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<font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT NEWS SERVICE</span></font><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ANS-168</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In this edition:</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">* Starliner Brings Another Ham to ISS<br>* </span></font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4">Q&A Session with AMSAT Engineering</font></span><br><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">* Voyager 1 is Back To Life, But For How Long?<br>* AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 1, 2024<br>* The 2024 AMSAT Field Day Rules<br>* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for June 14<br>* ARISS News<br>* Upcoming Satellite Operations<br>* AMSAT Ambassador Activities<br>* Satellite Shorts From All Over</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">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.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The news feed on <a href="http://www.amsat.org" target="_blank">http://www.amsat.org</a> publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] <a href="http://amsat.org" target="_blank">amsat.org</a></b></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: <a href="https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/" target="_blank">https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/</a></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ANS-168 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">DATE 2024 June 16</span></font></p><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Starliner Brings Another Ham to ISS</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Working
around multiple helium leaks and thruster problems, the crew of
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wrapped up a challenging rendezvous and a
delayed-but-successful docking with the International Space Station
Thursday in a major milestone for the new ship’s first piloted test
flight.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">With
commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams, KD5PLB,
monitoring the Starliner’s automated approach, the Starliner’s docking
mechanism engaged its counterpart on the front of the station’s forward
Harmony module at 17:34 UTC on June 8 as the two spacecraft were sailing
260 miles above the Indian Ocean.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">After
extensive checks to verify an airtight seal, hatches were opened and
Wilmore and Williams floated into the lab complex to an enthusiastic
welcome from the seven Expedition 71 crew members: cosmonauts Oleg
Kononenko, RN3DX, Nicolai Chub and Alexander Grebenkin, RZ3DSE, along
with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, KCØTOR, Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ,
Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU, and Tracy Dyson.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Wilmore
and Williams plan to spend about a week aboard the outpost before
returning to Earth aboard the Starliner. While they’re there, the
station crew will install a replacement urine processor pump module that
was loaded aboard the Starliner at the last minute to fix the lab’s
water recycling system and allow normal use of the toilet in the U.S.
segment of the station.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Running
years behind schedule after multiple problems that cost Boeing some
$1.4 billion to correct, the Starliner was launched Wednesday with a
known helium leak in the system used to pressurize the spacecraft’s
propulsion system. Launch had been delayed a month, in part because of
work to confirm the ship could safely be launched with the leak as is.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">After
reaching orbit, two more helium leaks developed that prompted flight
controllers to close valves leading to the affected plumbing, or
manifolds, while they analyzed leak rates and potential work arounds.
Closing the manifolds took down five of 28 reaction control system jets
in the ship’s service module and three of 20 more powerful “OMAC”
thrusters.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Docking
had to be delayed because five RCS jets were “deselected” by the
capsule’s flight software when telemetry showed they were not performing
exactly as expected. It was unclear if there would be sufficient
maneuverability for the docking to proceed.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Throughout
the process, Wilmore flew the Starliner manually, holding position
about 650 feet from the space station. When ground teams concluded the
spacecraft had enough thruster redundancy to proceed, the Starliner’s
automated control system took over and flew the ship in for a
problem-free docking.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">As
if the team hadn’t had enough problems to deal with, a fourth and a
fifth helium leaks were detected after docking. In any case, per
standard procedure, flight controllers closed all the Starliner’s helium
manifolds after the linkup to prevent any residual leakage while
attached to the station.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Despite
the leaks, NASA officials said more than enough helium remains on board
to ensure a safe return to Earth at the end of a normal-duration or
even extended mission.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">On
June 14, NASA and Boeing teams pushed back the target undocking and
landing date for the Starliner spacecraft from the International Space
Station by four days. They shifted from June 18 to now no earlier than
June 22.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
reason for the extended stay is in part due to a need to gather more
information about the Starliner capsule with the benefit of having an
astronaut crew assigned to study aspects of the spacecraft with
additional detail.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
helium leaks are all located in the Starliner’s drum-shaped service
module, which is discarded to burn up in the atmosphere before the crew
capsule re-enters for landing. Thus, there is no possibility of
post-flight analysis of the problems.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>The 2024 AMSAT President’s Club coins are here now!</b><br><b>Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus</b></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-Coin-Lite-300x148.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="148"></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help </b><br><b>Keep Amateur Radio in Space! </b><br><a href="https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/" target="_blank"><b>https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/</b></a></span></font></p><hr><h2>
</h2><h2><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Q&A Session with AMSAT Engineering</span></h2><p style="text-align:center"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-21171" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GOLF-300x158.png" alt="" width="300" height="158"><br></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT Vice President - Engineering, Jerry Buxton, NØJY, will host Q&A "social gathering" live streams on YouTube and Twitch, as he mentioned in his Hamvention "They Cancelled All My Flights" video. This is an opportunity to follow up with Jerry on developments with GOLF, FoxPlus, and other projects. Come by and chat a question or comment for discussion on your choice of the platforms:</span></font></p><ul><li><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Friday June 21 at 19:00 - 21:00 UTC (generally for UK-EU-etc. time zones)</span></font></li><li><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Saturday June 22 at 00:01 - 02:00 UTC (Friday evening-night in the Americas)</span></font></li><li><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Saturday June 22 at 19:00 - 21:00 UTC (anybody free that afternoon)</span></font></li><li><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sunday June 23 at 00:01 - 02:00 UTC (Saturday evening-night in the Americas)</span></font></li></ul><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT VPE, for the above information.]</span></font></p><hr><h2></h2>
<h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Voyager 1 is Back To Life, But For How Long?</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">NASA
engineers have succeeded in breathing new life into Voyager 1, the
spacecraft launched in 1977 and once again communicating after it went
silent seven months ago. But now comes another challenge: Keeping
Voyager 1 scientifically useful for as long as possible as it probes a
realm where no spacecraft has gone before.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Voyager
1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are treasured at NASA not only because they
have sent home astonishing images of the outer planets, but also because
in their dotage, they are still doing science that can’t be readily
duplicated.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">They
are now in interstellar space, far beyond the orbits of Neptune and
Pluto. Voyager 1 is more than 15 billion miles from Earth and Voyager 2
nearly 13 billion miles. Both have passed the heliopause, where the
“solar wind” of particles streaming from the sun terminates.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">“They’re
going someplace where we have nothing, we have no information,” NASA
Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy said. “We don’t know anything about the
interstellar medium. Is it a highly charged environment? Are there a lot
of dust particles out there?”</span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EDStone-300x215.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="215"></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Ed Stone, who guided the mission from 1972 until 2022, died on June 9. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Even
as the Voyagers continue their journeys, engineers and scientists at
the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. are mourning the
loss of Ed Stone, the scientist who guided the mission from 1972 until
his retirement in 2022. Stone, a former director of JPL, died June 9 at
the age of 88.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Voyager
1 has four scientific instruments still operational in this extended
phase of its mission, but it suddenly ceased sending intelligible data
on Nov. 14. A “tiger team” of engineers at JPL spent the ensuing months
identifying the problem — a malfunctioning computer chip — and restoring
communication.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">What
no one can change, though, is the mortality of a spacecraft with a
limited power supply. Voyager 1 is running on fumes, or, more precisely,
on the dwindling power from the radioactive decay of plutonium. The
Voyagers use a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. But an RTG doesn’t
last forever. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 will eventually go silent as they
continue to cruise the galaxy.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">“At
some point, we’ll have to start turning off the science instruments one
by one,” project scientist Linda Spilker said. “Once we’re out of
power, then we can no longer keep the spacecraft pointed at the Earth.
And so [the Voyagers] will then continue on as what I like to think of
as our silent ambassadors.”</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In
a sense, this is all a bonus because the primary mission for the two
Voyagers was the exploration of the outer planets. Both visited Jupiter
and Saturn, and Voyager 2 went on to Uranus and Neptune in what was
known as the “Grand Tour” of the outer solar system, enabled by a rare
orbital arrangement of the planets. The Voyagers delivered spectacular
close-up images of the outer planets, and the mission ranks among NASA’s
greatest achievements.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
gravitational slingshot from the planetary encounters sent Voyager 1
out of the elliptical plane of the solar system and did the same to
Voyager 2 in a different direction.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">About
four years ago, Voyager 1 encountered something unexpected — a
phenomenon scientists have dubbed a pressure front. Jamie Rankin, deputy
project scientist, said the instruments on the spacecraft picked up a
sudden change in the magnetic field of the interstellar environment, as
well as a sudden increase in the density of particles.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">What
exactly caused this change remains unknown. But NASA scientists are
eager to get all the data flowing normally again to see whether the
pressure front is still detectable.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks The New York Times for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/M2_LeoPack_Hi-300x298.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="298"></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Need new satellite antennas? </b><br><b>Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. </b><br><b>When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards</b><br><b>Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.</b><br><b><a href="https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/" target="_blank">https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/</a></b></span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 1, 2024</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A long-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service is scheduled to end on August 1, 2024. A mail alias on <a href="http://AMSAT.ORG" target="_blank">AMSAT.ORG</a>
permitted people to send an email to members without knowing their
actual internet email address. They just needed to know their amateur
radio callsign.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Unfortunately,
the unchecked rise in domain name hacking and email account
high-jacking has made it impossible to sustain this service at a
cost-effective level. The number of <a href="mailto:callsign@amsat.org" target="_blank">callsign@amsat.org</a>
email accounts that had been hijacked and converted to zombie spam
accounts over the years had led many internet service providers and
gateway centers to ban all @<a href="http://amsat.org" target="_blank">amsat.org</a>
email addresses, including those business accounts of AMSAT officers
and officials. The tireless efforts of AMSAT's all volunteer IT staff
has worked for years to repair much of the damage, but AMSAT still get
complaints from members who are not getting their personal emails, ANS
bulletins or AMSAT-BB posts because of persistent delivery problems.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">It
has come to the point where the AMSAT volunteer IT staff can no longer
keep up with the maintenance requirements to keep the alias mail list
clean and to work with email gateways to remove blocks. And, after
considerable investigation into alternative paid email services, AMSAT
leadership decided that the money required to keep an email alias system
alive would be better spent on building and flying satellites for its
members.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Persons
using the Mail Alias Service should begin to migrate to different email
accounts so they do not lose receipt of personal emails, AMSAT News
Service Weekly Bulletins, AMSAT-BB posts, or official messages from
AMSAT itself. Members are especially asked to make sure they are NOT
using a <a href="mailto:callsign@amsat.org" target="_blank">callsign@amsat.org</a>
as their registered email address in the AMSAT membership portal.
Members can easily change their registered member email address by
logging into the portal and updating their profile.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]</span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The 2024 AMSAT Field Day Rules</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
AMSAT Field Day 2024 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></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kx9x-website-article-photo-294x300.png" alt="" width="294" height="300"></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Analog Transponders</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ARRL rules apply, except:</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Each phone, CW, and digital segment ON EACH SATELLITE TRANSPONDER is considered to be a separate band.<br>CW and digital (FT-4, RTTY, PSK-31, etc.) contacts count THREE points each.<br>Stations
may only count one (1) completed QSO on any single channel FM
satellite. If a satellite has multiple modes such as V/u and L/s modes
both turned on, one contact each is allowed. If the both ISS stations
are operational, one QSO on each mode (1 phone and 1 digital), Contacts
with the ISS crew will count for one contact if they are active.
Greencube (1 digital).<br>The use of more than one transmitter at the same time on a single satellite transponder is prohibited.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Digital Transponders</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Satellite
digipeat QSO's and APRS short-message contacts are worth three points
each, but must be complete verified two-way exchanges. The one contact
per FM satellite is not applied to digital transponders.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The use of terrestrial gateway stations or internet gateways (i.e. EchoLink, IRLP, etc.) to uplink/downlink is not allowed.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">For
'Store and Forward' hamsats, each satellite is considered a separate
band. 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></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The following uploads and downloads count as three-point digital contacts.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(a) Upload of a satellite Field Day Greetings file (one per satellite).</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(b)
Download of Satellite Field Day Greetings files posted by other
stations. Downloads of non-Field Day files 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></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">You may make contacts with GreenCube, IO-117, and each one will count as 3 points as do other digital contacts.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Please note AMSAT uploaded messages do not count for QSO points under the ARRL rules.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sample Satellite Field Day Greetings File:</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">KK5DO FD EL29 class 2A 20 participants</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Note
that the message stated the call, operating class, where they were
located (the grid square) and how many operators were in attendance.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Operating Class</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Stations
operating portable and using emergency power (as per ARRL Field Day
rules) are in a separate operating 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></font></p><p><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">AND FINALLY…</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT
Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO (e-mail) by 11:59 P.M.
CDT, Monday, July 23, 2024. This year, we are using the same due date as
the ARRL. The only method for submitting your log is via e-mail to <a href="mailto:kk5do@amsat.org" target="_blank">kk5do@amsat.org</a> or <a href="mailto:kk5do@arrl.net" target="_blank">kk5do@arrl.net</a>. I have not had a mail-in entry in a very long time.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Add photographs or other interesting information that can be used in an article for the Journal.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">You
will receive an e-mail back (within one or two days) from me when I
receive your e-mail submission. If you 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></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Certificates
will be awarded for the first-place emergency power/portable station at
the AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium in the fall of 2024.
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></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">You
may have multiple rig difficulties, antenna failures, computer
glitches, generator disasters, tropical storms, 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></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, AMSAT Board Member 2016-2024 for the above information.]</span></font></p><hr><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?</b></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AMSAT-Car-Flag-e1705691761784-300x235.png" alt="" width="300" height="235"></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br><b>Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store!</b><br><b>25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards </b><br><b>Keeping Amateur Radio in Space</b><br><a href="https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear" target="_blank"><b>https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear</b></a></span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for June 14</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">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 <a href="https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/" target="_blank">https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/</a>.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">No changes reported this week.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ARISS NEWS</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">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.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Postponed until fall 2024.</span>:</b><br>Instituto
de Aplicação Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira (CAp-UERJ) and The State
University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, direct via
PY1AX<br>The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS<br>The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor is VE3TBD.<br>Contact is postponed until fall 2024.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>The crossband repeater</b>
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.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>The packet system</b> is also active (145.825 MHz up & down). The HamTV and SSTV systems are currently stowed.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><i style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol.</b></i></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">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.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The latest information on the operation mode can be found at <a href="https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html" target="_blank">https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html</a></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at <a href="https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html" target="_blank">https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html</a></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Upcoming Satellite Operations</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">KØJM will attempt to put the EN47/EN48 gridline on the air on Wednesday, June 19. Watch <a href="http://hams.at" target="_blank">hams.at</a> for details.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on <a href="https://hams.at" target="_blank">https://hams.at</a>.
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.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT Ambassador Activities</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT
Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings,
hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">July 20, 2024<br>“Moon Day” Frontiers of Flight Museum<br>Love Field in Dallas, Texas<br>AMSAT volunteers needed! Contact tschuessler(at) <a href="http://amsat.org" target="_blank">amsat.org</a> for more information.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">August 17-18, 2024<br>Huntsville Hamfest<br>Huntsville, AL<br>AMSAT Booth and Forum<br>N8DEU and W4FCL</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">September 7, 2024<br>Greater Louisville Hamfest<br>Shepherdsville, KY<br>AMSAT Forum and Information Table<br>W4FCL</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">October 5, 2024<br>Central Kentucky Hamfest<br>Lexington, KY<br>AMSAT and Educational Satellites Forum and Information Table<br>AI4SR and W4FCL</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">October 5, 2024<br>North Star Radio Convention<br>Hennepin Technical College (North Campus)<br>Brooklyn Park, Minn.<br>AMSAT Forum and Information Table<br>KØJM and ADØHJ</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]</span></font></p><hr><h2><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Satellite Shorts From All Over</span></font></h2><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+
The U.S. spacewalk 90 planned for Thursday, June 13 at the
International Space Station did not proceed as scheduled due to a
spacesuit discomfort issue. NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew
Dominick, KCØTOR, completed taking off their spacesuits about an hour
before the crew was anticipated to exit the Quest airlock. With
consideration to NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and other spaceflight
operations, the next spacewalk will be Monday, June 24, followed by
another on Tuesday, July 2, as was previously planned. The June 24
spacewalk will focus on radio frequency group hardware removal, while
the content of the July 2 spacewalk is under evaluation and will be
shared as available. The crew members on the station are healthy, and
spacesuits are functioning as expected. [<i>As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol.</i> ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+
AMSAT-DL is organizing a symposium, flea market and general meeting in
the radome of the Bochum Observatory, Germany on September 20-22, 2024.
The radome will once again be dedicated to satellite and space research.
AMSAT Deutschland e.V. and the Bochum Observatory are taking the
positive experience of the anniversary conference in 2023 as an
opportunity to inform AMSAT members and other space enthusiasts about
current and future prospects for national and international space
projects with a varied program. As the Radom is also the location of
ESA’s education office in Germany (esero Germany), a goal is to make the
symposium even more attractive in future and at the same time focus
even more on current European space travel. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the
above information.]</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+
SpaceX’s enormous rocket took off again from South Texas on June 6,
this time with the sole goal of bringing both the booster and ship
softly back to Earth in (roughly) single pieces. An on-time launch of
the world’s most powerful rocket delivered excitement from start to
finish. Despite an engine out on launch and landing (with 33 engines
total, Superheavy doesn’t care), the first stage was able to complete a
nominal ascent, hot-staging, temporary hot-staging ring jettison, boost
back, and landing burn—all with enough precision that previously
deployed buoy cams were able to capture its soft splashdown. [ANS thanks
The Orbital Index for the above information.]</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+
Russian cosmonaut and ISS commander Oleg Konenko became the first
person to reach 1,000 cumulative days in space as of June 4. The
milestone comes amid his fifth flight to space and during his third
stint as the commander of the ISS. His most recent trip to the orbiting
laboratory began with a launch aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on
Sept. 15, 2023, alongside cosmonaut Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut
Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM. He’s scheduled to return with Chub and NASA
astronaut Tracy Dyson in September 2024. [ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for
the above information.]</span></font></p><hr><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Join AMSAT today at </b><a href="https://launch.amsat.org/" target="_blank"><b>https://launch.amsat.org/</b></a></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).<br>* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.<br>*
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.<br>* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Contact info [at] <a href="http://amsat.org" target="_blank">amsat.org</a> for additional membership information.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM<br>k0jm [at] <a href="http://amsat.org" target="_blank">amsat.org</a></span></font></p>
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