AMSAT NEWS SERVICE<br />ANS 020<p>ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North<br />America, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the<br />activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an<br />active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating<br />through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.<p>This edition of ANS is dedicated to Steve Grant, N8AJD, who died<br />recently at age 51. N8AJD was heavily involved in volunteer work<br />for AMSAT. [ANS thanks Gerd, WB8IFM, for this information]<p>ANS salutes Dave Sumner, K1ZZ - ARRL Executive Vice President,<br />noted DXer and contester; who has guided Amateur Radio through<br />several World Radio Conferences. K1ZZ is among the inaugural group<br />of 50 inductees into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. [ANS thanks<br />CQ Amateur Radio magazine, published by CQ Communications, Inc.<br />for this information]<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.01<br />STEVE GRANT, N8AJD, SILENT KEY<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.01 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.01<p>For the second time in as many weeks, ANS is saddened to report<br />another silent key. This edition of ANS is dedicated to Steve Grant,<br />N8AJD, who died recently at age 51.<p>N8AJD was an avid ham, always ready to help others. He was heavily<br />involved in volunteer work for AMSAT as an Area Coordinator for<br />southeast Ohio. Steve conducted a weekly net, which featured live<br />demonstrations of satellite communication. He was specifically active on<br />many of the current digital satellites. In addition, Steve arranged several<br />AMSAT symposia in smaller Ohio cities and lent a helping hand to<br />AMSAT-NA at Hamvention (and other Ohio hamfests). Steve also<br />maintained a 6-meter beacon on 50.103 MHz, as well as being a<br />member of SETI.<p>He will be missed.<p>[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this information]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.02<br />NEW AMSAT-NA SATELLITE PROJECT<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.02 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.02<p>At an AMSAT-NA Board of Directors teleconference meeting (held<br />January 17, 2002) it was decided to add a new satellite to the list of<br />current projects underway.<p>After extensive discussion (and by a unanimous vote of the Board), a<br />new low Earth orbit micro-satellite project was approved. This microsat<br />will provide amateurs access with only a handheld transceiver, using<br />the 2-meter and 70-cm bands. The design will feature several channels,<br />so that simultaneous communications can take place.<p>The microsat will be powered using efficient solar cells. In addition to<br />the bent pipe style operation, the new satellite will carry one or more<br />experimental modes which are currently being determined.<p>More details on this exciting project will be forthcoming over the<br />next few weeks, stay tuned to ANS!<p>[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this exciting news]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.03<br />KB1SF NOW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.03 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.03<p>At the recent AMSAT-NA Board of Directors teleconference meeting,<br />immediate AMSAT-NA past President Keith Baker, KB1SF, volunteered<br />to become the Executive Vice President, a position which had not been<br />filled at the Atlanta meeting of the Board of Directors.<p>AMSAT-NA President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, welcomed Keith's offer,<br />which was unanimously accepted by the Board.<p>Congratulations KB1SF!<p>[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for this information]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.04<br />ISS HAM ANTENNA INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.04 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.04<p>Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Board Chairman<br />Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, recently congratulated the ARISS-International<br />team on the successful installation of the first of four ham radio antennas<br />on ISS. Those that watched the NASA TV video were afforded an<br />outstanding view of the first ISS ham antenna installation EVA, which<br />was performed by Cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko and astronaut Carl Walz.<p>"It was exciting to see the unfurled ISS ham antenna system<br />permanently mounted on the outside edge of the service module," said<br />KA3HDO, adding, "the antenna system looked breathtaking from the<br />videos we witnessed while supporting the EVA activity."<p>Lou McFadin, W5DID, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Mark Steiner, K3MS, Ken<br />Nichols, KD3VK, and Mark Clausen supported the ISS antenna<br />installation at the NASA Goddard/ISS Ham-Goddard Control Center.<br />Carolynn Conley, KD5JSO, provided the antenna installation support at<br />the NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center. Sergej<br />Samburov, RV3DR, Alex Polechuk, RZ3FP, cosmonaut Sergei<br />Krikalev, U5MIR, and Alex Alexandrov, RK3AP, supported the EVA<br />activities at the Mission Control Center in Moscow.<p>"Congratulations team on a job well done. We have taken our ideas,<br />concepts and vision and transformed them into reality," said KA3HDO.<p>The first space walk of the Expedition-4 crew's five-month tour of duty<br />lasted just over 6 hours. The spacewalk was the 32nd in support of<br />space station assembly.<p>The next spacewalk of the expedition is targeted for late January. The<br />plan for this spacewalk currently includes installation of the second of<br />the remaining three Amateur Radio antenna's, along with thruster<br />deflector shields on the end of the Zvezda module.<p>[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for this information]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.05<br />ANS IN BRIEF<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.05 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.05<p>ANS news in brief this week includes the following:<p>** NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe visited the Johnson Space Center<br />recently as the newly-appointed Administrator continues a tour of<br />NASA's 11 field centers. -NASA<p>** DH2VA recently established a web page about his portable Mode-S<br />receive system at <
http://gulp.physik.unizh.ch/ao40/ >. -Achim, DH2VA<p>** Yoshi, JA6BX, remembered his last QSO on AO-13. From his log he<br />made a two-way SSB QSO with VK3XDQ on November 23, 1996. This<br />was his last DX QSO via AO-13. It was followed by a contact with<br />JN1GKZ on the same day - which became his last QSO via the<br />bird. -ANS<p>** CQ VHF magazine will resume publication as a quarterly in<br />the spring of 2002. The magazine had been published monthly from<br />1996 to 1999. Longtime CQ magazine VHF-Plus editor Joe Lynch,<br />N6CL, will be editor of the new quarterly, with the first issue due out<br />in May. -ANS<p>** Flight controllers for NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft recently sent<br />commands to raise the spacecraft up out of the atmosphere and to<br />conclude the aerobraking phase of the mission. -SpaceDaily<p>** Lee, KU4OS, reports the an AMSAT chat room is currently being<br />hosted on the duck.informx.com, server port 6667. To access the<br />chat room you will need to have an IRC client installed - there are<br />several free client programs available. -AMSAT BB<p>** Arianespace is positioned to continue its commercial launch services<br />leadership in 2002 as the company introduces the increased-lift Ariane-5<br />launcher and plans a busy year of launch campaigns for its international<br />customers. -SpaceDaily<p>** The 2001 AMSAT Symposium awards included a presentation to<br />Peter Guelzow, DB2OS; on behalf of AMSAT organizations throughout<br />the world, thanking Peter for all the work he put into AO-40. Peter<br />assumed the role of the AMSAT manager at Kourou under difficult<br />conditions and completed a successful launch campaign. Since then,<br />DB2OS has worked tirelessly as one of the satellite command station<br />team members. His dedication to the Amateur Radio satellite community<br />(and to AO-40), is greatly appreciated. -ANS<p>** Ireland's government has given the go-ahead to build the worlds<br />biggest offshore wind farm on a sandbank in the Irish Sea, south of<br />Dublin. The 562-million-dollar development will produce 10 percent of<br />the country's electricity. -SpaceDaily<p>** Amateur Radio's secondary allocation at 219-220 MHz remains intact<br />in the wake of an FCC spectrum reallocation of the 216 to 220-MHz band.<br />The FCC declined to go along with ARRL's request to expand amateur<br />access to 216 to 220 MHz. The Commission also potentially relieved<br />spectrum competition for Amateur Radio at 2.3 GHz by making space<br />available elsewhere. -ARRL<p>** Parts of Antarctica have cooled sharply in recent years, a finding<br />which counters doomsday perceptions that the frozen continent faces<br />imminent meltdown from global warming. -SpaceDaily<p>--ANS BULLETIN END---<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.06<br />WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.06 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.06<p>Phase 3D / AMSAT OSCAR 40 / AO-40<br />Launched: November 16, 2000 aboard an Ariane 5 launcher<br />from Kourou, French Guiana.<br />Status: Currently, the U/L-1 to S-2 passband is active at times.<br />Uplink U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/SSB<br /> L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/SSB<br /> L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/SSB<br />Downlink 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/SSB<p>AO-40 experimental transponder operation started on May 05, 2001 at<br />approximately 08:00 UTC when the U-band and L1-band uplinks were<br />connected to the S-2 transmitter passband downlink via the Matrix<br />switch. Some 58 DXCC countries are/were QRV via AO-40 in 2001.<p>Mal, NP2L, reports receiving my strong signals from AO-40 recently<br />with minimal uplink power. Howard, G6LVB, also reported good<br />signals from AO-40; "the bird was indeed excellent, with some QSB."<p>For the current transponder-operating schedule visit:<p>
http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm<p>[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL and the ARRL for this information]<p>INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION/ARISS<br />Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz<br />Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz<br />Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz<br />Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz<br />TNC callsign NOCALL<p>ARISS initial station launched September 2000 aboard shuttle Atlantis.<br />ARISS is made up of delegates from major national Amateur Radio<br />organizations, including AMSAT.<p>Status: Operational.<p>The ISS packet station (normally) available for UI packets. The mailbox<br />and keyboard is currently disabled. Please see the packet section of<br />the ARISS web page before attempting to first work ISS on packet.<p>Thirteen elementary school students in Mississippi fired off a total of 18<br />questions this past week to astronaut Carl Walz, KC5TIE, who<br />responded from the International Space Station during a pass over North<br />America. A crowd of about 200 students and 50 parents watched as<br />the youngsters at St. Clare School in Waveland, Mississippi, quizzed<br />Walz for 10-minutes.<p>Upcoming contacts are scheduled with Butte High School in Montana;<br />Deep Creek Elementary School in Oregon; Quogue Union Free School<br />and Vestal Senior High School in New York; Kursk Technical<br />University in Russia; Harrogate Ladies College in the United Kingdom<br />and the Zeehan Primary School in Australia.<p>NASA information on the ISS station can be found at:<p>
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/<p>The ISS daily crew schedule (which gives an idea when crew members<br />have free time and may be available for Amateur Radio operations) can<br />be found at:<p>
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/2001/may/index.html<p>A detailed breakdown of the antenna installation with some great<br />pictures and diagrams (depicting the entire ISS ham system including<br />antenna's) can be downloaded at:<p>
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/EVAs/amsat01.pdf<p>U.S. callsign: NA1SS<br />Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR<p>The QSL routes for W/VE stations working NA1SS aboard the<br />International Space Station:<p>U.S. stations (a SASE is required to get a QSL in return):<br />Margie Bourgoin, KC1DCO<br />Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3) QSL<br />ARRL, 225 Main Street<br />Newington, Connecticut 06111<p>Canadian stations:<br />Radio Amateurs of Canada<br />Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3) QSL<br />720 Belfast Road, Suite 217<br />Ottawa, Ontario KEG 0Z5<p>European stations (a SASE and 2 IRC's are required to get<br /> a QSL in return).<br />AMSAT-France<br />14 bis, rue des Gourlis<br />92500 Rueil Malmaison<br />France<p>[ANS thanks Will Marchant, KC6ROL, and Jean-Louis Rault, F6AGR,<br />for this information]<p>RADIO SPORT RS-12<br />Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB<br />Downlink 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB<br />Beacon 29.408 MHz<br />Robot 29.454 MHz (145.831 MHz uplink)<br />Launched: February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher<br />Status: RS-12 was re-activated in mode-A on January 1, 2001<p>The latest information on RS-12 and RS-13 can be found on the AC5DK<br />RS-12/13 Satellite Operators page at:<p>
http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html<p>[ANS thanks Kevin Manzer, AC5DK, for RS-12 information]<p>RADIO SPORT RS-15<br />Uplink 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB<br />Downlink 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB<br />Beacon 29.352 MHz (intermittent)<br />SSB meeting frequency 29.380 MHz (unofficial)<br />Launched: December 26, 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome<br />Status: Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a<br />10-meter downlink<p>Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 on his<br />web site. In addition to satellite data, antenna information for<br />mode-A operation is also featured. The WB6LLO web site URL is:<p>
http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads<p>[ANS thanks Dave Guimont, WB6LLO, for this information]<p>OSCAR 10 AO-10<br />Uplink 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)<br />Launched: June 16, 1983 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational, mode-B. AO-10 has<br />been locked into a 70-cm uplink and a 2-meter downlink for several<br />years.<p>DX continues to be heard and worked on AO-10.<p>W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:<p>
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html<p>[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information<br />and web site]<p>AMRAD AO-27<br />Uplink 145.850 MHz FM<br />Downlink 436.795 MHz FM<br />Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J.<p>Periodically, AO-27's analog repeater will be turned off for a few days at<br />a time to enable ground controllers to gather Whole Orbital Data (WOD),<br />to verify the health of the satellite.<p>An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web<br />site, with updates by Ray, W2RS. The URL is:<p>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html<p>AO-27 uses a method called Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR) to<br />regulate the on-board batteries. In simple terms, TEPR times how long<br />the satellite has been in an eclipse (or in the sun) and decides what<br />subsystems to turn on or off. The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA web<br />site include an explanation of TEPR AO-27 operations (at):<p>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html<p>On December 9, 2001 Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27<br />as follows: TEPR 4 - 19<br /> TEPR 5 - 59<p>[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]<p>UO-14<br />Uplink 145.975 MHz FM<br />Downlink 435.070 MHz FM<br />Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J<p>Tim, KG8OC, features UO-14 information on the Michigan AMSAT<br />web site - point your web browser to the following URL:<p>
http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc<p>Ray, W2RS, has revised the AO-27 FAQ on <
www.amsat.org > to<br />include information on UO-14.<p>[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-14 information]<p>JAS-1b FO-20<br />Uplink 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<br />Launched: February 07, 1990 by an H1 launcher from the Tanegashima<br />Space Center in Japan. Status: Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA<br />continuously<p>Tak, JA2PKI, reported FO-20 control station operators believe that the<br />UVC (Under Voltage Controller) now is regulating the transponder. The<br />controller monitors battery voltage and tries to protect the batteries from<br />over discharge.<p>[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]<p>JAS-2 FO-29<br />Launched: August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the Tanegashima<br />Space Center in Japan. Status: Operational<p>Voice/CW Mode JA<br />Uplink 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<p>Digital Mode JD<br />Uplink 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM<br />Downlink 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK<br />Callsign 8J1JCS<br />Digitalker 435.910 MHz<p>Last reported, the JARL FO-29 command station announced the<br />operation schedule of FO-29 as mode JA through March 2002.<p>Mineo, JE9PEL, has a FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that<br />will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as<br />current, voltage and temperature). The JE9PEL FO-29/shareware is<br />available at the following URL:<p>
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/<p>[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.07<br />WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.07 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.07<p>PCSat<br />Uplink/downlink 145.827 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK via PCSAT-1<br />Aux/Uplink 435.250 MHz 9600 baud via PCSAT-2 (off)<br />APRS Downlink 144.390 MHz (Region 2)<br />Launched: September 30, 2001 aboard an Athena-1 rocket from the<br />Kodiak, Alaska launch complex. Status: Operational<p>Bob, WB4APR, reports PCSat entered full sun for the period of<br />January 7-21, 2001. During this time there was enough power to<br />keep the GPS system turned on worldwide, allowing PCSat to be<br />the first satellite to report its own exact position directly to all users<br />for immediate display on their APRS maps.<p>As the first in what is hoped to be a constellation of future Amateur<br />Radio satellites doing dumb digipeating to mobile users, PCSat<br />planned to use the digipeater alias of APRSAT and encourage its<br />use on all such space digipeaters. Since this mission can also be<br />supported by the existing ISS digipeater as well, PCSat has<br />temporarily dropped the APRSAT alias and added NOCALL to its<br />alias list (to be compatible with the ISS) so that mobile users do<br />not have to re-configure between ISS and PCSat passes.<p>PCSat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater designed for use by<br />stations using hand-held or mobile transceivers. Downlinks feed a<br />central web site <
http://pcsat.aprs.org >. The APRS-equipped<br />PCSat was built by midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy<br />under the guidance of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.<p>For more information, visit the PCSat web site at:<p>
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html<p>[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for PCSat information]<p>TIUNGSAT-1<br />Uplink 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK<br />Downlink 437.325 MHz<br />Broadcast callsign MYSAT3-11<br />BBS MYSAT3-12<p>Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic<br />missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Operational at<br />38k4-baud FSK<p>TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to<br />commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK<br />Amateur Radio communication.<p>TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as<br />a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey<br />Satellite Technology Ltd.<p>[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for this information]<p>UOSAT UO-22<br />Uplink 145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600-baud FSK<br />Downlink 435.120 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign UOSAT5-11<br />BBS UOSAT5-12<br />Launched: July 17, 1991 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Operational<p>Jim, AA7KC, reports UO-22 is operational. Downlink efficiency is<br />in the 70% range.<p>More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:<p>
http://www.sstl.co.uk/<p>[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22 information<br />and Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for status information]<p>OSCAR-11<br />Downlink 145.825 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)<br />Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz<br />Launched: March 1, 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from Vandenberg Air<br />Force Base in California. Status: Operational<p>During the period 15-December through 14-January good signals<br />have been received from the 145 MHz beacon. The internal<br />temperatures have been fairly static with no particular trends observed.<br />These temperatures are now 5.6 and 4.0 C for battery and telemetry<br />electronics respectively. The battery voltage observed during daylight<br />passes is unchanged. The average value observed was 13.8 volts with<br />a range of 13.5 to 14.1 volts. The rate at which the SEU counter<br />increments has continued to increase from 516 to 771 counts per day.<br />The spin period has drifted between 179 and 247 seconds. Attitude is<br />controlled solely by the gravity boom gradient (as the Z-axis<br />magnetorquer counter has reached saturation (1024). Ground control<br />action is awaited to reset the magnetorquer pulse counters.<p>The operating schedule is unchanged.<p>ASCII status (210 seconds)<br />ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)<br />BINARY SEU (30 seconds)<br />ASCII TLM (90 seconds)<br />ASCII WOD (120 seconds)<br />ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)<br />BINARY ENG (30 seconds)<br /> <br />The ASCII bulletin is currently a static message, detailing modes and<br />frequencies of all active Amateur Radio satellites.<p>More information on OSCAR-11 is available at the following URL:<p>
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/<p>[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information]<p>PACSAT AO-16<br />Uplink 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM<br /> (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)<br />Downlink 437.025 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)<br />Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11<br />BBS PACSAT-12<p>Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on.<p>Telemetry is as follows:<p>uptime is 689/18:22:19. Time is Wed Jan 02 22:04:59 2002<br />+10V Bus 10.400 V +Z Array Temp -7.263 D<br />+X (RX) Temp -1.212 D RX Temp 13.916 D<br />Bat 1 V 1.252 V Bat 2 V 1.201 V<br />Bat 3 V 1.220 V Bat 4 V 1.247 V<br />Bat 5 V 1.212 V Bat 6 V 1.216 V<br />Bat 7 V 1.222 V Bat 8 V 1.223 V<br />Bat 1 Temp 10.285 D Bat 2 Temp 9.680 D<br />Baseplt Temp 9.075 D PSK TX RF Out 1.512 W<br />+Y Array Temp -17.550 D PSK TX HPA Tmp 4.839 D<p>Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.398 Ifb= 0.154 I+10V= 0.258<br />TX:1009 BCR:1E PWRC:36D BT:1E WC:25 EDAC []images/icons/default/grin.gif" border="0[/] C<p>A WOD collection of current graphics along with general information<br />and telemetry samples can be found at:<p>
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<p>[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]<p>ITAMSAT IO-26<br />Uplink 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud)<br />Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB<br />Broadcast Callsign ITMSAT-11<br />BBS ITMSAT-12<p>Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on<br />and open for APRS users.<p>[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for<br />IO-26 information]<p>/EX<p>SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.08<br />WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3<p>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 020.08 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 20, 2002<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-020.08<p>THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL<br />OR SEMI-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:<p>KITSAT KO-23<br />Uplink 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink 435.170 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign HLO1-11<br />BBS HLO1-12<br />Launched: August 10, 1992 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Non-operational.<p>Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a<br />non-operational status.<p>[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,<br />for KO-23 status information]<p>KITSAT KO-25<br />Uplink 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink 436.500 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign HL02-11<br />BBS HL02-12<p>Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Non-operational<p>Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-25 is not operating. The downlink<br />transmitter is off and there has been no downlinked data since<br />January 4, 2002.<p>[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for this information]<p>UoSAT-12 UO-36<br />Uplink 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign UO121-11<br />BBS UO121-12<p>Launched: April 21, 1999 by a Russian launcher from the Baikonur<br />Cosmodrome. Status: Unknown<p>UO-36 carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward<br />communications and mode L/S transponders.<p>Paul, KB2SHU, tells ANS that UO-36 has not been operational (over<br />North America) since late July. In addition, Sangat, 9M2SS, reports he<br />has not copied UO-36 since July 30th.<p>The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA<br />web site at the following URL:<p>
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip<p>Further information on UO-36 is available from:
http://www.sstl.co.uk/<p>[ANS thanks Chris G7UPN/ZL2TPO, and the University of Surrey for<br />UO-36 information]<p>TMSAT-1 TO-31<br />Uplink 145.925 MHz (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink 436.925 MHz (9600-baud FSK)<br />Broadcast Callsign: TMSAT1-11<br />BBS TMSAT1-12 <p>Launched: July 10, 1998 by a Zenit rocket from the Baikonur<br />Cosmodrome. Status: Non-operational, no data downlinked<br />since December 18, 2000.<p>Chris G7UPN, (UoSAT operations manager) reports the<br />following to ANS:<p>The TO-31 downlink will be off over most areas, with the exception of<br />Europe and Thailand.<p>ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits<br />the processing of image files from TO-31. It has been posted to the<br />AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL:<p>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp<p>Many of the high-resolution color images transmitted by TMSAT are<br />compressed using a UoSAT compression format. This format is<br />supported by the VK5HI CCD display program.<p>[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for TO-31 status<br />information]<p>LUSAT LO-19<br />Uplink 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM<br /> (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)<br />CW downlink 437.125 MHz<br />Digital downlink 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)<br />Broadcast Callsign LUSAT-11<br />BBS LUSAT-12<br />Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French<br />Guiana. Status: Beacon only. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry<br />channels and one status channel on 437.126 MHz. No BBS service is<br />available. The digipeater is not active.<p>Telemetry is as follows:<p>Time is Fri Nov 30 21:03:00 2001 Orb-61900<br />CW-Code: ava abv aab ad6 atd abv ttu aee<br />5V-reg.: 4.85 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V<br />10V-Bat: 11.07 V 10V-Curr: 121.1 mA<br />TX-Pwr : 0.967 W TX-Temp.: 6.27 ?C<br />+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 9.97 ?C<p>CW-Code: avt abv aan ad6 aat abu ttu aee<br />5V-reg.: 4.89 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V<br />10V-Bat: 11.07 V 10V-Curr: 120.4 mA<br />TX-Pwr : 0.967 W TX-Temp.: 5.56 ?C<br />+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 9.26 ?C<p>CW-Code: avt abu aua ade aaa abu ttu aee<br />5V-reg.: 4.89 V 8.5V-reg: 8.68 V<br />10V-Bat: 11.01 V 10V-Curr: 120.4 mA<br />TX-Pwr : 0.957 W TX-Temp.: 4.85 ?C<br />+Z-Sol.: 0.30 V Box-Temp: 8.90 ?C<p>General information and telemetry samples can be found at:<p>
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<p>[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for LO-19 status information]<p>SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A<br />Uplink to be released<br />Downlink 437.075 MHz <br />Broadcast Callsign SASAT1-11<br />BBS SASAT1-12<p>Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic<br />missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Unknown, this satellite<br />has been in orbit for almost 8 months. ANS has received no additional<br />information.<p>When/if operational, SaudiSat-1A will operate as 9600-baud digital<br />store-and-forward systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability.<br />One of two new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by<br />the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and<br />Technology.<p>SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B<br />Uplink to be released<br />Downlink 436.775 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign SASAT2-11<br />BBS SASAT2-12<br />Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic<br />missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Status: Unknown, this satellite<br />has been in orbit for almost 8 months. ANS has received no additional<br />information.<p>When/if operational, SaudiSat-1B will operate as 9600-baud digital<br />store-and-forward systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability.<br />One of two new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by<br />the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and<br />Technology.<p>SUNSAT SO-35<br />Mode J Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM<br />Mode J Downlink: 436.250 MHz FM<p>Mode B Uplink: 436.291 MHz FM<br />Mode B Downlink: 145.825 MHz FM<p>Launched: February 23, 1999 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air<br />Force Base in California. Status: Non-operational<p>The SunSat team released the following statement, dated<br />February 1, 2001:<p>We regret to announce that the last communication with SunSat from our<br />ground station at the Electronic Systems Laboratory at Stellenbosch<br />University took place recently. We are certain, after having performed<br />several tests since the last contact, that an irreversible, physical failure<br />has occurred on the satellite. It is therefore unlikely that we will have<br />any further contact with SunSat, apart from the occasional visual sighting<br />by telescope!<p>When it was operational the SunSat package included 1200 and 9600<br />baud digital store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater<br />system in addition to Mode B/J operation with two VHF and two UHF<br />transmit-receive systems.<p>For more information on SunSat visit the following URL:<p>
http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za <p>[ANS thanks Garth Milne, ZR1AFH, for this information]<p>RADIO SPORT RS-13<br />Uplink 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB<br />Downlink 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/SSB<br />Beacon 145.860 MHz<p>Launched: February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher<br />Status: non-operational (last operational in mode-T)<p>RS-12 was re-activated in January 2001. Prior to this switch RS-13 was<br />operational (mode T), but was apparently turned off following the recent<br />RS-12 switch.<p>The latest information on RS-12 and RS-13 can be found on the AC5DK<br />RS-12/13 Satellite Operators page at:<p>
http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html<p>[ANS thanks Kevin Manzer, AC5DK, for this information]<p>TECHSAT-1B GO-32<br />Downlink 435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry<br />Launched: July 10, 1998 by a Russian Zenit rocket from the Baikonur<br />Cosmodrome. Status: Semi-operational.<p>Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line, however,<br />no information has been received by ANS (the last report was dated<br />November 1999).<p>Last reported, the satellite does transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30<br />seconds (the GO-32 beacon sends one short telemetry status<br />transmission of 44 bytes) and upon request the complete telemetry<br />buffer.<p>Max White reported to ANS that two passes of GO-32 were<br />received recently; it still issues the burst transmission as stated<br />above with "quite a strong signal" according to White.<p>[ANS has no further information]<p>PANSAT PO-34<br />Uplink/downlink frequency (listed on the PanSat web site) 436.500 MHz<br />Launched: October 30, 1998 by the Shuttle Discovery. Status: Unknown<p>The satellite is not available for general uplink transmissions.<p>The Naval Postgraduate School developed PanSat. At the time of<br />launch, PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders were to<br />be available to Amateur Radio operators along with software to utilize<br />this technology.<p>For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:<p>
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/<p>PanSat was the featured cover article on the July/August 1999 issue of<br />the AMSAT-NA Journal (the story written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).<p>[ANS has no further information]<p>DOVE DO-17<br />Downlink 145.825 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)<br /> 2401.220 MHz<br />Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Non-operational.<p>DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and<br />2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not<br />responded to ground station control.<p>[ANS has no further information]<p>WEBERSAT WO-18<br />Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB (1200 baud PSK AX.25)<br />Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,<br />French Guiana. Status: Non-operational.<p>WO-18 was last reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.<p>[ANS has no further information]<p>SEDSAT-1 SO-33<br />Downlink 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Launched: October 24, 1998 by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral,<br />Florida. Status: Semi-operational.<p>The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the<br />image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.<p>SedSat-1 signifies Students for the Exploration and Development of<br />Space (satellite number one).<p>SedSat-1 has downlinked months worth of telemetry data on the<br />performance of its electrical power system parameters. The Nickel<br />Metal Hydride batteries on the spacecraft were experimental and<br />experienced some abuse due to a power negative situation. This<br />information has provided NASA with useful information. With the<br />exception of the imaging system and the use of the transponders,<br />SedSat-1 has been judged a success.<p>For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site at the<br />following URL:<p>
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm<p>[ANS has no further information]<p>/EX<p>ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a<br />live radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on<br />14.282 MHz. Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS<br />bulletins transmitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western<br />U.S. at 19:30 UTC.<p>Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:<p>
http://www.amsat.org <
http://www.amsat.org/> (or from)<p>AMSAT-NA<br />850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600<br />Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703<p>Voice: 301-589-6062<br />FAX: 301-608-3410<p>Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists:<p>* AMSAT News Service (ANS)<br />* General satellite discussion (AMSAT-BB)<br />* Orbit data (KEPS)<br />* Manned space missions (SAREX)<br />* District of Columbia area (AMSAT-DC)<br />* New England area (AMSAT-NE)<br />* AMSAT Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-EDU)<br />* AMSAT K-12 Educational Liaison mailing list (AMSAT-K12)<p>A daily digest version is available for each list.<p>To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL:<p>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html<p>In addition to regular membership, AMSAT-NA offers membership in the<br />President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors<br />to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.<br />Initially, there will two levels for donations - Gold and Silver.<br />Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office.<p>AMSAT-NA has developed a on-line volunteer survey, designed<br />to identify the interests and skills of those who may be available to<br />directly help in efforts to develop the amateur satellite program. The<br />survey is designed to be completed and returned on-line, and takes<br />only a few minutes to fill out. To request the survey, simply send an<br />e-mail request to:<p>volunteer@amsat.org<p>ANS would like to thank Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, ANS principal satellite<br />investigator, for helping provide current satellite information.<p>ANS is always dedicated to the memory of past ANS editor 'BJ'<br />Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of long-time AMSAT supporters<br />Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, and Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL.<p>Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:<p>ans-editor@amsat.org<p>Daniel (Dan) James<br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor<br />AMSAT-NA Vice President/Public Affairs<br />Amateur callsign: NN0DJ<br />Grid Square EN28iv<br />Warroad, Minnesota U.S.A.<br />E-mail: nn0dj@amsat.org<p>/EX
