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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">* Eleven U.S. Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process</span></div>
<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">* Tevel Satellites Added to ARRL Logbook of the World</span></div>
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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.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Eleven U.S. Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announce the schools/host organizations
selected for the January-June 2024 window. A total 11 of the submitted ARISS Education Proposals during the recent proposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS.
The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness of space communications, radio communications, space exploration, and related areas of study and
career possibilities.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling opportunities for these US host organizations.
They are now at work completing an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS operations team, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as
their availability and flexibility match up with the scheduling opportunities offered by NASA in January through June 2024.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Belmont Elementary School Woodbridge, Virginia</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), "The National Association for Amateur Radio," has recently added the
Tevel satellites, numbers one through eight, to the list of acceptable satellites in its widely used Logbook of the World (LoTW) online system. Those who have made contacts using these satellites may now upload those QSOs to LoTW for possible confirmation,
if the other station has done likewise.</span></div>
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opened. The current list of accepted satellites for LoTW may always be found in the LoTW help pages at: https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/frequently-asked-questions/#sats</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Most published identification for the Tevel satellites, including many distributions of Keplerian elements,
show these satellites as Tevel-1, Tevel-2, etc. Unfortunately, LoTW will only accept the names of the satellites in all upper case and without the hyphen: TEVEL1, TEVEL2, etc.</span></div>
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logged satellite name may not match what LoTW is expecting, resulting in an error or rejected upload.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">SatPC32 has a provision for correcting this issue. SatPC32 users may edit the AmsatNames.txt file in order to
translate the satellite name from that in the Keplerian elements file to a name compatible with LoTW. By clicking on the ? on the top line of the SatPC32 window, and selecting "Auxiliary Files" from the pull down menu, the user may select AmsatNames.txt and
the file will open for editing.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Being careful to follow the directions at the top of the text file, the following lines can be added to AmsatName.txt
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">51069 22002CP TEVEL2</span></div>
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the satellite names in the Doppler.SQF file should also be changed to upper case without hyphens, and the file saved.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">When the SatPC32 program is restarted, the satellites previously named Tevel-1, Tevel-2, and following, will
appear as TEVEL1, TEVEL2, and following, in the satellite list. It will then be necessary to open the SatPC32 Satellite menu and delete the lower case names from the list of selected active satellites, and to then re-select the new, upper case names from the
left column of available satellites.</span></div>
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that copies the satellite name directly from the tracking program will automatically record the correct name for upload to LoTW. This will make use of Logbook of the World very efficient for all future contacts with the Tevel satellites.</span></div>
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the CAS satellites that go by several names.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The second-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track to lift
off this weekend. The crew includes three licensed amateurs: John Shoffner, KO4MJC; Ali Alqarni, 7Z1AJ; and Rayyanah Barnawi, 7Z1RB.</span></div>
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The Ax-2 astronauts will ride a SpaceX Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab, getting there around 13:30 UTC on Monday, May 21.</span></div>
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called for a 10-day ISS stay. During their stay, the amateurs on the AX-2 crew will attempt several ARISS contacts, and may possibly offer opportunities for general amateur QSOs with the ISS.</span></div>
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hardware. The first, Ax-1, sent four people to the orbiting lab for more than two weeks in April 2022. That crew was quite active on amateur radio during their stay on the ISS.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Ax-2 is also groundbreaking. Two of the mission's crewmembers, Barnawi and AlQarni, will become the first Saudi
Arabians to visit to the ISS. Barnawi will be the first Saudi woman ever to reach space.</span></div>
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Whitson has racked up a total of 665 days off Earth — more than any other American and any other woman. NASA currently requires that all private astronaut flights to the ISS be led by a former agency astronaut.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">AMSAT solicits nominations for the 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors election, to be held in the third quarter of
the year. The seats of the following four incumbent Directors expire in 2023 and will be filled by this year's election:</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> - Joesph Armbruster, KJ4JIO</span></div>
<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> - Robert Bankston, KE4AL</span></div>
<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> - Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Further, up to two Alternate Directors may be elected for one-year terms. A valid nomination for Director must
be written and requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member. Written nominations, with the nominee's name, call sign, and contact information, as well as the nominators' names, call signs,
and contact information, should be sent to the AMSAT Secretary:</span></div>
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to accept written nomination materials via mail or in electronic form, including email or electronic image of a paper document. Fax transmissions cannot be accepted.</span></div>
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will verify the qualifications of candidates and nominating members or Member Societies as petitions are received, and will notify candidates whether their nominations are in order by the end of June.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The AMSAT Field Day 2023 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as
specified in ARRL rules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur satellites, both analog and digital. Note that no points will be credited for any contacts beyond the ONE allowed via each single-channel FM satellite. Operators
are encouraged not to make any extra contacts via theses satellites (Ex: SO-50). CW contacts and digital contacts are worth three points as outlined below.</span></div>
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modes such as V/u and L/s modes both turned on, one contact each is allowed. If the PBBS is on - see Pacsats below, ISS (1 phone and 1 digital), Contacts with the ISS crew will count for one contact if they are active. PCSat (I, II, etc.) (1 digital),</span></div>
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two-way exchanges. The one contact per FM satellite is not applied to digital transponders.</span></div>
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is not allowed.</span></div>
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Do not post "CQ" messages. Simply upload ONE greeting message to each satellite and download as many greeting messages as possible from each satellite. The subject of the uploaded file should be posted as Field Day Greetings, addressed to ALL. The purpose
of this portion of the competition is to demonstrate digital satellite communications to other Field Day participants and observers. Do not reply to the Field Day Greetings addressed to ALL.</span></div>
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or messages not addressed to ALL are not to be counted for the event. Save DIR listings and message files for later "proof of contact."</span></div>
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2A, in the AMSAT-Houston group with the Houston Amateur Television Society and the Houston QRP club. All the best and 73!</span></div>
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class from those at home connected to commercial power. On the report form simply check off Emergency or Commercial for the Power Source and be sure to specify your ARRL operating class (2A, 1C, etc.).</span></div>
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by KK5DO (e-mail) by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. This year, we are using the same due date as the ARRL. The only method for submitting your log is via e-mail to kk5do@amsat.org or kk5do@arrl.net. I have not had a mail-in entry in over 6 years,
probably even longer than that.</span></div>
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do not receive a confirmation message, then I have not received your submission. Try sending it again or send it to my other e-mail address.</span></div>
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and Space Symposium in the fall of 2023. Certificates will also be awarded to the second and third place portable/emergency operation in addition to the first-place home station running on emergency power. A station submitting high, award-winning scores will
be requested to send in dupe sheets for analog contacts and message listings for digital downloads.</span></div>
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and there may even be satellite problems, but the goal is to test your ability to operate in an emergency situation. Try different gear. Demonstrate satellite operations to hams that don't even know the HAMSATS exist. Test your equipment. Avoid making more
than ONE contact via the FM-only voice HAMSATS or the ISS, and enjoy the event!</span></div>
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Field Day as a "picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!" The event takes place during a 23-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2023 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on
Saturday June 24, 2023 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 25, 2023. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 24 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites,
held concurrently with the ARRL event.</span></div>
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should check the AMSAT status page at http://www.amsat.org/status/ and the pages at https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ for what is available in the weeks leading up to Field Day. To reduce the amount of time to research each satellite, see the current
FM satellite table at https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/ and the current linear satellite table at https://www.amsat.org/linear-satellite-frequency-summary/</span></div>
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It might be easier this year to make that one FM contact for the ARRL bonus points with so many FM birds. The congestion on FM LEO satellites is always so intense that we must continue to limit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International
Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice.</span></div>
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There is nothing in the rules that would prohibit this. This is nothing more than a single station working multiple QSO's. If a station were to act as a control station and give QSO's to every other field day station, the control station would still only be
allowed to turn in one QSO per FM satellite while the other station would be able to submit one QSO.</span></div>
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other station (3-way exchange required) with all the same information as normally exchanged for ARRL Field Day,</span></div>
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can be made on some of the less-populated, low-earth-orbit satellites like FO-29, AO-7, EO-88 or the XW satellites. During Field Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The good news is that the transponders on these satellites will support
multiple simultaneous contacts. The bad news is that you can't use FM, just low duty-cycle modes like SSB and CW.</span></div>
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surface in the coming years. While there are various motivations for these missions, such as geopolitical interests and the search for lunar resources, the field of astronomy is expected to greatly benefit from this renewed focus on the Moon. One significant
advantage is the lunar far side, which provides a radio-quiet environment, shielded from human-generated radio signals and solar interference. This makes it an ideal location for radio astronomy, especially for studying the cosmic "dark ages" and the structure
of the early universe. The Moon's stability and the presence of shadowed craters at its poles offer opportunities for optical, infrared, and gravitational wave astronomy, as well as the potential detection of radio waves from exoplanet magnetospheres. However,
there is a need to balance lunar exploration activities with protecting the unique scientific value of certain lunar locations.</span></div>
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unparalleled radio-quiet environment. This makes it an ideal platform for conducting low-frequency radio astronomy, enabling the study of the cosmic "dark ages" and the early universe's hydrogen clouds. The 21cm wavelength emissions from neutral hydrogen in
the early universe, shifted to longer wavelengths due to the universe's expansion, can be studied from the lunar far side, offering insights into the universe's early stages.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The far side of the Moon also holds potential for detecting radio waves from exoplanet magnetospheres and signals
from intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations. The long wavelengths of these radio waves require a radio-quiet environment, making the far side an ideal location for such observations. Furthermore, exploring unexplored regions of the radio spectrum may lead
to unexpected discoveries of new phenomena. However, it is crucial to ensure that human activities on the far side do not create unwanted radio interference that could hinder these observations and scientific endeavors.</span></div>
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other types of astronomy. Infrared telescopes, which are sensitive to heat, can benefit from the cold, shadowed craters at the lunar poles that provide natural shielding. The low gravity on the Moon allows for the construction of larger telescopes than what
is feasible in free space. This could make the Moon the future hub for infrared astronomy. Additionally, the lunar surface, bombarded by solar wind and cosmic rays for billions of years, holds a wealth of information about the Sun and the Milky Way's evolution.</span></div>
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protect lunar locations that are uniquely valuable for scientific research. Human activities and plans for resource extraction, such as water-ice from shadowed craters, must be carefully managed to minimize interference with astronomical observations. Preserving
the pristine environment of the lunar far side and other scientifically important regions will be crucial to ensure the long-term benefits of lunar exploration for astronomy.</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be HZØISS</span></div>
<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The scheduled crewmember is John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni 7Z1AJ, or Rayyanah Barnawi 7Z1RB</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The scheduled crewmember is John Shoffner KO4MJC</span></div>
<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The ARISS mentor is AA6TB</span></div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Courier New", monospace;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The ARISS mentor is W8AAS</span></div>
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into PWM and after a short road trip, I’ll be in FN54 through the 26th. In each location, the usual scenario will apply: emphasis will be on grid lines whenever possible. I would love to do the 56/66/57/67 confluence but I’m not sure how much time I’m willing
to invest in locating the owner of that field! Pass list(s) are under development. Watch Twitter and hams.at for the minutia.</span></div>
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AMSAT who has confirmed over five thousand contacts via satellite, activated eighty seven Maidenhead grid squares, and completed his AMSAT GridMaster Award in 2022. News tips can be forwarded to Mitch, and to all ANS editors, at ans-editor [at] amsat [dot]
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Middle School, in Coventry, RI on Tuesday May 23rd. This will be part of a presentation on ham radio to about 350 students in their 8th grade STEM program. N1DM will be the operator and will attempt to work any available satellites during the demo portion
of the program which will occur somewhere in the period of 1300 to 1500 UTC. W1OP/N1DM requests if you make a QSO in addition to call and grid square you give your STATE or PROVINCE. (ANS thanks Dom Mallozzi, N1DM for the above information.)</span></div>
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its recently completed second flight as part of on-orbit testing. Private firm Leolabs, which provides space situational awareness data through its global network of radars for tracking objects in low Earth orbit, said its analysis found evidence of what appeared
to be at least two and possibly three capture/docking operations with a co-orbiting object. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information)</span></div>
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of information, operated by various governments and commercial entities, can prove challenging for researchers looking to fully harness the potential of these orbital sensors. Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have introduced a digital platform
named the New Observing Strategies Testbed (NOS-T), a tool that facilitates the exchange of limited, approved data messages, ensuring data sharing without revealing sensitive information, control algorithms, or proprietary technologies. Leveraging multiple
satellites enables continuous monitoring of specific locations, which can be applied to tasks such as wildfire detection and landslide prediction.(ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information)</span></div>
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consecutive successful mission for the company’s Falcon rocket family, a record unmatched by any other space launch vehicle. (ANS thanks SpaceFlight Now for the above information)</span></div>
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May 10 – the first since the station was completed in November. The uncrewed ship – carrying 7.4 tons of fuel, food and other supplies – was launched on top of a Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport in southern China’s Hainan island, according to
the China Manned Space Agency. The upgraded Tianzhou cargo spacecraft has expanded capacity, which means China will need to launch a Tianzhou mission once every eight months, instead of every six months, as previously. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information)</span></div>
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