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ANS-331 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for November 27, 2022
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 27 Nov '22
by Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) 27 Nov '22
27 Nov '22
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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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:
* Apogee View
* September/October 2022 AMSAT Journal Now Available
* SatPC32ISS Updated for Better GREENCUBE Performance
* FUNcube-1 (AO73) Now Celebrating Nine Years in Orbit
* OMOTENASHI - Amateur Radio Mission to the Moon is Lost
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 24, 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-331 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 Nov 27
Apogee View
The AMSAT 40th Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting has come and gone. All I can say is WOW! It was nice to finally meet in person again, and the Crowne Plaza AiRE in Bloomington, Minnesota, located right between the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Mall of America was the perfect venue.
Our Board of Directors met on Thursday, October 20th, and the first half of Friday, October 21st. It was a very informative and productive meeting. First, our engineering, operations, education, youth initiative, ANS, Journal, information technology, contest & awards, and web store teams provided updates on what they have been working on during the year, what they have accomplished, and what they are working on in the coming year. Then, as we moved to new business, our directors approved a new Reserve Policy and an Export Control and Economic Sanctions Policy, as well as discussed the use of the Fox Plus program as a test flight platform to quickly test newly developed satellite systems in space and the impact of the new FCC pronouncement on orbital debris mitigation.
On Friday afternoon and Saturday, we were treated to some fantastic presentations:
- Stefan Wagener, VE4SW, shared with us “Building a Portable Station for QO-100, the Geostationary Satellite Es'hail-2 Carrying Amateur Radio.”
- Randy Berger, WA0D, ARISS Director of Engineering, provided us with an update on “What's New, ARISS on ISS and mission to the moon with Lunar Gateway."
- Next, Heimir Thor Sverrisson, W1ANT, presented an interesting proposal on “OTA Software Update for LEO satellites," using multiple ground stations to reprogram or apply software updates in coordinated segments.
- Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, then filled us in on the work being done at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Nick's first presentation covered the university's approach to its education initiative. The second presentation provided an update on their Cape IV mission.
- Paul Graveline, K1YUB, updated us on AMSAT’s CubeSat Simulator program.
- Kip Moravec, AE5IB, provided the current development status of AMSAT GOLF-TEE’s electrical power system.
- Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, shared improvements made to AMSAT’s Linear Transponder Module (LTM) power amplifier and the upcoming use of it in the University of Maine’s MESAT-1 3U CubeSat mission.
- Next up was a fascinating presentation by AMSAT’s Assistant V.P. of Engineering, Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY, on his work, “Building a Helmholtz Cage for Dynamic Magnetic Field Generation and CubeSat Attitude Control Testing.”
- An update on AMSAT’s reaction wheel assembly open project update, was presented by Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, and Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY.
- The AMSAT 40th Space Symposium culminated with an AMSAT Engineering Update, provided by Jerry Buxton, N0JY, V.P. of Engineering.
You could tell our presenters put a lot of time and effort into preparing these, for which we are truly thankful.
New FCC Ruling Presents a New Set of Challenges
What goes up must come down, and that applies to satellites. Until now, all spacecraft had to either deorbit or move to a disposal orbit no later than 25 years after the end of their mission. With the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) new ruling, they must come down sooner.
The FCC’s new orbital debris mitigation ruling, FCC 22-74, requires non-geostationary satellite operators that terminate satellite operations in or passing through the low Earth orbit region (below 2,000-kilometer altitude) complete disposal as soon as practicable following the end of mission, and no later than five years after the end of its primary mission. The goal is to minimize the risk of collisions that would create debris.
The FCC defines “end of mission” to be "the time at which the individual spacecraft is no longer capable of conducting collision avoidance maneuvers," and, for spacecraft without collision avoidance capabilities, end of mission is defined as the point at which the individual spacecraft has completed its primary mission.
Furthermore, the FCC requires a demonstration that the probability of success of the chosen disposal method will be 90 percent or greater. This new rule-making will have a significant effect on AMSAT’s future satellite operations and, as such, was a serious topic of discussion at our recent board of directors meeting. That discussion generated many questions.
- What does the FCC mean by disposal demonstration, and what constitutes a 90 percent or greater probability rate?
- What are licensable disposal methods, other than through natural decay?
- Will the FCC accept the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) orbit analysis report for naturally decaying orbits to meet the probability threshold?
Unfortunately, the FCC did not supply much implementation guidance in meeting these new requirements, so our next step will be to reach out to the FCC to define our requirements better and how we can meet those standards. We will keep you informed.
Export Control and Economic Sanctions Policy
One of the most exciting things to come out of this year’s AMSAT Symposium, at least to me, was our Export Control and Economic Sanctions Policy approved by our Board of Directors.
Some of AMSAT’s greatest achievements have come from working with our international AMSAT partners. Unfortunately, changes in International Traffic in Arms Regulations(ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the enforcement thereof caused a self-imposed limit to our international participation.
The desire to return to the international development of satellites and related systems served as the impetus for our new policy.
This policy states, “The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) will comply with all U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations.” While this, in and of itself, is no different than how we have been operating, specific provisions of the policy create an essential path to our return to international cooperation through the use of the public domain (ITAR) and publicly available (EAR) exclusions.
It is important to note that ITAR and EAR exclusions only apply to information related to the development of our satellites but not to the actual building of satellites. Exporting materials to non-U.S. persons, be it hardware or software, will still require an export license. On the other hand, importing materials to the U.S. is not restricted by ITAR or EAR.
Creating this policy was only the first step. We still need to develop and put in place the prescribed controls to ensure our compliance and establish a training program for our volunteers, all of which we hope to have accomplished in the next couple of months.
I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead with being able to collaborate with our fellow AMSAT organizations around the world once again.
Please read our new Export Control and Economic Sanctions Policy, available on our website, along with our other organizational documents, policies, and financial disclosures, at www.amsat.org/about-amsat/. This is your organization, and together, we can accomplish great things.
Until the next time, Onward & Upward!
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above information]
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Only a Small Handful of 2022 Coins are left! Don't Miss Out!
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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September/October 2022 AMSAT Journal Now Available
The AMSAT Journal is AMSAT's bi-monthly digital magazine for amateur radio in space enthusiasts. Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects, technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from around the world.
The September/October 2022 issue, just released includes the following top articles:
- Educational Relations Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y
- Education and CubeSat Simulator Project Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y
- President's Club 2022 Members
- SatNOGS Ground Station at the School of Telematics - Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas, XE1AO, et al.
- Tips for Starting ISS Satellite Operations - Shavrika Pendyala, KQ4CUS
- A Helmholtz Cage: Developing a "Time Machine" - Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY
- Expediting the Deorbit of CubeSats - Bob Stricklin, N5BRG
- AMSAT-NA 40th Annual Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Photos
Members can access the latest issue of The AMSAT Journal as well as archived editions (going back to 2014) on the membership portal. Not an AMSAT member yet? Join AMSAT today to start receiving your bi-monthly issue of The AMSAT Journal at https://launch.amsat.org/.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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SatPC32ISS Updated for Better GREENCUBE Performance
Erich Eichmann, DK1TB, has uploaded a revised SatPC32ISS.exe, which hopefully fixes the SatPC32ISS problems with GREENCUBE such as frequency drift etc. Also, the update now supports USB-D/LSB-D.
Erich says, "Simply copy the file into the SatPC32 program folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\SatPC32). Because of the different name, it will not overwrite your current SatPC32ISS. Start the program with the Windows Explorer. It will switch the radio into SPLIT mode (unless the radio is already in Satellite mode).
In menu CAT specify the CAT interval and save the change (the file does no longer share its CAT interval with the FM interval of the normal SatPC32 as it did previously). Don't set the interval too low!
"In Non-Satellite mode the radios (at least most as far as I know) go mute for the fraction of a second, when the frequencies are updated via CAT command. SatPC32ISS has to do that for Doppler correction. That can cause data losses, if packet data is received at that time. The pre-set 50 Hz interval seems to be a good value.
"The new file supports also FM-D. The entry in Doppler.SQF has to be FMD, the entries for USB-D an LSB-D) have to be USB-D and LSB-D.
If everything works, I will upload new setup files."
The file can be downloaded at www.dk1tb.de/SatPC32ISS_2.exe, or as zip file at www.dk1tb.de/SatPC32ISS_2.zip.
[ANS thanks Erich Eichmann, DK1TB for the above information.]
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FUNcube-1 (AO73) Now celebrating nine years in orbit!
Another year has passed and FUNcube 1 has continued to operate from its orbit around 600km above the earth. To start with some statistics. The spacecraft creates and downlinks data in frames that run for two minute periods. It has now transmitted more that 16 million of these frames or “Sequence Numbers”. Another big statistic is that more than 10 million data packets have been received by stations that have forwarded them to FUNcube Data Warehouse.
You can see the leading ground stations at http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ui/fc1-fm/satellite_ranking – special congratulations to those at the top scorers…many of them have individually forwarded more than 1 million packets. Thanks to all contributors around the world. Having this network of ground stations has enabled the FUNcube team to easily monitor the status of the spacecraft easily.
Back here on earth, as mentioned, AMSAT-UK has continued to monitor the health of the spacecraft as these illumination levels and spin/tumble rates have changed over the months.
After some time in full sun, the spacecraft is now experiencing “normal” eclipse periods of around 25 minutes each orbit. This will reduce the on board temperatures and may influence the tumble rate which has been between 2 and 5 seconds for some time. This is quite fast and is not helping telemetry reception with its 5 second data frame mentioned above.
The present operational schedule is for high power telemetry when in sunlight and receive only when in eclipse. This seems to suit the EPS quite well and the battery bus voltages have been quite stable.
At least that was correct until early morning on Friday November 11 when the indicated bus voltage appeared to “drop off a cliff” over the period of just four orbits. Further analysis showed that the 3.3V bus consumption had suddenly jumped four times normal. As can be seen by the graph above this problem then disappeared just as suddenly and the bus voltage recovered quite quickly. Investigations are continuing!
Please keep the telemetry reports coming in and let the FUNcube team know if you would like a Fitter message uploaded for any educational or outreach events.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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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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OMOTENASHI - Amateur Radio Mission to the Moon is Lost
OMOTENASHI, a project of the JAXA Ham Radio Club, was a secondary payload aboard NASA's Artemis 1 mission, launched on November 16. It was planned to land on the surface of the moon, and to transmit a beacon in the amateur 70cm band.
Unfortunately, controllers were unable to receive radio communication from OMOTENASHI as of November 21, 2022. Thus, the lunar landing experiment could not be carried out.
Engineers will investigate the cause of the incident and proceed with the future possible operation plans while consulting with mission managers.
JAXA Ham Radio Club reports, "We were very encouraged by the warm support we received as a team. It's such a shame that it can't live up to expectations. Although we were not able to land on the moon, the opportunity to travel beyond the moon is valuable, so we would like to continue working on recovery and realize some of our mission."
Amateurs wanting to continue listening for the orbiting module downlink should use the following information.
Frequency: 437.31 MHz
Antenna: SRR antenna
Polarization: Linear
Modulation: beacon, PSK31 Sync Word C1 (ASCII code)
Power: 30dBm
Project updates are periodically posted at https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/omotenashi/JHRCweb/jhrc.html.
[ANS thanks the JAXA Ham Radio Club and paralink.com for the above information.]
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from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 24, 2022
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed
from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
Lightsail-2 NORAD Cat ID 44420 (decayed from orbit on 11/19/22 per Space-Track).
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, 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.
+ Upcoming Contacts
West Ferris Intermediate Secondary School, North Bay, ON, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD.
The scheduled crewmember is Koichi Wakata, KI5TMN.
Contact is go for: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 15:58:45 UTC.
Escola Naval (Brazil Navy Academy), Ilha de Villegagnon - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, direct via PY1AX.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH.
Contact is go for: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 12:23:41 UTC.
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev.
Contact is go for Monday, November 28, 2022 at 08:20 UTC.
School TBD, Saint Petersburg, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina.
Contact is go for Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:25 UTC.
School TBD, Kaliningrad, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina.
Contact is go for Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 16:00 UTC.
School TBD, Aznakayevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina.
Contact is go for Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 08:20 UTC.
School TBD, Vologda, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina.
Contact is go for Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 08:20 UTC.
School TBD, Aznakayevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS0ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Dimitri Petelin.
Contact is go for Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 11:20 UTC.
+ Completed Contacts
All-Russian Youth Space Festival "Vostochny Cosmofest", Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via RK0J.
The ISS callsign was RS0ISS.
The crewmember was Dimitri Petelin.
Contact was successful on Friday November 18, 2022 at 11:32 UTC.
Ural State University of Railway Engineering, Yekaterinburg, Russia, direct via RK9C.
The ISS callsign was RS0ISS.
The crewmember was Sergey Prokopyev.
Contact was successful Monday, November 21, 2022 at 15:20 UTC.
St. Joseph´s Convent Secondary School, Castries, St Lucia, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD.
The ISS callsign was OR4ISS.
The crewmember was Josh Cassada, KI5CRH.
Contact was successful on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 17:40:36 UTC.
Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD.
The ISS callsign was OR4ISS.
The crewmember was Josh Cassada, KI5CRH.
Contact was successful on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 16:52:06 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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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
+ No operations listed.
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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 listed.
+ 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 included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And pre-presentation questions are welcome.
Send an email or call to:
Clint Bradford K6LCS
AMSAT Ambassador; ARRL instructor, Affiliated Club Coordinator
http://www.work-sat.com
909-999-SATS (7287)
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The newly renovated west wing of the National Air and Space Museum at the downtown Mall recently opened to the public. The new "One World Connected" exhibit shows how aviation and spaceflight transformed how Earth came to be viewed and understood as an interconnected world. "One World Connected" tells the story of how taking to the skies and stars fostered two momentous changes in everyday life: the ease in making connections across vast distances and a new perspective of Earth as humanity’s home. Featuring an array of satellites and other tools that have increased human connection, the exhibition asks visitors to consider how global interconnection touches their lives and to imagine how advances in technology might impact our near-future. Scale models of OSCAR 1 and MICROSAT are on display in the exhibit. Read more at: https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/one-world-connected:event-exhib-6304.
[ANS thanks Perry Klein, W3PK, for the above information.]
+ Want to see the 2022 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings? No need to purchase them at the AMSAT Store if you're an AMSAT member! AMSAT members have free access to all Symposium proceedings going back to 1986. Simply log into the member portal at https://launch.amsat.org/ then click on the "Member Resources" tab. While you're there, download the 2022 Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide - also free to AMSAT members!
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
+ NASA and the Government of Japan on Thursday announced further contributions by Japan to Gateway, a key component of the agency’s Artemis missions for long-term lunar exploration. In addition to the Gateway arrangement, Minister Nagaoka announced Japan’s commitment to participate in the International Space Station Program through 2030, the first international partner to join the United States in formally committing to space station operations through 2030. NASA welcomed Japan’s announcement of its continuation of space station operations through 2030. NASA and its international partners conduct critical science, research, and technology demonstrations aboard the orbiting laboratory that make long-duration missions to the Gateway and the Moon possible. Read the full story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-331-JAXA.
[ANS thanks SpaceRef.com for the above information.]
+ During September 26 - 30 GNU Radio Conference 2022 was held in Washington DC. GNU Radio Conference (aka GRCon) is an annual conference centered around the GNU Radio Project and community, and is one of the premier software defined radio industry events. GNU Radio is an open source digital signals processing (DSP) tool which is used often with SDRs. A few days ago videos of all the presentations were released on their YouTube channels. The videos contain a mix of in person and remote talks. A schedule of all talks can be found on the GNU Radio website, https://events.gnuradio.org/event/8/timetable/#20210920
[ANS thanks RTL-SDR.com for the above information.]
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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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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:
* OMOTENASHI is Struggling to Carry Amateur Radio to the Moon
* Amateur Radio Operators and More Will Track NASA's Artemis 1
* New Groundstation Software Available for GreenCube
* Release Date of CAS-10/XW-4
* U.S. High School CubeSat to be APRS Relay
* CAPSTONE Arrives to Orbit at the Moon
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-324 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 NOV 20
OMOTENASHI is Struggling to Carry Amateur Radio to the Moon
OMOTENASHI, a project of the JAXA Ham Radio Club, was a secondary payload
aboard NASA's Artemis 1 mission, launched on November 16. It plans to land
on the surface of the moon, and to transmit a beacon in the amateur 70cm
band.
Controllers have reported OMOTENASHI is tumbling, making it difficult for
the spacecraft to charge its batteries and communicate with the ground. Of
the ten cubesats flown as secondary payloads, seven are operation, two have
not been heard from, and OMOTENASHI is struggling. Controllers are
continuing recovery attempts.
OMOTENASHI is derived from Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies
demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor. Omotenashi is also a Japanese word
for hospitality.
JAXA Ham Radio Club planned to utilize the flight demonstration opportunity
of the OMOTENASHI mission to conduct the following amateur radio missions:
(i) To conduct technological research with respect to receiving ultra-weak
UHF signal from a space probe toward the moon
(ii) To conduct an outreach activity providing amateur radio operators all
over the world with an opportunity to try to receive signals from moon
region.
OMOTENASHI is a 6U-CubeSat with external dimensions of 239 x 366 x 113mm
and an approximate mass of 14 kg.
OMOTENASHI consists of three modules: orbiting module, retro motor module,
and surface probe. During the moon transfer orbit, these modules are
integrated. When OMOTENASHI arrives at the moon, the surface probe will be
separated and conduct semi-hard landing.
If control is regained, OMOTENASHI will be actively controlled by
ultra-small attitude control system including star tracker, sun sensor,
IMU, reaction wheel, and cold gas jet thruster. During the moon transfer
orbit, OMOTENASHI may be spin-stabilized due to the strict resources. For
further details, please see:
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/omotenashi/JHRCweb/jhrc.html
There will be UHF CM/PSK/PM/PSK31 beacons, with 1 watt RF, on both the
orbiting module and the surface probe. CisLunar explorer, MIT KitCube and
Lunar IceCube are expected to share the same launch.
Orbiting Module DOWNLINK
Frequency: 437.31 MHz
Antenna: SRR antenna
Polarization: Linear
Modulation: beacon, PSK31 Sync Word C1 (ASCII code)
Power: 30dBm
Surface Probe DOWNLINK
Frequency: 437.41 MHz
Antenna: invert-F antennax4
Polarization: LHCP(, RHCP)
Modulation: FM, PSK31, PCM-PSK/PM Sync Word C1 (ASCII code)
Power: 30dBm
JAXA Ham Radio Club had announced prior to launch that amateurs can
constantly access the newest TLE from https://bit.ly/3wyopTr This file is
to be overwritten when the next TLEs are calculated. However, the site
appears to still display pre-launch keps at this time.
The JAXA Club posts updates at
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/omotenashi/JHRCweb/jhrc.html
[ANS thanks JAXA Ham Radio Club and parabolicarc.com 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!
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Amateur Radio Operators and More Will Track NASA's Artemis 1
Amateur radio operators will join a powerful international network tracking
NASA's Orion spacecraft.
NASA officials announced that a network of 18 volunteers, organizations and
space agencies will assist with tracking Artemis 1, which will send an
uncrewed Orion spacecraft to orbit around the moon after blasting off from
Earth atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Launch occurred on Nov. 16.
The selected volunteers, including two individuals in the amateur radio
community, will "demonstrate whether they can receive Orion's signal, and
use their respective ground antennas to passively track and measure changes
in the radio waves transmitted by Orion," NASA officials said in a
statement Oct. 31.
NASA collected the proposals in a Request for Information released in
August. Data the participants pick up will be sent to the agency's Space
Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. The goal is to improve
tracking information for future deep-space missions, NASA officials stated.
NASA, of course, will also gather its own tracking data on Orion.
Selected volunteers from the amateur radio community include:
Non-profit: CAMRAS, Netherlands
Academic institutions: Space Systems Design Laboratory, Georgia Tech
Research Institute, U.S.
Private citizens: Scott Chapman, K4KDR (U.S.) and Scott Tilley, VE7TIL
(Canada)
[ANS thanks space.com for the above information]
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New Groundstation Software Available for GreenCube
As of Nov. 18, a total of 135 stations digipeated via the Italian GreenCube
satellite. These stations represent 31 DXCC entities. Stations now report
using various combinations of software to operated through the satellite.
One constant is using SatPC32ISS for antenna tracking and doppler
correction.
The S5Lab GreenCube team software is a bit more complicated and at the
beginning that was all that was available. It used three programs,
including GNURadio, GreenCubeTNC and GreenCubeDigi.
However, UZ7HO quickly created the digi app and custom soundmodem after the
S5Lab release, most everyone has migrated to UZ7HO now. Note: UZ7HO has
updated the program from time to time, so download it again once in a while
to get the updates. It is available at: https://uz7.ho.ua/greentnc.zip
(There are both FM and SSB soundmodems included in the package, but the FM
one can ignored, as all are using USB-D for both uplink and downlink.) Note
matching the rig bandpass filter with the Soundmodem one (900-2100 Hz)
helps to have a better S/N particularly if you have local QRM.
The radio will interface with soundmodem via a soundcard or virtual audio
cable. Soundmodem.exe is located in the \greentnc\usb directory, and is a
separate program. This program needs to be configured to connect with your
radio’s audio interface. The digipeater software is in the client
directory, called GreenCubeDigi.exe. GreenCubeDigi automatically connects
to soundmodem via TCP. So you should have two programs running, one the TNC
and the other the digi “terminal.”
Ops may add GetKISS+ software, by Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN, in order to
upload received packets to SatNOGS. This isn’t necessary, but it does help
add coverage for telemetry. This software is a bit tricky to get working,
but once you have one of Mike’s programs running other programs will work
without any issues. Mike’s software can be found here:
https://www.satblog.info/software/
Doug Papay, K8DP, recommends installing GetKISS+ v1.4.1 (he could not get
v1.4.2 to work). It requires VB6 runtime, which should already be
installed, and the ActiveX OCX controls need to be registered. See:
https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/decoding/tlm-decoding-software/dk3wn/ for
instructions on how to do this. Make sure to run the command prompt as
Administrator when performing the regsrv32.exe commands. Also, do not
delete or move the OCX files after registering them. (The OCX files should
be placed in C:\Libraries\OCX folder)
Mike also has a GreenCube Telemetry Decoder that you can download—it is a
nice program that graphically displays the telemetry. He has also added a
digipeater message display and list of unique callsigns heard—a nice
feature.
The config.ini files will need to be updated to reflect your station
details. These files are located in the folder where you keep GetKISS+ and
GreenCube Telemetry Decoder.
GetKISS+ and GreenCube Telemetry Decoder connect via TCP to the soundmodem
all using the same IP (localhost) and port number.
Some have been confused by the lack of an ACK message after transmitting a
packet to the satellite. It is sent only if the Tx delay is used. However,
it is better to use Tx delay 0 for real-time QSOs to avoid unnecessary
transmission by the bird (saving on-board power). With Tx delay 0 you will
receive your own message as an acknowledgement.
[ANS thanks Doup Papay, K8DP, and Jean Marc Momple, 3B8DU, for the above
information]
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and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
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Release Date of CAS-10/XW-4
AMSAT-China, or CAMSAT, http://www.camsat.cn, has announced December 18 as
the release date for CAS-10/XW-4. Photos of this satellite may be seen at:
https://twitter.com/bd5rv/status/1592978613204586496 and
https://twitter.com/bd5rv/status/1593693879798497285
As previously reported by ANS, CAMSAT’s CAS-10/XW-4 satellite was launched
on November 12, 2022, carried on the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft to the
Chinese Space Station. The satellite will be active immediately upon
deployment into its own 400 km orbit with an inclination of 42.9 degrees.
CAS-10 carries a VHF uplink and UHF downlink linear transponder with a
bandwidth of 30kHz. Downlink frequencies for VHF/UHF linear transponder
435.180 MHz, for UHF CW telemetry beacon 435.575 MHz and for GMSK telemetry
435.725 MHz. Also an uplink for the transponder 145.870 MHz have been
coordinated.
[ANS thanks Michael Chen, BD5RV/4, for the above information]
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U.S. High School CubeSat to be APRS Relay
TJREVERB, a 2U CubeSat built by Thomas Jefferson High School for Science &
Technology, has been frequency coordinated to operate as an APRS relay on
145.825 MHz. It is scheduled for launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and
Dragon spacecraft set to deliver additional science, crew supplies, and
hardware to the International Space Station next week. The satellite will
be released from ISS at a later time.
The first U.S. high school to send a CubeSat to space back in 2013, Thomas
Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s Research and Education
Vehicle for Evaluating Radio Broadcasts satellite aims to study the use of
iridium as a primary radio communication method. Additionally, the
satellite will demonstrate using a passive magnet onboard and the Earth’s
magnetic field for stabilization rather than using an attitude
determination and control system for pointing accuracy and stabilization
for iridium. What makes this satellite even more notable is that it was a
system’s engineering project. The students selected space-grade parts,
wired the electronics for the satellite, wrote the drivers to control the
different systems, and coded the flight software.
“What’s special about TJREVERB isn’t necessarily the mission, it’s what we
did. These kids literally built a satellite the way the industry would
build a satellite; we selected parts from vendors and got those parts to
work together,” said Kristen Kucko, robotics lab director and the school’s
space faculty advisor. “This is an engineering feat.”
[ANS thanks NASA Blogs and IARU for the above information]
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CAPSTONE Arrives to Orbit at the Moon
The CAPSTONE mission operations team confirmed that NASA’s CAPSTONE
spacecraft arrived at its orbit at the Moon Sunday evening. The CubeSat
completed an initial orbit insertion maneuver, firing its thrusters to put
the spacecraft into orbit, at 12:39 UTC on Nov. 13.
CAPSTONE is now in a near-rectilinear halo orbit, or NRHO. This particular
NRHO is the same orbit that will be used by Gateway, the Moon-orbiting
space station that will support NASA’s Artemis missions. CAPSTONE is the
first spacecraft to fly an NRHO, and the first CubeSat to operate at the
Moon.
In the next five days, CAPSTONE will perform two additional clean-up
maneuvers to refine its orbit. After these maneuvers, the team will review
data to confirm that CAPSTONE remains on track in the NRHO.
CAPSTONE – short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology
Operations and Navigation Experiment – is a precursor to the Gateway
project to establish a crewed space station in orbit around the moon.
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.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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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 for this week.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, 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.
Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS
callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember is
Sergey Prokopyev. Contact is go for Mon 2022-11-21 15:20 UTC
St. Joseph´s Convent Secondary School, Castries, St Lucia, multi-point
telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
OR4ISS. The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH. Contact is go
for: Tue 2022-11-22 17:40:36 UTC 42 degrees maximum elevation. Watch for
Livestream at: https://www.ariotti.com/
Five Bridges Junior High School, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada, telebridge
via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The
scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada, KI5CRH. Contact is go for: Wed
2022-11-23 16:52:06 UTC 58 degrees. Watch for Livestream at
https://www.youtube.com/c/ARISSlive and https://nslive.tv/five-bridges-ariss
and https://www.ariotti.com/
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS
callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember is
Sergey Prokopyev. Contact is go for Mon 2022-11-28 08:20 UTC
School TBD, Saint Petersburg, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is
presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina.
Contact is go for Wed 2022-11-30 14:25 UTC.
School TBD, Kaliningrad, Russia, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign
is presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember is Anna
Kikina. Contact is go for Wed 2022-11-30 16:00 UTC
School TBD, Aznakayevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD. The
ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember
is Anna Kikina. Contact is go for Thu 2022-12-01 08:20 UTC.
School TBD, Vologda, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina. Contact is
go for Thu 2022-12-01 08:20 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
KX9X Will be in EM47 with Ward N0AX the weekend of November 19 for
the @arrl Phone Sweeptakes. He’ll take some satellite gear and do a few
passes. Sats aren’t the priority this trip but he will hand out the grid.
KC1MEB: Rove trip vacation style. FN53 Nov. 18 into 19, FN56 Nov. 19 into
20, FN57 Nov. 20 through 22.
W7WGC Snow-bird rove from 11-02-2022 thru 11-22-2022-ish. In travel order:
Oregon grids: CN82 and DN02
Nevada grids: DN01, DN10, DN21, DN20, DM29 & 19, DM28 & 18, DM27, DM26.
Arizona grids: DM36, DM46, DM45, DM35, DM44, DM34, DM33, DM32.
Email (QRZ) with desired grid in subject line for updates. Wayne – W7WGC
[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 currently scheduled.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The latest episode of the ARRL On the Air podcast features details from
avid satellite operator Sean Kutzko, KX9X, about how to get started on the
amateur satellites -- an activity that's available to hams of all license
classes. Sean's article, "Ham Radio Satellites: Reliable, Accessible, and
Enjoyable" is also the cover piece of the November/December issue of ARRL's
"On the Air" magazine. (ANS thanks ARRL Letter for the above information)
+ A cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space
Station Nov. 9, despite making its two-day trek through space with only one
functioning solar panel. The Cygnus spacecraft, which was carrying 8,200
pounds of science experiments and supplies for the astronauts on board the
ISS, lifted off from NASA’s launch site in Wallops Island, Virginia, atop
an Antares rocket on Nov. 7. A few hours after Cygnus reached orbit, one of
the spacecraft’s two solar arrays failed to deploy, NASA announced. NASA
and Northrop Grumman, which designed and built the Cygnus capsule, opted to
abandon efforts to open the array in order to focus on carrying out a safe
rendezvous with the ISS, noting that the spacecraft already had sufficient
power to finish its journey. (ANS thanks CNN Space & Science for the above
information)
+ SpaceX launched one of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket boosters for the last
time Saturday on a rare expendable mission for Intelsat, devoting all of
the launcher’s propellant toward placing a pair of television broadcasting
satellites into orbit. Intelsat says it paid SpaceX an additional fee for
the expendable mission. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:06 a.m. EST
(1606 GMT) Saturday after a four-day delay caused by Hurricane Nicole. The
booster debuted March 2, 2019, with the first unpiloted test flight of
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. The booster was not fitted with SpaceX’s
recovery hardware, such as titanium grid fins or landing legs. And SpaceX
did not deploy one of its drone ships for the expendable mission. (ANS
thanks SpaceflightNow for the above information)
+ AROW, the Artemis Real-Time Orbit Website, is a fun, interactive display
of the Orion capsule and the Artemis 1 mission is provided by NASA at:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/ (ANS thanks NASA for the above
information)
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* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
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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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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
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and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
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In this edition:
* CAS-10 Launched to Chinese Space Station
* Astronaut Bob Behnken, KG5GGX, Retires from NASA
* Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for November 10, 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-317 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 Nov 13
CAS-10 Launched to Chinese Space Station
CAMSAT's CAS-10 (XW-4) satellite was launched on November 12, 2022, carried
on the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft to the Chinese Space Station. Deployment
from the Chinese Space Station is expected on or about December 15th. The
satellite will be active immediately upon deployment into its own 400 km
orbit with an inclination of 42.9 degrees.
CAS 10 is an 8U CubeSat approx 228x455x100mm with 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.
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.
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.
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 Alan Kung, BA1DU, CAMSAT, 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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Astronaut Bob Behnken, KG5GGX, Retires from NASA
NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force Col. Bob Behnken, KG5GGX, is
retiring from NASA after 22 years of service. His last day with the agency
was Friday, Nov. 11.
Behnken’s career highlights included 93 days in space on two space shuttle
Endeavour flights and the first crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft.
Behnken was pilot and joint operations commander for the first crewed
flight test of the SpaceX Dragon. Known as Demo-2, that flight launched
Behnken and former NASA astronaut Doug Hurley to the International Space
Station May 30, 2020, and safely returned them to Earth Aug. 2, 2020.
Behnken joined NASA at Johnson in July 2000 as an astronaut candidate. On
his first spaceflight, in 2008, Behnken was a space shuttle Endeavour
mission specialist for the STS-123 delivery of the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency’s
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre) to the space station.
Behnken performed three spacewalks, and operated station’s robotic arm both
with and without Dextre attached. He flew again in 2010, as a mission
specialist for STS‐130, which delivered the station’s Tranquility module
and its cupola, the station’s seven-window Earth-facing observation post.
He served as the mission’s lead spacewalker, performing three additional
spacewalks to install the newly arrived module. Behnken completed 10
spacewalks across his three missions, spending more than 61 hours working
in the vacuum of space.
Behnken grew up in St. Ann, Missouri, and graduated from Pattonville High
School in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He earned dual Bachelor of Science
degrees in physics and mechanical engineering from Washington University in
St. Louis in 1992, a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in 1993, and a Doctorate in
mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1997.
Behnken was commissioned via the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
and attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in
California. Before retiring from active military service in February 2022,
Behnken had achieved the rank of colonel and flown more than 2,000 flight
hours in more than 25 different types of aircraft.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for November 10, 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/
Due to the impending installation and activation of amateur radio equipment
aboard the Chinese Space Station, as well as the deployment of CAS-10, the
Chinese Space Station (NORAD ID 48274) has been added to the AMSAT TLE
distribution as "CSS"
[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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ARISS News
Scheduled ARISS Contacts
Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, 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 Sergey Prokopyev
Contact is go for Mon 2022-11-21 15:20 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 US and RS EVAs on November 15 and 17. OFF Nov. 14 about
18:00 UTC. ON Nov. 18 about 18:15 UTC.
* Powered OFF for RS EVA on November 25. OFF Nov. 24 about 18:30 UTC.
* Powered OFF for US EVA on November 28.
* Powered OFF for US EVA on December 01.
* Powered OFF for RS EVA on December 05.
* Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice
repeater ops.
Service Module radios:
IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Misconfigured. Default mode set for packet
operations (145.825 MHz up & down)
* Powered OFF for US and RS EVAs on November 15 and 17. OFF Nov. 14 about
18:00 UTC. ON Nov. 18 about 18:15 UTC.
* Powered OFF for RS EVA on November 25. OFF Nov. 24 about 18:30 UTC.
* Powered OFF for US EVA on November 28.
* Powered OFF for US EVA on December 01.
* Powered OFF for RS EVA on December 05.
* 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
KX9X: Will be in EM47 with Ward N0AX the weekend of November 19 for the
ARRL Phone Sweeptakes. I’ll take some satellite gear and do a few passes.
Sats aren’t the priority this trip but will hand out the grid.
VE1CWJ/VP9: Planning “holiday style” LEO sats as VE1CWJ/VP9 from Nov 11-13.
No set schedule, but evening RS-44 & FO-29 passes are most likely. QSL via
LOTW.
KC1MEB: Rove trip vacation style. FN53 Nov 18th into 19th, FN56 19th into
20th, FN57 20th through 22nd
DK9JC: Passes on RS-44 for NA, Nov 18 Friday, 1841-1854Z 13min common FP
#JN39EL pse no dupes and no EU weather depending, winter here
[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.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, reports: "Had a magnificent time
last night speaking with the RAGS - Radio Amateurs of Greater Syracuse
(NY). Great turnout … Zoom handled the show. They have been supporting
their region very well since the mid-1050s.
One aspect of AMSAT Ambassadors’ lives is talking to clubs and conventions.
I have given my presentation more than 150 times now … Well, actually,
that’s really 150+ unique presentations - NEVER have I given the same exact
show twice. There’s about 25 “slides” that get customized to each audience
- and they appreciate the fact that mine is not a “canned” presentation:
"- I really enjoyed Clint’s 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 I’ve 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.”
Think a 75-90-minute presentation on “Working the Easy Satellites” would be
appropriate for YOUR club or convention? Let me know!
Shows are scheduled for the PAPA System in Southern California, a group in
Vancouver BC, and another East Coast club before Christmas."
[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
+ Curious about satellite operating? Check out Sean Kutzko, KX9X's
interview with Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY, for the ARRL On The Air Podcast, as
they talk about satellite operating basics!
https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/91256162/operating-amateur-satellites/
+ The Greencube digipeater has proven popular for long range QSOs given its
MEO orbit at approximately 5,800 km. The digipeater will be reactivated at
00:01 UTC on November 16th.
+ FO-99's operation schedule for November is available at
https://www.jamsat.or.jp/?p=2012
+ An Atlas 5 successfully launched a polar-orbiting weather satellite and a
reentry technology demonstrator on Nov. 10. The Joint Polar Satellite
System (JPSS) 2 satellite, deployed 28 minutes after liftoff, placing it
into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 800
kilometers. The spacecraft made contact with controllers shortly after
deployment. However, NASA reported nearly three hours after liftoff that
they had yet to receive telemetry that the solar array deployed as planned.
JPSS-2 is the second of four planned polar-orbiting weather satellites in
the JPSS program to provide weather data for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. A secondary payload on the launch was the
Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID), a
technology demonstration of an inflatable heat shield. NASA is interested
in using that technology, scaled up, for landing future Mars missions.
LOFTID separated from the Centaur 75 minutes after liftoff, after the upper
stage performed two burns to place it on a reentry trajectory. The vehicle
appeared to perform as expected through reentry, deploying a parachute and
splashing down in the Pacific Ocean east of Hawaii 2 hours and 13 minutes
after liftoff. A recovery vessel picked up the spacecraft, as well as a
separate data recorder ejected from LOFTID before splashdown. The launch
was the 100th mission for NASA’s Launch Services Program, which coordinates
launches for NASA science missions. It is also the final Atlas 5 launch for
the program and the final Atlas 5 launch from Vandenberg. ULA will convert
the launch pad for use by Vulcan. (ANS thanks SpaceNews 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,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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ANS-310
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:
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In this edition:
* The QO-100 AMSAT-UK/BATC North American Challenge
* Falconsat-3 Status is altered due to battery issues
* GreenCube Digipeater Successes Grow
* VUCC Satellite Standing November 1, 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 3, 2022
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
DATE 2022 November 6
The QO-100 AMSAT-UK/BATC North American Challenge
AMSAT-UK and the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) announced a new
amateur radio satellite service challenge, The QO-100 AMSAT-UK/BATC North
American Challenge, during the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in
Milton Keynes, U.K. on October 8, 2022.
The QO-100 AMSAT-UK/BATC North American Challenge will recognize the first
amateur radio station to successfully achieve a two-way QSO via QO-100
narrow band transponder while operating from North America, the first
amateur radio station to achieve 100 QSOs via QO-100 narrow band transponder
while operating from North America, and the first amateur radio station to
achieve a successful two-way DATV QSO via QO-100 wide band transponder while
operating from North America. In addition, subsequent operations from North
America will also be eligible to apply for a special certificate.
The likely operating location from North America would be from St. Johns,
Newfoundland, maidenhead grid square GN37qm (Lat/Long 47. 5204, -52.6262),
which has a calculated viewing angle of -0.9 degrees elevation. Being below
the horizon, it is expected that tropospheric ducting will be required for
the first few miles, as demonstrated by Farid Farhan, YC1HVZ/P, during a
recent QO-100 expedition in Indonesia, where he successfully operated
through the QO-100 narrow band transponder from OI42de at -1.2 degrees
elevation.
Detail of test being planned, general questions, and claims for trophies and
certificates should be submitted to awards(a)amsat-uk.org.
Eshail-2 / AMSAT Phase 4-A / Qatar-OSCAR 100, a joint project by the Qatar
Satellite Company (EshailSat), the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) and
AMSAT Deutschland (AMSAT-DL), is the first geostationary amateur radio
transponder and links radio amateurs from Brazil to Thailand.
Eshail-2/QO-100 carries two Phase 4 amateur radio transponders operating
in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 500 kHz bandwidth linear transponder
intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz bandwidth
transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur
television.
Graham has set up a webpage on the AMSAT-UK website: https://bit.ly/3DR4qTU
There is also a Youtube video on the AMSAT-UK channel: Direct link is
https://bit.ly/3TUpXkv
[ANS thanks Graham Shirville, G3VZV and Robert Bankston, KE4AL AMSAT
President for the above information]
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Falconsat-3 Status is altered due to battery issues
Mark Hammond writes: "Telemetry suggests that one cell is very weak,
therefore continuous 24/7/365 operations are no longer possible. In support
of users around the world and the AMSAT PACSAT team (which is currently
planning a PACSAT cubesat!), I will plan to try to run Falconsat-3 for about
24 hours each weekend, with specifics dependent upon the time of day it's
overhead, work, and recreation! The orbit precesses about 30 mins every
day, so the time of day for usable passes cycles. But basically a 24 hour
uptime every weekend. There's a pass around 1222UTC today 29 Oct 202, and
I'll turn it ON with battery management OFF, hoping for about 24 hours of
operations. This will continue as long as we reasonably can. Reentry is
estimated to be in April 2022.
My best advice is to follow me on Twitter! It's easy to post when I turn it
ON/OFF, so lately that's been my preferred method of sharing the
information.
Also, please update your keps at least once per week, maybe more often. It
appears to change enough to warrant this for people using tracking/high gain
directional antennas. Here is the TLE source I'm using now:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/daily.all
Hope this schedule works for users and the PACSAT team! Scheduled
operations seem lke the most beneficial plan for now."
[ANS thanks Mark L. Hammond [N8MH], AMSAT Director and Assistant VP -
Operations 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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GreenCube Digipeater Successes Grow
Doug Papay, K8DP, and Scott Chapman, K4KDR were the first to make a complete
contact through the GreenCube digipeater. Doug has be journalling the
growing list of stations that have sucessfully digipeated a packet through
the Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory
(S5Lab)/AMSAT-IT 3U research satellite.
Doug posts on Twitter that Steve Greene, KS1G, has also completed a contact.
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Yoshihisa Hattori, JO1LVZ, Juan Antonio Fernandez
Montana, EA4CYQ, Nader Omer, ST2NH, Jose Elias Diaz Rodriguez, EB1AO, Davis
Romero, EA4SG, and Jean Marc Momple, 3B8DU (added by editor) all were
successfully digipeated by the MEO satellite. Congratulations to all and all
that follow! More completed contacts will no doubt be reported soon.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Doug Papay, K8DP 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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VUCC Satellite Standing November 01, 2022
VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for October 02, 2022 to
November 01, 2022.
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XE2AT 946 1075
WD9EWK (DM43) 706 710
WA4HFN 631 636
EA2AA 594 611
F4BKV 500 600
KQ4DO 533 555
K5IX 501 525
HP2VX 464 476
PV8DX 428 439
KG0D New 415
N8MR 320 377
N8URE (FM19) 364 375
N5EKO 281 344
AB0XE 225 250
K3HPA 225 250
JK2XXK 200 233
WD9EWK (DM41) 207 225
KO9A 100 222
KP3V 139 202
WA8ZID 176 202
OE7BJT 150 200
IK7FMQ 156 190
KB3IAI 151 175
W8EH 101 168
HC2FG 150 154
NK0S 130 150
WD9EWK (DM62) 108 130
AD2DD New 125
K2MJP 101 125
AA9VI 100 122
KF2T 100 111
OZ9AAR New 100
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Congratulations to the new VUCC holders.
OZ9AAR is first VUCC Satellite holder from Denmark and 1st from JO45
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.
Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, 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 TBD.
Contact is go for Sun 2022-11-20 TBD 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
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:
KX9X Will be in EM47 with Ward N0AX the weekend of November 19 for the @arrl
Phone Sweeptakes. Ill take some satellite gear and do a few passes. Sats
arent the priority this trip but will hand out the grid.
Major Roves:
Snow-bird rove from 11-02-2022 thru 11-22-2022-ish. Check Twitter for
updates.
In travel order: OR grids: CN82 and DN02
NV grids: DN01, DN10, DN21, DN20, DM29 & 19, DM28 & 18, DM27, DM26.
AZ grids: DM36, DM46, DM45, DM35, DM44, DM34, DM33, DM32.
Email (QRZ) with desired grid in subj. line for updates. Wayne W7WGC
[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 November 3, 2022
None announced this week.
[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.
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
+ NASAs MOXIE experiment on Perseverance has now generated ISRU oxygen
successfully during many different times of the Martian day and year
(paper), producing about 6g of oxygen per hour (similar to the production
rate of a medium-sized tree). NASA life support design requirements specify
35 g of oxygen per hour for astronauts. [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for
the above information.]
+ Under layers of dust, NASAs Mars InSight lander is fading, but the first
and only seismometer on Mars had one parting gift for humanity: on May 4th,
a magnitude 4.7 marsquake, one of the largest detected on the red planet.
Related: In Issue 189 we talked about InSights detection of meteor impacts
on Marsnow we have another one, a magnitude 4 marsquake last December turns
out to have been due to a significant impact, now spotted by MRO, which
excavated boulder-size chunks of ice buried closer to the Martian equator
than ever found before. [ANS thanks The Orbital Index 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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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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Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
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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]
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You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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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
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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:
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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
via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
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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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.
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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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and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
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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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Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
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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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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
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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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, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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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:
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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, Oct. 21-22
* Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for September 21, 2022
* July/August 2022 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Now Available
* Apogee View - July/August 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-268 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 Sep 25
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, Oct. 21-22
DISCOUNT HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 28TH
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place
in Bloomington, Minn. 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.
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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Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for September 22, 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 been added to this week's AMSAT TLE
distribution:
JAGSAT NORAD Cat ID 53771 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for this
identification).
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from
this week's AMSAT- TLE distribution:
ELFIN-A NORAD Cat ID 43617 (decayed from orbit on 09/17/2022 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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July/August 2022 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Now Available
The July/August 2022 issue of The AMSAT Journal is now available to members
on AMSAT’s Member Portal. Members can download the issue at
https://launch.amsat.org/The_AMSAT_Journal
The AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine for amateur radio in
space enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
(AMSAT). Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects,
technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from
around the world.
Inside the Current Issue:
* Apogee View – Robert Bankston, KE4AL
* Educational Relations Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y
* My First Simulated Satellite - Virginia Smith, NV5F
* Building AMSAT CubeSatSims in the Classroom - Alan Johnston, KU2Y and
Edward Char
* 2022 AMSAT Field Day - Bruce Paige, KK5DO
If you're not yet an AMSAT member, join today at
https://launch.amsat.org/Membership
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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Apogee View - July/August 2022
In this "Apogee View," I want to highlight two important topics: this
year's AMSAT Symposium; and volunteers' significant role in AMSAT's
accomplishments.
AMSAT Symposium
Three years after we were last able to get together in person at an AMSAT
Symposium, I feel excited for the opportunity to meet up in Minnesota next
month.
AMSAT symposia are not only an excellent opportunity to celebrate amateur
radio in space and share what everyone is working on, but they also provide
us with unique opportunities to formulate new directions, ideas, and
projects. Some of AMSAT's most innovative accomplishments started with a
discussion that began at a symposium. I hope that you can attend and be
part of this experience.
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held on
Friday through Saturday, October 21-22, 2022, in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium is open to anyone interested in advancing
the art and science of amateur radio in space. To register, please visit
https://launch.amsat.org/Events.
Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul
International Airport and provides a complimentary, scheduled shuttle to
and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America, Target
Field, Minnesota Zoo, and the Nickelodeon Universe theme park.
You can make reservations by calling the hotel at (952) 854-9000. The group
code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Alternatively, you can make
reservations online at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.
We are AMSAT
Conversations on the AMSAT Bulletin Board start with "AMSAT should…" or
“AMSAT needs to…." While these often express great suggestions, the
proposals quickly fade into the ether when proponents are asked if they are
volunteering.
Asking if someone is volunteering is not meant to slight anyone in any way
or discount their ideas; rather, it is a product of who we are and where we
are.
AMSAT is an all-volunteer membership organization, and, as such, it draws
its strength and accomplishments from its membership. Out of 4,000 members,
AMSAT currently has approximately 40 core volunteer engineers, builders,
programmers, educators and administrators, who are all fully engaged with
the current projects. Thus, taking on any additional work requires
additional volunteers.
Think about this for a minute: 40 volunteers out of 4,000 members represent
only one percent of our membership. Since we have already achieved so much
with that one percent, how much more could we accomplish if we had more of
our members volunteer? The potential to advance the art of radio science in
space and reach farther is unlimited. Please help us get there!
If you are ready to answer the call, please get in touch with me at
rbankston at amsat.org. Until next time, Onward & Upward!
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above
information]
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ARISS News
Scheduled ARISS Contacts
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, 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 Sergey Prokopyev
Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC
New England Sci-Tech, Natick, MA, telebridge via ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT
Contact is go for: Tue 2022-09-27 18:30:39 UTC 89 deg
Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdxnD8uF8t0
Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, 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 Dmitry Petlin
Contact is go for Sat 2022-10-01 13:50 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 Soyuz undocking on September 29. OFF Sep. 28 about 09:00
UTC. ON Sep. 30 about 12:30 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 Soyuz undocking on September 29. OFF Sep. 28 about 09:00
UTC. ON Sep. 30 about 12:30 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
W7WGC: Upcoming, mostly “POTA,” rove. Northwest coast of Oregon, grids
CN74, CN75, CN76, CN85 & CN86. Sept. 28th – October 3rd-ish. FM and Linear
birds.
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
AD0HJ: DN72,DN73, DN82, DN83, DN92, DN93: Oct. 4th, 5th and 6th. 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 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.
+ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention
October 7, 2022 – October 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/
+ 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
+ ArianeGroup unveiled a multi-year design project for a new crew and cargo
upper stage that it hopes will meet Europe’s appetite for space travel.
Susie (Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration) will launch on top of
the nearly flight-ready Ariane 64 heavy-lift vehicle, carrying cargo and
astronauts to LEO and, eventually, to deep space. Susie is designed for
safety and reusability. The 12 m-long craft is significantly larger than
Dragon, Starliner, or Orion—it features 40 cubic meters of payload space
and a total mass of 25 tons. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information)
+ CAPSTONE continues to tumble, but the spacecraft’s communication
situation has improved and its propulsion system is being warmed back up to
operating temperatures. The CAPSTONE probe is expected to act as a
pathfinder for NASA's Gateway — a small space station designed to orbit the
Moon and act as a jumping-off point for crewed missions to the surface.
[The AMSAT Board of Directors has made a commitment to support amateur
radio’s inclusion on NASA’s Gateway.] (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the
above information)
+ A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off to the
International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 21 on a Russian-operated
flight despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. NASA's Frank Rubio and Russia's Sergey Prokopyev and
Dmitry Petelin launched from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan at 1355 GMT. Rubio is the first U.S. astronaut to travel to the
ISS on a Russian Soyuz rocket since President Vladimir Putin sent troops
into pro-Western Ukraine on February 24. (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for
the above information)
+ EA4NF has made two notable transatlantic QSOs via AO-91 over the past
week, both with VE1CWJ in Nova Scotia and both using a Kenwood TH-D7
handheld transceiver with a whip antenna. The first QSO was made from near
Madrid and the second from a beach in the Balearic Islands as EA6/EA4NF.
Despite poor battery condition, AO-91 is still capable of supporting long
distance QSOs with minimal equipment.
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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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