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[jamsat-news:1258] ANS 107


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 107

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.

AMSAT-NA is pleased to announce that recent and future development
in Amateur Radio satellites will be presented in Portland, Maine
- October 27-29, 2000 - at the 18th Space Symposium and
AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting. The 2000 Symposium Chairman
is George Caswell Sr., W1ME.

More information is available at:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/symposium

(or from)  w1me@amsat.org

Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org       (or from)

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To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL:

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This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of Dale Repp,
W0IZ, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Although not an active satellite
operator, W0IZ was very active in 144 MHz DX activities. He
recently passed away at the age of 82.

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.01
ARIANE 5 LAUNCH RESCHEDULED

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.01

Arianespace has announced the next mission of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift
launcher, AR-506 (Flight 130), has been postponed due to the
unavailability of the Astra 2B satellite one of the two payloads planned
for this mission.

Originally scheduled for launch on May 23rd, Flight 130 was slated to
have lofted Astra 2B for the SociéôEuropéånne de Satellites (SES)
and the GE-7 communications satellite for GE Americom.

Arianespace is now planning Flight 130 for July 2000, with the choice of
launch vehicle to be based on the availability of customer satellite
payloads.

ANS released a special news statement immediately following the
Arianespace announcement.

Special ANS Bulletin 104.01 is repeated here:

ANS has learned that the launch of Arianespace Ariane 506 (Flight 130)
with the Astra-2B and GE-7 communication satellites from Kourou,
French Guiana has been delayed. The launch, originally scheduled for
May 23, 2000 has been rescheduled for late July.

At this time AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-DL are unaware of what effect this
delay will have concerning the launch of the Phase 3D satellite.

Stay tuned to ANS for more information as it becomes available.

[ANS thanks Florida Today, Arianespace and AMSAT-NA Vice President
Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.02
BOSTON AMSAT NET MILESTONE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.02

Ernie MacLauchlan, K1ELA, recently told ANS that the Boston VHF
AMSAT Net had reached a noteworthy milestone - their 200th net
operation! The Boston AMSAT net has been in operation since
March 14, 1996.

The 200th net took place April 6th. Net control station K1ELA
awarded each check-in to the net a special net certificate.

Since its inception, the Boston VHF AMSAT Net has had over 3,300
station check-ins, with a peak of 903 check-ins during 1998 - the nets
most popular year. Over 200 stations have checked in so far in 2000.
These numbers represent an average of 16 stations per net and a total
of almost 500 individual stations since 1996.

Congratulations from ANS!

The Boston VHF AMSAT Net meets each Thursday on the 146.640 MHz
Waltham Repeater. The net begins at 20:30 local time.

[ANS thanks Ernie MacLauchlan, K1ELA, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.03
NEW VERSIONS OF PREDICT FREEWARE RELEASED

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.03

John Magliacane, KD2BD, recently released a new version of his free
satellite tracking and orbital prediction software - PREDICT.
This new release adds several features over earlier versions. Some of
the changes include:

* A solar illumination feature was added to calculate the percentage of
time a satellite spends in sunlight per day

* Orbital predictions for satellites that appear to have decayed
since the last Keplerian orbital update are no longer attempted
by the program

* Date and time used to start orbital predictions can now be
abbreviated as Day/Month/Year

* The system clock/calendar can now be read to millisecond precision

To find out more information about the program and the recent changes
(including how to download PREDICT itself) visit the following URL:

http://www.linuxfan.com/~predict

[ANS thanks John Magliacane, KD2BD, and SpaceNews for this
information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.04
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-107.04

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** A flywheel energy storage system recently achieved full-speed
operation at 60,000 revolutions per minute putting flywheels well on
the way to replacing chemical batteries on the International Space
Station. -SpaceDaily

** NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft is edging ever
closer to the asteroid 433 Eros. A brief engine firing on April 11th
nudged the craft into a circular orbit 100 kilometers from the surface.
The spacecraft will maintain this orbit for 11 days, during which it will
circle Eros three times while moving at just under 5 miles per hour. On
April 22nd mission controllers will fire the engine again to start lowering
the spacecraft more, and by April 30th it should reach its prime scientific
orbit of 50 km above the asteroid surface. -S&T

** Arianespace's Ariane 4 launcher is complete following the installation
of the PanAmSat Galaxy 4R satellite atop the vehicle. The Kourou,
French Guiana mission's final countdown will begin on Tuesday
morning, with liftoff scheduled for 00:29 UTC on April 19th.
-Florida Today

** Skeptics who dismiss the idea of faster-than-light travel through
wormholes in space may have to think again, as new calculations
based on Einstein's general theory of relativity suggest that wormholes
large and stable enough to allow intergalactic travel really can exist!
-SpaceDaily

** The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope is nearing
completion. On April 12th, astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory in West Virginia announced that the final segment
of the 100-by-110-meter dish had been fitted to the Green Bank
Telescope. Standing 148 meters tall and weighing more than 7,000
metric tons, the telescope features two novel aspects that will
enhance its collection of radio waves from the distant cosmos. -S&T

** ESA's Envisat satellite is currently undergoing integration and tests at
the European Space Research and Technology Center in the
Netherlands. Mating of the payload module with the service module
is currently under way. -ESA

** A revolutionary jet engine was unveiled at a Tokyo aerospace show
recently. The engine may power a new generation of commercial aircraft
to five times the speed of sound. -SpaceDaily

** Veteran Shuttle astronaut and senior Space Shuttle manager Loren
Shriver announced his departure from the NASA/Kennedy Space
Center. Shriver has since been named the deputy program
manager of operations for a NASA prime contractor for the Shuttle
program. -NASA

** Ten years ago this week a new era in the commercial space industry
took flight when an Orbital Sciences Pegasus rocket was launched for
the first time from beneath a NASA B-52. -SpaceDaily

--ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-107.05

MIR SPACE STATION
AMSAT's Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reported that two cosmonauts
--Sergei Zalyotin and Alexandr Kaleri-- have arrived on the Russian Mir
space station. Several news agencies (including CNN) also reported the
April 4th launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the successful
docking with Mir.

Ham radio activity aboard the Mir space station is apparently back on
line -- currently in limited fashion.

Tony, VK5ZAI, reports that the cosmonauts have been active on
2-meter FM over both Australia and New Zealand recently. Mir was on
145.985 MHz using the callsign of U8MIR. Allen, N2YAC, reported that
Mir transmitted SSTV signals on a recent pass over the United States.
SSTV reception was also reported by VK5ZAI, WAØÚBL and WB8ERJ.

MIR PERSONAL MESSAGE SYSTEM (PMS)
Uplink/Downlink 145.985 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK

Doug Rolfe, from Geelong, Australia reports receiving Mir packet signals
on 145.985 MHz during a recent (low) pass over Australia.

Stay tuned to ANS for further details.

RADIO SPORT   RS-13
Uplink   21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink   145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink  29.460 to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink  145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon   29.458 MHz
Robot Uplink  145.840 MHz
Robot Downlink  29.504 MHz
Operational, in mode-KA with a 10-meter downlink
and a 15-meter and 2-meter uplink.

Ron, KA2HZO, has been experimenting with SSTV through RS-13,
using the Scottie 1 mode.

More information about RS-12 and RS-13 can be found on the
AC5DK's RS-12/13 Satellite Operators Page:

http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html

RADIO SPORT   RS-15
Uplink  145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink   29.354 to  29.394 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon              29.352 MHz (intermittent)
SSB meeting frequency 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a
10-meter downlink.

Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 and RS-13
on his web site. In addition to satellite data, antenna information for
mode-A operation is also featured. The WB6LLO web site URL is:

http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads

OSCAR 10   AO-10
Uplink  435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon  145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
Semi-operational, mode-B. AO-10 has been locked into a 70-cm
uplink and a 2-meter downlink for several years.

DX continues to be worked (and heard) on AO-10. Joe, W2KQ reports
working Allen, FG5GI (Guadeloupe Island). Mike, N1JEZ reports
working SV5BYR and FY1DW.

W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:

http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html

[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information and
web site]

AMRAD   AO-27
Uplink  145.850 MHz FM
Downlink 436.795 MHz FM
Operational, mode J.

An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site. Ray, W2RS, recently updated the information. The URL is:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html

AO-27 uses a method called Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR)
to regulate the on-board batteries. In simple terms, TEPR times how
long the satellite has been in an eclipse (or in the sun) and decides
what subsystems to turn on or off. The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA
web site include an explanation of AO-27 operations (at):

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html

Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27
(on 03/19/2000). TEPR 4 is 28 - TEPR 5 is 64

[ANS thanks Chuck Wyrick, KM4NZ, and Michael Wyrick, N4USI, for
AO-27 information]

UO-14
Uplink  145.975 MHz FM
Downlink 435.070 MHz FM
Operational, mode J.

UO-14 was launched in January 1990.

Mike, N1JEZ, reports that 12-year old Steve, KB1EXF made his first
satellite contact on UO-14 working WA3SKQ during an AMSAT
presentation at the Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont club meeting.

Tim, KG8OC, has updated the Michigan AMSAT Information Site
with UO-14 information, point your web browser to the following URL:

http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN / ZL2TPO, for UO-14 information]

SUNSAT   SO-35
Uplink  436.291 MHz FM
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM
Operational, mode B.

SunSat was launched February 23, 1999 aboard a Delta II rocket from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The SunSat package includes 1200 and 9600 baud digital
store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system
that will be used primarily for educational demonstrations.
The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems.

Due to an improvement in its power budget, SunSat's mode-B FM
repeater will now also be enabled on most weekday evenings
(except Monday). A schedule of the active passes can be found at:

http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za/ham1.htm

GPS data is currently collected on Mondays. It takes as much as
twelve hours to fully recover the state of charge after these
experiments.

For more information on SunSat, visit the following URL:

http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za

A summary of the active modes and frequency allocations
for SunSat is available at the following URL:

http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/~lochner/sunsat/modes.html

[ANS thanks Garth Milne ZR1AFH, for this information]

JAS-1b   FO-20
Uplink  145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.

JAS-1b (FO-20) was launched in February 1990 and continues
to function quite well.

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]

JAS-2   FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink  145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker.

JAS-2 was successfully launched on August 17, 1996, by an H-II
launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center.

Digital Mode JD
Uplink  145.850  145.870  145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 435.910 MHz
Operational, rotated with analog mode and digi-talker.

Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29,
addressing analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy
e-mail Mike at:          kf4fdj@amsat.org

Kazu, JJ1WTK, reports the FO-29 operational schedule
(announced by the JARL) is as follows:

April 17th-20th   - JD1200
April 21-May 7th - JA

Mineo, JE9PEL, has updated his FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis
program. The software will automatically analyze all digital
telemetry from the satellite such as current, voltage and temperature.

The JE9PEL FO-29/software update is available at:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-107.06

KITSAT   KO-25
Uplink  145.980 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.500 MHz FM
Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is operational and receiving moderate traffic
with average downlink efficiencies at 90%.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information]

UOSAT   UO-22
Uplink  145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.120 MHz FM
Operational.

Chris Jackson, G7UPN, reports to ANS that UO-22 continues in full
sunlight and the temperatures have increased considerably. Controllers
have turned the satellite upside down to point the critical systems to cold
space. This has reduced the temperature on various systems (such as
the batteries) by between 5 and 10 degrees. The unfortunate by-product
of this is that the downlink is now quite weak.

Only the 145.900 MHz receiver is usable for communications at the
moment.

More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:

http://www.sstl.co.uk/

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22
status information]

OSCAR-11
Downlink  145.825 MHz FM, 1200 baud AFSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz
Operational.

OSCAR-11 celebrated its sixteenth birthday on March 1, 2000.

During the period of 15-February to 16-March - good signals have
been received from the 145 MHz beacon. Battery voltage during daylight
passes has been unchanged. The average DC value observed was
13.8 volts, with a range of 13.4 to 14.1 volts. The internal satellite
temperatures have decreased by one degree Celsius. They are now
3.8C and 2.2C for battery and telemetry electronics respectively. A
single WOD survey of channels 10, 20, 30 and 40 has been transmitted.

The operating schedule is as follows:

        ASCII status (210 seconds)
        ASCII bulletin  (60 seconds)
        BINARY SEU (30 seconds)
        ASCII TLM (90 seconds)
        ASCII WOD (120 seconds)
        ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
        BINARY ENG (30 seconds)

The ASCII bulletin is currently a static message, detailing modes and
frequencies of all active amateur radio satellites.

More information on OSCAR-11 is available at the following URL:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/

[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information]

LUSAT   LO-19
Uplink 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM
               using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink  437.125 MHz
Digital downlink  437.150 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Currently semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry
channels and one status channel. Currently, no BBS service is available.
The digipeater is active.

Telemetry is as follows:

Uptime is 624/07:36:23 Time is Sat Apr 15 21:19:40 2000
+10V Bus 10.922 V   +Z Array V 23.120 V
+X (RX) Temp -9.966 D  RX Temp -0.430 D
Array V 22.495 V   BCR Set Point 122.692 C
RC PSK TX Out 0.547 W  +Y Array Temp -20.062 D
PSK TX HPA Tmp -4.917 D  +Z Array Temp -9.966 D
Total Array C= 0.435 Bat Ch Cur= 0.243 Ifb=-0.005 I+10V= 0.075
TX:016 BCR:7D PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0

Mineo, JE9PEL, has recorded LO-19 CW and PSK telemetry and
placed the information on his Internet homepage site at:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/

General information and telemetry samples can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/lo19.htm

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for LO-19 status information]

PACSAT   AO-16
Uplink  145.90 145.92 145.94 145.86 MHz FM
                         using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
Downlink 437.025 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz
Semi-operational.

Russ, WJ9F, reports ground stations are currently running memory
test software on the satellite. In addition to the memory testing, the
spacecraft spin rate around the vertical (Z) axis has created a less
than ideal condition for battery charging. The spin rate evaluation
confirms a rate of 1 revolution every 18 minutes. Power output
is low due to this spin rate.

Normally, the S-band transmitter is off. Recently, WJ9F reported the
S-Band transmitter (2401.143 MHz) was recently powered on for a short
time. A Whole Orbit Data survey was conducted during this operation.

Telemetry is as follows:

Eclipsed moment of the orbit
Uptime is 062/17:54:26 Time is Sat Apr 15 21:24:24 2000
+10V Bus 10.400 V   BCR Set Point 22.062 C
PSK TX RF Out 1.265 W  +Y Array Temp -24.811 D
Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.379 Ifb= 0.172 I+10V= 0.225
TX:1008 BCR:1E PWRC:05C BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:8F

Solar moment of the orbit
Uptime is 062/17:59:26 Time is Sat Apr 15 21:29:24 2000
+10V Bus 10.900 V   BCR Set Point 108.841 C
PSK TX RF Out 1.419 W +Y Array Temp -23.601 D
Total Array C= 0.273 Bat Ch Cur=-0.038 Ifb= 0.037 I+10V= 0.337
TX:1008 BCR:74 PWRC:05C BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:8F

A new WOD collection of current graphics (dated 02/26/2000)
can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]

TMSAT-1   TO-31
Uplink  145.925 MHz  9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.925 MHz  9600 baud FSK
Operational.

ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits
the processing of image files from TO-31. It has been posted to the
AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp

Many of the high-resolution color images transmitted by TMSAT are
compressed using a UoSAT compression format. This format is
supported by the VK5HI CCD display program.

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for TO-31 status
information]

UoSAT-12   UO-36
Uplink  145.960 MHz  9600 baud FSK
Downlink 437.025 MHz   437.400 MHz

UoSAT-12 was successfully launched on April 21, 1999 from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. UO-36 carries a number of imaging
payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S
transponders.

The BBS is open, although uploading (and the downlink) may be
disabled at times. Joel, K2SAT, is now active on the digital birds
(with help from W4SM, G0ORX and DK9SJ). Joel reports that he
has had great success with UO-36 downloads.

The VK5HI viewer shareware is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site at the following URL:

ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip

Further information on UO-36 is available from: http://www.sstl.co.uk/

[ANS thanks Chris G7UPN/ZL2TPO, and the University of Surrey for
this information]

ITAMSAT   IO-26
Uplink  145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM 1200 baud
Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB
Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on.

IO-26 was launched on the September 26, 1993.

Alberto, I2KBD, reports IO-26 has been opened to APRS use.

[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for this
information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-107.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 107.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, APRIL 16, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-107.07

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE
NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:

KITSAT   KO-23
Uplink  145.900 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.175 MHz FM
Non-operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-23 is (again) non-operational. The downlink
transmitter is off, with the last received data received on 4/13/2000 at
04:10 UTC. KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports (from the KO-23
control team) that part of the problem with recent non-operation
has been the power budget aboard the satellite.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,
for KO-23 status information]

RADIO SPORT   RS-12
Uplink   21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink   145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink  29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink  145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon   29.408 MHz
Robot Uplink  21.129 MHz
Robot Downlink  29.454 MHz
Non-operational. No operation in 2000 has been observed.

TECHSAT-1B   GO-32
Downlink  435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry

Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line,
however no additional information has been received by ANS
(the last report was dated November 1999).

The TechSat-1B micro-satellite was successfully launched from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 10, 1998.

Last reported, the satellite does not have a continuos beacon, but does
transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3
seconds in length), on 435.225 MHz.

The TechSat team has constructed a home page about TechSat.
To view the site, point your web browser to:

http://techsat.internet-zahav.net/

PANSAT   PO-34
Uplink/downlink frequencies have never been released.
The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.

PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School, was launched
from the shuttle Discovery (during STS-95) on October 29, 1998.
At the time of launch, PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders
were promised to be available to Amateur Radio operators along with
software to utilize this technology. To date, this has not happened.

For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:

http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/

PanSat was the featured cover article on the July/August 1999 issue
of the AMSAT-NA Journal (written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).

[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information]

MIR SPACE STATION

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater
Uplink  435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 141.3 Hz
Downlink 437.950 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed.

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm QSO Mode
Uplink  435.725 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 151.4 Hz
Downlink 437.925 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed.

DOVE   DO-17
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK
2401.220 MHz
Non-operational.

DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and
2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not
responded to ground station control. No additional information is
available at this time.

WEBERSAT   WO-18
Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 baud PSK AX.25
Non-operational.

WO-18 is reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.
No additional information is available at this time.

SEDSAT-1   SO-33
Downlink 437.910 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.

SedSat-1, signifying Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space Satellite number one, was successfully launched and placed in
orbit on Saturday, October 24, 1998.

SedSat-1 has downlinked months worth of telemetry data on the
performance of its electrical power system parameters. The Nickel
Metal Hydride batteries on the spacecraft were experimental and
experienced some abuse due to a power negative situation. This
information has provided NASA with useful information. With the
exception of the imaging system and the use of the transponders,
SedSat-1 has been judged a success.

For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site at the
following URL:

http://www.seds.org/sedsat

No additional information is available at this time.

/EX

--ANS END---

ANS would like to thank Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, ANS principal satellite
investigator, for helping provide current satellite information.

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to
ans-editor@amsat.org

Daniel  (Dan) James
AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor
AMSAT-NA Vice President/Public Affairs
Amateur callsign: NN0DJ
Grid Square EN28iv
Warroad, Minnesota U.S.A.
E-mail:  nn0dj@amsat.org


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