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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. Rocket Lab Launch now streaming (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
3. Re: Rocket Lab Launch now streaming (Robert MacHale)
4. DSLWP-B UHF Plan (???)
5. Re: [aprssig] AMSAT Plans? (Zach Metzinger)
6. LO 94 and the solar eclipse (Nico Janssen)
7. PSAT2 PSK31 enabled ONLY (No VHF) (Robert Bruninga)
8. Rocket Lab Launch Replay (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
9. ANS-181 AMSAT Weekly News Bulletin June 30, 2019
(Frank Karnauskas)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 03:22:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29
02:30 UTC
Message-ID: <1095764660.365473.1561778525239@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI, direct via W8TCM
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact was successful: Fri 2019-06-28 14:02:16 UTC 25 deg (***)
Watch for live stream at
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVyQOrBooJxzLFNGiyz9i2w
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Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg
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Exp. 58 back on earth (***)
Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***)
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
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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.
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format?YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2019-06-29 02:30 UTC.? (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-06-29 02:30 UTC. (***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html??
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
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ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
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For the application, go to:? http://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) http://www.jarl.org/ ?
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/?
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
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Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
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Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.?
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If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
http://www.ariss-eu.org/?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:?
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 118
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The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date
webpages?were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1320.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1263.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
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Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 58 back on earth (***)
Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (***)
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
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Exp. 59 on orbit
Christina Koch
Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague KG5TMV
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:20:45 +1200
From: "Wendy and Terry Osborne" <wandtosborne@?????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch now streaming
Message-ID: <2EFB064F0B11415AA092F7E145F384DF@??????????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream/
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:35:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert MacHale <robert.machale@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???? Wendy and Terry Osborne
<wandtosborne@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch now streaming
Message-ID: <1316433874.569740.1561782913917@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Thanks for sharing; that was fun to watch!
Robert MacHale. KE6BLR Ham Radio License.?http://spaceCommunicator.club/igates
. Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration
On Friday, June 28, 2019, 09:21:48 PM PDT, Wendy and Terry Osborne via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
https://www.rocketlabusa.com/live-stream/
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:38:12 +0800 (CST)
From: ??? <wmc_jx@???.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSLWP-B UHF Plan
Message-ID: <4dd27dcc.5f5a.16ba1f4a0eb.Coremail.wmc_jx@???.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=GBK
Hi OMs,
Here is the DSLWP-B UHF plan for the following days:
2019-06-30 05:30:00 to 2019-06-30 07:30:00
2019-07-01 05:30:00 to 2019-07-01 07:30:00
2019-07-02 18:00:00 to 2019-07-02 20:00:00
2019-07-03 06:00:00 to 2019-07-03 08:00:00
2019-07-04 06:30:00 to 2019-07-04 08:30:00
2019-07-05 07:30:00 to 2019-07-05 09:30:00
All time in UTC. GMSK on both freq & JT4G on 435.4. JT4G repeater message on
436.4 TBD.
SSDV album: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/pics-b.html
Online JT4G telemetry forwarder:
http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g_forwarder.html
JT4G telemetry display:
http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/jt4g.html
GMSK telemetry: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/dashboard/pages_en/telemetry-b.html
VY TNX & 73!
Wei BG2BHC
--
WEI Mingchuan
Research Center of Satellite Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
mobile: +86-189-4501-5242
e-mail: wmc_jx@???.???? bg2bhc@?????.???
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:37:18 +0200
From: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [aprssig] AMSAT Plans?
Message-ID: <8CCCE581-C336-45F4-9ABE-37DEA2D9AD14@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On June 28, 2019 7:12:03 PM CEST, Greg D via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@?????.??? >
wrote:
>Peter Laws N5UWY wrote:
>> It's hard to tell because AMSAT-NA's web presence is ... sub-optimal
>I believe it was reported recently that there is, in fact, a lot of
>stuff going on in the background, but because of non-disclosure
>restrictions, they can't talk about it.
If you're an AMSAT member (which reminds me to send in my renewal), you'll
receive the journal every few months. Lots of great information on current
and future projects!
--- Zach
N0ZGO
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 15:18:39 +0200
From: Nico Janssen <hamsat@??????.??>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LO 94 and the solar eclipse
Message-ID: <695a0b21-883a-b7c4-29a2-5c41a4107e23@??????.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
On July 2 there will be a total solar eclipse that can be observed
by the amateur satellite Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and
DSLWP-B) from its elliptical orbit around the Moon. Attempts will
be made to image the eclipse, where both the Moon and Earth
should appear in the images.
For details see these blog posts of Dani, EA4GPZ:
https://destevez.net/2019/06/dslwp-b-and-the-solar-eclipse/
https://destevez.net/2019/06/imaging-times-for-dslwp-b-eclipse-observation/
Note that LO 94 is expected to crash onto the Moon's surface at
the end of July, ending its mission. Until then you can still track
LO 94 using GMAT and receive its 70 cm downlinks.
73,
Nico PA0DLO
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:53:44 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@????.???>
To: amsat bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 PSK31 enabled ONLY (No VHF)
Message-ID: <88e1a566a82a2e2607cb7f36767f38d6@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
PSAT2 PSK31 uplink on ten meters 29.481 and downlink on 435.350+/- Doppler
is enabled.
SSTV is enabled when the camera is in daylight an not looking at space or
the sun.
But the Other modes are -not-. Please, no uplinks to PSAT2 on VHF while
we are performing checkout.
Thanks,
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 14:04:10 +1200
From: "Wendy and Terry Osborne" <wandtosborne@?????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rocket Lab Launch Replay
Message-ID: <48D614D0E9EF4BD38DADA3795910B1BB@??????????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hi Folks,
You can view yesterday?s Rocket Lab Launch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idKCy8LdyKo
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:47:16 -0500
From: "Frank Karnauskas" <n1uw@???????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-181 AMSAT Weekly News Bulletin June 30, 2019
Message-ID: <000d01d52eee$215cc640$641652c0$@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-181
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and
information service of AMSAT North America, 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://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 dot org.
In this edition:
* AO-85 Update: Do Not Access While in Eclipse
* Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced
* PSAT Successfully Launched on Falcon Heavy STP-2
* Update: PSAT2 is coming to Northern Latitudes!
* Updated TLE's and Analysis Tools for BIRDS-3
* Chinese Lunar Satellite DSLWP-B and the July 2 Solar Eclipse
* Thailand JAISAT-1 Satellite to Launch on July 5, 2019
* ARISS International Delegates Meet in Montreal
* European Astro Pi Challenge Winners Announced
* New Release of G0KLA Tracker
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-181.01
ANS-181 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
June 30, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-181.01
AO-85 Update: Do Not Access While in Eclipse
The auto Safe mode was disabled on June 24 and the transponder was
turned on. A few QSOs were made to verify that it would drop with
inactivity.
Currently, the battery voltage is very low and it looks like a cell
is prepared to give up the ghost. Please do not use the satellite
while it is in eclipse, even if you hear it. Operations is not sure
what will be usable if and when this cell fails completely.
In the meantime, please send reports to the AMSAT-BB. They are
welcome and helpful.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.]
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Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced
The corrected list of 2019 candidates, in alphabetical order by last
name are:
Jerry Buxton, N0JY
Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Jeff Johns, WE4B
Brennan Price, N4QX
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Michelle Thompson, W5NYV
This year AMSAT membership will select four candidates to the Board
of Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of
votes will be seated as voting members of the Board of Directors. Two
alternate directors will be selected based on the next highest number
of votes received.
Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership by July 15, 2019.
The election closes September 15, 2019.
[ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary for the above
information.]
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New 2019 AMSAT Apparel Now Available on the Web
Didn't make it to Hamvention but you want the latest in AMSAT
haberdashery? The new 2019 tee-shirts, polo shirts and hats are now
available in the AMSAT online store. Browse the styles and sizes
online and put your order in today at
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-apparel/
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PSAT Successfully Launched on Falcon Heavy STP-2
PSAT2 was successfully Launched at 0630Z on June 25, 2019 on the
Falcon Heavy STP-2 mission into a 28 degree elliptical orbit with
apogee at 860 km and perigee at 300 km. The 28 degree inclination
makes it difficult to work it over most of Europe but the
significant difference in apogee and perigee can make a 15 degree or
so elevation difference on the horizon. When apogee circulates to
be over the northern hemisphere, then more northern stations can
work it. When Perigee is over the
northern hemisphere, it can only be seen in Spain and Italy latitudes
in Europe, and only mid latitudes in the USA.
This changing apogee dynamic will move earlier each day and two weeks
later, will have reversed, and so forth on a monthly cycle or so.
Another interesting thing about the orbit is that it is almost time
synchronous; meaning that a pass will occur almost the same time
every day (though five minutes earlier). But then an earlier orbit
will appear an hour and a half earlier every other day. This makes
it very easy to do mobile/portable operations without any computer
once you hear one pass.
Operating Modes
PSAT2 consists of a number of exciting and unique Amateur Radio
Communications transponders:
- First is a newer PSK31 29 MHz uplink/UHF FM downlink from Brno
University following on to the original on PSAT.
- Second is a Brno SSTV camera that downlinks in the same UHF FM
waterfall as the PSK31 users.
- Third is a DTMF grid square uplink and voice/APRS downlink for
grid position reporting.
- Fourth is DTMF Text messaging (APRStt).
- Fifth is APRS text messages up and voice down.
- Sixth is a conventional APRS digipeater that will join a number of
sister APRS Amateur Satellite transponders.
Currently the HF/UHF PSK31 and SSTV modes are enabled and open to
users.
But the VHF modes have not been enabled for users and users are
requested
to keep the uplink clear during on-orbit testing.
PSAT2 is designed for maximum orbit life compared to other similar
sized
cubesats because it is flying with the maximum allowable mass.
Almost a
kilogram of lead ballast about 2cm x 8cm x 8cm located in the center
of
the cubesat constitutes almost HALF the satellite's mass to give it
a high
ballistic coefficient to last longer on orbit.
One of the most interesting and unique features of PSAT2 is the new
APRStt (Touchtone) DTMF/voice transponder which lets everyone do APRS
using any radio with DTMF keypad, not just those with APRS radios.
There have been several iterations of the APRStt system in APRS over
the years since 2001, but this application will be new in space and
will help introduce everyone to this unique alternate APRS
capability for use with ANY radio.
Operating Frequencies
- APRS Up/Down: 145.825 1200 baud APRS (like ISS, PSAT, AISAT-1)
- DTMF Uplink: 145.980 MHz (Voice confirmation down on 145.825 MHz)
- PSK31 Downlink: 435.350 MHz +/- 5 kHz FM (300 mw)
- PSK31 Uplink: 29.4815 MHz PSK31 SSB (25 W and omni vertical
typical)
PSAT2 Digipeater Aliases
To join the existing APRS satellites on orbit and operate as a
seamless constellation, PSAT2 supports the same APRSAT and ARISS
generic aliases as the original PCSAT (NO44) PSAT and the packet
system on the ISS so that users do not have to change any
parameters when using any of these three APRS transponders.
Complete PSAT-2 information is available at:
http://aprs.org/psat2.html
The PSAT2 User Manual is available for download at:
aprs.org/PSAT2/USER-Operations-Manual.doc
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information.]
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Update: PSAT2 is coming to Northern Latitudes!
After reviewing the orbit, it is somewhat time synchronous, meaning
each orbit time (at mid northern latitudes) is just 5 minutes later
each night. But then a NEW earlier orbit appears 90 minutes earlier
every other day.
So, by the 4th of July, PSAT2 first pass will be as early as 4 PM
local time in the Northern Hemisphere mid latitudes.
And, the apogee moves rapidly. In just two weeks, apogee will be
over the northern hemisphere giving higher latitudes much better
access. At launch it was the middle of the night and perigee was in
the Northern hemisphere making it only visible for lower latitudes.
So, things will improve for Northern Hemisphere... then two weeks
get worse, etc.
24 Hour telemetry plots (links to FINDU.COM) are now available on at
http://aprs.org/psat2.html.
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information.]
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Updated TLE's and Analysis Tools for BIRDS-3
The following TLE information was posted on June 19, 2019.
RAAVANA-1
1 44329U 98067QE 19174.93024453 .00004092 00000-0 74305-4 0 9992 2
44329 51.6418 327.7999 0007880 104.0563 256.1303 15.52018847 1076 0
UGUISU
1 44330U 98067QF 19175.44552474 .00003960 00000-0 72238-4 0 9996 2
44330 51.6420 325.2414 0007814 104.7507 255.4350 15.51987013 113
NEPALISAT-1
1 44331U 98067QG 19174.86570669 .00004256 00000-0 76869-4 0 9991 2
44331 51.6420 328.1190 0007880 104.9615 255.2247 15.52054261 1052 0
Also, the CW Analysis Software has been updated to Version 2. This
version includes an Excel file that allows decoding raw CW data and
saving the results.
[ANS thanks the BIRDS-3 Project for the above information.]
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Chinese Lunar Satellite DSLWP-B and the July 2 Solar Eclipse
On July 2 there will be a total solar eclipse that can be observed
from parts of the Pacific Ocean, Chile and Argentina. This provides
an opportunity to image the eclipse with the Chinese lunar orbiting
Amateur Radio satellite Lunar-OSCAR 94 (aka DSLWP-B). An attempt
will be made to image the eclipse with the Inory eye camera on-
board, where both the Moon and Earth should appear in the images.
The main interest is to photograph the shadow of the Moon on the
surface of the Earth. The camera doesn?t have a large resolution and
the Earth will look small in the image, but it will be possible to
distinguish the shadow clearly.
Because the satellite aims its solar panel towards the sun, the
camera on-board DSLWP-B is always pointing away from the Sun.
Since DSLWP-B orbits the Moon, the Earth will always be in the center
of the camera field of view during a solar eclipse. However, it
might happen that the Moon is between the satellite and the Earth
thus hiding the view of the Earth.
To see the plans for the attempt see
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-eclipse and
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-eclipse-times
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.]
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Thailand JAISAT-1 Satellite to Launch July 5, 2019
The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) has announced that
JAISAT-1 is scheduled for launch on July 5, 2019 by a Soyuz 2.1
rocket at 05:41 UTC. JAISAT-1 will ride with a Meteor-M N2-2
meteorology satellite along with a total of 34 satellites from
twelve countries.
The telemetry downlink is 435.325 MHz and the telemetry format is
4k8 GMSK Mobitex (CMX990 Mobitex format). The telemetry format is
detailed at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-JAISAT-telfmt.
Signals in the same format can be found with the D-STAR ONE Sparrow
and D-STAR ONE iSAT satellites. Information on these satellites and
the decoding software download can be found at
- http://dk3wn.info/blog/satelliten/d-star-one/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjPOJDbHdA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_NS3Prz9U
- http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm
- http://www.dk3wn.info/files/dstar_one.zip
All Amateur Radio operators receiving signals from JAISAT-1 are asked
to email data to jaisatonetele@?????.???. The Radio Amateur Society
of Thailand will have a SWL card to confirm reception.
Also of interest are videos of the satellites' installation to the
Soyuz fairing at
- https://www.roscosmos.ru/26486/
- https://www.roscosmos.ru/26491/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klXEGKKTlFs) and
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcUhJMU4mHA&t=10s
[ANS thanks Tanan Rangseeprom, HS1JAN, JAISAT-1 Project Manager for
the above information.]
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ARISS International Delegates Meet in Montreal
This week, ARISS held it's 2019 ARISS International Face-to Face
Meeting of international delegates in Montreal, Canada. During the
sessions, Kenwood software manager, Shin Aota presented two Kenwood
TM-D710GA transceivers to ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov. A
TM-D710GA will be used to replace aging amateur radio equipment on
board the International Space Station.
For several weeks, these radios have undergone detailed qualification
testing followed by software configuration and verification. With
today's transfer of the radios to ARISS Russia, we are one step
closer to an enhanced Amateur Radio system on board the ISS
supporting various operations such as SSTV, voice communication,
APRS and a variety of experiments.
Dave, AA4KN
[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS Public Relations for the above
information.]
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European Astro Pi Challenge Winners Announced
Two Raspberry Pi computers, Astro Pi units Ed and Izzy have called
the International Space Station home since 2016. ESA Education runs
the European Astro Pi Challenge which allows students to conduct
scientific investigations in space, by writing computer programs.
A record-breaking number of more than 15000 people, from all 22 ESA
Member States as well as Canada, Slovenia, and Malta, took part in
this year?s challenge across both Mission Space Lab and Mission Zero.
After designing their own scientific investigations and having their
programs run aboard the International Space Station, the Mission
Space Lab teams spent their time analyzing the data they received
back from the ISS. To complete the challenge, they had to write a
short scientific report discussing their results and highlighting
the conclusions of their experiments. We were very impressed by the
quality of the reports, which showed a high level of scientific merit.
the Astro Pi jury has now selected eleven winning teams, as well as
highly commending four additional teams. The eleven winning teams
won the chance to join an exclusive video call with ESA astronaut
Frank De Winne, head of the European Astronaut Centre in Germany
where astronauts train for their missions. Each team had the once-in-
a-lifetime chance to ask Frank about his life as an astronaut.
For complete information including the names of the winners see
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-Astro-Pi
[ANS thanks RaspberryPi.org for the above information.]
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New Release of G0KLA Tracker
Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ has released version 1.01a of the G0KLA
Satellite tracker. This version has a few tweaks most requested by
users:
- Key display settings can be changed on the main window from a set
of icons bottom left. e.g. showing spacecraft in eclipse vs sun.
- Horizontal lines for 30 and 60 degrees can be displayed.
- Horizontal lines for all labels on the vertical axis can be
displayed.
- Time labels have a slightly more sensible gap between them
(e.g. 15 minutes) rather than a random amount that fit in the
window (such as 13 minutes).
- Past minutes can now be as short as 10 minutes, although a
longer period can be selected.
The downloads are available at
- http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/KlaTrack_1.01a_windows.zip
- http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/KlaTrack_1.01a_linux.tar.gz
- http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/KlaTrack_1.01a_mac.tar.gz
[ANS thanks Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Hawaii (BK29, BL20) ? June 27 to July 8, 2019
Mark, N8MH will be operating a bit as N8MH/KH6 June 27-July 3 from
BK29 and July 5-8 from BL20, FM and linears. Possibility of other
grids once there. Watch Mark?s Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/N8MH
Mini-Route 66 Rove (DM94/95, EM05/15, EM14, EM23/24) June 28 ?
July 5, 2019
John, AB5SS, will be driving east from DM85 on a mini-Route 66 trip
starting June 28, staying/passing through DM95/94, EM05/15, stopping
in EM14 for July 2-4th, then head home thru EM24/23 on July 5th.
Operating holiday-style, as family allows, posting activations to
Twitter. https://twitter.com/TxRadioGeek
South Dakota (EN04, EN05) ? July 2-3, 2019
Lucky for us, Mitch, AD0HJ, will be stopping at the EN04/05 gridline
from July 2nd 22:37z to July 3rd 13:27z, on his way to Iowa. Mitch
will working the FM Satellites (SO-50, AO-91, AO-92). Check Mitch?s
Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/AD0HJ
Wabakimi Provincial Park (EO50) ? July 4-10, 2019
Fred, VE3FAL, is heading off to Wabakimi Provincial Park
July 4th-10th and will activate EO50 via FM satellites. Keep an eye
on Fred?s Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/Fred_VE3FAL
Iceland (HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25,
IP35) ? July 13-19, 2019
Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland. He?ll
be staying in HP95 on July 13, IP15 on July 14-15, IP25 on July 16,
IP03 on July 17-18, and HP94 on July 19. In total, he?ll be passing
through HP93, HP94, HP95, IP03, IP05, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP24, IP25,
and IP35. There?s a lot to see, so passes will be best effort and
announced on Twitter shortly prior. https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio
CY9 St. Paul Island (AO47) ? July 31 to August 8, 2019
CY9C will be on St. Paul Island July 31st through August 8th. This
is an all bands/mode dxpedition, with EME and Sats as well. More
info available at http://cy9c.com/index.html.
Washington Invasion (CN96/96 & DN06/07/17/17) ? August 9-10, 2019
Casey, KI7UNJ, will be heading North to invade the State of
Washington, August 9th and 10th. Keep an eye on Casey?s Twitter feed
for specific pass announcements. https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ
St Pierre et Miquelon (GN16) ? August 10-18, 2019
A DXpedition is planned to St Pierre et Miquelon, August 10th through
the 18th. The team will operate as T05M will from Ile aux Marins on
6-160M, but there is a possibility of some FM Satellites. Keep an eye
on their website for updates. http://fp2019.net/
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]
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ARISS News
+ Completed ARISS Contacts
Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI, direct via W8TCM
The ISS callsign was NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut was Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact was successful: Fri 2019-06-28 14:02:16 UTC
Watch the contact at
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVyQOrBooJxzLFNGiyz9i2w
+ Upcoming ARISS Contacts
Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, direct via K6TZ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV
Contact is go for Option #2: Wed 2019-07-03 17:54:19 UTC 49 deg
(Note: A local newspaper article on the upcoming event can be read
at http://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-Santa-Barbara.
+ ARISS Mentors Honored
ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored
over 100 schools:
- Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135
- Francesco IK?WGF with 132
- Gaston ON4WF with 123
- Sergey RV3DR with 118
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ May/June Apogee View Now Online
Read AMSAT President Joe Spier's, K6WAO comments in the latest Apogee
View now on the AMSAT website. Joe highlights the events of the 2019
Hamvention and other happenings in the world of Amateur Radio
satellites. Read Joe's comments at
https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/.
+ President Joe Spier Highlights Oscar Park at Hamvention 2019
Chip Sufitchi, N2YO recorded a video tour of Hamvention 2019 for the
radioamator.ro website in Romania. You can see Joe, K6WAO provide a
three-minute tour of the satellites featured in AMSAT's OSCAR park.
Joe's tour begins at 45:45 into the video.
[ANS thanks Chip Sufitchi, N2YO for the above information.]
+ AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations
There is a lot of great activations happening this Summer. Be sure
to keep an eye on AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations webpage for
all of the latest announcements.
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
In addition AMSAT's call sign, W3ZM, is popping up all over the U.S.
in an effort to operate from all 50 States before this year's 50th
Anniversary Symposium. To make this happen, we need your help.
Check out https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ for more information.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]
+ PSAT2 Simple Tracking for Wilderness Mobiles
For those hams wandering in the wilderness, Bob Bruninga, WB4APR says,
"You don't need no stinkin' computer!" Bob has updated his Mobile
LEO tracking site to show graphically how PSAT2 orbit
works at http://aprs.org/MobileLEOtracking.html.
Bob adds, "It's easy to remember. Five minutes later per day, but a
new orbit an hour and a half earlier every other day. This is
approximate but time will tell.
"If you are in the wilderness, just monitor 145.825 and when you hear
PSAT2, then you can easily guess all orbits in the future."
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information.]
+ Walmart Parking Lots on the Air 2019
It?s like d?j? vu all over again! The 2nd Annual WMPLOTA will take
place starting July 6, 2019 at 00:00 UTC and ending July 7 at
23:59 UTC. WMPLOTA is now held annually on the first weekend
in July. The first weekend in July was chosen for WMPLOTA, putting
it forevevermore in temporal proximity to July 2, the birthday of
Walmart when Sam Walton opened the first store in Rogers, Arkansas
in 1962.
WMPLOTA is a special event and award scheme for Amateur Radio
satellite operators that encourages the practice of portable
operation in the ubiquitous and easily accessible location of Walmart
parking lots.
Complete information including rules can be found at
www.wmplota.org or on Twitter at @???????.
[ANS thanks wmplota.org for the above information.]
+ Looking for ARMADILLO
Members of the Texas Spacecraft Laboratory (TSL) are asking for help
finding their CubeSat. Designed to collect data on submillimeter dust
particles in low Earth orbit, it was built in collaboration with
Baylor University. the ARMADILLO (Atmosphere Related Measurements and
Detection of Submillimeter Objects) satellite was successfully
orbited on Monday's Falcon Heavy STP-2 launch.
Students in Austin and Atlanta are looking for it but are struggling
with station issues. ARMADILLO's frequency is 437.525 and is
transmitting at 19200 baud. Anyone willing to help are asked to
contact Patel Shivani, KG5EAU.
More info at http://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-ARMADILLO
[ANS thanks Patel Shivani, KG5EAU for the above information.]
+ Raspberry Pi 4 Now Available
Raspberry.org announced the availability of Raspberry Pi 4. It is
said to be a comprehensive upgrade touching almost every element of
the platform. It claims to provide, for the first time, a PC-like
level of performance for most users while retaining the interfacing
capabilities and hackability of the classic Raspberry Pi line.
Highlights include:
* A 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (~3? performance)
* 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of LPDDR4 SDRAM
* Full-throughput Gigabit Ethernet
* Dual-band 802.11ac wireless networking
* Bluetooth 5.0
* Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports
* Dual monitor support, at resolutions up to 4K
* VideoCore VI graphics, supporting OpenGL ES 3.x
* 4Kp60 hardware decode of HEVC video
* Complete compatibility with earlier Raspberry Pi products
Complete information is available at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-181-Pi-4
[ANS thanks RaspberryPi.org for the above information.]
+ 2020 Cubesat Developers Workshop Announced
The 2020 Cubesat Developers Workshop will be held May 4?6, 2020 at
the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Information can be had by contacting cubesat-workshop@???????.???.
[ANS thanks Cubesat.org for the above information.]
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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.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this
status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student
membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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