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Today's Topics:
1. QB50 Kep location? (Ken Swaggart)
2. Re: Magazine Archive (Ted)
3. Re: Download link issue for "Getting Started with Amateur
Satellites" (Rick Walter)
4. Kenwood TM-V71A Test AO-85 Telemetry Decode (Brad Schumacher)
5. ANS-284 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Joseph Spier)
6. Re: QB50 Kep location? (Colin Hurst)
7. Re: QB50 Kep location? (Peter Goodhall)
8. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:47:07 -0700
From: "Ken Swaggart" <k.swaggart@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location?
Message-ID: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@xxxxxxx>
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I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps on
Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are?
Tnx,
Ken, W7KKE
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:53:43 -0700
From: "Ted" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'JoAnne Maenpaa'" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Magazine Archive
Message-ID: <000f01d103d0$0afd0510$20f70f30$@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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This link is absolutely a treasure for anyone interested in the origins of
broadcast history !!! There is even a link to my local station , KMED, that
commemorates their 50th Anniversary (back to the 1900's) simply amazing !!
73, Ted
K7TRK
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From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of JoAnne
Maenpaa
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 4:32 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Magazine Archive
Free (hams like free!) access to electronics and radio magazines from the
past. Something to read while waiting for that next AO-85 pass ...
http://americanradiohistory.com/
Hover mouse over Broadcast & Consumer for a menu
Hover mouse over Consumer Electronics then Popular Electronics & Similar
The old issues download as PDF files. Gotta try it on my tablet to see if it
works in the little room down the hall ...
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:48:37 -0400
From: Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Download link issue for "Getting Started with
Amateur Satellites"
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John, I had the exact same problem using the same set-up while renewing my
membership. Never thought to try adding the correct suffix to what it was
allowing me to download. There would no reason to even try it. I'm surprised
you discovered it. The webpage told me it was getting "get". I did receive
prompt help from a nice gentlemen who is a prominent official of AMSAT on
this list and every thing turned out well. My renewal was already taken out
of my credit card but every time I go back and check my account at the AMSAT
store, it says "processing". One more thing, being a member for many years,
when I tried to log into the store to renew, it no longer knew me. I had to
create a new account using my same e-mail and password I always had and it
was happy. The last thing I purchased was the broadband pre-amp which was
not that long ago! . Still says order processing when I checked the AMSAT
store this morning. Don't know what it is processing, they were paid and I
have the e-b
ook. I sure hope I see my membership (expires end of November) renewed for
another year.
Rick WB3CSY
Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds" - Albert Einstein
> On Oct 10, 2015, at 9:46 PM, John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As a heads up to anyone trying to download this after getting a new
> membership, the link (at least for me on Firefox on Windows 7) does
> not provide the full file name, only "Getting". Importantly, it
> doesn't have pdf as the extension. If you just add that to the file
> after downloading it, it will open fine.
>
> Thanks everyone for all your work.
>
> John, KG4AKV
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:34:07 -0700
From: Brad Schumacher <brad.schumacher66@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TM-V71A Test AO-85 Telemetry Decode
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I set my TM-V71a (which has the same RF deck at the D710 series) to 9600
baud mode and attempted to decode the AO-85 telemetry without success. The
radio was clearly putting out the unfiltered audio on the data port that is
needed for 9600 baud operation but it wasn't good enough for FoxTelem.
Basically the same results I had with the TS-2000
Brad, KG7NXH
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:35:36 -0700
From: Joseph Spier <wao@xxx.xxx>
To: ans@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: 'EMike McCardel' <kc8yld@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-284 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <5619F528.2000300@xxx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-284
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation 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://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.
In this edition:
* Fox-1A Launched at 0549 PDT on October 8, 2015
* AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV
* AMSAT's Fox-1A Receives AO-85 Designation
* Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal - Free
Download
* Lapan ORARI (LAPAN-A2) Receives OSCAR Number IO-86
* ISS CubeSats Deployed Monday, October 5
* LQSat Launched on Monday, October 5
* AMSAT at Pacificon 2015
* AO-85 (Fox-1A) FM Voice Transponder Activated
* AO-85 Update
* New OSCAR Status Page
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-284.01
ANS-284 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 284.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE October 11, 2015
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-284.01
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Fox-1A Launched at 0549 PDT on October 8, 2015
Launch and Deployment was Successful!
PE0SAT, ON4HF, and R2ANF heard signals on the first pass!
Video of liftoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drTsIV7nR3w&feature=youtu.be
Keplerian elements:
GRACE2
1 99992U 15281.53437500 .00015007 00000-0 15580-2 0 00009
2 99992 064.7657 291.6734 0216442 282.3705 182.7702 14.73904028000019
AMSAT?s Fox-1A launched as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare
Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55
mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. The
launch
occurred at 5:49 AM PDT, with the NASA TV webcast starting at 5:29 AM
PDT. NRO
has released this factsheet about the mission:
http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_
FactSheet.pdf
General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable
http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_
May2015_Hi.pdf
FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made
available for download at
http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532
Keplerian Elements: We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or
TLEs)
to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are
cleared to release them). The information will be placed on
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt .
INITIAL COMMISSIONING PERIOD: Initially the transponder will not be
on and will not respond to uplinks. Please do not attempt to uplink while
we check out the satellite and commission it. We will publicize when we have
opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout
phase to
last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks.
What To Listen For: During the initial checkout period and when the
satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5
seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a
second
data packet). You may occasionally hear ?data? mode which Chris, G0KLA, has
famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you
should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation
to join in before the commissioning period is over.
Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: We would love to have you
collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of
report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will
monitor).
You can also report hearing or not hearing it on
http://www.amsat.org/status/
You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently
released. (Check the ?upload to server? box in the properties/preference
page).
More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the
?telephone modem? sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode
manually.
Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times.
We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first
data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission
elapsed time), so get your rigs ready!
As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of
this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The
Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any
paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is
only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited
time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the
latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite
operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and
covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite.
Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store and
selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items,
including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other
swag.
Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A!
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV
Radio amateurs Jerry Buxton, N0JY and Courtney Duncan, N5BF were on
the panel at a NASA prelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7.
Participants in the news briefing discussed several of the specific
CubeSats aboard the National Reconnaissance Office?s NRO-L55 mission.
Four of
the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of which
was developed with NASA funding. The mission is scheduled to launch Oct.
8 from
California?s Vandenburg Air Force Base.
The panel comprised:
? Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The
Aerospace
Corporation
? Tim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai College,
Pablo, Montana
? Morgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska,
Fairbanks
? Jerry Buxton, N0JY Vice President, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1
? Courtney Duncan, N5BF, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA?s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=b6duPV3BwcY
Jerry described the Fox-1A mission and science, and answered questions.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A
William (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has
issued the
following release:
I have been informed of the successful launch today, October 8, 2015
of the AMSAT-NA-built Fox-1A CubeSat. I am also informed that the satellite
has been heard by several amateurs in various countries.
This successful launch comes after years of diligent and dedicated
work on the part of AMSAT-NA volunteers including Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, who
became a silent key in March, 2014. It was Tony who spearheaded and
guided the
work on all AMSAT-NA CubeSats until his untimely passing. Thus, it is only
fitting that this spacecraft be dedicated to his memory.
Following Tony?s death, the work of completing and preparing for launch
fell to Jerry Buxton, N0JY, who took over Tony?s post of AMSAT-NA?s Vice
President for Engineering and saw to Fox-1A?s successful completion and its
preparation for launch.
All of those who had a part in designing, constructing and testing Fox-1A
and its various subsystems are to be congratulated for jobs well done.
Since Fox-1A was properly coordinated through IARU as an Amateur Radio
satellite, has been successfully launched and its signals have been
received; I, under the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, do
hereby issue to Fox-1A the designation AMSAT-OSCAR-85, or AO-85.
May AO-85 serve the radio amateurs of world for many years to come.
[ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal - Free Download
Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1A team on their successful launch, orbital
deployment, and activation of the Fox-1A satellite. (Now to be known as
AO-85.)
AMSAT has produced a free, commemorative issue of the AMSAT Journal
highlighting the Fox-1A launch success. This full color PDF issue can be
downloaded from our current top news story, "Fox-1A launch 5:49 AM PDT on
October 8, 2015" at http://www.amsat.org. A direct link to this news item is
http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591
If you aren't already a member of AMSAT this issue of our magazine will give
you an inside look at the best ham radio club in the world. You'll read
and see
the dedicated efforts of the Fox-1A team that got us to October 8. Please
consider joining AMSAT to support our series of launches coming in 2016 and
beyond.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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Lapan ORARI (LAPAN-A2) Receives OSCAR Number IO-86
William (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has
issued the following release:
AMSAT-NA has received information from YE0EEE of the successful launch,
September 28, 2015 of an Indonesian Amateur Radio satellite, Lapan ORARI
(LAPAN-A2).
According to the information I have, this satellite meets all of the
requirements to receive an OSCAR number, including IARU coordination.
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I
hereby
confer on this spacecraft the designation Indonesia OSCAR- 86. or IO-86.
Dirgan, YE0EEE, and all who had a part in the design, construction, test
and
launch of IO-86 are to be congratulated. May this Amateur Radio spacecraft
have a long and useful life serving the amateurs of the world.
The following response was received from Dirgantara, YE0EEE from AMSAT-ID:
Many thanks for good news. I, the AMSAT-ID Team, and LAPAN are all very
happy
about the new Oscar number. By today, I will have informed all the ORARI
members.
Link to AMSAT-UK article on LAPAN-A2 launch
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/28/lapan-a2-fm-and-aprs-satellite-launched/
[ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ISS CubeSats Deployed Monday, October 5
Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully
deployed
from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 1405 UT.
Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015, the two CubeSats,
AAUSat-5
and GomX-3, were deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock
using the
Kibo robotic arm.
After deployment the CubeSats stated transmitting signals to Earth that
can be
picked up by anyone with common amateur radio equipment. The frequencies to
listen on are:
? AAUSat-5 ? 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600 bps
GMSK packet every 30 seconds
? GomX-3 ? 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data using CSP protocol
AAUsat-5 is a 1-Unit CubeSat built by students at Aalborg University. The
primary mission is to test an improved receiver for detecting Automatic
Identification System (AIS) signals emitted by ships. Down on the
ground, these
signals are short-range, operating mainly on a ship-to-shore and
ship-to-ship
basis, leaving large spans of the world?s oceans uncovered. But signals also
travel up to orbital altitude, opening up the prospect of worldwide
monitoring.
GomX-3 is a 3-Unit CubeSat which aims to demonstrate new radio technology. A
reconfigurable software-defined radio receiver will intercept L-band
spot beams
from telecom satellites in geostationary orbit, to provide independent
measurements of their signal strength and quality. This receiver can also be
re-purposed to receive any other L-band signal, such as navigation satellite
signals or radar beams.
A receiver will pick up Automatic Dependent Surveillance ? Broadcast (ADS-B)
signals automatically broadcast by civilian aircraft, to build up an
overview
of regional air traffic. Additionally there is a high data rate X-band
transmitter developed by Syrlinks. The CNES X-band ground station in
Kourou,
South America, will be used to demonstrate the link.
The GomX-3 amateur radio payload uses a NanoCom AX100 UHF transceiver and
ANT430 antenna.
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL in Japan reported receiving the GomX-3 beacon in Japan
from 1505-1510 UT on October 5 and Luciano Fabricio PY5LF reported hearing
GomX-3 in Brazil at 1605 UT. Jan van Gills PE0SAT in the Netherlands
received
AAUSat-5 at 1800 UT.
The two spacecraft may have a lifetime of around 7 months before they
burn up
in the Earth?s atmosphere.
GomX-3 telemetry beacon
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4mipoz9gmqhlib/GOMX3_Beacon.pdf
AAUSat-5 telemetry beacon
http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat5/index.php?n=Main.HamInfo
ESA article CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video)
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_CubeSats_se
t
_for_Monday_release
ESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/24/esa-listen-for-aausat-5/
[ANS thanks ESA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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LQSat Launched Monday, October 5
LQSat was launched into a 656 km sun synchronous orbit at 0413 UT on
Wednesday,
October 7 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Inner
Mongolia on
a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket.
The satellite was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun
Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an
amateur
radio payload.
LQSat is technology demonstrator measuring 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg
and carries a 2 m resolution camera as the main payload.
The IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are
? 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps
MSK CSP
packet data
? 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK
Launch report
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/china-launches-jilin-1-mission-long-
march-2d/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AMSAT at Pacificon 2015
AMSAT will participate at Pacificon on October 17, 2015 in San Ramon,
California. The ARRL Pacific Division's Conference, Pacificon 2015 will
be held
in the Marriott, 2600 Bishop Drive in San Ramon. The host for Pacificon is
the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club (MDARC).
Alan, WA6DNR will be representing AMSAT with a table and Michael, WA6ARA
will
be giving a forum presentation titled, ?Satellites - Amateur Radio's
Future.?
Micheal's forum presentation will be at 1100 PDT, October 17 in the San
Ramon
Marriott's Pleasanton Room. Say Hi Hi to both!
If you're on the west coast and cannot make it to Dayton for the AMSAT
Space
Symposium, Pacificon is always a fun alternative with swap meet, forums,
dinner, events, and Gordo West.
Further details on Pacificon are at:
https://sites.google.com/a/mdarc.org/pacificon2015/home
[ANS thanks Alan Bowker, WA6DNR for the above information]
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AO-85 (Fox-1A) FM Voice Transponder Activated
The 435 to 145 MHz FM voice transponder on AO-85 was activated during
Friday,
October 9 allowing many contacts to be made. Among those active on the
satellite was 9-year-old Hope KM4IPF. Hope is the daughter of Michelle
N8ZQZ
and James WX4TV, other radio amateurs in the family are Hope?s elder sister
Faith WA4BBC and brother Zechariah, WX4TVJ. Her younger sister is
studying for
her license.
In this video Hope KM4IPF describes her first AO-85 (Fox-1A) contact
https://vimeo.com/141916942
Fox-1A Real-time track and Orbital Predictions (click on Draw Footprint to
show coverage area)
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=40967
Read the Fox Operating Guide to find out how to set up your handheld
radio to
work the satellite
http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_
May2015_Hi.pdf
Note: If your rig has selectable FM filters use the wider filter for 5 kHz
deviation 25 kHz channel spacing.
See
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/09/fox-1a-fm-transponder-activated/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AO-85 Update
AO-85 is still being tested. Please note that while AO-85 is in Transponder
Mode right now, we have not officially commissioned her and testing is
still
underway. Part of the testing involves observations in Transponder and Data
Modes. We may switch out of Transponder Mode at any time without notice,
until we are done testing.
If AO-85 is in Safe Mode or Data Mode when it passes and you were expecting
Transponder Mode, don't be surprised or angry!
[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President for Engineering Jerry, N0JY for the above
information]
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New OSCAR Status Page
Thanks to the efforts of Joe KM1P and Pete 2E0SQL, and with the permission
of David, KD5QGR, we have set up a copy of the OSCAR satellite status
page at
http://www.amsat.org/status
This page will be maintained by multiple volunteers, including myself, and
we will be able to add and delete satellites as required, as well as keep
information links current. It will take a few days to populate the database,
but please begin using this page as soon as possible. In the near future the
old page will point to this one for a while, until people get used to the
new address.
There are still some satellites to add and delete, so this will be a work in
progress for a bit. First and foremost we will delete the reentered sats,
and add Fox-1A for next Thursday!
[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information]
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AMSAT Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around
the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where
AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working
amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with
AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,
forums, and/or demonstrations).
*Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in
Dayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza)
*Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, ARRL Pacific Division
Convention (Pacificon), San Ramon, California
*Saturday, 7 November 2015 ? Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in
Marana AZ
*Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 ? Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL
Georgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA
*Monday, 16 November 2015 ? Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in
Goodyear AZ
*Saturday, 5 December 2015 ? Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
October 6, 2015
* A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Corpus Christi Catholic
School, Chambersburg, PA, USA was successful Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33
deg. Students received answers to 18 questions from astronaut Kjell
Lindgren,
KO5MOS.
Listen to a recording of the contact:
http://www.ariss.org/news.html
School Information
Corpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School,
located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215
students and
17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is
committed to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school
strives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every
classroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks. Students in the
primary
grades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate
grades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers. Grades
four through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with
Gemini and
continuing onto Mars. In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the
Reduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools. This experience
increased the entire students? awareness of space flight and experiments
being
conducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school
students are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major
cities such
as Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA. Scores on standardized
tests are above the national average. School pride runs deep with the
students, faculty, staff and parents.
* A direct contact via 9M2RPN with students at Sekolah Kebangsaan
Taman Tun
Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was successful Fri 2015-10-09
08:00:04
UTC 47 deg. The scheduled astronaut was Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS.
Video Link of Contact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCMo_BkXOaI
School Information
Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut
Shiekh Muzapher went on board the ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when,
some 80
school children talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has
become a
highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's
Space Challenge Trophy. This year we will be making our 8th yearly
contact.
Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite
Ground Station at the National Planetarium established in 1995 under the
call
sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future
astronauts and
space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October 2015 provides the
hands
on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists.
Upcoming Contacts
* A telebridge contact via IK1SLD with students at Bay View Elementary
School in Burlington, Washington, USA is scheduled for Wed 2015-10-14
19:41:44
UTC 59 deg.
School Information
Bay View School in Burlington, Washington has been serving kindergarten
through eighth grade students in the Burlington-Edison School District
for 22
years. Named after the small community of Bayview, which was later
incorporated
by the town of Burlington, it serves mainly in-district neighborhood
students.
This year 562 students are enrolled. The town of Burlington is 66 miles
north
of Seattle, Washington. Located at the intersection of two major highways,
Burlington serves as a retail and commercial hub for the region. Industry is
mainly agricultural, retail, and commercial.
Over the past three years, Bay View has committed to becoming a school of
inquiry. Through inquiry and collaboration, Bay View?s purpose is to nurture
compassionate, creative, knowledgeable growth-minded world citizens, who
pursue
dreams and positively impact the future. Bay View continually inquires to
understand one essential question. What do we need to understand, commit
to and
implement to prepare students to be career, college, and/or world ready
for the
21st century? This journey has led them to begin creating concept-based
units
of inquiry at each grade level. Multi-disciplinary and
intra-disciplinary units
support school-wide connections through inquiry. The opportunity to ask
questions of astronauts on the ISS was pursued as an experience that could
spark students? interest in space, engineering, technology, mathematics, and
support a school-wide inquiry.
Watch
http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html
for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.
[ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT Highlighted in This Week at NASA
Fox, amateur radio, and AMSAT are briefing featured this week in the short
weekly news update ?This Week at NASA.?
See:
https://youtu.be/tWOiU2oJMSA
[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information]
Magazine Archive
Free (hams like free!) access to electronics and radio magazines from the
past. Something to read while waiting for that next AO-85 pass ...
See
http://americanradiohistory.com/
Hover mouse over Broadcast & Consumer for a menu
Hover mouse over Consumer Electronics then Popular Electronics & Similar
The old issues download as PDF files. Gotta try it on my tablet to see if it
works in the little room down the hall ...
[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information]
AMSAT Symposium / VUCC/WAS QSL Card Checking
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards reports that if you
have any cards you would like checked for VUCC/WAS, I will be at the
Symposium.
I will give preference to satellite contacts first before I check other
bands/modes. If you are going to have cards checked, I prefer the list
be in
Grid Square order using an Excel spreadsheet or Word doc with the second
column being the call sign worked. Place all your cards in the same grid
square order as the list with any cards that contain multiple grids at
the end
of the stack. If you have lists (from Yuri, etc), I can go through them as
well.
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]
NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch Contract
October 07, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-150
NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch ContractNASA will
host
a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the agency?s
Kennedy
Space Center in Florida to announce the outcome of the Venture Class Launch
Service (VCLS) competition. The news conference will air live on NASA
Television and the agency?s website.
The participants are:
? Garrett Skrobot, Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission
lead for the Launch Services Program (LSP) at Kennedy
? Eric Ianson, associate director of NASA?s Earth Sciences Division in
the Science Mission Directorate at the agency?s headquarters in Washington
? Mark Wiese, flight projects office chief, NASA Launch Services
Program, Kennedy Space Center
? Representatives from the selected launch service providers
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
See you in Dayton! - Joe, K6WAO
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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 addi-
tional 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 stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:59:35 +1030
From: "Colin Hurst" <cjhurst@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: "'Ken Swaggart'" <k.swaggart@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT-BB'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location?
Message-ID: <006f01d103e5$d0deee00$729cca00$@xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Ken,
Also found the same problem as well as 4 others I was tracking.
Not sure what has happened.
Space-Track is fall back, till Celestrak comes good again.
Colin VK5HI.
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Ken Swaggart
Sent: Sunday, 11 October 2015 13:17
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location?
I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps on
Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are?
Tnx,
Ken, W7KKE
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 07:04:09 +0100
From: Peter Goodhall <peter@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Ken Swaggart <k.swaggart@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location?
Message-ID:
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Ken,
Just had a quick look and couldnt find them on Celestrak pages,
however they are listed on the AMSAT.org TLEs
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
EO-79 & EO-80 are the QB50s
Peter, 2E0SQL
On 11 October 2015 at 03:47, Ken Swaggart <k.swaggart@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps
on Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are?
>
> Tnx,
> Ken, W7KKE
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:58:18 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: sarex@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-11
06:00 UTC
Message-ID: <3a1cc6.59c22d37.434b628a@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct
via 9M2RPN
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact was successful: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg (***)
Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg
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**
Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from
2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts
during the
second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact
or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full
details.
To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program
Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are
designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the
proposal
process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an
online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged.
These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday,
September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance
registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss@xxxx.xxxx to sign up for an
information session.
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**
>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
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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@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
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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?
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@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 114
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 (***)
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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.
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 8061 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-11 06:00 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 998. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 963. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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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The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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