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ANS-119 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ARISS-USA Volunteer Search
by Paul Stoetzer 29 Apr '21
by Paul Stoetzer 29 Apr '21
29 Apr '21
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-119
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active
interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog
and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at
amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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In this edition:
* ARISS-USA Volunteer Search
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-119.01
ANS-119 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 119.01
From AMSAT HQ WASHINGTON, DC
DATE April 29, 2021
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-119.01
ARISS-USA Volunteer Search
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA) is
seeking volunteers to support our mission:
To provide and operate Amateur Radio systems on International Space Station
(ISS) and elsewhere to inspire, educate, and engage youth and communities
in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) and to
support ISS backup communications. ARISS-USA, is a 501 (c) (3) charitable,
educational and scientific non-profit that was recently incorporated in the
state of Maryland in the USA.
We are seeking volunteers with a can-do, collaborative attitude who can
work effectively as part of a team to support a variety of functions and
roles. We have volunteer openings in several senior leadership roles,
including:
Associate Director
Treasurer
Secretary
Director of Business Development
Director of Volunteer Resources
Director of Public Engagement
Director of Engineering
We also have openings for volunteers who would support functions within the
above teams as well as openings within the ARISS-USA Operations,
Engineering and Education teams.
Descriptions of each of these roles are given in Article 8.6 of the
ARISS-USA bylaws that can be referenced at:
https://ariss-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ARISS-USA-Bylaws-Web-Site.…
Candidates accepted into senior leadership positions will be required to
first serve in a six-month probationary period. All candidates for senior
leadership positions must be U.S. citizens.
If you are interested in making a difference as an ARISS-USA team member,
please send your resume or CV to candidates at ariss-usa.org. Include a
cover letter that explains what position you are interested in supporting.
We thank everyone for your interest and support to ARISS!
Ad Astra! (To the Stars!)
Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS-USA Executive Director
ARISS-USA is an Equal Opportunity Organization and will not discriminate on
the basis of gender identity, age, race, color, national origin, religion,
physical handicap, disability or any other legally protected status
For more information about ARISS, see ariss.org
[ANS thanks ARISS-USA for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to
AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
President's Club donations may be made at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-PresClub.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled
in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a
maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-115
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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://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 dot org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT Bylaws Amendment
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 22, 2021
* Smithsonian Magazine Features Amateur Radio Aboard the ISS
* FO-29 Operation Schedule for May 2021
* CubeSat Developers Workshop Virtual Conference April 27–29, 2021
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
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ANS-115 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 115.01
From AMSAT HQ PO Box 27, Washington, DC 20044-0027
April 25, 2021
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-115.01
AMSAT Bylaws Amendment
The AMSAT Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Bylaws on March 2, 2021. As required by our Bylaws, a notice of the amendment was mailed to all members. AMSAT members may also view the documents by logging on to the Member Portal. Along with a copy of the Bylaws Committee Report to our Board of Directors, members will find a "red-line" version of the changes that will allow you to see exactly what has been added and what has been removed.
To view each document, please click the following links:
"Red-Line" version of our Bylaws, as approved by the AMSAT Board of Directors during a Special Meeting, held on March 2, 2021.
https://launch.amsat.org/resources/Documents/Bylaws_Amended_Draft_Redline.p…
Report of the AMSAT Bylaws Committee: Recommended Revisions to the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Bylaws
https://launch.amsat.org/resources/Documents/Report%20of%20the%20Bylaws%20C…
In accordance with Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Bylaws, as amended in 1989, Article IV requires AMSAT to provide written notice to all members of the approved amendments to our Bylaws. This approved amendment will be effective thirty days from the mailing of this letter, unless written objection is received from at least ten percent of the Members, in which case a vote shall be conducted by the Secretary in the manner specified for election of Directors.
Written notice was mailed on April 9, 2021. As such, any objection should be sent to AMSAT, PO Box 27, Washington, DC 20044-0027 and must be received by May 9, 2021. I apologize for requiring you to mail in your objections, but this is a requirement of our Bylaws (as amended in 1989) and exactly why we feel it is necessary to bring our Bylaws into the 21st Century.
As part of our modernization efforts, we felt a review and update of our Bylaws was essential to ensure AMSAT's continued success. A summary of those changes is listed below.
* The Bylaws have been amended to allow for electronic communications with our members, voting in our elections, and the conduct of meetings.
* The Bylaws have been amended to clarify the member application process, the grace period for lapses in membership, and the membership inclusion date for establishing election roles.
* The Bylaws have been amended to further define the duties and responsibilities of the Officers.
* The Bylaws have been amended to require three years of continuous membership for nominees for the position of Director and that Directors be required to remain in good standing throughout their elected term.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 22, 2021
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA (OSCAR Number Administrator) announced April 18, 2021 in AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-108 that SMOG-1 has been designated Magyar-OSCAR 110 or MO-110. Thus, SMOG-1 (NORAD Cat ID 47964) is now shown as MO-110 in this week's TLE distribution.
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
GRBAlpha - NORAD Cat ID 47959 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
In the Credit Where Credit Is Due Department:
Ray Hoad, WA5QGD reports, "Last week David Williams, G7GQW noted that GRIFEX (NORAD Cat ID 40379) is still active after I had dropped it from the TLE distribution. I forgot to credit him for that observation. Thanks, David."
As always, the current and all previous Keps elements can be viewed at
https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected].
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above information.]
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Smithsonian Magazine Features Amateur Radio Aboard the ISS
The April issue of the Smithsonian magazine ran a feature on how ISS crew members spend their leisure time. The story began with a bit of detail on early space crews’ heavy workloads and needing time off. The writer moved to now, with space crews continuing to be more productive when schedules include relaxing—with making music being quite popular. The story cited the importance of ham radio as an engaging onboard leisure activity, as Doug Wheelock realized during his 2010 ISS mission. Speaking about the myriad of radio signals he heard from Earth’s ham operators, Doug said, “That started a trend for me where I made thousands of contacts across the world. That really became part of my connection back to the planet.” Referring to deep space missions, he said, “I can’t imagine doing a long-duration mission without that connection to the planet. It’s a huge psychological hurdle that we’re going to have to figure out.” The article is at
tinyurl.com/ANS-115-Smithsonian.
A post about the story was added to the ISS Ham Twitter page and to ARISS Facebook and Twitter pages.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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FO-29 Operation Schedule for May 2021
The JARL has published the FO-29 operation schedule for May 2021:
May 2021 (UTC)
1st 00:06- 01:50-
2nd 00:55- 02:41-
3rd 00:03- 01:45-
4th 00:50- 02:36-
5th 01:40- 03:27-
8th 23:47-
9th 01:31-
15th 01:16- 03:02-
16th 00:21- 02:06-
22nd 00:07- 01:51-
23rd 00:56- 02:42-
29th 00:42- 02:27- 23:48-
30th 01:32-
The UTC time represents the start time for each operating period. The satellite will remain in operation until the battery voltage falls to a preset level.
[ANS thanks Hideo Kambayashi, JH3XCU for the above information.]
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CubeSat Developers Workshop Virtual Conference April 27–29, 2021
This year's virtual workshop features a mix of pre-recorded and live events. Before Workshop begins on April 27, pre-recorded presentations from the Live Q&A panelists will be released. Registrants will have time before the Live Q&A Panels to watch the pre-recorded presentations. Then, based on the published schedule, registrants can listen and ask questions to the panelists about their presentation in real-time. There will also be dedicated times before and after Live Q&A Panels for registrants to visit and network with our amazing Exhibitors and Sponsors through virtual exhibit booths and side meetings.
AMSAT will have a virtual booth and poster presentation at the workshop. The virtual booth will be staffed by Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Vice President of Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, and Vice President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA. AMSAT's poster presentation examines the impact of proposed orbital debris mitigation regulations on CubeSat development and STEM education."
Registration for the 2021 Virtual CubeSat Developers Workshop is free for all interested individuals. For complete information on the conference, visit https://www.cubesatdw.org.
[ANS thanks Cubesat.org for the above information.]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE - a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The
journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
None reported.
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
EM86; April 17 - May 2, 2021
WY7AA operating vacation style FM and SSB. "I plan to have a day trip to EM85, but I will plan that and advertise when I get there."
DM05 - EM04; ~May 17, 2021
N6AJ will be headed to OK from CA around May 17, 2021. "DM74 AND DM75 are on the list for sure. I will be on FM and SSB. As it closer I hope to have a schedule."
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke0pbr at gmail dot com.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR for the above information.]
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ARISS News
+ Upcoming Contacts
St Scholastica's College, Glebe, NSW, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS.
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The scheduled astronaut is Victor Glover, KI5BKC.
Contact is go for Monday, April 6, at 08:34:51 UTC.
St. Margaret's School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS.
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The scheduled astronaut is Shannon Walker, KD5DXB.
Contact is go for Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:12:59 UTC.
Watch for live stream at: www.ariotti.com.
The latest information on the ISS operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html.
+ Completed Contacts
Winmalee Public School, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS.
The ISS callsign was OR4ISS.
The downlink frequency was 145.800 MHz
The astronaut was Victor Glover, KI5BKC.
Contact was successful: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 08:28:39 UTC.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ Young Mauritians Introduced to Satellite/Space Technology
The Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC) organized a series of training workshops for secondary school students on the building of a simplified antenna for satellite data reception. The aim was to initiate young Mauritians to Satellite/Space Technology and create awareness of these fields’ numerous possibilities for the Republic of Mauritius. The specific objectives were to provide hands-on training on the building of antenna for satellite data reception, data reception and communication with Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites and ground-station operation using specific software. Read the complete story at https://africanews.space.
[ANS thanks Space in Africa for the above information.]
+ International Special Events Stations on Satellites
- Italy: Members of AMSAT Italia commemorate Gagarin's flight into space until the end of the year with the callsign II0SAT on HF and via satellite.
- Spain: AM500MMM draws attention to Fernando de Magellan's voyage and the explorer's death on the island Mactan. QRV between April 24 and May 1 on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes) and via satellite.
- Chichi/ Haha/ Muko Islands (aka Bonin Islands): Takio/JH3QFL activates Komagari Chichijima Island between April 23 and April 30 as JD1BQA. QRV on HF and RS-44 on CW.
[ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM and the DX Newsletter for the above information.]
+ Radio Amateur G3YJO on BBC Radio
Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, G3YJO was the guest on the Radio 4 show The Life Scientific that was broadcast on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Sweeting pioneered the original SmallSats revolutions with the UOSAT-1 and UOSAT-2 spacecraft that carried Amateur Radio payloads and launched in the early 1980’s. They led to the founding of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of which he is Executive Chairman. You can listen to an MP3 recording of the BBC show which mentions Amateur Radio and AMSAT from the BBC website at https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v7pb.
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73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-108
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active
interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog
and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* AMSAT's GOLF-TEE CubeSat Manifested for Launch on ELaNa-46
* SMOG-1 Designated Magyar-OSCAR 110 (MO-110)
* AMSAT FTP Site Retired
* TO-108 Operational Update
* CAMSAT Applies for Frequency Coordination for CAS-9 (XW-3)
* Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for April 15, 2021
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 108.01
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2021 Apr 18
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AMSAT's GOLF-TEE CubeSat Manifested for Launch on ELaNa-46
AMSAT's GOLF-TEE CubeSat has been manifested for launch on NASA's ELaNa-46
mission.
GOLF-TEE is the first satellite in AMSAT's "Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint" or GOLF program. The goal of the GOLF program is to work by
steps through a series of increasingly capable spacecraft to learn to
develop systems and skills needed to achieve successful high orbit
missions. Among these are active attitude control and the ability to
command attitude changes, deployable/steerable solar panels, radiation
tolerance for commercial off the shelf (COTS) components in higher orbits,
and propulsion. The eventual goal of the GOLF program is a satellite in
Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) similar to AO-10, AO-13, and AO-40, but at a
currently affordable cost combined with significantly enhanced
capabilities, which in turn will allow the use of much less complex ground
stations.
The -TEE designation in GOLF-TEE stands for "Technology Exploration
Environment" reflecting GOLF-TEE's mission testing two primary systems
needed for higher orbits. First, an Attitude Determination and Control
(ADAC) system will be tested to allow active pointing of the satellites
antennas, which will have significant gain. The other primary goal of
GOLF-TEE is to gain initial orbit and space radiation exposure for
radiation event-induced fault tolerant systems designed using COTS
components. GOLF-TEE will carry an Integrated Housekeeping Unit (IHU) /
command transceiver designed using the Hercules line of ARM
architecture-based microcontrollers.
GOLF-TEE will also evaluate a low-cost, deployable, fixed attitude, solar
panel array design as part of AMSAT Engineering's exploration of fixed
panel arrays that allow for outfitting a variable number of "wings" in
order to best match the power requirements of various CubeSat missions.
Additionally, GOLF-TEE will carry a modified commercial software-defined
radio (SDR), the Ettus E310, as an experimental package to test high speed
data downlink in the 10 GHz band.
GOLF-TEE will also be a fully-functional LEO VHF/UHF amateur satellite
carrying conventional backup systems, including a linear transponder,
similar to those flown on AO-109.
A significant amount of funding is necessary to complete the development
and construction of the GOLF series of CubeSats. Please consider a donation
today. Donations designated for the AMSAT GOLF program may be made at
https://www.amsat.org/donations/amsat-golf-program-donations/
[ANS thanks AMSAT Engineering for the above information]
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SMOG-1 Designated Magyar-OSCAR 110 (MO-110)
On March 22, 2021, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
SMOG-1 PocketQube was launched on a Soyuz-2-1a Fregat launch vehicle from
the Baikonur, Kazakhstan. SMOG-1 carries RF spectrum monitoring and total
ionizing radiation experiments. Further information is available at
https://gnd.bme.hu/smog
At the request of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
AMSAT hereby designates SMOG-1 as Magyar-OSCAR 110 (MO-110). We
congratulate the owners and operators, thank them for their contribution to
the amateur satellite community, and wish them a long mission and continued
success on this and future projects.
More information about OSCAR numbers can be found at
https://www.amsat.org/oscar-numbers-policy/
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, OSCAR Number Administrator, for the
above information]
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AMSAT FTP Site Retired
The AMSAT File Transport Protocol (FTP) server has been retired as of 15
April 2021. Content formerly hosted on that server is now available at
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/
The FTP server provided an important service for distributing software,
bulletins and other information going back to at least the early 1990's
when internet access started to become available to the general public.
Over time the overwhelming success of the web and ubiquitous use of the web
browser have evolved to provide the same capability, and today even heavy
internet users are unfamiliar with FTP. The decision was made to stop
spending scarce volunteer resources maintaining this seldom used service.
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT IT Team Leader, for the above
information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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TO-108 Operational Update
TO-108 (CAS-6) was launched in December 2019 and carries a 20 kHz wide
UHF/VHF linear transponder. When originally made available for amateur
radio use in June 2020, the transponder operated only intermittently,
approximately 2 seconds on and 5 seconds off.
On April 12, 2021, EI2IP posted a video on Twitter where he calls CQ for a
few minutes on the satellite. Later tests by European stations including
SA2KNG and DO1AM showed that the transponder is still only operational
intermittently, but now the transponder is on for minutes at a time instead
of only a couple of seconds.
TO-108's linear transponder's uplink passband is 435.270 MHz - 435.290 MHz
and the downlink passband is 145.915 MHz - 145.935 MHz. The CW beacon is at
145.910 MHz and 4.8k GMSK telemetry at 145.890 MHz. Observations indicate
that the transponder is operational when the beacon is transmitting
continuously.
[ANS thanks various sources for the above information]
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CAMSAT Applies for Frequency Coordination for CAS-9 (XW-3)
CAMSAT has applied for frequency coordination for their CAS-9 satellite,
also known as Hope-3 or XW-3. CAS-9 will be a 6U CubeSat carrying a 30 kHz
VHF/UHF linear transponder.
In addition to the linear transponder, there will be a UHF CW beacon and
UHF 4.8k/9.6k AX.25 GMSK telemetry downlink.
Launch is planned for December 15, 2021 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch
Center into a 770 km circular orbit with an inclination of 98.58 degrees.
Application details can be found at
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=804
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for April 15, 2021
The following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
GRIFEX - NORAD Cat ID 40379 (Reported as active and returned to TLE list.)
Orbicraft-Zorkiy - NORAD Cat ID 47960 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
STECCO - NORAD Cat ID 47962. (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The
journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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ARISS News
Winmalee Public School, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia, telebridge via
ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The scheduled astronaut is Victor Glover KI5BKC
Contact is go for: Tue 2021-04-20 08:28:39 UTC 81 deg
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors,
for the above information]
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Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?
Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
ND9M: I’m doing another tour on my merchant marine ship. We’ll be leaving
the States (EM90) in a few days to head for the western Pacific by way of
the Panama Canal. I’ve got my FT857 / FT817 with an Elk although I don’t
hear RS-44’s downlink all that well. (AO-27’s downlink on the same band is
great though.) I’m planning to be active on as many satellite passes that
I can fit in around job duties; since I’m a staff of 1, working all seven
days and being on call 24/7 can get in the way. My internet connection on
board is marginal at best and will become virtually nil for several days as
we approach Panama and then hit the Pacific. I’ll post likely grids a day
or two in advance to the AMSAT-BB and will hit Twitter (@ND9M) when I’ve
got a web connection.
WY7AA: April 17th – May 2 EM86 vacation style FM and SSB. I will have a day
trip to EM85, but I will plan that and advertise when I get there.
Major Roves:
CM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your
calendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for SOTA
folks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once
before.
I, Italy:
Loriano/IZ5RHU and the ARI section Grosseto commemorate the
Chernobyl disaster between April 18 and May 9 as II5RCH on 80-2m
(CW, SSB, digital modes) and via satellite. QSL via IZ5RHU (d/B).
(via DX Newsletter DXNL 2245 Apr 14, 2021)
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, reports these upcoming
presentations scheduled for …
04/26 - Livonia, Michigan
05/18 - Puget Sound
05/26 - South New Jersey
06/01 - University of Arizona
06/09 - San Jose
06/15 - East Massachusetts
10/21 - Conejo Valley CA
… and dates for Roseland NJ, Austin TX, Maine, and NH to be firmed up!
Think a lively, entertaining, AND educational 75-minute presentation to
YOUR club or organization on “Working the Easy Sateliites” would be
appropriate for your club? Send me a message or call!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
AMSAT Ambassador, ARRL instructor
http://www.work-sat.com
k6lcs AT work-sat DOT info
(909) 999-SATS (7287)
[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, AMSAT Ambassador, and Paul Overn,
KE0PBR, AMSAT Events Page Manager, for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Congratulations Kell Bodholt, KI7UXT, on completing the AMSAT GridMaster
Award by working all 488 maidenhead grid squares in the continental United
States. Kell is the 29th recipient of this award. More information on the
AMSAT GridMaster award can be found at https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster/
+ A new distance record has been claimed on the ISS VHF digipeater. 9G5AR
completed a 4,032 km QSO with EA3BAX on 11-Apr-2021 at 09:07 UTC. More
records can be found at https://www.amsat.org/satellite-distance-records
+ FG8OJ has developed a quick script to display your VUCC credits on a
world map.
1/ Connect to LoTW
2/ Go to your VUCC favorite award page and select "All credits"
3/ Copy the page with CTRL+A and CTRL+C
4/ Go to https://fg8oj.com/lotwgrid2map/
5/ Paste in the form's text area CTRL+V
6/ Enjoy
+ The spring issue of OSCAR News is now available for download for AMSAT-UK
members at https://amsat-uk.org/2021/04/13/spring-oscar-news-2/
+ Several new products are available on the AMSAT Zazzle store, including a
set of coasters, a watch, a t-shirt featuring the AMSAT round logo, and
more. Check out the new items! 25% of the purchase price goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
+ All issues of The AMSAT Journal dating back to 2014 are now available to
AMSAT members on AMSAT’s new membership portal. The 1969-2013 archive will
be added at a later date. All editions of AMSAT’s Symposium Proceedings are
also available for members. If you’re a current AMSAT member, get logged on
today. If you are not yet a member, consider joining today at
https://launch.amsat.org/
+ The 2020 edition of AMSAT’s Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is
now available on the AMSAT store. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is
updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is
the premier primer of satellite operation. The book is presented in
DRM-free PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your
first contacts on a ham radio satellite. The digital download is available
for $15 at https://tinyurl.com/2020GettingStarted. The print edition is $30
plus shipping and is available at https://tinyurl.com/GS2020Print
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President’s Club. Members of the President’s Club, as sustaining donors to
AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
President’s Club donations may be made at
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled
in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a
maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space,
This week’s ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-101
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active
interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog
and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* ARISS-USA Now a Non-profit Organization
* Contests On QO-100 Allowed In Time For Yuri Gagarin Contest
* Fun While It Lasted, Falcon 9 Telemetry Now Encrypted
* AMSAT SA Call For Papers
* NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 8, 2021
* Busy month of crew rotations on tap at International Space Station
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-101 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.01
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2021 April 11
ARISS-USA Now a Non-profit Organization
ARISS-USA, a Maryland not-for-profit corporation, is now recognized by the
United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable,
scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the US segment of
the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) international
working group. With this IRS determination, donations to ARISS-USA become
tax-deductible in the US, retroactive to the ARISS-USA incorporation on May
21, 2020. This change in status allows ARISS-USA to solicit donations and
grants.
As a new entity, ARISS-USA will continue to promote student involvement
with the astronauts on the International Space Station via amateur radio.
Working with educational organizations, ARISS provides exciting
opportunities to inspire, engage and educate our next generation of space
explorers through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math)
activities and content. ARISS-USA Executive Director, Frank Bauer,
commented, “The educational scope and reach of what ARISS accomplishes has
grown significantly since our beginnings in 1996. We are actively working
to extend student’s reach even further. This, through the pursuit of
potential student opportunities on human spaceflight missions beyond low
Earth orbit, as part of our Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) Program.
First AREx destination: the Moon!”
ARISS-USA continues its collaborative work with ARISS International and US
sponsors, partners, and interest groups. The ARISS-USA TEAM remains deeply
indebted to its partners ARRL and AMSAT, who enabled the birth of ARISS,
and to its steadfast sponsors, NASA Space Communication and Navigation
(SCaN) and the ISS National Lab (INL).
Gifts from those wishing to support ARISS-USA goals are tax-deductible to
the extent allowed by law and can be made by going to the ARISS website:
www.ariss.org The ARISS-USA team thanks its sustaining donors for their
continuing support!
(ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, of ARISS PR for the above information)
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Join the 2021 President's Club!
Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.
This gold finished coin comes with
Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag
Donate today at
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
You won't want to miss it!
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Contests On QO-100 Allowed In Time For Yuri Gagarin Contest
AMSAT-DL announced, on April 4, the opening of the QO-100 NB satellite
transponder to general contest operation in the upper mixed-mode range.
QO-100 is a Qatari satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on
November 15, 2018. It operates at 26° East longitude along a geostationary
orbit, which means that the satellite's footprint covers Europe, Africa,
and Asia, but excludes North America and most of South America.
This weekend (April 10-11) will see the Yuri Gagarin contest. The contest
area on the QO-100 geostationary satellite NB transponder for both CW and
SSB is:
Uplink area 2400.370 – 2400.490 MHz
Downlink area 10489.870 – 10489.990 MHz
Of course, the usual QO-100 NB transponder guidelines also apply here.
Therefore, the bandwidth should still be limited to 2.7 kHz and the
transmitting power should be reduced to the necessary level, i.e. only as
much power as necessary should be used.
Read the AMSAT-DL announcement at
https://amsat-dl.org/en/contests-on-qo-100-allowed/
The Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest 2021 is dedicated to the memory
of Yuri Gagarin, who realized the first human flight to space, on April 12,
1961.
It runs from 2100 GMT on April 10 until 2100 GMT on April 11, 2021, and the
categories include:
• SAT Single operator – Satellite QSOs
• SAT-GS Single operator – Geostationary Satellite QSOs
Contest rules are at http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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Fun While It Lasted, Falcon 9 Telemetry Now Encrypted
A few weeks back Hackaday reported that Reddit users [derekcz] and [Xerbot]
had managed to receive the 2232.5 MHz telemetry downlink from a Falcon 9
upper stage and pull out some interesting plain-text strings. With further
software fiddling, the vehicle’s video streams were decoded, resulting in
some absolutely breathtaking shots of the rocket and its payload from low
Earth orbit.
Unfortunately, it looks like those heady days are now over, as [derekcz]
reports the downlink from the latest Falcon 9 mission was nothing but
unintelligible noise. Since the hardware and software haven’t changed on
his side, the only logical conclusion is that SpaceX wasn’t too happy about
radio amateurs listening in on their rocket and decided to employ some form
of encryption.
[ANS thanks Hackaday.com for the above information]
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AMSAT SA Call For Papers
AMSAT SA has announced the date for the 2021 Space Symposium. In view of
the continuing uncertainty about the Covid - 19 pandemic the conference
will be a virtual event on the BlueJeans platform. The date is Saturday 10
July 2021 starting at 08:00 UTC. The theme of the symposium is "Unlocking
Amateur Space Technology." The symposium will focus on amateur satellites,
weak signal communication, space weather and allied sciences.
SARL has issued a first call for paper proposals. Prospective authors are
invited to submit proposals in the form of a brief description of the
subject to be covered in their paper by no later than 15 May 2021. Submit
proposals in word format to admin(a)amsatsa.org.za. Authors will be advised
on 20 May of the acceptance of their paper. The final paper will be
required by 30 June 2021.
[ANS thanks SARL and JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for the above information]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The
journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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NASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 11, for Ingenuity Mars
Helicopter's first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet.
To mark a month of Ingenuity flights, the agency will host several events
to bring people along for the ride.
A livestream confirming Ingenuity's first flight is targeted to begin
around 3:30 a.m. EDT (07:30z) Monday, April 12, on NASA Television, the
NASA app, and the agency's website, and will livestream on multiple agency
social media platforms, including the JPL YouTube, and Facebook channels.
Ingenuity arrived at Mars' Jezero Crater Feb. 18, attached to the belly of
NASA's Perseverance rover. The helicopter is a technology demonstration
with a planned test flight duration of up to 31 days (30 Mars days, or
sols). The rover will provide support during flight operations, taking
images, collecting environmental data, and hosting the base station that
enables the helicopter to communicate with mission controllers on Earth.
The flight date may shift as engineers work on the deployments, preflight
checks, and vehicle positioning of both Perseverance and Ingenuity. Timing
for events will be updated as needed, and the latest schedule will be
available on the helicopter's Watch Online webpage:
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Watch-Online
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?
Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 8, 2021
The following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
GuaraniSat-1 - NORAD Cat ID 47931 (per Celestrak)
KSU-CubeSat - NORAD Cat ID 47954 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
DIY-1 - NORAD Cat ID 47963. (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
SMOG - NORAD Cat ID 47964. (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO)
The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
TISAT - NORAD Cat ID 36799
JUGNU - NORAD Cat ID 37839
AO-71 - NORAD Cat ID 37854
HORYU-2 - NORAD Cat ID 38340
BEESAT-3 - NORAD Cat ID 39135
BEESAT-2 - NORAD Cat ID 39136
TRITON-1 - NORAD Cat ID 39427
DUCHIFAT-1 - NORAD Cat ID 40021
NANOSATCBR1 - NORAD Cat ID 40024
ANTELSAT - NORAD Cat ID 40034
VELOX-1 - NORAD Cat ID 40057
DAURIA DX 1 - NORAD Cat ID 40071
CHUBUSAT-1 - NORAD Cat ID 40300
QSAT-EOS - NORAD Cat ID 40301
GRIFEX - NORAD Cat ID 40379
DEORBITSAIL - NORAD Cat ID 40719
NUDT-PHONESAT - NORAD Cat ID 40900
LQSat - NORAD Cat ID 40958
OUFTI-1 - NORAD Cat ID 41458
Swayam - NORAD Cat ID 41607
AlSat 1N - NORAD Cat ID 41789
ScatSat - NORAD Cat ID 41790
Pegasus-1 - NORAD Cat ID 41846
UCLSat - NORAD Cat ID 42765
LituanicaSAT 2- NORAD Cat ID 42768
The above objects are inactive and have been removed. If you think a
satellite is still active contact Ray Hoad, WA5QGD on AMSAT-BB.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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Busy month of crew rotations on tap at International Space Station
Seven astronauts and cosmonauts are gearing up for launches April 9 and
April 22 to the International Space Station, replacing seven outgoing crew
members set to land in Kazakhstan and off the coast of Florida on April 17
and April 28.
The back-to-back crew rotations will make for a busy month on the orbiting
research complex, and multiple instances when ARISS operation will be
suspended during crew operations. Preparations for the arrival of the fresh
crew members are already underway on the space station.
The first step was relocation of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship to a new
docking port on the space station April 5. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins,
KF5LJG, commander of the Crew Dragon “Resilience” spaceship, was joined by
crewmates Victor Glover, KI5BKC, Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, and Shannon
Walker, KD5DXB, for the fully automated 45-minute relocation maneuver.
The Dragon astronauts, who launched Nov. 15 as part of SpaceX’s “Crew-1”
mission, were aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft and suited up
for re-entry, just in case the capsule had trouble linking up with the new
docking port and needed to return to Earth.
Next was the launch of a Russian Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft with commander Oleg
Novitskiy, cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei,
KG5GNP. The Soyuz crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
on Friday, April 9 at 3:42 a.m. EDT (0742 GMT).
The crew on the space station will temporarily swell to 10 people until the
outgoing Soyuz MS-17 crew departs the research lab one week later.
Undocking of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with commander Sergey Ryzhikov,
flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins,
KG5FYJ, is scheduled for 9:33 p.m. EDT on April 16 (0133z on April 17). The
Soyuz capsule is scheduled to parachute to a landing on the steppes of
Kazakhstan at 12:56 a.m. EDT (0456 GMT) on April 17. Ryzhikov,
Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins launched Oct. 14 from Baikonur. Their return to
Earth on April 17 will wrap up a 185-day mission.
With the Soyuz crew rotation complete, SpaceX and NASA will be cleared to
launch the second operational Crew Dragon mission to the space station on
April 22.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, pilot Megan McArthur, Japanese
astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and French-born European Space Agency
astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, will fly on the Crew-2 mission.
Assuming the Crew-2 mission takes off April 22, Kimbrough and his crewmates
will reach the space station for an automated docking at 5:29 a.m. EDT
(0929 GMT) on April 23.
Their arrival will start a five-day handover with the Crew-1 astronauts,
when the space station will briefly host 11 crew members.
The Crew-1 astronauts are scheduled to board their Crew Dragon Resilience
spacecraft and undock from the space station April 28 at 5 a.m. EDT (0900
GMT). The Crew Dragon capsule will fire its Draco thrusters to target a
parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 12:35 p.m. EDT
(1635 GMT) the same day.
[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of Spacefilight Now for the above information]
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Recent ARISS contacts:
The School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, Southern
Hemisphere Space Studies Program 2021, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia,
conducted a telebridge via IK1SLD on Tuesday, April 6. Shannon Walker,
KD5DXB, was the astronaut. The contact was successful.
Gagarin From Space performed an amateur radio session with NILAK DOSAAF Llc
in Kaluga, Kaluga Regional schools, Kaluga, Russia, direct contact via RK3X
on April 6. Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov participated. The contact was
successful.
Gagarin From Space conducted a radio amateur session with students of the
St. Petersburg school, St. Petersburg, Russia, direct via R1AIT on April 7.
The contact was successful.
Upcoming contacts: TBD
The latest information on the operation mode of the ARISS modules can be
found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
WY7AA: April 17th – May 2 EM86 vacation style FM and SSB. I will have a day
trip to EM85, but I will plan that and advertise when I get there.
Major Roves:
CM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your
calendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for #SOTA
folks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once
before.
Please submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, reports these upcoming
presentations scheduled for …
04/26 - Livonia, Michigan
05/18 - Puget Sound
05/26 - South New Jersey
06/01 - University of Arizona
06/09 - San Jose
06/15 - East Massachusetts
10/21 - Conejo Valley CA
… and dates for Roseland NJ, Austin TX, Maine, and NH to be firmed up!
Think a lively, entertaining, AND educational 75-minute presentation to
YOUR club or organization on “Working the Easy Sateliites” would be
appropriate for your club? Send me a message or call!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
AMSAT Ambassador, ARRL instructor
http://www.work-sat.com
k6lcs AT work-sat DOT info
(909) 999-SATS (7287)
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ LightCube, an educational mission by Arizona State University, Tempe, to
allow a CubeSat in low-Earth orbit (LEO) to be easily operable by members
of the general public, has been approved by NASA as one of the 12th CubeSat
Launch Initiative (CSLI) projects for 2022-2025. The LightCube CubeSat will
provide a platform that increases the number of individuals who can
participate in space activities. Specifically, anyone with appropriate
amateur radio licensing within their jurisdiction and commercial radio
equipment available for purchase for less than fifty dollars will be able
to telecommand LightCube. The LightCube CubeSat will respond with a flash
visible to the naked eye of the commander. In the process of operating
LightCube, the user will inevitably learn important science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in areas such as telecommunications,
spacecraft design, atmospheric and climate science, and orbital mechanics.
(ANS thanks NASA, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, Harry Bloomberg, W3YJ, and Rick
Lindquist, WW1ME, for the above information.)
+ Jean Marc Momple, 3B8DU and an AMSAT Ambassador published an article in
the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) Journal, March 2021, to
promoted HAM radio satellite operation worldwide, as the paper was
circulated in all affiliated Engineers association globally but the focus
was on the regional operation. The link to obtain the document is
https://bit.ly/3uHFFCv or go to https://www.iemauritius.com and register
to download the March 21 edition of the Journal. (ANS thanks Jean Marc
Momple, 3B8DU, for the above information.)
+ GOES-T, NOAA’s latest generation geosynchronous satellite, recently
completed vibration, vacuum, and acoustic testing ahead of its December
launch. GOES-T packs upgraded traditional weather observation instruments
(see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQAwQ0SGkc for a video intro),
including the 16 channel ABI imager (up from 5 channels on the previous
generation) with 0.5km - 2km resolution (4x the previous gen). This
generation also includes a Geostationary Lightning Mapper, the first
lightning mapping system flown in geostationary orbit, which should
increase lead time for severe storm warnings and decrease false positives.
See https://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/glm.html for an overview of the
system. (ANS thanks the Orbital Index for the above information.)
+ SpaceX launched 60 more of the company's Starlink Internet communications
satellites into orbit from Florida on Wednesday, April 7. A Falcon 9 rocket
carrying the spacecraft lifted off as planned at 12:34 p.m. EDT (16:34z).
SpaceX recovered the first-stage booster for the rocket by landing it on a
barge in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellites deployed to their intended
orbit a little more than an hour after launch. (ANS thanks Space Daily for
the above information.)
+ A rather fascinating disassembly and analysis of the digital clock from a
Soyuz spacecraft can be found at
http://www.righto.com/2020/01/inside-digital-clock-from-soyuz.html The
mid-1980s vintage clock was judged to be 8 to 10 years behind U.S. space
technology of the time, with more that 100 integrated circuits on ten
circuit boards. (ANS thanks the Orbital Index for the above information.)
+ Open Research Institute has posted several new YouTube videos updating
their work. See https://www.openresearch.institute/ for links. (ANS thanks
AMSAT Board Member Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, for the above information.)
+ AO-91 remains operational in COR or "repeater mode." Reminder: Please
use only in sunlight and do not use while in eclipse (which "generally"
means, if it's dark at your local QTH do not use!). Remember that the
current status of most operational satellites can be found at
https://www.amsat.org/status/ (ANS thanks AMSAT Board and Fox Command Team
Member Mark Hammond, N8MH, for the above information.)
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to
AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Store.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled
in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a
maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]
amsat.org for additional student membership information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM
k0jm at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-094
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest
in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and
digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins
via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* 2021 AMSAT Field Day
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for April 1 2021
* WOUB Spotlight: Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds, N8KI
* NASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on ISS
* Perseverance rover begins steps to deploy Mars helicopter
* Launch Watch: Upcoming in April
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 1, 2021
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-094 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094.01
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2021 April 04
2021 AMSAT Field Day
Its that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a picnic, a campout,
practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN! The
event takes place during a 23-hour period on the fourth weekend of June.
For 2021 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on
Saturday June 26, 2021 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 27, 2021. Those who
set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 26 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day
for operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL
event.
This year should be as easy as last year since we have more than 10
transponders and repeaters available. Users should check the AMSAT status
page at http://www.amsat.org/status/ and the pages at
https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ for what is available in the weeks
leading up to field day. To reduce the amount of time to research each
satellite, see the current FM satellite table at:
https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/
and the current linear satellite table at:
https://www.amsat.org/linear-satellite-frequency-summary/
Additional information is found at: https://www.amsat.org/field-day/
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards and Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM, ANS editor for the above information]
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for April 1 2021
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL
for the period March 1, 2021 through April 1, 2021. Congratulations to all
those who made the list this month!
CALL Mar Mar
N9EAT 784 843
NS3L 650 681
W7QL 510 563
KJ4EU 471 506
VA3NNA 300 504
K0JM 403 500
N1PEB (EL98) 255 500
MI6GTY 460 461
KB9STR 353 431
KC9UQR 400 427
KS1G 360 413
WA4HFN 102 413
K5TA 302 400
W8LR 353 400
VE4MM 279 304
WB7QXU 252 303
VU2LBW 260 300
W4ALF 200 300
K4RGK 214 278
NA1ME 200 225
KN2K 155 200
N7ZO 116 200
XE2YWH 137 187
LW2DAF 166 182
NK1K New 179
DL6KBG 125 150
N8MR New 115
N2CJ 100 103
AF5D New 102
W7KRS New 101
AC9DX New 100
W3FGP New 100
If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at
<mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was
developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a
visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not
mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on
the birds. They are doing most of the work! - Ron W5RKN
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]
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Join the 2021 President's Club!
Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.
This gold finished coin comes with
Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag
Donate today at
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
You won't want to miss it!
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WOUB Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds, N8KI, AMSAT-NA member is
honored.
ATHENS, OH During Broadcast Operations Supervisor Terry Douds nearly 16
years working at WOUB Public Media, there have been many changes in regard
to technology and how the station runs. But, Douds has rolled with the
changes and couldnt be more proud of the work he is doing.
I was originally hired as a broadcast technician and was promoted to
broadcast operations supervisor in 2008, said Douds. At that time, the
Engineering Department oversaw Master Control. We worked 24/7 to insure that
WOUB stayed on the air. Later that part of operations shifted to the Traffic
Department, so now were doing regular engineering tasks, such as design
of systems, installation of new equipment, and overseeing what we call
In-House Engineering; another team within Engineering handles field work
and our transmitter sites.
A big part of the training for me for this job came from amateur radio. I
became a Ham Operator in November 1968, when I was in 7th grade, said
Douds. I later became active in amateur satellite work, another part of
amateur radio where we designed satellites and have them launched into
space. More at: https://bit.ly/3rKpBxI
[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, AMSAT News Service Editor and WOUB.org for the
above information]
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NASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on Space Station
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will
mark another first for commercial spaceflight Monday, April 5, when the four
astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft to prepare for the
arrival of new crew members in late April and the upcoming delivery of new
solar arrays this summer.
Live coverage will begin at 1000z on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the
agency's website.
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, Victor Glover, KI5BKC, and Shannon
Walker, KD5DXB, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, will undock Crew Dragon Resilience from
the forward port of the station's Harmony module at 1029z and dock to the
space-facing port at 1115z.
The relocation will free Harmony's forward port for the docking of Crew
Dragon Endeavour, set to carry four crew members to the station on NASA's
SpaceX Crew-2 mission. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, and Megan
McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, and ESA (European Space
Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, are scheduled to launch to the
station Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]
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Perseverance rover begins steps to deploy Mars helicopter
NASAs Ingenuity helicopter is being lowered from the belly of the
Perseverance rover this week as ground teams run through a choreographed
long-distance command sequence to safely release the $80 million rotorcraft
onto the surface of Mars.
The slow, step-by-step deployment is projected to take around six days,
assuming everything goes as planned. The first command uplinked from
engineers at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory was to release a launch lock
that kept the Ingenuity helicopter firmly attached to the belly of the
Perseverance rover during the journey to Mars. Additional information may be
found at: https://bit.ly/3dv06vv
[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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Launch Watch: Upcoming in April
There will be several notable launches this month. Unfortunately there are
no new amateur satellites in the immediate offing. A Falcon 9/Starlink #23
launch is scheduled for April 7 from Cape Canaveral. April 9, The new
command crew for the ISS will be launched from Baikonur to start Mission 65.
On April 22, SpaceX/NASA commercial Crew Flight #2 is scheduled for launch
on the reused Falcon 9 from the Crew-1 mission and the Crew Dragon capsule
from the Endeavor Demo-2 mission. The Crew-1 astronauts will return shortly
thereafter.
[ANS thanks SpaceX, NASA, and ROSCOMOS for the above information]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The
journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 1, 2021
The following satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
Maya-2 - NORAD Cat ID 47929.
OPUSAT-II - NORAD Cat ID 47930.
CubeSX-Sirius-HSE - NORAD Cat ID 47951
Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the identification of these satellites.
The following satellites have been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
Distribution:
OBJECT B - NORAD Cat ID 47310
OBJECT D - NORAD Cat ID 47312
OBJECT E - NORAD Cat ID 47313
OBJECT G - NORAD Cat ID 47315
OBJECT J - NORAD Cat ID 47317
OBJECT K - NORAD Cat ID 47318
OBJECT M - NORAD Cat ID 47320
OBJECT N - NORAD Cat ID 47345
The above objects are non-amateur radio satellites associated with a launch
carrying amateur radio satellites. As the amateur radio satellites have been
identified from that launch, these objects are no longer of interest.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?
Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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ARISS NEWS: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of April 4, 2021
The School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, Southern
Hemisphere Space Studies Program 2021, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia,
telebridge via NA7V
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency
is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The latest information on the
operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html. The scheduled
astronaut is Shannon Walker KD5DXB Contact is go for: Tue 2021-04-06
11:27:49 UTC 34 deg via IK1SLD. Watch for livestream at
https://tinyurl.com/ISSLINKUP2021
Kaluga Regional schools, Kaluga, Russia direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is
presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The downlink frequency is presently
scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The latest information on the operation mode
can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Watch for Tue 2021-04-06
13:10 UTC
St. Petersburg, Russia direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be RSØISS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be
145.800 MHz. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html. The scheduled
astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov. Watch for Wed 2021-04-07 12:20 UTC
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Quick Hits:
DN58 look for #NO7G on SSB sats over the next week (3/25 4/4)
AA5PK: Thinking a trip to EM01 Saturday (4/3) is in order.
N3CRT: Activating ***Delaware*** via satellite -FM and Linear- at Fort Mott
State Park FM29fo this Saturday April 3rd 12z-20z and possibly later.
WL7T: Had to cancel Maine. Too expensive to change flights this close to
departure. EL58 is rescheduled for April 11. Will be driving from EM26 to
EL59, so might be stopping along the way for a few contacts starting a day
or two before April 11.
Major Roves:
CM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your
calendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for #SOTA
folks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once
before.
Please submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com
Updated 03/31/2021
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
From Larry Manaev, RN3AG: "We invite your members to take part in the Yuri
Gagarin International DX Contest 2021. Date: from 21.00 UTC on April 10 till
21.00 UTC on April 11, 2021. Modes: CW only.
Satellite categories:
SAT - Single operator - Satellite QSOs.
SAT-GS - Single operator - Geostationary Satellite QSOs (QO-100).
Contest rules: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32"
AMSAT Ambassador, Tom Zimmerman W9TTY, will be exhibiting at the DeKalb
Hamfest, Sandwich, Illinois on May 2, 2021. This hamfest SW of Chicago will
feature a presentation for hams curious about Amateur Radio in Space and how
to work the easy sats. Info on Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club Webpage
www.kare-club.org
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6CLS is planning a presentation on 06/15 to
a club in East Massachusetts.
Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun How to Work the Easy
Satellites Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or
club? Always includes are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS
and
pre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome. Send Clint an email or
call!
Clint Bradford K6LCS, http://www.work-sat.com. Tel:909-999-SATS (7287)
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, Larry Manaev,
RN3AG, and Clint Bradford, K6CLS AMSAT Ambassador for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ AMSAT Vice President - Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, appeared on the
April 1, 2021 episode of Ham Talk Live to discuss the latest status of AMSAT
satellite development. A replay of the episode can be heard at
https://www.spreaker.com/user/hamtalklive/episode-253-amsat-satellite-engine
ering-
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
+ Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV sends a thank you note to all who participated in
the Last Man Standing special event. He says "I had the pleasure to work 111
contacts as W6S over the course of the week. If you made at least one
contact you can download a certificate in around 4 weeks time. Just check
the QRZ page for information. The official numbers are not yet in but there
were approximately 60 thousand contacts made across all frequencies and
modes." He continues: "I was also very careful not to interfere with any
rover operations during the event."
[ANS thanks Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV for the above information]
+ SpaceXs latest high-altitude Starship test flight ends in another
explosion. SpaceXs latest Starship test flight apparently ended with
another explosion Tuesday in South Texas, but dense fog obscured clear views
of the launch and failed landing. The Federal Aviation Administration said
late Tuesday it is working with SpaceX to determine if light debris reported
in a nearby town came from the Starship test rocket.
[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]
+Biden administration renews mandate for National Space Council. President
Biden will renew the National Space Council, a space policy group revived by
the Trump White House after 25 years of dormancy, to assist in generating
national space policies, strategies, and synchronizing Americas space
activities, an administration spokesman said Monday. A spokesman for the
National Security Council said the Biden administration is renewing the
National Space Council at a time of unprecedented activity and opportunity
generated by Americas activities in space.
[ANS thanks Stephen Clark of SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to
AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Store.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled
in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a
maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]
amsat.org for additional student membership information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ
kd4iz at frawg dot org
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