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[ANS] ANS-007 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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*AMSAT *News Service*ANS-007*
*January 7, 2024*
In this edition:
- Welcome to the New Look AMSAT News Service
- 2024 President's Club Coins Now Available
- W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day Summary
- VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing as of January 1, 2024
- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 5, 2024
- ARISS and Amateur Radio Featured on the TODAY Show
- Assistance Requested With CubeSat History Project
- ARISS News
- Upcoming Satellite Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
- Satellite Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.
The news feed on https://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]
amsat.org
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Welcome to the New Look AMSAT News Service
For over 30 years, the AMSAT News Service has been a text only service.
Initially, ANS was distributed via dial-up modems and packet networks. As
technology has moved on, the text only format has become a significant
limitation. In particular, the text only format was often not responsive on
mobile devices in many email clients. We hope this new format improves the
readability for our users and makes the content more engaging. We do plan
to continue tweaking this format as the year goes on.
We welcome feedback on this change at ans-editor [at] amsat.org
*[ANS thanks the AMSAT News Service Team for the above information]*
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2024 President's Club Coins Now Available
The 2024 President's Club coins are now available! This year's coin
features an image of AMSAT's next satellite - GOLF-TEE.
At all levels of membership - beginning with annual donations of $120 or
more - President's Club donors receive the following recognition:
- Listing in the AMSAT News Service and The AMSAT Journal
- Commemorative Coin ? A unique 2” metal coin with a highly polished
gold finish and four-color accents. Each year’s coin will feature a
different color scheme and different OSCAR satellite.
- Membership Certificate ? An 8.5” x 11” full-color personalized
certificate.
Donors at the Silver or higher levels receive even more benefits such as a
handsome personalized acrylic desk plaque, tickets to the annual AMSAT
Symposium, luncheons and dinners. See the table below for complete
details. (Note that recognition items are provided by an anonymous donor
and no member dues are used. 100% percent of your donation is used for
AMSAT activities.)
For persons or clubs wanting to make a contribution by check or electronic
transfer, please contact Frank Karnauskas, VP-Development at f.karnauskas
[at] amsat.org. Remember, AMSAT is a 501(c)3 corporation and your
contribution may be tax deductible. Check with your tax advisor.
For more information and to donate today, visit the AMSAT President's Club
.
*[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT Vice President - Development,
for the above information]*
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*The 2024 Coins Are Here Now!Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus.**Join
the AMSAT
President’s Club today!*
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W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day Summary
*N6UA operating during the 2024 W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day*
The W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day occurred on January 1st. Reports of
activity were received on the AMSAT-BB from several stations. Steve
Nordahl, NS3L, in Nazareth, PA reported making 13 CW QSOs on RS-44 and
JO-97:
RS-44: W3AVP, W0BZ, KD4O, N6UA, NU1U, KE8RJU/7, NM3B, VA3NNA, N8MR. NA1ME,
KN2K
JO-97: WA8FXQ, WB2TQE
Steve Greene, KS1G, in northern Virginia, reported that he worked NM3B,
N8MR, and WA3FIR on the 1350Z pass of RS-44. He did hear NS3L work NM3B,
but didn't find him later in the pass to work him too.
Scott Davis, K5TA, reported working N6UA and KA0WKQ on RS-44 and WA8FXQ on
AO-7.
Doug Tabor, N6UA, operated portable with a key attached to his leg. He
operated on two passes of RS-44 - one from the back deck and one from the
driveway. He worked NS3L, K5TA, and NA1ME and heard both WB7VUF and
KE8RJU/7.
Thanks to all for participating in this annual event!
*In March 2022, the AMSAT community lost one of our pioneers when Ray
Soifer, W2RS, became a silent key. In addition to his numerous
contributions to AMSAT and the worldwide amateur satellite community, Ray
was also the long time organizer of AMSAT’s CW Activity Day ? previously
AMSAT Straight Key Night ? held in conjunction with the ARRL’s event on New
Year’s Day. In recognition of Ray’s long time service to AMSAT and his keen
interest in CW operating via satellite, AMSAT’s CW Activity Day is now
known as the W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day.*
*[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for the
above information]*
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VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing as of January 1, 2024VUCC Satellite
Award/Endorsement Change Summary
December 01, 2023 to January 01, 2024
Call 1-Dec 1-Jan
K8DP 1581 1629
WC7V 1426 1451
AA5PK 1404 1426
N8RO 1384 1401
DL2GRC 1108 1166
N0JE 1057 1075
KC9ELU 254 1056
DG7RO 285 1005
AC9O 836 1001
XE1L 860 915
EA2AA 856 875
KG0D 700 801
JN2QCV 507 726
KJ7DZ 600 700
KK4YEL 589 674
N8MR 617 658
KB1HY 604 648
W8MTB 600 620
KC4CJ 126 602
JA1QJI 253 600
A65BR 532 554
EA3TA 400 503
JS1LQI 436 500
HP2VX 481 496
N3CAL 471 480
HB9GWJ 450 476
JA1GZK 350 435
KP3V 310 402
AG7NR 350 400
N9ZTS 302 400
DL8GAM 351 375
N6PAZ 342 350
N7ZO 304 350
AL7ID 261 320
K8BL 300 310
N7UJJ 250 308
ZS2BK 244 305
W6AER 201 302
HL1WP New 300
KH6WI 252 300
K6VHF 250 276
K9AQ 200 250
WD9EWK (DM41) 225 229
WA8ZID 202 226
KG4AKV (FM14) New 217
YV1DIG 200 213
JS2GGD 157 204
WD9EWK (DM23) 195 200
JL3OUW 123 187
AK2S New 152
N6UTC (DM15) 126 150
K9MU 100 129
N6UTC (DM14) 110 128
KB4DSL New 127
WD9EWK (DM13) 109 116
N8XHF New 106
EA3HAH New 100
WA1JAY New 100
Congratulations to the new VUCC holders!
HL1WP is first VUCC Satellite holder from PM37
N8XHF is first VUCC Satellite holder from FM16
DXCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary
December 01, 2023 to January 01, 2024
Call 1-Dec 1-Jan
S57NML 125 175
OE6MDF 143 169
VU2LBW 152 162
YO3APJ 149 162
SV8CS 150 153
LA6OP 136 143
HB9RYZ 139 141
SP3AU 136 137
KB1HY 131 135
YO9HP 108 131
F6AOJ 125 129
IK6GZM 101 124
IK4DRY 107 122
IW7DOL 116 122
K8DP 112 122
A65BR 104 112
CT1EEB 111 112
KC9ELU 101 112
AA5PK 100 110
LA7XK New 106
TF1A 102 103
LA0FA 100 102
UW8SM New 102
EA5RM 100 101
W8LR New 100
Congratulations to the new DXCC Satellite holders!
UW8SM is first DXCC Satellite holder from KN59
*[ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information]*
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 5, 2024
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
*BeliefSat-0* NORAD Cat ID 58695 IARU coordinated downlink on 145.980 MHz
The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
*VENTA 1* NORAD Cat ID 42791 Decayed from orbit on or about 03 January 2024
*[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the
above information]*
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Radio in Space.*
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ARISS and Amateur Radio Featured on the TODAY Show
On January 5, 2024, the TODAY Show featured Harry Smith of NBC News going
behind the scenes of last month's QSO between Harbor Creek School in
Pennsylvania and the ISS. Video of the segment can be seen on YouTube.
ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said of the segment: "What a
phenomenal story of a breathtaking ARISS educational experience. Our
heartiest congratulations to the Harbor Creek School: the Advanced
Technology Group students, educators, families and Leader/Assistant
Principal/ARISS Educator Drew Mortensen. WOW!!"
*[ANS thanks the TODAY Show and ARISS for the above information]*
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Assistance Requested With CubeSat History Project
A general announcement to the AMSAT community!
Prof. Robert "Bob" Twiggs KE6QMD and Dr. Aaron Zucherman KM6CHY (a former
student of his) are working on gathering and publishing a series on the
history of the creation and adoption of the CubeSat, including its direct
SmallSat forebears (AMSAT, WeberSat, OPAL, etc.) and educational picosat
successors (CanSats, PocketQubes and ThinSats). While outstanding technical
accounts have been written on the subject, we plan on focusing on the
underreported human stories and drama during this early history.
You can see our announcement here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bob-twiggs-b6163125_cubesat-smallsat-smallsatellite-activity-7103473477138989056-hUNb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
The project was also mentioned in Aviation Week:
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/cubesats-how-accidental-standard-launched-new-space-age
We specifically wanted to reach out to the AMSAT community to find those
who worked on the early educational smallsat missions and AMSAT members who
were mentors to many of the earliest (pre-2010) CubeSat mission teams.
However, if you feel you have something else to contribute to CubeSat's
history, we want to hear about it!
A list of missions we are hoping to find AMSAT members from includes:
- WeberSAT (Weber-OSCAR 18, WO-18, Microsat-3)
- OPAL (OPAL-OSCAR 38, OO-38, StenSat,)
- JAWSAT (Weber-OSCAR 39, WO-39)
- SSETI-Express (XO-53, eXpress-OSCAR 53)
- CUTE-1 (CO-55, CubeSat-OSCAR 55)
- CUTE-1.7 (CO-56, CubeSat-OSCAR 56)
- CUBESAT XI-IV (CO-57, CubeSat-OSCAR 57)
- CUBESAT XI-V (CO-58, CubeSat-OSCAR 58)
- Delfi-C3 (DO 64, Delfi-OSCAR 64)
Please feel free to contact azucherman [at] gmail.com if you are interested
in contributing.
*[ANS thanks Aaron Zucherman, PhD, KM6CHY, for the above information]*
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ARISS News
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
No contacts have been scheduled from 2023-12-21 to 2024-01-14. The complete
schedule page has been updated as of 2023-12-21 05:00 UTC.
The Service Module radio is temporarily stowed.
As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios
are turned off as part of the safety protocol.
The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &
437.800 MHz down), If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do
is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband
repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
*[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]*
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
No scheduled operations are listed at this time.
A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their
grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you
gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators
responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have
the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular
rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming
satellite passes that are accessible from your location.
*[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above
information]*
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* Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?*
Get an AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store
!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur
Radio in Space
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,
"Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be
appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at
k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!"
Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+
presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.
Scheduled EventsARISS 40th Anniversary Conference: Celebrating the Positive
Impact of Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight
Center for Space Education, Adjacent to NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s
Center, Florida, USA
February 22-24, 2024
More information is available at https://www.ariss.org/overview.html
*[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information]*
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ The ARRL has published Logbook of the World configuration file version
11.27, adding support for QSOs made through SO-121.
+ The SaxaVord Spaceport on the Scottish island of Unst in the Shetland
Islands was approved to launch rockets in 2024, the first fully licensed
orbital spaceport in Western Europe. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the
above information)
+ China launched 4 weather satellites and a pair of Beidou satellites… but
again dropped a booster full of highly toxic hypergols on someone’s house.
Video at https://bit.ly/3vo9mhu (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
- Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
- Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
- Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status
shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary
years in this status.
- Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
*73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!*
*This week's ANS Editor,*
*Paul Stoetzer, N8HM*
*n8hm [at] amsat.org *
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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:12:28 +0000
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In this edition:
* Microwave Ambitions for GOLF Satellites
* All-Ham Axiom Crew Launched for Commercial Visit to ISS
* AMSAT Argentina Celebrates 34 Years of LUSAT
* AMSAT Volunteers Needed For the Upcoming 2024 Orlando Hamcation
* IO-117 Project Group Presents the IO-117 Code of Conduct
* NASA Program Empowers Students for EZIE-Mag CubeSat Mission
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan. 18
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]
amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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ANS-021 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2024 JAN 21
Microwave Ambitions for GOLF Satellites
Recently AMSAT News Service had the opportunity to interview Zach
Metzinger, NØZGO, AMSAT Director and Volunteer Engineer, about the work
that is being done to add microwave communication bands to the GOLF
satellites.
ANS: “Zach, I understand that AMSAT will add microwave capability to the
new GOLF CubeSat satellites, currently in design and evaluation. Is this
correct?”
ZM: “Yes, that is correct! AMSAT had microwave capabilities in earlier
satellites such as AO-10 and AO-40 and only a 1.2GHz downshifter on the
newer CubeSats, that is the Fox series of satellites.
The GOLF (Greater Orbit Larger Footprint) satellites are currently under
development.
GOLF-TEE is the first of these satellites and is the technology
demonstrator for the GOLF series, which is in turn the successor to the FOX
satellites. GOLF-TEE will have more capability as we increase the
capability and functionality of our satellites, including adding microwave
bands. “
ANS: “What is driving this increased functionality of the GOLF series?”
ZM: “Due to new orbital debris regulations, the FCC will require us to be
able to be able to move as well as deorbit satellites, so we are adding the
ability to orient and steer the satellite. While this adds complexity, it
will also help us to improve the functionality of the satellite. For
example: We will now be able to have the satellite maintain direction and
orientation which will allow us to point the antenna for improved gain.
This increased functionality is causing the increase in size. The GOLF
satellites are a 3U size satellite, that is 30 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. (The
predecessor FOX satellites are 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.) With the increase in
size, we can also add other functionality, in this case the microwave
capability we are discussing here today.”
ANS: “Can you tell us a little about how this is implemented?”
ZM: “While GOLF-TEE will have the usual 2m uplink and 70 cm downlink bands,
it will also have an X-band (10 GHz) downlink transmitter. The 10 GHz SSPA
board has already been demonstrated and works well. The 10 GHz SSPA has a
peak power of 1 watt.
“We will also use a Software Defined Radio (SDR) which we will purchase.
(For the development and demonstration, we have been using the Ettus E310
radio.) This will enable many simultaneous uplink bands, for example 1.2
GHz, 2.4 GHz, 5.7 GHz, etc. The whole system is very flexible. For example,
the microwave antenna will support frequencies from 1 GHz to 26 GHz.”
ANS: “It is very exciting to hear about these improved capabilities. What
are the next steps?”
ZM: “We continue to test the system and tweak the hardware. We will be
ready to be on GOLF-TEE, which is estimated to launch in the second quarter
of 2025. If it works well, it could be turned on for general use, but of
course we will have to see. We definitely plan to have the microwave bands
operational on succeeding GOLF satellites.
One more tidbit of information that folks may find interesting: The orbit
for GOLF-TEE will be LEO. The next satellite, GOLF-1, could be LEO or
perhaps MEO or HEO.
ANS: “This is an exciting development. How can we learn more?”
ZM: “I gave a 20-minute presentation on this at the AMSAT Annual Space
Symposium, which you can see on YouTube.”
ANS: Thank you for your time, Zach!
Link to Zach Metzinger’s presentation is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcO4-h7bbxs&t=2270s
[ANS thanks Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO, AMSAT Director and Volunteer Engineer,
and Mark Blackwood, KI5AXK, AMSAT Staff Writer, for the above information.]
All-Ham Axiom Crew Launched for Commercial Visit to ISS
With retired NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, KE5GTK, and Italian
co-pilot Walter Villadei, IUØRWB, at the controls, flanked by Turkish
mission specialists Alper Gezeravci, KJ5DIY, and Marcus Wandt of Sweden,
KJ5COO, a SpaceX Falcon 9 thundered to life at 21:49 UTC Thursday and
climbed away from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center atop a
brilliant jet of flaming exhaust.
A Falcon 9 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center carrying an international
crew on a commercial mission to the space station. Image: Adam
Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.
Rocketing away along a trajectory paralleling the East Coast of the United
States, the 12-minute climb to space got off to a picture-perfect start,
thrilling area residents and tourists with a late-afternoon sky show
despite low clouds that limited the view.
Adding to the spectacle, the booster’s first stage, heralded by twin sonic
booms, flew itself back to a rocket-powered landing at the Cape Canaveral
Space Force Station, chalking up SpaceX’s 43rd landing in Florida and its
265th overall.
A few minutes later, the Crew Dragon capsule was released to fly on its
own. SpaceX Chief Engineer Bill Gerstenmaier radioed congratulations to the
crew “on a great ride to orbit. I think you’re demonstrating the ultimate
in reuse ? a reused commander, reused Dragon and a reused Falcon.”
If all goes well, López-Alegría and Villadei will monitor an automated
approach to the space station, catching up from behind and below to set up
a docking at the lab’s forward port early Saturday.
They’ll be welcomed aboard by the station’s current seven-member crew:
Soyuz MS-24/70S commander Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, and his two crewmates,
Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM, along with NASA
Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL, European Space Agency astronaut
Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, Japanese flier Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW, and
cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.
At least two ARISS school contacts are scheduled with Axiom crewmembers,
and participants in previous Axiom missions have activated the ARISS
equipment on board the Space Station for casual contacts in the past.
Once their experiments are complete, López-Alegría and his crewmates will
strap back into their Crew Dragon and undock from the space station on Feb.
3 for a fiery plunge back to Earth and splashdown off the coast of Florida.
The Axiom flights are sanctioned by NASA, which is trying to encourage
private-sector development in low-Earth orbit. The company is using the
“private astronaut missions,” or PAMs, to gain experience with orbital
operations before launching its own space station modules later this decade.
[ANS thanks spaceflightnow.com for the above information]
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The 2024 AMSAT President’s Club coins are here now!
Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus
Join the AMSAT President’s Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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AMSAT Argentina Celebrates 34 Years of LUSAT
On Jan-22, 34 years ago was launched LO-19, LUSAT, 1st Argentine Satellite,
till now emitting on 437.125 KHz.
During ‘LUSAT Week’, from Saturday-20 to Sunday-28 January 2024, AMSAT-LU,
several Radio Clubs and collaborators will deliver a QSL commemorative of
the 34rd anniversary of LUSAT, see: lusat33qsl.jpg, and the 34rd
anniversary silver certificate with 5 (five) contacts or gold with 15
(fifteen) contacts, it will not be mandatory to communicate with LU7AA.
This Certificate complies with all the requirements of Argentine Resolution
3635-E/2017, articles 4.5.4 and 4.6.4, and therefore having LU7AA in force
Legal Status and being recognized by ENACOM is valid for category
promotions.
It will be operated by radio means of the radio amateur service only, in
multiband/multimode, terrestrial HF/VHF/UHF and via active amateur
satellites. More information at LU7AA at qrz.com. Collaborators will be
calling: ‘LUxxx collaborating station of AMSAT Argentina, grants
Commemorative QSL for the 34rd Anniversary of LUSAT’.
Do not miss this Certificate or QSL like the previous ones, it will be a
pride to have it and for AMSAT your participation. Radio clubs and radio
amateurs were invited to operate as a collaborating station.
To sign up as a Collaborating station see:
https://forms.gle/iyEYE5F3gskmRdkQ8
Bases:
To obtain the QSL you must contact a collaborating station, or as a short
wave listener receive a QSO between stations related to the 34rd
anniversary event of LUSAT.
To obtain the Certificate, it will be necessary to contact (Radio amateurs)
or listen (Short Wave Listeners) by radio at least 5 collaborating stations
(silver), or 15 stations (gold) in any band and mode.
Finalized contacts or listening and after January 29:
For radio amateurs, go to https://forms.gle/c2RJE5LyBqz5erh7A and inform
your contacts, it is not necessary to send QSLs or images.
For Short Wave Listeners, go to https://forms.gle/pkHNsQuWRo4MB21DA and
report your listen stations, it is not necessary to send QSLs or images.
Issuance of the Certificate:
The LUSAT 34rd Anniversary Certificate will be issued free of charge,
digitally to the email of each applicant. The Certificate can be printed by
the recipient if desired.
More information and images: http://amsat.org.ar?f=34
Celebrating its permanence in space, our LUSAT continues to emit a strong
carrier after 34 years, receivable at 437.125 KHz. +/- Doppler.
See pass schedules at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=LUSAT
Details: http://amsat.org.ar?f=34 http://qrz.com/db/LU7AA
https://www.qrzcq.com/call/LU7AA (also in English)
Collaborating stations registration open at
https://forms.gle/iyEYE5F3gskmRdkQ8
LUSAT could be tracked/seen thru http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat
Deeply appreciation to AMSAT-NA than in the eighties develop AO-16 & LO-19
novel pacsat protocol and lead on design and launch.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina, LU7AA, for the above information]
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Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
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AMSAT Volunteers Needed For the Upcoming 2024 Orlando Hamcation
The new year is now upon us and that means the 2024 HamCation in Orlando,
Florida (Feb. 9 ? 11) is just around the corner. The hamfest began in 1946
and in 2024 celebrates its 78th year having achieved the designation as
being the 2nd largest gathering of ham operators in the world annually.
Along with a myriad of popular amateur radio vendors and enormous tailgate
area to peruse through, AMSAT will also be on hand and we could sure use
your help. If last year’s 21,800 attendees are any indication of what’s
ahead, we would greatly appreciate you sharing at least 2 to 4 hours of
your time at the AMSAT booth sometime during the three-day event,
introducing fellow hams to what amateur satellites are all about, helping
those who maybe having problems getting on the air and best of all,
connecting face to face with hams you’ve talked to on the satellites.
So if you would like to join us at the AMSAT booth or have any questions
about helping out, please contact David Jordan, AA4KN at aa4kn ＠ amsat.org.
BTW, the average temp. for Orlando in February is a high 75 deg. and low 54
deg.
… hard to beat that!!
For more details on 2024 HamCation, visit https://www.hamcation.org
[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, AMSAT Ambassador in Central Florida for the
above information]
IO-117 Project Group Presents the IO-117 Code of Conduct
A group of amateurs who regularly work the IO-117 satellite has worked to
develop a code of conduct for using this popular digipeating resource.
The purpose of the IO-117 Code of Conduct document is to provide suggested
operational guidelines that will hopefully optimize everyone’s access to
the limited resource single channel digipeater aboard IO-117. If better
messaging discipline can be adopted as well as a better understanding of
what operating techniques improve or diminish the success of a station’s
transmission being digipeated by IO-117, then the entire group of operators
on an individual pass will benefit from implementing these standards.
Those involved in this project, in alphabetical order, are: 2MØSQL, DF2ET,
FG8OJ, IK3ITB, JH8FIH, JK2XXK, KF7R, KGØD, KH6WI, KIØKB, OZ9AAR, and W8LR.
IO-117 CODE OF CONDUCT
1. LISTEN MORE TRANSMIT LESS ? Consider giving the station you are calling
several minutes to return Your call before you call again. The use of
Greencube Terminal program by OZ9AAR (GC-T) with its “yoU Heard Me” feature
(UHM ? available in the latest GC-T version, 1.0.0.85) turned on may aid in
this process. The software is available for free download at:
https://www.moonbounce.dk/hamradio/greencube-terminal-program.html
2. STATIONS SHOULD USE THE MINIMAL POWER NECESSARY TO ACCESS THE SATELLITE.
3. AVOID CALLING CQ MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 5 MINUTES.
4. AVOID DUPE QSOs ? Other than occasional contacts with friends and for
testing purposes we should discourage repeat contacts with stations already
confirmed in your log, particularly for uncommon or rare DX stations.
5. AVOID 2X ? 3X IDENTICAL TRANSMISSIONS IN BACK TO BACK TO BACK DIGIPEATS
BY ANY MEANS. The
Use of GC-T/UHM ABSOLUTLEY helps you avoid this problem.
6. WHEN CALLING A STATION, TIME YOUR TX TO WHEN THEY WILL MOST LIKELY BE
LISTENING FOR NEW CALLS. AFTER THEY SEND A CQ OR SEND ANOTHER STATION THEIR
R73 TX.
7. KEEP MESSAGES AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE ? Every millisecond saved does make a
difference. Four character grids only, not six characters.
8. AVOID SENDING SUPERFLUOUS DATA ? 599 is irrelevant on a digipeater.
Avoid sending operator names. Use 2-Letter ID for states; don’t include
city or regional quantifiers (ie: “SoCal”, just send “CA”). You can shorten
“UR 599, DN84fj, Sturgis South Dakota, LoTW, QSL?” to “DN84 SD” with no
loss of relevant information for the QSO.
9. CALLING FOR A SPECIFIC STATE IS UNNECESSARY AND UNPRODUCTIVE ? That info
is available on GC-T and the Greencube Reporter:
https://oscarwatch.org/greencube/.
10. WHEN A STATION DECLARES “SKED” IN THE TX MESSAGE DO NOT CALL THAT
STATION UNTIL THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR SCHEDULED CONTACT ? Both stations
should use SKED GRID in message & use COSI (Callsign of Special Interest).
11. WHEN WORKING A RARE CALL/GRID STATION THAT IS USING THE GC-T MULTICALL
FEATURE THEIR “R73” TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO FINISH THE QSO: GC
F/H Mode: similar to FT8 F/H mode.
12. FOR ROVERS, PUTTING YOUR ROVING GRID IN THE “R73” TRANMISSION IS
ACCEPTABLE, AS WELL AS BEING HELPFUL, TO ALL STATIONS COMING INTO THE
FOOTPRINT.
13. SUGGESTED MESSAGE FORMAT: FT8 Format (GC F/H Mode) and GRID Format: 4
Characters only NOT 6
Calling Message:
P5ABC CQ PM39
P5ABC 3Y0ABC PM39.
P5ABC 3Y0ABC/R/P PM39
Response 73 Message: 3Y0ABC P5ABC R73 or RR73
3Y0ABC/R/P P5ABC R73 JD15
14. AS A FORM OF COURTESY, THE R73 EXCHANGE IS USUALLY BILATERAL BUT ONE
MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE SATELLITE, SO THE LAST
R73 MAY BE WELCOMED BUT NOT MANDATORY ? The use of GC-T/UHM may aid you in
this decision process.
15. ROVERS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE STATION, TO INCLUDE
THE USE OF THE GC-T/UHM FEATURE WHEN INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE, IN ORDER
TO MAKE AN IO-117 ACTIVATION PRODUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL STATIONS
INVOLVED.
[ANS thanks Jeff Schwartz, KI0KB, and the IO-117 Project Group for the
above information.]
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NASA Program Empowers Students for EZIE-Mag CubeSat Mission
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) team at Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory (APL) is extending an invitation to citizen scientists,
schools, and researchers to actively participate in NASA’s CubeSat mission
set to capture the magnetic signatures of Earth’s upper atmosphere. The
project, known as EZIE-Mag, is distributing 700 Raspberry Pi-powered
experimentation kits, providing an unprecedented opportunity for
enthusiasts to contribute valuable ground-based readings to the mission.
Dr. Nelli Mosavi-Hoyer, project manager for EZIE at Johns Hopkins APL,
emphasizes the importance of citizen scientists’ involvement, stating,
“EZIE-Mag provides the mission with a unique opportunity to engage citizen
scientists in this important research. Measurements made by these kits will
be complementary to data collected by the three EZIE spacecraft.”
The core of NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer program consists of
three CubeSats, scheduled for launch in the late stages of 2024. These
CubeSats will play a pivotal role in recording the magnetic fingerprints of
Earth’s auroral electrojets ? electrical currents flowing between the outer
limits of the atmosphere and surrounding space. While the CubeSats map
these currents, the EZIE-MAG initiative aims to enhance the mission with
additional ground-based data.
Adebayo Eisape, second from left, an electrical engineering doctoral
student at Johns Hopkins University, watches as high school students with
the Lab’s ASPIRE program assemble the EZIE-Mag kit. (Image credit: Ed
Whitman/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
Dr. Jesper Gjerloev, EZIE project scientist, stresses the inclusive nature
of involving citizen scientists in the project, highlighting that it was
previously considered unfeasible due to the high costs of custom equipment,
ranging from $25,000 to $500,000. The innovative solution involved creating
a low-cost sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero single-board computer.
EZIE ground systems engineer Rob Barnes, inspired by a science fair project
with his niece and nephew, developed prototypes for the EZIE-Mag kits.
These kits, priced at just $200, include a low-cost magnetometer sensor
paired with GPS for accurate time and location data, connected to a
Raspberry Pi Zero. The cost reduction allows the team to distribute the
kits to schools free of charge.
Barnes explains, “When we distribute EZIE-Mags, the data that’s going to
come in from all these schools and places is actually going to be included
as part of the mission database. We’re going to do real science with it.
You get all the parts and they just snap together, and you’re done.”
The EZIE team will make and freely distribute approximately 700 EZIE-Mag
kits to teachers and students across the United States, with a specific
focus on Indigenous schools. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory/Ed Whitman)
The EZIE-Mag program has also formed partnerships with the Indigenous
Education Institute and Little Singer Community School, establishing five
Indigenous-based collaborative workspaces equipped with EZIE-Mag kits. In
total, up to 700 kits will be distributed to schools in underserved
communities.
Dr. Gjerloev applauds the active participation of schools, stating,
“They’re actively participating, providing data that is used in our
solutions. As a middle schooler or high schooler, you can say, ‘I’m
actually providing data and making measurements that are important and
being used for a NASA mission.’ That’s the way it should be. It’s much more
exciting than sending out a flyer.”
For those interested in joining the EZIE-Mag project, further information
and an application form for the kit are available on the project website:
https://ezie.jhuapl.edu/outreach/ezie-mag.
[ANS thanks Gareth Halfacree, hackster.io, for the above information]
Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Jan. 18
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin
files will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available
for new amateur satellites. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.
This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page for the above information]
ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
IC Statale Villa Guardia, Villa Guardia, Italy, telebridge via ZS6JON
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Walter Villadei, IUØRWB
The ARISS mentor is IZ2GOJ
Contact is go for: Mon 2024-01-22 09:35:49 UTC 44 degrees elevation
Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQUWMww9yE
Istituto Comprensivo “Anna Rita Sidoti”, Gioiosa Marea, Italy, direct via
IT9DBI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Walter Villadei, IUØRWB
The ARISS mentor is IKØWGF
Contact is go for: Wed 2024-01-24 14:37:22 UTC 40 degrees elevation
Youth Group, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Konstantin Borisov
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR
Contact is go for Thu 2024-01-25 15:30 UTC
The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &
437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is
pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband
repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
The packet system Temporarily stowed. (145.825 MHz up & down). SSTV Status
is OFF.
As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios
are turned off as part of the safety protocol.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]
Upcoming Satellite Operations
None scheduled at this time.
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information]
Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
+ Orlando HamCation 2024
Friday February 9th through Sunday February 11th, 2024
Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park
4603 West Colonial Drive
Orlando, Florida 32808
https://www.hamcation.com
+ 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Positive Impact of Amateur Radio on
Human Spaceflight
Thursday February 22nd through Saturday February 24th, 2024
Center for Space Education: Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Kennedy Space Center, M6-306 405 State Road, FL 32899
https://www.ariss.org/overview.html
+ Dayton Hamvention 2024
Friday May 17th through Sunday May 19th, 2024
Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
120 Fairground Road
Xenia, OH 45385
https://hamvention.org
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]
Satellite Shorts From All Over
GridMaster Plaque+ Congratulations to Lyle Hood, WB7VUF, for being awarded
GridMaster Award #63! This prestigious award, introduced by Star Comm Group
in 2014 and sponsored by Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM, is
now entrusted to AMSAT for the benefit of the entire AMSAT community. The
GridMaster Award recognizes amateurs worldwide who establish two-way
communication via amateur satellite with operators in all 488 Maidenhead
grids in the contiguous United States of America. More information about
this award can be found on the AMSAT website at
https://www.amsat.org/gridmaster. Well done on this remarkable achievement
Lyle! (ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards
for the above information)
+ Kudos to Tom Kenny, NJ2DX, on achieving AMSAT Century Award #60! This
distinguished recognition entails confirming satellite contacts with a mix
of one hundred USA states, Canadian provinces, or DXCC entities. Tom met
the requirements for the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award
and AMSAT Sexagesimal Award by respectively establishing satellite contacts
with twenty and sixty distinct entities from within a 40-kilometer radius
of the same location, paving the way for eligibility for this distinguished
honor. For more information about this award, please visit the AMSAT
website at https://www.amsat.org/awards. Once again, congratulations to Tom
on this exceptional accomplishment! (ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT
Director of Contests and Awards for the above information)
+ Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander was launched on January 8 under an
experimental new partnership between NASA and private industry intended to
reduce costs for American taxpayers and seed a lunar economy. But it
experienced an explosion shortly after separating from its rocket and had
been leaking fuel, making it impossible to reach its destination.
Astrobotic announced that it had lost contact with its spacecraft shortly
before 2100 GMT Thursday, January 18, indicating a “controlled re-entry
over open water” as it had predicted. Engineers had executed a series of
small engine burns to position the golf cart-sized robot over the South
Pacific to “minimize the risk of debris reaching land.” (ANS thanks Space
Daily for the above information)
+ After a leisurely, fuel-efficient trip to the Moon, the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) SLIM lander (aka “Moon Sniper”) attempted a
pinpoint landing at 15:20 UTC on Jan. 19. Pinpoint in this context means
shooting for a landing area ellipse of 100 x 100 meters after a 20-minute
autonomous descent process. That’s a smaller target area than ever
attempted by a lunar lander, though China’s Chang’e 3 lander managed to
land 89 meters from the center of its 6,000 x 6,000 meter target in 2013.
While the soft landing was a success, JAXA is still analyzing data to
determine the precision of the landing. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index and
JAXA for the above information)
+ The Chinese Academy of Sciences, ESA, and the Max Planck Institute for
Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany collaborated on the Einstein Probe, an
X-ray telescope that launched last week on a Long March 2C. The telescope
will observe X-ray bursts from energetic sources such as neutron star
mergers and black holes and will monitor how these change over time. It
will orbit Earth at 600 km and carry two instruments. The Wide-field X-ray
Telescope (WXT) uses hundreds of thousands of square fibers “inspired by
the eyes of lobsters” which can collectively image almost a tenth of the
celestial sphere at a time. Once sources are identified, they can be imaged
in more detail with the narrower but more sensitive, two-module Follow-up
X-ray Telescope (FXT). (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information)
Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status
shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary
years in this status.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week’s ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM
k0jm [at] amsat.org
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From: ans ＠ amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer via ANS)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:03:19 +0000
Subject: [jamsat-news:3856]
[ANS] ANS-025 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT Responds
to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)
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*AMSAT *News Service Special Bulletin*ANS-025*
*January 25, 2024*
In this edition:
- AMSAT Responds to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.
The news feed on https://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]
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AMSAT Responds to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)
We were saddened to learn this morning that S5Lab plans to decommission
IO-117 (GreenCube) and execute a passivation operation on February 5, 2024.
AMSAT stands ready to leverage our decades of experience and work with
S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT organizations, and the amateur satellite
community at large to overcome any obstacles, regulatory or otherwise, to
keeping IO-117 in service for as long as possible. This afternoon, AMSAT
President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, sent the following letter to S5Lab
expressing our desire to provide any support we can to keep the satellite
in operation.
January 25, 2024
Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory (S5Lab)
Sapienza University of Rome
Via Email
To The GreenCube Team:
Over the past 13+ months, amateur satellite operators around the world have
enjoyed the use of the digipeater on GreenCube (IO-117). As amateur radio’s
first satellite in a medium earth orbit (MEO), it has opened worldwide
long-distance contacts via amateur radio satellite that had not been
possible since the loss of AMSAT-OSCAR 40 in 2004. As this letter is being
written, a DXpedition to Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean has made
contact with several hundred amateur operators around the world ? the first
activation of this rare location on amateur satellite in over 30 years.
AMSAT and the amateur satellite community greatly appreciate your team
making this wonderful resource available.
Not only has this satellite been a great resource to the amateur community,
but the amateur community has also assisted GreenCube’s mission by
uploading millions of frames of data received ? including much data from
when the satellite is not within the primary ground station’s footprint.
Launches above low earth orbit are rarely available for amateur satellite
missions. Since the first amateur radio satellite launched in 1962, fewer
than ten have gone to orbits beyond LEO and only QO-100 (available to only
part of the world) and IO-117 remain in service.
Due to the unique orbit and capabilities, we request that S5Lab postpone
the scheduled passivation operation and keep the satellite’s digipeater in
service. Amateur satellites have a long tradition of extended lifetimes.
Amateur radio operators still utilize AMSAT-OSCAR 7 ? launched nearly fifty
years ago in 1974 ? for communications on a daily basis. Many other amateur
radio satellites have been actively used for ten to twenty years. AMSAT
stands ready to leverage our 55 years of experience in managing amateur
radio satellites and work with S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT
organizations, and the amateur satellite community at large to overcome any
obstacles, regulatory or otherwise, to keeping GreenCube in service for as
long as possible.
Sincerely,
Robert Bankston, KE4AL
President
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
A PDF copy of this letter can be found at
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Letter-from-AMSAT-to-S5Lab-25-Jan-2024.pdf
*[ANS thanks AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above
information]*
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
- Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
- Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
- Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status
shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary
years in this status.
- Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
*73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!*
*This week's ANS Editor,*
*Paul Stoetzer, N8HM*
*n8hm [at] amsat.org *
*ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:12:57 +0000
Subject: [jamsat-news:3857]
[ANS] ANS-028 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Jan. 28
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-028
In this edition:
- IO-117 GreenCube to cease operating on February 5
- AMSAT Responds to Scheduled Decommisioning of IO-117
- Apogee View
- New, Portable Antenna Satellite Antenna Design is Perfect for ECOM
- AMSAT Thanks 2023 President’s Club Members
- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 26, 2024
- ARISS News
- Upcoming Satellite Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
- Satellite Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes
news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
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ANS-028 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2024 JAN 28
IO-117 GreenCube to cease operating on February 5
At 1622 GMT on Thursday, January 25, 2024 @S5Lab posted on X that the
GreenCube IO-117 Digipeater would be permanently deactivated on February 5.
Designed and developed by students of Sapienza University of Rome,
GreenCube IO-117 was the first satellite to carry an amateur radio payload
into Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) ? 6,000 km.
The S5Lab post on X said:
Dear Friends,
After one year and a half of operations, it is time to conclude the
GreenCube operations with the planned de-commissioning activities. After
the conclusion of the nominal experiment and with the digipeater payload
active for more than one year, we will perform the passivation operations
for the satellite.
The planned passivation operations will be executed on Monday, 5 February
2024, at 00:00 UTC. From that day, GreenCube will be completely passivated
and the digipeater will be switched off for good.
We want to thank everyone that endorsed, supported or participated in the
mission and the radio amateur community that enthusiastically became a true
part of our project. We hope that GreenCube will somehow be part of your
memories of radio amateurs, space engineering enthusiasts, and we hope to
involve you soon in many more adventures.
Thanks once again for the unbelievable memories shared together… See you
soon!
The GreenCube Team at S5Lab
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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AMSAT Responds to Scheduled Decommisioning of IO-117
AMSAT leadership, as were all amateurs, saddened to learn that S5Lab plans
to decommission IO-117 (GreenCube) and execute a passivation operation on
February 5, 2024. AMSAT stands ready to leverage its decades of experience
and work with S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT organizations, and the
amateur satellite community at large to overcome any obstacles, regulatory
or otherwise, to keeping IO-117 in service for as long as possible. This
afternoon, AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, sent the following
letter to S5Lab expressing its desire to provide any support it can to keep
the satellite in operation.
January 25, 2024
Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory (S5Lab)
Sapienza University of Rome
Via Email
To The GreenCube Team:
Over the past 13+ months, amateur satellite operators around the world have
enjoyed the use of the digipeater on GreenCube (IO-117). As amateur radio’s
first satellite in a medium earth orbit (MEO), it has opened worldwide
long-distance contacts via amateur radio satellite that had not been
possible since the loss of AMSAT-OSCAR 40 in 2004. As this letter is being
written, a DXpedition to Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean has made
contact with several hundred amateur operators around the world ? the first
activation of this rare location on amateur satellite in over 30 years.
AMSAT and the amateur satellite community greatly appreciate your team
making this wonderful resource available.
Not only has this satellite been a great resource to the amateur community,
but the amateur community has also assisted GreenCube’s mission by
uploading millions of frames of data received ? including much data from
when the satellite is not within the primary ground station’s footprint.
Launches above low earth orbit are rarely available for amateur satellite
missions. Since the first amateur radio satellite launched in 1962, fewer
than ten have gone to orbits beyond LEO and only QO-100 (available to only
part of the world) and IO-117 remain in service.
Due to the unique orbit and capabilities, we request that S5Lab postpone
the scheduled passivation operation and keep the satellite’s digipeater in
service. Amateur satellites have a long tradition of extended lifetimes.
Amateur radio operators still utilize AMSAT-OSCAR 7 ? launched nearly fifty
years ago in 1974 ? for communications on a daily basis. Many other amateur
radio satellites have been actively used for ten to twenty years. AMSAT
stands ready to leverage our 55 years of experience in managing amateur
radio satellites and work with S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT
organizations, and the amateur satellite community at large to overcome any
obstacles, regulatory or otherwise, to keeping GreenCube in service for as
long as possible.
Sincerely,
Robert Bankston, KE4AL
President
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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Apogee View
As 2023 comes to a close, it is a great time to reflect on where we are,
what we have accomplished, and what is waiting for us over the next
horizon. 2023 has passed by so quickly. Our presence at Hamcation led right
into Hamvention, followed by our annual Symposium. We shared the AMSAT
story with attendees at the CubeSat Developers Workshop and developed
strategic contacts with others in the space industry. Our engineers on the
GOLF team found a solution for an attitude determination and control system
? a major sticking point in developing GOLF-TEE. The Fox Plus team made
significant progress, with the possibility of being able to launch their
first satellite at the end of the coming year. Our volunteers in the ASCENT
program developed a new packet radio that will fly on an upcoming Fox Plus
mission and started work on a software-defined radio (SDR) that will add
greater flexibility to how we communicate in future flights. Additionally,
if that was not enough, our Education and CubeSat Simulator team is nearing
completion of the new v1.3 AMSAT CubeSat Simulator, which incorporates a
Raspberry Pi Pico microprocessor.
AMSAT should…
Not a day goes by when an AMSAT member does not recommend a great idea to
advance amateur radio in space, expand our communications footprint,
educate new satellite operators, and make our organization more efficient.
While I would love to implement each and every one of them, we do not have
the resources to make it happen.
While we have never been in a better position financially, we need to have
the necessary people to bring all these great ideas and dreams into
reality. AMSAT is an all-volunteer organization. As such, we rely on our
members to not only invest their hard-earned dollars but also roll up their
sleeves to design, build, and launch amateur radio payloads into space.
Being short-staffed is not the end of the world, nor does it mean we must
give up on our dreams. We just need to find creative ways to make it happen.
One solution is to partner with other AMSAT organizations worldwide on
future satellite projects. We have already proven that together, we can
accomplish so much more.
Additionally, we can outsource some of the basic satellite systems and
components we have already mastered and focus our limited human resources
on developing new technologies and communication methods. When AMSAT was
formed in 1969, we were the only game in town. Now, you can’t google
satellites without stumbling across a trove of commercial vendors who offer
complete, flight-proven satellite packages with just a click of a button.
This same outsourcing principle can be applied not only to building
satellites but to our administrative and back-office tasks, as well. We
desperately need someone to assist in providing the quality of service that
our members deserve, and our website seriously needs a complete makeover
and rewrite.
In closing, I want to thank each of our volunteers and members personally.
None of this would have been possible without your hard work, dedication,
and support. We have an opportunity to achieve so much more with you. As we
move forward into the coming year and beyond, I hope your generosity will
continue.
Until the next time, 73!
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above
information.]
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New, Portable Antenna Satellite Antenna Design is Perfect for ECOM
Researchers at Stanford University and the American University of Beirut
(AUB) have developed a portable antenna that could be quickly deployed in
disaster-prone areas or used to set up communications in underdeveloped
regions. The antenna, described recently in Nature Communications, packs
down to a small size and can easily shift between two configurations to
communicate either with satellites or devices on the ground.
“The state-of-the-art solutions typically employed in [disaster] areas are
heavy, metallic dishes. They’re not easy to move around, they require a lot
of power to operate, and they’re not particularly cost-effective,” said
Maria Sakovsky, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at
Stanford.
The antenna designed by Sakovsky and her colleagues at AUB is made of fiber
composites (a material often used in satellites) and resembles a child’s
finger-trap toy, with multiple strips of material crossing in spirals. Just
like any helix-based antenna, conductive material running through the
antenna sends out signals, but thanks to its unique structure, the
researchers can adjust the pattern and power of those signals in the new
antenna by pulling it into longer shapes or shorter shapes.
“Because we wanted the antenna to be able to collapse into a packable
shape, we started with this structure that led us to a very untraditional
antenna design,” Sakovsky said. At its most compact, the antenna is a
hollow ring that stands just over 1 inch tall and about 5 inches across ?
not much larger than a bracelet ? and weighs 1.4 ounces. In this shape,
it’s able to reach satellites with a high-power signal sent in a particular
direction. When stretched out to about a foot tall, the antenna sends a
lower power signal in all directions.
“The frequency you want to operate at will dictate how large the antenna
needs to be, but we’ve been able to show that no matter what frequency you
operate at, you can scale this design principle to achieve the same
performance,” Sakovsky said. To be deployed in the field, the antenna would
need to be paired with a transceiver to send and receive signals, a ground
plane to reflect radio waves, and other electronics, but the whole package
would still only weigh about 2 pounds.
Read the complete story at http://tinyurl.com/ANS-028-Antenna.
[ANS thanks Stanford News and Space Daily for the above information.]
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AMSAT Thanks 2023 President’s Club Members
AMSAT gratefully recognizes the generous members of the 2023 AMSAT
President’s Club. These AMSAT members together contributed $52,542 in 2023
to support AMSAT’s continuing innovations in engineering and educational
programs. Since its inception three years ago, President’s Club members
have raised well over $150,000 as AMSAT prepares for Amateur Radio’s
continued presence in space with the Fox Plus and GOLF programs.
AMSAT invites you to become a member of this select group by visiting the
announcement at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/.
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*GOLD LEVEL ($1,200+)*
John Botti, KC8OKB
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*SILVER LEVEL ($600+)*
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Scott Shaheen, WB8OOJ
Jason Schwarz, N4JJS
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Allen Kenny, KK4AK
Edward Krome, K9EK
Donald Lum, WA6ICW
Bruce Perens, K6BP
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Dave Taylor, W8AAS
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*CORE LEVEL ($120+)*
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Todd Dugdale, KD0TLS
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Stephan Greene, KS1G
David Hartrum, WA3YDZ
Brian Lopeman, KI7WXP
Art Payne, VE3GNF
Thomas Schaefer, NY4I
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Martin Shinko, KB3AEV
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
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Jeremy Wyatt, KA2PFD
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[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP ? Development for the above
information.]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 26, 2024
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. Elements in
the TLE bulletin files are updated daily. TLE bulletin files are updated to
add or remove satellites as necessary Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or
more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More
information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.
The following satellites have been removed from this week’s AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
DCBB NORAD Cat ID 40912 Decayed from orbit on or about 21 January 2024
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the
above information.]
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
*Upcoming Contacts*
Omer Cemile Guler Imam Hatip Secondary School, Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey,
telebridge via VK4KHZ.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TC100ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Alper Gezeravci, KJ5DIY.
The ARISS mentor is ON6TI.
Contact is go for Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 13:36:20 UTC.
Bandirma Sehit Guvenc Anatolian High School, Balikesir, Bandirma, Turkey,
telebridge via IK1SLD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TC100ISS.
The scheduled crewmember is Alper Gezeravci, KJ5DIY.
The ARISS mentor is ON6TI.
Contact is go for: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 12:10:37 UTC.
Bilingual Montessori School of Lund (Stiftelsen BMSL), Lund, Sweden,
telebridge via VK4KHZ.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled crewmember is Marcus Wandt, KJ5COO.
The ARISS mentor is ON6TI.
Contact is go for: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 12:48:03 UTC.
Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, Huntsville, AL, direct
via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL.
The ARISS mentor is W4NTR.
Contact is go for: Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 17:31:46 UTC.
Thrive Home School Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, direct via AFØS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled crewmember is Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM.
The ARISS mentor is KD8COJ.
Contact is go for: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 18:17:46 UTC.
*Completed Contacts*
IC Statale Villa Guardia, Villa Guardia, Italy, telebridge via ZS6JON.
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The crewmember was Walter Villadei, IUØRWB.
The ARISS mentor was IZ2GOJ.
Contact was successful on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 09:35 UTC.
Watch the Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQUWMww9yE.
Istituto Comprensivo “Anna Rita Sidoti”, Gioiosa Marea, Italy, direct via
IT9DBI.
The ISS callsign was IRØISS.
The crewmember was Walter Villadei, IUØRWB.
The ARISS mentor was IKØWGF.
Contact was successful on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 14:37 UTC.
Center for Children’s (Youth) Technical Creativity “Young Motorist”, Nizhny
Novgorod, Russia, direct via UB3T.
The ISS callsign was RSØISS.
The crewmember was Konstantin Borisov.
The ARISS mentor was RV3DR.
Contact was successful on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 15:30 UTC.
The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &
437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is
pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband
repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
The Service Module radio, the Kenwood D710GA, normally operating as a APRS
packet repeater is currently stowed.
As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios
are turned off as part of the safety protocol.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
None currently listed.
A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their
grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you
gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators
responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have
the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular
rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming
satellite passes that are accessible from your location.
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above
information.]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
- Orlando HamCation 2024
Friday February 9th through Sunday February 11th, 2024
Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park
4603 West Colonial Drive
Orlando, Florida 32808
https://www.hamcation.com
- 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Positive Impact of Amateur Radio
on Human Spaceflight
Thursday February 22nd through Saturday February 24th, 2024
Center for Space Education: Astronauts Memorial Foundation
Kennedy Space Center, M6-306 405 State Road, FL 32899
https://www.ariss.org/overview.html
- 2024 CubeSat Developer’s Workshop
April 23-25, 2024
San Luis Obispo, CA
https://www.cubesatdw.org/
- Dayton Hamvention 2024
Friday May 17th through Sunday May 19th, 2024
Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
120 Fairground Road
Xenia, OH 45385
https://hamvention.org
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) was named
Partner of the Month of the International Space Station National
Laboratory, which is managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science
in Space (CASIS) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Using amateur
radio, ARISS offers students around the world opportunities to talk with
astronauts on the International Space Station. A primary goal of ARISS is
to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
subjects and careers among young students. ARISS is a cooperative venture
of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) in the United States, and other international space agencies and
international amateur radio organizations around the world. [ANS thanks
ARRL for the above information.]
- Ingenuity, the little Mars helicopter that could, can’t anymore. At
least one rotor broke during the robotic flying machine’s most recent
flight last week, NASA officials announced on Thursday. Ingenuity remains
in contact with its companion, the Perseverance rover, which has been
exploring a dried-up riverbed for signs of extinct Martian life. Ingenuity
will now be left behind. [ANS thanks the New York Times for the above
information.]
- The International Space Station might keep flying past 2030. A senior
NASA official said there is “no big concern” about the health of the
International Space Station (ISS) that would require an operational stop
six years from now, when the current agreement expires between most of the
ISS partners. “There’s nothing magical that happens in 2030,” according to
Steve Stich, the manager of the commercial crew program at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston. Stich said NASA is eyeing the progress of
commercial space stations that will host agency astronauts and science in
the 2030s. “We want them [the commercial stations] to be supportive, and
then when they’re ready to go, that’s when ISS will move out of the way.”
[ANS thanks the Space.com for the above information.]
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
- Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
- Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
- Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status
shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary
years in this status.
- Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week’s ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw [at] amsat [dot] org
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