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[jamsat-news:1268] ANS 128


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 128

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

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This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of former ANS
Editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N.

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.01
NEW OSCAR NUMBERS ASSIGNED

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-128.01

AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF, recently announced the
assignment of several new OSCAR numbers. The new numbers were
assigned to the Amateur Radio satellites launched from Vandenberg
Air Force Base on January 27, 2000. The launch was aboard an Orbital
Sciences Minotaur launch vehicle.

OSCAR numbers are issued by AMSAT-NA at the request of Project
OSCAR - which built and launched the first Amateur Radio satellites
beginning with OSCAR-1 in 1961.

In order to qualify for an OSCAR designation, certain specified criteria
must be met, the most important of which are set fourth in a document
issued by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - entitled
'Information Paper for Perspective Owners and Operators of Satellites
Intended for Operation in the Amateur Satellite Service'. Information on
this document is available on the IARU Internet web site and also
through a link from the AMSAT-NA web page. The IARU document is
based on a similar document published earlier by AMSAT-NA.

Other criteria include the need for a written request by the person or
organization responsible for the satellite to be submitted to AMSAT-NA.
This request must include information about the satellite (such as
frequencies and orbit) as well as a statement that the requirements of
the IARU document have been and are being met.

The following OSCAR information is provided relative to the latest
number designations:

JAWSAT (which stands for Joint Air Force Weber Satellite), in addition
to its own electronic payload, consisted of a structure on which were
mounted a number of other spacecraft. These small satellites were
ejected from JAWSAT itself. Among these were the several Amateur
Radio satellites - which have now received OSCAR numbers.

ASUSat, built at Arizona State University, is now also known as Arizona
State OSCAR-37, or AO-37.

OPAL, built at Stanford University in California, is designated OPAL
OSCAR-38, or OO-38.

JAWSAT, built at Weber State University in Utah, is designated Weber
OSCAR-39, or WO-39.

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Chairman of the Board Bill Tynan, W3XO,
and AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.02
FIRST INTERNET NODE IN SPACE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-128.02

NASA recently demonstrated the ability to use standard Internet
protocols to communicate with an orbiting spacecraft (just like any node
on the Internet). Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
working with the Operating Missions as Nodes on the Internet (OMNI)
project - have completed the first step in extending Internet access to
future spacecraft. AMSAT-NA's Ron Parise, WA4SIR, is one of the driving
forces in the project.

NASA has been developing this project by working with UoSAT-12, a
spacecraft built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL). UoSAT-12
is also known as UO-36 by the Amateur Radio community and carries a
number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward communications
and mode L/S transponders in addition to its commercial payload.

Engineers from the GSFC successfully used standard Internet PING
packets to communicate with UoSAT-12 through a ground station in
Surrey, England. This is the first time that a spacecraft ever had its
own Internet address and was a fully compliant active node on the
world-wide web.

Subsequent tests will expand on the basic network capabilities
established and will demonstrate the use of standard Internet
applications to support normal spacecraft operations. Automatic
spacecraft clock synchronization will be demonstrated using Network
Time Protocol (NTP), reliable file transfer will be demonstrated using
standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and finally, the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP) will be used to demonstrate automated file
store-and-forward.

Future tests are planned to incorporate technologies required to support
full operational deployment of Internet protocols on future space
missions.

More information about this new development is available at:

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/internet-00l.html

[ANS thanks Joseph Fitzgerald for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.03
GPS SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY ENDED

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-128.03

Several satellite operators, along with the ARRL Letter, noted GPS
receiver accuracy recently. The AMSAT-BB was active with reports
about how the United States terminated selective availability as
of midnight on May 1, 2000. The ARRL Letter also contained
information abut the changeover.

Selective Availability was an error introduced initially for national
security purposes. It prevented GPS from being as accurate as it could
have been for civilian users. With SA turned off, accuracy is expected to
be as much as 10 times better.

Eric Lemmon, WB6FLY, called the action "a huge benefit to hams who
are into APRS, because the SA error will no longer hamper its
accuracy." Harry Pyle, AB7TB, charted the error at the changeover. His
data show the GPS error --typically in the 100 to 200 foot range--
dramatically dropping to something on the order of from 10 to 20 feet
when SA was turned off.

More information on the elimination of the GPS Selective Availability
can be found at:

http://www.igeb.gov  (and)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/PressReleases.cgi

[ANS thanks the ARRL, .Eric Lemmon, WB6FLY and Harry Pyle,
AB7TB, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.04
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-128.04

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** Amateur Radio will be well represented when the World
Radiocommunication Conference 2000 opens this month in Istanbul.
The International Amateur Radio Union has prepared its delegation to
deal with conference issues that might affect Amateur Radio. At its
meeting in Tours, France the IARU Administrative Council gave final
review and approval of its instructions to the IARU WRC-2000
delegation. The Istanbul conference, held under the auspices of the
International Telecommunication Union, runs from May 8th through
June 2nd. -ARRL Letter

** It's a smaller world after all - that is, if new measurements by
University of Washington physicists turn out to be correct. Their new
calculations for the Earth's mass came from work that could establish
the most precise measurement ever achieved of Isaac Newton's
gravitational constant. -SpaceDaily

** A new DX record for the magic band as Africa contacts New Zealand
on 6-meters. Participants in this historic April 24th contact were CT3HF
on the African continent and ZL3AAU, ZL3ADT, ZL3NW in
New Zealand. -VHF Reflector/Newsline

** SSTL's first nanosatellite, SNAP-1, is being completed for launch in
June 2000 at the Surrey Space Center. SNAP-1 is a highly integrated
and sophisticated spacecraft weighing just 6-kg with advanced
micro-miniature GPS navigation, on-board computing, propulsion and
attitude control technologies, all developed in the UK. -SpaceDaily

** The ARRL is continuing its opposition to attempts by Los Angeles
County, California, to obtain an experimental license permitting airborne
Microwave TV downlinks in the 2402-2448 MHz range. Amateurs have a
primary domestic allocation at 2402-2417 MHz. In a filing with the FCC,
the ARRL again asked the Commission to deny the County's application.
The LA County proposal, filed last August, seeks FCC authorization to
develop a TVDL system for public safety purposes using four 10-MHz
channels at 2.4 GHz. The League also has filed a Petition for
Reconsideration of the granting of a similar experimental application
filed by the City of Los Angeles. -ARRL

** The booking form for the 15th AMSAT-UK Colloquium (AMSAT
SPACE 2000) is now available for downloading from the AMSAT-UK
web site. Visit www.amsat.uk.org for more information. -Fred, G6ZRU

** The fourth in a series of five of the most sophisticated weather
spacecraft ever built, soared into space recently from Cape Canaveral.
The GOES-L spacecraft was carried in space aboard a Lockheed Martin
Atlas IIA rocket. The spacecraft is a three-axis internally stabilized
weather spacecraft that has the dual capability of providing pictures
while performing atmospheric sounding at the same time. Once in its
final orbit - the spacecraft is to be designated GOES-11 and will
complete its 90-day checkout in time for availability during the 2000
hurricane season. -NASA

** G3RWL tells ANS the callsign plaques affixed to P3D can be viewed
on the AMSAT-UK web site at http://www.uk.amsat.org/phase3d.htm. A
personal copy of the photograph is in the mail to individual donors
named on the plaques. -Richard, G3RWL

** After three failed missions from Cape Canaveral during the past two
years, a 19-story Titan 4 rocket is ready for a voyage into space from the
Cape. The $432 million Titan 4B is to carry a $250 million Defense
Support Program missile-detection satellite into an orbit 22,233 miles
above the Earth's atmosphere. -Florida Today

** Last week's ANS 121 was dedicated to the memory of Samir
Durakovic, T99S. The information about T99S came from both the ARRL
and from Sharon Gartenberg, KC1YR. ANS thanks both sources for this
information. -ANS

** The ARRL Letter provided ANS with more information about the
award received by AMSAT-NA's Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. The
official award is the Atlantic Division 2000 Technical Achievement
Award. In addition, ARRL's Atlantic Division has named the FCC's Riley
Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, the 2000 Amateur of the Year. The Atlantic
Division credited Hollingsworth with encouraging compliance with Part
97 rules. The Atlantic Division's 'Grand-Ole-Ham' lifetime service award
for 2000 goes to Bill Thompson, W2MTA. The 2000 awards will be
presented in during the Atlantic Division Convention, held in conjunction
with the Rochester, New York, Hamfest - June 2-4. ANS thanks the
ARRL for this information. -ANS

** Some doorstep astronomy from ANS: the brightest star low in the
northeast as darkness falls in May is Vega. The brightest star very high
in the east-southeast is Arcturus. Compare their colors. Vega is white
with a slight hint of blue; Arcturus is pale gold. -S&T

--ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.03
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-128.03

MIR SPACE STATION
145.985 MHz Simplex (FM) Voice and SSTV (Robot 36 Mode)

AMSAT's Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reported that two cosmonauts
--Sergei Zalyotin and Alexandr Kaleri-- have arrived on the Russian Mir
space station after an April 4, 2000 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. No activity has been reported from
the orbiter during the last week.

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.

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. Mike, N1JEZ, reports
a QSL card confirming contact with HZ1AB via AO-10 (QSL via K8PYD).

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.

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.

Transponder operation has resumed. Operations were recently
cancelled due to high satellite temperatures caused by satellite orbit
orientation. Tests were performed to find workable solutions to the
temperature problem. The SunSat team reports these tests have been
successful and internal satellite temperatures has been reduced by
changing both the satellite orientation and spin rate. Kurt, N0VEK,
reported strong stations during a recent  pass, "stations had great
signals," said N0VEK.

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.

Takushi, JO2OXL, reports that the JARL FO-20 Ground Station
operators believe that with the inability to (now) determine the
satellite battery status (through the loss of the beacon), it is
possible that FO-20 is in its final phases. Operation will continue
as long as possible.

Mark, KB3CWS, Ron, KA2HZO, and Robert, W0LMD, had some
success with transmitting/receiving slowscan pictures though
FO-20. The pictures were transmitted and received using the
Scottie-S2 mode.

[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:

May 7th   - JA
May 8-14th  - JD1200
May 15-June 8th - 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-128.04
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-128.04

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

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is operational with downlink efficiency in the
60% range. Traffic is light to moderate.

[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 in space on March 1, 2000.

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.

Users should note that the date in the hardware generated ASCII
telemetry is now advanced by 3 days and the other dates (which
are generated by software) are advanced by 1 day. Ground control
may be able to correct the software generated dates, but not the
hardware generated date.

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.

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/

Telemetry is as follows:

Uptime is 645/08:43:43 -- time is Sat May 06 22:27:00 2000
+X (RX) Temp -11.087 D  RX Temp 1.252 D
RC PSK BP Temp -3.796 D  RC PSK HPA Tmp -4.917 D
+Y Array Temp -19.501 D  PSK TX HPA Tmp -3.796 D
+Z Array Temp -16.696 D
Total Array C= 0.010 Bat Ch Cur=-0.170 Ifb= 0.117 I+10V= 0.060
TX:012 BCR:1E PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0

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  145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 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.

Telemetry is as follows:

Uptime is 083/19:11:20 -- time is Sat May 06 22:41:49 2000
+X (RX) Temp -11.499 D  RX Temp 1.814 D
Bat 1 V 1.244 V  Bat 2 V 1.192 V
Bat 3 V 1.262 V  Bat 4 V 1.267 V
Bat 5 V 1.242 V  Bat 6 V 1.226 V
Bat 7 V 1.258 V  Bat 8 V 1.276 V
+5V Bus 4.718 V  +8.5V Bus 7.746 V
+Y Array Temp -24.811 D +Z Array Temp -17.550 D
Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.359 Ifb= 0.186 I+10V= 0.188
TX:1008 BCR:1E PWRC:05C BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:2B

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.

NASA recently demonstrated the ability to use standard Internet
protocols to communicate with an orbiting spacecraft (just like any node
on the Internet). NASA has been developing this project by working with
the commercial payload on UoSAT-12.

The BBS is open, although uploading (and the downlink) may be
disabled at times.

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 - opened to APRS use.

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

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

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-128.05

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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