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[jamsat-news:1517] ANS 168


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 168

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.

ANS is first released via the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday
on 14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS
bulletins transmitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western
U.S. at 19:30 UTC. ANS is also released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS
e-mail reflector.

AMSAT-NA is pleased to announce that recent (and future)
developments in Amateur Radio satellite technology will be discussed
in Atlanta, Georgia at the 19th Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA
Annual Meeting, October 5-6, 2001. The Symposium Chairman is Steve
Diggs, W4EPI.

Contact W4EPI at:          w4epi@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
FAX: 301-608-3410

Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists:

* AMSAT News Service (ANS)
* General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB)
* Orbit data (KEPS)
* Manned space missions (SAREX)
* District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC)
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* AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU)
* AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12)

A daily digest version is available for each list.

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

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

In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors
to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Initially, there will two levels for donations - Gold and Silver.
Application
forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office. For further information
and details contact: 		Daniel James, NN0DJ
				AMSAT Vice President-Public Affairs
				P.O. Box 297
				Warroad, MN  56763-0297

NN0DJ can be reached at: (218) 386-1544  (or)  via e-mail at
nn0dj@amsat.org

This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of ham radio pioneer
Arnold Brilhart, K6GF, of Vista, California, who died recently at age 93.
Licensed as 2DN in Yonkers, New York, sometime prior to 1920,
Brilhart was the operator of one of the stations participating in the
second ARRL transatlantic tests in December 1921. Brilhart's fame
also extended into the area of music. He was a well-known jazz
musician and had designed mouthpieces for woodwinds. [ANS thanks
the ARRL for this information]

ANS is always dedicated to the memory of past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts,
WT0N, and to the memory of long-time AMSAT supporter Werner
Haas, DJ5KQ.

ANS salutes Jordan's King Hussein, known to hams worldwide as JY1
(who died after a long battle with cancer). A world leader, hams
remember JY1 as a ham that insisted that he be called only 'Hussein'
on the air, and went out of his way to chat with his radio friends.
Jordan's King Hussein is among the inaugural group of 50 inductees
into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

The Hall was established to recognize those individuals, whether
licensed radio amateurs or not, who significantly affected the course of
Amateur Radio; and radio amateurs, who, in the course of their
professional lives, had a significant impact on their professions or on
world affairs. Other AMSAT and OSCAR supporters/notables on the
CQ Hall of Fame list include K1JT, K1ZZ, W6TNS, W6SAI, W2SKE,
W8JK, KA9Q, K7UGA, W6ZH, W3ASK, W5LFL, W1HR and W3IWI.
[ANS thanks CQ Amateur Radio magazine, published by CQ
Communications, Inc. for this information]

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.01
ISS OPERATIONS CONTINUE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.01

Students at the Henley Middle School in Klamath Falls, Oregon, enjoyed
a voice contact with astronaut Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, aboard ISS
recently. Using the NA1SS call sign, Helms answered a dozen questions
from the students (several of whom are licensed amateurs) during the
voice exchange. Many of the youngsters who listened to the contact also
belong to the Klamath County Schools Amateur Radio Club, KC7VWW.

In addition to the school QSO, several stations have informed ANS of
random contacts with the International Space Station.

The Henley Middle School contact was handled via the telebridge-equipped
station of AMSAT member Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, in South Australia.

The Expedition-2 crew of Commander Yury Usachev and Flight
Engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms have now completed over 100
days in space since they were launched on March 8th.

Currently, the crew is performing a complete checkout of the station's
robotic arm (Canadarm2). In addition, Yury Usachev and Jim Voss
performed their first spacewalk around the ISS recently, completing all
of their scheduled tasks smoothly and ahead of schedule. The two
spacewalkers entered the small, spherical transfer compartment at the
forward end of the Zvezda Service Module to begin the first spacewalk
at the ISS without the presence of a shuttle.

The International Space Station is currently orbiting the Earth at an
altitude of around 240 miles.

[ANS thanks NASA and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.02
OSCAR 11 REPORT

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.02

The OSCAR-11 satellite continues to orbit the Earth and provide useful
information to many Amateur Radio satellite operators around the world.
OSCAR-11 was launched in March 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Clive, G3CWV, reported to ANS that it has been an uneventful time for
OSCAR-11 during the period of May 15-June 9, 2001, with good
signals received from the 145.825 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)
downlink and the mode-S beacon transmitting on 2401.500 MHz.

Battery voltage observed during daylight passes has continued to
decrease. The average value observed was 13.3 volts with a range of
13.1 to 13.5 volts. The internal temperatures have continued to
decrease, now -0.2 and -1.6 Celsius for battery and telemetry electronics
respectively.

The magnetometer calibrations have steadily changed during the many
years in orbit. Although the changes are small and are not noticeable on
a plot of individual channels, they do have a considerable effect when
the total magnetic field is calculated. The spin period has also varied,
now between 300 and 344 seconds, with the attitude control working
normally.

As noted above, the mode-S beacon is active, transmitting an
unmodulated carrier. This beacon is a useful source for those testing
mode-S converters for receiving AO-40.

OSCAR-11's operating schedule is unchanged:

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)

More information about OSCAR 11 can be found at:

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

[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.03
ANS IN BRIEF

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.03

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** Phobos, the tiny innermost moon of Mars, is to come under
unprecedented scrutiny after Europe's mission to Mars goes into
orbit around the Red Planet late in 2003. The Mars Express orbiter is
due to pass within 3,000-km of the moon more than 300 hundred times
during its first two-year nominal mission lifetime. -SpaceDaily

** AMSAT-NA Past President Keith Baker, KB1SF, gave an interesting
interview during the recent Dayton Hamvention. The interview was
mainly centered around a "get them interested in satellites" standpoint
said KB1SF, and was web-broadcast over the Internet. To listen to the
interview, point your browser to: www.insinc.ca/kenwood/hamvention.
Click on the Sunday interview link. -ANS

** Four high altitude balloons carrying Amateur Radio communications
will be launched from Manhattan, Kansas during the weekend of
June 30 - July 1st. Participants in the Great Plains Super Launch 2001
are preparing payloads supporting 2-meter APRS navigation and telemetry,
a 70-cm simplex voice repeater, along with ATV, SSTV, science
experiments and film cameras. Amateur Radio stations within 350 miles
of northeastern Kansas are encouraged to participate in this flight.
Further information is available at the following URL:
http://users.crosspaths.net/~wallio/gpsl2001.html. -Ralph, W0RPK

** China has begun development of a new generation of
meteorological satellites to replace their existing fleet of weather
birds. Over the next decade and with funding of $121 million, China
will build 10 new satellites to be launched. -SpaceDaily

** Version 1.40 of AO40Rcv is available. Changes include removing the
beep sound, adding new wave file processing features and removal of
the 30Hz deadzone in the doppler tracking algorithm. This will be
the final version of this program via AE4JY, who is moving on to other
projects. AE4JY is looking for someone to take over development of
AO40Rcv, with the condition that it remains openly available to the
Amateur Radio community. Details and program availability are at:
http://www.qsl.net/ae4jy/. -Moe, AE4JY

** AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary Martha Saragovitz has informed ANS
that the following people have been nominated to serve on the AMSAT
Board of Directors: 	Barry Baines, WD4ASW
 			Dick Daniels, W4PUJ
  			Robin Haighton, VE3FRH
  			Richard Hambly, W2GPS
  			Bruce Paige, KK5DO
  			Bill Tynan, W3XO

WD4ASW, W4PUJ, VE3FRH and W3XO are incumbents. Four seats must
be filled this year. Ballots will be mailed by July 15th to members. -ANS

** It isn't an interplanetary corn popper, but in the not-to-distant future
a rocket propulsion system using microwave generators may help propel
deep space probes across the solar system and beyond. -SpaceDaily

 --ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.04
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.04

Phase 3D / AMSAT OSCAR 40 / AO-40
Launched: November 16, 2000 aboard an Ariane 5 launcher
from Kourou, French Guiana. Status: S-Band transmitter is
active. The RUDAK system has been activated.

AO-40 experimental transponder operation started on May 05, 2001
at approximately 08:00 UTC when the U-band and L1-band uplinks
were connected to the S-2 transmitter passband downlink via the
Matrix switch. Transponder operation has been currently suspended
as preparations are being made for Arcjet testing. It is also planned
to test the U-band and V-band transmitters again when squint angles
allow good visibility.

ALON/ALAT as of orbit 289 is estimated to be 281/-2, with ALON
reducing -0.875 degree/perigee. The command team will be taking
pictures with the YACE camera to aid in determination of the
spacecraft attitude prior to the cold burn test of the Arcjet motor.
In order to confirm the exact attitude for the tests, the camera has
been programmed to take images at the start of orbit 292, and the
download will commence shortly thereafter.

Help is requested in capturing telemetry, particularly the D blocks
during this test, ground stations are asked to capture everything
you can, zip the information and send your telemetry to:

ao40-archive@amsat.org

G6LVB has described how to use an offset-dish for S-downlink at:
www.g6lvb.com/60cm.htm

Three programs to convert RUDAK WOD (whole orbit data) are available
at:
www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpdelta.html

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL and the ARRL for this information]

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION/ARISS
Worldwide packet uplink:	145.990 MHz
Region 1 voice uplink:		145.200 MHz
Region 2/3 voice uplink:		144.490 MHz
Worldwide downlink:		145.800 MHz
TNC callsign			NOCALL
ARISS initial station launched September 2000 aboard shuttle Atlantis.
ARISS is made up of delegates from major national Amateur Radio
organizations, including AMSAT.

Status: Operational. Voice contacts with ISS have been made recently.
The ISS packet station is available for UI packets (APRS or UI QSL).
The mailbox and keyboard are currently disabled. Please see the
packet section of the ARISS web page before attempting to first work
ISS on packet.

U.S. callsign: 		NA1SS
Russian callsigns:	RS0ISS, RZ3DZR

The QSL routes for W/VE stations working NA1SS aboard the
International Space Station:

U.S. stations:		Margie Bourgoin KB1DCO
			Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2) QSL
			ARRL, 225 Main Street
			Newington, Connecticut 06111

Canadian stations:	Radio Amateurs of Canada
			Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2) QSL
			720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
			Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0Z5

A self-addressed, stamped envelope is required to get a QSL in
return. The ARISS international group has not yet finalized a QSL
card design. It will be a few months before cards become available.

More information about the project can be found on the ARISS web site
at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov.

[ANS thanks ARISS team member Will Marchant, KC6ROL, for this
information]

RADIO SPORT RS-12
Uplink 			145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 		29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 		29.408 MHz
Launched: February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher
Status: RS-12 was re-activated in mode A on January 1, 2001

The latest information on 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

[ANS thanks Kevin Manzer, AC5DK, for RS-12 information]

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)
Launched: December 26, 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a
10-meter downlink

Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 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

[ANS thanks Dave Guimont, WB6LLO, for this information]

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)
Launched: June 16, 1983 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. 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 heard and worked on AO-10.

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
Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J.

Periodically, AO-27's analog repeater will be turned off for a few days
at a time to enable ground controllers to gather Whole Orbital Data
(WOD), to verify the health of the satellite.

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.

TEPR states on AO-27 were reset on March 24, 2001 as follows:

TEPR 4 is 38 / TEPR 5 is 78 (TEPR 5 is now 20 minutes long)

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

[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]

UO-14
Uplink 		145.975 MHz FM
Downlink 	435.070 MHz FM
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J

Tim, KG8OC, features UO-14 information on the Michigan AMSAT
web site -- point your web browser to the following URL:
http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc

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

JAS-1b FO-20
Uplink 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Launched: February 07, 1990 by an H1 launcher from the
Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Status: Operational.
FO-20 is in mode JA continuously

Tak, JA2PKI, reported FO-20 control station operators believe
that the UVC (Under Voltage Controller) now is regulating the
transponder. The UVC monitors battery voltage and tries to protect
the batteries from over discharge.

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

JAS-2 FO-29
Launched: August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the
Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Status: Operational

Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB

Digital Mode JD
Uplink 		145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 	435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign		8J1JCS
Digitalker 	435.910 MHz

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

through July 2, 2001 - mode JA

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

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.05

TIUNGSAT-1
Uplink		145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink	437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign	MYSAT3-11
BBS			MYSAT3-12
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Operational at
38k4-baud FSK

Several stations report they have not copied the satellite since
early May over North America.

Chris, G7UPN, tells ANS that TiungSat-1 has been operating at a
data rate of 38k4. Data recovery at 38k4 is reported to be extremely
good with efficiencies near 100%. The output power is at 8-watts "which
should provide a very good downlink," said Chris, adding "the downside
is that with the high power transmitter operating, the power budget is
negative so we can't support continuous operation."

According to G7UPN, TiungSat-1 now requires the Amateur Radio
Station to switch the downlink 'on' when the satellite comes into range.
The way this works is for the ground station software to send a request
to the spacecraft to switch the downlink on. The spacecraft receives this
request and checks the battery voltage to see if it can support the
operation, and if it can it will activate the downlink.

TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.

TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed
as a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

For more information on TiungSat-1, visit the following URL:

http://www.yellowpages.com.my/tiungsat/tiung_main.htm

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for this information]

KITSAT KO-25
Uplink 		145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink 	436.500 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign	HL02-11
BBS 			HL02-12
Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 to be operational with very low downlink
efficiency and very little traffic (no individual traffic since 6/13).

UOSAT UO-22
Uplink 		145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink 	435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign	UOSAT5-11
BBS			UOSAT5-12
Launched: July 17, 1991 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational

Jim, AA7KC, reports UO-22 is operational with moderate downlink
efficiency and heavy worldwide satellite gateway traffic.

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 information
and Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for status information]

OSCAR-11
Downlink 	   145.825 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)
Mode-S Beacon    2401.500 MHz
Launched: March 1, 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California. Status: Operational

Clive, G3CWV, reported to ANS that it has been an uneventful time for
OSCAR-11 during the period of May 15-June 9, 2001.

Battery voltage observed during daylight passes has continued to
decrease. The average value observed was 13.3 volts with a range of
13.1 to 13.5 volts. The internal temperatures have continued to
decrease, now -0.2 and -1.6 Celsius for battery and telemetry electronics
respectively.

The magnetometer calibrations have steadily changed during the many
years in orbit. Although the changes are small and are not noticeable on
a plot of individual channels, they do have a considerable effect when
the total magnetic field is calculated. The spin period has also varied,
now between 300 and 344 seconds, with the attitude control working
normally.

The mode-S beacon is active, transmitting an unmodulated carrier. This
beacon is a useful test source for those testing mode-S converters for
AO-40.

Users of OSCAR-11 should note that the hardware generated time in the
ASCII telemetry is now 15.5 minutes ahead of UTC, and the date is
three days advanced. Unfortunately these errors cannot be corrected.

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]

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
Broadcast Callsign:	PACSAT-11
BBS 			PACSAT-12
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. 
Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on.

Telemetry was as follows:

uptime is 489/05:50:29.  Time is Sat Jun 16 09:27:33 2001
+X (RX) Temp    11.495 D  	RX Temp         -3.027 D
Bat 1 Temp       1.209 D  	Bat 2 Temp       0.603 D
Baseplt Temp     3.024 D  	PSK TX RF Out    1.755 W
RC PSK BP Temp   1.814 D  	RC PSK HPA Tmp   2.419 D
+Y Array Temp    0.603 D  	PSK TX HPA Tmp   5.444 D
+Z Array Temp   21.782 D
Total Array C= 0.440 Bat Ch Cur=-0.037 Ifb= 0.037 I+10V= 0.376
TX:1009 BCR:7F PWRC:36D BT:1E WC:25 EDAC: 0

A new WOD collection of current graphics along with general
information and telemetry samples can be found at:

www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu

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

UoSAT-12 UO-36
Uplink      	145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink    	437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz
Broadcast Callsign  	UO121-11
BBS             		UO121-12
Launched: April 21, 1999 by a Russian launcher from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome. Status: Operational

Bill, VK3JT, reports UO-36 is "running perfectly" at his QTH.

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
Broadcast Callsign  	ITMSAT-11
BBS             		ITMSAT-12
Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on
and open for APRS users.

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

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 17, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-168.06

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

TMSAT-1 TO-31
Uplink 		145.925 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink 	436.925 MHz (9600-baud FSK)
Broadcast Callsign:	TMSAT1-11
BBS 			TMSAT1-12 
Launched: July 10, 1998 by a Zenit rocket from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome. Status: Non-operational, no data downlinked since
December 18, 2000.

Jim, AA7KC, reported to ANS that TO-31 has been
non-operational over North America for over six months.

Chris G7UPN, (UoSAT operations manager) reports the following
to ANS:

The TO-31 downlink will be off over most areas, with the exception of
Europe and Thailand. This is required to allow control stations to
recondition the battery with minimum power drain.

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]

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)
Broadcast Callsign	LUSAT-11
BBS 			LUSAT-12
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Beacon only. The CW beacon is sending
eight telemetry channels and one status channel on 437.126 MHz.
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:

www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu

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

SO-41  SAUDISAT-1A
Uplink		to be released
Downlink    	437.075 MHz 
Broadcast Callsign  	SASAT1-11
BBS             		SASAT1-12
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Unknown, this
satellite has been in orbit for almost 8 months. ANS has received no
additional information.

When/if operational, SaudiSat-1A will operate as 9600-baud digital
store-and-forward systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability.
One of two new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by
the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology.

SO-42  SAUDISAT-1B
Uplink      	to be released
Downlink    	436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign  	SASAT2-11
BBS         		SASAT2-12
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Unknown, this
satellite has been in orbit for almost 8 months. ANS has received no
additional information.

When/if operational, SaudiSat-1B will operate as 9600-baud digital
store-and-forward systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability.
One of two new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by
the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology.

SUNSAT SO-35
Mode J Uplink:	       	145.825 MHz FM
Mode J Downlink:	436.250 MHz FM

Mode B Uplink:		436.291 MHz FM
Mode B Downlink:	145.825 MHz FM
Launched: February 23, 1999 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California. Status: Non-operational

The SunSat team released the following statement, dated
February 1, 2001:

We regret to announce that the last communication with SunSat from
our ground station at the Electronic Systems Laboratory at Stellenbosch
University took place recently. We are certain, after having performed
several tests since the last contact, that an irreversible, physical failure
has occurred on the satellite. It is therefore unlikely that we will have
any further contact with SunSat, apart from the occasional visual sighting
by telescope!

When it was operational the SunSat package included 1200 and 9600
baud digital store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater
system in addition to Mode B/J operation with two VHF and two UHF
transmit-receive systems.

For more information on SunSat visit the following URL:

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

[ANS thanks Garth Milne, ZR1AFH, for this information]

RADIO SPORT RS-13
Uplink			21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 		145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 		145.860 MHz
Launched: February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher
Status: non-operational (last operational in mode-T)

RS-12 was re-activated in January 2001. Prior to this switch RS-13
was operational (mode T), but was apparently turned off following
the recent RS-12 switch.

The latest information on 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

[ANS thanks Kevin Manzer, AC5DK, for this information]

KITSAT KO-23
Uplink 		145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Downlink 	435.170 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign	HLO1-11
BBS 			HLO1-12
Launched: August 10, 1992 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Intermittent operation with the downlink
transmitter operating at unpredictable intervals.

Jim, AA7KC, reported that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues
in non-operational status. Jim says that KO-23 shows some signs
of trying to recover, but no useful data has been downlinked. The
duration of this status is unpredictable. No data has been received
since October 28, 2000.

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. "We are not sure when the bird might turn off again due to
insufficient power. The capability of the onboard power system has been
less and less," said Kim. HL0ENJ also noted that as of October 30, 2000
the onboard computer was reset and a reboot of operational software is
was underway.

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

TECHSAT-1B GO-32
Downlink 	435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Launched: July 10, 1998 by a Russian Zenit rocket from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome. Status: Semi-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).

Last reported, the satellite does transmit a 9600-baud burst every
30 seconds (the GO-32 beacon sends one short telemetry status
transmission of 44 bytes) and upon request the complete
telemetry buffer.

[ANS has no further information]

PANSAT PO-34
Uplink/downlink frequency (listed on the PanSat web site) 436.500 MHz
Launched: October 30, 1998 by the Shuttle Discovery
Status: Unknown

The satellite is not available for general uplink transmissions.

The Naval Postgraduate School developed PanSat. 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 has no further information]

DOVE DO-17
Downlink 	145.825 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)
		2401.220 MHz
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. 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.

[ANS has no further information]

WEBERSAT WO-18
Downlink 	437.104 MHz SSB (1200 baud PSK AX.25)
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Non-operational.

WO-18 was last reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.

[ANS has no further information]

SEDSAT-1 SO-33
Downlink 	437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)
Launched: October 24, 1998 by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape
Canaveral, Florida. Status: Semi-operational.

The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.

SedSat-1 signifies Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space (satellite number one).

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://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm

[ANS has no further information]

/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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