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Today's Topics:
1. Re: objects nunber (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
2. Tatiana-2: RS 38: News just in (andy thomas)
3. Satellite 101 for Chicago area club? (Greg Beat)
4. Kauai on Ao51 (RONALD CADE)
5. FM sats from Antartica for VK and ZL landers (Alan VE4YZ)
6. Re: Kauai on Ao51 (RONALD CADE)
7. Re: FM sats from Antartica for VK and ZL landers (Andrew Rich)
8. ANS-270 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
9. Re: WAS - Award - Mistake (Jim Walls)
10. Wanted: simple ISS tracking page (Andrew Rich)
11. RS-38 or RS-28? (David Giles)
12. Re: All Satellites (Alan P. Biddle) (Gordon JC Pearce)
13. Re: RS-38 or RS-28? (andy thomas)
14. Re: RS-38 or RS-28? (Mike Rupprecht)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:05:56 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: objects nunber
To: Nick Pugh K5QXJ <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4ABE6614.5010607@xxxxx.xxx>
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These have been suggested.
ITUPSAT1
1 35934U 09051D 09266.99498802 .00000364 00000-0 10000-3 0 34
2 35934 098.3432 001.6766 0010433 256.9573 103.1084 14.52588677 111
SWISSCUBE
1 35932U 09051B 09266.92637809 .00000360 00000-0 10000-3 0 33
2 35932 098.3362 001.6263 0006692 285.2589 074.8063 14.52095115 95
BEESAT
1 35933U 09051C 09267.20165191 .00000365 00000-0 10000-3 0 42
2 35933 098.3316 001.8957 0004681 307.1077 052.9887 14.52667744 138
UWE-2
1 35935U 09051E 09267.47761234 .00001929 00000-0 48744-3 0 46
2 35935 098.3417 002.1786 0006949 283.1563 076.8911 14.52112524 176
73, Mike
DK3WN
Nick Pugh K5QXJ wrote:
> What is the best guess on the object numbers on the last two group of cube
> sat launched recently?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> nick
>
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--
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx www
http://www.ngunn.net
Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
Club International #385,
Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC,
GCARES, XWARN.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:01:38 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tatiana-2: RS 38: News just in
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Following text just in tonight from Moscow:
"our satellite called as RS-38 also Universitetskiy-Tatiana-2 was launched
in 17 september 2009 in 19h 55min 12 sec DMT(Decret Moscow Time) from
Baikonur cosmodrome launching pad N 31.
All onboard systems are working in normal mode.
Satellite is stabilisated and orientated properly.
We are working ower it.
Mass of the satellite 98,2 kg.
Power of solar battareys 150 Watts, onboard voltage 27 Volts DC.
Downlink central frequences are 435.440 MHz and 435.490 MHz for onboard
systems telemetry and 1.708 GHz for scientific telemetry also.
I hope that you are well.
best wishes and 73"
73 de andy G0SFJ
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:56:58 -0500
From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite 101 for Chicago area club?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4CAAED003DB847BF8403CF41A6B68F95@xxxxxxxxx>
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Members of a Chicago area amateur radio club indicated that they would
desire a program
on amateur radio satellites. This program would have to be informational
and geared toward recently licensed amateurs,
with modest financial means for initial satellite usage and interest.
A demonstration for this program would be highly desirable.
I have already contacted AMSAT Coordinators for the area -- one indicated
that he has stepped down from the
coordinator role due to present time commitments, while the other never
replied to inquiries.
The program would be at 8:00 PM in the Chicago western suburbs on Friday,
October 16 at 8:00 PM or
Friday, November 20th.
Interested presenters or speakers should contact: Greg Beat, W9GB at w9gb at
arrl dot net.
G. Beat
AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:00:44 +0000
From: RONALD CADE <w6zq_7@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kauai on Ao51
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <SNT111-W271ECA855487F38089658BE7D80@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I will be on Ao51, grid BL01 Sunday at 3:30 pm Hawaiian time.
This will be my last opportunity before leaving for the mainland.
73, w6zq
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:33:26 -0500
From: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FM sats from Antartica for VK and ZL landers
To: "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <001C8BE819F04635B7A55F4D7A3A6BA6@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Just noticed this on QRZ.COM from Bill K7MT who used to be a regular on the
FM sats a few years ago with his antenna on his helmet on the ski slopes in
MT...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Howdy from Bill K7MT Helena, Mt.
I will be deploying back to McMurdo Station Antarctica Nov 15, 2009 - Feb
20, 2010. I will be active from KC4USV Sundays 0000 GMT on SSB. I have
requests from Europe to come in early around 1800 GMT on Saturdays so they
can work Antarctica and I will be there. I am taking a rigblaster for PSK-31
on 14.070 and CW on 14.043 if time permits. I am also taking an Arrow II
antenna/Kenwood TH-7 to work the FM satellites to VK and ZL land. Finally,
if I get it operational, APRS VHF to HF with a Kam Plus. VK6CO will help me
HF 30 meters with their HF APRS parameters. You just might see me driving
out on the Ross Ice Sea as K7MT-7 in Ivan the Terra Bus. Pictures and
information on my home web page at:
http://www.mt.net/~k7mt
Qsl is via K1IED Larry who has done a terrific job with the QSL cards from
Exel sprea sheet I will be sending to him weekly from McMurdo.
See ya on HF in about 45 days from McMurdo Station Antarctica.
Cheers Bill Erhardt K7MT
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:53:08 +0000
From: RONALD CADE <w6zq_7@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kauai on Ao51
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <SNT111-W105F257E4915E960C4C042E7D70@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Correction, time should be 4:30 local Hawaii time Sunday afternoon
> From: w6zq_7@xxx.xxx
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:00:44 +0000
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Kauai on Ao51
>
> I will be on Ao51, grid BL01 Sunday at 3:30 pm Hawaiian time.
> This will be my last opportunity before leaving for the mainland.
> 73, w6zq
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:16:40 +1000
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM sats from Antartica for VK and ZL landers
To: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <792C0B4EFC504D99BDB45A89A22AC272@xxxxxxxxxx>
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reply-type=original
i noted a packet from antarctica via ISS as well
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Andrew Rich
Airways Technical Officer Grade 4
Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
email: vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
web: www.tech-software.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:33 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] FM sats from Antartica for VK and ZL landers
> Just noticed this on QRZ.COM from Bill K7MT who used to be a regular on
> the
> FM sats a few years ago with his antenna on his helmet on the ski slopes
> in
> MT...
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> Howdy from Bill K7MT Helena, Mt.
>
> I will be deploying back to McMurdo Station Antarctica Nov 15, 2009 - Feb
> 20, 2010. I will be active from KC4USV Sundays 0000 GMT on SSB. I have
> requests from Europe to come in early around 1800 GMT on Saturdays so they
> can work Antarctica and I will be there. I am taking a rigblaster for
> PSK-31
> on 14.070 and CW on 14.043 if time permits. I am also taking an Arrow II
> antenna/Kenwood TH-7 to work the FM satellites to VK and ZL land. Finally,
> if I get it operational, APRS VHF to HF with a Kam Plus. VK6CO will help
> me
> HF 30 meters with their HF APRS parameters. You just might see me driving
> out on the Ross Ice Sea as K7MT-7 in Ivan the Terra Bus. Pictures and
> information on my home web page at:
>
> http://www.mt.net/~k7mt
>
> Qsl is via K1IED Larry who has done a terrific job with the QSL cards from
> Exel sprea sheet I will be sending to him weekly from McMurdo.
>
> See ya on HF in about 45 days from McMurdo Station Antarctica.
>
> Cheers Bill Erhardt K7MT
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:19:01 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-270 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <001001ca3f10$7fb5adc0$7f210940$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-270
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
**********************************************************************
* 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 9-11 *
* Four Points Sheraton Hotel at the Baltimore Washington Airport *
* Details - http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php *
**********************************************************************
In this edition:
* Two Weeks and Counting to 2009 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium
* ARISSat-1 Structure Drawings Available on AMSAT Web
* SumbandilaSat Reaches Orbit - Awaiting Commissioning
* Four New University Cubesats in Orbit and Heard on 70cm
* College Night on Satellites Coming October 1-2
* Satellite Operators Sought for Shortwave Broadcast Interview
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.01
Two Weeks and Counting to 2009 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.01
Co-Chairs, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer remind you that
the 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope
you can join us, especially given that there are some low-cost
airfares out there for those of us in the US.
We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton
at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walk
through of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are
superb. Frank said, "I do a lot of traveling and I must say that
the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a
substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc.) at this symposium.
And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly
memorable".
+ Free internet in the rooms and in the conference facility
+ Free parking
+ All AMSAT member get free admittance to the 40th Anniversary Party
Friday Evening---food, cake, meet 'n greet, eyeball QSOs.
+ Beautiful flat screen televisions in each room
+ Great Banquet Speaker--- Martin Collins, Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum Curator, Space History Museum, "Making
the Space Age, the First 50 years"
+ High-Caliber paper presentations on recent Satellite Developments
and satellite operations
+ Poster Session with Satellite, University, and ARISS activities.
+ An AMSAT 40th anniversary retrospective is included
+ IARU Satellite Forum
+ ARISS Operations Team Meeting---ARISS team members and new volunteers
are welcome to attend
+ Great prizes from major ham radio manufacturers
Full details are available on-line:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php
The Symposium Schedule and list of presentations has been posted.
You can now register online for the 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting: http://www.amsat-na.com/store2/SymposiumReg2009.php
Online registration will disappear on October 5th so do not wait
too long!
Our guest speaker is Dr. Martin Collins from the the Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum. He will talk on "Making the Space Age: The
First Fifty Years".
Follow the links from the Symposium page to book your room at the
hotel. An 800 number is also available. When booking your room let
the operator know that you are with the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation for the special rates. (They don't seem to know about
AMSAT.) Please be advised that the cut-off date for the AMSAT block
at the Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport is September 28th. Getting
our meeting rooms for free is dependant on the number of room nights
we secure. So, PLEASE make your room reservations as soon as possible.
Contact Mark Steiner, K3MS (k3ms@xxxxx.xxxx if you are interested in
preparing a poster display. Mark needs the following information by
Tuesday, Oct. 6 regarding what you will need for your display:
+ Square footage of floor space
+ Number of tables (to be provided by hotel)
+ If a power drop is needed
+ Any other special needs
[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer for the above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.02
ARISSat-1 Structure Drawings Available on AMSAT Web
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.02
Drawings of the ARISSat-1 structure are available on the AMSAT
web site. Bob Davis, KF4KSS and team have done an outstanding
job designing this structure around the existing modules for
SuitSat-2.
There will be a full scale model of ARISSat-1 at the Symposium
as well as working hardware. Bob expects to start cutting metal
for the structure next week.
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.03
SumbandilaSat Reaches Orbit - Awaiting Commissioning
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.03
South Africa's SumbandilaSat satellite is now in orbit after a
successful liftoff aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan on September 16. The main payload is a multi-spectral
imager, but the satellite also carries an Amateur Radio component
consisting of a 2 meter/70 cm FM repeater.
After SumbandilaSat is fully commissioned, the repeater will be
activated with an uplink at 145.880 MHz and a downlink at 435.350
MHz; there will also be a voice beacon at 435.300 MHz. The
transponder mode will be controlled by a CTCSS tone on the uplink
frequency. The CTCSS tone frequencies have yet to be announced.
SumbandilaSat was sponsored by the Department of Science and
Technology and was built at SunSpace in cooperation with the
Stellenbosch University.
SumbandilaSat has responded by returning its first telemetry.
Testing now involves a period of payload qualification to verify
operation of each subsystem. This may require 3 months before the
satellite continues with the remainder of its mission and opens
for general use.
Pieter, ZS1PK/M0PAK provided additional feedback, "Please note that
the Amateur payload will probably not be switched on straight after
launch. Commissioning is most likely to be performed from Stellenbosch
South Africa only. Telemetry will only be heard while in contact with
the groundstation and NOT on the amateur frequencies. There are a
number of hams involved in the project so rest assured the amateur
payload will be supported as soon as practical and safe."
[ANS thanks SA-AMSAT, ARRL, and Pieter ZS1PK/M0PAK for the above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.04
Four New University Cubesats in Orbit and Heard on 70cm
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.04
This week India successfully launched seven satellites on its PSLV-C14
misson. The primary payload was OceanSat-2 but also included six other
satellites. Four of the satellites are CubeSats in the ISILaunch01, a
cluster launch of the following with downlinks in the 70cm amateur radio
band: BEESAT, ITUpSAT1, SwissCube, and UWE-2
NAME CALL BEACON DOWNLINK
--------- ------- ------------------- -------------------------------
BEESAT DP0BEE 436.000 MHz 0.1W CW 436.000 MHz 0.5W 4800/9600 GMSK
UWE-2 437.385 MHz 0.5W 1200 AFSK
9600 FSK
ITUpSAT1 437.325 MHz 0.1W CW 437.325 MHz 1.0W 19200 GFSK
SwissCube HB9EG 437.505 MHz 0.1W CW 437.505 MHz 1.0W 1200 FSK
BeeSat is a pico satellite project of the Technical University of
Berlin. The main objective of BeeSat is the on orbit verification
of newly developed micro reaction wheels for pico satellite appli-
cations. Their web page is at:
http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/menue/forschung/projekte/beesat/v-m
enue2/news/
The UWE-2 team encourages all radio amateurs to send us the received
signals to uwe-2@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx. Their web page is at:
http://www7.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/research/space_exploration/projek
te/cubesat/uwe-2/
ITUpSAT1 is the first student-made satellite of Turkey. Their web
page is at: http://usl.itu.edu.tr/
SwissCube is the first satellite entirely built in Switzerland by
students from different universities under the supervision of the
Space Center EPFL. More than 180 students participated in the ad-
venture from EPFL, from the university of Neuchatel, from the HES-SO
(Sion, Yverdon, Fribourg, St-Immer, Le Locle), and from the FHNW
(Brugg-Windisch). The main objective is educational and also includes
a small telescope which will allow to obtain images of the nightglow,
a luminescence phenomena occurring at 100 km of height above the
Earth surface. Their web page is at: http://swisscube.epfl.ch/
A replay of the PSLV-C14 launch video can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69XGgHXMS0&feature=player_embedded#t=16
http://archangelo.net/misc/sat/new/sep09/pslvc14/view.htm
Signal reports have been received from amateur radio operators around
the world. Recordings of the beacon signals can be heard at:
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/PSLV/
2-Line Keplerian elements user for the satellites can use the
following for a starting point:
ITUPSAT1
1 35934U 09051D 09266.99498802 .00000364 00000-0 10000-3 0 34
2 35934 098.3432 001.6766 0010433 256.9573 103.1084 14.52588677 111
SWISSCUBE
1 35932U 09051B 09266.92637809 .00000360 00000-0 10000-3 0 33
2 35932 098.3362 001.6263 0006692 285.2589 074.8063 14.52095115 95
BEESAT
1 35933U 09051C 09267.20165191 .00000365 00000-0 10000-3 0 42
2 35933 098.3316 001.8957 0004681 307.1077 052.9887 14.52667744 138
UWE-2
1 35935U 09051E 09267.47761234 .00001929 00000-0 48744-3 0 46
2 35935 098.3417 002.1786 0006949 283.1563 076.8911 14.52112524 176
[ANS thanks the CubeSat teams for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.05
College Night on Satellites Coming October 1-2
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.05
It's time for another College Satellite night! Expect to hear
many Oscar capable NA college club stations on the air Thursday
evening Oct. 1st-2nd (NA local times) from 22:00 UTC to 0500 UTC
for this special event.
College clubs are getting priority on the QRP AO-51 repeater that
night (uplink: 145.880 MHz FM. downlink: 435.150 MHz FM). Please
work each college station but afford them the ability to take calls
and make as many QSOs as possible.
Club stations will also be on other birds so make as many contacts
if you can, on each bird. We have encouraged college stations to QSL
all the stations they work during the event as we (either through
AMSAT or a college group) are planning on creating an award for
working college club stations on satellite.
Make sure to e-mail or call as many hams that you know associated
with college ham radio clubs so that they will know about this special
event and get on the air - usage and NA-wide involvement is important.
While we are focusing on North American activity let me know of interest
and participation from other parts of the globe, e-mail Dr. Jay Garlitz,
AA4FL off-list at jgarlitz@xxx.xxx.
[ANS thanks Gator ARC Faculty Advisor at UF, Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL
for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.06
Satellite Operators Sought for Shortwave Broadcast Interview
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.06
Ted Randall, host of the shortwave broadcast QSO Radio Show, invites
satellite operators who are interested in coming on show and talking
about your personal experiences in satellite communication. Ted re-
quests, "I would like someone who can take an entry level approach
in that we have a lot of new and young hams listening. If you could
have someone join in me in an informal telephone interview please
contact me."
The QSO Radio Show is heard on WBCQ 7415 KHz Tuesdays 5-7 PM EDT or
2100-2300 UT; and on WRMI Radio Miami International 9955 KHz Sundays
from 1-3 AM EDT or 0500-0700 UTC.
Ted's web page is at: http://www.tedrandall.com and you can e-mail
Ted Randall at tedrandall@xxxx.xx
[ANS thanks Ted Randall for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-270.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 270.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-270.07
+ Hams like science. Follow these links for fun and interesting
scientific articles and videos of space:
Images from the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/multimedia/ero/index.html
A simulated flyover of Mars using images from the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter and Spirit Rover:
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/23/columbia-hills-flyover-2-0-awesome-m
eridiani-panoramas/
A video discussing a mission to the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa:
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/09/nasa-worlds-space-powers-target
s-jupiters-europa-.html
Video of the Shuttle piggyback ride back to Florida:
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/21/spectacular-videos-of-shuttle-piggyb
ack-flight/
Video of NASA Wallops Island launch:
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/
Watch the ARES-1X rocket built in 6 minutes (time lapse)
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/23/build-the-ares-i-x-in-less-than-six-
minutes/
Cassini views of Saturn, its rings, and moons during equinox:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/cassini_equinox/cassini_equinox_slideshow.
html
+ Congratulations to Omar, XE1AO, for achieving Satellite VUCC
#182 and to George, WA5KHB, for confirming 225 Grids for his
VUCC!
+ Henk, PA3GUO has created a video showing the ISS passing over the
Netherlands along with sounds and decoded signals of the digital
APRS signals at: http://www.vimeo.com/6657880
+ A helpful page for configuring your TM-D700 rig for operating with
with spacecraft can be found at: http://www.aj3u.com/tm-d700-tips/
+ Congratulations to Mark, N8MH on his successful AO-51 demonstration
via the QRP repeater to the JARS club. He worked WA4SCA, KB1RVT,
KB0RZD, N3TL, AA5UK, KB1PVH, and KD8CAO
+ Remember to tune in on Thursday evenings, October 1, 15, 29 at 8pm
eastern time will be the sessions of the Hudson Valley Satellite net.
You can check in via radio if you are in range of the Mt. Beacon ARC
repeater on 146.970 (PL 100.0) or via echolink on the N2EYH-L node.
+ Jan, PE0SAT has copied FO-29 over Europe. He has posted audio and
data at:
Here is a recording of the CW telemetry and the data below.
http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/FO-29-CW-19-09-2009_2344CEST.mp3
http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/images/FO-29-CW-19-09-2009-2355CEST.jpg
+ Listen for Paul, 2E1EUB to be active on the satellites from Scotland
as 2M1EUB/P starting October 10 for approximately 14 days. Paul will
try for as many satellites as possible including AO-7.
+ Adrian, AA5UK, will be operating again from Ibiza, Spain (IOTA EU-004,
Balearic Islands) Grid: JM09tb as: EA6/AA5UK from Oct. 14 - 29th.
Satellite activity is planned for the FM and SSB satellites. Adrian
will be posting regular satellite schedules via the AMSAT BB. Sked
requests are welcome and encouraged; please email him via his email
address located at QRZ.com. QSL via home call: Direct, bureau, LOTW
or eQSL.
+ Andrew, VK4TEC operates a satellite status display showing latest
data received from ISS, PCSAT, AO-51, with manual entries of addi-
tional satellites. See: http://vk4tec.no-ip.org/sat_status/
+ Congratulations to Astronaut Tracy Caldwell for passing her amateur
radio license exam. She has been issued the callsign, KF5DBF. Caldwell
is scheduled to fly with Expedition 23 in April 2010.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors
to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. And with that
please be on the look out for plumbers who may have a multi-fauceted
personality.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:58:49 -0700
From: Jim Walls <jim@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WAS - Award - Mistake
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, k7win@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4ABEC6D9.8070708@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
K7WIN - Jeff wrote:
> I received my WAS award yesterday. Upon opening it I noticed that it did not
> indicate "Satellite" and was numbered #53,981.
>
>
>
> I initially indicated on my application that it was for Satellite by
> checking the "Satellite" box.
>
>
>
> What is the WAS Satellite Award supposed to have displayed on the Award and
> what are the numbers up to?
>
I can only go by mine as a reference. It has OSCAR printed above and
slightly to the right of the large A of WAS. The number is #285 and
dated 30 July 2001. I somehow doubt that it has gone from 285 to 53,981
in 8 years...
--
73
-------------------------------------
Jim Walls - K6CCC
jim@xxxxx.xxx
Ofc: 818-548-4804
http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc
AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:17:56 +1000
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Wanted: simple ISS tracking page
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <AC4F8AE6EA7A414ABE2EF203BE0C144A@xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I am looking for a simple tracking display for my sat_status site
Ideas ?
I see a few but they are surrounded by goobly goop
----------------------------------------------------------
Andrew Rich
Airways Technical Officer Grade 4
Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
email: vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
web: www.tech-software.net
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:18:56 +0930
From: David Giles <vk5dg@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] RS-38 or RS-28?
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4ABEE0A8.8010704@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hello All,
I'm a bit confused over RS-38 or RS-28. I heard the CW beacon on
435.265 as found by Mike Rupprecht, but did not decode it at the time.
Are we looking at two different satellites?
A previous report suggested 435.365 and Andy Thomas' report had 435.440
and 435.490. Would these be on only over the control stations?
73 de David VK5DG, who has to wait a while for the next pass.
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:14:49 +0100
From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: All Satellites (Alan P. Biddle)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1254046489.15615.7.camel@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 22:19 -0400, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> >> At a SmallSat conference... this summer,
> >> I was amused at the casual assumption by
> >> a researcher that 50, cubesats could be
> >> launched as part of an upper atmosphere
> >> project using ham frequencies for the
> >> downlinks.
>
> And wouldn?t it be a hoot if everyone of them could put their
> RX/TX into a bent-pipe packet mode, and then we would have
> amateur radio global hand-held text messaging satellite
> system...
>
> >> (They would have a lifetime of only 3-4 months.)
>
> But it would be FUN for a while!
>
> Using some of the 2-way very small micro APRS packet systems, a
> 2 to 5 Watt transponder will easily fit on a singl circuit card
> in a small cubesat. See www.aprs.org/cubesat-comms.html
>
> Bob, WB4APR
If you could have maybe five or six cubesats with an FM transponder
orbiting in such a way that there was a good 15-minute pass every hour,
then I suspect that would work wonders for getting people interested in
satellites again. The technical requirements for getting into them
would be low enough for "entry-level" amateurs all over the world to
have a crack at them - dual-band HT and a homebrew Arrow clone, and
you're good to go. Cheap, simple satellites, and cheap, simple ground
stations. How many could you fly for the cost of one HEO sat and
launch?
Gordon MM0YEQ
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:50:20 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-38 or RS-28?
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <685071.69405.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
All I can do is reproduce the exact text I have received. I'm told
convincingly that the cw sent is RS 28 and not 38 but I haven't been
listening for it myself. DK3WN's observations are the best that I know of.
I understand that DOKA can use two frequencies multiplexed for a higher
throughput : see my page on RS-30 at:
http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/amateur-satellites/rs-30-yubileiny
so I would expect that the two frequencies I have been given are centre
frequencies for two ranges, each capable of being chosen from the ground
station, depending on local qrm.
I imagine that the main ground station is at Moscow state university with a
back up at Plis at Kaluga, who invented Doka.
Other participating universities within the Russian Federation will also
have a DOKA groundstation (which may or may not be compatible), but the main
telemetry of the scientific payloads will be on 1.7 GHz, so I don't expect
you will hear DOKA if you are outside the footprint of >10 degrees elevation
from Moscow (it will be interesting if you do).
Worldwide, I expect that the 435 MHz beacon when its frequency settles down
is now just a CW beacon of housekeeping data. And it is pretty likely that
the cw decode for the beacon is the same as rs-30 on my webpage.
73 de andy g0sfj
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:20:28 +0200
From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-38 or RS-28?
To: "'andy thomas'" <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>, "'amsat'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <001501ca3f64$8ade3ba0$a09ab2e0$@xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Andy,
CW telemetry is similar, but not identical
rs30 us160 ibs12 usun0 isun0 itxa8 itxb1 ttxa65 ttxb66 tnap80 tab66 msep0
mcon53 sma83 smb63 mrxa2 mrxb2
rs30 us159 isb12 usun1 isun0 itxa8 itxb0 ttxa65 ttxb66 tnap80 tab66 msep0
mcon53 sma86 smb71 mrxa2 mrxb2
rs28 ubs164 uaba166 uabb166 ibs3 iaba126 iabb126 ispa0 ispb126 taba133
tabb131 tsep136 mcon69 sma138 smb100 mra6 mrb30
rs28 ubs164 uaba172 uabb177 ibs2 iaba134 iabb134 ispa5 ispb133 taba132
tabb131 tsep136 mcon69 sma93 smb82 mra6 mrb30
73, Mike
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Im
Auftrag von andy thomas
Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. September 2009 12:50
An: amsat
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-38 or RS-28?
All I can do is reproduce the exact text I have received. I'm told
convincingly that the cw sent is RS 28 and not 38 but I haven't been
listening for it myself. DK3WN's observations are the best that I know of.
I understand that DOKA can use two frequencies multiplexed for a higher
throughput : see my page on RS-30 at:
http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/amateur-satellites/rs-30-yubilein
y
so I would expect that the two frequencies I have been given are centre
frequencies for two ranges, each capable of being chosen from the ground
station, depending on local qrm.
I imagine that the main ground station is at Moscow state university with a
back up at Plis at Kaluga, who invented Doka.
Other participating universities within the Russian Federation will also
have a DOKA groundstation (which may or may not be compatible), but the main
telemetry of the scientific payloads will be on 1.7 GHz, so I don't expect
you will hear DOKA if you are outside the footprint of >10 degrees elevation
from Moscow (it will be interesting if you do).
Worldwide, I expect that the 435 MHz beacon when its frequency settles down
is now just a CW beacon of housekeeping data. And it is pretty likely that
the cw decode for the beacon is the same as rs-30 on my webpage.
73 de andy g0sfj
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