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ANS-302 AMSAT Weeky Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-302 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * AO-51 Nov/Dec Schedule * AMSAT Engineering Team Appointments * Eagle Structure and Mechanical Team Leader * Bonaire To Be Active On Satellites * Florida AMSAT Net * ARISS Status - 23 October 2006 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.01 AO-51 Nov/Dec Schedule AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.01 October 30 to November 6 Cross Mode Repeater, V(SSB)/U(FM) Uplink: 145.880 MHz USB Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM November 6 to November 13 FM Repeater, V/S Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 MHz FM November 13 to December 4 Normal Mode FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital December 4 to December 8 FM Repeater, L/S Uplink: 1268.700 MHz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 MHz FM December 8 to December 11 New Mode! Cross Mode Repeater, L(SSB)/U(FM) Uplink: 1268.700 MHz USB Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM December 11 to January 8 Normal Mode FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital AMSAT-NA has an Operations Group and email address for AO-51 satellite users to submit requests and ideas for the Experimenters Wednesday sessions. The group will also take suggestions for the normal weeklong operational periods as well. Every member of the Operations Group will receive emails from this address. This is your chance, the amateur satellite user, to request from the AO-51 Operations Group the modes you are interested in seeing operated on the satellite during the weekly Wednesday sessions. Do not expect a reply to every email, as there will not be time to respond to each one, but your input will be noted. The email address to send your requests or ideas to the Operations Group is: ao51-modes(a)amsat.org The AO-51 Operations Group is made up of AMSAT Members who are also AO-51 users. The Operations Group works with the Command Team to create the monthly schedule for the satellite. 73 KO4MA For AO-51 Operations Group (KO4MA, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, N8MH, OZ1MY, VK5HI, KE4AZN, WA4SXM) [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.02 AMSAT Engineering Team Appointments AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.02 Bob McGwier, N4HY, AMSAT Vice President of Engineering has announced the following appointments to help lead various aspects of AMSAT's engineering efforts. Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, as Eagle project manager Lou McFadin, W5DID, as Manned Space chief engineer Bob Davis, KF4KSS, as lab director and spacecraft integration leader Bob said, "I want to welcome and thank all of them for their continued great service to AMSAT". [ANS thanks Bob, N4HY, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.03 Eagle Structure and Mechanical Team Leader AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.03 Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, announced that Bob Davis, KF4KSS, has assumed the role of Structure and Mechanical Team Leader. Bob has experience in finishing and integrating AO-40, and is employed in the aerospace industry, where he has acquired significant experience since the AO-40 campaign. Dick Jansson, WD4FAB, has led this team for several years and is not going away. Dick will support Bob as a team member, focussing on structural team coordination and thermal design and analysis. Dick told Jim, "I'm really excited to see the new blood coming in and assuming leadership roles. I look forward to supporting Bob and being on his team." Jim expressed his thanks to Dick for all that he has done for AMSAT and WILL do for Eagle and AMSAT. "Thanks for all you've taught us", said Jim. Jim continued, "Bob, thanks for stepping up to the plate. I look forward to working with you, and I look forward to learning from you." [ANS thanks Jim, WB4GCS, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.04 Bonaire To Be Active On Satellites AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.04 PJ4/K0NR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Bob, K0NR, will be active as PJ4/K0NR from Bonaire (IOTA SA-006) from Oct 28 to Nov 9, using SSB and PSK31 on 30M through 6M. Bob will also be active on the FM OSCAR satellites (Grid FK52). QSL to Bob's home call. [ANS thanks Bob, K0NR, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.05 Florida AMSAT Net AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.05 The Florida AMSAT Net will meet this Thursday evening at the usual local time of 19:30 ET, which with the time change, is now 00:30 UTC. The net meets on the West Florida Group NI4CE repeater system, the Orlando N4HHA repeater at 443.1 MHz, 103.5Hz tone, the N4LEM Cocoa repeater, 147.36 MHz +107.2 PL or connect by echolink to KG4YZY-R, node 4429. The net's purpose is to provide a platform for hams with amateur satellite interest to meet and discuss satellite related topics of interest. All amateurs are invited to join in. [ANS thanks Dave, AA4KN, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-302.06 ARISS Status - 23 October 2006 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 302.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 29, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-302.06 1. Upcoming School Contact The first ARISS contact of Expedition 14 has been approved. Students attending the Euro Space Center in Transinne, Belgium will participate in the Flanders Science Festival, which is being held on October 27-29, and will speak with the ISS via the telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The contact has been scheduled for Friday, October 27 at 10:36 UTC. The audio will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers. There is a possibility that the audio from this event will also be fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. 2. Expedition 13 Crew Debrief Status The ARISS-U.S. team has compiled questions for the crew debrief with Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ. The debriefing session is tentatively scheduled for November 9 at 5 pm ET. 3. ARRL Article on Expedition 15 Crew The ARRL ran a web story on the recently named Expedition 15 crew entitled, "Three radio amateurs on next ISS crew." See: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=6880 [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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WSR-296 Weekly Satellite Report 296
by James French 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

This report is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-296.S1 WSR 296 Part 1 10/23/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 23, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-296.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transponder Frequencies: ------------------- Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 MHz to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.870 MHz to 145.930 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [10022006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U with Tone PBBS - V/U 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcas Protocol BBS) Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10232006] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating procedures) Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [04172006] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: OPERATIONAL Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP unOfficial Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?sat ID=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php [10162006] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational? Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear This off the AO-27 website: For the last 5 weeks ground controllers have been trying to contact AO-27. At this point we have not been able to turn it on. We still have a few tricks that we are planning on trying but these take time. We are hoping that we can re-establish communications. At this time, we don't have an estimate for when AO-27 will be back on the air. AO-27 is now in its 14th year on orbit. We will continue to try to recover AO-27 until we run out of ideas. - Michael N3UC Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [10232006] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Reported mode: Mode-A Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz 145.972 MHz 435.100 MHz 2304.100 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 users are requested to log their contacts and observations about AO-7, especially any unexpected mode changes. AO-07 telemetry software webpage: http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip Please keep your power low! For additional information please read the AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [04242006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF The Expedition 14 crew is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-296.S2 WSR 296 Part 2 10/23/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 23, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-296.S2 CO-58 XI-V Catalog Number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW only Telemetry Downlink: 437.345MHz - FSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.465MHz - CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Oficial Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/satinfo-e.html#xi5 Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [09252006] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2006 Status: Operational Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [10022006] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: June 30,2003 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: ? Downlink: 437.3850 CW 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [09252006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Testing Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U with Tone PBBS - V/U 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcas Protocol BBS) Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10232006] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: RECOVERY EFFORTS - REFRAIN FRON USAGE!!! General Usage Uplink/Downlink:145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Operational Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08072006] ===== RS-22 Mozhayets 4 Catalog Number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2004 Status: Operational Beacon: 435.3520 MHz CW ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for APRS users. Uplink: 145.900 FM 145.920 FM 145.940 FM 145.960 FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [04172006] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK). approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Reception reports are requested to be sent to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv), or post to AMSAT-BB. During the period 15 June to 17 July 2006 nothing has been heard from the satellite. It was last heard on 05 May, just one day before the solar eclipses were due to start. These eclipses will continue until 04 August 2006, reaching a maximum duration of 22% around 19 June. If the satellite behaves in the same way as it did last year, regular 10 day transmissions should re-start, sometime in August. Official webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07172006] ===== PCSAT-2 Catalog Number: 25544 Launch Date: August 1, 2005 Activated: August 3, 2005 Status: Decommissioning Current Mode: OFF Voice Digital Uplink: 145.990 MHz Voice response Downlink: 437.975 MHz Digital Downlink: 435.275 Mhz Digital Uplink: 145.825 Mhz ISS digipeater uplink: 145.990 Mhz PSK-31 Downlink: 435.275 Mhz PSK-31 Uplink: 29.401 Mhz CALLSIGN: pcsat2 Official Webpage: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html PCSAT2 APRS Packet page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF Expedition Crew 14 is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-296.S3 WSR 296 Part 3 10/23/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 23, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-296.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: AO-54 SUITSAT Catalog Number:28933 Release Date: February 3,2006 Status: Re-Entered Modes : FM Voice Telemetry/Greetings FM SSTV Callsign: RS0RS Downlink: 145.990 FM Currently on the amsat-bb, there is a geussing game going on about when Suitsat will re-enter the atmosphere. Official webpage: http://www.suitsat.org [09252006] ===== NCUBE-2 Catalog Number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog Number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01292006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog Number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog Number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launched: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud) Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [01012006] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01092005] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational? Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [05232004] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [08152004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a non-operational status. [05092004] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [ANS-WSR has no further information] [09042006] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 STatus: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [08082004] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [05092004] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 24,048.035 [05232004] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [08152004] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [08152004] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [11202005] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-296.S4 WSR 296 Part 4 10/23/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 23, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-296.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: PHASE 3E ?O-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report] [04242006] NNNN /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-295 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-295 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * Japanese HITSAT Designated as HO-59 * AO-27 Still Silent * OSCAR-11 Heard Again * Tax Deductible Gifts to AMSAT * Satellite DX Opportunities for Africa and Asia * Good News From Ariane 5 Launch * NASA Offers Challenge to K-12 Students * ARISS Status for the Week of October 16, 2006 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.01 Japanese HITSAT Designated as HO-59 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.01 AMSAT's OSCAR Designation Coordinator, Bill Tynan, W3XO announced this week that the Japanese HITSAT satellite has been given an OSCAR number. Bill wrote to the HITSAT Team at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology, "By the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I am pleased to issue an OSCAR number for the HIT-SAT amateur radio satellite. From what I can determine, HIT-SAT complies with all of the requirements for an OSCAR number. Therefore, HIT-SAT will henceforth be known as HIT-SAT-OSCAR-59 or HO-59." Bill concluded with, "AMSAT-NA and I wish to congratulate you and your entire team for the successful construction, testing and launching of HIT-SAT. Your work inspires others to follow your lead." The CubeSat has the callsign JR8YJT. At present it is transmitting CW telemetry on 437.275 MHz with a transmitter power of 100 mW. The 1200 baud FM Packet downlink on 437.425 MHz is active only when the satellite is over Japan. Once it's fully operational, HIT-SAT will permit Earth station opera- tors to request certain parameters by transmitting DTMF commands on the 145.980 MHz uplink. The satellite can report back time/date, temp- erature and power supply voltages and thank the Earth station by call sign. Only HIT-SAT ground station controllers can access the satellite at this point, however. [ANS thanks Bill Tynan, W3XO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.02 AO-27 Still Silent AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.02 Michael, N3UC, one of AO-27's controllers reported on October 17, "For the last 5 weeks ground controllers have been trying to contact AO-27. At this point we have not been able to turn it on. We still have a few tricks that we are planning on trying but these take time. We are hoping that we can re-establish communications. At this time, we don't have an estimate for when AO-27 will be back on the air. The satellite is now in its 14th year on orbit. We will continue to try to recover AO-27 until we run out of ideas." AO-27 was last heard in May 2006 prior to its entering its eclipse season. When the satellite's solar cells were not receiving enough illumination it meanth the batteries are dropping below the watchdog values and turning off the controller schedule. The latest AO-27 information can be found on-line at: http://www.ao27.org. [ANS thanks Michael, N3UC for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.03 OSCAR-11 Heard Again AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.03 Clive, G3CWV reports that OSCAR-11 is back! He said, "It was first heard by Peter ZL3TC, October 18, and later by Paul KB5MU. It had been silent since August 26. Many thanks for those reports." OSCAR-11 requires illumination of its solar panels to work. Clive continued, "I heard very strong signals on October 19 07:28 UTC pass. If the watchdog cycle continues to operate normally, the 145.826 MHz. beacon should transmit until around 28 October." More OSCAR-11 information can be found at Clive's website: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ [ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.04 Tax Deductible Gifts to AMSAT AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.04 Gunther, W8GSM, AMSAT Treasurer said this week, "Often AMSAT members have asked if they can make a contribution to AMSAT via their local United Way drive?" According to Leslie J. Talley, Director, Community and Public Sector Workplace Campaigns at the National U-W office who informed Gunther that there are NO national agencies within U-W. Every agency that wishes to be eligible to receive donations must go through that local U-W campaign office and seek approval. Gunther continues, "With that in mind, I would encourage anyone who wishes to make such a gift to call their local U-W director and ask if they will allow such a gift to AMSAT. AMSAT does not have the staff to canvas the country and establish these hundreds of relation- ships." One alternative is to just reduce your U-W gift and write a check to AMSAT. Both are tax deductible as charitable donations. (Check with your individual tax advisor to review your specific circumstances and deductibility). U.S. Federal Employees - Again this year AMSAT is a member of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy through a program that is employee focused, cost-efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the opportunity to improve the quality of life for all. As the world's largest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign, each year, more than 300 CFC campaigns throughout the country and internationally help to raise millions of dollars for eligible non-profit organizations. Gunther Meisse, AMSAT treasurer has announced that any Federal employee can make a contribution to your Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation when they complete their pledge for 2006. AMSAT is listed as Agency Number CFC 2944 Your contribution directly supports AMSAT's educational outreach and satellite construction projects including work on AMSAT-Eagle. Pledges may be made by Federal civilian, postal and military donors during the campaign season. The campaign runs from September 1st to December 15th, 2006. To learn more about CFC visit the CFC website at: http://www.opm.gov/cfc/ [ANS thanks Gunther, W8GSM for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.05 Satellite DX Opportunities for Africa and Asia AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.05 Nicolas F4EGX announced he will be active on satellites during his travel to the Archipelago of Crozet from Possession Island between mid-November to early December 2006. During his spare time, he will operate FT1WM on the amateur radio satellites. South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Antarctic will be within range for contacts from Crozet via AO-51, SO-50, and the ISS reapeter if it is active. Possible digital activity via ISS or PCSAT-1 will be attempted. More information is available at: http://f4avi.homelinux.net/f4egx/cro2006.html. A satellite DX opportunity for Asian satellite operators was received this week. The TAMSAT Group and Siam DX Group have announced a trip to Cambodia during November 20-26, 2006. The group will use an XU7 callsign from Seehanuview or Kumpongsom. QSOs are planned for the FO-29, SO-50, AO-51, and VO-52 in CW, SSB, FM modes, as appropriate. Additional information will be available on the group's website at: http://www.tamsat.org/bb. [ANS thanks Nicolas, F4EGX for the Crozet information and Tanan, HS1JAN for the Cambodia information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.06 Good News From Ariane 5 Launch AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.06 The fourth Ariane 5 launch Of 2006 performed flawlessly. On 13 October 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary transfer orbits and deploy a demonstration antenna. The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later. The payload satellites were DIRECTV 9S, which will supply television broadcast services to the contiguous United States of America, Alaska and Hawaii, and Optus D1, which will provide fixed communications and satellite broadcast services over Australia and New Zealand. The mission also carried an additional passenger, mounted on the Ariane Structure for Auxiliary Payloads (ASAP) platform at the base of the payload stack. The Japanese Space Agency's LDREX-2, a 1/25th scale version of an antenna that will be used on the ETS-8 engineering test satellite, was flown to validate the deployment process of the lightweight reflector. [ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.07 NASA Offers Challenge to K-12 Students AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.07 The International Space Station is growing, and NASA's Node 2 is the next U.S. pressurized module scheduled for installation on the orbiting laboratory. The node will provide more room for station crews to live and work, but it needs a name. Students in kindergarten through grade 12 attending U.S. schools and children of American personnel overseas are being asked to help NASA name the module and become part of the history of the station. The module is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and is targeted for launch in late 2007. The node will be a connecting port and passageway to additional international science labs and space supply vehicles. It also will be a work platform for the station's robotic arm. Name the International Space Station Node 2 Challenge requires students to work together as a class or school to create their own Node 2 model. Students will name their node, write a brief description explaining the choice and take digital pictures to send to NASA. The submitted image of the model will not be judged, but it will be the ticket to enter the name challenge. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of NASA scientists, engineers and educators. The deadline to submit model images and names is Dec. 1. The winning entry will be announced in early 2007. To register a school or class, teachers or administrators should send an email to: NASA-ESC(a)nasa.gov. For information about Node 2, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/node2.html For additional information about the Space Station Node 2 Challenge, visit: http://esc.nasa.gov [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.08 ARISS Status for the Week of October 16, 2006 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.08 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 22, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-295.08 1. Upcoming School Contacts The school contact that was tentatively planned for the end of October was not approved due to the Progress 23P docking and related activities. ARISS continues to work on scheduling school contacts for Expedition 14. 2. ARISS International Meeting Held The ARISS International Team meeting was held in San Francisco on Monday and Tuesday, October 9 – 10 and a SuitSat-2 technical discussion took place on October 8. Presentations given included delegate reports from each region, onboard radio systems, and slow scan television (SSTV). Minutes and presentations will be posted to the AMSAT and ARISS websites in the near future. 3. Expedition 13 Crew Debrief The ARISS-U.S. team has compiled questions for the crew debrief with Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ. ARISS-Russia expects to speak with the crew this week. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org

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WSR-289 Weekly Satellite Report 289
by James French 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

This report is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-289.S1 WSR 289 Part 1 10/16/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 289.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 16, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-289.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transponder Frequencies: ------------------- Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 MHz to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.870 MHz to 145.930 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [10022006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U - Low Power Users V/U - QRP/JOTA PBBS - OFF Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10162006] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating procedures) Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [04172006] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: OPERATIONAL Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP unOfficial Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?sat ID=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php [10162006] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [01012006] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Reported mode: Mode-A Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz 145.972 MHz 435.100 MHz 2304.100 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 users are requested to log their contacts and observations about AO-7, especially any unexpected mode changes. AO-07 telemetry software webpage: http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip Please keep your power low! For additional information please read the AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [04242006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF The Expedition 14 crew is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-289.S2 WSR 289 Part 2 10/16/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 289.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 16, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-289.S2 CO-58 XI-V Catalog Number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW only Telemetry Downlink: 437.345MHz - FSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.465MHz - CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Oficial Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/satinfo-e.html#xi5 Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [09252006] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2006 Status: Operational Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [10022006] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: June 30,2003 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: ? Downlink: 437.3850 CW 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [09252006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Testing Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U V/U - QRP/JOTA PBBS - OFF Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10162006] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: RECOVERY EFFORTS - REFRAIN FRON USAGE!!! General Usage Uplink/Downlink:145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Operational Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08072006] ===== RS-22 Mozhayets 4 Catalog Number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2004 Status: Operational Beacon: 435.3520 MHz CW ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for APRS users. Uplink: 145.900 FM 145.920 FM 145.940 FM 145.960 FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [04172006] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK). approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Reception reports are requested to be sent to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv), or post to AMSAT-BB. During the period 15 June to 17 July 2006 nothing has been heard from the satellite. It was last heard on 05 May, just one day before the solar eclipses were due to start. These eclipses will continue until 04 August 2006, reaching a maximum duration of 22% around 19 June. If the satellite behaves in the same way as it did last year, regular 10 day transmissions should re-start, sometime in August. Official webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07172006] ===== PCSAT-2 Catalog Number: 25544 Launch Date: August 1, 2005 Activated: August 3, 2005 Status: Decommissioning Current Mode: OFF Voice Digital Uplink: 145.990 MHz Voice response Downlink: 437.975 MHz Digital Downlink: 435.275 Mhz Digital Uplink: 145.825 Mhz ISS digipeater uplink: 145.990 Mhz PSK-31 Downlink: 435.275 Mhz PSK-31 Uplink: 29.401 Mhz CALLSIGN: pcsat2 Official Webpage: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html PCSAT2 APRS Packet page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF Expedition Crew 14 is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-289.S3 WSR 289 Part 3 10/16/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 289.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 16, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-289.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: AO-54 SUITSAT Catalog Number:28933 Release Date: February 3,2006 Status: Re-Entered Modes : FM Voice Telemetry/Greetings FM SSTV Callsign: RS0RS Downlink: 145.990 FM Currently on the amsat-bb, there is a geussing game going on about when Suitsat will re-enter the atmosphere. Official webpage: http://www.suitsat.org [09252006] ===== NCUBE-2 Catalog Number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog Number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01292006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog Number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog Number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launched: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud) Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [01012006] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01092005] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational? Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [05232004] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [08152004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a non-operational status. [05092004] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [ANS-WSR has no further information] [09042006] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 STatus: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [08082004] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [05092004] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 24,048.035 [05232004] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [08152004] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [08152004] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [11202005] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-289.S4 WSR 289 Part 4 10/16/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 289.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 16, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-289.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: PHASE 3E ?O-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report] [04242006] NNNN /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-290 AO-51 Configured to Support Scouting's Jamboree-On-The-Air
by JoAnne Maenpaa 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-290.01 AO-51 Configured to Support Scouting's Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) AMSAT News Service Bulletin 290.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 17, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-290.01 AMSAT Vice-President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA announced, "AO-51 has been switched to the dual repeater mode, with the QRP repeater on 435.150 reserved for JOTA contacts during this coming weekend. The AO-51 Operations Group strongly supports the JOTA activities and we ask that all users of the QRP repeater yield to JOTA stations during the weekend." Drew continued, "Normal QRP operation is encouraged during this week prior to the JOTA event. QRP users are 10 watts or less using handheld or omni- directional antennas ONLY." AO-51 JOTA Operation Schedule October 16 to October 23 FM Repeater: V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, No PL Tone this week Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM FM Repeater: V/U QRP/JOTA users only! Uplink: 145.880 MHz, No PL Tone Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM The JOTA weekend is October 21st and October 22nd. Reports and requests are always welcome to ao51-modes(a)amsat.org. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information] /EX

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WSR-282 Weekly Satellite Report 282
by James French 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

This report is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-282.S1 WSR 282 Part 1 10/09/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 282.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 09, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-282.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transponder Frequencies: ------------------- Indian Transponder: Uplink: 435.220 MHz to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.870 MHz to 145.930 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink: 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon: 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon: 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [10022006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U - FM 67 Hz PL Tone PBBS - V/U - 9k6 Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10092006] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating procedures) Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [04172006] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: OPERATIONAL Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP unOfficial Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo29.html [11132005] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [01012006] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Reported mode: Mode-A Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz 145.972 MHz 435.100 MHz 2304.100 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 users are requested to log their contacts and observations about AO-7, especially any unexpected mode changes. AO-07 telemetry software webpage: http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip Please keep your power low! For additional information please read the AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [04242006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF The Expedition 14 crew is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-282.S2 WSR 282 Part 2 10/09/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 282.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 09, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-282.S2 CO-58 XI-V Catalog Number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW only Telemetry Downlink: 437.345MHz - FSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon: 437.465MHz - CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Oficial Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/satinfo-e.html#xi5 Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [09252006] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2006 Status: Operational Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [10022006] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: June 30,2003 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: ? Downlink: 437.3850 CW 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [09252006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Testing Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U - FM 67 Hz PL Tone PBBS - V/U - 9k6 Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10092006] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: RECOVERY EFFORTS - REFRAIN FRON USAGE!!! General Usage Uplink/Downlink:145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Operational Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08072006] ===== RS-22 Mozhayets 4 Catalog Number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2004 Status: Operational Beacon: 435.3520 MHz CW ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for APRS users. Uplink: 145.900 FM 145.920 FM 145.940 FM 145.960 FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [04172006] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK). approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Reception reports are requested to be sent to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv), or post to AMSAT-BB. During the period 15 June to 17 July 2006 nothing has been heard from the satellite. It was last heard on 05 May, just one day before the solar eclipses were due to start. These eclipses will continue until 04 August 2006, reaching a maximum duration of 22% around 19 June. If the satellite behaves in the same way as it did last year, regular 10 day transmissions should re-start, sometime in August. Official webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07172006] ===== PCSAT-2 Catalog Number: 25544 Launch Date: August 1, 2005 Activated: August 3, 2005 Status: Decommissioning Current Mode: OFF Voice Digital Uplink: 145.990 MHz Voice response Downlink: 437.975 MHz Digital Downlink: 435.275 Mhz Digital Uplink: 145.825 Mhz ISS digipeater uplink: 145.990 Mhz PSK-31 Downlink: 435.275 Mhz PSK-31 Uplink: 29.401 Mhz CALLSIGN: pcsat2 Official Webpage: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html PCSAT2 APRS Packet page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Voice Digipeater: OFF Expedition Crew 14 is: Commander: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Flight Engineer: Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Flight Engineer: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [10092006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-282.S3 WSR 282 Part 3 10/09/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 282.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 09, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-282.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: AO-54 SUITSAT Catalog Number:28933 Release Date: February 3,2006 Status: Re-Entered Modes : FM Voice Telemetry/Greetings FM SSTV Callsign: RS0RS Downlink: 145.990 FM Currently on the amsat-bb, there is a geussing game going on about when Suitsat will re-enter the atmosphere. Official webpage: http://www.suitsat.org [09252006] ===== NCUBE-2 Catalog Number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog Number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01292006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog Number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog Number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launched: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud) Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [01012006] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01092005] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational? Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [05232004] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [08152004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a non-operational status. [05092004] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [ANS-WSR has no further information] [09042006] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 STatus: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [08082004] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [05092004] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 24,048.035 [05232004] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [08152004] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [08152004] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [11202005] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-282.S4 WSR 282 Part 4 10/09/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 282.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 09, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-282.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: PHASE 3E ?O-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report] [04242006] NNNN /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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WSR-275 Weekly Satellite Report 275
by James French 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

This report is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-275.S1 WSR 275 Part 1 10/02/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 02, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transponder Frequencies: ------------------- Indian Transponder: Uplink : 435.220 MHz to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.870 MHz to 145.930 MHz USB/CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW Indian Beacon : 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Beacon : 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [10022006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U L/U PBBS - OFF Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10022006] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating procedures) Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [04172006] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: OPERATIONAL Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP unOfficial Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo29.html [11132005] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [01012006] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Reported mode: Mode-A Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz 145.972 MHz 435.100 MHz 2304.100 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 users are requested to log their contacts and observations about AO-7, especially any unexpected mode changes. AO-07 telemetry software webpage: http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip Please keep your power low! For additional information please read the AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [04242006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Intermittent Digipeater: OFF The Expedition 13 crew is: Commander: Pavel Vinogradov - RV3BS Flight Engineer: Jeff Williams - KD5TVQ Crew: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Exedition 14 crew, which is currently enroute, is: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Anousheh Ansari Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ Currently, Expedition Crew 14 is enroute to the International Space Station. During the week, the equipment may be turned off during docking of the Soyuz. ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09182006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-275.S2 WSR 275 Part 2 10/02/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 02, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.S2 CO-58 XI-V Catalog Number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW only Telemetry Downlink: 437.345MHz - FSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon Downlink: 437.465MHz - CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Oficial Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/satinfo-e.html#xi5 Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [09252006] ===== CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV Catalog number: 27848 Launched: June 30, 2006 Status: Operational Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS [10022006] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD Catalog number: 28941 Launched: June 30,2003 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: ? Downlink: 437.3850 CW 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [09252006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Testing Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - V/U L/U PBBS - OFF Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [10022006] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: RECOVERY EFFORTS - REFRAIN FRON USAGE!!! General Usage Uplink/Downlink:145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Operational Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08072006] ===== RS-22 Mozhayets 4 Catalog Number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2004 Status: Operational Beacon: 435.3520 MHz CW ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for APRS users. Uplink: 145.900 FM 145.920 FM 145.940 FM 145.960 FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [04172006] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK). approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Reception reports are requested to be sent to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv), or post to AMSAT-BB. During the period 15 June to 17 July 2006 nothing has been heard from the satellite. It was last heard on 05 May, just one day before the solar eclipses were due to start. These eclipses will continue until 04 August 2006, reaching a maximum duration of 22% around 19 June. If the satellite behaves in the same way as it did last year, regular 10 day transmissions should re-start, sometime in August. Official webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07172006] ===== PCSAT-2 Catalog Number: 25544 Launch Date: August 1, 2005 Activated: August 3, 2005 Status: Decommissioning Current Mode: OFF Voice Digital Uplink: 145.990 MHz Voice response Downlink: 437.975 MHz Digital Downlink: 435.275 Mhz Digital Uplink: 145.825 Mhz ISS digipeater uplink: 145.990 Mhz PSK-31 Downlink: 435.275 Mhz PSK-31 Uplink: 29.401 Mhz CALLSIGN: pcsat2 Official Webpage: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html PCSAT2 APRS Packet page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Intermittent Digipeater: OFF Expedition Crew 13 is: Commander: Pavel Vinogradov - RV3BS Flight Engineer: Jeff Williams - KD5TVQ Crew: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Exedition 14 crew, which is currently enroute, is: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Anousheh Ansari Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ Currently, Expedition Crew 14 is enroute to the International Space Station. During the week, the equipment may be turned off during docking of the Soyuz. ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09182006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-275.S3 WSR 275 Part 3 10/02/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 02, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: AO-54 SUITSAT Catalog Number:28933 Release Date: February 3,2006 Status: Re-Entered Modes : FM Voice Telemetry/Greetings FM SSTV Callsign: RS0RS Downlink: 145.990 FM Currently on the amsat-bb, there is a geussing game going on about when Suitsat will re-enter the atmosphere. Official webpage: http://www.suitsat.org [09252006] ===== NCUBE-2 Catalog Number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog Number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01292006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog Number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog Number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launched: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud) Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [01012006] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01092005] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational? Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [05232004] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [08152004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a non-operational status. [05092004] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [ANS-WSR has no further information] [09042006] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 STatus: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [08082004] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [05092004] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 24,048.035 [05232004] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [08152004] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [08152004] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [11202005] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-275.S4 WSR 275 Part 4 10/02/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 02, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: PHASE 3E ?O-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report] [04242006] NNNN /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-274 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-274 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Symposium and Office Schedule * PCSAT-1 Recovery * PCSAT-1 Special Ops * AMSAT Represented at NBC4 Connected Expo * OSCAR 11 Report - 28 September 2006 * ARISS Status - 25 September 2006 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.01 AMSAT Space Symposium and Office Schedule AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.01 The annual AMSAT Space Symposium will be held this week at the Crowne Plaza Mid-Peninsula conventiently located close to San Francisco International Airport. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. AMSAT is excited that our 2006 Symposium Keynote speaker will be astronaut Bill McArthur KC5ACR, ISS Expedition 12 Mission Commander and Science Officer. Commander McArthur is well known to ham radio operators and during his six months aboard the ISS he became the most active radio amateur ever to serve aboard the ISS. Commander McArthur logged more than 1800 QSOs in space, including logging a Worked All States Award. His impressive track record also included a record 37 school contacts, Worked All Continents (including Antartica) and 130 DXCC entities. Commander McArthur will present his keynote address during the Symposium Banquet on Saturday October 7. To register for the Symposium and Banquet please visit the AMSAT Online Store. Complete Symposium details are available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/ The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, October 2nd 2006. The office will reopen on Tuesday and then close again for the remainder of the week on Wednesday, October 4th while AMSAT Office Manager, Martha Saragovitz, travels to California for the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting on October 5-6 which proceeds the Space Symposium. The office will reopen on Monday, October 16th. [ANS thanks Emily, N1DID, and Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.02 PCSAT-1 Recovery AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.02 PCSAT-1 has been recovered as it entered better sun angles. PCSAT-1 should remain NORMAL OPS for the next few weeks until it experiences an overload and resets. Then it will be lost until December. All users are asked to please adhere to these fundamental principles: 1) No connections to or through PCSAT-1 2) UI digipeating and APRS packets only about a 1 minute rate 3) Watch pcsat.aprs.org for live activity 4) Use the path of VIA PCSAT-1 or VIA ARISS 5) Minimize all packets after dark! Enjoy PCSAT-1 and APRS! Make contacts, QSO, enjoy! Just remember that ACKS are pretty useless and only add QRM to the channel. So do not expect ACKS via the satellite. If you see your outgoing packet digipeated by PCSAT-1 a few times then you should ASSUME that the other person got it and delete it yourself. By the same token, if someone sends you a message, then ANSWER him in kind, so that he knows you got it. [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.03 PCSAT-1 Special Ops AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.03 Bob Bruinga, WB4APR, with the US Naval Academy Satellite Lab provided the following update on PCSAT-1 special operations. We now welcome routine trackers and unattended beacons so that we can build up statistics on channel loading and the channel capacity of PCSAT-1 and it's follow-on spacecraft. We do want everyone to include basic info in their packet though. Please include PWR,Antenna Gain, and RATE. Such as "5W,3dbi,5min" so that the statistics will show us what works... PCSAT-1 works like any APRS digipeater so the only thing you have to do, to work the satellite is to change your APRS (or packet station) channel to 145.825 instead of its normal frequency. When you get to work, QSY to 145.825 during the day, and when you get home. Its nice to look at your mobile radio and see who else you captured after work or overnight. For unattended, set your beacon rate to once ever 5 minutes. If attended and monitoring the channel, you can use 2 minutes. You can see if you got in on http://pcsat.aprs.org . Watching the capacity of PCSAT-1 to carry these data will be usefull for gauging the success of our next satellite, ParkinsonSAT. See http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/buoy.html PCSAT-1 responds to most common digipeating callsigns (below) so that no one should have to change anything when going between terrestrial or ISS operation to PCSAT-1, other than their frequency. - PCSAT-1 - RELAY - WIDE - WIDEn-N - ARISS - TRACEn-N We saw 22 people yesterday on the East Coast and the web page above, is showing about 70 in the last 2 days. PCSAT-1 should be able to handle 100 or so per footprint PER PASS! So lets get the number of users up for the next 2 weeks of useful PCSAT-1 life. See web page PCSAT.APRS.ORG or Google for PCSAT. [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.04 AMSAT Represented at NBC4 Connected Expo AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.04 Amateur Radio and Amsat were represented at the 6th annual "NBC4 Connected Expo" in downtown Washington DC on September 16 and 17. This event is sponsored by local television station WRC channel 4 in Washington and hosted by their on-air technology reporter I.J. Hudson, K9ICF. 25,000 people attended the event over the two days that it was open. The ham radio exhibit was located just around the corner from a robotics demonstration that drew a large number of technically inclined young people. The general public really has little idea what ham radio is all about and often confuses hams with CB operators or thinks of hams as old men who tap out messages in morse code on vacuum tube radios. Many believe that ham radio is no longer useful or relevant in the age of cellular telephones and the internet. Comments that were heard during the weekend included "Look at the fancy cell phone!", "My father was a ham when I was young" and "I didn't know you still did that". Many visitors were surprised to learn that ham radio is still alive and well and fully up to date with modern technology. A few lapsed hams also thought about getting back into amateur radio after stopping at the exhibit. The fact that hams build satellites and talk to astronauts in space was a major part of the exhibit. These are two things that citizens band operators and cellular telephone users don't do. A recent ARISS contact between astronauts and school children played almost continously during the expo to draw people into the exhibit. The exhibit also stressed the technical opportunities that are available in ham radio, that hams can design, build and modify their own transmitters and other equipment and that amateur radio provides practical electronics experience and is a great way to get a head start in a science or engineering career. Displays also showed off the public service abilities of hams and stressed that ham radio still works after all other communication systems have failed. Visitors who were interested in learning more about amateur radio were directed to one of the many local radio clubs in the Washington area that offer licensing classes and exam sessions. Although the outcome of the exhibit cannot be accurately measured, we do know that last year's exhibit did produce one new ham that we know of, and possibly more that we don't know about. [ANS thanks Dan, N8FGV, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.05 OSCAR 11 Report - 28 September 2006 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.05 OSCAR-11 REPORT 28 September 2006 NOTHING HEARD FROM OSCAR-11 DURING SEPTEMBER ... REPORTS REQUESTED! Please post reports to AMSAT-BB or e-mail to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv). During the period 14 August 2006 to 28 September, the satellite was heard from 16 to 26 August. The beacon was expected to switch ON ten days or 20 later, ie. around 05 or 15 September. However, it has not been heard since 26 August. During the last ON period, the real time clock showed various errors. The date on 16 August was 51 July. By 26 August it had incremented to 60 July. The hours were also showing an erratic behaviour. Over short periods of time, ie. during a pass, the minutes and seconds appeared to be incrementing correctly I am indebted to Jeff KB2M, Peter ZL3TC and Dave G1OCN, for their reports and for monitoring the satellite, especially during the last two weeks while I have been away on holiday. Many thanks. The status of the satellite, when last heard, was that all the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status channels 60 to 67 were still working. The spacecraft computer and active attitude control system have switched OFF, ie. the satellite' attitude is controlled only by the passive gravity boom gradient, and the satellite is free to spin at any speed. When telemetry was last received it showed that one of the solar arrays had failed, and there was a large unexplained current drain on the main 14 volt bus. After 22 years in orbit the battery has undergone around 100,000 partial charge/discharge cycles, and observations suggest that it cannot power the satellite during eclipses, or sometimes during periods of poor solar attitude. The watchdog timer now operates on a 20 day cycle. During the three months before May (when the eclipses started), the ON/OFF times were very consistent, and the average of many observations show this to be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 days ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. However, poor solar attitude may result may result in a low 14 volt line supply, which may cause the beacon to switch OFF prematurely, and reset the watchdog timer cycle. When this occurs, the beacon is OFF for 20.7 days. The Beacon frequencies are - VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you need to know what OSCAR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio clip for you to hear. The website contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT125.CWV, to prevent duplication. 73 Clive G3CWV xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv) [ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-274.06 ARISS Status - 25 September 2006 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 274.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 1, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-274.06 1. Swiss School Contact Successful Thomas Reiter, DF4TR, spoke with students from the Gymnase Intercantonal de la Broye at the Musee de l'aviation militaire in Payerne, Switzerland on Friday, September 22. Eight students' questions were answered as 50 people gathered around the radio. Another 300 witnessed the contact in the hall where the event was transmitted on screen by amateur television (ATV). Media coverage included newspapers and television. 2. George Washington University Contact Successful Space visitor Anousheh Ansari participated in a contact with her alma mater, George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C. on Friday, September 22. As Ansari was Japanese participant, Dice-K Enomoto's back up on the Soyuz flight, she did not have time to get her U.S. license. Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, acted as the control operator during the contact. Students from several area schools participated in the event: Eastern Middle School, Silver Spring, Md. (a NASA Explorer School); School Without Walls Senior High School, Washington, D.C.; Stevens Elementary School, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Va. Six students were able to have their questions answered. The event was held in the GWU Marvin Center amphitheater where approximately 125 people gathered. Television stations Fox TV 5, ABC WJLA 7 and news channel 8 provided coverage of the GWU ARISS contact as did the Washington Post and some other local papers. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/22/AR200609220… Photos of the event may be viewed on: http://artemis.crosslink.net/~pk/AMSAT/AMSAT-ARISS-9-22-06/ The contact video may be seen here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1789656846413123353 The university posted a press release of the event. http://my.gwu.edu/mod/calendar/default.cfm?event_id=9660&option=view&day=09… 3. ARISS - Illinois Contact, a Success Astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, had his own contact scheduled for September 22 with his crew-pick school, Crete-Monee Intermediate Center in Crete, Illinois. Nineteen students asked one question each as the entire student body of 800 children looked on. The Kankakee Amateur Radio Society provided streaming audio via W9AZ 146.94 repeater on http://www.w9az.com. Two television channels, 7 and 2 covered the event. Crete's local newspaper, The Star, posted an online article: http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/cup/24-cup3.htm 4. Upcoming School Contacts The ARISS team continues to work on scheduling the Expedition 14 school contacts. 5. ISS Makes General Contacts Besides making the scheduled ARISS school contact with George Washington University, Anousheh Ansari has been making general contacts with stations in the USA and Canada using the callsign RS0ISS. News of her contacts has already hit the media. See: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=852560db-b97c-4565-af… 6. ARRL Article Covers Hams Onboard ISS ARRL ran a story on the shuttle astronauts visiting the ISS. The amateur radio payload PCSAT2 was picked up during an EVA and returned to Earth. "Five Radio Amateurs Now Aboard ISS; Power Upgrade, PCSat2 Retrieval Set" may be viewed on: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/11/101/?nc=1 7. ARRL Covers Expedition 14 Launch ARRL ran an article on the launch of the Expedition 14 crew. The story, entitled, "Shift Change: New Two-Ham Crew, First Female Civilian Visitor on Way to ISS" may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/18/102/?nc=1 8. ARRL Press Release on Three ARISS Contacts On Friday, September 22, three ARISS contacts were performed by three different people onboard the ISS. "ARISS Plans Triple Header of Ham Radio School Contacts" may be viewed on: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/21/100/?nc=1 [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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WSR-268 Weekly Satellite Report 268
by James French 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

This report is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites Part 4 (S4) - proposed satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-268.S1 WSR 268 Part 1 09/25/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 268.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 25, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-268.S1 VO-52 HAMSAT Catalog Number: 28650 Launch Date: May 05,2005 Status: Operational Current Mode: U/V - Indian Transponder Proposed frequencies: ------------------- Indian Transponder: Uplink : 435.220 MHz to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.870 MHz to 145.930 MHz USB/CW Beacon : 145.859330 MHZ CW Dutch Transponder: Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW Beacon : 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: LHCP U: RHCP Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.in/hamsat.htm To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon. [04242006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Operational Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - OFF PBBS - V/U - 38k4 Digital Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Mode schedule for September 2006 according to the AO-51 command team: September 4 to September 11 FM Repeater, V/U, High Power Mode Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM September 11 to September 18 FM Repeater, L/S Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 Mhz FM September 18 to September 24 "Normal" Mode FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital September 25 to October 2 38k4 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 38k4 PBP Digital Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09252006] ===== SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C Catalog number: 27607 Launched: December 20, 2002 Status: Operational. Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating procedures) Downlink: 436.795 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml (not up and running currently) To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary) 1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft. 2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window. 3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset the 10 minute timer. [04172006] ===== FO-29 JAS-2 Catalog number: 24278 Launch Date: August 17, 1996 Status: OPERATIONAL Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 MHz Digital Mode JD Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK Callsign: 8J1JCS Digitalker: 435.910 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP U: RHCP unOfficial Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo29.html [11132005] ===== AO-27 AMRAD Catalog number: 22825 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org [01012006] ===== AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 Catalog number: 07530 Launch Date: November 15, 1974 Status: Operational depending on amount of Sunlight Current Reported mode: Mode-A Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP) 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP) Beacons: 29.502 MHz 145.972 MHz 435.100 MHz 2304.100 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ AO-7 users are requested to log their contacts and observations about AO-7, especially any unexpected mode changes. AO-07 telemetry software webpage: http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip Please keep your power low! For additional information please read the AO-7 Usage Guidelines on the AO-7 Log and Resource Site located at: http://www.planetemily.com/ao7 [04242006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Intermittent Digipeater: OFF The Expedition 13 crew is: Commander: Pavel Vinogradov - RV3BS Flight Engineer: Jeff Williams - KD5TVQ Crew: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Exedition 14 crew, which is currently enroute, is: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Anousheh Ansari Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ Currently, Expedition Crew 14 is enroute to the International Space Station. During the week, the equipment may be turned off during docking of the Soyuz. ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09182006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-268.S2 WSR 268 Part 2 09/25/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 268.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 25, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-268.S2 CO-58 XI-V Catalog Number: 28895 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Operational - CW only Telemetry Downlink: 437.345MHz - FSK 1200bps using AFK protocol Beacon Downlink: 437.465MHz - CW Callsign: JQ1YGW Oficial Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/satinfo-e.html#xi5 Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [09252006] ===== CO-56 CUTE-1.7 Catalog number: 28941 Launched: June 30,2003 Status: Semi-Operational - Constant Carrier only Uplink: ? Downlink: 437.3850 CW 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? ) Information webpage: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/ [09252006] ===== AO-51 ECHO Catalog number: 28375 Launch date: June 29, 2004 Status: Testing Current Mode(s): FM Repeater - OFF PBBS - V/U - 38k4 Digipeater - OFF Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 435.150 MHz FM 2401.200 Mhz FM Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM 145.880 MHz USB 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25 Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast Protocol 1268.700 mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Mode and Antenna Polarization: T: Linear V: Linear U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP TX B (usually analog) RHCP L: Linear S: Linear Broadcast: PECHO-11 BBS: PECHO-12 Mode schedule for September 2006 according to the AO-51 command team: September 4 to September 11 FM Repeater, V/U, High Power Mode Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM September 11 to September 18 FM Repeater, L/S Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM, No PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 Mhz FM September 18 to September 24 "Normal" Mode FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, 67 hz PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital September 25 to October 2 38k4 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS (Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS) Uplink: 145.860 Mhz FM, 9k6 PBP Digital Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 38k4 PBP Digital Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ [09252006] ===== NO-44 PCSAT Catalog number: 26931 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: RECOVERY EFFORTS - REFRAIN FRON USAGE!!! General Usage Uplink/Downlink:145.827 MHz 1200 Baud Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B Catalog number: 25397 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Operational Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) 435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems Uplinks: 145.850 FM 145.890 FM 145.930 FM 1269.700 FM 1269.800 FM 1269.900 FM Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11 BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12 More information of GO-32 can be found at: http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html [08072006] ===== RS-22 Mozhayets 4 Catalog Number: 27939 Launch Date: September 27, 2004 Status: Operational Beacon: 435.3520 MHz CW ===== AO-16 PACSAT Catalog number: 20439 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for APRS users. Uplink: 145.900 FM 145.920 FM 145.940 FM 145.960 FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz Mode and Antenna Polarization: U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP PSK 437.025 MHz LHCP V: Linear Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11 BBS: PACSAT-12 AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html [04172006] ===== UO-11 OSCAR-11 Catalog number: 14781 Launched: March 1, 1984 Status: Semi-operational Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK). approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: RHCP S: LHCP Reception reports are requested to be sent to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv), or post to AMSAT-BB. During the period 15 June to 17 July 2006 nothing has been heard from the satellite. It was last heard on 05 May, just one day before the solar eclipses were due to start. These eclipses will continue until 04 August 2006, reaching a maximum duration of 22% around 19 June. If the satellite behaves in the same way as it did last year, regular 10 day transmissions should re-start, sometime in August. Official webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm [07172006] ===== PCSAT-2 Catalog Number: 25544 Launch Date: August 1, 2005 Activated: August 3, 2005 Status: Decommissioning Current Mode: OFF Voice Digital Uplink: 145.990 MHz Voice response Downlink: 437.975 MHz Digital Downlink: 435.275 Mhz Digital Uplink: 145.825 Mhz ISS digipeater uplink: 145.990 Mhz PSK-31 Downlink: 435.275 Mhz PSK-31 Uplink: 29.401 Mhz CALLSIGN: pcsat2 Official Webpage: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html PCSAT2 APRS Packet page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program: http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/ [09252006] ===== INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS Catalog number: 25544 Launch date: November 20, 1998 Status: Operational Current Mode: Intermittent Digipeater: OFF Expedition Crew 13 is: Commander: Pavel Vinogradov - RV3BS Flight Engineer: Jeff Williams - KD5TVQ Crew: Thomas Reiter - DF4TR Exedition 14 crew, which is currently enroute, is: Michael Lopez-Alegria - KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin - RZ3FT Anousheh Ansari Digital/APRS: Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM Worldwide packet downlink: 145.800 Mhz FM Voice: Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM SSTV TESTING: Worldwide Reported Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Crossband Repeater: Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM Mode and Antenna Polarization: V: Linear U: Linear Callsigns: German: DP0ISS Russian: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR USA: NA1SS Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11 Packet Keyboard: RS0ISS-3 Digipeater callsign: ARISS Official ARISS Webpage: http://www.rac.ca/ariss ISS Fan Club Webpage: http://www.issfanclub.com APRS tracking page: http://www.ariss.net/ Currently, Expedition Crew 14 is enroute to the International Space Station. During the week, the equipment may be turned off during docking of the Soyuz. ISS Daily Crew Schedule: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/ Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line is NOT translated from Russian and posted. [09182006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-268.S3 WSR 268 Part 3 09/25/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 268.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 25, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-268.S3 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: AO-54 SUITSAT Catalog Number:28933 Release Date: February 3,2006 Status: Re-Entered Modes : FM Voice Telemetry/Greetings FM SSTV Callsign: RS0RS Downlink: 145.990 FM Currently on the amsat-bb, there is a geussing game going on about when Suitsat will re-enter the atmosphere. Official webpage: http://www.suitsat.org [09252006] ===== NCUBE-2 Catalog Number: 28897 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)? Proposed Callsign: TBA Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305 2407.250 Official Website: http://www.ncube.no [05012006] ===== XO-53 SSETI Catalog Number: 28894 Launch Date: October 27, 2005 Status: Non-operational Voice Uplink: 437.250 FM 67Hz CTCSS Voice Downlink: 2401.835 FM Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 9k6 packet Packet Downlink 2401.835 38k4 packet Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php [01292006] ===== TO-31 TMSAT-1 Catalog Number: 25396 Launch Date: July 10, 1998 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11 BBS: TMSAT1-12 [05012006] ===== PO-28 POSAT-1 Catalog Number: 22829 Launch Date: September 25, 1993 Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use Downlink: 429.950 Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11 BBS callsign: POSAT1-12 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html POSAT-1 webpage: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html [01012006] ===== AO-10 OSCAR 10 Catalog number: 14129 Launched: June 16, 1983 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier) W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html [05092004] ===== IO-26 ITAMSAT Catalog number: 22826 Launch Date: September 26, 1993 Status: Downlink only Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud) Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11 BBS: ITMSAT-12 Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html [01012006] ===== RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.408 MHz Robot: 29.454 MHz [05232004] ===== RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13 Catalog number: 21089 Launched: February 5, 1991 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 145.860 MHz Robot: 145.908 MHz [05232004] ===== UO-14 UoSAT-3 Catalog number: 20437 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM [05092004] ===== UO-22 UOSAT Catalog number: 21575 Launched: July 17, 1991 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11 BBS: UOSAT5-12 [01092005] ===== RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15 Catalog number: 23439 Launch Date: December 26, 1994 Status: Non-operational? Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent) SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial) [06202004] ===== LO-19 LUSAT Catalog number: 20442 Launched: January 22, 1990 Status: CW Beacon only Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK) CW downlink: 437.125 MHz Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK) Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11 BBS: LUSAT-12o General information and telemetry samples can be found at: www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu [05232004] ===== FO-20 JAS-1b Catalog number: 20480 Launch Date: February 07, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 435.795 More FO-20 info can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html [08152004] ===== KO-23 KITSAT Catalog number: 22077 Launched: August 10, 1992 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11 BBS: HLO1-12 Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a non-operational status. [05092004] ===== KO-25 KITSAT Catalog number: 22828 Launched: September 26, 1993 Status: Non-operational Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12 [05092004] ===== PO-34 PANSAT Catalog number: 25520 Launched: October 30, 1998 Status: Telemetry downloads only Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ [05092004] ===== SO-33 SEDSAT-1 Catalog number: 25509 Launched: October 24, 1998 Status: Semi-operational Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK) The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site: http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm [ANS-WSR has no further information] [09042006] ===== SO-35 SUNSAT Catalog Number: ? Launched:February 23, 1999 STatus: Non-Operational Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/ [08082004] ===== UO-36 UoSAT-12 Catalog number: 25693 Launched: April 21, 1999 Status: Unknown Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK) Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11 BBS: UO121-12 The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip [05092004] ===== AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40 Catalog number: 26609 Launch Date: November 16, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB Beacon: 2401.323 24,048.035 [05232004] ===== SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B Catalog number: 26549 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.075 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11 BBS: SASAT2-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html [08152004] ===== SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A Catalog number: 26545 Launch Date: September 26, 2000 Status: Non-Operational Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11 BBS: SASAT1-12 Further information is available at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html [08152004] ===== NO-45 SAPPHIRE Catalog number: 26932 Launch Date: September 30, 2001 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater Digi Callsign: KE6QMD Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire, call- sign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following URL: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt [03132005] ===== MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1 Catalog number: 26548 Launched: September 26, 2000 Status: Operational Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK Downlink: 437.325 MHz Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11 BBS: MYSAT3-12 TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK Amateur Radio communica- tion. TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. [11202005] ===== AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) Catalog number: 27605 Launch Date: December 20, 2002 Status: Non-operational. Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message) Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de [01012006] ===== DO-17 Dove Catalog Number: 20440 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-operational. Downlink: Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK Beacon: 2401.220 MHz [05012006] ===== WO-18 WEBERSAT Catalog Number: 20441 Launch Date: January 22, 1990 Status: Non-Operational Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25 [05012006] NNNN /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-268.S4 WSR 268 Part 4 09/25/2006 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 268.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 25, 2006 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-268.S4 THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME: PHASE 3E ?O-?? Catalog Number: Proposed Launch Date: Early/Mid 2007 Status: Under Construction For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL P3-E web page: http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/ [ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report] [04242006] NNNN /EX ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans- mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30 UTC. Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703 Voice: 301-589-6062 888-322-6728 FAX: 301-608-3410 Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists: * AMSAT News Service (ANS) * General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB) * Orbit data (KEPS) * Manned space missions (SAREX) * District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC) * New England area (AMSAT-NE) * AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU) * AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12) A daily digest version is available for each list. To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS. ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX

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ANS-267 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
by JoAnne Maenpaa 24 Sep '06

24 Sep '06

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-267 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ******************** AMSAT 2006 Space Symposium ************************** Online registration and hotel reservation for the 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium has been posted to the AMSAT website, and information about the Symposium has been expanded. The 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held October 6, 7 and 8 at the Crowne Plaza in Foster City, California in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Please visit http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium for additional information and an index to the expanded Symposium web pages. ************************************************************************** In this edition: * HITSAT - New Amateur Radio Cubesat in Orbit * AMSAT President's Club News * AMSAT-UK Chief Discusses PoSAT End-of-Life Issues * Microwave Update Conference 2006 * ARISS Operations Update * SSETI GTO Satellite Project Report * AO-51 QRP Repeater to be Activated for JOTA * 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration * Hawaii Activation on FM Satellites SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.01 HITSAT - New Amateur Radio Cubesat in Orbit AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.01 HITSAT, a new amateur radio cubesat, was successfully launched from Japan on September 22. HITSAT was developed by the Hokkaido Cubsat Development Ham club at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology under the guidance of Assistant Professor Mitsuhashi Ryuichi. It rode to orbit as a secondary payload aboard a Japanese Space Agency launch of the Japanese Solar-B mission. Satellite Call Sign JR8YJT CW telemetry down-link 437.275MHz 1200 baud FM packet down-link 437.425MHz HITSAT transmits its CW telemetry data every 40 seconds. Refer to http://www.hit.ac.jp/~satori/gs/e/hitsatgs.html for a detailed des- cription of the telemetry format. After launch reception reports began to arrive from amateur radio operators around the world. Pass predictions using the keplerian elements from Space-Track.org have been narrowed down to Object A or Object D, with Object D seeming to be the more accurate at press time. An excellent resource for HITSAT and other CubeSat information can be found at: http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm. [ANS thanks the HITSAT team and observant amateur radio operators around the world for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.02 AMSAT President's Club News AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.02 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.02 Past President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, has been continuing his support of AMSAT by leading the organizational efforts for the President's Club. Robin has requested that President's Club members send him their email addresses so that he can better keep in touch with them. In response, Robin received the following from President's Club member Jim Jerzycke, KQ6EA, who recently upgraded to "silver" level of member- ship. Jim writes, "I upgraded to "silver" this year. It's my way of paying back AMSAT for not only the enjoyment I get from this aspect of Amateur Radio, but also the knowledge I gained which helped my career immensely." Jim explains, "I never would have been employed by DirecTV, and now Sea Launch, without the *practical* knowledge of satellite opera- tions I gained by being an AMSAT member." Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT project funds, are also eligible to receive additional benefits. You too can join the President's Club either through the website at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/membership/presclub.php or by calling Martha at the AMSAT office, 1-888-322-6728. [ANS thanks Robin, VE3FRH, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.03 AMSAT-UK Chief Discusses PoSAT End-of-Life Issues AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.03 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.03 Following the recent kind agreement of Consórcio SAT, the owners of PoSAT (PO28 or 1993-061D) which was launched on the Ariane V59 from Kourou on the 26th September 1993, work has been progressing at SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre to switch transponder frequencies to the amateur satellite service to serve as a voice FM transponder for use by all radio amateurs worldwide. Unfortunately, recent investigations now indicate that the PoSAT on- board NiCd batteries are showing the effects of 12 years in orbit and the approximately 100,000 charge /discharge cycles to which they have subjected and are no longer holding sufficient charge to operate the downlinks. This may mean that, sadly after all, it will not be possible for the satellite to be made available for amateur use. We fully understand the benefits that PO28 would offer radio amateurs and work is continuing at Surrey to see if there is any way to revive this 'old lady'. AMSAT-UK will provide updates when further informa- tion becomes available. Martin Sweeting G3YJO http://www.uk.amsat.org [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.04 Microwave Update Conference 2006 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.04 Gerd, WB8IFM from Dayton, Ohio writes, "There is only a little over a month left to the national Microwave Update Conference 2006. For the first time this yearly conference will be held* in Dayton,Ohio on the 19th to the 22nd of October. Presentations are on Friday and Saturday (Oct 20 & 21) with a fleamarket which will be held on Friday night. A banquet on is scheduled for Saturday night with awards and drawings for prizes. There will be a spouse program also. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about ham activity on the micro- waves, loosely described from about 400 Mhz to light! We hope to attract many hams within driving distance of Dayton. You have to the end of September to get the earlybird registration fee of $40. After October 1st the registration fee will go up by $5. If you pay at the door the cost will be $50. This fee includes a volume of the proceed- ings which has the presented papers plus others that are not being present- ed! AMSAT will be represented by Freddy, ON6UG. For registration info and a more detailed plan go to: http://www.microwaveupdate.org. [ANS thanks Gerd, WB8IFM for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.05 ARISS Operations Update AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.05 Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO ARISS Project Engineer reminds ISS radio fans to, "Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS has not been functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Random ISS voice activity expected the week of September 21-28. Space Station visitor Ansari has announced that she may be active on the Amateur Radio station on ISS. She is planning on a few pre-scheduled school links and some random contacts. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.06 SSETI GTO Satellite Project Report AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.06 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.06 This week Graham G3VZV reported that the SSETI GTO satellite project is still on track for a launch from Kourou in Nov 2008 with the planned AMSAT-UK U/S linear transponder is on the manifest. This transponder is expected to support the following features: + Approximate 50kHz bandwidth + 10 watts of RF output + Selectable DSP/SDX and analogue signal paths + 400bps beacon The satellite may not have good, long term, attitude control therefore the antennas are being designed to work well even if the satellite is tumbling. Although the link budget is not as good as AO40 was nor as P3E will be, circular polarisation of ground segment antennas will be needed. Before we operate the system as an amateur transponder, it will be used as the initial main communications package for the reception of telecommands to, and for the transmission of telemetry and mission data from, the satellite - so it is quite important for the whole project. The Preliminary Design Review will be completed during next month and an engineering model of the satellite should be under construction early next year. Hopefully this process will be visible using the same webcam system as we were able to engineer during the SSETI Express construction. The website at http://www.sseti.net/ has lots of info about the SSETI program. Click on "missions" and ESEO for more details about their plans for their GTO satellite. A full report on the SSETI Express launch last year, the SSETI ESEO project with the DSP transponder, and their SSETI ESMO (moon orbiter!) project will be provided at the upcoming AMSAT-NA Symposium. [ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.07 AO-51 QRP Repeater to be Activated for JOTA AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.07 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.07 The AO-51 Operations Group announced plans for AMSAT's support of the Jamboree on the Air event (JOTA) on the weekend of October 21st and 22nd. AO-51 will run in dual repeater mode with the 435.150 QRP repeater reserved for JOTA contacts on the weekend. Please yield the 435.150 repeater to JOTA contacts, especially between two JOTA stations. The normal AO-51 QRP rules apply: 10 watts to omni or handheld antennas only. Visit the AO-51 schedule at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php [ANS thanks the AO-51 Operations Group for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.08 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.08 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.08 The 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held October 6, 7 and 8 at the Crowne Plaza in Foster City, California in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. There is still plenty of time to sign up for the 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium! Please note that registrations received after September 24 will cost $55. Hotel registrations have filled the initial block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel that were set aside for Symposium attendees. The Symposium Committee worked with the hotel management and they are now happy to report that additional rooms have been added to the AMSAT block. A glitch in the hotel's reservation system causes an occasional error when trying to book rooms at the special AMSAT rate. If you try to book your room through the central Crowne Plaza reservation system (toll free number) they may tell you the dates are unavailable. If this happens call the hotel directly (information on AMSAT web) and be sure to mention the AMS group code. If you still have problems please send Emily Clarke (n1did(a)amsat.org) an email with your arrival and departure dates and she will arrange to speak with the hotel manager directly. One thing that isn't available through the website is that we can upgrade to the Executive rooms. The rate for executive rooms increases from $109 per night to $129 per night. Call the hotel directly to take advantage of this offer. Information about the Spouse Tours and Activities can be found online. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2006GroupTours.php Please visit http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium for additional information and an index to the expanded Symposium web pages. [ANS thanks the 2006 Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.09 Hawaii Activation on FM Satellites AMSAT News Service Bulletin 267.09 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 24, 2006 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-267.09 Ron, W6ZQ, and Rick, WH6FC will be active on SO-50 and AO-51 for the next week or two from Hawaii. They are on the big island now. Ron will be going to Maui next week for a week or two. Good hunting! Check those westerly passes! [ANS thanks John, K6YK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org

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