AMSAT Information Service
ANS-203
July 18, 2024
On this version:
- AMSAT Board of Administrators Election Underway
- AMSAT Mail Alias Service to Finish August 31, 2024
- Tevel Satellites Nearing Re-Entry
- AMSAT-OSCAR 7 in Steady Daylight
- Modifications to AMSAT TLE Distribution for July 19, 2024
- ARISS Information
- Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
- AMSAT Ambassador Actions
- Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT Information Service bulletins are a free, weekly information and data service of AMSAT, The Radio Beginner Satellite tv for pc Company. ANS publishes information associated to Beginner Radio in House together with studies on the actions of a worldwide group of Beginner Radio operators who share an lively curiosity in designing, constructing, launching and speaking by way of analog and digital Beginner Radio satellites.
The information feed on https://www.amsat.org publishes information of Beginner Radio in House as quickly as our volunteers can put up it.
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Save the Date! Symposium 2024
Mark your calendar now for the 2024 AMSAT Symposium,
October 25-27, 2024 on the Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Level Waterfront in Tampa, Florida!
Look ahead to bulletins regarding additional particulars as plans are formulated.
AMSAT Board of Administrators Election Underway
The nomination interval for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators Election ended on June fifteenth. The next candidates have been duly nominated:
- Mark Hammond, N8MH
- Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
- Bruce Paige, KK5DO
- Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
- Douglas Tabor, N6UA
As three seats on the Board of Administrators are up for election this 12 months, the three candidates receiving the biggest variety of votes shall be declared elected to the seats. The 2 candidates receiving the following largest variety of votes shall be declared First Alternate and Second Alternate, respectively.
The voting course of is now underway. AMSAT members can discover candidate statements and digital voting data on AMSAT’s Wild Apricot Membership Portal.
The voting interval will conclude on September fifteenth and outcomes can be introduced no later than September thirtieth.
[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary for the above information]
AMSAT Mail Alias Service to Finish August 31, 2024
A protracted-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service is scheduled to finish on August 31, 2024. A mail alias on AMSAT.ORG permitted individuals to ship an e-mail to members with out understanding their precise web e-mail handle. They only wanted to know their beginner radio callsign.
Sadly, the unchecked rise in area identify hacking and e-mail account high-jacking has made it not possible to maintain this service at a cheap degree. The variety of [email protected] e-mail accounts that had been hijacked and transformed to zombie spam accounts through the years had led many web service suppliers and gateway facilities to ban all @amsat.org e-mail addresses, together with these enterprise accounts of AMSAT officers and officers. The tireless efforts of AMSAT’s all volunteer IT employees has labored for years to restore a lot of the harm, however AMSAT nonetheless get complaints from members who are usually not 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 employees can not sustain with the upkeep necessities to maintain the alias mail checklist clear and to work with e-mail gateways to take away blocks. And, after appreciable investigation into various paid e-mail providers, AMSAT management determined that the cash required to maintain an e-mail alias system alive can be higher spent on constructing and flying satellites for its members.
Individuals utilizing the Mail Alias Service ought to start emigrate to totally different e-mail accounts so they don’t lose receipt of non-public emails, AMSAT Information Service Weekly Bulletins, AMSAT-BB posts, or official messages from AMSAT itself. Members are particularly requested to verify they’re NOT utilizing a [email protected] as their registered e-mail handle within the AMSAT membership portal. Members can simply change their registered member e-mail handle by logging into the portal and updating their profile.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
Tevel Satellites Nearing Re-Entry
The Tevel collection of satellites is approaching re-entry, with Tevel-5 already re-entering on July 18th.
The Tevel mission consists of 8 satellites developed by the Herzliya Science Heart in Israel, every carrying an FM transponder. The satellites had been constructed by 8 colleges in several elements of Israel and launched in January 2022 on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission.
Quite a lot of different satellites with beginner radio payloads are additionally re-entering shortly. A listing of satellites approaching re-entry could be discovered at http://lu7aa.org/decay.asp
[ANS thanks Herzliya Science Center, AMSAT Argentina, and LU7AA for the above information]
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AMSAT-OSCAR 7 in Steady Daylight
AMSAT-OSCAR 7, quickly to have fun its fiftieth birthday on November 15, 2024, is now in a interval of steady daylight by way of Might 22, 2027.
Whereas in steady daylight, the satellite tv for pc’s inner timer is anticipated to change between the 2 transponders – Mode A (29 MHz downlink and 145 MHz uplink) and Mode B (145 MHz downlink and 29 MHz uplink) each 24 hours.
Submit studies and test present standing on the AMSAT Dwell OSCAR Satellite tv for pc Standing Web page. After a couple of days in steady daylight, it ought to be potential to find out the precise or approximate time the satellite tv for pc switches.
[ANS thanks AMSAT and EA1PA for the above information]
Modifications to AMSAT TLE Distribution for July 19, 2024
Two Line Components or TLEs, also known as Keplerian components or keps within the beginner neighborhood, are the inputs to the SGP4 customary mathematical mannequin of spacecraft orbits utilized by most beginner monitoring applications. Weekly updates are fully enough for many beginner satellites. TLE bulletin recordsdata are up to date Thursday evenings round 2300 UTC, or extra ceaselessly if new excessive curiosity satellites are launched. Extra data could also be discovered at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The next satellites have been faraway from this week’s AMSAT TLE distribution:
MESAT1 stays on this distribution. No indicators have been detected from another beginner spacecraft launched as a part of NASA’s ELaNa 43 mission.
ELaNa 43 OBJECT A NORAD Cat ID 60203 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT B NORAD Cat ID 60204 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT C NORAD Cat ID 60205 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT D NORAD Cat ID 60206 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT E NORAD Cat ID 60207 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT F NORAD Cat ID 60208 No beginner sign detected
ELaNa 43 OBJECT H NORAD Cat ID 60210 No beginner sign detected
Zhou Enlai NORAD Cat ID 43156 Decayed from orbit on or about 17 July 2024
TEVEL-5 NORAD Cat ID 50998 Decayed from orbit on or about 18 July 2024
The next satellites have been added to this week’s AMSAT TLE distribution:
GRBBeta NORAD Cat ID 60236 IARU coordinated downlinks on 145.935 MHz, 436.785 MHz and 2405.000 MHz
ROBUSTA-3A NORAD Cat ID 60241 IARU coordinated 9k6 GMSK with AX.25 downlink on 436.750 MHz
Due to Nico PA0DLO for figuring out the 2 new spacecraft.
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information]
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ARISS Information
Amateurs and others around the globe might eavesdrop on contacts between amateurs working in colleges and permitting college students to work together with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Worldwide House Station. The downlink frequency on which to hear is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Aznakaevsky district colleges of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan Russia, direct through TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR
Contact is go for Sat 2024-07-27 13:45 UTC
Arizona Science Heart, Phoenix, AZ, telebridge through AB1OC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR
The ARISS mentor is K4RGK
Contact is go: Sat 2024-07-27 18:24:08 UTC 41 deg
As all the time, if there may be an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as a part of the protection protocol.
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 must do is choose up the microphone, increase the amount up, and discuss on the crossband repeater. So give a hear, you simply by no means know.
Observe, 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 most recent data on the operation mode could be discovered at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The most recent checklist 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
A rising variety of satellite tv for pc rovers are at present engaged in sharing their grid sq. activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the web site, you achieve quick access to complete details about the operators liable for activating particular grid squares. Moreover, you may have the power to evaluate the match rating between your self and a selected rover for a given move, whereas additionally having the ability to determine the upcoming satellite tv for pc passes which might be accessible out of your location.
N8MR can be in EN57, with roves to EN67 from Aug 2 through Aug 10. Icom 9700, Arrow and Alaskan (IO-117) antennas. Listening for Europe on linear japanese passes, no less than two of those on CW. Can function CW for NA ops, if anybody needs it. I can rove to EN56, provided that wanted. Posting passes to hams.at a day prematurely. All QSOs to LoTW as N8MR.
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above information]
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AMSAT Ambassador Actions
AMSAT Ambassadors present shows, display speaking by way of beginner satellites, and host data tables at membership conferences, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and different occasions.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,
“Suppose a 75-minute presentation on “working the straightforward satellites” can be applicable on your membership or occasion? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!”
Clint has NEVER given the very same present twice: EACH of the 150+ shows up to now has been custom-made/tailor-made to their audiences.
Scheduled Occasions
2024 KARS / ARRL Idaho State Conference
August 3, 2024
Submit Falls, ID
K7SYS
Huntsville Hamfest
August 17-18, 2024
Huntsville, AL
AMSAT Sales space and Discussion board
N8DEU and W4FCL
Northeast HamXpostion
August 22-25, 2024
Finest Western Royal Plaza Resort & Commerce Heart
181 Boston Submit Street W
Marlborough, MA 01752
Higher Louisville Hamfest
September 7, 2024
Shepherdsville, KY
AMSAT Discussion board and Info Desk
W4FCL
Central Kentucky Hamfest
October 5, 2024
Lexington, KY
AMSAT and Instructional Satellites Discussion board and Info Desk
AI4SR and W4FCL
North Star Radio Conference
October 5, 2024
Hennepin Technical School (North Campus)
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
AMSAT Discussion board and Info Desk
KØJM and ADØHJ
2024 AMSAT House Symposium and Annual Basic Assembly
October 25-27, 2024
Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Level Waterfront
3050 N Rocky Level Dr W
Tampa, FL 33607
Stone Mountain Hamfest, ARRL State Conference
November 2-3, 2024
Stone Mountain, GA
K4RGK
[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director – AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information]
Satellite tv for pc Shorts from All Over
+ XW-2B has lately returned to dependable service. XW-2B has an inverting linear transponder with an uplink of 435.090-435.110 MHz and a downlink of 145.730-145.750 MHz.
+ The Might/June 2024 situation of The AMSAT Journal is now out there to members on AMSAT’s Member Portal at https://launch.amsat.org/The_AMSAT_Journal
+ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 suffered a uncommon failure on July eleventh when the higher stage “skilled an anomaly and was unable to finish its second burn,” trapping 20 Starlink satellites in an unusably low orbit. Extra data at https://spacenews.com/starlink-satellites-lost-on-falcon-9-upper-stage-failure/ (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the data)
Be part of AMSAT right now at https://launch.amsat.org/
Along with common membership, AMSAT affords membership to:
- Societies (a acknowledged group, golf equipment or group).
- Main and secondary college college students are eligible for membership at one-half the usual yearly price.
- Submit-secondary college college students enrolled in no less than half time standing shall be eligible for the coed price for a most of 6 post-secondary years on this standing.
- Memberships can be found for annual and lifelong phrases.
Contact data [at] amsat.org for extra membership data.
73 and keep in mind to assist Hold Beginner Radio in House!
This week’s ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm [at] amsat.org
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