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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-198
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 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]
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You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins
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In this edition:
* 2022 AMSAT Board of Directors Election now on Member Portal
* 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting Announced for October
21 - 22, 2022
* AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium October 8-9, 2022
* Call for Papers: 2022 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
* Registration Now Open for NASA 2022 International Space Apps Challenge
* ARISS Looking for Hams in Hawaii
* CelesTrak Changing Domain Used
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 17, 2022
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
DATE 2022 July 17
2022 AMSAT Board of Directors Election
The nomination period for the 2022 Board of Directors Election ended on June
15, 2022. The following candidates have been duly nominated:
• Mark Hammond, N8MH
• Bruce Paige, KK5DO
• Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
In accordance with our Bylaws, we must hold an election, even though we have
three nominations for three open Director positions. As such, we will host
electronic voting on our Member Portal this year, at no cost to the
organization. Voting is now open and will close on September 15, 2022.
When you click on the poll link, you will see your ballot (poll question).
After choosing from the possible options, click the Submit button to cast
your vote. Unlike many online polls, the results of all votes cast, up to the
point of your vote, will not be displayed. AMSAT members can only vote once.
If you click the poll link again after already voting, a vote submitted
message will be displayed. As three seats on the Board of Directors are up
for election this year, all three candidates will be seated on the Board when
the voting period concludes on September 15, 2022.
If you need assistance logging into your membership account to vote, please
follow this link: https://bit.ly/3ATZFrV
73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President & Acting Secretary AMSAT
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President and Acting
Secretary, for the above information]
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40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting Announced for October
21 - 22, 2022
AMSAT announces the 40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting
will be held on Friday through Saturday, October 21 - 22, 2022 in
Bloomington, Minnesota.
The annual AMSAT Space Symposium features:
* Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
* Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
* Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members
* Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
* AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting
* Auction, Annual Banquet, Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes !!
The Crowne Plaza Suites, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN, is centrally
located between the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Mall of
America, Minneapolis Zoo, and Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park. Crown Plaza
Suites provides a complimentary scheduled shuttle to and from the airport.
Additional information about the 2022 AMSAT Symposium will be posted on the
AMSAT web site, www.amsat.org as it becomes available.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President for the above
information.]
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The 2022 AMSAT President's Club coins have arrived!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its launch on
October 15, 1972, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 6.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium October 8-9, Kents Hill Park Conference Centre
Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ
AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium will be held as part of the RSGB Convention on October 8-9 at the
Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ.
The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from those
involved in building and operating amateur radio satellites to beginners who
wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of the hobby.
Booking for the RSGB Convention is at
https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/
Booking for the AMSAT-UK dinner on the Saturday evening at the nearby Hilton
Hotel is here
Details of the event can be found at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/
[ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA of AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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Call for Papers: 2022 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
The 41st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will be held
September 16 - 18, 2022, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Last year's conference
was held virtually due to COVID-19 concerns, but this year's 3-day event will
be held at the Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel.
Technical papers are solicited for the conference. Papers will be published
in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to present at the
conference to have their papers included in the Proceedings. Submit papers
via e-mail to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB (kb1eib@arrl.org) by September 1, 2022.
Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all
rights.
Conference papers will be distributed as pdfs to DCC attendees. Printed
copies of the papers will be available for sale at Lulu (www.lulu.com).
Paper and presentation topic areas include, but are not limited to software
defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite communication, digital
signal processing (DSP), HF digital modes, adapting IEEE 802.11 systems for
Amateur Radio, Global Positioning System (GPS), Automatic Position Reporting
System (APRS), Linux in Amateur Radio, AX.25 updates, Internet operability
with Amateur Radio networks, TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio, mesh and
peer-to-peer wireless networking, emergency and homeland defense backup
digital communications in Amateur Radio.
Hilton Charlotte Airport is hosting the 2022 ARRL and TAPR Digital
Communications Conference (DCC) and is now offering special room rates for
the DCC at $99 per night. The special room rate is good until August 15, so
make your reservations ASAP online or calling 1-800-445-8667 and ask for the
“Digital Communications 2022” rates.
More information about TAPR - Tomorrow's Ham Radio Technology Today can be
found that their website
https://tapr.org/call-for-papers-2022-digital-communications-conference/.
[ANS thanks TAPR.org for the above information.]
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Registration Now Open for NASA 2022 International Space Apps Challenge
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge, the worlds largest annual
hackathon, returns this year with the theme “Make Space,” which
emphasizes NASAs commitment to inclusivity. This years challenge will
focus on Earth and space science, technology, and exploration. Participant
registration for in-person and virtual events is now open through Oct. 2.
Space Apps provides a platform where everyone across the globe with a passion
for creativity and innovation can use their unique perspectives to tackle
challenges created by NASA experts. The challenges range in skill level,
expertise, subject matter, and objective, and span a spectrum of disciplines
and interests that range from artificial intelligence and software
development to art and storytelling.
“Each year, Space Apps allows thousands to engage with NASA and its
partners open data during the hackathon,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA
associate administrator for the agencys Science Mission Directorate. “It
has been rewarding to see the innovative projects created by Space Apps
Challenge participants and observe their potential to generate meaningful
contributions toward solving some of the most difficult challenges studied by
NASA on Earth and in space.”
Space Apps provides a positive and safe environment that fosters
collaboration and a growth mindset. Whether participants are exploring a
challenge, learning to be creative, defining team roles, learning a technical
skill, or learning to cope with hiccups that arise during challenge weekend,
the innovative and flexible structure of this event allows participants to
walk away enriched, motivated, and excited about learning.
“Talent is everywhere, but scarcity of opportunity leaves so much talent
unused and potential untapped,” said Karen St. Germain, director of
NASAs Earth Science Division. “There are so many positive stories
resulting from this challenge that underscore the value of “making space”
for everyone.”
Since its inception in 2012, Space Apps has created and steadily grown a
global community held together by the common interest of solving problems and
creating impact. The success stories directly resulting from these challenges
range from the creation of new products and business ventures, innovative
upgrades to existing products, and has helped connect people socially and
professionally, giving them access to expertise and insight they otherwise
would not have. By connecting teams to challenges and experts from space
agencies across the world, participants have access to new opportunities and
knowledge that can impact them for a lifetime.
This year NASA is excited to announce the addition of the Indian Space
Research Organization and Mexican Space Agency to the roster of space agency
partners supporting Space Apps. Valued partners returning from last year
include Australian Space Agency, Brazilian Space Agency, Canadian Space
Agency, ESA (European Space Agency), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
National Space Activities Commission of Argentina, National Space Science
Agency of Bahrain, Paraguayan Space Agency, and the South African National
Space Agency. Space agency partnership encourages more extensive global
collaboration and provides a broader platform for participants to contribute
to the fields of Earth and space science and technology through Space Apps.
Space Apps is managed by NASAs Earth Science Division in the agencys
Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. It is
organized in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub, SecondMuse,
and the NASA Open Innovation Applied Sciences Program. Learn more about Space
Apps and how to get involved on their website.
For more information about Space Apps and to register for an in-person or
online event on Oct. 1-2, 2022, visit https://bit.ly/3IEItbL
[ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM and NASA for the above information.]
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Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?
Get your 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
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Kitaogura Elementary School, Uji, Japan, direct via 8N35ØK
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is go for: Thu 2022-07-21 08:38:43 UTC 51 deg
About Gagarin From Space. Performance of a session of radio amateur
communication with the participants of the celebration of the frigate
"Nadezhda", Vladivostok, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is TBD
Contact is go for Sat 2022-07-23 08:45 UTC
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS continues to be making general contacts on the
cross-band repeater. He is using NA1SS. If any crewmember is so inclined,
all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk
on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for
the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur
Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Quick Hits:
+ W3IPA: DM42 vacation planned for Jul 30- Aug 6th will be on FM passes
vacation style. I will be close to DM41 so might be able to work a gridline.
Will post more updates closer to that week!
+ N8MR: Will be in EN57 with frequent roves to EN56 and EN67 Aug 6-13.
Listening for EU, Car, SA CA. Prefer linear sats, FM sats poss. Sked depends
on wx, etc.
Major Roves:
KX9X & N9NCY Wild West Rove: Sean and Nancys Wild West Rove has been
scaled back, but is still going forward. They will now be on the road from
July 13-25 while hiking in National Parks. They will travel through seven
states and 38 grids, planning activation on FM and linear satellites.
Extensive operation in Montana and North Dakota in the Canadian border grids
beginning July 20. There will also be 6 meter and occasional HF POTA activity
as well.
Grids they will pass through, in order:
DN28 – 38 - July 16th to 20th.
Remaining Grids from July 20 to 24.
DN48 – 58 – 68 – 78 – 88 – 87 – 97 – 96 – 95
EN05 – 06 – 16 – 15 – 25 – 26 – 25 – 35
EN34 – 33 – 32 – 42 – 41 – 40 – 50
Complete info on their trip can be found on their website
https://www.wildwestrove.com/
as of July 12, 2022
Columbus Module radios:
IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. Default mode is for cross band
repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).
Powered OFF for Russian EVA on July 21. OFF July 21 about 08:55 UTC and ON
July 22 about 10:10 UTC.
Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice
repeater ops.
Service Module radios:
IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Not Active. Default mode is
for packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down)
Powered OFF for Russian EVA on July 21. OFF July 21 about 08:55 UTC.
Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice
repeater ops.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager and ARISS.org for
the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for July 17, 2022
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
CTIM NORAD Cat ID 52590 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for identification).
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this
week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
Maya-2 NORAD Cat ID 47929 (decayed form orbit on 7/6/2022 per Space-Track).
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
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 Schedules:
Clint Bradford, K6CLS: “How to Work the “Easy” Satellites” talks:
Knee repair surgery isnt stopping Clint Bradford K6LCS from continuing to
perform AMSAT presentations!
The Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society in Carrollton, Texas is scheduled for
Thursday, 07/14/2022. And SOARA - South Orange ARA (CA) in August.
Think a lively, informative session on “working the easy satellites with
equipment most hams already own” would be appropriate for your event or
meeting? Call or email!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
AMSAT Ambassador
909-999-SATS
http://www.work-sat.com
Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ: SDR applications - "Using the RF “Swiss Army
Knife”: An intro to the AMSAT Fox-In-A-Box Image" - Live presentation
scheduled July 18, 2022 the Frederick Amateur Radio Club, Frederick, MD
For information on this presentation and availability, contact Jack
Spitznagel, KD4IZ, AMSAT Ambassador, (kd4iz at arrl dot org)
Scheduled Events with AMSAT involvement:
Hamfests and Conventions
+ Satellite Educators Association 35th Annual Convention
Friday, July 29, 2022 to Saturday, July 30, 2022
California State University, Los Angeles and on-line
www.sated.org
Fredric Raab, KK6NOW, will be presenting “Classroom Activities with the
AMSAT CubeSat Simulator” showcasing the work by the CubeSatSim Educational
Materials Team: Paul Graveline, K1YUB, Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Fredric Raab,
KK6NOW, Mark Samis, KD2XS and David White, WD6DRI.
+ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention
October 7, 2022 - October 9, 2022
Event Center at Archer
3921 Archer Pkwy
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007
https://wyhamcon.org/site.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events Page Manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Webbs first images. NASA, CSA, and ESA released the first images from
JWST, showing stunning views of our Universe that clearly display the
telescopes scientific potential. The first images detail Stephens
Quintet (four neighboring galaxies that are actively interactingthe fifth
is just photobombing them), the Southern Ring Nebula (a binary system in the
throes of mass ejection from a white dwarf), the Carina Nebula (see below, a
cavity carved out in the nebula by young stars intense ultraviolet
emissions), and a deep field of SMACS 0723, captured in just 12.5 hours, that
looks back to a galaxy 4.6 billion years ago. The deep field represents a
portion of the sky the size of a grain of sand held at arms lengthfor
comparison, Hubbles deep field images took multiple weeks to capture
(heres a tool to compare available WWT imagery to JWSTs first images).
The JWST team also released spectra for exoplanet WASP-96b, showing a
signature of previously undetected water in its atmosphere. The future looks
bright for the long-awaited successor to the great observatories! See the
gallery at: https://bit.ly/3Ogpa9z [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the
above information.]
+ Following communications issues, mission teams for NASAs Cislunar
Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment
(CAPSTONE) have re-established contact with the spacecraft through NASAs
Deep Space Network. Data received from CAPSTONE shows that the spacecraft is
in good health and operated safely on its own while it was out of contact
with Earth. Teams are preparing to carry out CAPSTONEs first trajectory
correction maneuver – which will more precisely target CAPSTONEs
transfer orbit to the Moon – as early as 11:30 a.m. EDT on July 7. As
originally planned, CAPSTONE will arrive to its lunar orbit on Nov. 13. [ANS
thanks Sarah Frazier of NASA for the above information.]
+ NASAs Starlings. NASAs aptly named Starling satellite “swarm”
mission consists of four 6U CubeSats which will practice formation flying,
autonomous control, ad hoc inter-satellite networking, and autonomous
collaboration by measuring the Earths ionosphere using GPS signals. The
Starlings will launch on Firefly Aerospaces first commercial launch,
hopefully, this fall. NASA envisions future swarms of autonomously-operating
CubeSats in deep space working together to collect distributed science data
and perform observations. An example is the upcoming HelioSwarm, a
9-satellite, $250m mission planned for 2028 to study solar wind turbulence.
HelioSwarms hub, built by Northrop Grumman, would coordinate with eight
smallsats from Blue Canyon Technologies to provide simultaneous, multiscale
observations of the solar wind. [ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information.]
+ AstroBio Cubesat is operational and working: Nader Omer ST2NH retweeted
that Augusto Nascetti (@auo1971), from the ABCS team, reported on Twitter
that he had "Just received live a message from US through #AstroBioCubeSat
digipeater sent by WA7FWF!!!" Congratulations to the team for putting an
Amateur Radio capable 3U CubeSat into MEO orbit. Nader added by email a link
to the TLE and to information regarding the mission: https://bit.ly/3OaIkxU
[ANS thanks Nader Omer, ST2NH for the above information]
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
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Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ
kd4iz at arrl dot org
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