[jamsat-news:3903] [ANS] ANS-245 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

[Mark Johns, K0JM via ANS]

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-245

In this edition:

* Seven Cubesats Deploy From ISS
* AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End — FINAL NOTICE!
* Japanese Company Takes First Step Toward Removing Space Junk
* Halibut Electronics Releases New EggNOGS Kit for Satellite Antennas
* UNNE-1 and MARIA-G Launch Delayed Until 2025
* Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, Silent Key
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* AMSAT Ambassador Activities
* Satellite Shorts From All Over

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ANS-245 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

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Seven Cubesats Deploy From ISS

Seven CubeSats deployed from Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on Thursday,
August 29.

According to the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination, six of
these satellites, CosmoGirl-Sat, SaganSat0, SAKURA, Binar2, Binar3 and
Binar4, operate on the amateur bands. Three of them carry APRS digipeaters
operating on the world-wide APRS frequency of 145.825 MHz.


*Image by Cosmo Girls Amateur Radio Club*

*CosmoGirl-Sat* 145.825MHz, 437.120MHz
APRS VHF, callsign JS1YOI
CW, 4k8 GMSK UHF
A 1U cubesat built by Cosmo Girls Amateur Radio Club, a group of Japanese
women established under the theme of “Getting closer to the universe.” The
satellite also carries a high-resolution camera for earth imaging, as well
as a short message UHF store-and-forward system.

*SaganSat0* 145.825MHz, 437.050MH
APRS VHF
GMSK 4k8, CW UHF
A 1U cubesat built by students at various high schools in the Saga
Prefecture of Japan. The satellite also carries an infrared camera and
gamma ray detector.

*SAKURA* 145.825MHz, 437.375MHz
APRS VHF
GMSK 4k8 UHF
A 1U cubesat built by the Chiba Institute of Technology, a university in
Narashino, Japan. The satellite also carries experiments designed to
monitor sunspots and solar flares, as well as to assess environmental
damage on earth.

*Binar-2* 437.700MHz, *Binar-3* 437.850MHz, *Binar-4* 437.925MHz
CW, OQPSK 100/38.4kbps, GFSK 19.2/9.6/1.2kbps
Three cubesats built by Curtin University in Australia designed to test
radiation shielding materials and modeling of re-entry data from LEO.

Info from
7 CubeSats were deployed from “Kibo” on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/biz-lab/news/detail/004129.html
<https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/biz-lab/news/detail/004121.html>

[ANS thanks Masa Arai, JN1GKZ, for the above information.]
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AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End — FINAL NOTICE!

A long-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service was scheduled
to end on August 31, 2024, but a day or two of grace period has been added.

Members should understand that the email alias service, the news and
bulletin board subscription lists and the membership portal are three
separate systems.

*Persons using the Mail Alias Service should immediately migrate to a
different email account so they do not lose receipt of personal emails.
Notify your friends and business accounts of the change.*

*Persons wishing to continue to receive AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
and AMSAT-BB posts or official messages from AMSAT itself should update
their subscription addresses at *https://mailman.amsat.org/

*Members are especially asked to make sure they are NOT using a
callsign ＠ amsat.org <callsign ＠ amsat.org> 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
at *https://mailman.amsat.org/.

A mail alias on AMSAT.ORG permitted people to send an email to members
without knowing their actual internet email address. They just needed to
know their amateur radio callsign.

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 callsign ＠ amsat.org 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 @
amsat.org 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.

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.

[ANS thanks the AMSAT IT Team for the above information]
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Japanese Company Takes First Step Toward Removing Space Junk

There are more than 2,000 mostly intact dead rockets circling the Earth,
but until this year, no one ever launched a satellite to go see what one
looked like after many years of tumbling around the planet.

In February, a Japanese company named Astroscale sent a small satellite
into low-Earth orbit on top of a Rocket Lab launcher. A couple of months
later, Astroscale’s ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan)
spacecraft completed its pursuit of a Japanese rocket stuck in orbit for
more than 15 years.

ADRAS-J photographed the upper stage of an H-IIA rocket from a range of
several hundred meters and then backed away. This was the first publicly
released image of space debris captured from another spacecraft using
rendezvous and proximity operations.


*Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft captured these views of the H-IIA rocket
upper stage on July 15. [Credit: Astroscale]*

Since then, Astroscale has pulled off more complex maneuvers around the
H-IIA upper stage, which hasn’t been controlled since it deployed a
Japanese climate research satellite in January 2009. Astroscale attempted
to complete a 360-degree fly-around of the H-IIA rocket last month, but the
spacecraft triggered an autonomous abort one-third through the maneuver
after detecting an attitude anomaly.

ADRAS-J is the first mission to approach a piece of space debris, which
comes with more challenges. The H-IIA upper stage lacks laser reflectors
and targeting aids that would help an approaching spacecraft navigate its
way closer.

A few years ago, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cinched a
public-private partnership with Astroscale to demonstrate technologies the
private sector could use to remove large pieces of space debris littering
low-Earth orbit. The same robotic technologies could also apply to
satellite servicing or refueling missions.

With more financial assistance from JAXA, Astroscale is developing a
follow-on mission called ADRAS-J2 to dock with the same H-IIA rocket
visited by the ongoing mission, then steer it on a trajectory to reenter
the atmosphere. Astroscale hopes a successful demonstration of this
capability on the ADRAS-J2 mission will lead to more contracts from
commercial or government operators to remote large pieces of space junk
from orbit.

An H-IIA upper stage similar to the one visited by Astroscale’s demo
mission broke apart in 2019, creating more than 70 new debris fragments in
low-Earth orbit. A predicted close flyby by one of the pieces from the
H-IIA upper stage prompted the International Space Station to fire its
engines to move out of its path in 2020.

[ANS thanks Ars Technica for the above information. Read the full article
at https://bit.ly/4cFO0vW.]
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Halibut Electronics Releases New EggNOGS Kit for Satellite Antennas

Halibut Electronics has announced the release of its latest product, the
EggNOGS kit, designed to facilitate the construction of Egg Beater
antennas. This kit is aimed at amateur radio enthusiasts and satellite
operators who wish to enhance their communication capabilities,
particularly with the SatNOGS network. Priced at $79.00, EggNOGS is
available for purchase through Halibut Electronics’ website at
https://electronics.halibut.com/product/eggnogs/.

The EggNOGS kit is engineered to address the complexity of building Egg
Beater antennas, which are known for their use in satellite communications.
The kit includes a range of specialized components that are not typically
available at local hardware stores. These components feature a
band-specific phasing board that creates a 90-degree phase shift, a
critical element in the construction of effective quadrature-fed antennas.


*The parts kit. [Credit: Halibut Electronics]*

Currently, the EggNOGS kit supports several frequency bands: 137.5MHz,
145.9MHz, 388.0MHz, 401.0MHz, and 436.5MHz. However, due to high demand,
the kits for the 137.5MHz and 145.9MHz bands are temporarily out of stock
and are expected to be back in inventory by August 28th. Customers can
place back orders for these bands in the interim.

The EggNOGS kit is designed to be versatile, compatible with various types
of quadrature-fed antennas beyond just Egg Beaters. It can be used with
turnstiles, helicals, and other balanced VHF/UHF antennas. Additionally, it
works with any radio system, including low-power transmitters, making it a
flexible option for a range of communication needs.


*Antenna closeup [Credit: Halibut Electronics]*

The kit includes essential parts such as circuit boards for signal routing
and phasing, a common mode current choke, and stainless steel mounting
hardware. Builders will need to source additional materials, such as a
section of PVC pipe and materials for the aerial loops and ground plane,
from local hardware stores. The default feed point connector is SMA, but
there is an option to upgrade to BNC or Type-F connectors.

The EggNOGS kit is capable of handling moderate transmit power, with the
upper limit still being determined but expected to range between 15W and
50W. The kit is confirmed to handle up to 10W without issues. Halibut
Electronics invites feedback from users who may need phasing boards for
additional frequencies not currently offered, with the possibility of
expanding the product line based on customer demand.

[ANS thanks Halibut Electronics, for the above information]
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UNNE-1 and MARIA-G Launch Delayed Until 2025

Due to the significant damage to the RFA’s One launcher stage during the
static firing test at SaxaVord’s spaceport in the Shetland Islands,
Scotland (UK) on August 19th, AMSAT-EA’s UNNE-1 and MARIA-G satellites
launch will be delayed.

They were originally planned for launch on September 30th, and now it is
not expected before 2025. Video of the BBC’s coverage of the incident is
available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEn6-8ekJQ

UNNE-1 and MARIA-G are both based on the currently orbiting HADES-D
(SO-121) hardware, providing a repeater service for voice and data
communications in FM and FSK-derived modes. They have been designed and
built by AMSAT-EA together with private sector companies and with the
collaboration of Universities and educational centres.

Both satellites will offer licensed radio amateurs around the world the
opportunity to make FM and FSK QSOs, including FT modes, such as FT-4 and
FT-8, or AX.25/APRS. The satellites will also transmit telemetry with their
status, voice messages and CW.

UNNE-1 includes an Arduino-based board with software from Nebrija
University of Madrid. The students have developed a small decoding game
with a space story as a background. The satellite sends a clue each week in
its FSK telemetry so that radio amateurs can solve the challenge. This game
will be detailed on the AMSAT EA website and on the Nebrija University one.

MARIA-G also includes two CW reception games/challenges implemented by
students from the María Guerrero high school in Collado Villalba, also from
the region of Madrid.

One of the games consists of receiving the coordinates of a significant
place on Earth (for example a city, a monument…) and the other about
receiving a code that will correspond to a question about Science. Both
games will have a dedicated web page.

MARIA-G also includes a small experiment, developed by the
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research center in Germany. It consists of a proof
of concept for the transmission of a TS-UNB waveform from a low Earth
orbit. Therefore, it will transmit a TS-UNB message according to the
ETSI-TS-103-357 standard. It is intended solely as a research and
development project with no commercial intention.

The ITU modulation classification would be 100K W2DWW but the bandwidth
will be reduced. The operation of this experiment will be carried out by
AMSAT-EA.

The UNNE-1 and MARIA-G satellites are part of the Erminaz mission, a joint
effort of AMSAT-DL, AMSAT-EA and LibreSpace Foundation, each organization
flying its own satellites and using LibreSpace’s PicoBus deployer.

The mission management with the German Space Agency (DLR) and the launcher
(RFA), as well as with the UK authorities, has been carried out jointly,
with AMSAT DL leading it.

[ANS thanks Felix Páez, EA4GQS, AMSAT EA, for the above information.]
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Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, Silent Key

With heavy hearts, AMSAT and The AMSAT Journal mourn the passing of Journal
assistant editor, Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, on August 19, 2024.

Paul served as an assistant editor for the past seven years, starting with
the July/August 2017 issue. In addition to his editing and authoring
contributions to the Journal, Paul also served as an active member of the
CubeSatSim Educational Materials Team for AMSAT’s Educational Relations
program.

Here is how Paul described his ham radio exploits:

“Like many future hams in the 1960s, I became interested in radio by
listening to shortwave stations on my grandfather’s old huge Philco radio.

“In 1960, I got a Hallicrafters S120 short wave receiver for Christmas, and
I was hooked. A year later, K1DEN got me interested in ham radio. I was
issued KN1YUB as a novice, and in 1963, I upgraded to General and K1YUB,
which I still use today. Most of my ham operating has been using CW.

“By 1973, I passed my Advanced and Extra which required 20 wpm skills.

“In the 1980s, I worked and taught Novice and General license courses at
Tufts Radio in Medford, MA. My time at Tufts included numerous ham
conventions from Denver to Clearwater.

“Along with K1TW, I helped reestablish the shortwave focused Boston Area
DXers which met on the third Friday of every month. Nearly 35 years later,
we still do!

“More recently, I have been spending time in activities to support ham
radio.

“For a number of years, I’ve been an Assistant Editor for The AMSAT Journal
as well as being engaged, along with KU2Y, KD2XS , KK6NOW and WD6DRI, on an
AMSAT project developing the CubeSat Simulator as a learning tool.

“I began following the space weather bulletins from Dr. Tamitha Skov,
WX6SWW, better known as “The Space Weather Woman,” a few years back and now
am a member of her steering committee, as well as being the Coordinator for
her new Super Community project with the objective of sharing space weather
knowledge across stakeholder communities like Aurora Chasers and Ham Radio
operators. I did a cover story of Dr. Skov in The AMSAT Journal.”

Paul’s good humor, dedication, enthusiasm and many contributions to AMSAT
and the larger amateur radio community will be greatly missed.

[ANS thanks Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK, AMSAT Journal Editor-in-Chief, for the
above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution

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/.

No changes have been announced for this week.

[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.

Would your group like to have an ARISS contact? Here are some upcoming
deadlines for be aware of:
For U.S. contacts, proposals are due by 6-Sept. Contacts would be in the
first half of 2025.
For Europe, Africa, and the Middle East applications are due by 27-October
for second half of 2025.
See https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for details.

*COMPLETED:*
Fasta Villa Eucaristica School, Cordoba City, Argentina, direct via LU1HKO
The ISS callsign was presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The crewmember was Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor was VE3TBD.
Contact was successful: Fri 2024-08-30 15:29:39 UTC 42 degrees maximum
elevation.
Congratulations to the Fasta Villa Eucaristica School students, Jeanette,
mentor VE3TBD, and ground station LU1HKO!
Livestream URL was provided to ARISS
https://youtube.com/live/2oQkA6vqdu4?feature=share

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 is also active (145.825 MHz up & down).

The HamTV system (2395 MHz down), and the SSTV system (145.800 MHz down)
are both currently STOWED and not in operation.

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

Tom, KB5FHK, will be heading home to Mississippi on Labor Day weekend. His
main focus is EM41. He already posted a couple of passes on hams.at.

Mitch, AD0HJ, will be heading up to Fargo/Grand Forks over Labor Day
weekend “for some more gridline fun.” Look for him to activate EN06 EN07
EN08 EN16 EN17 EN18 on RS-44. Pass schedule is available on hams.at.

Zach, K8ZRY, will be doing a POTA activation on the EN83/EN84 gridline over
the Labor Day holiday. Pass schedule is available on hams.at.

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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AMSAT Ambassador Activities

AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.

September 7, 2024
*Greater Louisville Hamfest*
Shepherdsville, KY
AMSAT Forum and Information Table
W4FCL

October 5, 2024
*North Star Radio Convention*
Hennepin Technical College (North Campus)
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
https://conv2023.tcfmc.org/
AMSAT Forum and Information Table
KØJM and ADØHJ

October 5th, 2024
*Central Kentucky Hamfest* –
Highlands Baptist Church
2032 Parallel Road
Lexington, KY 40502
https://www.facebook.com/w9khz/
AMSAT and Educational Satellites Forum and Information Table
AI4SR and W4FCL

October 5, 2024
*Radio Society of Tucson*
Calvary Tucson Church
7811 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ
https://k7rst.club/2024/07/tucson-autumn-ham-fest-2024/
N1UW

October 18-20, 2024
*Pacificon 2024, ARRL Pacific Division Conference*
San Ramon, CA
WUØI

October 25-27, 2004
*AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting*
Double Tree Rocky Point Waterfront Hotel
Tampa Bay, FL

November 2-3, 2024
*Stone Mountain Hamfest, ARRL State Convention*
Stone Mountain, GA
K4RGK

November 9, 2024
*Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club*
Marana Middle School
11285 West Grier Rd.
Marana, AZ 85653
https://www.tucsonhamradio.org/copy-of-hamfest-2022
N1UW

February 20-22, 2025
*Yuma HAMCON*
Yuma, AZ
N1UW

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ The FUNcube Data Warehouse will be going off line on Saturday, August 31,
as it transitions to a new server. The service may be down for about three
days as the team has to migrate the large amount of data collected over 11
years and ensure that the service is running correctly. The dashboards will
catch up if they are left connected, once the service comes on line. The
team will probably turn on the collection service before the UI so that
there is not to much data loss. (ANS thanks Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, of the
FUNcube Team for the above information.)

+ NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch
Wilmore and Suni Williams, KD5PLB, aboard the spacecraft, the agency
announced last week. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue
gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while
also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew. Wilmore and
Williams, who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard NASA’s
Boeing Crew Flight Test, have been busy supporting station research,
maintenance, and Starliner system testing and data analysis, among other
activities. They will continue their work formally as part of the
Expedition 71/72 crew through February 2025, and will fly home aboard a
Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to the agency’s
SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Starliner is expected to depart from the space
station and make a safe, controlled autonomous re-entry and landing in
early September. (ANS thanks NASA for the above information.)

+ NASA astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr
Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency’s
SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts
Zena Cardman, KJ5CMN, and Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE, previously announced as
crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future mission. The updated
crew complement follows NASA’s decision to return the agency’s Boeing Crew
Flight Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two unoccupied seats. NASA
astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, KD5PLB, who launched aboard the
Starliner spacecraft in June, will fly home with Hague and Gorbunov in
February 2025. (ANS thanks NASA for the above information.)

+ The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(NSF NRAO), and its administrator Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), have
created SuperKnova, an online educational platform that provides inclusive,
equitable access to radio technology learning and training. Thanks to a
generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), learners
can now enroll in two self-paced courses to learn the fundamentals of radio
communications. The Technician Amateur Radio License and EMS Course
introduces learners to the electromagnetic spectrum using amateur (ham)
radio as a vehicle. (ANS thanks the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
for the above information.)

+ Alick Gardiner, 2E0HDV, has undertaken a “retro radio” project to utilize
the APRS packet digipeater aboard the International Space Station with
equipment dating back to the 1980s! Alick documents how he resurrected a
Commodore 64 computer and a 30+ year old AEA PK-232 “Pakratt” TNC in his
blog at http://www.alickgardiner.com/c64-packet-radio/ (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK
and Alick Gardiner, 2E0HDV, 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
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years in this status.
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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!

This week’s ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM
mjohns [at] amsat.org

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