOSA NH15, SCOTIA CN10, WLOTA 2485), Inner Hebrides, as GS3PYE/p until May 16. Look for 13 operators to be active on all bands and many modes from 160-2 meters as well as 472 kHz. The HF bands will be covered by 5 simultaneous stations, while 6m, 4m and 2m sta- tions will have a great take-off towards the UK and Europe. They will have an antenna elevation system for 2m EME activity and will also be on many of the VHF/UHF satellite passes. + Singing in Space: Russia's space agency Roscosmos said this week it has reached an agreement with US-based Space Adventures Ltd. company to proceed with the plans to put British singer Sarah Brightman on a space flight to the International Space Station in October 2015. A final decision on Brightman's journey to the ISS has not been made as it has to be coordinated between Roscosmos and NASA, fitting the demanding schedule of visiting flights to the orbital station. (SpaceDaily.com) + The 2013 Central States VHF Society Conference will be held near Chicago at the Elk Grove Village, IL, Holiday Inn from Thursday July 25 until Sunday July 28. Refer to the conference web at: http://www.csvhfs.org/2013conference/agenda.html for additional information on the technical program, family activities, and a tour of FermiLab. + If you can't make it to the Hamvention you can watch the event on the W5KUB.com world wide webcast. The live broadcast begins on Wednesday May 15 at 8:00 AM Central time for the 550 Mile drive from Memphis to Dayton live. The broadcast will be up on Thursday to show various vendors setting up. Then the show will feature Hamvention coverage Friday through Sunday. As in the past, W5KUB will be giving out thousands of dollars of ham prizes to their viewers. Join in on the fun at W5KUB.Com. When you login to the web chat room you are registered for the prize drawings. + In this video Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield explains how to steer the ISS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IZHw4UKFiHQ + In case you wondered why there was never a station broadcasting on UHF TV channel 37 find out why in the Universe Today story, "The Curious Channel 37 - Must-see TV For Radio Astronomy". http://tinyurl.com/channel37 (UniverseToday.com) [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 addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. And with that please keep in mind to never trust an atom ... they make up everything! 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org

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WSR-126 Weekly Satellite Report 126 - May 06, 2013
by James French 06 May '13

06 May '13

This report is organized into four (4) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-126.S1 WSR 126 Part 1 05/06/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 126.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 06, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-126.S1 NEE-01 Pegasus Catalog Number: Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Mode: ? Downlink: 910MHz wide band signal - 720dpi HD CW SSTV Voice announcement IARU coordination page: URL: [04292013] ===== TURKSAT-3USAT Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.940-145.990MHz Downlink: 435.200-435.250MHz Beacon: 437.225MHz CW Callsign: IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=213 URL: [04292013] ===== PW-Sat Catalog Number: 38083 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: 435.020 MHz FM Downlink: 145.900 MHz DSB Beacon: Callsign: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=132 URL: [02112013] ===== DO-64 Delfi-C3 Catalog number: 32789 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY Telemetry: 145.870 MHz Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=68 URL: http://www.delfic3.nl/ [02112013] ===== VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05, 2005 0444z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Mode: U/v - Dutch 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: 145.9360 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=30 [02112013] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launch date: December 20, 2002 1700z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan 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 re- peater 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. [02112013] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: Operational Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA) 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 [02112013] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Launch site: Vandenberg AFB, California, USA Status: Operational Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours 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 [02112013] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Operational Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - ? 70cm Digi - ? SSTV - V/v Expedition 35 Crew (March 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG Flight Engineer: Tom Marshburn KE5HOC Flight Engineer: Roman Romanenko Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [04082013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-126.S2 WSR 126 Part 2 05/06/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 126.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 06, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-126.S2 CubeBug-1 Catalog Number: Launch date: April 26, 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Space Center, PRC Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2bps AX.25 AFSK Beacon: Callsign: LU1VZ-11 IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=239 URL: http://1.cubebug.org/ [04292013] ===== OSSI-1 Catalog Number: 39131 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 145.980 MHz CW 437.525 MHz 1k2bps Beacon(s): Callsign: DS1SBO (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=290 URL: [04292013] ===== SOMP Catalog Number: 39135 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s):437.485 MHz 1k2/9k6 Beacon(s): Callsign: DM1EF (?) IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=173 URL: [04292013] ===== BEESAT-2 Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 435.950 MHz 4k8bps GMSK/Mobitex Beacons(s): Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=233 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [04292013] ===== BEESAT-3 Catalog Number: Catalog Number: Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan Status: On orbit Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 10 M/b Beacons(s): Callsign: DJ1JBL IARU Coordination Page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=234 URL: http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/ [04292013] ===== STRaND-1 Catalog Number: Launch Date: February 25, 2013 12:31z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink:437.568MHz 9k6 FSK Beacon: None(?) Callsign: URL: http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1--Launched-2013 [03042013] ===== Fitsat-1 Catalog number: 38853 Launch Date: October 04, 2012 Launch site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink(s): 437.445MHz 1k2 AFSK 5840.00 MHz 115k2 data LED CW (200w pulses) Beacon(s): 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: NIWAKA URL: http://carpcomm.com/satellite/fitsat1 [10292012] ===== We Wish Catalog number: 38856 Launch date: October 04,2012 Launch Site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.505MHz 1k2 AFSK 437.505MHz SSTV Beacon(s): 437.505MHz CW Callsign: JQ1ZIJ URL: [10152012] ===== F-1 Catalog number: 38855 Launch Date: October 04, 2012 Launch Site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 145.980MHz 1k2 AFSK 437.485MHz FM moduled CW Baecon(s): Callsign: XV1VN URL: http://fspace.edu.vn/ [10152012] ===== Aeneas Catalog Number: 38760 Launch Date: September 13, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: WiFi 2425MHz Downlink: WiFi: 2425MHz Spread Spectrum: Somewhere in the 70cm band Beacon: 437.600MHz 1k2 ax25 every 10 seconds Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment) Catalog Number: 38761 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 with ax.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CP5 (Polysat) Catalog Number: 38763 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.405MHz AFSK on LSB ax.25 over NRZI at 1k2 baud, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite) Catalog Number: 38762 Launch Date: September 12, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.525MHz GFSK ax.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: [10012012] ===== Proiteres Catalog Number: 38756 Launch Date: September 09, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.485MHz FM/AFSK Beacon: Callsign: JL3YZK URL: [10012012] ===== RS-40 MiR (Yubileiny-2) Catalog Number: 38735 Launch Date: July 28, 2012 Launch Site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink(s): 435.265 MHz 435.365 MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: [08272012] ===== HORYU-II Catalog number: 38340 Launch Date: May 17, 2012 1639z Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz Downlink: 437.375 MHz CW/AX25/FSK Beacon: 437.375 MHz CW Callsign: JG6YBW URL: IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=216 [10012012] ===== XaTcobeo Catalog Number: 38082 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.365 MHz FFSK with AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=135 [100162012] ===== UniCubeSat Catalog Number: 38085(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.305 MHz 9k6 bps GMSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://www.gaussteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:un… besat&catid=36:unicubesat&Itemid=183 IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=133 [10012012] ===== Robusta Catalog Number: 38083(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1k2 FM telemetry (data every 3 min, 20 sec. burst) Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=122 [10012012] ===== MO-72 MaSat-1 Catalog Number: 38081 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps 437.345 MHz CW Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=126 [10012012] ===== Goliat Catalog Number: 38084(?) Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.485 MHz 1k2 AFSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=98 [10012012] ===== E-St@r Catalog Number: 38079 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.445 MHz 1k2 bps AFSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=130 [10012012] ===== ALMASat-1 Catalog Number: 38078 Launch Date: Febrauary 13, 2012 1000z Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 bps FSK 2407.850 MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=39 [10012012] ===== RS-39 Chibis-M Catalog Number: 38051 Launch Date: October 30, 2011 10:11:00 UTC Launch site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: Beacon: 435.315 MHz CW 435.215 MHz CW Callsign: URL: IARU coordination status page: [07302012] ===== JUGNU Catalog Number: 37839 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 145.??? MHz 1k2 (mode?) Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 (mode?) Beacon: 437.275 MHz 15 wpm (?) CW Callsign: URL: http://www.iitk.ac.in/me/jugnu/index.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=160 [07092012] ===== SRMSAT Catalog Number: 37841 Launch Date: October 12, 2011 05:30:00 UTC Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz 1k AX.25 (speed?) Downlink: 437.500 MHz 2k4 AX.25 Beacon: 437.425 MHz 12 wpm CW Callsign: URL: http://srmsat.in/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=181 [01282013] ===== HRBE (E1P Explorer 1 [Prime] CubeSat (E1P-U2)) Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.305 MHz (???) Downlink: 437.505 MHz AX.25 (SSB?) Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://ssel.montana.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=116 [01122012] ===== M-Cubed Catalog Number: 37855 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.485 MHz AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://umcubed.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=215 [01122012] ===== RAX-2 Catalog Number: 37853 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: Operational Uplink: Downlink: 437.345MHz 9k6 GMSK Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu// IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=221 [03232012] ===== AO-71 AubieSat-1 Catalog Number: 37854 Launch Date: October 28, 2011 Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.475 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Beacon: 437.475 MHz CW Callsign: KI4NQO URL: http://www.space.auburn.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=148 [12262011] ===== O/OREOS Catalog Number: 37224 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.035 MHZ AX.25 Beacon: Callsign: URL: http://www.ooreos.org/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=146 [02092011] ===== Rax-1 Radio Aurora Explorer Catalog Number: 37223 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: On Orbit Uplink: Downlink: 437.505 MHz 9k6 GMSK Beacon: Callsign: RAX-1 URL: http://rax.engin.umich.edu/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=165 [02092011] ===== FO-69 Fastrac-1 Sara Lily Catalog Number: 37227 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 145.980 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 145.825 MHz 1k2 baud Downlink: 437.345 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 437.435 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast1 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=83 [07052011] ===== FO-70 Fastrac-2 Emma Catalog Number: 37380 Launch Date: November 20, 2010 Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational Uplink 1: 435.025 MHz 1k2 baud Uplink 2: 437.435 MHz 9k6 baud Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 and 9k6 baud Beacon: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Callsign: Fast2 URL: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/index.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=84 [12162011] ===== StudSat Catalog Number: 36796 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On Orbit Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=164 [02092011] ===== TIsat-1 Catalog Number: 36799 Launch Date: July 12, 2010 0352z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: On orbit Callsign: HB9DE Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK Beacon: 437.305MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=118 [02092011] ===== SwissCube Catalog Number: 35932 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: HB9EG Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=109 [02092011] ===== UWE-2 Catalog Number: 35934 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: In Orbit Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps 437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=110 [02092011] ===== ITUpsAT1 Catalog Number: 35935 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=113 [02092011] ===== BEESAT Catalog Number: 35933 Launch Date: September 23, 2009 0621z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Callsign: DP0BEE Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bp [02092011] ===== SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.) Catalog Number: 33496 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Proposed Frequencies and Modes: Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW Callsign: IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=101 [02092011] ===== KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.) Catalog Number: 33495 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: In Orbit Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW IARU coordination status page: AMSAT-NA webpage: [02092011] ===== STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites) Catalog Number: 33498 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational ? Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW 437.465 MHz FM/CW Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW 437.275 MHz FM/CW Callsigns: JR5YBN JR5YBO IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=99 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT) Catalog Number: 33499 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW Callsign: JQ1YYY IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=107 AMSAT-NA webapge: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL =/satellites/status.php [20092011] ===== PRISM (Tokyo Univ.) Catalog Number: 33493 Launch Date: January 23, 2009 0354z Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Status: Operational Uplink: 145.xxx MHz AFSK 1k2 Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK 1k2 Beacon: 437.250 MHz CW Callsign: JQ1YCX IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=97 Read terms and conditions of operations at the PRISM web page to find out how to properly operate on the satellite and to get the uplink frequency. It has been asked that the uplink frequency not be given out untik you have read and understood the terms of usage. URL: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/en/HAMservice.html [10282012] ===== RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny) Catalog Number: 32953 Launch Date: May 23, 2008 1520z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational Curent Modes: Telemetry Audio Images Downlinks: 435.315 MHz 435.215 MHz AMSAT-NA website: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret URL=/satellites/status.php Official website: http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43 [02092011] ===== CanX-2 Catalog number: 32790 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational in range of ground station only Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=46 [02092011] ===== AAUSAT-II Catalog number: 32788 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web page: http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=60 [02092011] ===== CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II Catalog number: 32785 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz Telemetry Beacon: Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 Command Station blog website: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL =/satellites/status.php [03232012] ===== Compass-1 Catalog number: 32787 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Current Mode: dependant on last received command Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW 437.405 MHz Packet For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=52 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL =/satellites/status.php [06162011] ===== CO-66 Seeds II Catalog number: 32791 Launch Date: April 28, 2008 0354z Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Operational Downlink: 437.485 MHz Callsign: JQ1YGU For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=36 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL =/satellites/status.php [073092011] ===== CAPE-1 Catalog Number: 31130 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan 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. AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL= /satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=72 [02092011] ===== CP3 Catalog Number: 31129 Launch Date: April 17,2007 0702z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Operational Current Mode: /u Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=74 [02092011] ===== CO-58 CubeSat XI-V Catalog number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 0652z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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/xivpicte.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=37 [02092011] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: ????? Current Mode: /u Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Callsign: JQ1YGW AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL =/satellites/status.php Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/ [02092011] ===== QuakeSat Catalog Number: 27845 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Telemetry only Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet Mode U packet Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS Quakesat webpage: http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/ [02252011] ===== CO-55 Cute-1.7+APD II Catalog Number: 27844 Launch date: June 30, 2003 1415z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia 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 AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL =/satellites/status.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=78 [02092011] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 0240z Launch site: Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USA Status: Operational 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/ [10292012] ===== RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22 (MOZHAYETS 4) Catalog number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2003 0612z Launch site: Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia Status: Operational - 70cm cw only Current Mode: /u CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz 145.818 MHz AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL =/satellites/status.php [02092011] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launch date: January 22, 1990 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana 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-12 General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [02092011] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launch Date: March 1, 1984 Launch site: Vandenburg AFB, California, USA Status: Operational ? Current Mode: /v Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07052011] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 0640z (ZARYA module) Launch sites: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Kourou, French Guiana Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Operational Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF Voice - V/v BBS - V/v 2m APRS - V/v 2m Digi - V/v 70cm APRS - ? 70cm Digi - ? SSTV - V/v Expedition 35 Crew (March 2013 - September 2013): Commander: Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG Flight Engineer: Tom Marshburn KE5HOC Flight Engineer: Roman Romanenko Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Misurkin Flight Engineer: Pavell Vladimirovich RV3BS Flight Engineer: Christopher Cassidy KF5KDR Available Modes and Frequencies: Digital/APRS: Worldwide 2m packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2 Worldwide 2m packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet uplink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Worldwide 70cm packet downlink: 437.550 Mhz FM 1k2 Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM 145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood) Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM 437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood) SSTV Robot 36: Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: Belgian: OR4ISS German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS RZ3DZR United States: NA1SS 2m Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 2m Digipeater alias: ARISS 70cm Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-1 70cm Digipeater callsign: RS0ISS 70cm Digipeater alias: 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. [04082013] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-126.S3 WSR 126 Part 3 05/06/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 126.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 06, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-126.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: NANOSAIL-D Catalog Number: 37361 Ejection Date: January 17, 2011 Status: Non - Operational Downlink: 437.270 MHz AX.25 URL: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=115 [07302012] ===== HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1) (XW-1) Catalog Number: 36122 Launch Date: December 15, 2009 0231z Launch site: Taiyuan Space Center, PRC Status: Telemetry only Callsign: Broadcast: BJ1SA-11 BBS: BJ1SA-12 Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz. 145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW 145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM 435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW 435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP 2.0dBi max U: RHCP 3.0dBi max IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=108 For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1): http:// [04302012] ===== SO-67 SumbandilaSat Catalog Number: 35870 Launch Date: September 17, 2009 1555z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Callsign: ZS0SUM Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz Downlink: 435.345MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear For more information about SO-67: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=88 [01272012] ===== CP4 Catalog Number: 31132 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: /u TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25 CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=79 [09062010] ===== LIBERTAD-1 Catalog Number: 31128 Launch Date: April 17, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25 Callsign: 5K3L Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=76 [09062010] ===== PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1 Catalog Number: 29712 Launch Date: January 10, 2007 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: V/v Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=51 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=24 [09062010] ===== 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 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=54 [09062010] ===== UWE-1 Catalog Number: 28892 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-Operational Mode U Telemetry Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=53 [09062010] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 0745z Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan Status: Non - Operational Current Mode(s): Voice repeater: V/u Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM Telemetry: Recovery efforts Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6 Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.880 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM 145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst 1268.705 MHz FM Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.703 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 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/CTNews.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=19 [12062011] ===== CANX-1 Catalog Number: 27847 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps [06052009] ===== DTUSAT Catalog Number: 27842 Launch Date: June 30, 2003 Status: Non-Operational Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported Downlink: 437.475MHz Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL =satellites/all_oscars.php [02212009] ===== 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 Launch date: September 26, 2000 Status: Telemetry only 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 communication. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [03302009] ===== 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, 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 Launch date: 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 [07162007] ===== 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 Launch date: 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: 25636 Launch date: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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-Operational Current Modes: Telemetry : /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://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/ AMSAT-NA webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL =/satellites/status.php [07172010] ===== 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] ===== MO-30 UNAMSAT-2 Catalog Number: 24305 Launch Date: September 5, 1996 Status: Non-operational Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [06042009] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Non-operational 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 [01012009] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Status: Recovery efforts in progress Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [12032012] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 0140z Status: PSK carrier only Current Mode: 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 [01212007] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launch date: 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] ===== AO-24 ARSENE Catalog Number: 22654 Launch Date: May 13, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK 2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW Broadcast callsign: BBS: [12162009] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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: Non-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] ===== 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] ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: non-operational Current Mode: V/u Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.920 MHz FM VOICE 145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) 145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved) Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE (1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED] Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [07242009] ===== UO-15 UoSAT-4 Catalog Number: 20438 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink: ? Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?) 435.1200MHz (?) [06042009] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launch date: 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): Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW Mode V/U (J) Packet: 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 Beacons: 29.450 MHz 435.100 MHz [01312008] ===== 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 Launch date: 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 Launch date: 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 $WSR-126.S4 WSR 126 Part 4 05/06/2013 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 126.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, May 06, 2013 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $WSR-126.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY: TechEdSat Catalog number: 38854 Launch date: October 04, 2012 Launch site: Kibo Japanese Experiment Module, International Space Station Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: May 05, 2013 Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.465 1k2 AFSK Beacon(s): Callsign: IARU coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=228 URL:http://www.techedsat.com/ [05062013] ===== Bell Catalog Number: 39142 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: April 26, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=211 URL: http://phonesat.org/ [04292013] ===== Graham Catalog Number: 39143 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: April 26, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=267 URL: http://phonesat.org [40292013] ===== Alexander Catalog Number: 39146 Launch Date: April 19, 2013 Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered Re-entry date: April 26, 2013 Callsign: KJ6KRW Uplink(s): Downlink(s): 437.425 MHz IARU Coordination page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=267 URL: http://phonesat.org [40292013] ===== HAWKSAT 1 Catalog number: 35004 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: re-entered Re-entry date: September 04, 2012 Downlink: 437.345 MHz ? IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=105 [02112013] ===== ARISSat-1 Catalog number: 37772 Launch date: August 03, 2011 1843z Launch site: International Space Station Status: Re-entered January 05, 2012 Callsign: RS01S Current Mode(s): Linear Transponder: U/v Uplink: 435.758 to 435.742 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.922 to 145.938 MHz CW/USB FM Telemetry/SSTV/Messages/ID: Downlink: 145.950 MHz FM Telemetry/Beacon: Downlink: 145.939 MHz CW1 145.919 MHz CW2 145.920 MHz 1k BPSK USB 145.920 MHz 400b BPSK USB Official Webpage:http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSat.php IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/informal_detail.php?serialnum=89 [01052012] ===== CP-6 Catalog Number: 35003 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-enetered October 06, 2011 Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=121 [01282013] ===== Pharmasat Catalog Number: 35002 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 2355z Launch site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Re-entered August 14, 2012 Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=94 [01282013] ===== ANUSAT Catalog Number: 34808 Launch Date: April 20, 2009 0115z Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India Status: Re-entered Re-entery date : April 18, 2012 Downlink: 435.000 MHz Uplink: 145.800 MHz Telemetry: 137.400 MHz [02112013] ===== CAERUS (Mayflower) Catalog Number: 37252 Launch Date: December 08, 2010 15:43:00 UTC Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida, USA Status: Re-entered December 22, 2010 Uplink: Downlink: 437.600 MHz 1k2 AX.25 Beacon: 437.600 MHz CW Callsign: KJ6FIX URL: http://www2.isi.edu/research/prj-serc/prj-serc_projects/prj-serc_projects-8… IARU coordination status page: [01282013] ===== Cinema Catalog Number: 36764 Launch Date: September 13, 2012 2139z Launch Site: Wallops Island, Virginia, USA Status: Ren-entered Re-entry date: Spetember 10, 2010 Uplink: Downlink: Engineering: 2400 - 2450MHz Telemetery: 2200 - 2300MHz Beacon: Callsign: URL: [02112013] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launch date: February 21, 2006 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: October 25, 2009 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/ IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=56 [09062010] ===== BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1) Catalog Number: 35690 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK 437.325 MHz CW 20wpm IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=117 [07312009] ===== AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2) Catalog Number: 35690 Launch Date: May 19, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS [11112009] ===== Pollux Catalog Number: 35693 Launch Date: July 31, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Callsign: POLLUX-1 Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=139 [09062010] ===== Castor (ANDE-2) Catalog Number: 35694 Launch Date: July 31, 2009 Status: Re-entered Re-entered: Callsign: KD4HBO-1 Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25 IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=144 [09062010] ===== NO-62 FCAL Catalog Number: 29667 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: July 28, 2008 Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25 Downlink ID: KD4HBO Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html IARU coordination status page: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=59 [01012009] ===== NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: December 25, 2007 Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [01032008] ===== 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] ===== GENESAT-1 Catalog Number: 29655 Launch Date: December 16, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered date: August 8, 2010 Current Mode: /u Callsign: KE7EGC Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html [08082010] ===== HO-59 HITSat Catalog number: 29484 Launch date: September 22, 2006 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: June 18, 2008 Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW Callsign: JR8YJT [01012009] ===== SO-43 Starshine 3 Catalog Number: 26929 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: January 21, 2003 Beacon: 145.825Mhz [02212009] NNNN /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-125 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 05 May '13

05 May '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-125 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - Save the Date November 1 - 3 * First Call for PApers - AMSAT Space Symposium * AMSAT Booth is Moving at Dayton, but not very far! * Call for Papers: 2013 Digital Communications Conference * Help Wanted: AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor Positions Available * NASA and Amateur Radio operators piece together the PhoneSat picture * Conferences and Events related to Space Sceduled in May * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-125.01 ANS-125 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 125.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. DATE May 5, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-125.01 **************************************************************** * Volunteers are still needed to help at the AMSAT booth at * * Dayton. We have about 20 people who have stepped forward, * * but we could use a few more. If you are willing to spend a * * couple of hours on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to help at * * the Hamvention, please send an e-mail NOW to Steve Belter, * * n9ip(a)amsat.org. If you've volunteered, but not heard back * * from Steve, please send him another note. Thank you! * * * * Monitor the 'AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2013' link on the * * new AMSAT Web Site http://www.amsat.org for the latest * * AMSAT at Dayton news and developments. * **************************************************************** AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM - Save the Date - November 1 - 3 Houston, Texas Place: The Beautiful Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel Phone: 713-943-7979 Ask For The AMSAT Block or Use the Code: AMSAMSA The Space Symposium features a full array of talks by knowledgeable AMSAT members and others regarding satellite construction and operation, plus other space-related subjects. The AMSAT Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the Space Symposium, provides you the opportunity to hear about AMSAT's plans for the future and voice your own thoughts and opinions to AMSAT Board of Director members and other AMSAT officials. For the AMSAT Space Symposium, the Marriott offers: FREE parking (unusual for a large city hotel) $94.00 per night room rate FREE breakfasts, 2 per room per day FREE WiFi throughout the hotel FREE Airport Transportation Watch for more information in the AMSAT Journal, future ANS Bulletins and the on AMSAT.org. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- First Call for AMSAT Space Symposium Papers This is the first call for papers for the 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 1 - 3, 2013, at the Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, Texas. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by October 1 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(a)amsat.org [ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Booth is Moving at Dayton, but not very far! This year there will be some changes in the Ball Arena, and the AMSAT exhibit will be part of that change. For the past several years, we have been is a single line, directly across from the ARRL exhibit. Beginning this year, we will have a 3 X 3 booth arrangement, with the engineering and software display on one side of the aisle, and the donation and display area on the opposite side. The booth numbers are now 444-446 and 433-435. We will be very near the old exhibit area, within sight of the ARRL exhibit. The new Ball Arena layout should make access to all the exhibits easier. [ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: 2013 Digital Communications Conference Amateurs are invited to submit papers for publication in the conference proceedings of the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference that is taking place September 20-22 in Seattle, WA. You do not have to attend the conference to submit a paper for consideration. Send papers by July 31 to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 . . . or by e-mail to maty at arrl.org Submissions will not be edited and authors will retain all rights. [ANS thanks Steve Ford, WB8IMY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Wanted: AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor Positions Available The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is responsible for researching, writing, editing, and publishing the weekly amateur satellite news bulletins. With the addition of a couple of volunteers this would generally involve taking a turn about every 3 to 4 weeks. At present we a looking for interested satellite enthusiasts to join the ANS editorial team. Professional writing/editing experience is NOT a requirement. Your interest and enthusiasm in following and reporting on amateur radio in space will get you started! The ANS Editor team helps each other by rounding up items of interest. Plus we receive submitted items for publication ... so you won't be left all alone! If you can commit to working on the bulletins for a week on a rotat- ing basis please reply via e-mail to AMSAT News Service Editor Lee McLamb, KU4OS via ku4os at amsat.org. [ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President User Services, Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA and Amateur Radio operators piece together the PhoneSat picture For about one week, engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and amateur radio operators around the world collaborated to reconstruct an image of Earth sent to them from three smartphones in orbit. The joint effort was part of NASA's nanosatellite mission, called PhoneSat, which launched on Sunday, April 21, 2013 aboard the Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. Although the ultimate goal of the PhoneSat mission was to determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as the main flight avionics for a satellite in space, the three miniature satellites used their smartphone cameras to take pictures of Earth and transmitted these "image-data packets" to multiple ground stations. Every packet held a small piece of "the big picture." As the data became available, the PhoneSat Team and multiple amateur ham radio operators, who call themselves "hams," pieced together a high-resolution photograph from the tiny data packets. "During the short time the spacecraft were in orbit, we were able to demonstrate the smartphones' ability to act as satellites in the space environment," said Bruce Yost, the program manager for NASA's Small Satellite Technology Program. "The PhoneSat project also provided an opportunity for NASA to collaborate with its space enthusiasts. Amateur radio operators from every continent but Antarctica contributed in capturing the data packets we needed to piece together the smartphones' image of Earth from space.” As part of their preparation for space, the smartphones were outfitted with a low-powered transmitter operating in the amateur radio band. They sent the image information to awaiting hams who worked with the Ames engineers to stitch together multiple, tiny images to restore the complete Earth view. Piecing together the photo was a very successful collaboration between NASA's PhoneSat team and volunteer amateur ham radio operators around the world. NASA researchers and hams working together was an excellent example of Citizen Science, or crowd-sourced science, which is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or non-professional scientists. On the second day of the mission, the Ames team had received over 200 packets from amateur radio operators. "Three days into the mission we already had received more than 300 data packets," said Alberto Guillen Salas, an engineer at Ames and a member of the PhoneSat team. "About 200 of the data packets were contributed by the global community and the remaining packets were received from members of our team with the help of the Ames Amateur Radio Club station, NA6MF.” The mission successfully ended Saturday, April 27, 2013, after predicted atmospheric drag caused the PhoneSats to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up. “The NASA PhoneSat Team would like to acknowledge how grateful we are to the amateur radio community for contributing to the success of this mission,” said Oriol Tintore, an engineer and a member of the PhoneSat Team at Ames who participated in the picture data processing. The PhoneSat project is a technology demonstration mission funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and the Engineering Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center. The project started in summer 2009 as a student-led collaborative project between Ames and the International Space University, Strasbourg. These results will encourage further research into applying low-cost terrestrial technologies to space applications and also may open space to a whole new generation of commercial, academic and citizen-space users, according to Yost. For more information about the PhoneSat mission and the participation of the radio amateur: http://www.phonesat.org For more about information about NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology Program and the PhoneSat mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/smallsats NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in future science and exploration missions. NASA's technology investments provide cutting-edge solutions for our nation's future. For more information about NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences and Events related to Space Scheduled in May May 5-8 The Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium Toronto, Canada http://sqm.me/YtaMk7 May 6-8 Humans to Mars Summit Washington, D.C. http://sqm.me/WryTcP May 7-8 Global Space & Satellite Forum Abu Dhabi, UAE http://sqm.me/WZgtzy May 13-17 Reinventing Space Conference 2013 Los Angeles, California http://sqm.me/UqVKHS May 15-17 7th Argentine Congress on Space Technology Mendoza, Argentina http://sqm.me/XBNfqp May 15-17 ASTRA 2013-12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation Noordwijk, Netherlands http://sqm.me/Y4EU1a May 21-23 Space Technology Expo Long Beach, California http://sqm.me/yVlvwu May 23-27 2013 International Space Development Conference San Diego, California http://sqm.me/14jg69a May 28 iCubeSat 2013 Ithaca, New York http://sqm.me/10X0Mkt [ANS thanks SPACE QUARTERLY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucsessful Contacts + Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, telebridge via IK1SLD A succesfull International Space Station school contact has been completed with participants at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME on 23 Apr. The event began at 14:38:47 UTC and lasted approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. In an arrangement proposed by the Bates College Museum of Art in conjunction with our 2012 exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography, local 8th Grade students comp,leted a talk with astronauts on the International Space Station, through the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program (ARISS). Students from the Auburn and Lewiston middle schools took part in the live radio communication. Members of ARISS were excited by how our project brought the world of art and creativity into a program aimed at science, technology, engineering and math classrooms. To prepare for the contact, students visited the exhibition as part of their space science unit, researched comets and geomagnetic storms, modeled the solar system, explored citizen-science projects like Galaxy Zoo, and, using NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day as a model, researched Starstruck images and wrote paragraphs explaining their significance. It is gratifying to see an art exhibition ignite so much interest in such a wide variety of subjects, and especially to see a reunification of art and science achieved through this exhibition and the ARISS program. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins and Congressman Michael Michaud were invited to attend the event. + Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI), Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada A successful International Space Station school contact was completed with participants at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI), Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station OR4ISS on 25 Apr. The event began at 14:34 UTC, and lasted approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact was audible over Italy and adjacent areas and was conducted in English. Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) is located in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut (Population Approximately 3000) on the North west side of Hudson Bay. It is one of three schools in the Rankin Inlet system and hosts grades 7 - 12. The current Maani Ulujuk building is approximately 32 years old and is the second of two buildings with the same name; the first being destroyed by fire. MUI was named after an Elder (Maani Ulujuk), who at the time of its naming, was the oldest elder in the community. There are 353 students, 24 teachers, 6 Student Support Assistants, 1 Secretary, 1 School Community Counsellor and 2 caretakers. Even though we don't have a space club, we do have a vibrant Science program which hosts a science fair annually and students have been exposed to the space program in the curriculum. Students and staff were excited last year when we were slated to do a space hookup in April; however, it did get cancelled and we are pleased that it is on again for this year. Students at MUI are great young leaders and they love to participate in novel events such as contacting the astronauts on the Space Station. This will be an awesome event and we look forward to participating. + Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Euclide, Bari, Italy A successful International Space Station school contact has been completed with participants at Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Euclide, Bari, Italy and Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC, on station OR4ISS on 27 Apr. The event began at 11:17:19 UTC. The duration of the contact was approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was direct between OR4ISS and IZ7RTN, and was audible over Italy. The contact is expected was conducted in English. Euclide School is a high school. It is an aeronautical school in Bari. There are boys and girls, aged 14-18. Bari is located in the South-east of the APULIA region, South-east of Italy. In its Curriculum the school focus on: aeronautical studies, Media Communication, Space Communication, the Environment, Science activities in lab. In this school there are the following laboratories: a chemistry; a physics; CAD; Topography and Photogrammetry; Aerotechnics; Radio and Radar Systems; Informatics (2 labs); Air Navigation; Meteorology; Air Traffic; There are also: an outdoor multigame Basketball/Volleyball court; a library with several PC; a staff room with a PC; a press office; HDSL Internet connection; an auditorium; 30 classrooms. + Polyvalente de Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada A successfule International Space Station school contact has been completed with participants at Polyvalente de Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada and Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station NA1SS on 29 Apr. The event began at 17:25:29 UTC and continued approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was direct between NA1SS and VA2VDL, and was audible over portions of eastern Canada. The contact was conducted in English. Black Lake has an elementary school with only grades 5 and 6, secondary school and professional centre for students who want to do a D.E.P in esthetics, all in the same building. The esthetics have the top floor, the secondary has the 2 middle floors and grade 5 and 6 has the first floor. They have an intensified English program for the grades 5, 6 and this continues all through secondary. This program is only available for the top students who passed a test. + Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, NC A successful International Space Station school contact has been completed with participants at Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, NC and Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC, on station NA1SS on 02 May. The event began at 14:52:47 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W4GSO and was audible over portions of the eastern US and Canada. The contact was conducted in English. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is a K-5 public school located in Browns Summit, N.C. McNair Elementary is a part of Guilford County Schools, North Carolina's third largest school district, which serves more than 72,000 students. The school is in its first year and recently moved into a brand new facility. The 88,900 square-foot school building features sustainable materials, natural lighting in hallways, solar panels for water heating, light sensors, a light- colored roof to reduce heat gain, an integrated fresh-air system, sun shades for large windows and low-flow plumbing fixtures. All classrooms have access to outdoor learning environments. Vegetation has been planted to grow up green screens that will provide shade over outdoor patio areas. Additionally, the art and science labs are equipped with movable exterior wall systems, allowing the classrooms to literally open up to the outdoors when weather permits and facilitate an indoor/outdoor classroom space. Students attended their first day in the new school on Feb.4, 2013. The school is named for astronaut and physicist Dr. Ronald E. McNair, who received his bachelor's degree from nearby North Carolina A&T State University. He was one of seven crew members killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Currently, about 488 students are enrolled. + Hay River, NWT, Canada, A successful International Space Station school contact has been completed with participants at Hay River, NWT, Canada and Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG on station NA1SS on 03 May. The event began at 19:55:32 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was a telebridge telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ and was audible over central Australia. The contact was conducted in English. No further information was available at press time. Upcoming Scheduled ARISS Contacts The Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc, Gary, IN, direct via KC9JQN Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-05-08 19:35:44 UTC 63 deg Contact should be audible over parts of the Midwestern USA and Canada Yellowknife R.C.M.P. Headquarters, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, telebridge via K6DUE Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-05-11 18:46:05 UTC 48 deg Contact should be audible over parts of the Eastern USA ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. [ANS thanks ARISS, Dave for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA invites public to send names and messages to Mars NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. http://tinyurl.com/can8ojv + Ham radio balloon on KFDM TV Radio amateurs in Beaumont released a ham radio near space balloon, to bring attention to the club's communication abilities The balloon reached an altitude of 93,000 ft and featured on a KFDM TV news broadcast. Watch Ham radio operators release a high flying balloon Beaumont Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/w5rin/ [ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information] + Small meteoroid causes 'bullet hole' in ISS solar panel Making his photographic rounds of the Earth and the space around the International Space Station today, Commander Chris Hadfield captured one picture that inspires a bit more alarm than awe. Just down and left from the centre of the image, there's a bright spot on one of the solar panels, that was caused by a small object, probably a meteoroid, flying through the panel. http://tinyurl.com/ckstjns [ANS thanks Kevin Fetter and seesat-l for the above information] + New price for flights to the ISS will be $71 million per person from 2017. Current price paid by NASA is $55.8 million per person and that is due to rise to $62.75 million next year, a year or so ago they were paying $51 million, see http://tinyurl.com/d9yr98s [ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA for the above information] + The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) CASIS Academy is an interactive learning website created to educate middle school students about the ISS and to pique their interest through multimedia videos and features. The website incorporates multiple sections, including breakthroughs resulting from ISS research, a tour of the station and interactive definitions of key terminology. Statistically, U.S. students are most likely to lose interest in science fields while in the middle grades. CASIS Academy targets students at this critical age, using the excitement of space as a tool to maintain and improve interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. "The unveiling of CASIS Academy highlights a core function of our organization: advocating the ISS National Lab as a STEM-learning platform," said CASIS Interim Executive Director Jim Royston. "Educating students on the innovative advances that have come from ISS exploration and the opportunities that exist in microgravity will inspire today's students to pursue careers in science and engineering tomorrow." CASIS decided to unveil CASIS Academy at the National Science Teachers Association conference in San Antonio, Texas, due to the abundance of science educators in attendance. For more information, please visit www.casisacademy.org. Educator resources complementing CASIS Academy, aligned to support national education standards, can be found at www.iss-casis.org/educators. [ANS thanks SatMagazine for the above information] + The May issue of SatMagazine is now online http://www.satmagazine.com/2013/SM_May2013.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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