AMSAT NEWS SERVICE<br /><br />ANS-002<br /><br />A happy New Year to all our readers from the ANS Editors and the AMSAT-NA<br />Board.<br /><br />These thoughts are of course tinged with sadness and hope for all those <br />involved with the after-effects of the Boxing Day Tsunami.<br /><br />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<br />an active interest in designing, building, launching and<br />communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.<br /><br />Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:<br /><br />ans-editor@amsat.org<br /><br />In this edition:<br />* FCC orbital debris rule<br />* ARISS Status<br />* Huygens Probe<br />* 2005 Launches<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-002.01<br />AMSAT follows up with FCC on orbital debris rule<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 002.01<br />From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />January 2, 2005<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-002.01<br /><br />Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK, AMSAT Vice President, Government Liason reports<br />that AMSAT has filed a "reply to oppositions" as part of the on-going<br />process in the petition for reconsideration on the FCC's IB docket<br />02-54, Mitigation of Orbital Debris.<br /><br />Six parties filed comments in response to the Petition, but it should be<br />noted that none of them actually opposed the Petition. Those filing<br />comments represeted both individuals as well as organizations such as<br />California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California<br />(Cal Poly) and Project OSCAR.<br /><br />Even though all those filing comments supported AMSAT's petition for<br />reconsideration, AMSAT made use of this procedural opportunity to<br />address issues raised in those comments as well as reinforce AMSAT's<br />original position. AMSAT believes that the revised 97.207(g) as adopted<br />would cause irreparable harm to those responsible for building and<br />funding the many satellite projects currently in design and construction<br />stages which are intended to carry amateur space stations.<br /><br />The full text of all of AMSAT's filings with the FCC can be found at<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/filings/<br /><br />Perry also notes that Ray Soifer, W2RS was instrumental in both the<br />research and composition of this filing with the FCC.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Perry, W3PK for the above information]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-002.02<br />ARISS Status<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 002.02<br />From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />January 2, 2005<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-002.02<br /><br />1. Tulsa Contact Successful<br /><br />On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, students visiting the Tulsa Air and<br />Space Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma had the opportunity to speak with the<br />International Space Station. Nine students were able to ask eighteen<br />questions of Commander Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, and an employee of the<br />museum asked a nineteenth question. The students returned to the museum<br />after attending space camp there over the summer. They ranged from<br />grades three through twelve. An amateur radio station at the museum, set<br />up in conjunction with the museum's Space Colonization Exhibit, was run<br />by the Tulsa Repeaters Organization, who helped set up the contact.<br />Approximately 60 people attended the event. Three TV stations, FOX 23,<br />Channel 8 (ABC), and Channel 6 (CBS), two newspapers and amateur<br />radio magazine CQ VHF covered the event. <br /><br />2. Upcoming School Contacts<br /><br />The first contact of the new year has been scheduled with Mori Elementary<br />School in Hyogo, Japan. It will take place on Friday, January 7, 2005 at<br />10:46 UTC.<br /><br />3. ARRL Article on ESA Ireland Contact<br /><br />The ARRL ran a web story about the ARISS contact held at the University<br />College Cork. The article entitled, "Nothing Like 'Zero G,' Astronaut <br />Tells Youngsters in Ireland," can be found at:<br /><br />
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/22/1/?nc=1<br /><br />4. ARISS International Teleconference Held<br /><br />On Tuesday, December 21, the ARISS international team held their monthly<br />teleconference. Agenda items discussed included the next ARISS <br />International Face-to-Face Meeting to be held in the U.K. in July, 2005, <br />a proposed meeting in San Francisco in 2006, Russian Space Education, and<br />the SuitSat project.<br /><br />5. Columbus Module Support<br /><br />The ARRL Foundation voted to grant $5000 to the ARISS-Europe team for<br />expenses related to establishing an Amateur Radio station on the Columbus<br />module. An additional 27,000 euro are needed to reach the projected cost <br />of 100,000 euro for funding the Columbus module project.<br /><br />6. New ARISS Card Reviewed<br /><br />Rosalie White sent revised text for a new ARISS card to the ARISS <br />delegates for comments. The card is used to confirm that radio contacts <br />were made or heard by amateur radio operators.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Carol Jackson, KB3LKI for the above information]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-002.02<br />Huygens probe<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 002.02<br />From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />January 2, 2005<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-002.02<br /><br />Soon, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe will parachute to the<br />surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan. Huygens will sample Titan's air,<br />examine the moon's surface, and listen for alien sounds. It could be the<br />strangest adventure in the history of space exploration.<br /><br />FULL STORY at<br /><br />
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/30dec_titan.htm?list494233<br /><br />[ANS thanks NASA Science News for the above information]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-002.03<br />2005 satellite launch sked<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 002.03<br />From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />January 2, 2005<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-002.03<br /><br />Here is the list of 2005 amateur satellite launch schedule to be found on<br />launch schedule web sites.<br /><br />P3E is listed on September on Space Calender. .When asked about the<br />schedule, Peter DB2OS answered:<br /><br />"We do not have any official confirmation yet and I do not know<br />where this entry came from...."<br /><br />P3E launch schedule is not fixed. But I guess the best case is<br />September.<br /><br />** 2005 amateur satellite launch schedule **<br />launch satellite launcher<br />------------------------------------------------------<br />Feb VUSat PSLV<br />Mar CubeSats *1 Dnepr 1<br />May SSETI Express Cosmos 3M<br />May 12 PCSat2 *2 Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114<br />Aug SuitSat ISS EVA<br />Sep P3E Ariane 5<br /><br />reference<br />- Space Calender by NASA<br />
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/calendar.html<br />See 2005 September. P3E is listed.<br /><br />- Space-Launcer.com by the Orbital Report News Agency<br />
http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html<br /><br />- amsat-bb<br /><br /><br />*1 CubeSats: The follwing 14 CubeSats are launced by same launcher. I<br />don't know how many CubeSats operate on amateur satellite band. I only<br />konw the SEEDS. SEEDS has 437.485MHz CW and FM transmitter. SEEDS<br />transmits CW tlm, digital tlm and FM voice messages.<br /><br />1. ICEcube 1 Cornell University (U.S.)<br />2. ION University of Illinois (U.S.)<br />3. Rincon 1 University of Arizona in Tucson (U.S.)<br />4. ?? The Aerospace Corporation (U.S.)<br />5. PolySat 1 Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering (U.S.)<br />6. SEEDS Nihon University (Japan)<br />7. Ncube Norsk Romsenter (Norway)<br />8. HAUSat 1 Hankuk Aviation University (South Korea)<br />9. Merope Montana State University (U.S.)<br />10. PolySat 2 Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering (U.S.)<br />11. KUTESat Kansas University (U.S.)<br />12. Sacred University of Arizona in Tucson (U.S.)<br />13. Mea Huaka'I University of Hawaii (U.S.)<br />14. ICEcube 2 Cornell University (U.S.)<br /><br />*2 Before operation, EVA is needed to fix it on ISS<br /><br />See you soon on new birds.<br /><br />Happy New Year!!<br /><br />[ANS thanks Masa, JN1GKZ for the above information]<br /><br />/EX
