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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-325
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:
* CubeSat Launch Includes Amateur Radio Missions
* AMSAT Rolls Out Web Fund Raising Widgets
* FUNCube Comes to Life at Martlesham, First Command & Telemetry Success
* WAS-Satellite Certificate Now Accepted as Credit for AMSAT Awards
* FO-29 Returns to Service
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* CubeSat Winter Session and IAA Conference in Rome, January 24-29
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.01
CubeSat Launch Includes Amateur Radio Missions
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.01
A Minotaur-4 launch from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska,
managed by Alaska Aerospace Corp. on November 19 lifted seven
satellites into a 400 mile high circular orbit.
Four of the satellites will be of interested to amateur radio
operators:
+ FASTRAC (science and amateur radio mission)
+ RAX - Radio Aurora eXplorer (science and amateur radio mission)
+ NanoSail-D
+ O/OREOS
FASTRAC
-------
http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/overview.php
Status: Beacon copied and decoded after launch.
The FASTRAC mission consists of two satellites built by students
at UT-Austin. This mission is divided into two basic phases, both
phases relying heavily on the participation of the amateur radio
community.
The first phase is the science portion of the mission. During this
phase the two satellites will be sharing GPS data as long as they
are within range of each other. The GPS data will be processed on
board each satellite and then stored in flash memory to calculate
an on-orbit relative navigation solution.
Also, the satellites will be performing attitude determination with
the GPS receiver. FASTRAC 1 will be firing the micro-discharge plasma
thruster whenever the thrust vector is within 15 degrees of the anti-
velocity vector. The data will be relayed to the ground when the sat-
ellite is in communication with a ground station. A coordination plan
is being developed so that participating amateur radio ground stations
can play a major role in collecting this data and relaying it back to
the FASTRAC web site.
The second phase of the mission begins by reconfiguring the satel-
lites for use by the amateur radio community. The capabilities of
these satellites are governed largely by the functionality of the
Kantronics KPC9612-Plus TNC. The satellites will be reconfigured
after the primary mission to serve on the APRS network.
FASTRAC 1 "Sara Lily" FASTRAC 2 "Emma"
--------------------- ----------------
Downlink 437.345 MHz FM 145.825 MHz FM
Beacon 437.345 MHz* 145.825 MHz*
Uplink (1200 Baud) 145.980 MHz FM 435.025 MHz FM
Uplink (9600 Baud) 145.825 MHz FM 437.345 MHz FM
* AX.25 1200 AFSK beacon data format
RAX (Radio Aurora eXplorer)
---------------------------
http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
Status: Beacon copied and decoded after launch.
RAX is a space weather science spacecraft carrying a 9600 baud UHF
transceiver that will transmit telemetry in the amateur satellite
bands. This mission also consists of a primary scientific experiment
with future reconfiguration for amateur radio experimentation.
In the science phase the satellite will use a a radar receiver capable
of 1 MHz I/Q sampling of select bandwidths between 400-500 MHz, includ-
ing the amateur satellite bands.
The primary objective of the mission is to use the onboard radar rece-
iver in conjunction with a powerful radar station in Alaska to study
the formation of a plasma anomaly known for causing the scintillation
of radio signals in the UHF and higher bands. This scintillation effect
is known to inhibit our space radar tracking capabilities and ground-
space communications.
The RAX team is looking for amateur ground stations to help acquire
RAX's 437.505 MHz beacon during the next few weeks of early launch and
continue to help collect telemetry throughout the mission.
The amateur radio phase of the mission is still under development. The
RAX team will invite the AMSAT community to get involved with submit-
ting proposals on how the radar receiver could be used for amateur radio
experiments after the primary mission objective is achieved. They will
issue a call for proposals which will be posted to the AMSAT-BB in the
next few months.
NanoSail-D
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html
NanoSail-D is a test of solar sail mechanism technology. The solar
sail is designed to operate predominantly as a drag sail and will
cause it to de-orbit in less than 100 days as a test of small
satellite de-orbiting techniques. The amateur radio beacon will
transmit a one-half second data signal every 5 seconds on 437.270 MHz.
The satellite will operate primarily on battery power because of the
short duration of the mission.
O/OREOS
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/oreos/main/index.html
Status: Beacon copied and decoded after launch.
O/OREOS is a biological test spacecraft developed by scientists and
engineers at NASA Ames Research Center. O/OREOS is a triple cube
spacecraft planned to perform two tests during its 1-year mission.
The first experiment will test how microorganisms survive and adapt
to the stresses of space; the other will monitor the stability of
organic molecules in space. O/OREOS includes an amateur radio beacon
operating on 437.305 MHz. This satellite also includes a novel de-
orbit mechanism design by a Santa Clara University graduate student.
AX.25 437.305 MHz O/OREOS Beacon decoding information:
http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/BeaconProcessingSystem/OOREOSBeaconDecoding.pdf
If you are able to capture the beacon telemetry, please take the time
to file a report at http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/Submission.aspx which
is an interface to the Beacon Data Processing System.
An overview of the Kodiak launch can be found on-line at:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/101112launchpreps/
Photos of the payloads during integration with the launcher can
be found on-line at:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/101112cleanroom/
[ANS thanks the CubeSat Teams and SpaceFlightNow.com for the above
information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.02
AMSAT Rolls Out Web Fund Raising Widgets
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.02
AMSAT-VP Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA announced AMSAT is now
using a new web based fund raising tool on Facebook called Fundrazr
along with a web widget from PayPal Labs you can add to other web
pages. He hopes this will stimulate additional fund raising support
for ARISSat-1 and AMSAT-FOX. He is looking for help rolling these
web page widgets out to the public. Both are designed to be spread
virally and attract donations from those outside the normal AMSAT
circles.
For those with private webpages or blogs, we have a PayPal widget that
can also be added to your own webpages and blogs. It has been added to
the front page at http://www.amsat.org . Please consider adding it to
your own webpages and blogs in a prominent place.
Drew concludes, "I'm proud to announce that the Facebook and PayPal
widget campaign has raised $1,000 over the last 48 hours! This is a
great first step towards replenishing the funds used in the construc-
tion of ARISSat-1, and beginning the design and construction of
AMSAT-FOX. Thank you to those who posted the fundraiser to their own
pages, and to those who donated."
Drew's Facebook page at http://bit.ly/c861N7 now prominently includes
the Fundrazr widget that you can share or post. Drew has also added
the PayPal Labs widget on his QRZ.com entry, see:
http://www.qrz.com/db/KO4MA or http://www.qrz.com/db/K9JKM
For the FundRazr app on Facebook, go to Drew's Facebook page and click
share. For the PayPal widget on all other web sites, use the "add to
site" button. It will prompt you how to do it. It also lets AMSAT see
who and where it has been posted, and how much money has been raised
from each location.
Please let Drew know if you add either of these so he can track results!
(e-mail: ko4ma(a)amsat.org)
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.03
FUNCube Comes to Life at Martlesham, First Command & Telemetry Success
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.03
The UK Martlesham Microwavers Round Table weekend also included an
AMSAT-UK FUNCube developer meeting. The aim of the working session
was to build a `stack' of the various boards which will make up FUNcube
and see if they worked!
Congratulations are in order to the FUNCube team being able to report
success on these milestones:
+ Prove that we could command the satellite remotely via RF.
+ Receive and examine the telemetry from the stack remotely using the
FUNcube dongle.
+ Command the antennas to deploy.
+ Command the satellite to change modes between transponder mode to
education mode, and back again.
The main 'new' PCBs that arrived were David's PA, Wouter's RF board,
and the CCT board from Jason and his team.
Photos of the meeting and FUNCube construction and testing videos can
be viewed on-line at:
http://funcube.org.uk/working-meetings/cubesat-mtg-1314-nov-2010/
A screenshot of the first captured telemetry from FUNCube can be seen
on-line at: http://www.funcubedongle.com/?p=195
The Spectravue plot to the right shows the satellite's downlink received
using a FUNcube Dongle. To the right hand side of the plot, the solid
green `hump' is the telemetry and the signal to the right of that being
simultaneous transponded SSB voice traffic.
To the bottom left, old hands will recognise the AO-40RCV window being
used to decode raw frames. The basic telemetry specification is based
heavily on AO-40's FEC model.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT-UK FUNCube developers and Howard, G6LVB for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.04
WAS-Satellite Certificate Now Accepted as Credit for AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.04
AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards Bruce Paige, KK5DO says
congratulations are in order for these radio amateurs who earned
operating awards this month:
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
making their first satellite QSO:
Club Station, SP9PEX
Rick Tejera, K7TEJ
Merle Olmsted, AA4QE
Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN
George Heath, KF5IRG
Anthony Sirianni, Sr., KD8OEE
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award:
Ronald Oldham, N8RO #521
Ryan Case, KB9RID #522
Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #523
Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #524
The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications
Achievement Award:
Ronald Oldham, N8RO #US152
Bob Herrell, AJ5C #US153
Ryan Case, KB9RID #US154
Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #US155
Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #US156
The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award:
Ronald Oldham, N8RO #154
Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #155
Bob Herrell, AJ5C #156
Terry Moorby, VE3DIJ #157
The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award:
Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #40
The following have earned the W4AMI 5000 Satellite Communications
Achievement award:
Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #25
Bruce also said that in some cases he can credit holders of the ARRL
Worked All States (with the Satellite endorsement) toward appropriate
AMSAT Satellite Operating Awards. He will accept a scanned copy of your
Worked All States-Satellite certificate as proof of 50 of the 60 con-
tacts to fill in the missing states for the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award or
to qualify for the AMSAT Communication Achievement Award. Contact
Bruce via e-mail (kk5do(a)amsat.org) with your specific details to see
if you qualify.
Unfortunately, the ARRL W.A.S. certificate cannot be used towards the
South Africa AMSAT Award. As all contacts for this award must be done on
LEO satellites, there is no way to determine if LEO or HEO was used on
the certificate.
Full information on all of the AMSAT Satellite Operating Awards can
be found on-line at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.05
FO-29 Returns to Service
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.05
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL reported that the FO-29 Command Team succeeded
in bringing FO-29 back in service on 07:46UTC, 16 Nov 2010. Good
signals have been reported. Rick, WA4NVM reported, "I caught Kerry,
WC7V with a booming signal at 2 degrees elevation. Its nice to hear
this bird again!"
Two weeks ago, Yutaka Murata, JA1COU reported that the JARL FO-29
command team hypothesized that recent shutdowns of the satellite
may have been caused when the temperature aboard FO-29 became too
high to allow continuous operations and to accept commands or any
other satellite operations.
The FO-29 command team expected that the temperature aboard FO-29
would drop as the length of eclipse increases:
Eclipse of FO-29 is:
November 1 0% (full illumination)
November 20 14%
November 30 17%
[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL and Yutaka Murata, JA1COU for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.06
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.06
+ An article and accompanying video on the SouthGate Site shows
how terrestrial operation can impact satellite operations when
the operators unwisely choose their frequency:
http://tinyurl.com/24r4bdx (SouthGate)
+ Congratulations to Loren, K7CWQ on being awarded Satellite WAS
#323 from the ARRL. His first contact was on 11-6-2009 with K8YSE.
All of his contacts have been with an HT and an Arrow antenna from
his driveway.
+ NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace have launched a new
planetary rover engineering competition called Exploration Robo-Ops
Student Challenge. University teams are eligible to win as much as
$10,000 for designing and building a planetary rover. Teams are
required to submit a project plan proposal by Dec. 15. More info
can be found at SpaceDaily.com http://tinyurl.com/28nsglr
+ Tom, W5KUB was on Memphis, TN Channel 5 news with his amateur
radio contact with the ISS. Video at http://tmedlin.com/iss.wmv
+ ReadySat Go is a store-and-forward CubeSat being developed by
students at San Jose State University. They have posted a video
showing construction of the satellite on the SouthGate site:
http://tinyurl.com/274f7wq
+ NASA's Eyes on the Solar System is a browser application that
gives you a 3D environment operating in real time, so you can
virtually tag along with our robot spacecraft. More information
and the stuff you need to download can be found at:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/
+ Check out the Ten Years Of the ISS in Pictures feature on-line
at UniverseToday.com ... http://tinyurl.com/27nglfh
+ The Daily Mail had a feature showing astronaut Tracy Caldwell
Dyson and the views from the ISS Cupola: http://tinyurl.com/38eryox
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-325.07
CubeSat Winter Session and IAA Conference in Rome, January 24-29
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 325.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 21, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-325.07
The 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat
Conference which will be held in Rome, Italy on January 24-29, 2011.
Submissions are due by December 18, 2010. Early registration begins
on January 10, 2011.
The conference is organized by a team of professors, students and
researchers from the School of Aerospace Engineering of Sapienza
University of Roma (GAUSS - Gruppo di Astrodinamica dell'Università
degli Studi Sapienza - Group of Astrodynamics of Sapienza University)
The Conference is supported by several authorities including:
+ The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
+ The European Space Agency (ESA)
+ Kosmotras)
+ The Von Karman Institute (VKI)
+ The Centro Ricerche Progetto San Marco
+ Sapienza Università di Roma
+ Morehead State University
Two days of the Conference will be entirely dedicated to the Winter
Session of the Cubesat Workshop, for the first time in Europe.
More information can be found at: http://www.gaussteam.com under the
section 'events'. An e-mail contact for the conference is:
gauss.group(a)gmail.com
[ANS thanks Group of Astrodynamics, Sapienza University of Roma 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. And, with that
please keep in mind the young ham expressing his frustration of his
radio battery dying so his therapist recommended that he find an outlet.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
1
0
This report is organized into four (4) parts.
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites
Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites
Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites
Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-319.S1
WSR 319 Part 1 11/15/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 319.S1
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 15, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-319.S1
HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP 2.0dBi max
U: RHCP 3.0dBi max
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
[09062010]
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SO-67 SumbandilaSat
Catalog Number: 35870
Launch Date: September 17, 2009
Status: Suspended
Callsign: ZS0SUM
Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz
Downlink: 435.345MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
For more information about SO-67:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
[09062010]
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DO-64 Delfi-C3
Catalog number: 32789
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY
Telemetry: 145.870 MHz
Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz
Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz
Delfi-C3 web page: http://www.delfic3.nl/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=68
[09062010]
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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 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW
Dutch Transponder:
Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW
Indian Beacon: 145.9360 MHZ CW
Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP
U: RHCP
Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm
To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon
that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon.
[09062010]
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Mode:
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.705 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.705 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.705 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
[11152010]
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launch date: December 20, 2002
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml
(not up and running currently)
To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4
Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary):
1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute
timer on board the spacecraft.
2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the re-
peater on and off within the 10 Minute window.
3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset
the 10 minute timer.
[09062010]
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org
[09062010]
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP)
Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW
145.972 MHz CW
435.100 MHz CW
2304.100 MHz CW
Official Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php
The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website:
http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/
[09062010]
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-319.S2
WSR 319 Part 2 11/15/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 319.S2
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 15, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-319.S2
StudSat
Catalog Number: 36796
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On Orbit
Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK
[08062010]
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TIsat-1
Catalog Number: 36799
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On orbit
Callsign: HB9DE
Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK
Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK
Beacon: 437.305MHz CW
[08062010]
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HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
[09062010]
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SwissCube
Catalog Number: 35932
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: HB9EG
Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps
[04222010]
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UWE-2
Catalog Number: 35934
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps
[1112009]
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ITUpsAT1
Catalog Number: 35935
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps
[11112009]
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BEESAT
Catalog Number: 35933
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: DP0BEE
Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bps
[04222010]
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CP-6
Catalog Number: 35003
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK
[09062010]
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HAWKSAT 1
Catalog number: 35004
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: operational
Downlink: 437.345 MHz ?
[09062010]
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Pharmasat
Catalog Number: 35002
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK
[09062010]
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ANUSAT
Catalog Number: 34808
Launch Date: April 20, 2009
Status: ?
Downlink: 435.000 MHz
Uplink: 145.800 MHz
Telemetry: 137.400 MHz
[09062010]
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SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.)
Catalog Number: 33496
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Proposed Frequencies and Modes:
Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign:
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=101
[09062010]
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KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.)
Catalog Number: 33495
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW
Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW
IARU coordination status page:
AMSAT-NA webpage:
[09062010]
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STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites)
Catalog Number: 33498
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW
437.465 MHz FM/CW
Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW
437.275 MHz FM/CW
Callsigns: JR5YBN
JR5YBO
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=99
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT)
Catalog Number: 33499
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YYY
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=107
AMSAT-NA webapge:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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PRISM (Tokyo Univ.)
Catalog Number: 33493
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Beacon: 437.250 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YCX
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=97
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=119&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny)
Catalog Number: 32953
Launch Date: May 23, 2008
Status: Operational
Curent Modes: Telemetry
Audio
Images
Downlinks: 435.315 MHz
435.215 MHz
AMSAT-NA website:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret
URL=/satellites/status.php
Official website:
http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43
[09062010]
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CanX-2
Catalog number: 32790
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational in range of ground station only
Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK
For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web
page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=46
[09062010]
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AAUSAT-II
Catalog number: 32788
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet
For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web
page:
http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=60
[09062010]
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CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II
Catalog number: 32785
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Digipeater
Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet
Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz
Telemetry Beacon:
Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW
For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II
web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=78
Command Station blog website:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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Compass-1
Catalog number: 32787
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: 4k8 MSK packet
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM
Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW
437.405 MHz Packet
For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web
page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=52
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CO-66 Seeds II
Catalog number: 32791
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.485 MHz
Callsign: JQ1YGU
For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web
page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=36
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CAPE-1
Catalog Number: 31130
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Intermittent
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW
Callsign: K5USL
TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds.
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL=
/satellites/status.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=72
[09062010]
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CP3
Catalog Number: 31129
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /u
Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25
[09062010]
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CO-58 CubeSat XI-V
Catalog number: 28895
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Operational - CW Beacon only
Current Mode: /u
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JQ1YGW
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xivpicte.htm
[09062010]
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CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV
Catalog number: 27848
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: ?????
Current Mode: /u
Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW
Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Callsign: JQ1YGW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
[09062010]
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Mode:
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.700 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
[11152010]
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QuakeSat
Catalog Number: 27845
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet
Mode U packet
Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS
Quakesat webpage:
http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/
[10042010]
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CO-55 CUTE-1
Catalog Number: 27844
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: Operational
Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide
AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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NO-44 PCSAT
Catalog number: 26931
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: V/v
General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud
Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud
PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org
aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program:
http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/
[09062010]
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RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22
Catalog number: 27939
Launch Date: September 27, 2003
Status: Operational - 70cm cw only
Current Mode: /u
CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz
145.818 MHz
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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LO-19 LUSAT
Catalog number: 20442
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: CW Beacon only
Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink: 437.125 MHz
Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)
Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11
BBS: LUSAT-12
General information and telemetry samples can be found at:
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu
[09062010]
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UO-11 OSCAR-11
Catalog number: 14781
Launch Date: March 1, 1984
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /v
Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK
UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
S: LHCP
Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm
[11062010]
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-319.S3
WSR 319 Part 3 11/15/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 319.S3
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 15, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-319.S3
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
CP4
Catalog Number: 31132
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=79
[09062010]
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LIBERTAD-1
Catalog Number: 31128
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25
Callsign: 5K3L
Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25
[09062010]
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PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1
Catalog Number: 29712
Launch Date: January 10, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/v
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM
Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM
[09062010]
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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
[09062010]
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XO-53 SSETI
Catalog number: 28894
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-operational
Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS
Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM
Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet
Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet
Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/
Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php
[09062010]
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UWE-1
Catalog Number: 28892
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK
[09062010]
=====
CANX-1
Catalog Number: 27847
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
[06052009]
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DTUSAT
Catalog Number: 27842
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported
Downlink: 437.475MHz
Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL
=satellites/all_oscars.php
[02212009]
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AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)
Catalog number: 27605
Launch Date: December 20, 2002
Status: Non-operational.
Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK
(optional voice message)
Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS
Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de
[01222007]
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MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1
Catalog number: 26548
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Telemetry only
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11
BBS: MYSAT3-12
TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.
TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd.
[03302009]
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NO-45 SAPPHIRE
Catalog number: 26932
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK
Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater
Digi Callsign: KE6QMD
Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,
as per the user service agreement located at the following URL:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt
[03132005]
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SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B
Catalog number: 26549
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.075 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11
BBS: SASAT2-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html
[01222007]
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SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Catalog number: 26545
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
[01222007]
=====
AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40
Catalog number: 26609
Launch Date: November 16, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplinks
-------
V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB
U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB
L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB
L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB
Downlinks
---------
S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB
K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 2401.323 MHz
24048.035 MHz
P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU)
----------------------------
BEACON General Beacon(GB) Middle Beacon(MB) Engineering Beacon(EB)
2 m none 145.898 MHz none
70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz
13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz
13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz
3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz
1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz
[07162007]
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OO-38 OPAL
Catalog Number: 26063
Launch Date: January 27, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK
[08132007]
=====
UO-36 UoSAT-12
Catalog number: 25693
Launch date: April 21, 1999
Status: Unknown
Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlinks: 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11
BBS: UO121-12
The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site at the following URL:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip
[01222007]
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SO-35 SUNSAT
Catalog Number: 25636
Launch date:February 23, 1999
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz
Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz
145.900 MHz
For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/
[01222007]
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PO-34 PANSAT
Catalog number: 25520
Launch date: October 30, 1998
Status: Telemetry downloads only
Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz
Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
[05092004]
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SO-33 SEDSAT-1
Catalog number: 25509
Launch date: October 24, 1998
Status: Semi-operational
Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.
For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm
[09042006]
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GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B
Catalog number: 25397
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-Operational
Current Modes:
Telemetry : /u
Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems
Uplinks: 145.850 FM
145.890 FM
145.930 FM
1269.700 FM
1269.800 FM
1269.900 FM
Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11
BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12
More information of GO-32 can be found at:
http://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[07172010]
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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]
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MO-30 UNAMSAT-2
Catalog Number: 24305
Launch Date: September 5, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
[06042009]
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA)
Voice/CW (Mode JA)
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
Digital Mode JD
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM
145.870 MHz FM
145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
U: RHCP
For current operational schedule for FO-29:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm
JARL English webpage:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm
AMSAT-NA Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID
=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's
CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
fo29cwts.htm
[11062010]
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PO-28 POSAT-1
Catalog number: 22829
Launch Date: September 25, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 429.950
Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage
Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11
BBS callsign: POSAT1-12
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html
POSAT-1 webpage:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html
[01012009]
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IO-26 ITAMSAT
Catalog number: 22826
Launch Date: September 26, 1993
Status: PSK carrier only
Current Mode:
Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud
Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK
Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11
BBS: ITMSAT-12
Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html
[01212007]
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KO-25 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22828
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11
BBS: HL02-12
[05092004]
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AO-24 ARSENE
Catalog Number: 22654
Launch Date: May 13, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW
Broadcast callsign:
BBS:
[12162009]
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KO-23 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22077
Launch date: August 10, 1992
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11
BBS: HLO1-12
[01222007]
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UO-22 UOSAT
Catalog number: 21575
Launch date: July 17, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11
BBS: UOSAT5-12
[01222007]
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AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21
Catalog Number: 21087
Launch Date: January 29, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP
Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP
[01222007]
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FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW
435.910 MHz AX25
Voice Transponder:
Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Digital Transponder:
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz
Downlink: 435.910 MHz
More FO-20 info can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html
[01152007]
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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]
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DO-17 Dove
Catalog Number: 20440
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational.
Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK
Beacon: 2401.220 MHz
[05012006]
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AO-16 PACSAT
Catalog number: 20439
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: non-operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.920 MHz FM VOICE
145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE
(1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED]
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP
PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP
V: Linear
Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11
BBS: PACSAT-12
AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html
[07242009]
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UO-15 UoSAT-4
Catalog Number: 20438
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: ?
Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?)
435.1200MHz (?)
[06042009]
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UO-14 UoSAT-3
Catalog number: 20437
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM
[05092004]
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FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12
Catalog Number: 16909
Launch Date: August 12, 1986
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) Packet:
Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS
Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW
[01152007]
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AO-10 OSCAR 10
Catalog number: 14129
Launch Date: June 16, 1983
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[05092004]
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AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8
Catalog Number: 10703
Launch Date: March 3, 1978
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW
Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW
[01152007]
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AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6
Catalog Number: 06236
Launch Date: October 15, 1972
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW
Beacons: 29.450 MHz
435.100 MHz
[01312008]
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AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5
Catalog Number: 04321
Launch Date: January 23, 1970
Status: Non-Operational
Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW
29.4500 MHz CW
[01152007]
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OSCAR III
Catalog Number: 01293
Launch Date: March 09, 1965
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW
[01012007]
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RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Launch Date: December 26, 1994
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
[06202004]
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RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.860 MHz
Robot: 145.908 MHz
[05232004]
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RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 29.408 MHz
Robot: 29.454 MHz
[05232004]
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WSR 319 Part 4 11/15/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 319.S4
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 15, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-319.S4
THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY:
CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD
Catalog number: 28941
Launch date: February 21, 2006
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS
Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan?)
Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW
Callsign: JQ1YPC
Information webpage:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=56
[09062010]
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BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK
437.325 MHz CW 20wpm
[07312009]
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AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS
[11112009]
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Pollux
Catalog Number: 35693
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: POLLUX-1
Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
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Castor (ANDE-2)
Catalog Number: 35694
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: KD4HBO-1
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
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NO-62 FCAL
Catalog Number: 29667
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: July 28, 2008
Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25
Downlink ID: KD4HBO
Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html
[01012009]
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NO-61 ANDE
Catalog Number: 29664
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: December 25, 2007
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
[01032008]
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NO-60 RAFT-1
Catalog Number: 29661
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: May 30, 2007
Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25
Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz
Packet to Voice ID: RAFT
[06112007]
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GENESAT-1
Catalog Number: 29655
Launch Date: December 16, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered date: August 8, 2010
Current Mode: /u
Callsign: KE7EGC
Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html
[08082010]
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HO-59 HITSat
Catalog number: 29484
Launch date: September 22, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: June 18, 2008
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JR8YJT
[01012009]
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SO-43 Starshine 3
Catalog Number: 26929
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: January 21, 2003
Beacon: 145.825Mhz
[02212009]
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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.
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ANS-318
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 Amateur Radio Satellite Awards
* Video Tour Live November 16
* Earth Impact Simulator
* E-book on propagation
* K8OCL, Silent Key
* ARISS Status - 8 November 2010
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.01
AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.01
AMSAT offer a range of Amateur Radio Satellite awards, starting with the
single contact Satellite Communicator's Club.
On the AMSAT bulletin board Clint Bradford, K6LCS, writes:
AMSAT has offered several awards over the years.
And you do not need 100 contacts to get awarded for your accomplishments:
a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite
Communicator's Club award!
Current and past AMSAT awards include ...
-Satellite Communicator's Club
-Satellite Communications Achievement
-South African AMSAT Award
-OSCAR Sexagesimal Award
-OSCAR Century Award
-WA4AMI 1000 Award
-WA4AMI 5000 Award
-51 on 51 Achievment Award
Details on the AMSAT awards available at ...
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/
In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC,
DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards.
-Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any
station on each of the six continents.
-DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any
station in 100 different DXCC countries.
-Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in
each of the 50 states.
VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in
100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid
squares.
ARRL Awards information -
http://www.arrl.org/awards/
Congratulations to these hams who have recently earned their VUCC Award with
a Satellite Endorsement:
VUCC Satellite #203 Bob Herrell, AJ5C
VUCC Satellite #204 Zack Beougher, KD8KSN VUCC Satellite #205 Greg Butler,
KI4OTG
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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Video Tour Live November 16
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.02
Tom, W5KUB puts on an excellent show and I bet most AMSAT members would be
happy to tune in even though this is news isn't specifically satellite
related ... Tom is an AMSAT member.
Live Web Cast From MFJ on November 16
Tom, W5KUB will run a live web broadcast giving you a video guided tour of
MFJ, Cushcraft, Hygain, Ameritron, Mirage, and Vectronics on Tuesday,
November 16, starting at 0800 Central Standard Time, or 1400 UTC. Prizes
will be given to lucky viewers. All you have to do is be logged in to be
eligible for the drawings.
You can log into view the web video and join the on-line hamradio chat via
Tom's web page at: http://w5kub.com. You can also join the live chat by
pointing your IRC client to /server irc.liveharmony.org and then /join
#hamradio.
Tom, W5KUB is well known for his live internet web casts from Dayton and
from the Huntsville Hamfest every year.
[ANS thanks Tom, K5KUB for the above information]
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Earth Impact Simulator
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.03
Hams Like Science: Impact Earth Simulator For Your Shack
UniverseToday.com reported on Impact Earth, an interesting web page for
scientifically oriented readers who may like to predict the effects of an
asteroid impact before it happens.
All you have to do is input the parameters of the asteroid on the recently
updated "Impact Earth" website:
http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth
You'll find out everything about what an impactor will do to Earth,
including an estimate of the size of the crater, how far away you'll need to
be in order to avoid being affected by the impact (and if that is possible),
tsunami wave height, and other details of the subsequent disaster. This
version does not predict if your amateur radio antenna will remain standing.
The original Impact Earth website was created in 2002 for use by NASA and
homeland security. The new version, built in a collabora- tion between
Purdue University and Imperial College London, is more user-friendly for the
general public, as well as providing more visual details of an impact.
Besides being rather fun to play around with, the website is highly
educational about what a various sized impacts would do Earth, depending on
if it hit ground or water.
[ANS thanks UniverseToday.com for the above information]
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E-book on propagation
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.04
Hams Like Free Stuff: Download E-Book Understanding LF and HF Propagation
Steve G0KYA and Alan G3NYK, of the Radio Society of Great Britain's
(RSGB) Propagation Studies Committee, have released a free ebook called
'Understanding LF and HF Propagation'
In 2008/2009 Steve and Alan wrote a series of features on LF and HF
propagation for the RSGB's "RadCom" magazine.
The features consisted of a month-by-month look at each HF band in turn,
showing the reader the propagation modes behind each band and explaining
some of the technicalities of ionospheric propagation.
Steve says: "I looked at the D, E and F layers, Sporadic E, the MUF/LUF,
using solar data, propagation programs, NVIS and much more.
"Alan then took over and wrote three detailed features on LF propagation.
We are told that the features were well received and as a result I have
managed to persuade the RSGB to allow me to put them together into a single
document, which is now freely available for amateurs worldwide to download."
You can download your free copy of "Understanding LF and HF Propagation"
at http://www.g0kya.blogspot.com
[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News Site for the above information]
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K8OCL, Silent Key
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.05
It is with great sadness that I report Dr. John Champa, K8OCL, has become a
silent key.
I was friends with John since 1970 as we both served in the U.S. Army and
were officers in
The Ft. Gordon, Ga. Amateur radio club.
His daughter, Rebecca, reported his passing after a formidable fight with an
inoperable
Tumor. I know he was on the BOD of AMSAT for several years and framed many
important contributions
and avenues for Projects undertaken.
He will be missed by all and his important opinions (to me) will allow me to
keep his
ideas alive and in the hearts of all AMSAT members.
[ANS thanks Dee Interdonato, NB2F, for the above information]
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(ARISS) Status Report November 8, 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 14, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-318.06
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
November 8, 2010
1. Upcoming School Contact
St. Louis Charter School, St. Louis, Missouri contact on Thursday, November
11 at 18:07 UTC. was a success St. Louis is a public charter school with an
enrollment of 930 students in grades K - 8. Additional students are enrolled
in the school's Special Education Self Contained Classrooms. The school has
integrated the ARISS contact into its science curriculum which covers the
solar system, space exploration and space missions. Students have taken part
in several hands on activities and research papers to prepare for the
contact.
2. Malaysian Contact Successful
On Tuesday, November 2, students from S.K. Bukit Damansara visited the
National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and participated in an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. The youth
posed questions to astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC about what it is like to
live in space. The contact was made in conjunction with the "Prime
Minister's - National Space Challenge Trophy 2010" event.
3. Crew Debrief Held with Caldwell-Dyson
Expedition 23/24 astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF participated in an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session on
Wednesday, November 3. The feedback she provided on the ISS Ham radio
equipment and school contacts will aid the ARISS team in updating its
program procedures.
4. Astronaut Training Status
On Friday, November 5, Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI was given an ARISS overview
training session and Suni Williams, KD5PLB was provided with a refresher
course on the ARISS program. Both astronauts are slated to fly on Expedition
32.
5. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
On November 5, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1734 ran three ARISS
related news items under Ham Radio in Space. "The ISS Celebrates its 10th
Anniversary" talks about the crew members who have flown on the Space
Station, many of whom were ham radio operators. "Second Ham Station for the
ISS" covers the Ericsson radio which will be installed in the Columbus
module in early 2011 and "ARISSat-1 Passes Safety Test" is a status on the
satellite which will soon ship to Russia for final integration and testing.
All stories may be found at: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt
[ANS thanks Yutaka Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
/EX
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-311
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:
* November AO-51 Schedule
* Hudson Valley SatCom Net
* November 15 Deadline for NASA CubeSat Initiative Proposal
* AMSAT-UK FUNcube Frequencies Now Confirmed
* FO-29 Status Update
* OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 October 2010
* ARISS Status - 1 November 2010
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.01
November AO-51 Schedule
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.01
AMSAT-NA VP Operations, Drew KO4MA published the November schedule
for AO-51. Drew wrote, "This month we are catching up on several
requests for L, S and even 38k4 BBS time. In January AO-51 leaves
continuous illumination for many years and many of these modes may
not be possible due to power budget and battery condition. However,
if we find these modes under used this month, we may modify the sched-
ule as we go.
October 31 (late UTC)
FM Repeater, L/SU
Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM and 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!)
November 4 (late UTC)
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U
Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud
November 14 (late UTC)
38k4 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U
Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 38,400 baud
November 18 (late UTC)
FM Repeater, L/SU
Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM and 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!)
November 21 (late UTC)
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U
Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud
SO-67 is active over North and South America this month, according
to the schedule at http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ . V/U users of AO-51
are encouraged to try SO-67 while AO-51 is in mode L/US.
Read the latest AO-51 Control Team News on the AMSAT web at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.02
Hudson Valley SatCom Net
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.02
The next Hudson Valley Sat com Net will be Thursday Noveber 11 on
the Mt. Beacon ARC 146.970 MH repeater and on EchoLink via the
N2EYH-L node. Net starts at 8PM EST (UTC - 5). More information
is available at http://www.hvsatcom.org and wa2aqh(a)amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.03
November 15 Deadline for NASA CubeSat Initiative Proposal
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.03
NASA made the first open announcement to create an agency-prioritized
list of available CubeSat auxiliary payloads in April 2010. Additional
CubeSat launch capacity is still available in 2011 and 2012, so NASA
released a second announcement of CubeSat integration and launch oppor-
tunities. CubeSat mission proposers must still be educational institu-
tions and contribute to NASA strategic goals and outcomes.
Investigations proposed for this pilot project must address an aspect
of science, exploration, technology development, education or opera-
tions encompassed by NASA's strategic goals and outcomes as identified
in the NASA Strategic Plan and/or NASA's Education Strategic Coordina-
tion Framework.
Collaborators may be required to provide partial reimbursement of
approximately $30,000 per CubeSat. NASA will not provide funding to
support CubeSat activity or development. Selection does not guarantee
an availability of a launch opportunity.
The complete CubeSat Launch Initiative Announcement can be viewed
on-line at NASA.gov at http://tinyurl.com/2b97n6r.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.04
AMSAT-UK FUNcube Frequencies Now Confirmed
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.04
Trevor, M5AKA reported the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency
Coordination panel has announced coordinated frequencies for
the AMSAT-UK FUNcube 1U CubeSat.
The frequencies are:
Inverting linear transponder:
Uplink 435.080 - 435.060 MHz Downlink 145.960 - 145.980 MHz
Beacon 145.955 MHz CW and 1200 bps BPSK
FUNcube website
http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/
FUNcube SDR Dongle
http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/
FUNcube Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.05
FO-29 Status Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.05
Yutaka Murata, JA1COU reported news from the Japan Amateur Radio
League (JARL) FO-29 command team testing this past weekend when
continuous commands were transmitted to the satellite when it was
in range of Japan.
The current hypothesis of the recent shutdown of the satellite is
that the temperature aboard FO-29 is too high to allow continuous
operations and to accept commands or any other satellite operations.
Eclipse of FO-29 is:
November 1 0% (full illumination)
November 20 14%
November 30 17%
It is expected that the temperature aboard FO-29 will drop as the length of
eclipse increases. FO-29 is designed to work over a wide temperature range.
Because of degradation over time in orbit it is possible that some components
may have lower performance. The JARL Command Team hopes that FO-29 will accept
commands and resume operation when the temperature cools down during increased
eclipse.
[ANS thanks Yutaka Murata, JA1COU for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.06
OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 October 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.06
This report covers the period from 30 September to 31 October
2010. During this time the satellite has been heard from 09 to
19 October and from 30 October. At the time of writing it is
transmitting and is expected to continue until 09 November.
Excellent signals have been reported from stations located
around the world, and good copy obtained from decoded telemetry
frames.
The satellite is now transmitting during eclipses, although
signals are weaker at those times. This indicates that there is
still some capacity remaining in the battery.
The on-board clock is now very stable. It gained only ten
seconds in 33 days. This is comparable with its accuracy when the
satellite was fully operational, when it gained approximately one
minute per year. However, there is still an accumulated loss of
309 days, which has occurred during eclipses of the last few
years.
Operation during eclipses and stability of the on-board clock
suggest that some part of the system may have recently failed
'open circuit' thus reducing the overall power drain of the
system, and allowing more power to be available during eclipses.
There was an unexplained current drain observed when analogue
telemetry was last transmitted. This fault might have cleared.
The Beacon frequencies are -
VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry
UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF
S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF
Reception reports have been received from Jeff N3QO, Rod CX2ABP
and Ian KI4HLV/6Y5 (G4JMM) . Many thanks for those and to
everyone who posted reports on the satellite status website. This
is a very convenient and easy to use facility, which shows the
current status of all the amateur satellites. Strongly
recommended for future reports! Reports around the expected times
of switch-on and switch-off are of special interest. The URL is
http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php
OSCAR-11 transmits on 145.826 MHz., set receiver to NBFM. The
satellite has a characteristic sound, rather like raspy slow
morse code, sending "di di dah dah dah dah dah dah dah" sent over
a period of five seconds. If you are receiving a very weak
signal, switch the receiver to CW or SSB. You should hear several
sidebands around the carrier frequency and should be able to hear
the characteristic 'morse code like' sound on at least one
sideband.
Please note that you need a clean noise-free signal to decode
the signals, and your receiver must be set to NBFM mode, for a
decoder to work.
If you need to know what OSCAR-11 sounds like, there is an audio
clip on my website www.g3cwv.co.uk/ which may be useful for
identification and as a test signal for decoding.
The current status of the satellite, is that all the analogue
telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The
status channels 60 to 67 are still working. The real time clock
is showing a large accumulated error, but is now incrementing
accurately to within a few seconds per month. The day of the
month has a bit stuck at 'one' so the day of the month may show
an error of +40 days for some dates. The time display has
switched into 12 hour mode. Unfortunately, there is no AM/PM
indicator, since the time display format was designed for 24 hour
mode.
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.
The watchdog timer operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times
have tended to be very consistent. The average of many
observations have shown this to be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 day s ON
followed by 10.4 days 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 last telemetry received
from the satellite is available for download. The website
contains an archive of news & telemetry data which is updated
from time to time. It also contains details about using a
sound card or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is
software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The
URL is www.g3cwv.co.uk .
If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network,
please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT150.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-311.07
ARISS Status - 1 November 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 7, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.07
1. Successful ARISS Contact with Funakata Elementary
On Friday, October 29, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact was held between students from Funakata Elementary School in
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and astronaut Shannon Walker, KD5DXB on the International
Space Station (ISS). The youth were able to get in 16 questions before the ISS
went over the horizon. Approximately seventy students, guests and media were
present.
2. Astronaut Training Status
Astronauts Joe Acaba, KE5DAR and Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI participated in simulated
ARISS school contacts with students attending Ralph McCall School in Airdrie,
Alberta, Canada on Tuesday, October 26. The training sessions were
terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment.
Acaba, who is slated to fly with Expedition 31, also had an ARISS refresher
course on Wednesday, October 27 for his upcoming mission in 2012.
[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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This report is organized into four (4) parts.
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites
Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites
Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites
Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-310.S1
WSR 310 Part 1 11/06/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 310.S1
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 06, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-310.S1
HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP 2.0dBi max
U: RHCP 3.0dBi max
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
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SO-67 SumbandilaSat
Catalog Number: 35870
Launch Date: September 17, 2009
Status: Suspended
Callsign: ZS0SUM
Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz
Downlink: 435.345MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
For more information about SO-67:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
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DO-64 Delfi-C3
Catalog number: 32789
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY
Telemetry: 145.870 MHz
Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz
Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz
Delfi-C3 web page: http://www.delfic3.nl/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=68
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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 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW
Dutch Transponder:
Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW
Indian Beacon: 145.9360 MHZ CW
Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP
U: RHCP
Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm
To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon
that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon.
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.708 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launch date: December 20, 2002
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml
(not up and running currently)
To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4
Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary):
1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute
timer on board the spacecraft.
2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the re-
peater on and off within the 10 Minute window.
3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset
the 10 minute timer.
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP)
Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW
145.972 MHz CW
435.100 MHz CW
2304.100 MHz CW
Official Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php
The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website:
http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
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/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-310.S2
WSR 310 Part 2 11/06/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 310.S2
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 06, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-310.S2
StudSat
Catalog Number: 36796
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On Orbit
Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK
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TIsat-1
Catalog Number: 36799
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On orbit
Callsign: HB9DE
Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK
Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK
Beacon: 437.305MHz CW
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HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
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SwissCube
Catalog Number: 35932
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: HB9EG
Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps
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UWE-2
Catalog Number: 35934
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps
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ITUpsAT1
Catalog Number: 35935
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps
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BEESAT
Catalog Number: 35933
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: DP0BEE
Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bps
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CP-6
Catalog Number: 35003
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK
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HAWKSAT 1
Catalog number: 35004
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: operational
Downlink: 437.345 MHz ?
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Pharmasat
Catalog Number: 35002
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK
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ANUSAT
Catalog Number: 34808
Launch Date: April 20, 2009
Status: ?
Downlink: 435.000 MHz
Uplink: 145.800 MHz
Telemetry: 137.400 MHz
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SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.)
Catalog Number: 33496
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Proposed Frequencies and Modes:
Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign:
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=101
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KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.)
Catalog Number: 33495
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW
Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW
IARU coordination status page:
AMSAT-NA webpage:
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STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites)
Catalog Number: 33498
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW
437.465 MHz FM/CW
Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW
437.275 MHz FM/CW
Callsigns: JR5YBN
JR5YBO
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=99
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT)
Catalog Number: 33499
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YYY
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=107
AMSAT-NA webapge:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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PRISM (Tokyo Univ.)
Catalog Number: 33493
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Beacon: 437.250 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YCX
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=97
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=119&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny)
Catalog Number: 32953
Launch Date: May 23, 2008
Status: Operational
Curent Modes: Telemetry
Audio
Images
Downlinks: 435.315 MHz
435.215 MHz
AMSAT-NA website:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret
URL=/satellites/status.php
Official website:
http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43
[09062010]
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CanX-2
Catalog number: 32790
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational in range of ground station only
Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK
For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web
page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=46
[09062010]
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AAUSAT-II
Catalog number: 32788
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet
For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web
page:
http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=60
[09062010]
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CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II
Catalog number: 32785
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Digipeater
Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet
Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz
Telemetry Beacon:
Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW
For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II
web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=78
Command Station blog website:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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Compass-1
Catalog number: 32787
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: 4k8 MSK packet
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM
Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW
437.405 MHz Packet
For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web
page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=52
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CO-66 Seeds II
Catalog number: 32791
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.485 MHz
Callsign: JQ1YGU
For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web
page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=36
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CAPE-1
Catalog Number: 31130
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Intermittent
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW
Callsign: K5USL
TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds.
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL=
/satellites/status.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=72
[09062010]
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CP3
Catalog Number: 31129
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /u
Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25
[09062010]
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CO-58 CubeSat XI-V
Catalog number: 28895
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Operational - CW Beacon only
Current Mode: /u
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JQ1YGW
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xivpicte.htm
[09062010]
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CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV
Catalog number: 27848
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: ?????
Current Mode: /u
Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW
Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Callsign: JQ1YGW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
[09062010]
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.700 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
[10182010]
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QuakeSat
Catalog Number: 27845
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet
Mode U packet
Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS
Quakesat webpage:
http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/
[10042010]
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CO-55 CUTE-1
Catalog Number: 27844
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: Operational
Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide
AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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NO-44 PCSAT
Catalog number: 26931
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: V/v
General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud
Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud
PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org
aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program:
http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/
[09062010]
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RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22
Catalog number: 27939
Launch Date: September 27, 2003
Status: Operational - 70cm cw only
Current Mode: /u
CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz
145.818 MHz
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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LO-19 LUSAT
Catalog number: 20442
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: CW Beacon only
Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink: 437.125 MHz
Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)
Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11
BBS: LUSAT-12
General information and telemetry samples can be found at:
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu
[09062010]
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UO-11 OSCAR-11
Catalog number: 14781
Launch Date: March 1, 1984
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /v
Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK
UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
S: LHCP
Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm
[11062010]
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
NNNN
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FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 06, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-310.S3
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
CP4
Catalog Number: 31132
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=79
[09062010]
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LIBERTAD-1
Catalog Number: 31128
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25
Callsign: 5K3L
Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25
[09062010]
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PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1
Catalog Number: 29712
Launch Date: January 10, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/v
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM
Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM
[09062010]
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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
[09062010]
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XO-53 SSETI
Catalog number: 28894
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-operational
Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS
Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM
Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet
Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet
Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/
Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php
[09062010]
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UWE-1
Catalog Number: 28892
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK
[09062010]
=====
CANX-1
Catalog Number: 27847
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
[06052009]
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DTUSAT
Catalog Number: 27842
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported
Downlink: 437.475MHz
Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL
=satellites/all_oscars.php
[02212009]
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AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)
Catalog number: 27605
Launch Date: December 20, 2002
Status: Non-operational.
Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK
(optional voice message)
Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS
Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de
[01222007]
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MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1
Catalog number: 26548
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Telemetry only
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11
BBS: MYSAT3-12
TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.
TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd.
[03302009]
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NO-45 SAPPHIRE
Catalog number: 26932
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK
Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater
Digi Callsign: KE6QMD
Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,
as per the user service agreement located at the following URL:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt
[03132005]
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SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B
Catalog number: 26549
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.075 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11
BBS: SASAT2-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html
[01222007]
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SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Catalog number: 26545
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
[01222007]
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AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40
Catalog number: 26609
Launch Date: November 16, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplinks
-------
V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB
U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB
L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB
L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB
Downlinks
---------
S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB
K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 2401.323 MHz
24048.035 MHz
P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU)
----------------------------
BEACON General Beacon(GB) Middle Beacon(MB) Engineering Beacon(EB)
2 m none 145.898 MHz none
70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz
13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz
13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz
3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz
1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz
[07162007]
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OO-38 OPAL
Catalog Number: 26063
Launch Date: January 27, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK
[08132007]
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UO-36 UoSAT-12
Catalog number: 25693
Launch date: April 21, 1999
Status: Unknown
Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlinks: 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11
BBS: UO121-12
The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site at the following URL:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip
[01222007]
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SO-35 SUNSAT
Catalog Number: 25636
Launch date:February 23, 1999
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz
Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz
145.900 MHz
For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/
[01222007]
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PO-34 PANSAT
Catalog number: 25520
Launch date: October 30, 1998
Status: Telemetry downloads only
Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz
Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
[05092004]
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SO-33 SEDSAT-1
Catalog number: 25509
Launch date: October 24, 1998
Status: Semi-operational
Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.
For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm
[09042006]
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GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B
Catalog number: 25397
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-Operational
Current Modes:
Telemetry : /u
Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems
Uplinks: 145.850 FM
145.890 FM
145.930 FM
1269.700 FM
1269.800 FM
1269.900 FM
Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11
BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12
More information of GO-32 can be found at:
http://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[07172010]
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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]
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MO-30 UNAMSAT-2
Catalog Number: 24305
Launch Date: September 5, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
[06042009]
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA)
Voice/CW (Mode JA)
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
Digital Mode JD
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM
145.870 MHz FM
145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
U: RHCP
For current operational schedule for FO-29:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm
JARL English webpage:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm
AMSAT-NA Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID
=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's
CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
fo29cwts.htm
[11062010]
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PO-28 POSAT-1
Catalog number: 22829
Launch Date: September 25, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 429.950
Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage
Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11
BBS callsign: POSAT1-12
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html
POSAT-1 webpage:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html
[01012009]
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IO-26 ITAMSAT
Catalog number: 22826
Launch Date: September 26, 1993
Status: PSK carrier only
Current Mode:
Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud
Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK
Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11
BBS: ITMSAT-12
Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html
[01212007]
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KO-25 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22828
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11
BBS: HL02-12
[05092004]
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AO-24 ARSENE
Catalog Number: 22654
Launch Date: May 13, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW
Broadcast callsign:
BBS:
[12162009]
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KO-23 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22077
Launch date: August 10, 1992
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11
BBS: HLO1-12
[01222007]
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UO-22 UOSAT
Catalog number: 21575
Launch date: July 17, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11
BBS: UOSAT5-12
[01222007]
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AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21
Catalog Number: 21087
Launch Date: January 29, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP
Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP
[01222007]
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FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW
435.910 MHz AX25
Voice Transponder:
Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Digital Transponder:
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz
Downlink: 435.910 MHz
More FO-20 info can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html
[01152007]
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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]
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DO-17 Dove
Catalog Number: 20440
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational.
Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK
Beacon: 2401.220 MHz
[05012006]
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AO-16 PACSAT
Catalog number: 20439
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: non-operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.920 MHz FM VOICE
145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE
(1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED]
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP
PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP
V: Linear
Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11
BBS: PACSAT-12
AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html
[07242009]
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UO-15 UoSAT-4
Catalog Number: 20438
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: ?
Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?)
435.1200MHz (?)
[06042009]
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UO-14 UoSAT-3
Catalog number: 20437
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM
[05092004]
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FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12
Catalog Number: 16909
Launch Date: August 12, 1986
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) Packet:
Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS
Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW
[01152007]
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AO-10 OSCAR 10
Catalog number: 14129
Launch Date: June 16, 1983
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[05092004]
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AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8
Catalog Number: 10703
Launch Date: March 3, 1978
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW
Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW
[01152007]
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AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6
Catalog Number: 06236
Launch Date: October 15, 1972
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW
Beacons: 29.450 MHz
435.100 MHz
[01312008]
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AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5
Catalog Number: 04321
Launch Date: January 23, 1970
Status: Non-Operational
Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW
29.4500 MHz CW
[01152007]
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OSCAR III
Catalog Number: 01293
Launch Date: March 09, 1965
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW
[01012007]
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RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Launch Date: December 26, 1994
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
[06202004]
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RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.860 MHz
Robot: 145.908 MHz
[05232004]
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RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 29.408 MHz
Robot: 29.454 MHz
[05232004]
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WSR 310 Part 4 11/06/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 310.S4
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, November 06, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-310.S4
THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY:
CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD
Catalog number: 28941
Launch date: February 21, 2006
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS
Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan?)
Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW
Callsign: JQ1YPC
Information webpage:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=56
[09062010]
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BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK
437.325 MHz CW 20wpm
[07312009]
=====
AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS
[11112009]
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Pollux
Catalog Number: 35693
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: POLLUX-1
Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
=====
Castor (ANDE-2)
Catalog Number: 35694
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: KD4HBO-1
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
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NO-62 FCAL
Catalog Number: 29667
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: July 28, 2008
Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25
Downlink ID: KD4HBO
Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html
[01012009]
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NO-61 ANDE
Catalog Number: 29664
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: December 25, 2007
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
[01032008]
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NO-60 RAFT-1
Catalog Number: 29661
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: May 30, 2007
Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25
Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz
Packet to Voice ID: RAFT
[06112007]
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GENESAT-1
Catalog Number: 29655
Launch Date: December 16, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered date: August 8, 2010
Current Mode: /u
Callsign: KE7EGC
Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html
[08082010]
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HO-59 HITSat
Catalog number: 29484
Launch date: September 22, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: June 18, 2008
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JR8YJT
[01012009]
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SO-43 Starshine 3
Catalog Number: 26929
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: January 21, 2003
Beacon: 145.825Mhz
[02212009]
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ANS-304
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:
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In this edition:
* ARISSat-1 Passes NASA Safety Review - Ready For Trip to Russia
* Second Amateur Radio Station to be Activated on ISS
* ARISS Contact With George Observatory Successful
* FP/KV1J Miquelon Island DXpedition on Satellites Until November 2
* FUNcube User Group on Yahoo.com
* Finnish Student Satellite Aalto-1
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.01
ARISSat-1 Passes NASA Safety Review - Ready For Trip to Russia
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.01
The NASA safety review for ARISSat-1 was completed with the written
safety presentation and the written hazard report being approved with
only simple modifications required. The safety review meeting was a
two-day review running 6 hour sessions on October 13 & 14, 2010.
The ARISSat-1 Team expects to finalize shipping arrangements to
Russia in the coming weeks. The Russian Energia Space Agency is
handling the customs certifications to ship the satellite overseas.
When ARISSat-1 is shipped Lou McFadin W5DID and Mark Steiner K3MS
will travel to Russia to assist with final testing before the
satellite is forwarded to the launch site.
ARISSat-1 is scheduled to be sent to the ISS aboard Russian
Progress vehicle 41P in January 2011 and deployed during EVA R-28
in February 2011.
The ARRL web describes ARISSat-1's features this week at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arissat-1-suits-up-for-february-2011-launch
A description of ARISSat-1's successful vibration testing can be
found on-line at: http://www.amsat.org
[ANS thanks the ARISSat-1 Team for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.02
Second Amateur Radio Station to be Activated on ISS
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.02
The original VHF and UHF Ericsson handheld radios in the Russian segment
of the ISS originally used for ARISS have been approved by NASA for use
in the US segment of the space station. When the Ericsson radios are in-
stalled in the Columbus module it will become the second Amateur Radio
station aboard the ISS. A new power cable for the Ericsson radios is
being delivered to the ISS.
ARISS members Kenneth Ransom and Steve Ponder met with Astronaut Paolo
Nespoli for a training session on how to install the hardware in the
Columbus module during Expedition 26. This launch is currently scheduled
for December 13.
Paolo is looking forward to doing the installation work and is
excited about using the equipment.
The second station is planned to initially use the same frequencies
currently used by the Kenwood D-700 amateur radio transceiver aboard
the ISS. Studies are underway to determine a compatible operating plan
which would allow both stations to operate simultaneously.
[ANS thanks the ARISS team for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.03
ARISS Contact With George Observatory Successful
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.03
On Saturday, October 16, an Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) contact was held with scouts and astronomy
club members attending the Astronomy Day event at George Observa-
tory in Needville, Texas. This was a telebridge contact via station
WH6PN in Hawaii.
Approximately 150 people attended and listened as Doug Wheelock,
KF5BOC answered 12 questions about life in space posed to him by
the youth.
As part of the event, scout troops set up an amateur radio station
near the observatory to conduct their all-day Jamboree on the Air
(JOTA) radio contacts and also worked on Radio Merit Badges.
The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club was on hand to assist with JOTA
activities and prepared for afternoon satellite contacts with an
Arrow hand-held antenna. Bruce, KK5DO and Allen, N5AFV, operated via
AO-27 from the George Observatory observation deck. Bruce reported
they had a bunch of adults waiting for the satellite. When they heard
it start up they were thrilled. It was more fun when they started
making contacts.
[ANS thanks the Southgate ARC site and Bruce, KK5DO for the above
information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.04
FP/KV1J Miquelon Island DXpedition on Satellites Until November 2
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.04
A few more days remain to catch Eric's FP/KV1J operation from the
island of Miquelon (Grid GN17) until November 2. This is a French
territory off the coast of Newfoundland.
Eric planned to mostly operate on the low bands but plans to take
breaks and work as many of the FM satellite passes that he can.
Look for him on AO-51, AO-27, SO-50, SO-67, and HO-68. His sat-
ellite gear includes an FT-817 and an Arrow 146/437-10 antenna.
Having operated from Miquelon previously in November, 2009 he is
preparing for rough weather off of the North Atlantic ocean. His
satellite operating will outdoors with the handheld Arrow. He will
favor the daylight passes because it is easier to operate in these
conditions.
Eric's web page at http://www.kv1j.com/fp/october10.html will be
updated with his status time permitting and also depending when
internet access is available.
[ANS thanks Eric, FP/KV1J for the above information]
/EX
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FUNcube User Group on Yahoo.com
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.05
AMSAT-UK's FUNcube is an educational single cubesat project with
the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space,
physics and electronics.
The target audience consists of primary and secondary school pupils.
FUNcube will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a
strong signal for the pupils to receive. A simple receiver board, the
FUNcube Dongle, is also being developed. It is intended that this will
be connected to the USB port of a laptop to display telemetry and
messages in an interesting way for the students.
FUNcube will carry a UHF to VHF linear transponder that will have
up to 1 watt and which can be used by Radio Amateurs worldwide for
SSB and CW communications. Measuring just 10 x 10 x 10 cm, and with
a mass of less than 1kg, it will be the smallest ever satellite to
carry a linear transponder and the choice of frequencies will enable
Radio Amateurs to use their existing VO-52, DO-64, HO68 and similar
stations.
Interested amateur satellite operators are invited to join the growing
user group to follow all the latest with the Funcube and the receiver
board, the FUNcube Dongle. Join the user group at:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/funcube/
A video tour of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube simulator is now available.
AMSAT-UK secretary Jim Heck, G3WGM shows the whole structure and the
various components of FUNcube. The video is available on the SouthGate
website at: http://tinyurl.com/28n424q
[ANS thanks Rob, M0TFO, AMSAT-UK, and SouthGate News Site for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.06
Finnish Student Satellite Aalto-1
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.06
Aalto-1 is a student satellite project of Aalto University, Finland.
When launched, it would be the first Finnish satellite.
It is planned to operate at VHF-UHF and there will also be an S-band
transmitter. Up to 8 watts of power will be available from the Solar
panels.
The main payload of the satellite is a novel tiny Fabry-Perot imaging
spectrometer, developed by VTT, Finland. The primary scientific goal
of the mission is to demonstrate the feasibility of MEMS Fabry-Perot
spectrometers for space applications. This miniature technology can be
used in nanosatellites for large a variety of remote sensing applica-
tions in the future. High spectral resolution images can be used for
water quality monitoring and land use classification.
Aalto-1 was recently featured on Finnish TV and there is also a short
video showing a graphic of the 3U CubeSat. The video clips can viewed
on the South Gate ARC site at http://tinyurl.com/2dy4bqg
An Aalto-1 Discussion Forum in English can be found on-line at:
https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/SatForum/Aalto-1+Discussion+Forum
[ANS thanks the SouthGate ARC News Site for the above information]
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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-304.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 304.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-304.07
+ Congratulations to Bob, AJ5C for earning the ARRL Satellite
Worked All States #321.
+ If you are within FM Satellite range of the Indian Ocean listen
for possible operation by Matt, NM6W operating as S79RC between
31 Oct through 8 Nov from the Seychelles with an HT and Arrow
antenna.
+ Armando, N8IGJ reported hearing UO-11 back on, at 0303UTC
30 October over the central US. UO-11 is only active when in
sunlight. Its beacon operates on 145.826 MHz.
+ You can send your name to Mars via the NASA microchip project:
http://tinyurl.com/yhaphmg (Clint, K6LCS)
+ Mike DK3WN is spearheading a project that broadcasts audio streams
received by satellite operators around the world. Mike's most re-
cent addition is Tetsu san, JA0CAW. Links to the satellite audio
streams can be found on the DK3WN SatBlog:
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=17689
+ The ARRL's report of the recent AMSAT Space Symposium can be found
on the ARRL web site at: http://tinyurl.com/2f3wfoa. ARISSat-1 is
featured in this report.
+ AMSAT has received the sad news that Dr. David Clark, G6XYA from
Manchester UK passed away.
+ Watch Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK in action in this video clip shot by
Adrian, AA5UK working HO-68 in FM mode outside of the AMSAT Space
Symposium held earlier this month: http://tinyurl.com/29t7vov
+ Update your Keps for the ISS. The ISS orbit was boosted slightly on
October 26 to avoid space debris.
+ AMSAT-NA VP Operations Drew KO4MA has posted a video of ARISSAT-1
and the AMSAT-UK FUNcube dongle receiver demonstrated at the AMSAT
Space Symposium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgNM290k7-w
+ An AMSAT Forum at the Fort Wayne, Indiana Hamfest will be on
Saturday, Nov. 13, at 1:15pm. For more info check the following:
http://www.fortwaynehamfest.com (KA8QCU)
+ An interesting weather satellite photo of the October 26 superstorm
that swept across North America can be viewed on the UniverseToday
web site at: http://tinyurl.com/2bhx75r
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors
to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. And with that
please keep in mind the time when Arnold Scwarzenegger was offered a
role in a movie about the lives of classical music composers. Arnold
said, "I'll be Bach."
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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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:
* LightSail Backup Being Built
* ARISS Status - 18 October 2010
* FO-29 Eclipses
* Minutes of BOD meeting
* Call for Papers SE VHF Society
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-297.01
LightSail-1 Backup Being Built
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 297.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-297.01
Louis Friedman, program director for LightSail-1, has announced that a
back-up craft to LightSail-1 will be built,
instead of an investment in insurance for an estimated cost of $ 200,000.
As previously announced in July 2010 by AMSAT News Service (SB SAT @ AMSAT
$ANS-206.08)
LightSail-1 is planned to be launched in early 2011.
LightSail-1 is a three Cubesat spacecraft (size of shoebox and proposed
AMSAT Fox).
It will use UHF frequencies for tracking and command control stations.
California Polytechnic University is supplying the Cubesat bus, avionics and
launch vehicle P-POD interface;.
Georgia Tech University is leading the mission operations, Dave Spencer
serving as mission manager;
Stellar Exploration, Inc. led by Tomas Svitek is building LightSail-1;
Jim Cantrell of Strategic Space Systems is project manager; and
Louis D. Friedman is the LightSail-1 program director.
The LightSail-1 program will be featured this weekend in Washington D.C.
The USA Science & Engineering Festival
National Mall in Washington, D.C.
October 23 & 24, 1010
10am to 5:50pm
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/space_information/usa_science_fes
tival_2010.html
For further information on this Planetary Society program:
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/innovative_technologies/solar_sai
ling/
[ANS thanks Greg, W9GB, for the above information]
/EX
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ARISS Status - 18 October 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 297.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-297.02
1. School Contact in Australia
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact for
Carine Primary School in Perth, Western Australia, Australia was held on
Tuesday, October 19 at 07:06 UTC via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The
school has incorporated the contact into its science curriculum. Guest
speakers present included representatives from an amateur radio club and the
science center, Scitech. Students from Kindergarten through grade 7 have
been involved in research and other activities in preparation for this
event, using IT and online resources, including the NASA Web site.
2. George Observatory Contact Successful
On Saturday, October 16, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact was held with scouts and astronomy club members attending
the Astronomy Day event at George Observatory in Needville, Texas. This was
a telebridge contact via station WH6PN in Hawaii. Approximately 150 people
attended and listened as Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC answered 12 questions about
life in space posed to him by the youth. As part of the event, scout troops
set up an amateur radio station near the observatory to conduct their
all-day Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) radio contacts and also worked on Radio
Merit Badges. The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club was on hand to assist
with JOTA activities and prepared for afternoon satellite contacts with an
Arrow hand-held antenna.
3. ARRL Article on ARISS Contacts
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a story on recent ARISS contacts
including those with Windsor Central School District, Utah Scouts and IRSEA,
as well Doug Wheelock's many general contacts. The article, written by Rick
Lindquist, WW3DE may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/iss-astronaut-creating-ham-radio-buzz-taking-scienc
e-to-students
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
On October 15, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1731 included two ARISS
related stories. "Ham Radio in Space: ARISSat-1 Enroute to Russia"
announces ARISSat's arrival at JSC and its planned shipment to Russia.
"Challenger Learning Center Inaugurates Ham Station" is about the station
set up at the CLC in Oregon, Ohio to get students interested in STEM
studies. Both stories may be found at:
ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt
5. ARISSat-1 Safety Review Held
The Johnson Space Center Payload Safety Review Panel performed a Phase 2
flight safety review of ARISSat-1 on Wednesday and Thursday, October 13 and
14 in Houston. ARISSat passed the review with modifications to the hazard
reports. As soon as the updates requested are incorporated, the hazard
reports will be approved and then passed on for the next phase of the review
process.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
/EX
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FO-29 Eclipses
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 297.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-297.03
FO-29 Operating Schedule Affected by Eclipses
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL reported that JARL has been making necessary
adjustments to the FO-29 satellite operating schedule as the sat-
ellite enters a period of eclipses. The eclipses have reduced the
power budget requiring frequent analysis of available power aboard
the satellite.
FO-29 will be enable when the power budget allows. JARL requests
that satellite operators access FO-29 with as little power as nec-
essary to maintain communication.
Mineo has posted calculations of the FO-29 eclipses at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29ilum.htm
[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-297.04
BOD Minutes of 5 January 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 297.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-297.04
AMSAT BoD Telecon Meeting, 5 January 2010
Called to order by President Barry Baines, WD4ASW at 2005 EST.
Attending:
Directors
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Tom Clark, K3IO
Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Lou McFadin, W5DID
Bill Ress, N6GHZ
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX (Alternate)
Others:
Martha Saragovitz, Officer Manager
Keith Baker, KB1SF, Treasurer Elect
Due to the resignation of AMSAT Treasurer Gunther Meisse, W8GSM, President
Baines appointed Keith Baker, KB1SF/ VA3KSF to fill this position on an
interim basis, pending formal approval by the BoD. Keith spoke briefly,
stating that the transition had gone smoothly, and that he would be
continuing with past practices. He did bring up the status of the AMSAT
logo registration status. Martha reported that it had recently been
renewed. Barry moved, and Tom seconded, that Keith be approved. This was
passed unanimously.
The final version of the AMSAT Bulletin Board Acceptable Use Policy (AUP,
attached) was brought up for discussion. Bill expressed concern that the
dissemination was not adequately addressed, particularly with respect to the
Bulletin Board itself. Both Tom and Gould mentioned that the implementation
was separate from the AUP, and Lou emphasized that it should be in any case
readily accessible. Gould assured the BoD that it would be widely
disseminated, including the Bulletin Board itself. With this clarification,
it was moved by Barry and seconded by Alan and Tom that the AUP be accepted.
This was passed unanimously.
The current working revision of the AMSAT budget was not approved at the
annual BoD meeting due to some information not being available. This
information is now reflected in version #8, though Lou emphasized that the
ARISSat-1 budgeting was still incomplete. It was moved by Barry and
seconded by Drew that this version be approved. This was passed
unanimously.
It was moved by Barry and seconded by Drew that the 3 November 2009 BoD
telecon meeting be approved as circulated and published in the Journal.
This was passed unanimously.
There being no additional formal business, it was moved by Barry and
seconded by Alan that the meeting be adjourned. This was passed
unanimously.
The Official Board meeting closed at 2027 EST.
[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-297.05
Call for Papers SE VHF Society
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 297.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-297.05
Call for Papers: 15th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
If you are looking for something to do during the long, cold winter
nights you may consider writing a paper in response to the Southeast-
ern VHF Society's call for papers and presentations for their 15th
annual conference to be held in Huntsville, Alabama on April 29th and
30th, 2011.
Papers and presentations are solicited on both the technical and oper-
ational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio.
Full details of the Conference, requested paper and presentation
topics and submission details can be found on-line at:
http://www.svhfs.org
[ANS thanks Robin Midgett, K4IDC 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,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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This report is organized into four (4) parts.
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites
Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites
Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites
Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-291.S1
WSR 291 Part 1 10/18/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 291.S1
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 18, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-291.S1
HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP 2.0dBi max
U: RHCP 3.0dBi max
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
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SO-67 SumbandilaSat
Catalog Number: 35870
Launch Date: September 17, 2009
Status: Suspended
Callsign: ZS0SUM
Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz
Downlink: 435.345MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
For more information about SO-67:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
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DO-64 Delfi-C3
Catalog number: 32789
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY
Telemetry: 145.870 MHz
Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz
Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz
Delfi-C3 web page: http://www.delfic3.nl/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=68
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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 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW
Dutch Transponder:
Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW
Indian Beacon: 145.9360 MHZ CW
Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP
U: RHCP
Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm
To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon
that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon.
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.708 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launch date: December 20, 2002
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml
(not up and running currently)
To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4
Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary):
1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute
timer on board the spacecraft.
2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the re-
peater on and off within the 10 Minute window.
3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset
the 10 minute timer.
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Status: Scheduled Operations
Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA)
Voice/CW (Mode JA)
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
Digital Mode JD
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM
145.870 MHz FM
145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
U: RHCP
For current operational schedule for FO-29:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm
JARL English webpage:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm
AMSAT-NA Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID
=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's
CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
fo29cwts.htm
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP)
Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW
145.972 MHz CW
435.100 MHz CW
2304.100 MHz CW
Official Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php
The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website:
http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
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/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-291.S2
WSR 291 Part 2 10/18/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 291.S2
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 18, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-291.S2
StudSat
Catalog Number: 36796
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On Orbit
Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK
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TIsat-1
Catalog Number: 36799
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On orbit
Callsign: HB9DE
Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK
Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK
Beacon: 437.305MHz CW
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HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
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SwissCube
Catalog Number: 35932
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: HB9EG
Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps
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UWE-2
Catalog Number: 35934
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps
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ITUpsAT1
Catalog Number: 35935
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps
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BEESAT
Catalog Number: 35933
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: DP0BEE
Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bps
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CP-6
Catalog Number: 35003
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK
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HAWKSAT 1
Catalog number: 35004
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: operational
Downlink: 437.345 MHz ?
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Pharmasat
Catalog Number: 35002
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK
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ANUSAT
Catalog Number: 34808
Launch Date: April 20, 2009
Status: ?
Downlink: 435.000 MHz
Uplink: 145.800 MHz
Telemetry: 137.400 MHz
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SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.)
Catalog Number: 33496
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Proposed Frequencies and Modes:
Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign:
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=101
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KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.)
Catalog Number: 33495
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW
Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW
IARU coordination status page:
AMSAT-NA webpage:
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STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites)
Catalog Number: 33498
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW
437.465 MHz FM/CW
Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW
437.275 MHz FM/CW
Callsigns: JR5YBN
JR5YBO
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=99
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT)
Catalog Number: 33499
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YYY
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=107
AMSAT-NA webapge:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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PRISM (Tokyo Univ.)
Catalog Number: 33493
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Beacon: 437.250 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YCX
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=97
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=119&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny)
Catalog Number: 32953
Launch Date: May 23, 2008
Status: Operational
Curent Modes: Telemetry
Audio
Images
Downlinks: 435.315 MHz
435.215 MHz
AMSAT-NA website:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret
URL=/satellites/status.php
Official website:
http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43
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CanX-2
Catalog number: 32790
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational in range of ground station only
Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK
For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web
page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=46
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AAUSAT-II
Catalog number: 32788
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet
For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web
page:
http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=60
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CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II
Catalog number: 32785
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Digipeater
Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet
Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz
Telemetry Beacon:
Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW
For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II
web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=78
Command Station blog website:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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Compass-1
Catalog number: 32787
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: 4k8 MSK packet
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM
Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW
437.405 MHz Packet
For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web
page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=52
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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CO-66 Seeds II
Catalog number: 32791
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.485 MHz
Callsign: JQ1YGU
For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web
page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=36
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
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CAPE-1
Catalog Number: 31130
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Intermittent
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW
Callsign: K5USL
TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds.
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL=
/satellites/status.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=72
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CP3
Catalog Number: 31129
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /u
Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25
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CO-58 CubeSat XI-V
Catalog number: 28895
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Operational - CW Beacon only
Current Mode: /u
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JQ1YGW
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xivpicte.htm
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CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV
Catalog number: 27848
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: ?????
Current Mode: /u
Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW
Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Callsign: JQ1YGW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
PBBS: L/u
Uplink: 1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.700 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
[10182010]
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QuakeSat
Catalog Number: 27845
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet
Mode U packet
Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS
Quakesat webpage:
http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/
[10042010]
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CO-55 CUTE-1
Catalog Number: 27844
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: Operational
Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide
AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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NO-44 PCSAT
Catalog number: 26931
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: V/v
General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud
Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud
PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org
aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program:
http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/
[09062010]
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RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22
Catalog number: 27939
Launch Date: September 27, 2003
Status: Operational - 70cm cw only
Current Mode: /u
CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz
145.818 MHz
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
=====
LO-19 LUSAT
Catalog number: 20442
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: CW Beacon only
Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink: 437.125 MHz
Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)
Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11
BBS: LUSAT-12
General information and telemetry samples can be found at:
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu
[09062010]
=====
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-291.S3
WSR 291 Part 3 10/18/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 291.S3
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 18, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-291.S3
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
CP4
Catalog Number: 31132
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=79
[09062010]
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LIBERTAD-1
Catalog Number: 31128
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25
Callsign: 5K3L
Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25
[09062010]
=====
PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1
Catalog Number: 29712
Launch Date: January 10, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/v
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM
Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM
[09062010]
=====
NCUBE-2
Catalog number: 28897
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Still attached to XO-53 (SSETI)?
Proposed Callsign: TBA
Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305
2407.250
Official Website: http://www.ncube.no
[09062010]
=====
XO-53 SSETI
Catalog number: 28894
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-operational
Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS
Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM
Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet
Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet
Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/
Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php
[09062010]
=====
UWE-1
Catalog Number: 28892
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK
[09062010]
=====
CANX-1
Catalog Number: 27847
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
[06052009]
=====
DTUSAT
Catalog Number: 27842
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported
Downlink: 437.475MHz
Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL
=satellites/all_oscars.php
[02212009]
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AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)
Catalog number: 27605
Launch Date: December 20, 2002
Status: Non-operational.
Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK
(optional voice message)
Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS
Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de
[01222007]
=====
MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1
Catalog number: 26548
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Telemetry only
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11
BBS: MYSAT3-12
TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.
TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd.
[03302009]
=====
NO-45 SAPPHIRE
Catalog number: 26932
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK
Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater
Digi Callsign: KE6QMD
Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,
as per the user service agreement located at the following URL:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt
[03132005]
=====
SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B
Catalog number: 26549
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.075 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11
BBS: SASAT2-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html
[01222007]
=====
SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Catalog number: 26545
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
[01222007]
=====
AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40
Catalog number: 26609
Launch Date: November 16, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplinks
-------
V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB
U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB
L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB
L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB
Downlinks
---------
S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB
K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 2401.323 MHz
24048.035 MHz
P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU)
----------------------------
BEACON General Beacon(GB) Middle Beacon(MB) Engineering Beacon(EB)
2 m none 145.898 MHz none
70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz
13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz
13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz
3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz
1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz
[07162007]
=====
OO-38 OPAL
Catalog Number: 26063
Launch Date: January 27, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK
[08132007]
=====
UO-36 UoSAT-12
Catalog number: 25693
Launch date: April 21, 1999
Status: Unknown
Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlinks: 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11
BBS: UO121-12
The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site at the following URL:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip
[01222007]
=====
SO-35 SUNSAT
Catalog Number: 25636
Launch date:February 23, 1999
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz
Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz
145.900 MHz
For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/
[01222007]
=====
PO-34 PANSAT
Catalog number: 25520
Launch date: October 30, 1998
Status: Telemetry downloads only
Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz
Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
[05092004]
=====
SO-33 SEDSAT-1
Catalog number: 25509
Launch date: October 24, 1998
Status: Semi-operational
Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.
For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm
[09042006]
=====
GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B
Catalog number: 25397
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-Operational
Current Modes:
Telemetry : /u
Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems
Uplinks: 145.850 FM
145.890 FM
145.930 FM
1269.700 FM
1269.800 FM
1269.900 FM
Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11
BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12
More information of GO-32 can be found at:
http://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[07172010]
=====
TO-31 TMSAT-1
Catalog number: 25396
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11
BBS: TMSAT1-12
[05012006]
=====
MO-30 UNAMSAT-2
Catalog Number: 24305
Launch Date: September 5, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
[06042009]
=====
PO-28 POSAT-1
Catalog number: 22829
Launch Date: September 25, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 429.950
Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage
Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11
BBS callsign: POSAT1-12
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html
POSAT-1 webpage:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html
[01012009]
=====
IO-26 ITAMSAT
Catalog number: 22826
Launch Date: September 26, 1993
Status: PSK carrier only
Current Mode:
Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud
Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK
Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11
BBS: ITMSAT-12
Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html
[01212007]
=====
KO-25 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22828
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11
BBS: HL02-12
[05092004]
=====
AO-24 ARSENE
Catalog Number: 22654
Launch Date: May 13, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW
Broadcast callsign:
BBS:
[12162009]
=====
KO-23 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22077
Launch date: August 10, 1992
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11
BBS: HLO1-12
[01222007]
=====
UO-22 UOSAT
Catalog number: 21575
Launch date: July 17, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11
BBS: UOSAT5-12
[01222007]
=====
AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21
Catalog Number: 21087
Launch Date: January 29, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP
Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP
[01222007]
=====
FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW
435.910 MHz AX25
Voice Transponder:
Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Digital Transponder:
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz
Downlink: 435.910 MHz
More FO-20 info can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html
[01152007]
=====
WO-18 WEBERSAT
Catalog Number: 20441
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25
[05012006]
=====
DO-17 Dove
Catalog Number: 20440
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational.
Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK
Beacon: 2401.220 MHz
[05012006]
=====
AO-16 PACSAT
Catalog number: 20439
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: non-operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.920 MHz FM VOICE
145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE
(1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED]
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP
PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP
V: Linear
Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11
BBS: PACSAT-12
AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html
[07242009]
=====
UO-15 UoSAT-4
Catalog Number: 20438
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: ?
Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?)
435.1200MHz (?)
[06042009]
=====
UO-14 UoSAT-3
Catalog number: 20437
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM
[05092004]
=====
FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12
Catalog Number: 16909
Launch Date: August 12, 1986
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) Packet:
Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS
Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW
[01152007]
=====
UO-11 OSCAR-11
Catalog number: 14781
Launch Date: March 1, 1984
Status: Non-operational.
Current Mode: /v
Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK
UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
S: LHCP
Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm
[09062010]
=====
AO-10 OSCAR 10
Catalog number: 14129
Launch Date: June 16, 1983
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[05092004]
=====
AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8
Catalog Number: 10703
Launch Date: March 3, 1978
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW
Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW
[01152007]
=====
AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6
Catalog Number: 06236
Launch Date: October 15, 1972
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW
Beacons: 29.450 MHz
435.100 MHz
[01312008]
=====
AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5
Catalog Number: 04321
Launch Date: January 23, 1970
Status: Non-Operational
Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW
29.4500 MHz CW
[01152007]
=====
OSCAR III
Catalog Number: 01293
Launch Date: March 09, 1965
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW
[01012007]
=====
RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Launch Date: December 26, 1994
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
[06202004]
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RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.860 MHz
Robot: 145.908 MHz
[05232004]
=====
RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 29.408 MHz
Robot: 29.454 MHz
[05232004]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-291.S4
WSR 291 Part 4 10/18/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 291.S4
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 18, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-291.S4
THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY:
CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD
Catalog number: 28941
Launch date: February 21, 2006
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS
Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan?)
Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW
Callsign: JQ1YPC
Information webpage:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=56
[09062010]
=====
BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK
437.325 MHz CW 20wpm
[07312009]
=====
AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS
[11112009]
=====
Pollux
Catalog Number: 35693
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: POLLUX-1
Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
=====
Castor (ANDE-2)
Catalog Number: 35694
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: KD4HBO-1
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
=====
NO-62 FCAL
Catalog Number: 29667
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: July 28, 2008
Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25
Downlink ID: KD4HBO
Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html
[01012009]
=====
NO-61 ANDE
Catalog Number: 29664
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: December 25, 2007
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
[01032008]
=====
NO-60 RAFT-1
Catalog Number: 29661
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: May 30, 2007
Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25
Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz
Packet to Voice ID: RAFT
[06112007]
=====
GENESAT-1
Catalog Number: 29655
Launch Date: December 16, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered date: August 8, 2010
Current Mode: /u
Callsign: KE7EGC
Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html
[08082010]
=====
HO-59 HITSat
Catalog number: 29484
Launch date: September 22, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: June 18, 2008
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JR8YJT
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SO-43 Starshine 3
Catalog Number: 26929
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: January 21, 2003
Beacon: 145.825Mhz
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ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live
radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz.
Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans-
mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30
UTC.
Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:
http://www.amsat.org
Mailing address:
AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703
Voice: 301-589-6062
888-322-6728
FAX: 301-608-3410
Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists:
* AMSAT News Service (ANS)
* General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB)
* Orbit data (KEPS)
* Manned space missions (SAREX)
* District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC)
* New England area (AMSAT-NE)
* AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU)
* AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12)
A daily digest version is available for each list.
To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional
benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office.
This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS.
ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to
the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis
Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}
amsat.org
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This report is organized into four (4) parts.
Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites
Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur satellites
Part 3 (S3) - non - operational satellites
Part 4 (S4) - deborbited/returned satellites
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-284.S1
WSR 284 Part 1 10/11/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 284.S1
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 11, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-284.S1
HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP 2.0dBi max
U: RHCP 3.0dBi max
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
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SO-67 SumbandilaSat
Catalog Number: 35870
Launch Date: September 17, 2009
Status: Suspended
Callsign: ZS0SUM
Uplink: 145.875MHz FM tone 233.6 Hz
Downlink: 435.345MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
For more information about SO-67:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
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DO-64 Delfi-C3
Catalog number: 32789
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Science Mode - Beacon ONLY
Telemetry: 145.870 MHz
Downlink: 145.880 to 145.920 MHz
Uplink: 435.530 to 435.570 MHz
Delfi-C3 web page: http://www.delfic3.nl/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=68
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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 to 435.280 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.930 to 145.870 MHz USB/CW
Dutch Transponder:
Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.925 to 145.875 MHz USB/CW
Indian Beacon: 145.9360 MHZ CW
Dutch Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: LHCP
U: RHCP
Official Webpage: http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm
To know what transponder is switched on please listen for the beacon
that is active. Each transponder has a different beacon.
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
Voice 2: V/u
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.708 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.700 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launch date: December 20, 2002
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM - 67.0 Hz PL tone
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/index.shtml
(not up and running currently)
To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4
Hz. The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary):
1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm the 10 minute
timer on board the spacecraft.
2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT the re-
peater on and off within the 10 Minute window.
3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window will reset
the 10 minute timer.
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Status: Scheduled Operations
Current Mode: V/u (Mode JA)
Voice/CW (Mode JA)
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
Digital Mode JD
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz FM
145.870 MHz FM
145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
U: RHCP
For current operational schedule for FO-29:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm
JARL English webpage:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/5_Fuji/ejasmenu.htm
AMSAT-NA Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID
=5&retURL=/satellites/status.php
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, has created a simple decoder program for FO29's
CW telemetry downlink: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
fo29cwts.htm
[09062010]
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.797 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Official Webpage: http://www.ao27.org
[09062010]
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Status: Operational
Current Mode: Alternating between Mode A and B every 24 hours
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A (1W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B (8W PEP)
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode C (2W PEP)
Beacons: 29.502 MHz CW
145.972 MHz CW
435.100 MHz CW
2304.100 MHz CW
Official Webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/ao7.php
The AO-7 Logbook and Resource Website:
http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
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SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-284.S2
WSR 284 Part 2 10/11/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 284.S2
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 11, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-284.S2
StudSat
Catalog Number: 36796
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On Orbit
Uplink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Downlink: 437.505MHz, 9600bps FSK
Beacon : 437.505MHz, 20bps ASK
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TIsat-1
Catalog Number: 36799
Launch Date: July 12, 2010
Status: On orbit
Callsign: HB9DE
Uplink: 145.980MHz FM, AFSK
Downlink: 437.305MHz FM, AFSK
Beacon: 437.305MHz CW
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HO-68 HOPE-1 (CAS-1)(XW-1)
Catalog Number: 36122
Launch Date: December 15, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign:
Broadcast: BJ1SA-11
BBS: BJ1SA-12
Uplinks: 145.8250 MHz FM, PL 67.0 Hz.
145.9250 - 145.9750 MHz SSB/CW
145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlinks: 435.6750 MHz FM
435.7650 - 435.7150 MHz SSB/CW
435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 435.7900 MHz CW
IARU coordination page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108
For more information about XW-1 (CAS-1):
http://www.camsat.cn
[09062010]
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SwissCube
Catalog Number: 35932
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: HB9EG
Beacon(100mw): 437.5050MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.5050MHz FSK 1k2bps
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UWE-2
Catalog Number: 35934
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Beacon(500mw): 437.3850 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
437.3850 MHz FSK 9k6bps
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ITUpsAT1
Catalog Number: 35935
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Beacon(100mw): 437.325MHz CW
Beacon(1w): 437.325MHz 19k2bps
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BEESAT
Catalog Number: 35933
Launch Date: September 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Callsign: DP0BEE
Beacon(100mw): 436.000MHz CW
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 4k8bps
Beacon(500mw): 436.000MHz GMSK 9k6bps
[04222010]
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CP-6
Catalog Number: 35003
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.365 MHz 1k2 AFSK
[09062010]
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HAWKSAT 1
Catalog number: 35004
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: operational
Downlink: 437.345 MHz ?
[09062010]
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Pharmasat
Catalog Number: 35002
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.465 MHz 1k2 AFSK
[09062010]
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ANUSAT
Catalog Number: 34808
Launch Date: April 20, 2009
Status: ?
Downlink: 435.000 MHz
Uplink: 145.800 MHz
Telemetry: 137.400 MHz
[09062010]
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SOHLA-1 (ASTRO TECH.)
Catalog Number: 33496
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Proposed Frequencies and Modes:
Downlink: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.505 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign:
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=101
[09062010]
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KAGAYAKI (Solan Co.)
Catalog Number: 33495
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: In Orbit
Downlink: 437.375 MHZ FSK9k6/CW
Beacon: 437.375 MHz FSK9k6/CW
IARU coordination status page:
AMSAT-NA webpage:
[09062010]
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STARS (Kagawa Univ.) (Twin Satellites)
Catalog Number: 33498
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlinks: 437.485 MHz FM/CW
437.465 MHz FM/CW
Beacons: 437.305 MHz FM/CW
437.275 MHz FM/CW
Callsigns: JR5YBN
JR5YBO
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=99
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=121&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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KKS-1 (Tokyo MCIT)
Catalog Number: 33499
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.455 MHz AFSK/CW
Beacon: 437.385 MHz AFSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YYY
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=107
AMSAT-NA webapge:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=120&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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PRISM (Tokyo Univ.)
Catalog Number: 33493
Launch Date: January 23, 2009
Status: Operational ?
Downlink: 437.425 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Beacon: 437.250 MHz AFSK/GMSK/CW
Callsign: JQ1YCX
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=97
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=119&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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RS-30 Radio Sputnik 30 (Yubileiny)
Catalog Number: 32953
Launch Date: May 23, 2008
Status: Operational
Curent Modes: Telemetry
Audio
Images
Downlinks: 435.315 MHz
435.215 MHz
AMSAT-NA website:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=115&ret
URL=/satellites/status.php
Official website:
http://www.npopm.com/?cid=leoca&caid=43
[09062010]
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CanX-2
Catalog number: 32790
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational in range of ground station only
Downlink: 437.478 MHz GFSK
For the latest project status update please visit the Can X-2 web
page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=46
[09062010]
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AAUSAT-II
Catalog number: 32788
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.425 MHz 1k2 baud packet
For the latest project status update please visit the AAUSAT-II web
page:
http://www.aausatii.aau.dk/homepage/index.php?language=en&page=home
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=60
[09062010]
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CO-65 CUTE-1.7+APD II
Catalog number: 32785
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Digipeater
Downlink: 437.475 MHz 9k6 Packet
Uplink: 1267.600 Mhz
Telemetry Beacon:
Downlink: 437.2750 MHz CW
For the latest project status update please visit the Cute-1.7+APD II
web page: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=78
Command Station blog website:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=112&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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Compass-1
Catalog number: 32787
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Current Mode: 4k8 MSK packet
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM
Downlink: 437.275 Mhz CW
437.405 MHz Packet
For the latest project status update please visit the Compass 1 web
page: http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=52
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=114&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CO-66 Seeds II
Catalog number: 32791
Launch Date: April 28, 2008
Status: Operational
Downlink: 437.485 MHz
Callsign: JQ1YGU
For the latest project status update please visit the Seeds 2 web
page: http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=36
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=113&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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CAPE-1
Catalog Number: 31130
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Intermittent
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 435.245 MHz 9600 bs FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 435.245 MHz CW
Callsign: K5USL
TLM and CW interchange every 30 seconds.
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=94&retURL=
/satellites/status.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=72
[09062010]
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CP3
Catalog Number: 31129
Launch Date: April 17,2007
Status: Operational
Current Mode: /u
Downlink: 436.845 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25
[09062010]
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CO-58 CubeSat XI-V
Catalog number: 28895
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Operational - CW Beacon only
Current Mode: /u
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200bps using AFK protocol
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JQ1YGW
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
Pictures received by Mineo Wakita - JE9PEL:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xivpicte.htm
[09062010]
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CO-57 CubeSat XI-IV
Catalog number: 27848
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: ?????
Current Mode: /u
Beacon: 436.8475 MHz CW
Telemetry : 437.4900 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Callsign: JQ1YGW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=96&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
Official Webpage: http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/V/
[09062010]
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AO-51 ECHO
Catalog number: 28375
Launch date: June 29, 2004
Status: Operational
Current Modes:
Voice 1: V/u
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 1: 435.300 MHz FM
Voice 2: V/u
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
Telemetry:
Downlink: 435.150MHz 9k6
Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
435.150 MHz FM
2401.200 Mhz FM
Analog voice uplink: 145.860 MHZ FM
145.880 MHz USB
145.880 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM
145.920 MHz FM - 67 Hz PL tone burst
1268.700 MHz FM
Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM 38k4 PBP, 1 watt output
435.150 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25
Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
1268.708 mhz FM 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol
Beacon: 435.150 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
T: Linear
V: Linear
U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP
TX B (usually analog) RHCP
L: Linear
S: Linear
Broadcast: PECHO-11
BBS: PECHO-12
Official Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=19
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QuakeSat
Catalog Number: 27845
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: 9600 baud data packet
Mode U packet
Downlink: 436.675 MHz 9k6 BPS
Quakesat webpage:
http://www.quakefinder.com/services/quakesat-ssite/
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CO-55 CUTE-1
Catalog Number: 27844
Launch date: June 30, 2003
Status: Operational
Current Mode: CW downlink worldwide
AX25 Packet with uplink command over Japan only
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.4000 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 436.8375 MHz CW
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=69&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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NO-44 PCSAT
Catalog number: 26931
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Telemetry only
Current Mode: V/v
General Usage Uplink/Downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 Baud
Special Usage Downlink: 144.390 Mhz 1200 Baud
PCSAT APRS page: http://pcsat.aprs.org
aprstlm Telemetry Decoder program:
http://www.xciv.org/~iain/aprstlm/v1.2/
[09062010]
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RS-22 RADIO SPORT 22
Catalog number: 27939
Launch Date: September 27, 2003
Status: Operational - 70cm cw only
Current Mode: /u
CW Beacon - 435.352 MHz
145.818 MHz
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[09062010]
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LO-19 LUSAT
Catalog number: 20442
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: CW Beacon only
Uplinks: 145.840 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.860 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.880 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
145.900 MHz 1200-baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink: 437.125 MHz
Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)
Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11
BBS: LUSAT-12
General information and telemetry samples can be found at:
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu
[09062010]
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Status: Operational
Current Active Modes: FM Repeater - OFF
Voice - V/v
BBS - OFF
APRS - OFF
SSTV - OFF
Expedition 25 Crew:
Commander: Doug Wheelock KF5BOC
Flight Engineer: Shannon Walker KD5DXB
Flight Engineer: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Flight Engineer: Scott Kelly
Flight Engineer: Alexander Kaleri U8MIR
Flight Engineer: Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Available Modes and Frequencies:
Digital/APRS:
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.825 MHz FM 1k2
Worldwide packet downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM 1k2
Voice:
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Crossband Repeater:
Repeater Uplinks: 1269.650 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM
145.990 MHz FM - 67.0 PL (Kenwood)
Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
437.800 MHz FM (Kenwood)
SSTV Robot 36:
Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: Linear
U: Linear
Callsigns:
Belgian: OR4ISS
German: DP0ISS
Russian: RS0ISS
RZ3DZR
United States: NA1SS
Packet Mailbox: RS0ISS-11
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.
[10112010]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-284.S3
WSR 284 Part 3 10/11/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 284.S3
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 11, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-284.S3
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
CP4
Catalog Number: 31132
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: /u
TLM Downlink: 437.325 MHz 1200 bps FSK AX.25
CW Beacon: 437.325 MHz CW
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=79
[09062010]
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LIBERTAD-1
Catalog Number: 31128
Launch Date: April 17, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/u APRS Packet ax25
Callsign: 5K3L
Uplink: 145.825 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Downlink: 437.399 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25 APRS
Telemetry Beacon: 437.4050 MHz 1200 AFSK ax25
[09062010]
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PO-63 PEHUENSAT-1
Catalog Number: 29712
Launch Date: January 10, 2007
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: V/v
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM
Voice Recorder: 145.825 Mhz FM
[09062010]
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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
[09062010]
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XO-53 SSETI
Catalog number: 28894
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-operational
Voice Uplink: 437.250 MHz FM 67Hz CTCSS
Voice Downlink: 2401.835 MHz FM
Packet Up/Downlink: 437.250 MHz 9k6 packet
Packet Downlink 2401.835 MHz 38k4 packet
Official webpage: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/
Latest news: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php
[09062010]
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UWE-1
Catalog Number: 28892
Launch Date: October 27, 2005
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U Telemetry
Downlink: 437.5050 MHz 9600 AFSK
[09062010]
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CANX-1
Catalog Number: 27847
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.8800 MHz AFSK 1k2bps
[06052009]
=====
DTUSAT
Catalog Number: 27842
Launch Date: June 30, 2003
Status: Non-Operational
Current Mode: 2k4 AFSK Packet last reported
Downlink: 437.475MHz
Officail webpage: http://dtusat1.dtusat.dtu.dk/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=101&retURL
=satellites/all_oscars.php
[02212009]
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AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)
Catalog number: 27605
Launch Date: December 20, 2002
Status: Non-operational.
Uplink: 435.275 MHz 1200-baud AFSK
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 9600-baud FSK
(optional voice message)
Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS
Official webpage: http://amend.gmxhome.de
[01222007]
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MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1
Catalog number: 26548
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Telemetry only
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11
BBS: MYSAT3-12
TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.
TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd.
[03302009]
=====
NO-45 SAPPHIRE
Catalog number: 26932
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK
Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater
Digi Callsign: KE6QMD
Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,
as per the user service agreement located at the following URL:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt
[03132005]
=====
SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B
Catalog number: 26549
Launch date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.075 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11
BBS: SASAT2-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html
[01222007]
=====
SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Catalog number: 26545
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
[01222007]
=====
AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40
Catalog number: 26609
Launch Date: November 16, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Uplinks
-------
V-band: 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB
U-band: 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB
L1-band: 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB
L2-band: 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB
Downlinks
---------
S2-band: 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB
K-band: 24048.010 - 24048.060 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 2401.323 MHz
24048.035 MHz
P3-D Telemetry Beacons (IHU)
----------------------------
BEACON General Beacon(GB) Middle Beacon(MB) Engineering Beacon(EB)
2 m none 145.898 MHz none
70cm 435.438 MHz 435.588 MHz 435.838 MHz
13cm(1) 2400.188 MHz 2400.338 MHz 2400.588 MHz
13cm(2) 2401.173 MHz 2401.323 MHz 2401.573 MHz
3cm 10450.975 MHz 10451.125 MHz 10451.375 MHz
1.5cm 24047.885 MHz 24048.035 MHz 24048.285 MHz
[07162007]
=====
OO-38 OPAL
Catalog Number: 26063
Launch Date: January 27, 2000
Status: Non-Operational
Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink: 437.1000 MHz 9600 FSK
[08132007]
=====
UO-36 UoSAT-12
Catalog number: 25693
Launch date: April 21, 1999
Status: Unknown
Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlinks: 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11
BBS: UO121-12
The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site at the following URL:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip
[01222007]
=====
SO-35 SUNSAT
Catalog Number: 25636
Launch date:February 23, 1999
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz
Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz
Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz
145.900 MHz
For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/
[01222007]
=====
PO-34 PANSAT
Catalog number: 25520
Launch date: October 30, 1998
Status: Telemetry downloads only
Uplink/downlink: 436.500 MHz
Official Webpage: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
[05092004]
=====
SO-33 SEDSAT-1
Catalog number: 25509
Launch date: October 24, 1998
Status: Semi-operational
Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.
For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm
[09042006]
=====
GO-32 Gurwin TechSat-1B
Catalog number: 25397
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-Operational
Current Modes:
Telemetry : /u
Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
435.325 Mhz - Not Available - temperature problems
Uplinks: 145.850 FM
145.890 FM
145.930 FM
1269.700 FM
1269.800 FM
1269.900 FM
Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11
BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12
More information of GO-32 can be found at:
http://asri.technion.ac.il/techsat/
AMSAT-NA webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=14&retURL
=/satellites/status.php
[07172010]
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TO-31 TMSAT-1
Catalog number: 25396
Launch Date: July 10, 1998
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Downlink: 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Broadcast callsign: TMSAT1-11
BBS: TMSAT1-12
[05012006]
=====
MO-30 UNAMSAT-2
Catalog Number: 24305
Launch Date: September 5, 1996
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 435.1380 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink: 435.2060 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8150 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8350 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8550 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
[06042009]
=====
PO-28 POSAT-1
Catalog number: 22829
Launch Date: September 25, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Downlink: 429.950
Uplink: Not until handover back to Amatuer usage
Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11
BBS callsign: POSAT1-12
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html
POSAT-1 webpage:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html
[01012009]
=====
IO-26 ITAMSAT
Catalog number: 22826
Launch Date: September 26, 1993
Status: PSK carrier only
Current Mode:
Uplinks: 145.875 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.925 MHz FM 1200-baud
145.950 MHz FM 1200-baud
Downlink: 435.808 MHz PSK
Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11
BBS: ITMSAT-12
Official webpage: http://www.itamsat.org
AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html
[01212007]
=====
KO-25 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22828
Launch date: September 26, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11
BBS: HL02-12
[05092004]
=====
AO-24 ARSENE
Catalog Number: 22654
Launch Date: May 13, 1993
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.0625 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1125 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
435.1375 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Downlink: 145.9750 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
2446.5025 MHz FM 1k2bps AFSK
Beacon: 2446.4700 MHz CW
Broadcast callsign:
BBS:
[12162009]
=====
KO-23 KITSAT
Catalog number: 22077
Launch date: August 10, 1992
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11
BBS: HLO1-12
[01222007]
=====
UO-22 UOSAT
Catalog number: 21575
Launch date: July 17, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11
BBS: UOSAT5-12
[01222007]
=====
AO-21 AMSAT-OSCAR 21
Catalog Number: 21087
Launch Date: January 29, 1991
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 435.041 MHz FM DSP
Downlink: 145.983 MHz FM DSP
[01222007]
=====
FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Beacons: 435.795 MHz CW
435.910 MHz AX25
Voice Transponder:
Uplink: 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Digital Transponder:
Uplinks: 145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz
Downlink: 435.910 MHz
More FO-20 info can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html
[01152007]
=====
WO-18 WEBERSAT
Catalog Number: 20441
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-Operational
Downlink: 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 Baud PSK AX.25
[05012006]
=====
DO-17 Dove
Catalog Number: 20440
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational.
Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 Baud AFSK
Beacon: 2401.220 MHz
[05012006]
=====
AO-16 PACSAT
Catalog number: 20439
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: non-operational
Current Mode: V/u
Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.920 MHz FM VOICE
145.940 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
145.960 MHz FM 1200-baud Manchester FSK (reserved)
Downlink: 437.026 MHz USB VOICE
(1200-baud PSK - MBL Telemetry Only)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz [NO FUTURE OPERATIONS PLANNED]
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
U: RC 437.050 MHz RHCP
PSK 437.026 MHz LHCP
V: Linear
Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11
BBS: PACSAT-12
AO-16 AMSAT Webpage: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao16.html
[07242009]
=====
UO-15 UoSAT-4
Catalog Number: 20438
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: ?
Downlink: 435.1250MHz (?)
435.1200MHz (?)
[06042009]
=====
UO-14 UoSAT-3
Catalog number: 20437
Launch date: January 22, 1990
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM
[05092004]
=====
FO-12 Fuji-OSCAR 12
Catalog Number: 16909
Launch Date: August 12, 1986
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.8000 - 435.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) Packet:
Uplink: 145.8500 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8700 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.8900 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Uplink: 145.9100 MHz MFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink 435.9100 MHz PSK 1200 BPS
Telemetry Beacon: 435.7950 MHz SSB/CW
[01152007]
=====
UO-11 OSCAR-11
Catalog number: 14781
Launch Date: March 1, 1984
Status: Non-operational.
Current Mode: /v
Telemetry Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM 1200 AFSK
UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
S: LHCP
Webpage: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
MPEG3 files: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm
[09062010]
=====
AO-10 OSCAR 10
Catalog number: 14129
Launch Date: June 16, 1983
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[05092004]
=====
AO-8 AMSAT-OSCAR 8
Catalog Number: 10703
Launch Date: March 3, 1978
Status: Non-Operational
Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.1990 - 435.2000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/U (J) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 435.0950 MHz CW
Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting): Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.8500 - 145.9000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.4000 - 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW
Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink 29.4020 MHz CW
[01152007]
=====
AO-6 AMSAT-OSCAR 6
Catalog Number: 06236
Launch Date: October 15, 1972
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9000 - 146.0000 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 29.4500 - 29.5500 MHz SSB/CW
Beacons: 29.450 MHz
435.100 MHz
[01312008]
=====
AO-5 Australis-OSCAR 5
Catalog Number: 04321
Launch Date: January 23, 1970
Status: Non-Operational
Telemetry Beacons: 144.0500 MHz CW
29.4500 MHz CW
[01152007]
=====
OSCAR III
Catalog Number: 01293
Launch Date: March 09, 1965
Status: Non-Operational
Uplink: 145.9750 - 146.0250 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink: 144.3250 - 144.3750 MHz SSB/CW
[01012007]
=====
RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Launch Date: December 26, 1994
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 1: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
Beacon 2: 29.398 MHz
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
[06202004]
=====
RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.860 MHz
Robot: 145.908 MHz
[05232004]
=====
RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12
Catalog number: 21089
Launch date: February 5, 1991
Status: Non-operational
Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 29.408 MHz
Robot: 29.454 MHz
[05232004]
NNNN
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $WSR-284.S4
WSR 284 Part 4 10/11/2010
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 284.S4
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 11, 2010
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-284.S4
THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY:
CO-56 CUTE-1.7 + APD
Catalog number: 28941
Launch date: February 21, 2006
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Uplink: 1268.5000 MHz GMSK 9600 BPS
Downlink: 437.4700 MHz 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan?)
Telemetry Beacon: 437.3850 CW
Callsign: JQ1YPC
Information webpage:
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/spacerium/cute1blog/
IARU coordination status page:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=56
[09062010]
=====
BEVO-1 (DRAGONSAT-1)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 437.325 MHz 9k6 GMSK
437.325 MHz CW 20wpm
[07312009]
=====
AggieSat2 (DRAGONSAT-2)
Catalog Number: 35690
Launch Date: May 19, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Downlink: 436.250 MHz 9k6 FHSS
[11112009]
=====
Pollux
Catalog Number: 35693
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: POLLUX-1
Downlink: 145.825MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
=====
Castor (ANDE-2)
Catalog Number: 35694
Launch Date: July 31, 2009
Status: Re-entered
Re-entered:
Callsign: KD4HBO-1
Downlink: 145.825 MHz 1k2 AX.25
[09062010]
=====
NO-62 FCAL
Catalog Number: 29667
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: July 28, 2008
Downlink: 437.385 Mhz APRS AX25
Downlink ID: KD4HBO
Website: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/fcal.html
[01012009]
=====
NO-61 ANDE
Catalog Number: 29664
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: December 25, 2007
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
[01032008]
=====
NO-60 RAFT-1
Catalog Number: 29661
Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: May 30, 2007
Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25
APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25
Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz
Packet to Voice ID: RAFT
[06112007]
=====
GENESAT-1
Catalog Number: 29655
Launch Date: December 16, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered date: August 8, 2010
Current Mode: /u
Callsign: KE7EGC
Telemetry Beacon Downlink: 437.0695 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Official webpage: http://www.crestnrp.org/genesat1/ahc.html
[08082010]
=====
HO-59 HITSat
Catalog number: 29484
Launch date: September 22, 2006
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: June 18, 2008
Telemetry Downlink: 437.4250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Beacon: 437.2750 MHz CW
Callsign: JR8YJT
[01012009]
=====
SO-43 Starshine 3
Catalog Number: 26929
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Status: Re-Entered
Re-entered: January 21, 2003
Beacon: 145.825Mhz
[02212009]
NNNN
/EX
ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live
radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz.
Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans-
mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30
UTC.
Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:
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Mailing address:
AMSAT-NA
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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.
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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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.
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In this edition:
* ARISSat-1 Delivered to JSC Houston; Next Journey to Russia
* AMSAT Board of Directors Names Senior Officers for 2010-2011
* AMSAT's Educational Outreach Reaches New High
* AO-51 Repeater Mode to Support JOTA Operations
* AO-51 Revised Schedule for October
* Call for Volunteers AMSAT at the NASM, Washington DC October 16
* SA AMSAT Presentation at South African Space Congress
* KiwiSat Team Requires FPGA Chips
* AMSAT Awards
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ARISSat-1 Delivered to JSC Houston; Next Journey to Russia
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT ARISSat Project Manager, Gould Smith, WA4SXM reported,
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V, was shipped from Orlando, Florida to
the Johnson Space Center in Houston and has arrived. From
there it will be sent to Russia in early October. In Russia
it will have the Kursk experiment added to the spaceframe.
The next milestone, the NASA Phase 2 Safety Review, is scheduled
for October 13 - 14, 2010. The ARISSat-1 team says that actually
two satellites (flight and backup) were ready for the trip to
Russia.
A new Russian Orlan suit battery will be shipped to the ISS sep-
arately to be installed into the satellite (called the Amateur
Radio Experiment) onboard the ISS. ARISSat-1 is scheduled to be
sent to the ISS aboard Russian Progress vehicle 41P in January
2011 and deployed during EVA R-28 in February 2011.
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AMSAT Board of Directors Names Senior Officers for 2010-2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Election of AMSAT's Senior Officers was one of the first orders of
business to be settled once the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting
opened on October 7, prior to the start of the 2010 AMSAT Space
Symposium held near Chicago, IL.
The following positions were voted upon and filled:
President Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Vice-President Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Vice President User Services Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Vice-President Engineering Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
Secretary Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Treasurer Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF
Manager Martha Saragovitz
The following Senior Officer positions remained open at this time
awaiting appointments:
Executive Vice President
Vice-President Human Spaceflight
Vice-President Marketing
The AMSAT Board of Directors elected on September 15 include:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Dr. Thomas A. Clark, K3IO
Lou McFadin, W5DID
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
The First Alternate member on the Board of Directors remains
open at this time due to the resignation of Board Member Bill
Ress, N6GHZ. First Alternate Board Member Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
assumed Bill's seat on the Board according to AMSAT's Bylaws.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]
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AMSAT's Educational Outreach Reaches New High
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT President, Barry Baines, WD4ASW announced at the 2010 Symposium
that the Board of Directors voted to approve the Memorandum of Under-
standing between AMSAT and the University of Florida, Gainesville to
embark upon an educational outreach program.
Discussion with University of Florida's Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy, who leads
a graduate Cubesat development program, has revealed several opportuni-
ties for AMSAT members to mentor the students on electronics and system
engineering issues including on-orbit satellite management learned from
operating AMSAT's fleet of spacecraft. AMSAT will also offer assistance
with ground station development and operation.
The AMSAT Board of Directors also voted to continue with the educational
outreach project between AMSAT, Binghamton University - SUNY, and IBM's
Heritage Corridor Center for Advanced Studies. The NextGen Satellite
Program is lead by Alex Harvilchuck, N3NP. During the first year of this
cooperative effort the NextGen student team characterized supercapacitor
performance in vacuum and developed an engineering model of deployable
solar cells on a 3U cubesat.
AMSAT Vice-President of Engineering Tony Monteiro, AA2TX discussed
plans for development of AMSAT's Project Fox cubesat. One goal for pro-
ject Fox is to establish development of "standardized" cubesat com-
ponents including reliable software-defined transponders, telemetry
downlink, and spacecraft power management. A stable, well-documented,
standardized "cubesat bus" can be made available to university cubesat
development teams, freeing them to concentrate on the science of their
research programs. This will have the net effect of having an amateur
transponder flying in many cubesats in the future.
The NextGen partnership with AMSAT-SUNY-IBM will perform the system
engineering leveraging on AMSAT's pioneering Project Fox Cubesat.
AMSAT's educational outreach program provides several advantages to
ensure the continued growth of amateur radio in space by training the
next generation of space engineers:
+ AMSAT establishes a presence on major universities with state-of-the-
art facilities and satellite development teams.
+ Potential for student projects focused on AMSAT needs.
+ Broadening of AMSAT's presence in the wider university community.
+ Increased potential for involvement with research/development grant-
funded opportunities for AMSAT and AMSAT members.
+ Establishing a program that offers significant traction for further
education outreach.
This is developing news with ongoing details to be reported in future
news bulletins, the AMSAT web, and the AMSAT Journal magazine.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]
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AO-51 Repeater Mode to Support JOTA Operations
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AO-51 Command Station Mark Hammond N8MH, said that the AO-51
Operations Team will configure the satellite to support the
Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) for Scouting October, 16 - 17:
AO-51 FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
No transmitter power or antenna restrictions usually associated
with the QRP mode of AO-51 operation on this repeater apply to
JOTA stations. Use good amateur practice during your operations.
Non-scouting users are asked to use 10 watts or less, and omni-
directional or handheld antennas on this repeater. Last minute
schedule changes may be required due to the power budget aboard
AO-51. Also non-scouting stations please give way to JOTA stations
or QSOs with JOTA stations
The 2010 Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, will begin on Saturday,
October 16, 2010, at 00:00 hours local time, and end on Sunday,
October, 17, 2010, at 23:59 hours local time.
This is an annual Scouting and amateur radio event sponsored by
the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout
Movement. Thousands of amateur radio stations around the world
participate.
In the United States, Cub Scout dens and Boy Scout patrols visit
a local amateur's ham shack during JOTA. Amateurs set up stations
giving Scouts and leaders a chance to exchange greetings with Scouts
from other areas. The exchanges typically include information such
as Name, QTH, Scout rank, Hobbies, and Age. Full details from the
World Scout Bureau can be found on-line at:
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/intl/pdf/130-218.pdf
Scouts and Amateur Radio operators may also find the ARBONET III
high altitude balloon launch for JOTA interesting. ARBONET has
published full details of their mission on-line at:
http://www.arbonet.net/ARBONET%20FLIGHTS.html
Launch Date: Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 9:30 AM CDT, Clarksville, Texas
Launch Net: K5FRC - 3.910MHz +/-, Starting at 9:00AM CST
Payloads: 2M Voice Beacon: ID: K5ARB - 144.390 MHz FM
2M APRS: ID: K5ARB-1. 144.390 MHz.
2M CW Homing Beacon ID: K5ARB. Comprised of FM carrier
with CW tone at 147.475 MHz
2M APRS: K5ARB-2 144.390 MHz.
70CM / 2M FM Cross-Band Repeater: K5ARB -
445.800 MHz UP, 145.560MHz Down
20M CW Homing Beacon ID: K5RWK - 14.058 MHz
A DX-cluster for spotting JOTA activity can be accessed via telnet
at pi4raz.nl port 7300. This cluster will be available for scouting
purposes all year round, not just for JOTA.
[ANS thanks Mark N8MH, World Scouting, and ARBONET for the above
information]
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AO-51 Revised Schedule for October
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-283.05
The AO-51 Command Team and Operations Group has released this revised
schedule for October, 2010:
October 3 (late UTC)
--------------------
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U
Uplink: 1268.708 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud
October 10 (late UTC)
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FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
QRP (Oct. 10-15) and JOTA (Oct. 16-17) Only FM Repeater, V/U
Please give way to JOTA stations or QSOs with JOTA stations
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
October 18 (late UTC)
---------------------
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone)
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U
Uplink: 1268.708 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud
Monitor http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php for the
latest Command Team and Operations Group AO-51 News.
[ANS thanks Mark Hammond N8MH for the above information]
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Call for Volunteers AMSAT at the NASM, Washington DC October 16
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Samudra Haque, N3RDX is leading the AMSAT outreach activity at the
Hispanic Heritage Month Family Day - Argentina in Air and Space which
will held be at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
The event will take place between 10 AM - 3 PM. Details can be found
at: http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Samudra says he needs help with the AMSAT display and if you can vol-
unteer any exhibition/display resources including pictures, posters.
AMSAT members would set-up tables with equipment, posters, and other
items of interest to visitors. These tables would be staffed throughout
the day by AMSAT members. You are welcome to volunteer for a couple of
hours or the whole day. Free parking will be provided to all, and lunch
will be provided for people who volunteer the whole day.
Contact Samudra via e-mail (samudra.haque(a)gmail.com) if you need more
information or can help out.
[ANS thanks Samudra Haque, N3RDX for the above information]
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SA AMSAT Presentation at South African Space Congress
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV representing SA AMSAT presented a
paper at the First Annual South African Space Congress in Cape Town
at the SA Astronomical Observatory on 7 and 8 October 2010.
The paper entitled 'Amateur Radio's significant contribution to
satellite communication' will trace the many facets of Amateur
Radio's involvement in space.
ZS6AKV reviewed the major contributions made by Amateur Radio to
satellite communication and focused on some of the current projects
both world-wide and in South Africa. His paper will also touched on
other space related activities such as SETI and Radio Telescopes.
SA AMSAT stated a copy of the paper will be available for download
from http://www.amsatsa.org after the event.
[ANS thanks SA AMSAT and SouthGateARC site for the above information]
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KiwiSat Team Requires FPGA Chips
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.08
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Terry Carrell, ZL3QL sent a request on behalf of the AMSAT-ZL KiwiSAT
team. They require four (4) Cypress CY7C383A-0JC or QuickLogic
QL12x16-2PL68C FPGA chips, used & un-programmed.
To date the team had 2 lots of 4 from two different sources but all
proved to have been compromised and could not be programmed. Terry
wrote, "We had a small stock but they have all been used during our
development work and while we can purchase new units, the source
requires us to buy a significant number more than our requirement
which is proving to be very expensive. We are happy to pay for good
units once we have confirmed they are clean. These chips will fly so
it is important we have perfect units."
If you help in any way, please let Terry, ZL3QL know. Terry can be
contacted via e-mail: tcarrell(a)xtra.co.nz
[ANS thanks Terry, ZL3QL and AMSAT-ZL for the above information]
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AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.09
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT Director Contests and Awards Bruce Paige, KK5DO says congratul-
ations are in order for the awards that he processed over the last
month.
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
making their first satellite QSO:
Jay Kendall, N2JK
Darek Dabek, SP9TTX
Marisuz Kocot, SQ9MES
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award:
Bob Herrell, AJ5C #517
Jim Adams, K0BAM #518
Leo Hucin, OK2UUJ #519
Jay Kendall, N2JK #520
The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications
Achievement Award:
Jim Adams, K0BAM #US149
Jay Kendall, N2JK #US150
Marisuz Kocot, SQ9MES #US151
The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award:
John Papay, K8YSE #39
The following have earned the W4AMI Satellite Communications
Achievement award:
Bob Herrell, AJ5C, #64
Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #65
Mariusz Kocot, SQ9MES, #66 (plus 1 endorsement)
Darek Dabek, SP9TTX, #67 (plus 3 endorsements)
The following have earned the W4AMI 5000 Satellite Communications
Achievement award:
Darek Dabek, SP9TTX #24
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 283.10
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 10, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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+ Congratulations to Sebastian, W4AS for attaining Satellite VUCC
Award #200!
+ A humorous overview of the review process for the upcoming MAVEN
(Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission to Mars has been
posted by NASA. NASA gave the mission a green light to continue
development which will investigate the mystery of how Mars lost
much of its atmosphere:
http://www.universetoday.com/75011/so-you-want-to-build-a-satellite/
Additional information about the MAVEN mission can be found at the
MarsDaily.com web site: http://tinyurl.com/27zvovx
+ A good overview of HO-68 Operating has been posted by Henk, PA3GUO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6oDgUTHCwg
+ A short video introduces the Firefly mission, a CubeSat built by
undergraduate students with the partnership of Goddard Space Flight
Center and the National Science Foundation.
http://tinyurl.com/22tm3z5 (SoutGateARC site)
+ For those interested in building your own satellite antennas check
out this article by Derek Hilleard, G4CQM considering three different
state-of-the-art 7 element yagi designs for 144MHz.
http://g4cqm.www.idnet.com/2M%20YAGI/ (via SouthGate)
+ This is not satellite related but you guys are going to like this
one anyway. Watch this helmet-mounted camera video as our two heroes
make a stomach-churning climb to the top of this 1,768 foot mast just
to change a Xenon flasher: http://tinyurl.com/2c3nmul (SouthGate)
+ ARISS Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF invites you to view the photos
and listen to a a mp3 recording of the successful ARISS (Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station) school contact with Norwegian
Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine:
http://www.ariss-eu.org/2010_09_25.htm
+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom Group net is Thursday Oct. 14, starting
at 8PM EDT (UTC - 4) on the 146.970 MHz repeater (Down 600 & Pl. 100)
and an Echo link node of: N2EYH-L. More info: http://www.hvsatcom.org
(via Stu, WA2BSS)
+ Videos of the 2010 annual meeting of AMSAT-Italy held at Esrin south
of Rome are available on the ESA website.
http://download.esa.int/flv/amsat-i_2010_part1.flv (ISS)
http://download.esa.int/flv/amsat-i_2010_part7.flv
http://download.esa.int/flv/amsat-i_2010_part4.flv (ISS Digital ATV)
http://www.esa-spaceweather.net/sda/ionosfera/amateur_radio.html
+ Paul 2E1EUB says starting this weekend and for the next 14 days he
will be active at his 2M1EUB location in Scotland for the first 7 days.
He will operate the last 7 days from the north west coast of Scotland.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors
to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. And, with that,
please keep this advice in mind for your next antenna project, working
together, two men can do the work of three. The trick is convincing
those two other suckers to work together.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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