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[jamsat-news:1585] ANS 259


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 259

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) Amateur
Radio satellite technology developments 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 <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)
* New England area (AMSAT-NE)
* 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.

This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of George Veraldo,
WB2BAU, of Norwood, New York, who died recently at age 75.
Veraldo was the first northern New York Section Manager and was
serving as Affiliated Club Coordinator for the section at his death.
He is survived by his wife Pat, WB2CRY. [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 General Curtis LeMay, W6EZV, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, and 1968 candidate for Vice President of the United
States on the American Independent Party ticket. W6EZV 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. AMSAT and OSCAR supporters/notables on the CQ Hall of
Fame list include K1JT, K1ZZ, W6SAI, W2SKE, W8JK, K7UGA, W6ZH,
W3ASK, W1HR, KA9Q and W3IWI. [ANS thanks CQ Amateur Radio
magazine, published by CQ Communications, Inc. for this information]

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.01
AO-40 UPDATE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.01

AO-40 command station Stacey Mills, W4SM, informed ANS that AO-40
has achieved another first! On orbit 396 the K-band (24.048 GHz)
transmitter was activated and connected to the same inputs as the
S-2 downlink transmitter.

The passband and beacon were first detected by G4KGC and G3WDG
using a 22-cm offset dish. They reported signals almost 6 dB above
the noise floor. Shortly thereafter, the beacon and passband were also
detected by OH2AUE, using a 60-cm dish, also with very good received
signals.

The command team is delighted to report this additional functional
transmitter on AO-40!

AO-40 is currently in a long period during which the Earth eclipses
the Sun near perigee. These actually began about August 28th, and
will rapidly increase in length. The will continue well into June 2002.
During September, eclipses will peak at 85 minutes in duration.

For the current transponder operating schedule visit:

http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm

Pieter Tjerk, PA3FWM, recently announced the availability of a new
program for decoding and viewing AO-40 telemetry under the Linux
operating platform, called ao40tlmview. PA3FWM tells ANS the
software allows browsing through archived telemetry as well as receiving
live telemetry. The program does not contain a soundcard-based
demodulator, but it can be connected to one of the existing demodulator
programs. Pieter says "the program is inspired by, and in many ways
similar to, the Stacey Mills, W4SM, P3T program for windows."

AO40tlmview can be downloaded from:

http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~ptdeboer/ham/ao40/

Stay tuned to ANS, the official source of AO-40 information.

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

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.02
2001 AMSAT-NA SYMPOSIUM IS NEAR

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.02

The 19th Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting,
scheduled for October 5-6, 2001, is now only a few weeks away.
AMSAT-NA is pleased to announce that the conference, which
chronicles recent and future Amateur Radio satellite technology
developments, will still be held despite the tragic events of this
past week.

Initially following the first reports of the attacks in New York and
Washington, AMSAT-NA President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH,
released the following statement:

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I feel I should share your grief over the events at the World Trade
Center, the Pentagon and other places. These terrible events affect
us all, my thoughts are with you and all the American People.

AMSAT-NA Executive Vice President W2RS, echoed Robin's comments;
"Your Executive VP shares all of Robin's thoughts and prayers. I'm sitting
here about 25 miles from the World Trade Center, or what's left of it. My
thanks to all who inquired about my safety."

Our sister AMSAT organizations were quick to also send similar
thoughts:

From AMSAT-UK: On behalf of the membership of AMSAT-UK, we
express our shock, horror and great sadness at the events in New York
and Washington. Our hearts and thoughts are with all those affected by
this terrible act.

From AMSAT-DL: All the members of AMSAT-DL are sorry and shocked
about the totally inhumane events in New York and Washington. We thus
would like to reach out and let know all the American people, and our
friends of AMSAT in particular, that we feel and suffer with you. Helpless
as we are, we cannot but take these events as yet another
encouragement to contribute our little share to promote worldwide
understanding and to eradicate mindless hate.

From AMSAT-France: Like other people from over the world, we have
been horribly shocked by these events. The people of France are very
sad of what happened to our American friends. We send our sincere
condolences to our colleagues who may have lost a member of their
family.

From AMSAT-OZ: Here in Copenhagen we have experienced, I think for
the first time ever, several thousand people going to the American
Embassy to place flowers and candles in respect for the victims. We are
all deeply affected.

Following these remarks, AMSAT-NA President VE3FRH released the
following statement:

Greetings,

In the spirit of Amateur Radio, the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors has
agreed that the Atlanta meeting will proceed on schedule. At present we
do not see any reason why any changes should be made, and we totally
agree with those who believe that business should proceed normally
as soon as possible, to show that we will not be beaten by a bunch of 
terrorists. The more of you that attend in Atlanta, the bigger and stronger
that message will be.

I invite you all to come, you do not have to be an AMSAT member to
attend, the registration form is available on our web site and I look
forward to seeing a record crowd!

In addition, on behalf of the Board of Directors and the officers and
members of AMSAT-NA, I would like to express our thanks to the
many AMSAT organizations for your expressions of sympathy and
support concerning the recent terrible events in the USA.

I realize that in addition to the enormous loss of people and facilities
suffered in America that many of you will have lost nationals from your
own countries; on behalf of our organization would like you to pass to
your fellow countrymen the sympathy of AMSAT-NA.

It is worth noting that Amateur Radio is providing an important service
during the recovery efforts, once more proving the value of our
operations at a critical time.

73, VE3FRH

Symposium Chairman Steve Diggs, W4EPI, and the Atlanta Host
Committee have recently added lots of additional information to the
AMSAT-NA web site about the Symposium.

See  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/symposium/index.html  for the
whole scoop!

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.03
ARRL/TAPR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.03

The 20th ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference will
be held September 21-23 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The annual gathering
provides an international forum for radio amateurs involved in digital
communication, networking (and related technologies) to meet, publish
their work, and present new ideas and techniques for discussion.

TAPR President John Ackermann, N8UR, told ANS "with the tragic
events of this week, we've had to seriously consider whether it was still
appropriate or feasible to hold the Digital Communications Conference.
Although we grieve with the whole world for the losses so many have
suffered, we believe it's important to show that terrorism will not succeed
in making us change our way of life. The DCC will go on."

The Conference will offer sessions at the beginner, intermediate, and
advanced levels of digital communication. Topics include APRS, satellite
communication, TCP/IP, digital radio, spread spectrum and other
topics. Tony Curtis, K3RXK, will be the banquet speaker.

Full DCC information, a registration form, and hotel information may be
obtained at: http://www.tapr.org.

[ANS thanks TAPR and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.04
ANS IN BRIEF

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.04

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Saturday with a new, 3-berth
docking port, rocketing toward the international space station after a
last-minute repair of the booster's control system. The rocket lifted
off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan. The rocket carried
the Progress M-CO1 cargo ship with the Pirs (Pier) docking port attached
to it instead of the regular fuel tank and cargo section. -Roy, K6DUE

** America's revised program for Mars exploration is now taking firm
shape - a program which, in the opinion of every scientific group that
has reviewed it, is infinitely better than the plan that existed before the
1998 Mars missions. -SpaceDaily

** TiungSat-1 is about to celebrate its first anniversary in space on
September 26, 2001. Congratulations from ANS!

** The Proceedings from the 2001 AMSAT-UK Colloquium are available.
This year's Proceedings is 138 pages and (for the first time) a proportion
of the illustrations and graphics are in color. More information can be
found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/proceedings.htm. The
Colloquium organizer, Richard, G3RWL, told ANS the success of the
2001 event was directly tied to the hard work of AMSAT-UK Secretary
G3WGM, who deserves much of the credit. -Richard, G3RWL

** The ARRL has inaugurated the Amateur Radio Interference
Assessment project. The effort will involve amateur volunteers across
the country to assess the noise levels primarily from unlicensed devices
in bands above 400 MHz. -ARRL

** The U.S. and Russia have agreed to allow more space tourists to
visit the Space Station. NASA and the Russian space agency have
drafted criteria setting standards for space flight participants, as the
space visitors are to be called. -SpaceDaily

** PCSat, a U.S. Naval Academy Amateur Radio tracking and
communications satellite, is still scheduled to launch sometime
this month. The Kodiak Star launch that will carry three Amateur
Radio payloads (including PCSat) from Kodiak, Alaska, has been
delayed due to travel disruptions caused by the recent terrorist
attacks. The Kodiak Star mission comprises four small satellites
that will be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Athena-1 rocket.
The launch will mark the first orbital launch from the new Kodiak
Launch Complex in Alaska. PCsat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater
that will operate on 145.825 MHz. Starshine 3 is a mirror-ball with
AX.25 9600-baud telemetry on 145.825 MHz, and Sapphire-1 has
1200-baud AX.25 telemetry and a voice replay on 437.100 MHz.
PCSat was designed and assembled by midshipmen at the Naval
Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, to gain practical hands-on
experience in support of their aerospace curriculum.
-ARRL/Bob, WB4APR

** The 2001 Pacific Northwest VHF Conference will be held September
22nd, in Tacoma, Washington. Well-known Canadian VHF'er Gabor
Horvath, VE7DXG, will be this year's featured speaker. His presentation
is titled "Mountaintops, Meteors and Other Cool Stuff." -AR Newsline

** XCOR Aerospace announced today that it has successfully
demonstrated a rocket engine for satellite propulsion using
non-toxic propellants. -SpaceDaily

** Researchers from Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering
and Dartmouth Medical School have teamed up to design sophisticated
computer software, called mobile agents, to help astronauts monitor
bone loss during long space flights. -SpaceDaily

** The call sign W4TCH has been assigned to the ham club station at
the Tampa Children's Hospital. AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator Jim Huhta,
AA4MD, tells ANS "to look for us on the us on the birds and I hope to
have scheduled times for young patients there to talk via satellite."
-ANS

** The Houston AMSAT Net is quickly approaching its 400th net! Mark
October 2, 2001 on your calendar and join in! -Bruce, KK5DO

** NASA has begun to publish the most accurate three-dimensional
mapping of Earth ever made, based on data collected by U.S. space
shuttle. The map will be released in successive sections. -SpaceDaily

--ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-259.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.05

Phase 3D / AMSAT OSCAR 40 / AO-40
Launched: November 16, 2000 aboard an Ariane 5 launcher
from Kourou, French Guiana. 
Status: Currently, the U/L-1 to S-2 passband is active.
Uplink    	U-band    435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/SSB
                  	L1-band  1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/SSB
                  	L2-band  1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink  	2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/SSB
For the current transponder operating schedule visit:

http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm

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.

[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.

The Seabrook Middle School south of Houston, Texas recently
completed a successful contact with ISS on September 4, 2001.
Eleven students asked 15 questions of Commander Frank Culbertson,
KD5OPQ, who was using the station call sign, NA1SS. The audio
quality of the pass was excellent. Parents and a small school staff were
on hand to listen to Commander Culbertson answer questions
ranging from what preparations they needed to make to become an
astronaut, to the commander's preference for gravity over
weightlessness.

The Western Albemarle High School in Crozet, Virginia, is scheduled
for a ham radio contact with ISS at approximately 13:03:00 UTC
on Wednesday 2001-09-19. This is a direct contact and so
those in range of the USA's mid-Atlantic coast are invited to listen in
to the downlink on 145.800 MHz.

The ISS packet station (normally) available for UI packets. 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.

The ARISS-US team delivered a new packet module to NASA. This new
packet module is expected to correct several of the problems that have
been observed on the current ARISS packet system. Expedition-3
astronaut Frank Culbertson, KD5OPQ, is planning to make the
packet module change-out.

The ISS daily crew schedule (which gives an idea when crew members
have free time and may be available for Amateur Radio operations) can
be found at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/2001/may/index.html

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

European stations:	AMSAT-France
	16, rue de la Vallee
	91360 Epinay sur Orge, France

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. 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

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)

[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
controller 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

Last reported, the JARL FO-29 command station announced the
operation schedule of FO-29 through October 2001 - is 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-259.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.06

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

Bill, VK3JT, reports TiungSat-1 efficiency is 100% most of the time
with strong signals and (usually) 2 megabytes exchanged each pass.

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

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for this information]

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

UoSAT command station G7UPN reports to ANS that UO-22 had
been closed for amateur activity for a short duration while command
stations assess the state of the RAM disk. Over the past few weeks
there have been increasing difficulties downloading larger files from
the spacecraft. The store and forward communications system has
been reloaded.

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 for many years there has been a
need for a sound card demodulator program for OSCAR-11, which would
enable many users to decode the satellite. Doug, KA2UPW, has taken
up the challenge and is developing a program called UO11DEM.

The program will take a .WAV file recording and display the demodulated
signal on a computer screen. Although still very much in development,
encouraging results have been obtained.

During the period 09-June to 14-August reliable signals have been
received from the 145 MHz beacon. Internal temperatures have now
started to increase as the solar eclipse times decrease. A rise of
1.7C has been noted. These temperatures are now 0.6C and -1.0C
for battery and telemetry electronics respectively. The battery voltage
observed during daylight passes has slightly increased with an average
value observed at 13.5 (and a range of 13.2 to 13.8 volts). The
improved battery voltage is also a result of decreasing solar eclipse
times.

The WOD survey of channels 1, 2, 3, 61 (X, Z, Y magnetometers and
status) dated 24 March, has been transmitted. The Z-axis magnetorquer
counter reached its limit of 1,024 on 23-June. The satellite's attitude is
now controlled solely by the passive gravity boom gradient. During the
last month the spin period has drifted between 416 and 647 seconds,
and is currently 582 seconds.

The 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)
 
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 is as follows:

uptime is 579/16:59:06.  Time is Fri Sep 14 20:36:10 2001
+10V Bus        10.100 V  +X (RX) Temp    -9.078 D
RX Temp          4.234 D  Bat 1 V          1.191 V
Bat 2 V          1.163 V  Bat 3 V          1.137 V
Bat 4 V          1.231 V  Bat 5 V          1.174 V
Bat 6 V          1.226 V  Bat 7 V          1.199 V
Bat 8 V          1.236 V  +Z Array Temp  -14.524 D
Bat 1 Temp       5.444 D  Bat 2 Temp       4.839 D
Baseplt Temp     4.839 D  PSK TX RF Out    1.512 W
RC PSK BP Temp  -5.448 D  RC PSK HPA Tmp  -5.448 D
+Y Array Temp  -22.390 D  PSK TX HPA Tmp  -0.002 D

Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.415 Ifb= 0.200 I+10V= 0.235
TX:1009 BCR:1E PWRC:36D BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:27

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

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-259.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 259.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-259.07

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.

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.

Telemetry is as follows:

Time is Fri Jul 13 21:53:51 2001
CW-Code: avt aba av6 abn au6 a6v ttu aee
 5V-reg.:   4.89 V      8.5V-reg:   8.68 V
 10V-Bat:  10.94 V      10V-Curr:  114.1 mA
 TX-Pwr :  0.899 W      TX-Temp.:  -0.46 ?C
 +Z-Sol.:   0.30 V      Box-Temp:   3.56 ?C

CW-Code: avt aba av6 abn aub a6u ttu aee
 5V-reg.:   4.89 V      8.5V-reg:   8.68 V
 10V-Bat:  10.94 V      10V-Curr:  113.4 mA
 TX-Pwr :  0.899 W      TX-Temp.:  -0.46 ?C
 +Z-Sol.:   0.30 V      Box-Temp:   3.20 ?C

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 to
be available to Amateur Radio operators along with software to utilize
this technology.

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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