AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-289
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In this edition:
* 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, Oct. 21-22 * Ham TV to Return to the ISS * Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 13, 2022 * AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available On YouTube * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-289 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653 Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Oct 16
40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will take place in Bloomington, Minnesota. on Oct. 21-22, 2022. Highlights of all scheduled events include:
– AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21 – 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22 – Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21 – AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22 – AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23
A preliminary schedule is available on the AMSAT Member Portal, launch.amsat.org, under the Events tab.
Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America with Nickelodeon Universe Theme park, Target Field, and the Minnesota Zoo.
Hotel reservations at reduced rate may no longer be available as Sunday, October 2nd was the announced deadline. You can still make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Hotel reservations can also be made online at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.
Symposium tickets and banquet reservations may be purchased on the AMSAT Member Portal. Log into https://launch.amsat.org/ and clock on the Events tab.
We at AMSAT, are excited to be able to host an in-person Symposium this year. We hope that you can join us in celebrating Amateur Radio in Space.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived! To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on October 15, 1972, this year's coin features an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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Ham TV to Return to the ISS
During the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium on October 8th, AMSAT announced the Ham TV unit for the ISS is repaired and on the way to Houston for testing. The flight date dependent on testing.
Ham TV has been inoperative since April 2018. It had been active since April 2014, having been launched to the ISS in 2013. It was returned to earth for diagnosis and repair in late 2018.
The ARISS Ham TV transmitter is capable of downlinking DVB-S digital video of ARISS contacts and other activities on board the ISS to amateur ground stations in the 2.3 GHz amateur band. More information can be found at https://www.ariss.org/hamtv-on-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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Changes to the AMSAT TLE Distribution for October 13, 2022
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
RamSat NORAD Cat ID 48850 (decayed from orbit on 10/12/22 per Space-Track).
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Available On YouTube
The 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloqium was held on October 8-9, 2022 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Center as part of the 2022 Radio Society of Great Britain Convention.
Videos from the Colloqium are now available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ARISS News
Scheduled ARISS Contacts
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Mon 2022-10-17 09:00 UTC
Davis Aerospace Technical High School, Detroit, MI., direct via W8HP
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Koichi Wakata KI5TMN
Contact is go for: Tue 2022-10-18 17:30:04 UTC 42 deg
Chief Whitecap Elementary School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Josh Cassada KI5CRH
Contact is go for: Wed 2022-10-19 17:35:07 UTC 86 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Anna Kikina
Contact is go for Sun 2022-10-30 18:45 UTC
ARISS Radio Status
Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).
* Powered OFF for Progress undocking on October 23. OFF Oct. 23 about 19:30 UTC. ON Oct. 24 about 08:00 UTC. * Powered OFF for Progress docking on October 27. OFF Oct. 27 about 15:30 UTC. ON Oct. 28 about 08:30 UTC. * Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.
Service Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode set for packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down)
* Powered OFF for Progress undocking on October 23. OFF Oct. 23 about 19:30 UTC. ON Oct. 24 about 08:00 UTC. * Powered OFF for Progress docking on October 27. OFF Oct. 27 about 15:30 UTC. ON Oct. 28 about 08:30 UTC. * Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors, for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
M1DDD: activity ‘holiday style’ (family) 11-16 October 2022 IO70 (basecamp) IN79 hopefully a full day (FM/Lin) possibly IN69 (FM only, couple hours one afternoon) Updates on Twitter and http://hams.at
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
+ 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting October 21–22, 2022 The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN https://launch.amsat.org/event-4922878
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The NASA/SpaceX Crew-5 mission brought new Astronaut-Hams to the ISS. Welcome Josh Cassada, KI5CRH, and Koici Wakata, KI5TMN. Listen for them making ARISS student contacts and maybe just working from the ARISS repeater.
+ AO-27's timer has drifted enough to be workable for a few minutes from the northern United States, Canada, and much of Europe. If you're in these areas, give it a listen.
+ AO-27's timer drift has allowed a new distance record to be set on the satellite. Joe Werth, KE9AJ, at a SOTA summit in Blue Mounds, WI (EN53ba) worked Nick Garbett, M1DDD/P in IO83ru on October 5, 2022 at 12:22 UTC. The satellite was at 59 degrees north during the QSO. A distance record on this satellite is greatly complicated by the 3.5 minutes the satellite is activated on each orbit.
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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org