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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-303
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]
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In this edition:
* MESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module
* FoxTelem Version 1.12 Released
* AMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members
* GreenCube in Digipeater Mode
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-303 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 30
MESAT-1 to Carry AMSAT Linear Transponder Module
An AMSAT-constructed linear transponder module is included in the MESAT 3U
satellite to be deployed as part of NASA's upcoming ELaNa 43 mission.
MESAT-1 is a stack of three tech-stuffed 4-inch cubes assembled at the
University of Maine and destined for space in 2022. The first satellite of
its kind ever built in Maine, MESAT-1 carries three imaging experiments
proposed by Maine schools and a 2-way radio for use by ground control and
amateur radio enthusiasts.
MESAT-1 was originally projected to launch from Vandenberg Space Force
Base, California, in June 2022, but has been delayed. The satellite will be
carried by a Firefly Aerospace "Alpha" rocket and released into a
Sun-synchronous orbit about 555 kilometers (350 miles) above Earth. It will
fly nearly over the poles traveling at about 7.8 kilometers per second
(17,000 mph), making a full orbit in roughly 100 minutes. Any given
location on Earth will experience 4 to 6 passes per day, with each pass
lasting less than 15 minutes. MESAT-1 is expected to remain in space for
well over a decade.
A statewide competition in 2019 drew payload proposals from schools across
Maine. Three projects were selected for the MESAT-1 mission: ALBEDO,
IMAGER, and HAB.
ALBEDO: Saco Middle School will study reflected light (albedo) and local
temperature in urban and rural areas, with the idea that urban heat islands
could be mitigated through architectural designs that reflect more light.
IMAGER: Fryeburg Academy will photograph shallow coastal waters as part of
an effort to distinguish turbidity and phytoplankton concentration from
space. The academy is collaborating with the Wells National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
HAB: Falmouth High School will work on early detection of harmful algal
blooms by measuring atmospheric temperature and water vapor levels around
bloom areas. They will watch blooms develop, move, and disperse.
The main radio aboard MESAT-1 is a linear transponder module (LTM-1) built
by the nonprofit Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), a partner in
the project. The ground station operator will command the satellite through
LTM-1 and the module will transmit telemetry back to Earth. LTM-1 will also
be made available to amateur radio operators for 2-way communication.
UMaine applied to the International Amateur Radio Union to coordinate its
planned frequency use for MESAT-1. The IARU approved this plan on 22
November 2021:
Telemetry beacon downlink: 435.800 MHz 1200 baud BPSK
Transponder uplink: 145.910-145.940 MHz
Transponder downlink: 435.810-435.840 MHz
MESAT-1 carries a second radio, an EyeStar transmitter, originally intended
to interface with the satellite's built-in GPS and the GlobalStar network
to provide the ground team with accurate, hourly position information. This
aspect of the mission was altered during MESAT-1 construction. The EyeStar
unit will serve only a minimal function on MESAT-1.
Background on Maine's First CubeSat
MESAT-1 exists thanks to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) and the
Maine Space Grant Consortium. Through CSLI, NASA has selected more than 200
CubeSat missions for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program. More
than 130 ELaNA satellites have been launched at NASA's expense since 2011.
In 2018, Maine Space Grant kicked off a pilot Maine CubeSat Launch
Initiative to involve students and teachers from across the state in
designing CubeSat missions. Through a competitive process, the consortium
selected three experiments to propose for NASA's 2019 ELaNa opportunity.
The MESAT-1 proposal was accepted by NASA early in 2020. The satellite was
paired with launch provider Firefly Aerospace for ELaNa mission 43.
Dr. Ali Abedi, director of the WiSe-Net Lab at UMaine Orono, assigned three
UMaine graduate students the task of producing the satellite. With the
support of the Maine Space Grant Consortium, they completed MESAT-1 in time
for a 2022 launch.
[ANS thanks mainesat.org for the above information]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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FoxTelem Version 1.12 Released
A new version of FoxTelem has been released ahead of the launch of MESAT-1.
The new version will be required in order to decode MESAT-1 telemetry.
MESAT-1 has an AMSAT Linear Transponder Module (LTM) and will transmit
health data and images at 1200bps using BPSK. FoxTelem will decode and
display the images from the University of Maine multi-spectral camera, as
well as other data about the spacecraft.
This version of FoxTelem will still support all previous spacecraft and the
CubeSat Simulator.
You can download it from these locations:
https://www.g0kla.com/foxtelem
http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/
In addition to support for MESAT-1 this version also includes several bug
fixes and enhancements. Questions or comments (other than "when is the
launch", because I don't know) may be directed to chrisethompson [at]
gmail.com or to g0kla [at] arrl.net. Issues or bugs can be logged on github
at:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues
[ANS thanks Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ, for the above information]
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AMSAT President’s Club Announces 2022 Members
The following members of the AMSAT 2022 President’s Club have been added as
of October 31, 2022. We thank them for their generous support and helping
to keep Amateur Radio in Space!
The 2022 Year is rapidly coming to a close. If you have not yet joined, you
can still earn your membership with distinctive five-color gold-finish
coin, iron-on AMSAT logo patches and full-color certificate. Go to
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ for more information.
Titanium ($4,800+)
Barry A. Baines WD4ASW
Alan P. Biddle WA4SCA
John D. Botti KC8OKB
William G. Brown K9LF
Platinum ($2,400+)
Ronald G. Parsons W5RKN
Gold ($1,200+)
Douglas Besemer K0VPL
Burns Fisher WB1FJ
Joseph Lynch N6CL
John R. Kludt K7SYS
Glenn Miller AA5PK
Douglas B. Tabor N6UA
Silver($600+)
John Boehme K4PRK
Warren Fugate W3WE
Mark Johns K0JM
Bruce Paige KK5DO
David A. Vine WA1EAW
Chuck Weaver W3VAR
Bronze($300+)
Allen Kenney KK4AK
Bruce Perens K6BP
Donald Pettigrew K9ECT
Scott Shaheen WB8OOJ
Thomas Talley K0CFI
Dave Taylor W8AAS
Ricky N. Walker K4TD
Core ($120+)
Oscar Alonso N6PAZ
Dwight Aussieker W9QJ
Steve Bachhuber K9SJB
Robert Brennan KC3CKV
Burlington Amateur Radio Club
George Carr WA5KBH
Michael Caughey N2BT
Jim Clary ND9M
Richard Dittmer KB7SAT
George Gallis AL7BX
David Grebe WA4LM
David Hartrum WA3YDZ
Stephen Howard AB0XE
Nels E. Knutzen W0PEC
Gailen Marshall N5GDM
Brendan McNeil ZL3BAM
Juan Munoz TG9AJR
Andrew Northam KE8FZT
Art Payne VE3GNF
Maxwell Rathbone W3POI
Jay Schwartz WB8SBI
Jason Schwarz N4JJS
Alton Simpson WA5TJB
Carl Starnes W4EAT
Paul Stoetzer N8HM
Christopher Wachs WA2KDL
Stefan Wagener VE4SW
Jeremy Wyatt KA2PFD
[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development, 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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GreenCube in Digipeater Mode
The S5Lab research team of the University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy, the
Italian Space Agency and AMSAT Italia are happy to inform the ham radio
community that the GreenCube satellite will be switched in digipeater mode
between 29-Oct-2022 00:01 UTC and 30-Oct-2022 23:59 UTC. Information on the
setup required to access the satellite can be found on the team's web site
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/digipeater/.
The S5lab team of Sapienza provides the software needed to communicate with
the satellite along with a technical guide of the setup and the GUI
features. The archive contains:
The user manual
The Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The Terminal Node Controller (TNC) software
The GNURadio script to receive and transmit
The software kit can be downloaded from the same web page. The satellite
digipeater implements a store-and-forward message service and works at
435.310 Mhz (U/L and D/L).
The 3U cubesat was launched on the Vega-C maiden flight on 13-Jul-2022 in a
MEO orbit. The GreenCube project is being carried out through a
collaboration agreement between the Italian Space Agency and Sapienza
University of Rome, with the participation of ENEA and University Federico
II of Naples. As for the radio frequency communications, a strong and
effective cooperation with AMSAT Italia has been established, whereby AMSAT
Italia endorsed the frequency coordination request.
The team can be reached via their website at the URL
https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/contact-us/.
[ANS thanks Fabrizio Carrai, IU5GEZ, of AMSAT Italia 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
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
No changes to the satellite list this week.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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ISS Partners Weigh Options for Using Commercial Space Stations
Partner agencies on the International Space Station program say they are in
discussions about how they will use, and pay for, commercial space stations
that will replace it.
Representatives of several countries currently involved in the ISS said
during a panel at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’
ASCEND conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 25 that they are looking at
options for how to continue work they currently do on the ISS on the
commercial space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) NASA is helping develop
to replace it at the end of the decade.
“With the commercialization of LEO, it is really necessary to revisit our
principles of doing cooperation,” said Peter Gräf, director of applications
and science at the German space agency DLR. Germany is the biggest
contributor to ESA’s share of the ISS and actively uses the station for
fundamental and applied research.
He said discussions among agencies and companies had started on how those
arrangements would change with a commercial station. “We need to find ways
to work together, certainly in other ways than we did before,” he said.
“There are a lot of options available and the main players are in heavy
discussions on that.”
The ISS today relies extensively on barter arrangements among participating
agencies, providing services to cover their share of operations of the
station. Such arrangements are unlikely to work for commercial stations,
however.
“We need to find a new way of cooperating,” said Nicolas Maubert, space
counselor at the French Embassy in the U.S. and representative of the
French space agency CNES in the U.S., citing the challenges of extending
current barter arrangements to commercial stations. “We need to put on the
table every option.”
“The bottom line for all is that there is a strong demand for capabilities
in low Earth orbit,” Gräf said. “It’s quite clear there will be a human
outpost in LEO, no matter what the future will bring.”
[ANS thanks SpaceNews.com 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.
POSTPONED: Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada,
telebridge via VK4KHZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH
Contact is no longer go for: Wed 2022-10-26 13:42:09 UTC 66 deg due to crew
timeline changes. It has been postponed to the week of Nov. 14, exact date
and time TBD.
Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/ARISSlive and
https://nslive.tv/five-bridges-ariss
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC
Harel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel, telebridge via VK4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Fri 2022-11-04 09:43:51 UTC 50 deg
The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so
inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume
up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never
know.
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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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
Roving season is drawing to a close in many parts of North America, but a
few brave souls are out there providing rare grids:
W8LR: EN90 EM99 10/28-30. Passes are holiday style. Will post passes to
Twitter and http://hams.at Will be on Linear and FM. EU I will be trying
some RS-44 and AO-07 (in mode b) if I can. Lots of hills will make it hard
for lower passes but my fingers are crossed. LOG W8LR/R
[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 Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
None presently scheduled.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ CORRECTION: Last week's ANS 296 reported that AMSAT Engineering expressed
appreciation to AMSAT-DL for capturing AO-109 telemetry. While AMSAT has
great appreciation for AMSAT-DL for its ongoing partnership, the telemetry
mentioned was provided by the PI9CAM team at the CAMRAS 25m diameter dish
at Dwingeloo in the Netherlands. AMSAT Engineering expressed appreciation
to the Dwingeloo team. (ANS regrets the error and thanks Nico Janssen,
PA0DLO, for calling it to our attention.)
+ AmazonSmile has made a charitable donation to the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation, in the amount of $342.72 as a result of qualifying purchases
made by customers between April 1st - June 30th. Thanks to customers
shopping at smile.amazon.com or using the Amazon app with AmazonSmile
turned ON, everyday purchases make an impact. So far, AmazonSmile has
donated:
$9,030.13 to Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
Over $377 million to US charities
Over $422 million to charities worldwide
+ Draft minutes of the 2022 AMSAT Board of Directors meeting are now
available at https://www.amsat.org/minutes-of-the-board-of-directors/ (ANS
thanks AMSAT for this information)
+ AMSAT's 2021 Financial Review and 2021 IRS Form 990 are now available at
https://www.amsat.org/audit-and-other-financial-reports/ (ANS thanks AMSAT
for this information)
+ The Proceedings of the 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium are now available to
AMSAT members on the AMSAT Member Portal at
https://launch.amsat.org/Proceedings (ANS thanks AMSAT for this information)
+ Videos of the talks given at the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium are now available on YouTube. Playlist is at
https://bit.ly/3sAcYIx (ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA, for the above
information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* 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.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional 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-296
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
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* AMSAT Symposium Takes Place in Minnesota
* AMSAT Board Elects Officers
* Financial Policy is Focus of AMSAT Board
* AMSAT Board Adopts ITAR/EAR Policy
* Volunteer For AMSAT
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-296 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 23
AMSAT Symposium Takes Place in Minnesota
The 40th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting was
held in Bloomington, Minnesota, Oct 21-23. Digital copies of the
Proceedings of this Symposium can be purchased through the AMSAT Store
online at www.amsat.org
The first session was held Friday afternoon, and began with a brief welcome
from AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL.
The first presentation was "Building a Portable Sta;on for QO-100, the
Geosta;onary Satellite Es'hail-2 Carrying Amateur Radio" by Stefan Wagener,
VE4SW. While QO-100 is not accessible from North America, Stefan discussed
his approach to a portable station that he has taken on European vacations.
Randy Berger, WA0D, ARISS Director of Engineering followed with "What's
New, ARISS on ISS and Mission to the Moon with Lunar Gateway?" His
presentation focused on the Student on Orbit Sensor System (SoOSS) which
will send telemetry from various sensors on the ISS in a format that can be
easily received and decoded in schoolrooms on Earth.
Randy also reported on prospects for amateur radio aboard the Lunar
Gateway, a space station in a complex orbit around the moon. Opportunities
exist and conversations with NASA are ongoing a the Gateway design emerges.
"OTA Software Update for LEO Satellites," a presentation by Heimir Thor
Sverrisson, W1ANT, discussed advantages and challenges of being able to
reprogram satellites after launch with over the air updates.
Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, presented with details on the CAPE IV 3U satellite
currently in development with input from several universities. The primary
mission will focus on educational projects aimed at high school and middle
school classrooms.
The afternoon session concluded with "Export Control and Economic Sanctions
Policy" by Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President. The presentation
centered on the newly adopted ITAR/EAR policy formally adopted by the AMSAT
Board at their meeting earlier in the day. The goal is to return to
international cooperation in the building and launching of satellites while
complying with Federal law.
On Saturday morning, Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, updated the Symposium on "University
of Louisiana at Lafaye[e Education Initiative" which encourages primary and
middle school students to get involved in satellite technology through
hands-on projects.
Paul Graveline, K1YUB, provided and update on the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator
project. The presentation included a pre-recorded video by AMSAT VP,
Educational Relations Alan Johnston, KU2Y, reviewing educational events
that have taken place in the previous months.
A GOLF TEE update was presented by Kipton Moravec, AE5IB, who is an
engineering volunteer coordinating the Electonic Power Subsystem (EPS) for
the first satellite in the Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint (GOLF) series,
known as the Technology Exploration Environment (TEE).
"The AMSAT Linear Transponder Module" was presented by Burns Fisher, WB1FJ.
The LTM is a multi-use transponder board set designed for universities and
other partners launching cubesats who have need for a communications
component. Similar to the radio systems in Fox and GOLF, the partnership
provides easy downlinks for universities and a transponder for amateurs.
In the afternoon on Saturday, Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY, AMSAT Assistant
VP, Engineering presented "Building a Helmholtz Cage for Dynamic Magnetic
Field Generation and CubeSat Aitude Control Testing." Magnetorquers built
to stabilize cubesats require test beds. A Helmholtz Cage provides the
testing environment simulating the Earth's magnetic field, but is not
trivial to build.
AMSAT Board member Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, provided a report on the reaction
wheel project that will be used for 3-axis orientation of the GOLF
satellites. The entire reaction wheel assembly is being constructed
specifically for the project by AMSAT volunteers.
As the final presentation, Jerry Buxton, AMSAT VP of Engineering, gave an
AMSAT Engineering Update touching on Fox, Fox+, GOLF, and other projects.
[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, for the above information]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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AMSAT Board Elects Officers
During their meeting prior to the AMSAT Symposium, on Thursday, Oct. 20,
the AMSAT Board of Directors elected officers for the coming year. Those
elected are:
Robert Bankston, KE4AL, President
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President
Jerry Buxton, N0JY, Vice President - Engineering
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice President - Operations
Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Vice President - Educational Relations
Vacant Position, Vice President - Member Services
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, Vice President - Development
Steve Belter, N9IP, Treasurer
Jeff Davis, KE9V, Secretary
In other business, reports on current status of various functions were
received from the officers. President Robert Bankston reported that AMSAT's
financial status is strong. Reduced overhead from the closing of the
Washington, DC office has resulted in more funds to build & launch
satellites. Also, AMSAT membership remains steady at more than 4000 members
representing 75 countries.
Acting Secretary Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, reported that the online election of
Board members ran smoothly and resulted in considerable cost savings from
the mailed paper ballot system previously used.
Steve Belter, N9IP, AMSAT Treasurer, reported that funds on hand are
sufficient to meet the needs of day-to-day operations and satellite design
and building projects currently underway. He also reported that Form 990
has been filed with IRS and will be posted publicly. Outside review of the
books was conducted and found complete & correct. The Board voted
unanimously to accept the review from McDaniel & Associates.
Mark Hammond, N8MH, reported on behalf of the Operations team. He gave a
rundown on the current status of various satellites now in orbit. Of
particular note, FalconSat-3 is predicted to re-enter the atmosphere in the
next few months, but may be made available on a limited basis until that
time. Also, AO-16 is in a period of continuous sunlight, but has not yet
responded to commands to switch on. The operations team will continue to
try to reactivate the satellite. The operations team wishes to thank
AMSAT-DL for providing telemetry from AO-109 via their 20-meter diameter
dish antenna.
Vice President - Development, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, reported that
membership in the President's Club remains steady. Grant requests have been
made and are pending. Kidzsat and BuzzSat programs are starting up. For
these programs, it is important to focus on being an educational and
scientific organization. “Amateur radio isn't our purpose, it's our
reward,” he noted.
Mark Johns, K0JM, Senior Editor of the AMSAT News Service bulletins,
reported that there is an ongoing need for volunteer editors to assist with
creating and distributing the weekly bulletins. A long-term goal is to
transition from plain text to html format for the email editions, but the
Board expressed concerns that the bulletins remain accessible across
various radio platforms, as well as via the internet. Concerns were raised
about reporting of information embargoed by launch providers. AMSAT is
bound by launch agreements to honor these restrictions.
The AMSAT Journal has been successful in digital format, however content is
needed. AMSAT members are encouraged to work with the Journal editors to
develop ideas and projects into articles.
The IT team has worked diligently on maintaining various email lists and
systems. The Discord channel has several hundred members currently. AMSAT
is seeking a webmaster to revamp the website for easier navigation.
Contests & Awards Manager, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reported that the Gridmaster
Award has been the most sought after in the past year, but other awards are
holding steady. Store receipts are similar to last year.
At the close of the morning session, the Board adjourned for lunch.
[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, for the above information]
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Financial Policy is Focus of AMSAT Board
Policy decisions surrounding finances were the focus of the afternoon
session of the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting in Bloomington, Minnesota
on Thursday, Oct. 20. A A Policy Proposal for the handling of financial
reserves was discussed, and a revised Financial Procedures Manual was
discussed at length. Final copy will be approved at an upcoming meeting.
Technical discussion was focused on development of a flight platform that
could speed up testing of critical components. The platform would allow
rapid testing of individual systems that can keep volunteer engineers
engaged and speed deployment of new satellites. The test platform could be
launched into short duration, low orbit flights that would be sufficient to
verify system operation for insertion into longer duration projects, such
as GOLF. Basic components could be sourced at low cost from Consumer
Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components, and the AMSAT-built experimental segments
can be added as needed.
[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM, 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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AMSAT Board Adopts ITAR/EAR Policy
At an AMSAT Board of Directors held on Friday morning, Oct. 21, a detailed
policy statement on compliance with U.S. technology export regulations. The
purpose of the policy is to enable and encourage resumption of
international cooperation in the building and launching of satellites while
remaining within the bounds of Federal law.
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is "a United States
regulatory regime to restrict and control the export of defense and
military related technologies to safeguard U.S. national security and
further U.S. foreign policy objectives," according to the U.S. State
Department.
The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are a set of regulations
administered by the U..S Commerce Department. The EAR regulates whether a
person or organization may export something from the U.S. to another in a
foreign country. The EAR apply to physical objects, as well as intellectual
property such as technology and software.
"It's beem more than a decade since AMSAT has collaborated with a non-U.S.
organization to build and launch a satellite," said AMSAT President Robert
Bankston, KE4AL. "We need to learn how to get back to that while operating
in this new legal environment."
The new policy will give AMSAT engineering volunteers guidance on how to do
their work in collaboration with international partner while remaining
within the law. By clarifying the steps necessary for compliance,
volunteers can be more confident about their activities.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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Volunteer For AMSAT
AMSAT needs qualified volunteers for a number of positions!
If you want to be a part of the solution in making AMSAT operational and
work toward designing, building and finding a launch, WE NEED YOU! No pay
for 5+ hours per week, but a great deal of satisfaction in knowing you are
helping make something happen. We need people with wide range of technical
and non-technical skills.
Immediate Openings
* RF Engineer
* Mechanical Engineers
Satellite Development Technical Experience
* Thermal design
* Power systems design
* RF systems design
* Internal Housekeeping Unit (IHU) systems, command, and control hardware
* IHU software design and development
* Especially SDR and DSP
* PC board layout and construction
* Systems Engineering
* Test planning and system testing
* Mechanical design and construction
* Ground station software development
If you have hardware or software technical skills, and proven experience
directly applicable to satellite design, please contact the AMSAT Vice
President of Engineering (N0JY).
Due to the American International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you
must be either a US Citizen or a permanent resident (ITAR Qualifications).
This is not our reflection on foreign citizens, but is required by existing
US law. Recent changes suggest that this restriction may soon be lifted or
at least modified. If and when this happens, we will be delighted to be
able to again work freely with our foreign colleagues.
AMSAT News and Communications
Communications through ANS and the AMSAT Journal are essential in keeping
both with our members and the wider public informed. If your have good
communications skills and are interested, please contact AMSAT
Communications Volunteer Coordinator.
* Join the AMSAT News Service (ANS) team as a weekly editor on a rotating
schedule reporting on amateur radio in space and related activities.
* Assistant Editor for the AMSAT Journal magazine working with authors,
columnists and members developing and publishing print articles on amateur
radio in space and related activities.
General AMSAT support
* Web design and maintenance
* Web site information maintenance
* Video recording, digital conversion and editing
* Write technical or instructional material
* Educational activities
Promoting AMSAT as an Ambassador
Any other area you think you think you can make a difference.
AMSAT is an organization of self starters. While we sometimes have tasks
which we can assign, our most important contributions come from someone who
sees a need, has the skills to solve the problem, and then goes ahead and
does so. So pick an area that you think needs improvement and explain what
you will do to make it better.
AMSAT has developed a survey which gives us a good general idea of
someone’s interests and experience. You can download it at
https://bit.ly/3shvGV6 and fill in the information on screen. Please follow
the instructions, and send it, along with any additional information you
feel relevant, to volunteer(a)amsat.org.
[ANS thanks AMSAT 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
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.
Chief Whitecap Elementary School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,
telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact was successful: Wed 2022-10-19 17:35:07 UTC 86 deg
Congratulations to the Chief Whitecap Elementary School students and Josh!
Canterbury School of Fort Myers, Fort Myers, FL, direct via W4LX
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Mon 2022-10-24 17:36:16 UTC 46 deg
Watch for Livestream at https://vimeo.com/762320321
Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada, telebridge
via VK4KHZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Wed 2022-10-26 13:44:18 UTC 62 deg
Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/ARISSlive and
https://nslive.tv/five-bridges-ariss
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC
The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so
inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume
up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never
know.
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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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
ND0C: We will be operating on some passes from EN41 later this week (Week
of 10/17) while on our last camping trip of the season. This will again be
a holiday-style rove on FM and linear sats
KC1MMC: Holiday style or message for pass between laps at Poconos raceway.
FN21. Oct 22,23. Hopefully a pass or two in FN33 on the way back on. Oct
24th.
KD8CAO: ke8rju kd8cao and K8DP are headed to @AMSAT Space Symposium.
Plan is to stop in Wisconsin tomorrow (10/20), EN43 or EN44, See twitter
for details.
[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 Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
No events are scheduled at this time.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Three NASA astronauts and a European flier boarded their SpaceX Crew
Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged
back to Earth Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean east of
Jacksonville to close out a 170-day mission. With Crew 4 commander Kjell
Lindgren, KO5MOS, and co-pilot Bob Hines monitoring cockpit displays,
flanked by Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha
Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, the Crew Dragon “Freedom” undocked from the Harmony
module’s upper port at 17:05z. Descending under four large parachutes, the
capsule gently splashed down off Florida’s east coast at 21:55z, within
sight of a SpaceX recovery ship stationed nearby. (ANS thanks Spaceflight
Now for the above information)
+ China is preparing to launch the final missions to complete its
three-module Tiangong space station which it plans to keep constantly
occupied for at least a decade. A Long March 5B is being assembled and
tested at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern island of
Hainan. The 849-metric-ton rocket is expected to launch the third and final
module for the Tiangong space station at the end of October. After
insertion into orbit by the Long March 5B first stage, Mengtian will
rendezvous and dock with Tiangong, joining two earlier modules—the Tianhe
core module and Wentian experiment module—in orbit to complete the Tiangong
space station. (ANS thanks Space News for the above information)
+ NASA is ready to resume spacewalks outside the International Space
Station after completing an investigation of water found in a spacesuit
during a spacewalk earlier this year. The agency said Oct. 18 it expected
to resume spacewalks at the station in mid-November after tracking down the
source of a thin layer of water that pooled on the visor of European Space
Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer at the end of a March 23 spacewalk. The
investigation, which included returning the spacesuit Maurer wore to Earth
for analysis on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft in August, concluded there
was no specific hardware flaw with the suit itself. Instead, NASA blamed
“integrated system performance where several variables such as crew
exertion and crew cooling settings led to the generation of comparatively
larger than normal amounts of condensation within the system.” NASA says
that, in response, it has updated procedures and developed “new mitigation
hardware” to minimize water accumulation and to absorb any water that does
accumulate in the helmet. With those measures, NASA says spacewalks can
resume on the station. (ANS thanks Space News for the above information)
+ Richard Branson's small satellite service provider Virgin Orbit Holdings
Inc (VORB.O) will be doing its first launch from European soil within the
next six weeks, its founder said on Oct. 18. "Virgin Orbit can launch
satellites into space from anywhere in the world into any orbit at a days
notice," Branson said during a press conference in Milan, Italy. "We are
doing the first launch from European soil into space within the next six
weeks ... from Cornwall," he added. (ANS thanks Reuters for the above
information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* 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.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional 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-289
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
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22
* Ham TV to Return to the ISS
* Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 13, 2022
* AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available On YouTube
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-289 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 16
40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place
in Bloomington, Minnesota. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled
events include:
– AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21
– 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
– Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21
– AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22
– AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23
A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal,
launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab.
Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul
International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and
from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with
Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo.
Hotel reservations at reduced rate may no longer be available as Sunday,
October 2nd was the announced deadline. You can still make hotel
reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group
code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made
online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.
Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT
Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events
tab.
We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this
year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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Ham TV to Return to the ISS
During the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium on October 8th, AMSAT announced the
Ham TV unit for the ISS is repaired and on the way to Houston for testing.
The flight date dependent on testing.
Ham TV has been inoperative since April 2018. It had been active since
April 2014, having been launched to the ISS in 2013. It was returned to
earth for diagnosis and repair in late 2018.
The ARISS Ham TV transmitter is capable of downlinking DVB-S digital video
of ARISS contacts and other activities on board the ISS to amateur ground
stations in the 2.3 GHz amateur band. More information can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/hamtv-on-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 13, 2022
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from
this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
RamSat NORAD Cat ID 48850 (decayed from orbit on 10/12/22 per Space-Track).
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager 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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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available On YouTube
The 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloqium was held on October 8-9,
2022 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Center as part of the 2022 Radio
Society of Great Britain Convention.
Videos from the Colloqium are now available on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ARISS News
Scheduled ARISS Contacts
Nizhny Novgorod, 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 scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Mon 2022-10-17 09:00 UTC
Davis Aerospace Technical High School, Detroit, MI., direct via W8HP
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The scheduled crewmember is Koichi Wakata KI5TMN
Contact is go for: Tue 2022-10-18 17:30:04 UTC 42 deg
Chief Whitecap Elementary School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,
telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Wed 2022-10-19 17:35:07 UTC 86 deg
Ufa, 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 scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC
ARISS Radio Status
Columbus Module radios:
IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for cross
band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).
* Powered OFF for Progress undocking on October 23. OFF Oct. 23 about 19:30
UTC. ON Oct. 24 about 08:00 UTC.
* Powered OFF for Progress docking on October 27. OFF Oct. 27 about 15:30
UTC. ON Oct. 28 about 08:30 UTC.
* Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice
repeater ops.
Service Module radios:
IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for packet
operations (145.825 MHz up & down)
* Powered OFF for Progress undocking on October 23. OFF Oct. 23 about 19:30
UTC. ON Oct. 24 about 08:00 UTC.
* Powered OFF for Progress docking on October 27. OFF Oct. 27 about 15:30
UTC. ON Oct. 28 about 08:30 UTC.
* Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and
voice repeater ops.
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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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
M1DDD: activity ‘holiday style’ (family) 11-16 October 2022 IO70 (basecamp)
IN79 hopefully a full day (FM/Lin) possibly IN69 (FM only, couple hours one
afternoon) Updates on Twitter and http://hams.at
[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 Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
+ 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting
October 21–22, 2022
The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN
https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page 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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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The NASA/SpaceX Crew-5 mission brought new Astronaut-Hams to the ISS.
Welcome Josh Cassada, KI5CRH, and Koici Wakata, KI5TMN. Listen for them
making ARISS student contacts and maybe just working from the ARISS
repeater.
+ AO-27's timer has drifted enough to be workable for a few minutes from
the northern United States, Canada, and much of Europe. If you're in these
areas, give it a listen.
+ AO-27's timer drift has allowed a new distance record to be set on the
satellite. Joe Werth, KE9AJ, at a SOTA summit in Blue Mounds, WI (EN53ba)
worked Nick Garbett, M1DDD/P in IO83ru on October 5, 2022 at 12:22 UTC. The
satellite was at 59 degrees north during the QSO. A distance record on this
satellite is greatly complicated by the 3.5 minutes the satellite is
activated on each orbit.
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* 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.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
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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ANS-282
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 Bulletins
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In this edition:
* Post Tropical Storm Ian: Artemis 1 Launch Window Rescheduled for November
* Final Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General
Meeting
* 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, October 21 - 22,
2022
* AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium October 8-9, 2022
* Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, is Elected as Next ITU Secretary General
* VUCC Satellite Standing October 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 6, 2022
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
DATE 2022 October 9
Post Tropical Storm Ian: Artemis 1 Launch Window Rescheduled for November
Teams at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida conducted initial
inspections Friday to assess potential impacts from Hurricane Ian. There was
no damage to Artemis flight hardware, and facilities are in good shape with
only minor water intrusion identified in a few locations. Next, engineers
will extend access platforms around the Space Launch System rocket and Orion
spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to prepare for
additional inspections and start preparation for the next launch attempt,
including retesting the flight termination system.
As teams complete post-storm recovery operations, NASA has determined it
will focus Artemis I launch planning efforts on the launch period that opens
Nov. 12 and closes Nov. 27. Over the coming days, managers will assess the
scope of work to perform while in the VAB and identify a specific date for
the next launch attempt. Focusing efforts on the November launch period
allows time for employees at Kennedy to address the needs of their families
and homes after the storm and for teams to identify additional checkouts
needed before returning to the pad for launch.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Final Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting
This is a call for papers for the 40th annual AMSAT Space Symposium to be
held on the weekend of October 21-22, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Suites hotel
in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of
interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of
your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October
14 for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should
be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv at amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Editor, for the
above information.]
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40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in
Bloomington, Minnesota. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled
events include:
- AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21
- 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
- Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21
- AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22
- AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23
A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal,
launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab.
Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International
Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the
airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon
Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo.
Hotel reservations at reduced rate may no longer be available as Sunday,
October 2nd was the announced deadline. You can still make hotel
reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code
is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online
at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.
Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT
Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events
tab.
We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this
year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Talks are being Live-Streamed this weekend
The talks given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium are being
streamed live to a global audience over this weekend (October 8-9, 2022).
The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from those
involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites to beginners who
wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of the hobby. There will
be including a roundup of a number of new live and potential spacecraft
projects that are under investigation and/or development.
The streaming on Sunday will run from 0830-1415 GMT.
Th streaming URL is https://batc.org.uk/live/amsatuk2022.
A link to the schedule of talks is available at
https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/.
[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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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, is Elected as Next ITU Secretary General
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations
specialized agency for information and communication technologies, has
announced the election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States of
America as the next ITU Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will assume office
on January 1, 2023. She is radio amateur; call sign KD2JTX.
The election took place during ITU's Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in
Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Bogdan-Martin won the
position with 139 votes, out of 172 votes cast by representatives of Member
States.
Read the ITU press release https://bit.ly/3e1kRDl.
"This is an exciting development for ITU," said International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH. "...she will be the first female SG
[Secretary General] and only the third to hold an amateur license. Doreen
has an exciting agenda for ITU."
The US Department of State has published a statement from Bogdan-Martin, as
well as her biography, and vision.
"She will make an outstanding ITU Secretary-General and one IARU will be
proud to work with on behalf of the Amateur Services," said Ellam.
[ANS thanks ARRL News for the above information.]
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VUCC Satellite Standing October 2022
VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for September 01, 2022 to
October 02, 2022.
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WA4NVM 1609 1632
K8DP 1322 1350
N8RO 1139 1151
AA5PK 1132 1149
N9EAT 843 910
N3GS 729 796
KE8RJU 577 650
WA4HFN 611 631
KE8FZT 576 625
W8LR 619 623
S57NML 508 615
VE1CWJ ??? 609
DF2ET 500 601
EA2AA 566 594
AD0HJ 500 523
N0GVK 311 401
KB1HY 353 395
NA1ME 327 350
VE7PTN 294 301
W3VHF 210 250
JH0BBE 206 226
VA3VGR 164 209
NK1K 194 204
WD9EWK (DM22) 189 195
WD9EWK (DM42) 164 171
PA7RA 156 160
I2OIM New 155
XE1UYS New 126
IK8YTA New 106
Z31RQ New 103
AA9VI New 100
KE8RPJ New 100
KF2T New 100
VE7CYA New 100
W9LN New 100
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Congratulations to the new VUCC holders.
XE1UYS is first VUCC Satellite holder from EK19
I2OIM is first VUCC Satellite holder from JN45
Z31RQ is first VUCC Satellite holder from Macedonia and 1st from KN01
73 Jon N7AZ
[ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, AMSAT VUCC 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
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.
Harris Middle School, Spruce Pine, N.C., direct via K4CF. The ISS callsign
is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency is presently
scheduled to be 145.800 MHz. The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT.
Contact is go for: Tue 2022-10-11 15:00:45 UTC 34 deg
Regional Communications Center of Russian Railways, Vologda, 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 scheduled
crewmember is Anna Kikina (***). Contact is go for Thu 2022-10-13 08:55 UTC
(***)
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the
cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined,
all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk
on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
Two IIS Crew-5 astronauts have amateur radio callsigns. Josh A. Cassada
(Crew-5 Pilot) is KI5CRH. JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata (Mission Specialist)
is KC5ZTA. The NASA SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the ISS was launched on
Wednesday October 5.
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
and NASA News 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:
K4DCW: Four of the six weekends starting week of 9/7 thru 10/16 look to be
full of SOTA summits! Alerts are posted, and depending on timing should
include some @Sats_and_SOTA when possible. Look for me this weekend in
EM85. Click here for details: https://bit.ly/3CDl6xE
LA7XK / JW7XK: Starting in the evening on Oct .5 ending in the morning on
Oct. 10. I will be QRV on RS-44 from Longyearbyen on Svalbard. Locator is
JQ78TF
M1DDD: activity holiday style (family) 11-16 October 2022 IO70 (basecamp)
IN79 hopefully a full day (FM/Lin) possibly IN69 (FM only, couple hours one
afternoon) Updates on Twitter and http://hams.at
KB2YSI: will be roving 10/7-11, FN10,FM18,EL98,97,96,95,94,84,rough schedule
attached & subject to change without notice. The Dry Tortugas National Park
is currently closed, but 10/16 will be ad hoc passes on the trip GA->NY:
https://bit.ly/3VlOeky
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager and AMSAT for the
above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for October 6, 2022
The following satellite has been added BACK to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
AO-16 NORAD Cat ID 20439 (TNX to Mark Hammond, N8MH, for this "heads up").
Per Mark Hammond, N8MH, AO-16 has entered a period of full sunlight for the
first time in many years. Based on past experience, AO-16 might warm up and
wake up. So, use the AO-16 TLE to listen for an old friend.
The following satellites have decayed from orbit and have been removed from
this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
ELFIN-B NORAD Cat ID 43616 (decayed from orbit on 9/30/22 per Space-Track).
BINAR-1 NORAD Cat ID 49272 (decayed from orbit on 9/30/22 per Space-Track).
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
AMSAT Ambassador Schedules:
AMSAT Ambassador and ARRL instructor Clint Bradford, K6LCS, has these
upcoming "Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT sessions ...
Tri-State Amateur Radio Society, Indiana
Northern CA DX Club
Radio Amateurs of Greater Syracuse (NY)
A re-scheduled presentation to SOARA - the South Orange County (CA) Amateur
Radio Association. Clints local ER and cardiologist had unplanned and
unexpected procedures for him last month when the SOARA session was
originally scheduled - but all is a GO! now for SOARA!
AMSAT Ambassadors make it their missions to show ALL that they really can
work FM voice satellites - including the International Space Station - with
minimal equipment
gear that many probably already own.
Clint has presented his session more than 150 times to clubs, conventions,
and hamfests in the US, Canada, and Great Britain. A recent attendee wrote:
"I really enjoyed Clints presentation last night. The fact that he had
taken the time to research and know something about his audience and
welcomed interaction made it very informative and enjoyable. This was a
refreshing change from many canned YouTube presentations Ive tried to
watch, which were poorly done, fuzzy video or muddy audio, or a badly
prepared presenter stumbling his way through, with any valuable info lost
along the way. Thanks for hooking this one up.
Do you think your club or convention would be interested in a 75-minute live
Zoom presentation on working the easy satellites? Send an email or call!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
- work-sat.com
- Voicemail - (909) 999-SATS
- Email - k6lcs AT ham-sat.info
Scheduled Events with AMSAT involvement:
Hamfests and Conventions
40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting
October 2122, 2022
The Crowne Plaza Suites
3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN
https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events Page Manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ SpaceX to save Hubble? At SpaceXs request, NASA and SpaceX signed an
unfunded Space Act Agreement to cooperate on a six-month study of the
feasibility for a Polaris Program mission to boost Hubbles orbit. Without a
boost, the thrusterless telescope is expected to re-enter and burn up around
2037now at ~535 km, it has lost about 30 km since the final Shuttle visit
13 years ago. It seems Jared Isaacmans nascent commercial space program is
looking for useful things to do, and this certainly qualifies. Their first
mission, Polaris Dawn, is scheduled for NET March 2023 and includes plans
for the first commercial spacewalk. If NASA decides to move forward with the
reboost, other companies will also likely get to bid (perhaps unless Polaris
decides to do it for free). Related: NASA originally envisioned periodically
boosting Hubble with an uncrewed Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle as an augment
to the Shuttle program. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information)
+ Two NASA astronauts, a veteran Japanese space flier, and the first Russian
cosmonaut to launch on a U.S. spacecraft since 2002 soared into orbit
Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket, in what could signal an easing of tension between NASA and the new
leadership of the Russian space agency. The four-person crew rode a SpaceX
Dragon spacecraft to docking at the space station at 5:01 p.m. EDT (2101
GMT) Thursday to begin a five-month science expedition. (ANS thanks
Spaceflight Now for the above information)
+ Firefly reaches orbit. After its dramatic launch failure a year ago, and a
last-second T-0 launch abort (after ignition) a few days ago, Firefly
Aerospaces Alpha rocket has now reached orbit. The 3am launch from
Vandenberg was visible up and down the California coast. Onboard were
educational and tech demonstration cubesats and an open source PicoBus
deployer (source) from Libra Space Foundation which carries tiny PocketQube
satellites from them (satellite tracking), FOSSA Systems (IoT), and AMSAT-EA
(amateur radio). The Alpha small-lift launch vehicle is the first rocket
powered by a tap-off cycle to reach orbit and is also the first in a bevy of
new rockets in the 1,000 kg to LEO / 745 kg to SSO class, with Terran 1,
Miura 5, and RS-1 all on the way. Its most direct current competitors are
the Long March 6 and JAXAs Epsilon, leaving it with little immediate
Western commercial competition. Fireflys next vehicle, currently named MLV,
is a Falcon 9 competitor with a capacity of 13 tons to LEO. (ANS thanks The
Orbital Index for the above information)
+ Sergei Krikalev, head of Russia's human space flight programs, told
reporters that Roscosmos had started "to discuss extending our participation
in ISS program with our government and hope to have permission to continue
next year." With ties between Russia and the West rupturing over the war in
Ukraine, Roscosmos chief Yuri Borissov had announced over the summer that
Russia would leave the ISS "after 2024", and would seek to build its own
space station. He has not set a firm date for that plan.(ANS thanks Space
Daily and AFP for the above information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* 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.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ
kd4iz at arrl dot org
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In this edition:
* Final Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting
* 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
* AMSAT-UK Colloquium Talks to be Live-Streamed
* FCC Says Out-of-Service Satellites Must be Removed Within Five Years
* IARU Coordinates Frequencies for CosmoGirlSat
* Zimbabwe Amateur Radio Satellite Launch Imminent
* China CAS-10 Ham Radio Satellite to Launch in November
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-275 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 2
Final Call for Papers - 2022 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting
This is a call for papers for the 40th annual AMSAT Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 21-22, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Suites hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Proposals for symposium papers and presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy submitted by October 14 for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv at amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Editor, for the above information.]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minnesota. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include:
- AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21
- 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
- Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21
- AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22
- AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23
A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab.
Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND IS THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVING A HOTEL ROOM AT THE REDUCED RATE! You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.
Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab.
We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Talks to be Live-Streamed
The talks given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be streamed live to a global audience over the weekend of October 8-9, 2022. The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from those involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites to beginners who wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of the hobby. There will be including a roundup of a number of new live and potential spacecraft projects that are under investigation and/or development.
The streaming on Saturday will run from 0830-1645 GMT and from 0830-1415 GMT on Sunday.
Th streaming URL is https://batc.org.uk/live/amsatuk2022.
A link to the schedule of talks is available at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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FCC Says Out-of-Service Satellites Must be Removed Within Five Years
Satellites that are no longer in service must get out of the sky far more quickly under a new rule adopted by US federal regulators Thursday — and it’s all in the name of combating the garbage in Earth’s orbit.
Unused satellites in low-Earth orbit, which is the area already most congested with satellites, must be dragged out of orbit “as soon as practicable, and no more than five years following the end of their mission,” according to the new Federal Communications Commission rule.
That’s far less time than the long-standing rule of 25 years that has been criticized as too lax. Even NASA advised years ago that the 25-year timeline should be reduced to five years.
“Twenty-five years is a long time. There is no reason to wait that long anymore, especially in low-Earth orbit,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at Thursday’s meeting. The FCC rule passed unanimously.
The goal of this rule is prevent the dangerous proliferation of junk and debris in space. Already, there’s estimated to be more than 100 million pieces of space junk traveling uncontrolled through orbit, ranging in size from a penny to an entire rocket booster. Much of that debris, experts say, is too small to track.
Collisions in space have happened before. And each collision can span thousands of new pieces of debris, each of which risk setting off even more collisions. One well-known theory, called “Kessler Syndrome,” warns that it’s possible for spaceborne garbage to set of disastrous chain reactions, potentially causing Earth’s orbit to become so cluttered with junk that it could render future space exploration and satellite launches impractical and even impossible.
More than half of the roughly 10,000 satellites the world has sent into orbit since the 1950's are now obsolete and considered “space junk,” Rosenworcel said, adding that the debris poses risks to communication and safety.
The FCC plan had been questioned by some US lawmakers who have said the rules could create “conflicting guidance” and without clear congressional authority. But Thursday’s vote moved forward nonetheless.
“At risk is more than the $279 billion-a-year satellite and launch industries and the jobs that depend on them,” according to an FCC document released earlier this month. “Left unchecked, orbital debris could block all of these benefits and reduce opportunities across nearly every sector of our economy.”
The number of satellites in low-Earth orbit, which is the sphere of orbit extending about 2,000 km or 1,200 miles out, has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks in large part to massive, new “megaconstellations” of small satellites pouring into space, largely by commercial companies. Most notably, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched about 3,000 satellites to space for its space-based internet service, Starlink.
There’s also plans to put tens of thousands of new satellites in low-Earth orbit in years to come, FCC commissioner Nathan Simington noted during Thursday’s meeting.
Commercial companies have routinely promised to take the debris issue seriously, and SpaceX had already agreed to comply with the recommended five-year rule for getting defunct satellites out of orbit.
But there has long been a broader push within the space community to codify new regulations. So the FCC announced plans in early September to at least vote on updates to US regulations.
The FCC also specified that it will apply the rule not only to the US satellite operators it oversees but also to “non-US-licensed satellites and systems seeking US market access.”
“A veritable Cambrian explosion of commercial space operations is just over the horizon, and we had better be ready when it arrives,” said Simington.
[ANS thanks CNN.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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IARU Coordinates Frequencies for CosmoGirlSat
CosmoGirlSat is a 1U CubeSat mission with three-fold communications capabilities: 1) An automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) Digipeater - APRS shall provide digital message relay service to the Amateur Radio community by means of digipeating. 2) Picture Data Transmission - The satellite carries a high resolution camera, which can take pictures of the earth which can be downloaded to the ground stations. 3) Short Text Message Transmission - Short text messages uplinked on UHF signals by Radio Amateurs are stored on the satellite. UHF request commands from the ground station triggers the downlink of the stored messages. One stored message is randomly picked up and downlinked to Amateur Radio stations on GMSK signal. CosmoGirlSat will be deployed from the ISS. A CW beacon and 4k8 GMSK telemetry downlink on 437.120 MHz has been coordinated together with the APRS digipeater on 145 825 MHz**
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information.]
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Zimbabwe Amateur Radio Satellite Launch Imminent
Independent Online, a South African newspaper reports Zimbabwe's first satellite ZimSat-1, carrying an Amateur Radio APRS digipeater is expected to be launched to the ISS in October. The IOL article says the satellite will host a multispectral camera and image classification tool, as well as a device to transmit and receive signals from amateur radio operators.
Named ZimSat-1, the Sunday Mail in Zimbabwe reported that the nanosatellite will reach the International Space Station next month before its launch into orbit, scheduled for November. ZimSat-1 will be on board the Cygnus NG-18, an uncrewed spacecraft that provides commercial cargo resupply to the International Space Station on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), when it is released into space in October,” the state-owned newspaper reported online.
Zimbabwe’s ambitious satellite is reportedly scheduled to reach the International Space Station by October 28, before being launched from the Japanese Kibo – the Asian country’s science module for the International Space Station.
[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information.]
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China CAS-10 Ham Radio Satellite to Launch in November
CAMSAT reports the CAS-10 (XW-4) amateur radio satellite with a V/U linear transponder, is expected to be launched to the Tiangong Space Station on November 7, 2022.
On the AMSAT bulletin board Alan Kung BA1DU posted:
The CAMSAT CAS-10 (XW-4) amateur satellite has been shipped to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan China, and has been installed in the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft, which is scheduled to be launched on November 6 using the Long March 7 launch vehicle to China Tiangong Space Station.
The CAS-10 (XW-4) satellite will deploy from the space station into its own orbit around December 15, and the amateur radio payload will be operational immediately after that time. The specific deployment time and satellite orbit TLE will be announced later.
The IARU satellite frequency coordination page reports:
An 8U CubeSat approx 228 x455x 100mm 12kg Mass. A follow on mission from CAS-9 and also known as Hope-4 (XW-4) Carrying a V/U Mode Linear Transponder, a UHF - CW Telemetry Beacon, a UHF - AX.25 4.8k/9.6kbps GMSK Telemetry downlink and a space camera.
1. CAS-10 carries a VHF uplink and UHF downlink linear transponder with a bandwidth of 30kHz. This transponder will work all day during the life cycle of the satellite, and amateur radio enthusiasts around the globe can use it for two-way radio relay communications.
2. CAS-10 carries a camera, and the pictures it takes are stored in the flash memory on the satellite, we have designed a simple remote control system based on DTMF, and amateur radio enthusiasts around the globe can send DTMF commands to download the camera photos.
3. CW beacon uses Morse code to send satellite telemetry data, which is also a feature that is widely welcomed by amateur radio enthusiasts.
Downlink frequencies for VHF/UHF linear transponder 435.180 MHz, for UHF CW telemetry beacon 435.575 MHz and for telemetry 435.725 MHz. Also an uplink for the transponder 145.870 MHz have been coordinated.
[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News 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.
+ Completed Contacts
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct.
The ISS callsign was RSØISS.
The downlink frequency was 145.800 MHz.
The crewmember was Sergey Prokopyev.
Contact was successful on Monday, September 26, 2022 at 08:20 UTC.
New England Sci-Tech, Natick, MA, telebridge via ON4ISS.
The downlink frequency was 145.800 MHz.
The crewmember was Bob Hines KI5RQT.
Contact was successful Tuesday, September 27 2022 at 18:30 UTC.
+ Upcoming Contacts
St. Stephen's Episcopal School Houston, Houston, TX, direct via KG5QNO.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT.
Contact is go for Monday, October 3, 2022 at 18:07 UTC.
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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Upcoming Satellite Operations
JQ78TF: October 5, 2022
LA7XK/JW7XK will start in the evening on October, 5 and end in the morning on October 10. He will be QRV on RS-44 from Longyearbyen on Svalbard.
IN70, IN79: October 11-16, 2022
M1DDD will be operating ‘holiday style" from his the base camp in IO70. Hopefully a full day operation in IN79 on FM and linear birds. Possibly operation in IN69 will be for a few hours one afternoon on FM only. Updates on Twitter and http://hams.at
DN72,DN73, DN82, DN83, DN92, DN93: October 4-6, 2022
AD0HJ, Mitch, is going to check out the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention. He will be making several stops on the way to do satellite activations from these six lonely grid squares.
[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 Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
+ 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting
October 21–22, 2022
The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN
More information to follow.
+ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention
October 7-9, 2022
Event Center at Archer
3921 Archer Pkwy
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007
https://wyhamcon.org/site
+ 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
October 8–9, 2022
Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes
https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ NASA and SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement Thursday, Sept. 22, to study the feasibility of a SpaceX and Polaris Program idea to boost the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the Dragon spacecraft, at no cost to the government. There are no plans for NASA to conduct or fund a servicing mission or compete this opportunity; the study is designed to help the agency understand the commercial possibilities. Teams expect the study to take up to six months, collecting technical data from both Hubble and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. This data will help determine whether it would be possible to safely rendezvous, dock, and move the telescope into a more stable orbit. Complete information at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-275-Hubble-Boost. [ANS thanks SpaceRef.com for the above information.]
+ After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. The investigation team will now observe Dimorphos using ground-based telescopes to confirm that DART’s impact altered the asteroid’s orbit around Didymos. Researchers expect the impact to shorten Dimorphos’ orbit by about 1%, or roughly 10 minutes; precisely measuring how much the asteroid was deflected is one of the primary purposes of the full-scale test. Full details at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-275-DART. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]
+ Moonhack is an online coding challenge for young learners and celebrates humans’ technological achievements. The 2022 event takes place from 10 to 23 October to coincide with World Space Week, and it features six brand-new projects that show how satellites can help us live more sustainably. Moonhack is free and open to any young coder, whether they are part of a Code Club or not. The projects are already available in English, French, Dutch, and Greek. Arabic and Latin American Spanish versions are in preparation. More information at https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/moonhack-2022/. [ANS thanks the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the above information.]
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