AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-139
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
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Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT Forum at Hamvention Well Attended * ARISS at Hamvention Shares Excitement of Space Exploration and Amateur Radio * ANS Asks For Stories About Your Hamvention-AMSAT Experience * ASTRO PI Student Programs Run on ISS * Call for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors * How to Support AMSAT * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-139.01 ANS-139 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 139.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
May 19, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-139.01
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AMSAT relies on your donations to Keep Amateur Radio in Space Please consider a one-time or recurring donation today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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AMSAT Forum at Hamvention Well Attended
The AMSAT Forum at the 2019 Dayton Hamvention was helod on Saturday, May 18 with a large crowd in attendance. Robert Bankston, AMSAT VP User Services moderated the forum which included these speakers:
+ AMSAT Status Report Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT President, highlighted recent activities within AMSAT and discussed some of our challenges, accomplishments, projects.
+ AMSAT Engineering Program Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President for Engineering, talked about the Fox-1 and Golf (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint) Projects.
+ AMSAT Education – Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT Vice President – Edu- cational Relations introduced the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator which featured a live demonstration.
+ AMSAT User Services – Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President User Services, discussed AMSAT’s 50 th Anniversary Operating Event and the new AMSAT Ambassadors Program.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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ARISS at Hamvention Shares Excitement of Space Exploration and Amateur Radio
ARISS featured a display at their booth, shared with AMSAT, of the next generation hardware systems in development now. The display showed ways to discover how to maximize your opportunities to make ARISS connections and to hear the ISS crew directly from your ham shack.
ARISS was excited to talk about their visionary initiative to fly ham radio on the human spaceflight lunar Gateway with NASA. The ARISS team presented an overview and status of the program and then conducted a panel with ARISS experts in operations, education, hardware, experimentation and exploration.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ANS Asks For Stories About Your Hamvention-AMSAT Experience
The Editors of the AMSAT News Service are interested in hearing your testimonials about your AMSAT experience during this years Hamvention. Please forward comments to ans-editor (at) amsat.org.
We hope to use these as shorts in future ANS News Bulletins to stimulate interest and promote Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. Comments will also be shared with Editors of the AMSAT Journal.
Tell us about new friends, old friends, new ideas, new techniques, inspirational epiphanies, or anything else that that got you excited about operating or becoming more involved in our great hobby.
Again, please submit your stories to ans-editor (at) amsat.org.
[ANS thanks ANS Editors for the above information]
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Share Your Apollo Story with NASA
July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first time humans walked on the Moon. Coming this summer, NASA Explorers: Apollo is a commemorative audio series that examines the Moon's cultural and scientific influence over the last half century, while also peering into the future of planetary exploration. Listeners will meet a Moon detective, tour a lab for space rocks and hear from scientists whose lives and work have been shaped by the Apollo program.
As a part of this series, NASA invites you to contribute to an oral history project celebrating giant leaps and exploration of all kinds. You can help NASA tell the Apollo story by sharing your own perspect- ive on lunar exploration, or by interviewing a loved one who lived during the Apollo era. NASA will select some submissions to feature in the audio series, on its website and/or social media.
You'll find help for interview topics, recording instructions, and how to submit your entry posted at: https://www.nasa.gov/apollostories
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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ASTRO PI Student Programs Run on ISS
ESA Education, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, announced that 4702 teams of students from 24 European countries successfully entered the Astro Pi 2018-2019 Mission Zero challenge and had their programs run on the International Space Station for 30 seconds each.
Of those entries, 135 teams made it to Phase 3 of the Astro Pi 2018-2019 Mission Space Lab challenge. They have received back the data from their experiments, which ran for 3 hours each on board the ISS. These teams have now reached Phase 4 (Analysis) of the challenge. Each team will now analyze their data and write a short scientific report. A jury of experts from ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation will select the teams with the 10 best reports as the winners of Mission Space Lab. Each winning team will receive a very special prize.
Complete information can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-139-AstroPi
[ANS thanks the ESA for the above information.]
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Call for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors
It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT Board of Directors election. Four directors' terms expire this year: those of Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Clayton Coleman, W5PFG; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one-year terms.
A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individuals' names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to:
AMSAT 10605 CONCORD ST STE 304 KENSINGTON MD 20895-2526
In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to martha at amsat.org or faxed to +1-301-822-4371.
No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive at the AMSAT office no later than June 15th. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If electronic means are used, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT office within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT BYLAWS.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $24,490 raised or about 16% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!!
For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
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How to Support AMSAT
AMSAT relies on the support of our members and the amateur radio community to Keep Amateur Radio in Space.
How can you help?
* Join AMSAT Both you and AMSAT will benefit when you join. You get the AMSAT Journal bimonthly and support from AMSAT Ambassadors. Member dues and donations provide AMSAT’s primary support. Join today at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/
* Become a Life Member Becoming a Life Member has never been easier. Now you can become a Life Member with 12 monthly payments of $74 through our online store. See https://www.amsat.org/product/lifetime-membership/ for details.
* Donate to AMSAT Make a one time or recurring donation to AMSAT today. Even as little as one dollar a month can make a difference! Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
* Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. AMSAT receives 25% of the price of each sale on AMSAT logo merchandise from our Zazzle storefront located at https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
* Volunteer for AMSAT AMSAT relies on volunteers for nearly all of our activities. If you have an idea for how to help, please let us know, Details on volunteering can be found at https://www.amsat.org/volunteer-for-amsat/
[ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
See https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
+ 2019-05-17 08:51 UTC between Nick Hague KG5TMV using ISS callsign NA1SS and Aranzadi Ikastola, Bergara, Spain Contact was telebridg via VK6MJ. ARISS Mentor was Marcelo IKØUSO.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Curtin Primary School, Canberra, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Mon 2019-05-20 08:39:42 UTC 27 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for: Sun 2019-05-26 15:55 UTC
[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]
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Shorts From All Over
+ AMSAT Journal Call for Photos
Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK, AMSAT Journal Editor sends a call for photos from the folks attending Hamvention 2019. Please send your photos (JPG format, as high resolution as feasible) to Joe at kb6igk at amsat.org
[ANS thanks Joe KB6IGK for the above information]
+ NASA offers Open Source software resources at: https://code.nasa.gov/ : Lists 532 NASA open source projects https://software.nasa.gov/software/NPO-47703-1 : A general purpose dynamics library that can be used for the modeling of robotic plat- forms, space vehicles, molecular dynamics and such applications. http://gmatcentral.org/ : The General Mission Analysis Tool,a NASA- created Open Source version of Analytical Graphic Inc's (AGI) Sat- ellite Tool Kit (STK)
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]
+ AMSAT is selling brand new and special 50th Anniversary apparel!
A golf shirt as well as a T-shirt were available at Hamvention and will be available, online, at the AMSAT store after everyone returns home from Hamvention. The shirts are black and include the AMSAT 50 Amateur Radio in Space logo, in gold! https://www.amsat.org/shop/
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
+ Here is an interesting article on how to watch the ISS all night long, as opposed to just at dusk and dawn: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-139-WatchISSch
[ANS thanks Sky and Telescope via Charlie AJ9N 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 addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information.
73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM aa8em at amsat dot org