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[jamsat-news:1320] ANS 240


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 240

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 Symposium Chairman is
George Caswell Sr., W1ME.

The 2000 Symposium will include once top-secret details about
intelligence gathering methods used during the early years of the Cold
War. The Saturday banquet speaker will be Cargill Hall, chief historian
of the National Reconnaissance Office. He will discuss (for the first time
in public) overhead reconnaissance along with a history of CIA-NRO
activities.

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)

AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600
Silver Spring, Maryland
20910-4703

Voice: 301-589-6062
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Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists:

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* General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB)
* Orbit data (KEPS)
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* District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC)
* New England area (AMSAT-NE)
* AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU)

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

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html

This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of George Wilson,
W7HF, of Aberdeen, Washington, who was the ARRL's most senior
member. He was 102 and had been a member of the League and an
active amateur for more than 70 years.  [ANS thanks the ARRL and
Bob Maxfield, W7LEO, for this information] 
 
ANS is also dedicated to the memory of past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts,
WT0N, and to the memory of long-time AMSAT supporter Werner Haas,
DJ5KQ.

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-240.01
PHASE 3D LAUNCH UPDATE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
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AMSAT-DL Vice-President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, recently informed
ANS that the Phase 3D satellite "will be launched at the end of October
or beginning of November." As ANS has earlier reported, Ariane 5
launches had been postponed until several components could be
checked aboard the launcher.

DB2OS reports that Arianespace re-assigned the launch numbers.
"There will be two more Ariane 4 and one Ariane 5 launches," said
Peter, "but because Arianespace did not yet publish the new official
launch manifest, I can't be more precise."

DB2OS told ANS to expect more news after the AR-506 launch,
currently scheduled for September 14th.

"We are indeed on AR-507, " said Peter ..."and the Phase 3-D
launch campaign should start on September 11th in Kourou!"

Stay tuned to ANS for further information.

[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL Vice-President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS,
and AMSAT-NA president Keith Baker, KB1SF, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-240.02
AO-27 SOFTWARE RELOAD

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, AUGUST 27, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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Chuck Wyrick, N4USI, reported to ANS that satellite operators worldwide
are being asked not to use the popular, FM-satellite, AO-27. The satellite
uplink is not available as ground controllers attempt to reload a
command software program following a late July software crash.

The request comes as ground control stations attempt to bring
the satellite' back to life. ''The FM analog repeater is turned off, so
you will not be heard and you will interfere with the software upload
process,'' Wyrick said in asking for the cooperation of the Amateur
Radio community.

ANS has carried the following AO-27 report in recent bulleting sets:

AMRAD AO-27
Uplink 		145.850 MHz FM
Downlink 	436.795 MHz FM
Status: Software updates underway.

Software upgrades to AO-27 are currently underway. Satellite operators
are asked to refrain from transmitting on the uplink. Resumption
of service will be announced on the AMSAT-BB and in ANS.

An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site. 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 TEPR AO-27 operations (at):

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

The satellite's CPU rebooted after controllers tried to run uploaded
high-level code. Ground controllers still are at a loss to explain the
reboot, but Wyrick says they are looking into several leads. The
AO-27 exciter on 435.797 MHz is turned on full-time and operates
at low power during uploads.

N4USI also requested that hams not flood controllers with e-mail asking
when AO-27 is going to be back on-line. Ground controllers are working
as fast as they can to return AO-27 back to operation.

AO-27, a project of AMRAD, was launched in September 1993.

Stay tuned to ANS for further details.

[ANS thanks Chuck Wyrick, N4USI, and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

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ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
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TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August was AMSAT's
Ray Soifer, W2RS, for his article on UO-14. Congratulations, Ray from
ANS! -ARRL Letter, Keith, KB1SF

** A major exhibition on Chinese space technology officially opened
August 21st in Hong Kong. Among the exhibits was a full-scale mockup
of the Shenzhou manned capsule, which made its first ever public
appearance worldwide. View the complete story at the following URL:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-00zx.html.  -SpaceDaily

** Radio Amateurs of Canada has asked Industry Canada - the
Canadian equivalent of the FCC - to discontinue that country's
12 WPM Morse code requirement in favor of a 5 WPM test.
During the past year, RAC says it has consulted with the Canadian
Amateur community on the issue, and the RAC Board has concluded
that a majority of Canadian Amateurs support dropping the 12 WPM
Morse test. -ARRL Letter

** China's first microsatellite Tsinghua-1 is performing without problems
according to Tsinghua University. On June 28th a Russian Kosmos-3M
rocket launched the microsat from the Plesestk Cosmodrome in northern
Russia. The small bird is in a polar sunsynchronous orbit of 700 km.
-SpaceDaily

** The ARRL Board of Directors recently elected Marshall Quiat, AG0X,
of Denver, Colorado, as an Honorary Vice President. Quiat, 78, recently
stepped down as Rocky Mountain Vice Director for health reasons. The
Board vote was unanimous. -ARRL

** NASA researchers have new insights into the mysteries of Arctic sea
ice, thanks to the unique abilities of Canada's RADARSAT satellite. The
Arctic is the smallest of the world's four oceans, but it may play a large
role in helping scientists monitor Earth's climate shifts. More information
is available at: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/arctic-00a.html.
-SpaceDaily

** The launch of an RS-20 rocket that was to put five foreign satellites
into orbit has been rescheduled as this edition of ANS was going to press.
The rocket was scheduled for launch from Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch
center, but computers blocked the launch due to a problem with the
pre-launch program. Specialists do not believe the problems to be
significant. -Florida Today

** International Space Station flight controllers resumed the transfer of
propellants from tanks aboard the Progress cargo supply craft to tanks
aboard the station's Zvezda module. Controllers also made other
preparations for the planned arrival of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
early next month. -SpaceDaily

** The FCC has denied a petition that would have amended the FCC's
Part 95 rules to permit DXing on the 11-meter Citizens Band. The petition
sought to amend rules that prohibit communications or attempts to
communicate with CB stations more than 250-km away and to contact
stations in other countries. The ARRL commented in opposition to the
petition. The FCC agreed with the ARRL and said it did not intend to
create a service paralleling the Amateur Service when it authorized the
Citizens Radio Service. -ARRL Letter

**  Vandenberg Air Force Base launched a Titan IV-B rocket from
Space Launch Complex 4 East recently, the 1,800th launch conducted
at the California base since beginning in 1958. The rocket carried a
National Reconnaissance Office satellite into orbit and payload-booster
separation was successful nine minutes after lift-off. -SpaceDaily

** Members in five ARRL divisions have nominated candidates for the
positions of ARRL Director and Vice Director, and balloting is set for
contested positions in three divisions. The ARRL Election Committee has
reviewed the nominations and declared all of the candidates to be
eligible. -ARRL

** Shuttles Atlantis and Discovery are on target to keep their upcoming
dates with the International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center officials
said. With weather and technical concerns subsiding, Atlantis is scheduled
to launch September 8th and Discovery on October 5th, as planned. KSC
managers briefly considered moving Atlantis from Launch Pad 39B as
Hurricane Debby posed a possible threat to the Space Coast. Debby
no longer appears to be a problem for the Cape. -Florida Today

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/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-240.04
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, AUGUST 27, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-240.04

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 146.00 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 	29.458 MHz
Robot Uplink 	145.840 MHz
Robot Downlink 29.504 MHz
Status: 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 RS-12/13 Satellite Operators page at:

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)
Status: 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)
Status: 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. John, K6YK reports
EB1FG has been active. K5OE worked TF3MLT.

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
Status: Software updates underway.

Software upgrades to AO-27 are currently underway. Satellite operators
are asked to refrain from transmitting on the AO-27 uplink. Resumption
of service will be announced on the AMSAT-BB and in ANS.

An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site. 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 TEPR AO-27 operations (at):

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

Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states (on 7/26/00) as follows:

TEPR 4    46
TEPR 5    82

[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
Status: Operational, mode J.

UO-14 was launched in January 1990 and has returned to Amateur Radio
operation after many years of commercial service.

Tim, KG8OC, has updated the Michigan AMSAT Information site
to include 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
Mode J Uplink:	       	145.825 MHz FM
Mode J Downlink:	436.250 MHz FM
Status: Operational.

Peter, VA3PKH, reports SunSat is currently in mode J. The voice
repeater is active for 14 minutes at a time. Weekday operations
may be cancelled to support the non-ham payloads.

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 in addition
to Mode J operation. The satellite has two VHF and two UHF
transmit-receive systems.

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 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Status: Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.

JAS-1b (FO-20) was launched in February 1990. OZ1MY reports the
beacon on FO-20 is working again, mostly in CW.

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

JAS-2 FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Status: Operational, rotated with a digital mode and a digi-talker.

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

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.

The JARL FO-29 command station has announced the following
operation schedule of FO-29:

through - Aug 31st  - Digi-talker (except mode JA every Wednesday)
September  1-10     - JA
September 11-17    - JD1200 mailbox operation
September 18-24    - JA
Sept. 25-Oct. 1       -  JD1200 mailbox operation
October 2-6             -  JA
Oct. 7- Nov. 5         -  Digi-talker (except mode JA every Wednesday)

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

Mineo, JE9PEL, has a FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that
will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as
current, voltage and temperature). The JE9PEL FO-29/shareware is
available at the following URL:

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

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

/EX

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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
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KITSAT KO-23
Uplink 		145.900 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK)
Downlink 	435.175 MHz FM
Status: Non-operational.

Alan, KE6QIS, reports KO-23 is (again) operational. 

KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports (from the KO-23 control team) that part
of the problem with non-operation has been the power budget aboard
the satellite.

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

KITSAT KO-25
Uplink 		145.980 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK)
Downlink 	436.500 MHz FM
Status: Operational.

[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
Status: Operational.

Richard, G3RWL, reports that both uplinks are currently available.

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
Status: 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.

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)
Status: Semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry
channels and one status channel. No BBS service is available. The
digipeater is not 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/

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
Status: Semi-operational.

Russ, WJ9F, reported last March that ground stations were running
memory test software on the satellite. In addition to the memory testing,
ANS received information that the spacecraft spin rate around the
vertical (Z) axis created a less than ideal condition for battery charging.
No recent information about these situations has been received by ANS.

Normally, the S-band transmitter is off.

Dirk, ON1DLL, reports that the satellite is currently transmitting telemetry
along with a brief text announcement. The text reads:

June 2000, S-Band off, PSK TX power 1.5 watts, Digi-peater is on.
From the AO-16 Command Team (WJ9F).

A WOD collection of satellite 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)
Status: 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
Status: 	Unknown (unofficially in full sunlight illumination)

Bill, KK2L, reports no signals from UO-36 recently.

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 has demonstrated on UO-36 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 aboard UoSAT-12.

The BBS is open, although uploading and downloading may be
disabled at times.

The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 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
Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on and open for
APRS users.

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

[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for
IO-26 information]

/EX

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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 240.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
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TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
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THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL
AT THIS TIME:

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
Status: Non-operational. No operation in 2000 has been observed.

TECHSAT-1B GO-32
Downlink 	435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Status: Non-operational.

Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line,
however, no 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 transmit a 9600-baud burst every
30 seconds (for a continuous 3 seconds in length) on 435.225 MHz.

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

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

PANSAT PO-34
Status: Unknown.

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 (the story written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).

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

MIR SPACE STATION
145.985 MHz (FM) voice and SSTV (Robot 36 Mode)
Status: Unmanned.

Currently, there is no human habitation aboard the station and the
onboard Amateur Radio equipment has been turned off. Several
news agencies have reported that Mir in now on 'autopilot'.

Stay tuned to ANS for further details.

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater
Uplink 		435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone of 141.3 Hz
Downlink 	437.950 MHz FM
Status: 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
Status: 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
Status: 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)
Status: Non-operational.

WO-18 was last 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)
Status: Non-operational.

The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the 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.
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