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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.01
Recently, there has been comments on activity on the LEO satellites.
With newcomers added to the mixture everyday, it is a good idea to re-read a
Guideline from many years ago.
http://www.innismir.net/article/26
Enjoy and use as a reminder of our resposibilities.
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.02
ARISSat-1 Update
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.02
ARISSat-1 Update
The ARISSat-1 satellite/amateur radio experiment is in Baikonur. =
RSC Energia has information and photographs about the satellite =
on their news site http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2010/news_12-31.html .
The NASA Phase 3 Safety Review for ARISSat is scheduled for Thursday 20 =
January 2011. The Progress 41P launch carrying ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V is =
scheduled for late January and the release of the satellite is scheduled =
for the end of February 2011. Energia is also calling the satellite KEDR, =
after Yuri Gagarin's callsign in celebration of the 50th anniversary of =
the first manned space flight 12 April 1961. Sergey Samburov, RV3DR is =
shown in the photos with the satellite on the RSC Energia site.
Gould
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.03
SKN reminder
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.03
Ray, W2RS thanks all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night =
on OSCAR 2011 and reminds us to please nominate =
someone you worked for 'Best Fist.' Your nominee need not have the best =
fist of those you heard, just of those you worked. =
Nominations should be sent to w2rs@amsat.org. A list of those =
nominated will be published in ANS in early February, =
and in a forthcoming issue of The AMSAT Journal.
[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.04
SA Request for Assistance
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.04
SA AMSAT Cubesat project needs programmers
The development team for the planned South African CubeSat project =
is taking shape nicely.
Radio amateurs with diverse specialist skills are offering their =
expertise from all over. "However, we still need a person with =
experience in programming PIC or 8051 microprocessors," Hannes =
Coetzee, ZS6BZP, told SARL News.
"This person will be a critical member of the team and will be =
responsible for the development of the onboard controller soft-
ware. Other amateurs who are interested in the development of =
the satellite and would like to join the development team are =
still welcome to send their Amateur Radio CVs to: =
saamsat@intekom.co.za," Hannes said.
The team will meet for its first formal teleconference on Wed-
nesday evening 26 January 2011 at 20:00. Team members will re-
ceive a formal notification.
[ANS thanks SARL, SA AMSAT, and SouthGateARC site for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.05
ARISS Report
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.05
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) =
Status Report January 10, 2011
1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact =
scheduled for Tsutsujigaoka Minami Elementary School in =
Akishima, Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, January 12 was completed. Students =
participating in the contact are learning about space science and the =
global cooperation required to operate the ISS.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has =
scheduled for Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola =
Secondaria 1=B0 Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy on Wednesday, January 12 =
Has been completed. Through this contact, the school hoped to increase =
students' interest in science, technology, space research and other =
space-related subject matter.
Istituto Comprensivo Via Toscana 2 in Civitavecchia, Italy has =
been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space =
Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, January 15 has also been successful.
The school, with an enrollment of 750 children, ages 3-14, had =
prepared questions about life in space and the research performed =
on the ISS. =
2. Italian Students Chat with Astronaut through ARISS Contact
On Saturday, January 8, University of Bari "Cittadella Mediterranea =
della Scienza" in Bari, Italy participated in an Amateur Radio on the =
International Space Station (ARISS) contact with ESA astronaut Paolo =
Nespoli, IZ0JPA. Prior to the contact, ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis, =
IK0WGF introduced the event via phone line. Nespoli made the radio link =
with the students, answering 14 of their questions. A second contact was =
established on the following ISS pass to finish up the questions and =
exchange greetings. Approximately 100 students, teachers, visitors and =
media attended. Regional television, local media and newspapers =
covered the event and video was streamed over the internet, receiving =
more than 100 connections. Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza =
promotes technology and scientific knowledge in schools of all grades =
using projects that encourage academic research.
3. Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Chris Cassidy was given an introductory session on ARISS this =
past week. He will train for his amateur radio license and plans to =
participate in the ARISS program. He is currently scheduled to fly in =
the spring of 2013.
4. ARRISat Featured in February QST
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a story in its January =
6 ARRL Letter about the February issue of QST which features =
ARISSat-1 on its front cover. The ARRL monthly journal has a =
circulation of 156,000. See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=3D2011-01=
-06
5. AMSAT Posts ARISSat-1 Update to Web Site
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) posted an update =
on its Web page covering the current status of ARISSat-1. =
"ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Integration and Testing Underway in =
Moscow," may be viewed here:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
6. AMSAT Articles on ARISS News
On January 9, the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) =
News Service bulletin (ANS-009) included two ARISS-related news =
items. "ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update" and "ARISS School Contacts =
Resume for 2011" may be found at: =
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg83129.html
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.06
Satellite Shorts
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.06
NASA Redoubling Efforts to Contact Spirit Rover on Mars
A news item carried on UniverseToday.com (http://tinyurl.com/2ccsnku)
reports that NASA is stepping up operational efforts to contact the =
Martian Spirit rover with more communications commands; more listening =
time; more frequencies. Spirit last communicated with mission control-
lers back on Earth on March 22, 2010. The rover entered hibernation =
mode, some nine months ago, as the available sunlight to power the =
life giving solar panels was diminishing. NASA hopes to reawaken Spirit =
from a long slumber and reignite her breakthrough campaign of explora-
tion and discovery from a scientific goldmine on the surface of the red =
planet.
At Spirit's location in the southern hemisphere of Mars, Southern =
Summer has not yet arrived. Right now it's mid Southern Spring and =
daylight hours are increasing. And Summer doesn't even start until =
mid-March 2011. The question is whether Spirit's unheated electronics =
components have endured the extremely harsh and frigidly cold condi-
tions of her 4th winter on Mars - her coldest ever. At about -100 C. =
Spirit entered a low-power fault mode in March 2010 with minimal activ-
ity except charging and heating the batteries and keeping its clock run-
ning. With most heaters shut off, Spirit's internal temperatures dipped =
lower than ever before on Mars. That stress could have caused damage, s
uch as impaired electrical connections, that would prevent reawakening =
or, even if Spirit returns to operation, would reduce its capabilities.
"Components within the rover electronic module (REM) inside the rover's =
warm electronic box (WEB) are experiencing record low temperatures," =
said Doug McCuistion, the director of Mars Exploration at NASA Head-
quarters in Washington, DC, in an interview about Spirit's predicament. =
"The expectation is for the REM hardware to reach -55C at the coldest =
part of the winter. We have tested the REM down to -55C".
NASA's Deep Space Network of antennas in California, Spain and Australia =
has been listening for Spirit daily in coordination with the spacecraft =
orbiting Mars; Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In X-band, =
the DSN listens for Spirit during one pass each day. The rover team has =
also been sending commands to elicit a response from the rover even if
the rover has lost track of time.
Now, the monitoring is being increased. Additional listening periods in-
clude times when Spirit might mistake a signal from NASA's Mars Recon-
naissance Orbiter as a signal from Earth and respond to such a signal. =
Commands for a beep from Spirit will be sent at additional times to =
cover a wider range of times-of-day on Mars when Spirit might awaken.
"DSN does an average of 4 "sweep & beep" commands in each day's pass," =
according to JPL spokesman Guy Webster. Also, NASA is listening on a =
wider range of frequencies to cover more possibilities of temperature =
effects on Spirit's radio systems.
[ANS thanks UniverseToday.com for the above information]
Hello Everyone,
This is to let you know that AMSAT has updated the Main/Top =
news item at http://www.amsat.org to:
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Integration and Testing Underway in Moscow
[ANS thanks Joanne, K9JKM, for the above information]
Hi all (Happpy 2011!)
The next "HV Satcom" Net is Thursday January 20 at 8PM (UTC -5);
(Host) Mt. Beacon ARC) on the 146.970MHz. Repeater (-600;Pl;100)
with an Echolink Node of "N2EYH-L"
("HV Satcom"net): www.hvsatcom.org/
E-Mail: wa2aqh@amsat.org ("HV Satcom"Net)
=
[ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS, For above information.]
January SatMagazine Covers CubeSats
Amateur Radio satellites NanoSail-D and O/OREOS get a mention in the =
January edition of SatMagazine, now available for free download.
NanoSail-D and O/OREOS feature on pages 61/62.
Pages 14-18 have a article by Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. =
(SSTL) project lead Shaun Kenyon on the recent increase in interest =
in NanoSats and pages 20-22 cover "The Power Of Picosatellites".
The US military are making use of NanoSats and the recently launched =
US Army satellite SMDC-ONE, a 3U CubeSat, is covered on page 60.
Download a copy of the January SatMagazine from
http://www.satmagazine.com/2011/SM_January_2011.pdf
Free subscription to SatMagazine and SatNews
http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/regester.cgi
SatMagazine
http://www.satmagazine.com/
[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC Site for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-016.07
AMSAT China Report on HO-68 Health
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 016.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 16, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-016.07
AMSAT China Report on HO-68 Health
HO-68 (XW-1) Project Manager, Alan Kung, BA1DU sent an update on the
satellite's operational status. Alan wrote, "This week I received =
many reports from all over the world about faults of HO-68's tele-
metry beacon."
Alan continues, "After we analyzed the situation of the satellite, we =
think that the software in the payload management MPU was not running =
properly. Software crashes stopped communication between the payload =
management MPU and the satellite management unit. This caused the prob-
lem with the beacon and caused an abnormal switch of the transponder =
mode." =
On January 14 AMSAT China controllers switched the satellite into safe =
mode at 0300Z. They turned off most of the onboard units, and then at
0440Z re-powered up. The satellite returned to normal operating mode =
and so far the beacon has continued to operate normally. =
AMSAT China said they will not upload commands to the satellite to =
change the transponder operating schedule for the next week. The com-
mand team will continually monitor HO-68 operational status this week. =
Please send Alan a report if you observe any abnormal operation of HO-68. =
Alan can be reached at: alankung@public3.bta.net.cn
AMSAT China web page: http://www.camsat.cn
[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in =
the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as =
sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible =
to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available =
from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
Nb2f at amsat dot org
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