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publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the
activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an
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In this edition:
* OSCAR Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
*
Two projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
* ARISS Equipment on
SpaceX Launch
* VEGA Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
*
Satellite Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
* LUSAT LO-19 Calls
Home
* Expect More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
* AMSAT
Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
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ANS-057 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News
Service Bulletin 057.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE Febuary
26, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID:
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OSCAR
Number EO-88 for Nayif-1
In accordance with the request sent to the
AMSAT-NA Board of Directors for an OSCAR number for the UAE CubeSat,
Nayif-1, and the statement that all of the conditions for an OSCAR number
have been met, I hereby by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA
president, do convey on Nayif-1 the designation Emirates Oscar 88 or
EO-88.
Along with the rest of the Amateur Radio satellite community, I
hope that EO-88 will meet all of its objectives.
I wish you and
your group the best of luck in this and future endeavors to keep Amateur
Radio in space.
[ANS thanks William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, OSCAR
Number Administrator for the above
information]
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Two
projects with AMSAT ties selected for NASA launches
Two cubesat
missions with ties to AMSAT have been selected as part of the eighth round of
the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. These spacecraft are eligible for
placement on a launch manifest after final negotiations, depending on the
availability of a flight opportunity.
TJREVERB is a CubeSat from Thomas
Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia.
This satellite will include an AMSAT Fox mode U/v FM radio system, and
will be capable of serving as an analog FM repeater.
HuskySat-1 from
the University of Washington in Seattle will carry a mode V/u linear
transponder and 1200 baud BPSK beacon similar to RadFXsat-2. The satellite
will demonstrate plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry in advance of
a larger CubeSat lunar mission.
The complete list of satellites selected
may be found at on the NASA web page.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-eighth-class-of-candidates-for-launch-of-cubesat-space-missions
http://www.amsat.org/?p=5795
[ANS
thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President for Operations for the above
information]
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ARISS
Equipment on SpaceX Launch
Included as part of the successful launch
of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle to ISS is an ARISS Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio.
This radio will replace the Ericsson radio that failed a few months ago. The
VHF radio is used for school group contacts and amateur packet radio in the
Columbus module. Once the Dragon vehicle is berthed to ISS, the Ericsson
will be unstowed and, at some point, installed in Columbus, replacing the UHF
radio that is now supporting APRS packet and some school contacts.
The
unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, 2/23/2017.
The Dragon cargo ship was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am
(1044 GMT).
Our thanks to SpaceX on an outstanding and historic flight
from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, where many Space Shuttle missions
and nearly all the Apollo moon missions were launched. We also would like to
thank our ARISS benefactors-NASA and CASIS, the Center for the Advancement of
Science in Space. And, of course, our amateur radio long-time sponsors-our
national amateur radio organizations around the world, including the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the US, and our international AMSAT
organizations, including AMSAT-NA.
ARISS is also making great progress
on the development of the new interoperable radio system that we hope to use
to replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and the
Service module. The hard (and expensive) part of this effort is just
beginning, with testing and human certification on the horizon. We thank all
that have donated to the cause thus far. We hope you continue to help ARISS
move forward through your support, including your volunteer time and talent
and, of course, financial contributions through the AMSAT web site donate
button.
[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair,
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight for the above
information]
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VEGA
Flight Opportunity for Multiple Small Satellites
Europe’s Vega small
launcher is set to demonstrate its extended capability to deploy multiple
light satellites using its new versatile Small Satellites Mission Service
(SSMS) dispenser, in the second half of 2018.
This demonstration provides
the first of the launch opportunities under the new Light satellite, Low-cost
Launch opportunity (LLLor L3) Initiative initiated at the ESA Council Meeting
at Ministerial Level in December 2016 with the aim to provide low-cost
and regular launch services for European
Institutional light satellites
through full exploitation of the Ariane 6 and Vega C launch systems’
capabilities.
This first proof-of-concept flight using the current Vega
launch system will demonstrate and validate standard innovative services for
light satellites.
The SSMS dispenser with its modular design enables Vega
to provide launch opportunities for light satellites with an overall mass
ranging from 1 kg CubeSats up to 400 kg minisats with different alternative
configurations and relevant combinations under a ‘rideshare’
concept.
Potential customers, be they European public-sector
organizations or other entities, are invited to respond to the joint ESA and
European Commission Announcement of Opportunity, which can be downloaded
together with its questionnaire, by 31 March.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Vega_flight_opportunity_for_multiple_small_satellites (including
links for the application process due by March 31)
[ANS thanks the
European Space Agency for the above
information]
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Satellite
Changes in AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution
The following five
satellites/object numbers have been deleted:
SATELLITE NORAD CAT
ID REASON
BY70-1 41909 Deorbit 2-18-2017
OBJECT
41930 41930 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
EGG
41933 Not Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
OBJECT 41934 41934 Not
Amateur Sat-ISS Launch
TuPOD 41936 41936 Batteries Dead-ISS
Launch
Thanks to Nico Janssen for his work in predicting BY70-1's
deorbit.
As noted last week, Nayif-1 was launched with 103 other
satellites on 2-15-2017. The cloud of satellites is beginning to spread
and Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has developed a TLE set that many on
AMSAT-BB say is very accurate. I have included it in this week's
distribution. Thanks again to a very busy Nico for his excellent
work.
Detailed doppler measurements show that Nayif 1 is object
42017, 2017-008BX.
Keith Pugh, W5IU, suggested that I include Nayif-1
in the regular distribution so those using apps like PocketSat would be able
to track it. Good idea Keith. (I have PocketSat myself!)
[ANS
thanks AMSAT's Keeper of the Keps Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above
information]
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LUSAT
LO-19 Calls Home
On Feb-20 15:45z LUSAT LO-19 on Orbit 141493 had
been heard with strong carrier on 437.125 ± Doppler.
LUSAT had been in
space last 27 years and still emits it's CW carrier un-modulated with 900
mW.
Now and then the satellite comes alive, it is useful to test
reception and demonstrate Doppler, check antennas, etc.
Please try to
listen, on http://amsat.innova-red.net/pass you
will find an easy way to locate, receive, and thank you if
reported.
[ANS thanks Pedro, LU7ABF for the above
information]
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Expect
More from Amateur BY70-1 Youth Space Program
In announcing the end of
a successful mission the students who built the amateur radio FM transponder
satellite BY70-1 say “We hope more Amateur youth space program will be
brought to you in the near future!”
The 2U CubeSat BY70-1 was built by
students from the Beijing Bayi High School and carried into a 524 x 212
km orbit on a CZ-2D rocket launched from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center on
December 28, 2016.
On February 17, 2017, as the satellite was about to
burn up on its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, this end of mission
statement was posted on the school’s website.
Dear friends of
BY70-1:
Satellite BY70-1 has completed all designed missions. For the
amateurs who completed 2-way QSO using the repeater onboard, received
effective satellite telemetry, or obtained satellite camera photos, we would
like to invite you sending connection data package (audio or video evidence),
satellite
telemetry data or photos received to Email: 6015@bayims.cn.
So that we can keep
statistics records and deliver our appreciation toward you in public. We
would be pleased to exchange QSL card for QSO users, and some souvenirs for
the telemetry or camera photos users.
We hope more Amateur youth space
program will be brought to you in the near future!
E-mail Address:
6015 @bayims.cn
Post Address: Mr Xiangming TAOBeijing Bayi School, 29# Suzhou
Street, Haidian Dist, Beijing, China P.O. 100080
http://www.bayims.cn/article-16881.html
BY70-1
FM transponder satellite
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/27/by70-1-fm-transponder-satellite/
BY70-1
FM contact video
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/30/by70-1-fm-transponder-contact/
See
BY70-1 page on Roland PY4ZBZ website
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/by70.htm
[ANS
thanks AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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AMSAT
Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events
around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings
where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of
working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table
with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with
presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations).
*Saturday and Sunday,
11-12 March 2017 – ScienceCity in Tucson AZ
*Saturday, 18 March 2017 –
Scottsdale SpringFest in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday through Sunday, 31 March–2
April 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas NV
*Wednesday, 5 April 2007 – presentation
for Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club in Scottsdale AZ
*Friday and
Saturday, 7-8 April 2017, Green Country Hamfest in Claremore
OK
*Saturday, 6 May 2017 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association hamfest
in Sierra Vista AZ
*19-21 May 2017, HamVention in the Greene County
Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio
*Friday and Saturday, 9-10
June 2017, HAM-COM in Irving TX
*Saturday, 10 June 2017 – Prescott
Hamfest in Prescott AZ
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above
information]
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ARISS
News
Successful Contacts
* Collège André Malraux,
Chatelaillon-Plage, France, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign was
scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet
KG5FYG Contact was successful Mon 2017-02-13 14:00:35 UTC 67
deg. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG answered 19 questions prepared
by students for an audience 190 students and guests. HamTV
downlinked
Pesquet live throughout the entire contact thanks to British
Amateur TV Club merging 2 HamTV ground stations’ received signals. The
live-stream was seen by 230 of the general public via BATC
connections. Watch a recording of the live-streamed HamTV downlink:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp8JadKjPOmOUFCeDdZMFhSMm8/view?usp=sharing
Watch
France's national television's report at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7amhLMgA8&feature=em-upload_owner
*
John Glenn Middle School, Maplewood MN, direct via KØJDD The ISS callsign
was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Shane Kimbrough
KE5HOD Contact was successful: Wed 2017-02-22 18:47:59 UTC 25 deg All 16
questions answered with a 73 round. Students, teachers and parents came to
900 individuals. One television station and four print media outlets were
also in attendance. They reported full quieting for the entire
pass.
* Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie
Castang, Saint Dionisy, France, direct via F4HHV The ISS callsign was
scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut was Thomas Pesquet
KG5FYG Contact was successful: Sat 2017-02-25 13:14:15 UTC 58
deg Successful contact between the 2 schools of Boissieres and Saint
Dionisy with Thomas Pesquet. All 20 questions answered, clear audio all
the way long (Normal and acceptable UHF noise at the beginning and at the
end) Reported 350 people present in the gymnasium. Also success for the
Ham video transmission through BATC, but also through the local Ham-Video
Ground Station. Press and media presence:
1 national TV (BFM) ->
scheduled broadcasted 2/25
2 Regional TVs (France 3), TV TV-Sud
1 Regional
radio (France Bleu)
Several Regional newspapers including Le Midi
Libre
Upcoming Contacts
* 3rd Junior High School, Komotini,
Greece, direct via SV7APQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD The contact will
be rescheduled for a later date.
* ABOUT GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Space
Odyssey Project, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, direct via RVØADW The ISS callsign
is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Andrei
Borisenko Contact is a go for Sat 2017-02-25 08:36 UTC
* ABOUT
GAGARIN FROM SPACE, Raduga Space Communication Center of St. Petersburg,
Russia, direct via RA1AJN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov Contact is a go for Sun
2017-02-26 09:15 UTC
* Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville,
TN, direct via AA4UT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go
for: Wed 2017-03-01 19:08:03 UTC 49
deg
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ARISS
is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.ARISS
thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your
reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
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Message
to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact
Opportunity
Call for Proposals
Proposal Window February 15 – April
15, 2017
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and
organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio
contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the
contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew
scheduling and ISS orbits will
determine the exact contact dates. To
maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for
organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate
the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to
submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can
be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
The
Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will
participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with
the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS
contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and
communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to
learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also
will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication,
wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS,
organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates
and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around
the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe
sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and
operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS
and students around the world via
Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is
managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation) and ARRL (American
Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the
Advancement of Science in Space).
More Information
Interested parties
can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.
For proposal
information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and
proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please
direct any questions to ariss@arrl.org.
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ARISS
is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS
thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your
reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the
downlink of 145.8Ø
MHz.
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All
ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise
noted.
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Several
of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being
able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there
are links to other ARISS websites from this
site.
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Looking
for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If
interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need
some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some
insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@sbcglobal.net
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ARISS
congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over
100 schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with
123
Francesco IKØWGF with
119
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The
webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages
were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS
websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are
approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or
start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and
times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of
2017-02-23 05:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school
contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink
websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed
live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total
number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1116. Each school counts as 1
event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1080. Each
contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of
ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
A complete year by year
breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please
feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are
needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The
following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas,
Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas
Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL
information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS
callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,
RSØISS
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The
successful school list has been updated as of 2017-02-23 05:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency
chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler
correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.rtf
Listing
of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check
out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp.
49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey
Ryzhikov
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet
KG5FYG
Oleg
Novitskiy
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Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for
information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.
[ANS
thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above
information]
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/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 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 student 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, Joe Spier,
K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org
