From ans ＠ amsat.org Sun Jun 7 09:26:13 2026 From: ans ＠ amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer via ANS) Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 00:26:13 +0000 Subject: [jamsat-news:3996] [ANS] ANS-158 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <0100019e9f7914ce-b83924b1-4d08-4e6a-a7c0-6f4a76bd69d2-000000@email.amazonses.com> *AMSAT *News Service *ANS-158* *June 7, 2026* In this edition: - Deadline for Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election is June 15 - HADES-SA / SpinnyOne Designated Spain-OSCAR 127 (SO-127) - AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V - OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL - Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 5, 2026 - ARISS News - AMSAT Ambassador Activities - 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 You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ------------------------------ Deadline for Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election is June 15 The nomination period for the AMSAT 2026 Board of Directors election, which will take place during the third quarter of the year, ends on *June 15, 2026*. Three director positions are set to expire in 2026. The current board members whose seats are up for election are: - *Mark Hammond, N8MH* - *Bruce Paige, KK5DO* - *Paul Stoetzer, N8HM* In addition to these three full Director roles, up to two Alternate Directors may also be elected to serve one-year terms. To nominate a candidate, a written submission is required. Nominations must include the nominee’s name, call sign, and contact information, along with the same details for either five AMSAT members in good standing or one Member Society endorsing the candidate. Nominations should be directed to the AMSAT Secretary: Douglas Tabor, N6UA 1133 Verlan Way Cheyenne, WY 82009 Per AMSAT’s bylaws, all nominations must follow the format specified by the Secretary. Doug Tabor has indicated that nominations will be accepted in both hard copy (via postal mail) and digital formats (including email or scanned documents). However, fax submissions are not permitted. Email nominations should be sent to: *dtabor [at] amsat [dot] org* All nomination petitions must be received by the Secretary no later than June 15. After the submission deadline, the Secretary will confirm the eligibility of each candidate and the supporting members or societies, with final notification to candidates provided by the end of June. *[ANS thanks Doug Tabor, N6UA , AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]* ------------------------------ *LIMITED TIME OFFER!!!* *AMSAT is offering a limited-time promotion for new and renewing members that includes a free digital copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites. The promotion is being offered as AMSAT begins the 2026 membership year.* [image: Getting Started] *Anyone who joins or renews their AMSAT membership during the promotional period will receive a download link for the latest edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites in their membership confirmation email. JOIN TODAY at https://launch.amsat.org/ (Remember! Students join for FREE!)* ------------------------------ HADES-SA / SpinnyOne Designated Spain-OSCAR 127 (SO-127) On March 30th, 2026, the HADES-SA/SpinnyONE satellite was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Developed by AMSAT-EA, the satellite carries an SSDV and CODEC2 payload for reception by amateur radio enthusiasts around the world. The satellite is actively transmitting images and messages now. At the request of AMSAT-EA, AMSAT hereby designates HADES-SA/SpinnyONE as Spain-OSCAR 127 (SO-127). We congratulate AMSAT-EA, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects. SO-127 (Courtesy AMSAT-EA)[/caption] *[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT President / OSCAR Number Administrator, for the above information]* ------------------------------ *AMSAT Remove Before Flight Key Tags Now Available* *Yes, These are the Real Thing!* * * *Your $20 Donation Goes to Help Fly a FoxPlus Satellite Includes First Class Postage (Sorry ? U.S. Addresses Only) Order Today at https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-remove-before-flight-keychain * ------------------------------ *AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V* On May 31, 2026, AMSAT submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in response to a Sources Sought Notice for CubeSat secondary payload opportunities aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) on the Artemis III, IV, and V missions. The LOI expresses strong interest in developing and flying an AMSAT-designed CubeSat payload on one or more of these missions. It highlights the strategic alignment between the opportunity and AMSAT’s ongoing *GOLF (Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint)* program, which is building the technologies and operational experience needed for amateur radio satellites in progressively higher orbits?from LEO through MEO to HEO. A high-Earth deployment would provide an outstanding environment to qualify key GOLF technologies?particularly radiation-tolerant electronics, advanced Software-Defined Radio (SDR) transponders, three-axis attitude determination and control, and deployable/steerable solar arrays?in the demanding thermal, radiation, and trajectory conditions beyond low Earth orbit. Such a mission would significantly expand amateur radio’s “larger footprint,” deliver critical flight heritage, and create clear synergies with NASA’s exploration, technology demonstration, and public engagement goals. The LOI emphasizes AMSAT’s long heritage of successful CubeSat missions (including the Fox series flown via NASA CSLI/ELaNa) and its robust portfolio of educational and university partnership programs. These include the CubeSat Simulator Program used worldwide in schools and universities, collaborations such as the radiation experiment from Vanderbilt University and imaging payloads from Virginia Tech on Fox satellites, broader STEM outreach through live satellite contacts and telemetry projects, and active mentorship of student teams and early-career professionals. AMSAT is prepared to deliver a flight-ready CubeSat payload, leveraging its proven engineering pipeline, dedicated volunteer technical team, and sustainable funding model of membership support, targeted donations, and grants. AMSAT proposes a 6U-class spacecraft (<14 kg) featuring deployable solar arrays and an AMSAT-developed amateur radio communications system supporting VHF uplink/UHF downlink plus 5 GHz uplink and 10 GHz downlink. A precursor 3U technology demonstrator, GOLF-TEE, is under construction with completion targeted by the end of the year; if selected, AMSAT would pivot development toward the 6U configuration in collaboration with partners. Ground operations would leverage the global amateur radio community for telemetry reception via AMSAT’s analysis tools, supported by dedicated AMSAT command stations. The organization is genuinely excited about the prospect of contributing an AMSAT-developed CubeSat to the Artemis program?advancing amateur radio’s historic role in space exploration, qualifying technologies for future HEO and lunar missions, and inspiring students and the global public through meaningful educational partnerships. *[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]* ------------------------------ *The 2026 President's Club Coin is Now Here!* *Help Support GOLF and FoxPlus.* *Annual memberships start at only $120* *Join the AMSAT President’s Club today and help* *Keep Amateur Radio in Space!* *https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/* ------------------------------ *OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL* A new multi-platform desktop satellite tracking application for amateur radio operators, *OscarWatch Tracker*, has been released and is under active development. Developed by Peter Goodhall, MM9SQL, and hosted on GitHub, OscarWatch provides an integrated environment for tracking AMSAT and other amateur satellites, predicting passes, managing Doppler-corrected frequencies, and optionally automating rotator and radio control?all from a single map-centered interface. Key Features OscarWatch is tailored for VHF/UHF satellite operators working FM cubesats (e.g., SO-50, ISS), linear transponders (e.g., RS-44, FO-29), and similar modes. It assumes familiarity with basic concepts like azimuth, elevation, and Doppler but automates the calculations and hardware interactions to let operators focus on making contacts. - *Visual Tracking*: World map with satellite subpoint, ground track, and footprint overlays (with optional motion arrows and greyline terminator). Includes a polar sky plot relative to your QTH. Support for time scrubbing to preview passes without affecting live hardware. Optional DX station grid marker with live Az/El from the remote location. - *Pass Predictions*: List of upcoming passes with TCA (time of closest approach/max elevation), filters for minimum elevation and duration. Features include a pass planner with multi-station profiles and .ics calendar export, plus a mutual pass finder for two-station coordination. - *Frequency Management*: Built-in transponder database with live Doppler-corrected uplink/downlink frequencies. Supports RX offsets (separate for Voice/CW on linear modes), CTCSS tones, and easy toggling between modes. Includes a transponder database editor for custom additions and updates from the published JSON source. - *Hardware Integration*: Optional serial CAT control for supported radios (including Icom IC-910/9100/9700/705, Yaesu FT-847/817/818/991 series, Kenwood TS-2000 beta) with Doppler tracking, satellite/split modes, and CTCSS handling. Dual-radio support for full-duplex setups. Rotator control for Yaesu GS-232 and EasyComm-compatible controllers (including SPID), with manual park and smart azimuth options for 450° rotators. - *Additional Tools*: Voice announcements for satellite rising, automatic pass WAV recording, Cloudlog integration for frequency logging, and live telemetry (Az/El, range, altitude). OscarWatch does not decode telemetry or serve as primary logging software; it complements existing tools as a pass assistant for home or portable use. TLEs and the transponder database are sourced from tle.oscarwatch.org. Getting Started Pre-built binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available on the GitHub Releases page . After installation: 1. Configure your station location (lat/long/grid) in Settings. 2. Select desired satellites and refresh TLEs. 3. Set up radio and rotator COM ports if using automation. 4. Focus a satellite via the map or pass list to view live data and frequencies. Detailed operator guides, keyboard shortcuts, and troubleshooting are included in the app's Help menu and the repository's help/ folder. Note that macOS users may need to approve the unsigned app and bundled libraries on first launch. Supported Hardware Highlights *Radios* (serial CAT, native drivers): Icom IC-910/9100/9700/705, Yaesu FT-847/817/818/991 series, Kenwood TS-2000 (beta), with dual-radio options. *Rotators*: Yaesu GS-232, EasyComm II (SPID/M2/etc.). The project emphasizes custom native drivers for reliable satellite-specific behavior over general libraries like HamLib. OscarWatch is still evolving rapidly (recent versions added in-app updates, multi-language support including Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese, greyline overlays, mutual pass visualizer, and expanded rig/rotator support). Check the GitHub repository for the latest releases, source code, TODO list, and contribution opportunities. For more information and to download: https://github.com/magicbug/OscarWatch-Tracker. *[ANS thanks Peter Goodhall, MM9SQL, for the above information]* ------------------------------ [image: SDR Gen 2 Ad - 2026] ------------------------------ Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 5, 2026 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/ . There are no changes to this week's TLE distribution. General Perturbations Data Support AMSAT is pleased to announce that modern forms of what are called General Perturbations data are being disseminated via modern formats including JSON, XML and KVN at https://newark192.amsat.org/gpdata/current/. The reason this change is being made is that we are running out of 5-digit catalog numbers and the TLE format is not viable for satellites launched after July of this year. See https://celestrak.org/NORAD/documentation/gp-data-formats.php for details. These data are presently considered in beta test for the next two months while hosted on the test server newark192.amsat.org, and we are very open to community feedback at webmaster at amsat.org. Testers may experience outages and errors while we make improvements. We intend to put this into production on our main web server in July as we expect that satellites launched after this summer will require one of the new formats to accommodate longer object numbers. AMSAT will continue to publish TLE bulletins for satellites launched before July 2026 indefinitely. *[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information]* ------------------------------ Buying from DX Engineering?Add AMSAT’s *Getting Started With Amateur Satellites* to your order. Available for $30 from DX Engineering (free shipping on most orders over $99)https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/amt-satellites ------------------------------ 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. *Collège Louis Aragon, Imphy, France, direct via F5KCH* The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled crewmember is Sophie Adenot KJ5LTN The ARISS mentor is F6ICS *Contact is go for: Mon 2026-06-08 13:31:48 UTC 86 deg* *Geneva Christian College, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia telebridge via VK4ISS* The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams KJ5GEW The ARISS mentor is VK4KHZ *Contact is go for: Tue 2026-06-09 08:30:56 UTC 85 deg* Many times, a school makes a last-minute decision to do a Livestream or runs into a last-minute glitch requiring a change of the URL, but we at ARISS may not get the URL in time for publication. You can always check https://live.ariss.org/ to see if a school is Livestreaming. 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 remains configured in the Columbus Module (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If a crewmember decides to pick up the microphone and turn up the volume, you may hear them on the air?so keep listening, as you never know when activity might occur. Kenwood D710GA in the Zvezda Service Module ? Call sign RSØISS. Please note we’re still in the process of troubleshooting and testing this radio. APRS is currently active on 437.825 MHz. Feel free to check out status reports at https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_APRS/. Ham TV is currently transmitting a test signal at 2395.00 MHz. 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]* ------------------------------ *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 ------------------------------ AMSAT Ambassador Activities [image: AMSAT Ambassador News Logo] AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. *October 8-11, 2026* *44th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Membership Meeting* Crowne Plaza JAX Airport 14670 Duval Road Jacksonville, FL 32218 Details to follow Interested in becoming an AMSAT Ambassador? AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. For more information go to: https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/ *[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director ? AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information]* ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Satellite Shorts from All Over + The U.S. Space Force this week awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build a constellation of satellites designed to track airborne targets from orbit. The program is intended to detect and track airborne targets including aircraft, cruise missiles and potentially hypersonic weapons. In the same week, the U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to build a network of low Earth orbit satellites intended to function as a military internet in space. Both deals were among the largest contracts issued this year by Space Systems Command, the Space Force’s acquisition arm. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information. Read the full articles at https://spacenews.com/space-force-awards-spacex-4-16-billion-to-build-satellite-network-for-airborne-target-tracking/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SpaceX%20s%20%246%20billion%20week&utm_campaign=Editor%20s%20Choice%202026%2006-03 and at https://spacenews.com/spacex-wins-2-29-billion-space-force-contract-for-military-data-network/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SpaceX%20s%20%246%20billion%20week&utm_campaign=Editor%20s%20Choice%202026%2006-03 .) + NASA has officially ended the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, six months after it lost contact with the probe. MAVEN was the agency's first program dedicated to studying the Martian atmosphere and its evolution. It launched in 2013 from Cape Canaveral and entered the Martian orbit nearly a year later in 2014. The probe's primary science mission was scheduled to last one year, but it ended up spending more than 11 years in orbit, sending back data from Mars. NASA even used it as an antenna for the Mars 2020 mission, which brought the Perserance rover to the planet. (ANS thanks Engadget for the above information. Read More: https://www.engadget.com/2187315/nasa-ends-maven-mars-mission/.) + PaperSat , an satellite tracking program for the M5Stack Paper S3, an ESP32 based eink device, has been ported to the new M5Stack M5Paper Color. Due to the refresh rate limitations of the color e-ink display, the program has been reconceptualized as a eight satellite next-pass dashboard (in two pages) with alerts to pass events using the on-board RGB LEDs and speaker. PaperSatColor can be found at https://github.com/prstoetzer/PaperSatColor. (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the 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). - Students are eligible for *FREE* membership up to age 25. - 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 Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002. AMSAT is a registered trademark of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. * -------------- next part -------------- HTMLの添付ファイルを保管しました... URL: -------------- next part -------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ANS mailing list -- ans ＠ amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/ans ＠ amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to ans-leave ＠ amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org From ans ＠ amsat.org Sun Jun 14 09:07:07 2026 From: ans ＠ amsat.org (Frank Karnauskas (N1UW) via ANS) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:07:07 +0000 Subject: [jamsat-news:3997] [ANS] FW: RELEASE CANDIDATE ANS-165 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0100019ec3741ef4-1602f0f7-a063-4f09-9f3b-5938a022f03a-000000@email.amazonses.com> In this edition: * Last Call - Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Due June 15, 2026 * 2026 AMSAT Field Day - Update * CardSat: A Pocket Satellite Tracker and Doppler Controller * NASA Honors AMSAT-DL for Contribution to Artemis II Mission * Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution * Ambassador Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over The AMSAT(R) 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 . Sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List. Join this list at: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ . Last Call - Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Due June 15, 2026 The nomination period for the AMSAT 2026 Board of Directors election, which will take place during the third quarter of the year, ends on June 15, 2026. [cid:image001.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] Three director positions are set to expire in 2026. The current board members whose seats are up for election are: * Mark Hammond, N8MH * Bruce Paige, KK5DO * Paul Stoetzer, N8HM In addition to these three full Director roles, up to two Alternate Directors may also be elected to serve one-year terms. To nominate a candidate, a written submission is required. Nominations must include the nominee's name, call sign, and contact information, along with the same details for either five AMSAT members in good standing or one Member Society endorsing the candidate. Nominations should be directed to the AMSAT Secretary: Douglas Tabor, N6UA 1133 Verlan Way Cheyenne, WY 82009 Per AMSAT's bylaws, all nominations must follow the format specified by the Secretary. Doug Tabor has indicated that nominations will be accepted in both hard copy (via postal mail) and digital formats (including email or scanned documents). However, fax submissions are not permitted. Email nominations should be sent to: dtabor [at] amsat [dot] org . All nomination petitions must be received by the Secretary no later than June 15. After the submission deadline, the Secretary will confirm the eligibility of each candidate and the supporting members or societies, with final notification to candidates provided by the end of June. [ANS thanks Doug Tabor, N6UA, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information] ________________________________ The 2026 President’s Club Coin is Now Here! Help Support GOLF and FoxPlus. [Presidents' Club 2026 Coin] Annual memberships start at only $120 Join the AMSAT President’s Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ ________________________________ 2026 AMSAT Field Day Update It's that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a "picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!" The event takes place during a 27-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2026 the event takes place from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 27, 2026 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28, 2026. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 27 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. [cid:image003.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] This year should be as much fun as last year since we have more than 10 transponders and repeaters available. For AMSAT purposes, a transponder on a satellite would count as two if you could do phone and CW. We count them by modes, not the satellite names. Users 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/ . If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites, there are ISS and SO-50. 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. It was suggested during past field days that a control station be allowed to coordinate contacts on the FM satellites. 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. The format for the message exchange on the ISS or other digital packet satellite is an unproto packet to the other station (3-way exchange required) with all the same information as normally exchanged for ARRL Field Day, e.g.: W6NWG de KK5DO 2A STX KK5DO de W6NWG QSL 5A SDG W6NWG de KK5DO QSL If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on some of the less-populated, low-earth-orbit satellites like AO-7, RS-44, AO-73, FO-29 and JO-97. 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. [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards for the above information.] ________________________________ AMSAT Remove Before Flight Key Tags Now Available Yes, These are the Real Thing! [cid:image004.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] Your $20 Donation Goes to Help Fly a FoxPlus Satellite Includes First Class Postage (Sorry ? U.S. Addresses Only) Order Today at https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-remove-before-flight-keychain ________________________________ CardSat: A Pocket Satellite Tracker and Doppler Controller Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, has released CardSat, a free, open-source amateur satellite ground station controller that runs on the M5Stack Cardputer ADV - a credit-card-sized ESP32-S3 computer with a built-in keyboard, color display, and microSD slot. The project lives at https://github.com/prstoetzer/CardSat. CardSat downloads GP orbital and transponder data over WiFi, predicts passes locally with SGP4, and drives a radio over CAT with real-time Doppler correction. It works fully offline once data is cached and deep-sleeps between passes to save battery. Its Doppler engine uses the AMSAT "One True Rule" correcting both uplink and downlink so your signal holds the same spot in the passband for the whole pass. You can tune with the Cardputer keys or the radio's own knob - CardSat follows the dial and re-applies correction with nothing drifting. [cid:image005.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] Radios: Ten rigs across three CAT families - Icom CI-V (IC-820/821/910/970/ 9100/9700), Yaesu (FT-847, FT-736R), and Kenwood (TS-790, TS-2000) - plus native Icom LAN (RS-BA1) control of a networked Icom IC-9700 over WiFi. Linear-transponder passband tracking, automatic sideband selection, and automatic FM CTCSS tones are included. CardSat can also act as a rigctld/rotctld server for a PC, or as a rigctl client to a remote rig. Operating and planning: An all-favorites Next Passes schedule, an AOS alarm, deep-sleep until AOS, elevation and polar plots with ground track, sun/eclipse status, a mutual-window finder for co-visibility with a remote station, a 10-day pass overview, a 60-day illumination raster, a time-step simulation, and a multi-page orbital analysis (including beta angle and decay). Award chasing: CardSat lists what's under the footprint right now - workable grid squares (VUCC), US states (WAS), and the full 340-entity DXCC list (major countries as polygons, island/micro-entities by reference point from cty.dat) - live or as a per-pass union. Plus: Az/el rotator control (GS-232, rotctl, PstRotator, or direct Yaesu) with park, pre-position, per-pass flip, and manual jog; Sun/Moon pointing for sun-noise and EME aiming; QSO logging with ADIF export that doesn't interrupt Doppler; AMSAT OSCAR Status activity marks; a world map with all footprints; a GPS sky plot; selectable element sources; on-device help; and screenshots. [cid:image006.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] The Cardputer ADV uses an ESP32-S3 (4 MB flash, no PSRAM, 240×135 LCD, 56-key keyboard). Controlling a radio requires a CAT interface suited to the rig; the 3.3 V GPIO is not 5 V tolerant, so CAT lines must never be wired direct. Status: CardSat builds and runs on the Cardputer, with pass prediction, the plots, mutual-window search, GPS, the AOS alarm, deep sleep, and the offline caches all confirmed on hardware. The CAT frequency encoders, the Icom LAN backend, the rotator backends, and the network server/client paths are implemented and host-tested but have not yet driven a real radio or rotator on the air. Operators willing to test these paths and report results are encouraged to do so. The repository includes firmware, a full manual, wiring guides, and a printable key-reference card. [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President for the above information.] ________________________________ NASA Honors AMSAT-DL for Contribution to Artemis II Mission AMSAT-DL was pleased to announce that it had received a Certificate of Recognition, an official certificate of appreciation, from NASA for its participation in the Artemis II mission. Passive Tracking of the Orion Spaceship As part of the historic Artemis II mission, the AMSAT-DL and Bochum Observatory successfully tracked the Orion spacecraft passively throughout. Over 6 TB (terabytes) of IQ data and Doppler measurements were recorded. This achievement was expressly acknowledged by NASA, as it impressively demonstrates the contribution that radio amateurs and civil society organizations can make to modern space travel ? far beyond the capabilities of traditional government systems. [cid:image007.jpg ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] An Award for the Entire Community The certificate, signed by Marta Shelton, CIS Office Chief of NASA Space Communications & Navigation (SCaN), is dated April 24, 2026 and recognizes AMSAT-DL's “diligent efforts and success in the passive tracking of the Orion spacecraft.” Most significantly, the certificate also names the crew of the Artemis II mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. This honor belongs not only to AMSAT-DL as an organization ? it belongs to all the members, supporters and volunteers whose passion for amateur radio and spaceflight made this success possible. Amateur Radio and Space Travel ? A Strong Connection The award from NASA is impressive proof that amateur radio continues to play an important role in space communication and monitoring in the 21st century. AMSAT-DL and Observatory Bochum remain true to their shared mission: to promote the link between amateur radio and space exploration and to inspire the next generation of radio amateurs and space enthusiasts. Peter Gülzow DB2OS, AMSAT-DL comments, "We would like to thank NASA and the SCaN team for this great recognition of our work ? and look forward to accompanying future missions on the way back to the moon!" [ANS thanks Peter Gülzow DB2OS, AMSAT-DL for the above information.] ________________________________ Need a New Satellite Antennas? Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. [cid:image012.jpg ＠ 01DCFB29.6F6F7A80] When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ ________________________________ Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 12, 2026 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/. The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE Distribution: LO-19 NORAD Cat ID No. 20442 Began transmitting telemetry again [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager 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. [cid:image009.png ＠ 01DCFB26.B34C18B0] * Successful Contacts Collège Louis Aragon, Imphy, France, direct via F5KCH. The ISS callsign was OR4ISS. The crewmember was Sophie Adenot, KJ5LTN. The ARISS mentor was Joseph Lemoines, F6ICS. Contact was successful on Monday, June 8, 2026 at 13:29 UTC. * Scheduled Contacts Youth on the Air Camp 2026 (YOTA Camp 2026), Huntsville, AL, direct via W4Y. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams, KJ5GEW. The ARISS mentor is Daryl Young, K4RGK. Contact is for Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:36 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. 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.] ________________________________ FREE WITH MEMBERSHIP - LIMITED TIME OFFER! Free Digital Copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites For New and Renewed AMSAT Memberships! [Getting Started w Shadow] Join or renew your AMSAT membership during the promotional period and receive a download link for the latest edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites. Remember! Students join for FREE! JOIN TODAY at https://launch.amsat.org/ ________________________________ 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. [AMSAT Ambassador News Logo] June 27, 1800 UTC - June 28, 2100 UTC, 2026 ARRL Field Day https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ July 11, 2026 Moon Day Frontiers of Flight Museum 6911 Lemmon Ave. Dallas, TX 75209 https://flightmuseum.com/events/moonday/ N5HYP October 8-11, 2026 44th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Membership Meeting Crowne Plaza JAX Airport 14670 Duval Road Jacksonville, FL 32218 Details to follow [ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director ? AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information.] ________________________________ Satellite Shorts From All Over * California Polytechnic State University has received frequency coordination for a mission named "Additively Manufactured Deployable Radiator with Oscillating Heat Pipes. The primary objective of the AMDROHPSat mission is to perform an on-orbit technology demonstration of the Additively Manufactured Deployable Radiator with Oscillating Heat Pipes (AMDROHP). This 3U CubeSat experiment seeks to validate the ability of a novel, student-integrated thermal system to reject up to 50W of heat in Low Earth Orbit. The mission’s secondary objective is to facilitate learning by doing and self-training for the student team. After the launch and early operations phase has concluded, payload deployment will occur and a digipeater will be enabled. A UHF downlink using 9k6 GFSK will be set for 436.860. The launch is planned from KSC on NG25 NET in December 2026 to the ISS. More info at https://www.polysat.org/. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the IARU for the above information.] * The crew of NASA's next Artemis moon program mission was announced Tuesday, setting the stage for a flight to Earth orbit next year to test rendezvous and docking procedures with moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin, a critical milestone before sending astronauts back to the moon for landing in 2028. The Artemis III mission will be commanded by Randy "Komrade" Bresnik, 58, a former Marine fighter pilot and "TOPGUN" graduate who logged 149 days in space during a space shuttle flight in 2009 and a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station in 2017. Joining him will be pilot Luca Parmitano, 49, KF5KDP, a European Space Agency astronaut and veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the space station; Andre Douglas, 40, a space rookie and backup crew member for the recently completed Artemis II around-the-moon mission; and Frank Rubio, 49, who spent a U.S.-record 371 days in space aboard the ISS in 2022-23. See the full article at https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/09/73614/<%20https:/spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/09/73614/>. [ANS thanks SpaceFlight Now for the above information. ] * Bureau 1440, the Russian company building the "Rassvet" low-Earth orbit satellite internet service, has confirmed the loss of one of its first operational satellites, launched in March. The remaining 15 satellites from the batch are functioning normally, the company said. The project - Moscow's domestic alternative to SpaceX's Starlink - is slated for commercial launch by 2027. See the full article at https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77850. 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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 * You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ------------------------------ 2026 AMSAT Field Day Next Weekend! It’s that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!” The event takes place during a 27-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2026 the event takes place from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 27, 2026 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28, 2026. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 27 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. This year should be as much fun as last year since we have more than 10 transponders and repeaters available. For AMSAT purposes, a transponder on a satellite would count as two if you could do phone and CW. We count them by modes, not the satellite names. Users 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/ . If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites, there are ISS and SO-50. 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. It was suggested during past field days that a control station be allowed to coordinate contacts on the FM satellites. 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. The format for the message exchange on the ISS or other digital packet satellite is an unproto packet to the other station (3-way exchange required) with all the same information as normally exchanged for ARRL Field Day, e.g.: W6NWG de KK5DO 2A STX KK5DO de W6NWG QSL 5A SDG W6NWG de KK5DO QSL If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on some of the less-populated, low-earth-orbit satellites like AO-7, RS-44, AO-73, FO-29 and JO-97. 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. *[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards for the above information.]* ------------------------------ Buying from Ham Radio Outlet? Add AMSAT’s *Getting Started With Amateur Satellites* to your order. Available for $29.95 from HRO https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-019238 ------------------------------ 2026 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting The 44th AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting will be held in Jacksonville, FL on October 8-11, 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport/I-95. Registration details and Call for Papers will be coming soon. To book hotel rooms online, click here: AMSAT Conference Rooms Reservations can also be made by phone at 1-800-227-6963. The group code is AMS. The direct hotel phone number is 1-904-741-4404. *[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]* ------------------------------ The 2026 Coins Are Here! Help Support GOLF-TEE and Fox-Plus. *Annual memberships start at only $120.* [image: Presidents' Club 2026 Coin] *Join the AMSAT President’s Club today and help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/ * ------------------------------ Satellites Are The New Fire Towers The Bezos Earth Fund announced a $26 million grant for the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and its satellite-based wildfire detection program, Axios’ Ben Geman reports. The money ? alongside support from Google and others ? will help fund the launch of three FireSat satellites this summer. The groups say they’ll “provide wildfire monitoring at least twice daily over critical geographies, including a focus on the Amazon Basin ? one of the most fire-vulnerable regions on Earth.” The funding is the largest-ever single philanthropic grant for wildfire detection, the groups say. They add that the program could help protect homes, communities and biodiversity ? and cut CO2 emissions from wildfires by up to 10% annually. *Earth Fire Alliance’s first three FireSats at a clean room in Mountain View, Calif. (Photo: Muon Space)* Wildfires are a major driver of deforestation, which worsens climate change. They accounted for 42% of tree cover loss in 2025, per World Resources Institute data. The Earth Fire Alliance says it hopes to have dozens of satellites operating by the early 2030s that can “monitor every point on Earth every 20 minutes.” *[ANS thanks Axios for the above information. Read the full article at https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-f6fe1278-52eb-43c8-8bfe-7a1fe85b1c56.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top ]* ------------------------------ Announcing OrbitDeck A new open-source desktop application called OrbitDeck brings the classic OSCARLOCATOR into the software age, pairing a faithful recreation of the beloved paper tracking aid with a built-in classroom of orbital-mechanics lessons. Written in Python and released under the MIT license, OrbitDeck runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux ? including the Raspberry Pi ? and is tracking-and-analysis software only; radio and rotator control are intentionally left to the excellent dedicated tools already serving that role. *OrbitDeck map screen (Image credit: Paul Stoetzer)* Longtime operators will remember the OSCARLOCATOR: a polar map overlaid with a rotating ground-track transparency that let you predict a pass with nothing but a pencil and a clock. OrbitDeck rebuilds that experience as an interactive on-screen OSCARLOCATOR. You drag the map to rotate the path-arc overlay across a polar or QTH-centered base map, watching the satellite’s position and your station’s footprint move in real time. A protractor-style rim with per-degree tick marks and longitude and azimuth labels frames the disc. You can drive the overlay live, position it by hand to any equator-crossing longitude, drag the marker along the arc to step through the minutes after the crossing, or seed it directly to your next visible pass. A compact next-equator-crossings list is built in. Crucially, OrbitDeck also closes the loop with paper. Any satellite ? real or hypothetical ? can be exported as a printable PDF OSCARLOCATOR, ready to drop onto a clipboard for portable, screen-free operating in the field or in the classroom. That classroom focus runs throughout the program. A dedicated Learn section presents orbital mechanics across grouped, interactive tabs ? Kepler’s equal-areas law, anomalies and the vis-viva relation, nodal precession and sun-synchronous orbits, slant range and footprint geometry, Doppler tune-through, eclipse and beta-angle sunlight, a link-budget sandbox, and element-set aging ? each with a live diagram you can manipulate rather than merely read. A printable “Orbits 101” handout rounds it out. The standout teaching tool is the lab satellite. From within the OSCARLOCATOR simulator, you can invent a hypothetical bird and edit its orbital elements with sliders and entry boxes ? altitude (with the period updating live), eccentricity, inclination, RAAN, argument of perigee, mean anomaly, and direct apogee and perigee control. The ground track, footprint, and range circle respond instantly, plain-language explainers describe the effect of every change, and a gallery of presets loads recognizable archetypes from ISS-like LEO to Molniya and geostationary. Design an orbit to a requirement, compare two designs side by side, then name and print your creation as an OSCARLOCATOR exactly like a catalog satellite. OrbitDeck reads modern GP/OMM data, ships its own SGP4 propagator and an offline catalog so it works without a connection, and is free to download. It is an inviting on-ramp for newcomers and a genuinely useful operating and teaching aid for veterans. OrbitDeck builds and source code are available at https://github.com/prstoetzer/OrbitDeck *[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President and developer of OrbitDeck, for the above information]* ------------------------------ *AMSAT Remove Before Flight Key Tags Now Available* *Yes, These are the Real Thing!* * * *Your $20 Donation Goes to Help Fly a Fox-Plus Satellite Includes First Class Postage (Sorry ? U.S. Addresses Only) Order Today at https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-remove-before-flight-keychain * ------------------------------ Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 19, 2026 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/ . *There are no changes to this week’s TLE distribution.* General Perturbations Data Support AMSAT is pleased to announce that modern forms of what are called General Perturbations data are being disseminated via modern formats including JSON, XML and KVN at https://newark192.amsat.org/gpdata/current/. The reason this change is being made is that we are running out of 5-digit catalog numbers and the TLE format is not viable for satellites launched after July of this year. See https://celestrak.org/NORAD/documentation/gp-data-formats.php for details. These data are presently considered in beta test for the next two months while hosted on the test server newark192.amsat.org, and we are very open to community feedback at webmaster ＠ amsat.org. Testers may experience outages and errors while we make improvements. We intend to put this into production on our main web server in July as we expect that satellites launched after this summer will require one of the new formats to accommodate longer object numbers. AMSAT will continue to publish TLE bulletins for satellites launched before July 2026 indefinitely. *[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.]* ------------------------------ [image: SDR Gen 2 Ad - 2026] ------------------------------ Dragon Returns Packed with Space Station Science Scientists await a big splash in the Pacific Ocean as one of the most research-packed Dragon spacecraft to date returns, completing the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Biological and materials samples, along with tested hardware, are heading back to research teams on Earth for further analysis, advancing NASA’s work to prepare humans for exploration beyond low Earth orbit and to deliver benefits back home. *NASA astronaut Jessica Meir prepares samples in the Life Sciences Glovebox to study how weightlessness affects crew blood clotting and immune function for the Megakaryocyte Flying-One investigation. (Photo Credit: NASA)* Some samples returning are for NASA’s Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion in Space: Pathfinder Investigation (InSPA-StemCellEX-H2), which seeks to use the microgravity environment to scale up the production of stems cells. On Earth, lab-produced blood stem cells lose their ability to form different cell types, like red and white blood cells that are critical to treating patients with certain blood diseases and cancers. In microgravity, researchers believe this ability will be better preserved while also growing these stem cells in greater numbers. The returning samples will undergo further analysis to determine if space-based efforts produce larger quantities of enhanced stem cells suitable for clinical use. The team behind NASA’s Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) Infection of Cardiac Tissue (MVP Cell-09) experiment is awaiting the return of stem cell-derived heart tissues that were intentionally infected with a pneumonia-causing bacterium as part of ongoing microgravity research. Pneumonia increases the risk of heart disease, which is not fully understood. Because bacteria tend to become more active and virulent in microgravity, this experiment could amplify their effects, making it possible to detect cellular responses that cannot be observed on Earth. NASA’s Megakaryocyte Flying-One (MeF1) samples are returning to Earth to help understand how large cells found in bone marrow, known as megakaryocytes, and the platelets they produce adapt to spaceflight. Megakaryocytes and platelets play important roles in the formation of blood clots and immune responses. The returning samples, including those taken from astronauts, could show us how the human immune system reacts aboard the space station and help prepare for future exploration missions. Semiconductor research samples as part of NASA’s In-Space Production of Semimetal-Semiconductor Composite Bulk Crystals in Microgravity (SUBSA-InSPA-SSCug) investigation are returning to Earth for further analysis. This study manufactured semimetal-semiconductor composite alloy crystals in space, which have applications in many electronics, including sensors and lasers. Researchers believe microgravity could enable the production of significantly greater and higher-quality crystals, supporting the development of next-generation semiconductor technologies. Additional experiments being returned include NASA’s Zero Boil-Off Tank Noncondensables (ZBOT-NC) investigation, NASA’s DNA Nano Therapeutics-3 space-assembled DNA-inspired materials, NASA’s InSPA-Sachi Nanoligomer investigation, European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Green Bone investigation, NASA’s 3D Bone Marrow Analog research, and NASA’s InSPA-Auxilium Bioprinter-Cell Printing is investigation. To read more about these experiments, see the full article at https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasas-spacex-crs-34-dragon-returns-packed-with-space-station-science/ . *[ANS thanks NASA 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. *Scheduled Contacts* *+ Recently Completed* Youth on the Air Camp 2026 (YOTA Camp 2026), Huntsville, AL, direct via W4Y The ISS callsign was NA1SS The scheduled crewmember was Chris Williams, KJ5GEW The ARISS mentor was K4RGK Contact was successful: Thu 2026-06-18 16:36:25 UTC 37 degrees maximum elevation Congratulations to the Youth on the Air Camp 2026 students, Chris, mentor Youth on the Air Camp 2026, and ground station W4Y! Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/eVo288DAH4U *+ Upcoming Contacts* National STEM Festival, Washington, DC, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams, KJ5GEW The ARISS mentor is W4NTR/ KM4YHZ Contact is go for: Thu 2026-06-25 13:31:42 UTC 49 degrees maximum elevation Many times, a school makes a last-minute decision to do a Livestream or runs into a last-minute glitch requiring a change of the URL, but we at ARISS may not get the URL in time for publication. You can always check https://live.ariss.org/ to see if a school is Livestreaming. [image: ARISS News] There is a lot of traffic on Facebook and on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule: Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew’s usual waking period is 07:30 ? 19:30 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking up and about an hour before sleeping, when they have personal time. They’re usually free most of the weekend, as well. The APRS packet system is also active (437.825 MHz up & down). Ham TV is currently transmitting a test signal at 2395.00 MHz. *The color bar test generator portion of the Ham TV system is experiencing unexpected technical issues. ARISS is working to troubleshoot the issue with NASA’s payloads support team and the ISS crew.* As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. *Radios will be powered down in support of an upcoming spacewalk in late June: Power down: June 29 at 15:15 UTC Power up: July 1 at 10:15 UTC* 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.]* ------------------------------ 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. [image: AMSAT Ambassador News Logo]Scheduled Events June 27, 1800 UTC ? June 28, 2100 UTC, 2026 *ARRL Field Day* https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ July 11, 2026 *Moon Day* Frontiers of Flight Museum 6911 Lemmon Ave. Dallas, TX 75209 https://flightmuseum.com/events/moonday/ N5HYP October 8-11, 2026 *44th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Membership Meeting* Crowne Plaza JAX Airport 14670 Duval Road Jacksonville, FL 32218 *Details to follow* For more information go to: https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/ *[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director ? AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information.]* ------------------------------ Satellite Shorts from All Over + HamSat (free) and HamSat Pro (one-time purchase), iOS satellite tracking apps for iPhone/iPad by Vasco Barreiros, CT1OY, have recently been updated with new features, including compatibility with Apple Watch. HamSat is available on the iPhone App Store. (ANS thanks Peter Green, GØABI, for the above information.) + The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a heavily trafficked part of low-Earth orbit ? home to the International Space Station and a significant portion of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network. The breakup occurred shortly after the Zhuque-2E rocket reached orbit on June 9 with two satellites providing direct-to-cell communications, perhaps around the time the upper stage was expected to perform a disposal burn. The U.S. Space Force confirmed the breakup event stating, “There are currently no threats to human spaceflight.”* (ANS thanks ArsTechica for the above information. Read the full article at https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/a-chinese-rocket-breaks-apart-dangerously-close-to-the-starlink-constellation/ .)* + A new paper from researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California reports that 73.3 percent of images the agency’s new SPHEREx space telescope collected between May and September of last year were contaminated by at least one artificial satellite trail. Typically this type of light pollution is associated with ground telescopes. But SPHEREx is an orbital satellite about 700 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. Apparently even that wasn’t enough to escape from the light trails. *(ANS thanks IEEE Spectrum for the above information. See the full article at https://spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-light-pollution-spherex-hubble .)* + A dazzling fireball streaked through the skies above the Midwest on June 14, crashing through Earth’s atmosphere at a staggering 56,000 mph (90,123 km.h per hour) before burning up. More than 500 witnesses reported the event to the American Meteor Society,? some of whom uploaded footage of the fiery event. NASA’s all-sky camera network also captured the fireball from three locations. *(ANS thanks Space.com for the above information. Read the full article, with some of the images, at https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/watch-a-fireball-burn-a-300-mile-path-above-the-midwest-us-video .)* + An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17. So far, 367 Amazon Leo satellites have launched on Ariane 6, Atlas V and Falcon 9. However, there is only one more Atlas 5 launch for Amazon Leo, scheduled for July 3, forcing Amazon to lean more on Arianespace. The company still has a July 2029 deadline to deploy the full constellation, as part of the FCC’s waiver decision on June 5. *(ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information. If registered with a SpaceNews account, see the full article at https://spacenews.com/upgraded-ariane-6-launches-amazon-leo-satellites/ .)* + NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, responding to questions about the agency’s selection of an all-male crew for the Artemis 3 mission, said the astronauts were chosen based solely on their experience, skill sets and availability. Isaacman strongly defended the crew selection, saying he had “personally been to space twice with 50 percent female crews. My closest advisors and some of the smartest engineers I know are women. In our latest NASA leadership organization, nearly 50 percent of the center directors and mission directorate leadership are women.” *(ANS thanks SpaceflightNow for the above information. Read the full article at https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/10/nasa-chief-defends-selection-of-all-male-artemis-iii-crew/ .)* ------------------------------ Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: - Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). - Students enrolled in at least half-time status are eligible for free membership to age 25. - 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* *mjohns [at] amsat.org * *ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002 AMSAT is a registered trademark of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.* -------------- next part -------------- HTMLの添付ファイルを保管しました... 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