AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-244
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In
this edition:
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General
Meeting
* 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September
15
* Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers
* Mark Johns, KØJM,
Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service
* Emergency Traffic Relayed over
AO-92 Satellite
* University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User
Survey
* ARISS Activities
* AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for
Export
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* German CEPT Response States
Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic
* Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS
Conference London Sept 7
* CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U
Transponder Satellites
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-244 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT
News Service Bulletin 244.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE
September 1, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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2019
37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Please join us for
the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be
held in the Washington, DC
Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20,
2019.
The Symposium venue will
be the Hilton Arlington, located in the
heart of the Ballston neighborhood of
Arlington, VA. The Hilton
Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street,
Arlington,
Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code
is
AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation).
Connected to the
Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and
effortless access to
Washington DC's top tourist destinations like
the National Mall, Smithsonian
Museums and historic monuments. The
hotel is six miles from Reagan National
Airport and the National Mall.
There are plenty of restaurants
nearby.
The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites
from
throughout the history of amateur radio in space -
paper
presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's
long
history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting
will
be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided
tours
are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the
Smithsonian
Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and
on
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour
to
the National Mall via the Metro.
So please plan on attending the 50th
Anniversary Symposium - you
will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT
website for further
updates and information.
The 2019 AMSAT Space
Symposium and Annual Meeting features:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur
Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the
Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members
(October 16-17)
+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
+
AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door
Prizes !!
The latest news and information is always posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS
thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above
information]
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2019
AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15
An
early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space
Symposium and
General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20,
2019, in Arlington,
Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019
per the following
schedule:
Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 .........
$60
Registration September 16, 2019 – October 11, 2019 ....
$65
Registration at the Door .............................. $70
You
can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
This
year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed-
ings on a
thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00.
Non-attendees may
put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if
there are any left over.
The digital version of the Proceedings will
be made available on the online
store shortly after the Symposium
concludes.
Student Registration is
50% off and does not include the Proceedings.
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT
Symposium Team for the above
information]
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Second
Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers
This is the second call for papers
for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual
Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on
October 18-20 at the
Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia.
Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and
poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the
amateur
satellite community. We request a tentative title of
your
presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted
by
September 23 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts
and
papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org.
[ANS
thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above
information.]
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Mark
Johns, KØJM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service
Robert
Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services announced the appointment of
Mark D. Johns,
KØJM, as Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT News Service.
Johns, currently
serving as a rotating ANS weekly editor, steps up to
replace EMike McCardel,
AA8EM, who is facing a long recovery follow-
ing a serious injury while
clearing storm damage at his home in early
August.
Mark Johns is
Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Communication Stud-
ies, of Luther
College, Decorah, Iowa, but now resides in the Minne-
apolis, Minn. area. He
is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT, holds a
DXCC Satelite certificate, and is
a member of the Minnesota Wireless
Association and the Twin Cities DX
Association (TCDXA). Mark is also
on the editorial staff of the Gray Line
Report, the newsletter of
the TCDXA.
Mark grew up in Des Moines, Iowa
and was first licensed there in 1967
as WNØRGV. Through college, grad school,
and early career he operated
from various QTHs in Nebraska, Minnesota, and
Iowa as WAØRGV, and
later as KØMDJ. He began operating satellites in the
early 1980s.
After living in Cedar Falls, Iowa for 26 years, he took a one
year
work assignment in Nottingham, UK during 2011-12 and operated
there
as MØGZO. From fall of 2012 until spring of 2017 his QTH was
Decorah,
but he also operated in Malta as 9H3DJ for half of 2016 while on
an-
other work assignment. His current callsign was granted in 2018,
and
he is primarily active on the linear transponder satellites.
[ANS
thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services for the
above
information]
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Emergency
Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite
On August 27, 2019, Clayton, W5PFG,
and his father Jack, AC5DI, were
traversing the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend
National Park, Texas,
USA, when their vehicle became stuck in mud from recent
monsoon rains.
Being stuck up to the axles, they were unable to
self-recover from
the situation, requiring assistance from Park Rangers.
August temper-
atures in this desert reach upwards of 110-115 degrees
Fahrenheit.
There is no mobile phone coverage outside park
headquarters.
Clayton made contact via AMSAT satellite AO-92 with Kevin,
KK4YEL,
in Florida. During the satellite pass, stations stood by while
Clayton
relayed emergency traffic to Kevin. This information included
details
about the situation including precise latitude and longitude,
the
phone number for Big Bend National Park, vehicle description, and
wel-
fare of the party.
Other stations listening to the pass including
Brian, KG5GJT, contacted
the park headquarters. Within two hours, Park
Rangers arrived on scene
and recovered the stuck vehicle. No person was
injured, and no equipment
was damaged.
Clayton and Jack were traveling
to DL88jx, a maidenhead grid square high-
ly sought after by many ARRL VUCC
members. Clayton had previously made
two successful trips to DL88jx. Both
Clayton and Jack are very grateful
to Kevin, KK4YEL, the responsiveness of
the amateur radio community,
and to the Park Rangers and staff of Big Bend
National Park.
Incident discussion via Twitter quickly provided
recordings of the
AO-92 satellite traffic:
Recording courtesy of
KQ4MM
https://twitter.com/KQ4MM/status/1166396579416354816
Recording
courtesy of CO6CBF/W5CBF
https://twitter.com/CO6CBF/status/1166432549847085056
[ANS
thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, for the above
information]
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25% of the purchase
price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space
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University
of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey
Takehiro Okamoto,
student leader of University of Tsukuba YUI project
in Japan, reports his
team is developing a 2U cubesat planned to fea-
ture real-time video
transmission from space as the main mission. This
project, wants the general
public to view and use the images, and are
soliciting user
opinions.
They plan to downlink D-ATV from the 2U CubeSat, similar to
HamTV
from the ISS. Complete the survey posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tsukuba-Survey
(use google translate)
The university YUI cubesat development web page
can be accessed at:
https://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/ (use
google translate)
[ANS thanks Takehiro Okamoto, University of Tsukuba for
the
above
information]
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ARISS
Activities
+ Tuesday, September 3, 2019 08:06 UTC
Kingston
Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, tele-
bridge via K6DUE
located in Maryland. The ISS callsign is pre-
sently scheduled to be
NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew
Morgan KI5AAA. Listen on 145.800
for east coast North American
stations.
+ Tuesday, September 3,
2019 16:05 UTC
Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA. The ISS
call-
sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled
astronaut
is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Listen on 145.800 for western North
Amer-
ican stations.
AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a
FundRazr campaign to raise
$150,000 for critical radio infrastructure
upgrades on ISS. These up-
grades are necessary to enable students to
continue to talk to astro-
nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached
a great milestone
with $24,130 raised or about 16% towards our goal. This
would not have
been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more
informa-
tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
[ANS
thanks ARISS for the above
information]
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AMSAT
SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export
AMSAT South Africa (AMSAT SA)
has developed a dual-band Yagi VHF/UHF
antenna for satellite operation. The
antenna has a 50-ohm designed
driver. The Yagi has a unique element called a
'Open Sleeve' which
is a director very close to the driven element. The
driven element
is sized for 2M. When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve'
acts as
part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M).
The
original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of the
Stanford
Research institute but was not introduced into amateur radio
until the 1950s.
The AMSAT SA version is based on a design by DK7ZB
with modifications by
WB5CXC.
Until recently this antenna was available only in South Africa.
Fol-
lowing requests from many amateurs outside South Africa AMSAT SA
can
offer the Yagi for export if ordered in a batch of 6, at R950
each
(approx US $65), total for a batch of 6 is R5700. (approx US $
390)
to countries in the European Union and the USA. For Australia and
New
Zealand R1000 per unit in a batch of 6 total RR6000. Pricing for
other
countries on request.
More information is available on the AMSAT SA
web:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm
[ANS
thanks AMSAT SA for the above
information]
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Upcoming
Satellite Operations
+ Help Celebrate AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with these
"W3ZM on the Road"
Operations: https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/
+
N7MJ Roving 11 State Tour - WY, NE, IA, IL, KY, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM,
AZ,
August 25th - September 9th, 2019.
Jack M7MJ is heading out (in his Vette)
on a 2 weeks road trip from
Cheyenne, WY to the big 25th Anniversary
Celebration of the National
Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, (August
28-31). Then he will
head through TN to AR (EM34) for a family gathering
9/3-4, the
another family gathering 9/4-5 in Atoka, OK (EM14/24). With
the
partying over, down through TX and NM and end up in Chandler,
AZ.
FM only.
+ Way Up in the Northeast (GN27, GN26, GN37) Aug 26 -
Sept 7, 2019
Chris, VE3FU will be in GN27 August 26-30 and will try to
make a trip
to GN26, possibly on the GN26/27 line. He will be in GN37
(again)
August 30-September 7. Chris will be operating as VO2AC/1 and try
to
announce operating times on Twitter as far ahead as possible.
https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU.
+
Peru - August 31 - September 7, 2019
Tony, KD8RTT will be in Peru Saturday
night, August 31 and leave on
Saturday, September 7. FM passes, mainly
AO-91 and AO-92, vacation
schedule permitting. Tony is not exactly sure
what days/times he can
operate yet, but he'll try to tweet before he gets
on any passes.
https://twitter.com/kd8rtt
+ AM1SAT
(All Grids in Spain) September 9-15, 2019
AMSAT-EA will be transmitting
its special call AM1SAT via all active
satellites from September 9th to
September 15th as part of the V
RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities.
IberRadio is the biggest
event for the ham community in SouthWest Europe
and will open doors
September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio
at
http://www.iberradio.es.
The AM1SAT
call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different
grids during that
time to help satellite operators to collect as
much EA locators as
possible.
As part of this activity and in order to promote the
participation,
AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two
categories,
Silver and Gold. More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/
and as a
pdf at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-AM1SAT-Award.
+
D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op). Harald, DF2WO, will once
again be
active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005),
between September
29th and October 13th. Activity will be holiday
style on 160-10 meters
using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes.
(FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY)
and slow CW.
Harald has been working hard in the last few months
getting his
satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he
will
use it from Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300, 2
Transvert-
ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100
Geostationary
Satellite. He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX
BEAM
and a dipole for 40 meters. Please DO NOT send your card via
the
Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you
MUST
request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
#1428)
+ WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Northern
Colorado
Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with
the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will
activate
special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2
to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest
contin-
uously operating radio station.
The WW0WWV station(s)
will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter
site in Fort Collins,
Colorado. Operations will be on various HF bands
following typical
propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as
satellites (SO-50,
AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter.
Modes will be CW, SSB
and digital. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW,
or direct to the WWV Amateur
Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort
Collins, CO 80526, USA. For more
details, visit the following URLs:
http://wwv100.com
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV
(Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428)
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for
the above
information]
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The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a
Raspberry Pi-based
telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites
now supports the
Raspberry Pi 4.
Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!
https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/
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German
CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic
Update: The
ARRL reported on August 30, 2019 -
144 – 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal
for Additional Aero-
nautical Applications: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ARRL-2M-Removed
The
latest development regarding the proposal to share 144-146 MHz
comes from
Germany.
They state, "Germany does not support the inclusion of the
144-146 MHz
primary allocated to the amateur service/amateur satellite
service in
the proposed WRC-23 agenda item regarding a possible new
allocation to
the aeronautical mobile service (AMS) for non-safety
applications.
Consequently, Germany cannot determine a single realistic
sharing scen-
ario, not leading to serious mutual interference on both sides
and not
seriously degrading the use of the 144-146 MHz band."
This
document can accessed at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-German-CEPT-Response
[ANS
thanks CEPT/European Electronic Communications Committee for the
above
information]
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Talks
by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7
The 2019 UK High
Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White
City, London on
Saturday, September 7.
The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms,
68 Wood Lane, White
City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in
learning about
building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking
their 434 MHz
signals.
Some of the radio amateurs giving talks on high
altitude balloon communi-
cations are:
+ AutoRX by Mark Jessop
VK5QI
+ Citizen space exploration & inflatable spacecraft by
Michael
Johnson M0MJJ
+ The Apollo Flight – model-making and tech
behind the dashboard
by Dave Akerman M0RPI
+ Insurance & UKHAS
Server Support by Steve Randall G8KHW
+ Recovering, Reprogramming and
Re-flying Radiosondes by Andrew
Mulholland MI0BPB
+ Hwoyee NSL-45
Experiences by Dave Akerman M0RPI and Steve
Randall G8KHW
There
will be helium and foil balloons available for the pico launch
at the end of
the conference.
UKHAS conference information is at:
https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2019
Tickets
are at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tickets-UKHAS
[ANS
thanks UKHAS and AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with
Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT
Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started
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CAMSAT
Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites
The
Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has applied for
frequency
coordination for four small satellites - CAS-8A, CAS-8B, CAS-8C,
and
CAS-8D. The CAS-8 satellites are a Student Small Satellites
project
initiated by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization
(APSCO),
which is headquartered in Beijing China. APSCO was inaugurated in
2008
as an inter-governmental organization. including Bangladesh,
China,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and Indonesia.
The
project consists of four satellites, including a pilot microsatel-
lite
CAS-8A for technical verification and a primary microsatellite
CAS-8B, two 3U
cube satellites CAS-8C and CAS-8D. CAS-8A is scheduled
to be launched by the
end of 2020, and the CAS-8B, CAS-8C, CAS-8D sat-
ellites are scheduled to be
launched at the end of 2021 ON the same
launch.
The CAS-8 satellites
project is supported by the Chinese government. The
project is led by Beihang
University, which is China's most outstanding
university in aerospace. tHE
Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT)
cooperates with Beihang University
to bring amateur radio into the pro-
ject.
the CAS-8 satellites will
realize the synergy between the eight countries
of APSCO to build an amateur
radio alliance through space, adding new
science popularization tools to
young students in APSCO member countries
for self-training,
inter-communication and technical investigations, and
also providing a new
satellite platform for amateur radio enthusiasts
around the
world.
CAMSAT 8A - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25
4k8/9k6
GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image
and
4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch
from
Jiuquan in Oct 2020 into a 600km SSO.
CAMSAT 8B -
30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
GMSK
telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image and
4k8/9k6 GMSK
telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch from
Jiuquan in Oct 2021
into a 600km SSO.
CAMSAT 8C - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW
and AX25 4k8/9k6
GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25
4k8/9k6 GMSK inter
satellite links. Planning a launch from
Jiuqhan in Oct 20121
into a 600km SSO.
CAMSAT 8D - 3U
CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
GMSK
telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK inter
satellite
links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct 20121
into a 600km
SSO.
Additional information is pending IARU frequency coordination
activities.
[ANS thanks CAMSAT and the IARU for the above
information]
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Satellite
Shorts From All Over
+ NASA will be tracking Hurricane Dorian throughout
this Labor Day
(USA) weekend. The agency will provide status updates on
the storm
as it nears Florida and NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the
state's
central east coast, as well as updated video and imagery.
Status
updates on Hurricane Dorian will be available at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/tag/dorian-2019/
Updated imagery and video of the storm, including any view of Dorian
from
the International Space Station, will be available as soon as
possible the
NASA Media Resources page at:
https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources
+
2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space. To
help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th
Anniversary Awards
Program. Full details are available at
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported
this week
that the awards are being printed and will be sent
shortly to all those
who have applied.
+ The Huntingdon, West Virginia Herald Dispatch
newspaper published
a feature, "Ham radio event planned at South Point
library" inform-
ing interested Tri-State residents will have an
opportunity to find
out what ham radio and Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES) are
all about during the event "HAM Radio — From Across the Street
to
Outer Space," set to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Briggs
Lawrence County Public Library's Southern Branch. Presentations
include a
look at amateur radio's role and capability of communi-
cating with the
space shuttle, satellites and moon bounce.
Access the full article
at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Herald-Dispatch
+
The Mohammed bin Rashid space centre in Duibai has just announced
on its
twitter account that Astronaut Hazza alMansoori, the first
Emirati
astronaut, with the support of the Emirati Amateur Radio
Society, will
link from the ISS to the MBR Space Centre, during his
misison from
September 25th to October 4th. Further details will
probably be announced
by the MBR space centre on its twitter
account: @MBRSpaceCentre
(AMSAT-UK via Twitter)
+ Wondering what Terran radio hits our friends on
Proxima Centauri
are listening to? www.lightyear.fm has you covered!
Currently,
they're catching Pharrel's Happy for the first time (and
they
really have no idea how many commercials they'll be receiving
shortly that use it as background music). (OrbitalIndex.com)
+ NASA's Jet
Propulsion Lab offers teachers of advanced placement
math classes a lesson
plan to calculate a flight to Mars. The
Hohmann transfer is an elliptical
orbit with the sun at one focus
of the ellipse that intersects the orbit
of the target planet.
Launch occurs when Earth is at Hohmann perihelion
(the point of
the Hohmann orbit that is closest to the sun). Arrival
occurs
when Mars is at Hohmann aphelion (the point of the Hohmann
orbit
that is farthest from the sun). See:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-JPL-Hohmann-Orbit
(www.jpl.nasa.gov)
+ Looking for a
hands-on, out-of-this-world way to teach the engin-
eering design process?
Check out "Build a Satellite" from NASA
challenge your students to design,
build, test & improve a model
satellite using common household
items:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-satellite/
https://twitter.com/NASASTEM/status/1166349655124389888
+
Buy your kid a Happy Meal and get a STEM book ...
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NASA-STEM-Books
+
AMSAT congratulates Jeff Johns, WE4B on his recognition of support
of the
Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team, K8KDZ (Y.A.C.H.T)
YACHT's mission
is to expand horizons in the field of communicat-
ions along with general
and advanced ham radio techniques, and to
foster a greater appreciation of
the role they play in the overall
hobby of amateur radio, as well as
giving kids a challenge and
enjoyment. See http://yacht.younghams.org/ (via
Twitter)
+ Photos posted-- Motorola Special Event Station Celebrating
"One
Giant Leap For Mankind". The Motorola Special Event celebrating
Apollo 11 went off without a hitch as we had a very good turn out
of club
members rotating the support of operations of one radio
operator and one
logger from 8am Saturday till noon Sunday. A little
over 400 contacts were
made including some that were engineers work-
ing for other contractors on
the Apollo program, current and former
Motorola employees, and customers
of MSI. One of the highlights of
the event was the re-transmission of the
audio of the lunar landing
exactly 50 years later. We asked for a pause
in on-air traffic and
the hundreds of people calling us went silent as we
sent out the
landing audio on a completely clear channel. Once again thank
you
to everyone that made this possible. It is very special to see
interest in science and engineering in our up and coming genera-
tion!
Let's hope we can continue to foster interest in them much as
the 400,000+
Heros of Apollo in the astronauts, engineers and scien-
tists that made it
happen did it for our generation. Visit the photo
album posted at:
https://km0to.shutterfly.com/k9motspecialevent50yearslunarl/88
+
Starting September 3, 2019, K-12 students in U.S. public, private
and home
schools can enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest.
One grand
prize winner will name the rover and be invited to see the
spacecraft
launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Florida. The
Name the Rover contest is part of NASA's efforts to
engage students in the
STEM enterprise behind Mars exploration and
inspire interest in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics.
The deadline for submissions is
November 1, 2019. NASA posted all the
info at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/
+
Registrations are now open for ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on
Sunday
6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and
see behind
the scenes of Europe’s space adventure at ESA’s largest
establishment. The
theme of this year’s event is ‘ESA to the Moon’.
As well as celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo lunar
landing, the Open Day will
also be looking forward, highlighting ESA’s
role in returning people to
the Moon, including contributing the ser-
vice module to NASA’s Orion
spacecraft and participating in the Lunar
Gateway. Event information and
registration can be accessed at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ESTEC-Open-Day
[ANS
thanks everyone for the above
information]
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73 and remember to behave and to help keep
amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa,
K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot
org
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