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[jamsat-news:1652] ANS 020
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 020
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.
This edition of ANS is dedicated to Steve Grant, N8AJD, who died
recently at age 51. N8AJD was heavily involved in volunteer work
for AMSAT. [ANS thanks Gerd, WB8IFM, for this information]
ANS salutes Dave Sumner, K1ZZ - ARRL Executive Vice President,
noted DXer and contester; who has guided Amateur Radio through
several World Radio Conferences. K1ZZ is among the inaugural group
of 50 inductees into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. [ANS thanks
CQ Amateur Radio magazine, published by CQ Communications, Inc.
for this information]
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STEVE GRANT, N8AJD, SILENT KEY
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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For the second time in as many weeks, ANS is saddened to report
another silent key. This edition of ANS is dedicated to Steve Grant,
N8AJD, who died recently at age 51.
N8AJD was an avid ham, always ready to help others. He was heavily
involved in volunteer work for AMSAT as an Area Coordinator for
southeast Ohio. Steve conducted a weekly net, which featured live
demonstrations of satellite communication. He was specifically active on
many of the current digital satellites. In addition, Steve arranged several
AMSAT symposia in smaller Ohio cities and lent a helping hand to
AMSAT-NA at Hamvention (and other Ohio hamfests). Steve also
maintained a 6-meter beacon on 50.103 MHz, as well as being a
member of SETI.
He will be missed.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this information]
/EX
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NEW AMSAT-NA SATELLITE PROJECT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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At an AMSAT-NA Board of Directors teleconference meeting (held
January 17, 2002) it was decided to add a new satellite to the list of
current projects underway.
After extensive discussion (and by a unanimous vote of the Board), a
new low Earth orbit micro-satellite project was approved. This microsat
will provide amateurs access with only a handheld transceiver, using
the 2-meter and 70-cm bands. The design will feature several channels,
so that simultaneous communications can take place.
The microsat will be powered using efficient solar cells. In addition to
the bent pipe style operation, the new satellite will carry one or more
experimental modes which are currently being determined.
More details on this exciting project will be forthcoming over the
next few weeks, stay tuned to ANS!
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this exciting news]
/EX
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KB1SF NOW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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At the recent AMSAT-NA Board of Directors teleconference meeting,
immediate AMSAT-NA past President Keith Baker, KB1SF, volunteered
to become the Executive Vice President, a position which had not been
filled at the Atlanta meeting of the Board of Directors.
AMSAT-NA President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, welcomed Keith's offer,
which was unanimously accepted by the Board.
Congratulations KB1SF!
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this information]
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ISS HAM ANTENNA INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Board Chairman
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, recently congratulated the ARISS-International
team on the successful installation of the first of four ham radio antennas
on ISS. Those that watched the NASA TV video were afforded an
outstanding view of the first ISS ham antenna installation EVA, which
was performed by Cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko and astronaut Carl Walz.
"It was exciting to see the unfurled ISS ham antenna system
permanently mounted on the outside edge of the service module," said
KA3HDO, adding, "the antenna system looked breathtaking from the
videos we witnessed while supporting the EVA activity."
Lou McFadin, W5DID, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Mark Steiner, K3MS, Ken
Nichols, KD3VK, and Mark Clausen supported the ISS antenna
installation at the NASA Goddard/ISS Ham-Goddard Control Center.
Carolynn Conley, KD5JSO, provided the antenna installation support at
the NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center. Sergej
Samburov, RV3DR, Alex Polechuk, RZ3FP, cosmonaut Sergei
Krikalev, U5MIR, and Alex Alexandrov, RK3AP, supported the EVA
activities at the Mission Control Center in Moscow.
"Congratulations team on a job well done. We have taken our ideas,
concepts and vision and transformed them into reality," said KA3HDO.
The first space walk of the Expedition-4 crew's five-month tour of duty
lasted just over 6 hours. The spacewalk was the 32nd in support of
space station assembly.
The next spacewalk of the expedition is targeted for late January. The
plan for this spacewalk currently includes installation of the second of
the remaining three Amateur Radio antenna's, along with thruster
deflector shields on the end of the Zvezda module.
[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for this information]
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ANS IN BRIEF
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
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ANS news in brief this week includes the following:
** NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe visited the Johnson Space Center
recently as the newly-appointed Administrator continues a tour of
NASA's 11 field centers. -NASA
** DH2VA recently established a web page about his portable Mode-S
receive system at < http://gulp.physik.unizh.ch/ao40/ >. -Achim, DH2VA
** Yoshi, JA6BX, remembered his last QSO on AO-13. From his log he
made a two-way SSB QSO with VK3XDQ on November 23, 1996. This
was his last DX QSO via AO-13. It was followed by a contact with
JN1GKZ on the same day - which became his last QSO via the
bird. -ANS
** CQ VHF magazine will resume publication as a quarterly in
the spring of 2002. The magazine had been published monthly from
1996 to 1999. Longtime CQ magazine VHF-Plus editor Joe Lynch,
N6CL, will be editor of the new quarterly, with the first issue due out
in May. -ANS
** Flight controllers for NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft recently sent
commands to raise the spacecraft up out of the atmosphere and to
conclude the aerobraking phase of the mission. -SpaceDaily
** Lee, KU4OS, reports the an AMSAT chat room is currently being
hosted on the duck.informx.com, server port 6667. To access the
chat room you will need to have an IRC client installed - there are
several free client programs available. -AMSAT BB
** Arianespace is positioned to continue its commercial launch services
leadership in 2002 as the company introduces the increased-lift Ariane-5
launcher and plans a busy year of launch campaigns for its international
customers. -SpaceDaily
** The 2001 AMSAT Symposium awards included a presentation to
Peter Guelzow, DB2OS; on behalf of AMSAT organizations throughout
the world, thanking Peter for all the work he put into AO-40. Peter
assumed the role of the AMSAT manager at Kourou under difficult
conditions and completed a successful launch campaign. Since then,
DB2OS has worked tirelessly as one of the satellite command station
team members. His dedication to the Amateur Radio satellite community
(and to AO-40), is greatly appreciated. -ANS
** Ireland's government has given the go-ahead to build the worlds
biggest offshore wind farm on a sandbank in the Irish Sea, south of
Dublin. The 562-million-dollar development will produce 10 percent of
the country's electricity. -SpaceDaily
** Amateur Radio's secondary allocation at 219-220 MHz remains intact
in the wake of an FCC spectrum reallocation of the 216 to 220-MHz band.
The FCC declined to go along with ARRL's request to expand amateur
access to 216 to 220 MHz. The Commission also potentially relieved
spectrum competition for Amateur Radio at 2.3 GHz by making space
available elsewhere. -ARRL
** Parts of Antarctica have cooled sharply in recent years, a finding
which counters doomsday perceptions that the frozen continent faces
imminent meltdown from global warming. -SpaceDaily
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/EX
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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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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 at times.
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
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. Some 58 DXCC countries are/were QRV via AO-40 in 2001.
Mal, NP2L, reports receiving my strong signals from AO-40 recently
with minimal uplink power. Howard, G6LVB, also reported good
signals from AO-40; "the bird was indeed excellent, with some QSB."
For the current transponder-operating schedule visit:
http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm
[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 ISS packet station (normally) available for UI packets. The mailbox
and keyboard is currently disabled. Please see the packet section of
the ARISS web page before attempting to first work ISS on packet.
Thirteen elementary school students in Mississippi fired off a total of 18
questions this past week to astronaut Carl Walz, KC5TIE, who
responded from the International Space Station during a pass over North
America. A crowd of about 200 students and 50 parents watched as
the youngsters at St. Clare School in Waveland, Mississippi, quizzed
Walz for 10-minutes.
Upcoming contacts are scheduled with Butte High School in Montana;
Deep Creek Elementary School in Oregon; Quogue Union Free School
and Vestal Senior High School in New York; Kursk Technical
University in Russia; Harrogate Ladies College in the United Kingdom
and the Zeehan Primary School in Australia.
NASA information on the ISS station can be found at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/
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
A detailed breakdown of the antenna installation with some great
pictures and diagrams (depicting the entire ISS ham system including
antenna's) can be downloaded at:
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/EVAs/amsat01.pdf
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 (a SASE is required to get a QSL in return):
Margie Bourgoin, KC1DCO
Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3) QSL
ARRL, 225 Main Street
Newington, Connecticut 06111
Canadian stations:
Radio Amateurs of Canada
Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3) QSL
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa, Ontario KEG 0Z5
European stations (a SASE and 2 IRC's are required to get
a QSL in return).
AMSAT-France
14 bis, rue des Gourlis
92500 Rueil Malmaison
France
[ANS thanks Will Marchant, KC6ROL, and Jean-Louis Rault, F6AGR,
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
Robot 29.454 MHz (145.831 MHz uplink)
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, with updates by Ray, W2RS. 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
On December 9, 2001 Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27
as follows: TEPR 4 - 19
TEPR 5 - 59
[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
Ray, W2RS, has revised the AO-27 FAQ on < www.amsat.org > to
include information on UO-14.
[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 as mode JA through March 2002.
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 020.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
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PCSat
Uplink/downlink 145.827 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK via PCSAT-1
Aux/Uplink 435.250 MHz 9600 baud via PCSAT-2 (off)
APRS Downlink 144.390 MHz (Region 2)
Launched: September 30, 2001 aboard an Athena-1 rocket from the
Kodiak, Alaska launch complex. Status: Operational
Bob, WB4APR, reports PCSat entered full sun for the period of
January 7-21, 2001. During this time there was enough power to
keep the GPS system turned on worldwide, allowing PCSat to be
the first satellite to report its own exact position directly to all users
for immediate display on their APRS maps.
As the first in what is hoped to be a constellation of future Amateur
Radio satellites doing dumb digipeating to mobile users, PCSat
planned to use the digipeater alias of APRSAT and encourage its
use on all such space digipeaters. Since this mission can also be
supported by the existing ISS digipeater as well, PCSat has
temporarily dropped the APRSAT alias and added NOCALL to its
alias list (to be compatible with the ISS) so that mobile users do
not have to re-configure between ISS and PCSat passes.
PCSat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater designed for use by
stations using hand-held or mobile transceivers. Downlinks feed a
central web site < http://pcsat.aprs.org >. The APRS-equipped
PCSat was built by midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy
under the guidance of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.
For more information, visit the PCSat web site at:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for PCSat information]
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
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.
[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, 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
Jim, AA7KC, reports UO-22 is operational. Downlink efficiency is
in the 70% range.
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
During the period 15-December through 14-January good signals
have been received from the 145 MHz beacon. The internal
temperatures have been fairly static with no particular trends observed.
These temperatures are now 5.6 and 4.0 C for battery and telemetry
electronics respectively. The battery voltage observed during daylight
passes is unchanged. The average value observed was 13.8 volts with
a range of 13.5 to 14.1 volts. The rate at which the SEU counter
increments has continued to increase from 516 to 771 counts per day.
The spin period has drifted between 179 and 247 seconds. Attitude is
controlled solely by the gravity boom gradient (as the Z-axis
magnetorquer counter has reached saturation (1024). Ground control
action is awaited to reset the magnetorquer pulse counters.
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 689/18:22:19. Time is Wed Jan 02 22:04:59 2002
+10V Bus 10.400 V +Z Array Temp -7.263 D
+X (RX) Temp -1.212 D RX Temp 13.916 D
Bat 1 V 1.252 V Bat 2 V 1.201 V
Bat 3 V 1.220 V Bat 4 V 1.247 V
Bat 5 V 1.212 V Bat 6 V 1.216 V
Bat 7 V 1.222 V Bat 8 V 1.223 V
Bat 1 Temp 10.285 D Bat 2 Temp 9.680 D
Baseplt Temp 9.075 D PSK TX RF Out 1.512 W
+Y Array Temp -17.550 D PSK TX HPA Tmp 4.839 D
Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.398 Ifb= 0.154 I+10V= 0.258
TX:1009 BCR:1E PWRC:36D BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:DC
A 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]
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
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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.08 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002
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THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL
OR SEMI-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
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: Non-operational.
Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a
non-operational status.
[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
Broadcast Callsign HL02-11
BBS HL02-12
Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Non-operational
Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-25 is not operating. The downlink
transmitter is off and there has been no downlinked data since
January 4, 2002.
[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for this 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: Unknown
UO-36 carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward
communications and mode L/S transponders.
Paul, KB2SHU, tells ANS that UO-36 has not been operational (over
North America) since late July. In addition, Sangat, 9M2SS, reports he
has not copied UO-36 since July 30th.
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
UO-36 information]
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.
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 Nov 30 21:03:00 2001 Orb-61900
CW-Code: ava abv aab ad6 atd abv ttu aee
5V-reg.: 4.85 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V
10V-Bat: 11.07 V 10V-Curr: 121.1 mA
TX-Pwr : 0.967 W TX-Temp.: 6.27 ?C
+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 9.97 ?C
CW-Code: avt abv aan ad6 aat abu ttu aee
5V-reg.: 4.89 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V
10V-Bat: 11.07 V 10V-Curr: 120.4 mA
TX-Pwr : 0.967 W TX-Temp.: 5.56 ?C
+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 9.26 ?C
CW-Code: avt abu aua ade aaa abu ttu aee
5V-reg.: 4.89 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V
10V-Bat: 11.01 V 10V-Curr: 120.4 mA
TX-Pwr : 0.957 W TX-Temp.: 4.85 ?C
+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 8.90 ?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]
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.
Max White reported to ANS that two passes of GO-32 were
received recently; it still issues the burst transmission as stated
above with "quite a strong signal" according to White.
[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
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