On this version:
* Seven Cubesats Deploy From ISS
* AMSAT Mail Alias Service to Finish — FINAL NOTICE!
* Japanese Firm Takes First Step Towards Eradicating Area Junk
* Halibut Electronics Releases New EggNOGS Equipment for Satellite tv for pc Antennas
* UNNE-1 and MARIA-G Launch Delayed Till 2025
* Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, Silent Key
* Modifications to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ARISS Information
* Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
* AMSAT Ambassador Actions
* Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
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ANS-245 AMSAT Information Service Weekly Bulletins
From: Radio Novice Satellite tv for pc Company
DATE 2024 Sept 01
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Seven Cubesats Deploy From ISS
Seven CubeSats deployed from Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on Thursday, August 29.
In line with the IARU Novice Satellite tv for pc Frequency Coordination, six of those satellites, CosmoGirl-Sat, SaganSat0, SAKURA, Binar2, Binar3 and Binar4, function on the novice bands. Three of them carry APRS digipeaters working on the world-wide APRS frequency of 145.825 MHz.
Picture by Cosmo Women Novice Radio Membership
CosmoGirl-Sat 145.825MHz, 437.120MHz
APRS VHF, callsign JS1YOI
CW, 4k8 GMSK UHF
A 1U cubesat constructed by Cosmo Women Novice Radio Membership, a gaggle of Japanese ladies established beneath the theme of “Getting nearer to the universe.” The satellite tv for pc additionally carries a high-resolution digital camera for earth imaging, in addition to a brief message UHF store-and-forward system.
SaganSat0 145.825MHz, 437.050MH
APRS VHF
GMSK 4k8, CW UHF
A 1U cubesat constructed by college students at varied excessive faculties within the Saga Prefecture of Japan. The satellite tv for pc additionally carries an infrared digital camera and gamma ray detector.
SAKURA 145.825MHz, 437.375MHz
APRS VHF
GMSK 4k8 UHF
A 1U cubesat constructed by the Chiba Institute of Expertise, a college in Narashino, Japan. The satellite tv for pc additionally carries experiments designed to observe sunspots and photo voltaic flares, in addition to to evaluate environmental harm on earth.
Binar-2 437.700MHz, Binar-3 437.850MHz, Binar-4 437.925MHz
CW, OQPSK 100/38.4kbps, GFSK 19.2/9.6/1.2kbps
Three cubesats constructed by Curtin College in Australia designed to check radiation shielding supplies and modeling of re-entry information from LEO.
Information from
7 CubeSats have been deployed from “Kibo” on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/biz-lab/information/element/004129.html
[ANS thanks Masa Arai, JN1GKZ, for the above information.]
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AMSAT Mail Alias Service to Finish — FINAL NOTICE!
An extended-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service was scheduled to finish on August 31, 2024, however a day or two of grace interval has been added.
Members ought to perceive that the e-mail alias service, the information and bulletin board subscription lists and the membership portal are three separate programs.
Individuals utilizing the Mail Alias Service ought to instantly migrate to a distinct electronic mail account so they don’t lose receipt of non-public emails. Notify your folks and enterprise accounts of the change.
Individuals wishing to proceed to obtain AMSAT Information Service Weekly Bulletins and AMSAT-BB posts or official messages from AMSAT itself ought to replace their subscription addresses at https://mailman.amsat.org/
Members are particularly requested to verify they’re NOT utilizing a [email protected] as their registered electronic mail deal with within the AMSAT membership portal. Members can simply change their registered member electronic mail deal with by logging into the portal and updating their profile at https://mailman.amsat.org/.
A mail alias on AMSAT.ORG permitted folks to ship an electronic mail to members with out understanding their precise web electronic mail deal with. They only wanted to know their novice radio callsign.
Sadly, the unchecked rise in area title hacking and electronic mail account high-jacking has made it not possible to maintain this service at a cheap stage. The variety of [email protected] electronic mail accounts that had been hijacked and transformed to zombie spam accounts over time had led many web service suppliers and gateway facilities to ban all @amsat.org electronic mail addresses, together with these enterprise accounts of AMSAT officers and officers. The tireless efforts of AMSAT’s all volunteer IT workers has labored for years to restore a lot of the harm, however AMSAT nonetheless get complaints from members who will not be getting their private emails, ANS bulletins or AMSAT-BB posts due to persistent supply issues.
It has come to the purpose the place the AMSAT volunteer IT workers can now not sustain with the upkeep necessities to maintain the alias mail listing clear and to work with electronic mail gateways to take away blocks. And, after appreciable investigation into different paid electronic mail providers, AMSAT management determined that the cash required to maintain an electronic mail alias system alive can be higher spent on constructing and flying satellites for its members.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT IT Team for the above information]
Japanese Firm Takes First Step Towards Eradicating Area Junk
There are greater than 2,000 largely intact lifeless rockets circling the Earth, however till this yr, nobody ever launched a satellite tv for pc to go see what one appeared like after a few years of tumbling across the planet.
In February, a Japanese firm named Astroscale despatched a small satellite tv for pc into low-Earth orbit on prime of a Rocket Lab launcher. A few months later, Astroscale’s ADRAS-J (Energetic Particles Removing by Astroscale-Japan) spacecraft accomplished its pursuit of a Japanese rocket caught in orbit for greater than 15 years.
ADRAS-J photographed the higher stage of an H-IIA rocket from a spread of a number of hundred meters after which backed away. This was the primary publicly launched picture of house particles captured from one other spacecraft utilizing rendezvous and proximity operations.
Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft captured these views of the H-IIA rocket higher stage on July 15. [Credit: Astroscale]
Since then, Astroscale has pulled off extra advanced maneuvers across the H-IIA higher stage, which hasn’t been managed because it deployed a Japanese local weather analysis satellite tv for pc in January 2009. Astroscale tried to finish a 360-degree fly-around of the H-IIA rocket final month, however the spacecraft triggered an autonomous abort one-third by way of the maneuver after detecting an angle anomaly.
ADRAS-J is the primary mission to strategy a chunk of house particles, which comes with extra challenges. The H-IIA higher stage lacks laser reflectors and focusing on aids that might assist an approaching spacecraft navigate its approach nearer.
Just a few years in the past, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) cinched a public-private partnership with Astroscale to exhibit applied sciences the personal sector may use to take away giant items of house particles littering low-Earth orbit. The identical robotic applied sciences may additionally apply to satellite tv for pc servicing or refueling missions.
With extra monetary help from JAXA, Astroscale is growing a follow-on mission referred to as ADRAS-J2 to dock with the identical H-IIA rocket visited by the continuing mission, then steer it on a trajectory to reenter the ambiance. Astroscale hopes a profitable demonstration of this functionality on the ADRAS-J2 mission will result in extra contracts from business or authorities operators to distant giant items of house junk from orbit.
An H-IIA higher stage much like the one visited by Astroscale’s demo mission broke aside in 2019, creating greater than 70 new particles fragments in low-Earth orbit. A predicted shut flyby by one of many items from the H-IIA higher stage prompted the Worldwide Area Station to fireside its engines to maneuver out of its path in 2020.
[ANS thanks Ars Technica for the above information. Read the full article at https://bit.ly/4cFO0vW.]
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Halibut Electronics Releases New EggNOGS Equipment for Satellite tv for pc Antennas
Halibut Electronics has introduced the discharge of its newest product, the EggNOGS package, designed to facilitate the development of Egg Beater antennas. This package is geared toward novice radio lovers and satellite tv for pc operators who want to improve their communication capabilities, significantly with the SatNOGS community. Priced at $79.00, EggNOGS is on the market for buy by way of Halibut Electronics’ web site at https://electronics.halibut.com/product/eggnogs/.
The EggNOGS package is engineered to handle the complexity of constructing Egg Beater antennas, that are recognized for his or her use in satellite tv for pc communications. The package features a vary of specialised elements that aren’t usually out there at native {hardware} shops. These elements characteristic a band-specific phasing board that creates a 90-degree part shift, a vital ingredient within the building of efficient quadrature-fed antennas.
The elements package. [Credit: Halibut Electronics]
Presently, the EggNOGS package helps a number of frequency bands: 137.5MHz, 145.9MHz, 388.0MHz, 401.0MHz, and 436.5MHz. Nonetheless, resulting from excessive demand, the kits for the 137.5MHz and 145.9MHz bands are quickly out of inventory and are anticipated to be again in stock by August twenty eighth. Clients can place again orders for these bands within the interim.
The EggNOGS package is designed to be versatile, suitable with varied kinds of quadrature-fed antennas past simply Egg Beaters. It may be used with turnstiles, helicals, and different balanced VHF/UHF antennas. Moreover, it really works with any radio system, together with low-power transmitters, making it a versatile choice for a spread of communication wants.
Antenna closeup [Credit: Halibut Electronics]
The package consists of important elements resembling circuit boards for sign routing and phasing, a typical mode present choke, and stainless-steel mounting {hardware}. Builders might want to supply extra supplies, resembling a bit of PVC pipe and supplies for the aerial loops and floor airplane, from native {hardware} shops. The default feed level connector is SMA, however there’s an choice to improve to BNC or Sort-F connectors.
The EggNOGS package is able to dealing with reasonable transmit energy, with the higher restrict nonetheless being decided however anticipated to vary between 15W and 50W. The package is confirmed to deal with as much as 10W with out points. Halibut Electronics invitations suggestions from customers who might have phasing boards for added frequencies not presently provided, with the opportunity of increasing the product line primarily based on buyer demand.
[ANS thanks Halibut Electronics, for the above information]
UNNE-1 and MARIA-G Launch Delayed Till 2025
As a result of vital harm to the RFA’s One launcher stage through the static firing take a look at at SaxaVord’s spaceport within the Shetland Islands, Scotland (UK) on August nineteenth, AMSAT-EA’s UNNE-1 and MARIA-G satellites launch will likely be delayed.
They have been initially deliberate for launch on September thirtieth, and now it isn’t anticipated earlier than 2025. Video of the BBC’s protection of the incident is on the market right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEn6-8ekJQ
UNNE-1 and MARIA-G are each primarily based on the presently orbiting HADES-D (SO-121) {hardware}, offering a repeater service for voice and information communications in FM and FSK-derived modes. They’ve been designed and constructed by AMSAT-EA along with personal sector firms and with the collaboration of Universities and academic centres.
Each satellites will supply licensed radio amateurs all over the world the chance to make FM and FSK QSOs, together with FT modes, resembling FT-4 and FT-8, or AX.25/APRS. The satellites may also transmit telemetry with their standing, voice messages and CW.
UNNE-1 consists of an Arduino-based board with software program from Nebrija College of Madrid. The scholars have developed a small decoding recreation with an area story as a background. The satellite tv for pc sends a clue every week in its FSK telemetry in order that radio amateurs can clear up the problem. This recreation will likely be detailed on the AMSAT EA web site and on the Nebrija College one.
MARIA-G additionally consists of two CW reception video games/challenges carried out by college students from the María Guerrero highschool in Collado Villalba, additionally from the area of Madrid.
One of many video games consists of receiving the coordinates of a major place on Earth (for instance a metropolis, a monument…) and the opposite about receiving a code that can correspond to a query about Science. Each video games could have a devoted net web page.
MARIA-G additionally features a small experiment, developed by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft analysis middle in Germany. It consists of a proof of idea for the transmission of a TS-UNB waveform from a low Earth orbit. Due to this fact, it can transmit a TS-UNB message based on the ETSI-TS-103-357 customary. It’s supposed solely as a analysis and improvement venture with no business intention.
The ITU modulation classification can be 100K W2DWW however the bandwidth will likely be decreased. The operation of this experiment will likely be carried out by AMSAT-EA.
The UNNE-1 and MARIA-G satellites are a part of the Erminaz mission, a joint effort of AMSAT-DL, AMSAT-EA and LibreSpace Basis, every group flying its personal satellites and utilizing LibreSpace’s PicoBus deployer.
The mission administration with the German Area Company (DLR) and the launcher (RFA), in addition to with the UK authorities, has been carried out collectively, with AMSAT DL main it.
[ANS thanks Felix Páez, EA4GQS, AMSAT EA, for the above information.]
Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, Silent Key
With heavy hearts, AMSAT and The AMSAT Journal mourn the passing of Journal assistant editor, Paul D. Graveline, K1YUB, on August 19, 2024.
Paul served as an assistant editor for the previous seven years, beginning with the July/August 2017 challenge. Along with his enhancing and authoring contributions to the Journal, Paul additionally served as an lively member of the CubeSatSim Instructional Supplies Staff for AMSAT’s Instructional Relations program.
Right here is how Paul described his ham radio exploits:
“Like many future hams within the Sixties, I turned enthusiastic about radio by listening to shortwave stations on my grandfather’s outdated enormous Philco radio.
“In 1960, I obtained a Hallicrafters S120 brief wave receiver for Christmas, and I used to be hooked. A yr later, K1DEN obtained me enthusiastic about ham radio. I used to be issued KN1YUB as a novice, and in 1963, I upgraded to Normal and K1YUB, which I nonetheless use in the present day. Most of my ham working has been utilizing CW.
“By 1973, I handed my Superior and Additional which required 20 wpm abilities.
“Within the Eighties, I labored and taught Novice and Normal license programs at Tufts Radio in Medford, MA. My time at Tufts included quite a few ham conventions from Denver to Clearwater.
“Together with K1TW, I helped reestablish the shortwave centered Boston Space DXers which met on the third Friday of each month. Almost 35 years later, we nonetheless do!
“Extra lately, I’ve been spending time in actions to help ham radio.
“For a variety of years, I’ve been an Assistant Editor for The AMSAT Journal in addition to being engaged, together with KU2Y, KD2XS , KK6NOW and WD6DRI, on an AMSAT venture growing the CubeSat Simulator as a studying instrument.
“I started following the house climate bulletins from Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, higher generally known as “The Area Climate Girl,” a couple of years again and now am a member of her steering committee, in addition to being the Coordinator for her new Tremendous Group venture with the target of sharing house climate data throughout stakeholder communities like Aurora Chasers and Ham Radio operators. I did a canopy story of Dr. Skov in The AMSAT Journal.”
Paul’s good humor, dedication, enthusiasm and plenty of contributions to AMSAT and the bigger novice radio neighborhood will likely be drastically missed.
[ANS thanks Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK, AMSAT Journal Editor-in-Chief, for the above information]
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Modifications to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
Two Line Parts or TLEs, also known as Keplerian components or keps within the novice neighborhood, are the inputs to the SGP4 customary mathematical mannequin of spacecraft orbits utilized by most novice monitoring packages. Weekly updates are fully ample for many novice satellites. TLE bulletin information are up to date each day within the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin information will likely be posted instantly after dependable components change into out there for brand new novice satellites. Extra info could also be discovered at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.
No adjustments have been introduced for this week.
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information]
ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others all over the world could eavesdrop on contacts between amateurs working in faculties and permitting college students to work together with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Worldwide Area Station. The downlink frequency on which to hear is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Would your group wish to have an ARISS contact? Listed here are some upcoming deadlines for pay attention to:
For U.S. contacts, proposals are due by 6-Sept. Contacts can be within the first half of 2025.
For Europe, Africa, and the Center East functions are due by 27-October for second half of 2025.
See https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for particulars.
COMPLETED:
Fasta Villa Eucaristica Faculty, Cordoba Metropolis, Argentina, direct through LU1HKO
The ISS callsign was presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The crewmember was Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor was VE3TBD.
Contact was profitable: Fri 2024-08-30 15:29:39 UTC 42 levels most elevation.
Congratulations to the Fasta Villa Eucaristica Faculty college students, Jeanette, mentor VE3TBD, and floor station LU1HKO!
Livestream URL was supplied to ARISS https://youtube.com/reside/2oQkA6vqdu4?characteristic=share
The crossband repeater continues to be lively (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they need to do is decide up the microphone, increase the quantity up, and discuss on the crossband repeater. So give a hear, you simply by no means know.
The packet system can be lively (145.825 MHz up & down).
The HamTV system (2395 MHz down), and the SSTV system (145.800 MHz down) are each presently STOWED and never in operation.
As at all times, if there’s an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as a part of the protection protocol.
Word, all instances are approximate. It is strongly recommended that you simply do your individual orbital prediction or begin listening about 10 minutes earlier than the listed time.
The newest info on the operation mode could be discovered at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The newest listing of frequencies in use could be discovered 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]
Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
Tom, KB5FHK, will likely be heading residence to Mississippi on Labor Day weekend. His major focus is EM41. He already posted a few passes on hams.at.
Mitch, AD0HJ, will likely be heading as much as Fargo/Grand Forks over Labor Day weekend “for some extra gridline enjoyable.” Search for him to activate EN06 EN07 EN08 EN16 EN17 EN18 on RS-44. Cross schedule is on the market on hams.at.
Zach, K8ZRY, will likely be doing a POTA activation on the EN83/EN84 gridline over the Labor Day vacation. Cross schedule is on the market on hams.at.
A rising variety of satellite tv for pc rovers are presently engaged in sharing their grid sq. activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the web site, you acquire quick access to complete details about the operators chargeable for activating particular grid squares. Moreover, you could have the flexibility to evaluate the match rating between your self and a specific rover for a given move, whereas additionally having the ability to establish the upcoming satellite tv for pc passes which might be accessible out of your location.
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information]
AMSAT Ambassador Actions
AMSAT Ambassadors present shows, exhibit speaking by way of novice satellites, and host info tables at membership conferences, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and different occasions.
September 7, 2024
Better Louisville Hamfest
Shepherdsville, KY
AMSAT Discussion board and Data Desk
W4FCL
October 5, 2024
North Star Radio Conference
Hennepin Technical Faculty (North Campus)
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
https://conv2023.tcfmc.org/
AMSAT Discussion board and Data Desk
KØJM and ADØHJ
October fifth, 2024
Central Kentucky Hamfest –
Highlands Baptist Church
2032 Parallel Highway
Lexington, KY 40502
https://www.fb.com/w9khz/
AMSAT and Instructional Satellites Discussion board and Data Desk
AI4SR and W4FCL
October 5, 2024
Radio Society of Tucson
Calvary Tucson Church
7811 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ
https://k7rst.membership/2024/07/tucson-autumn-ham-fest-2024/
N1UW
October 18-20, 2024
Pacificon 2024, ARRL Pacific Division Convention
San Ramon, CA
WUØI
October 25-27, 2004
AMSAT Area Symposium and Annual Normal Assembly
Double Tree Rocky Level Waterfront Resort
Tampa Bay, FL
November 2-3, 2024
Stone Mountain Hamfest, ARRL State Conference
Stone Mountain, GA
K4RGK
November 9, 2024
Oro Valley Novice Radio Membership
Marana Center Faculty
11285 West Grier Rd.
Marana, AZ 85653
https://www.tucsonhamradio.org/copy-of-hamfest-2022
N1UW
February 20-22, 2025
Yuma HAMCON
Yuma, AZ
N1UW
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information]
Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
+ The FUNcube Information Warehouse will likely be going off line on Saturday, August 31, because it transitions to a brand new server. The service could also be down for about three days because the group has emigrate the massive quantity of knowledge collected over 11 years and be certain that the service is working appropriately. The dashboards will catch up if they’re left linked, as soon as the service comes on line. The group will most likely activate the gathering service earlier than the UI so that there’s to not a lot information loss. (ANS thanks Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, of the FUNcube Staff for the above info.)
+ NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth with out astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, KD5PLB, aboard the spacecraft, the company introduced final week. The uncrewed return permits NASA and Boeing to proceed gathering testing information on Starliner throughout its upcoming flight residence, whereas additionally not accepting extra danger than vital for its crew. Wilmore and Williams, who flew to the Worldwide Area Station in June aboard NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Check, have been busy supporting station analysis, upkeep, and Starliner system testing and information evaluation, amongst different actions. They’ll proceed their work formally as a part of the Expedition 71/72 crew by way of February 2025, and can fly residence aboard a Dragon spacecraft with two different crew members assigned to the company’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Starliner is predicted to depart from the house station and make a secure, managed autonomous re-entry and touchdown in early September. (ANS thanks NASA for the above info.)
+ NASA astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no sooner than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the Worldwide Area Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, KJ5CMN, and Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE, beforehand introduced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future mission. The up to date crew complement follows NASA’s resolution to return the company’s Boeing Crew Flight Check uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two unoccupied seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, KD5PLB, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will fly residence with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025. (ANS thanks NASA for the above info.)
+ The U.S. Nationwide Science Basis Nationwide Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO), and its administrator Related Universities, Inc. (AUI), have created SuperKnova, a web-based instructional platform that gives inclusive, equitable entry to radio expertise studying and coaching. Because of a beneficiant grant from Novice Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), learners can now enroll in two self-paced programs to be taught the basics of radio communications. The Technician Novice Radio License and EMS Course introduces learners to the electromagnetic spectrum utilizing novice (ham) radio as a car. (ANS thanks the Nationwide Radio Astronomy Observatory for the above info.)
+ Alick Gardiner, 2E0HDV, has undertaken a “retro radio” venture to make the most of the APRS packet digipeater aboard the Worldwide Area Station with tools relationship again to the Eighties! Alick paperwork how he resurrected a Commodore 64 pc and a 30+ yr outdated AEA PK-232 “Pakratt” TNC in his weblog at http://www.alickgardiner.com/c64-packet-radio/ (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Alick Gardiner, 2E0HDV, for the above info.)
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This week’s ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM
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