This report is organized into 4 parts.<br />Part 1 - operational analog amateur satellites.<br />Part 2 - operational digital amateur satellites.<br />Part 3 - non - operational satellites<br />Part 4 - proposed satellites<br /> <br />SB SAT @ AMSAT KB9MMC $ANS-296.S1<br />WSR 296 Part 1 10/23/2005<br /> <br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 23, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-296.S1<br /> <br />VO-52 HAMSAT<br />Catalog Number: 28650<br />Launch Date: May 05,2005<br /> <br />Status: Testing<br />Current Mode: U/V<br /> <br />Proposed frequencies:<br />-------------------<br />Indian transponder:<br />Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW<br />Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW<br />Beacom : 145.940MHz continue carier signal<br /> <br />Dutch transponder:<br />Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW<br />Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW<br />Beacon : 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />AO-51 ECHO<br />Catalog number: 28375<br />Launch date: June 29, 2004<br /> <br />Status: Testing<br />Curent Mode: PBBS - ON<br /> FM REPEATER - V/U<br /> <br />Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM<br /> 435.150 MHz FM<br />Analog voice uplink:145.880 MHZ FM<br /> 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> <br />Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output<br /> 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25<br />Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast<br /> Protocol (PBP)<br /> <br />Broadcast:PECHO-11<br />BBS:PECHO-12<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR thanks Mike Kingery, KE4AZN for the above information]<br />[10162005]<br />=====<br />SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C<br />Catalog number: 27607<br />Launched: December 20, 2002<br /> <br />Status: Operational.<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating<br /> procedures)<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz<br /> <br />There have been unconfirmed reports on the amsat-bb remailer that SO-50<br />has shifted downlink frequency as much as 5khz up. This both from Europe.<br /> <br />To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz.<br />The order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary)<br /> <br />1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm<br /> the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft.<br />2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT<br /> the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window.<br />3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window<br /> will reset the 10 minute timer.<br />[09122004]<br />=====<br />FO-29 JAS-2<br />Catalog number: 24278<br />Launch Date: August 17, 1996<br /> <br />Status: OPERATIONAL<br /> <br />Voice/CW Mode JA<br />Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 435.795 MHz<br /> <br />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<br /> <br />John, N4QWL reports on July 16th, 2005:<br /> <br />Last evening I had a AOS to LOS qso with WI2W. FO-29 came up at 01:17z<br />here in FM07 and I found WI2W and we chatted until 01:33z. The satellite was<br />at 2 degrees elevation when I finally heard him start to crackle a bit. What<br />a great QSO! To think that I watched this bird launch back in 1996 and it<br />is still working so well is a real thrill. I believe I still have the<br />video. I might just look for it and watch it again. Boy do I love this<br />satellite stuff! Look for you all up there.<br /> <br />Please send the reception reports to lab2 'at' jarl.or.jp.<br />Please use the subject line: 'FO-29 reception report'.<br /> <br />Mineo, JE9PEL, has an FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that<br />will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as<br />current, voltage and temperature). FO29CWTE is available at:<br />
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/<br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thanks John, N4QWL for this week's report]<br />[07172005]<br />=====<br />AO-27 AMRAD<br />Catalog number: 22825<br />Launched: September 26, 1993<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM<br /> <br />The latest information on AO-27 from control operator Michael Wyrick,<br />N3UC (former N4USI), can be found at:<br />
http://www.ao27.org<br /> <br />An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web<br />site, with updates by Ray, W2RS. The URL is:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR thanks John, K6YK, for this week's AO-27 report]<br />[08292004]<br />=====<br />AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7<br />Catalog number: 07530<br />Launch Date: November 15, 1974<br /> <br />Status: Semi-operational in sunlight.<br />Return to active status: June 21,2002<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A<br /> 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B<br />Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A<br /> 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B<br />Beacon: 29.502 MHz, 145.972 MHz, 435.1 MHz, 2304.1 MHz<br /> <br />Emily, W0EEC has created a website to allow the users of AO-7 to record<br />contacts, observations and use of the satellite more effectively at:<br />
http://www.emilyshouse.com/experthams/ao7/main.php<br />This includes the ability to log contacts.<br /> <br />Tim, K3TZ has written a program to decode AO-07 telemetry.<br />The program can be downloaded at:<br />
http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip<br /> <br />For more AO-7 info:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao7.html<br />[11142004]<br />=====<br />INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS<br />Catalog number: 25544<br />Launch date: November 20, 1998<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br />Current Mode: U/V CROSS-BAND REPEATER<br />Digipeater: Inactive<br /> <br />The current Expedition 12 crew is:<br />Commander: William McArthur - KC5ACR<br />Flight Engineer: Valery Tokarev - (no call)<br /> <br />Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM<br />Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM<br />Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM<br />Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM<br /> <br />Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM<br />Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM<br />Doppler Shift is 10 KHz<br /> <br />Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR<br />USA callsign: NA1SS<br />Packet station mailbox callsign: RS0ISS-11<br />Packet station keyboard callsign: RS0ISS-3<br />Digipeater callsign: ARISS<br /> <br /> <br />The ISS daily crew schedule can be found at:<br />
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/<br />Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line<br />is<br />NOT translated from Russian and posted.<br /> <br />More information is available at:<br />
http://www.rac.ca/ariss<br />
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/<br />
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/unprotopage.html<br />
http://www.issfanclub.com<br />
http://oscar.dcarr.org/<br />[10162005]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /> <br />SB SAT @ AMSAT KB9MMC $ANS-296.S2<br />WSR 296 Part 2 10/23/2005<br /> <br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 23, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-296.S2<br /> <br />PCSAT2 ?0-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Launch Date: August 1, 2005<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br /> <br />PCSAT2 was installed on the exterior of the International Space<br />Station and was activated on August 3, 2005.<br /> <br />PCSAT2 CAPABILITIES: PCSAT2 is attached to the ISS and so its operations<br />must be in cooperation with the ARISS communications suite to minimize<br />any mutual interference and to coordinate activities. Here are the<br />capabilities of the PCSAT2 and ARISS payloads:<br /> <br />PCSAT SYSTEM A:<br /> <br />435.275 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK 1200 baud packet with uplink on 145.825<br />435.275 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK Occasional user PSK-31 continuous downlink<br />145.825 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK 1200 baud packet<br /> <br />PCSAT SYSTEM B:<br /> <br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK periodic Solar Cell data and PCSAT2 telemetry at<br />9600 baud<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK TNC-B command downlink at 1200 baud<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK User Voice Repeater with VHF uplink<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK Packet digipeater with VHF uplink<br /> <br />It looks like PCSAT2 can best contribute at this time by operating in<br />PSK-31 mode for the near future. This is a very exciting new<br />transponder mode which solves the congestion problem on FM repeaters<br />by letting multiple stations all communicate at the same time.<br /> <br />PSK-31 users are welcome to try out the new PCSAT2 PSK-31 transponder<br />on ISS with an uplink on 29.402 +/- 1 KHz and downlink on 435.275 +/-<br />Doppler using FM.<br /> <br />The FM downlink lets everyone operate full duplex and everyone to see<br />the same view of the passband as everyone else. THus you can see<br />exactly<br />what your signal looks like to everyone else.<br /> <br />Help Wanted:<br />--------------------------------------------------------<br />Here is your chance to become a viable part of the Amateur<br />Satellite Community.<br /> <br />We are looking for a volunteer satellite packet<br />station in Hawaii that is interested in helping with<br />telemetry and sat-gating of PCSAT2 and<br />ARISS packets. Requirements are:<br /> <br />1) General familiarity with packet<br />2) TNC connected to a cross band radio that<br /> can RX on UHF and TX on VHF.<br />3) modest UHF beam and rotator system.<br /> <br />Contact WB4APR for more information.<br /> <br />Packets seen from PCSAT2 can be reviewed at:<br />
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi<br /> <br />A screen shot of both the 9600 bps and 1200 bps decoded data<br />as seen by Simon, 9W2QC, can be seen at:<br />
http://www.9w2qc.net/pcsat2/<br /> <br />More information on PCSAT2 can be found at:<br />
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR thanks Bob, WB4APR and the U.S. Naval Academy Satellite Lab for<br />the aboveinformation.]<br /> <br />[08282005}<br />=====<br />AO-51 ECHO<br />Catalog number: 28375<br />Launch date: June 29, 2004<br /> <br />Status: Testing<br />Curent Mode: PBBS - ON<br /> FM REPEATER - V/U HIGH POWER<br /> <br />Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM<br /> 435.150 MHz FM<br />Analog voice uplink:145.880 MHz FM<br /> 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> <br />Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output<br /> 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25<br />Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast<br />Protocol (PBP)<br /> <br />Broadcast:PECHO-11<br />BBS:PECHO-12<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR thanks Mike Kingery, KE4AZN for the above information]<br />[09252005]<br />=====<br />NO-44 PCSAT<br />Catalog number: 26931<br />Launch Date: September 30, 2001<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational?????<br /> <br />Uplink/downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 baud AX.25 AFSK via W3ADO-1<br />Aux/Uplink: 435.250 MHz 9600 baud via PCSAT-2 (off)<br />APRS Downlink: 144.390 MHz (Region 2)<br /> <br />PCSat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater designed for use by stations using<br />hand-held or mobile transceivers. Downlinks feed a central web site at:<br />
http://pcsat.aprs.org<br /> <br />The APRS-equipped PCSat was built by midshipmen from the U.S. Naval<br />Academy under the guidance of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />CUTE-1<br />Catalog number: 27844<br />Launched: June 30,2003<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br /> <br />Uplink: ?<br />Downlink: 436.8375 CW<br /> 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? )<br />Cliff, K7RR reports:<br />In the latest Weekly Satellite Report, CUTE 1, #27844 is listed as<br />OPERATIONAL?<br />Indeed it is very operational as a CUBESAT sending CW telemetry on<br />436.8345 MHz. At the July 7 2005, 23:45:20 pass over the Western USA:<br />CUTE 1 6B A4 xx 7F D7 66A8 4702 FF FF7C 65<br />CUTE 1 6C A6 59 80 D9 66A8 4702 FF FE7C B6<br /> <br />The June 30th KEPS were within ten seconds of AOS and LOS. It is an very<br />good object to practice tracking as the orbit and transmitter power are<br />similar to proposed CUBESATS awaiting launch this December. As a check<br />for Doppler correction, the lack of change in tone is an excellent<br />indicator.<br /> <br />CUTE 1 is a Japanese (Tokyo Institute of Technology) one kilogram<br />nanosatellite that was launched by a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk at<br />14:15 UT on 30 June 2003. It carries a 100 mW beacon at 436.8375 MHz.<br />Initial orbital parameters were period 101.4 min, apogee 831 km, perigee<br />819 km, and inclination 98.7?.<br /> <br />For further info about CUTE-1 goto:<br />
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cubesat/operation/Schedule_e.html<br /> <br />[ANS WSR wishes to thank Cliff, K7RR, for this week's information]<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />GO-32 TECHSAT-1B<br />Catalog number: 25397<br />Launch Date: July 10, 1998<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br /> <br />Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br /> (435.325 n/a - temperature problems)<br />Uplinks: 145.850, 145.890, 145.930 FM<br /> 1269.700, 1269.800, 1269.900 FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11<br />BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12<br /> <br />More information of GO-32 can be found at:<br />
http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html<br />[03132005]<br />=====<br />MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1<br />Catalog number: 26548<br />Launched: September 26, 2000<br /> <br />Status: Operational<br /> <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<br /> <br />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.<br /> <br />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.<br />[05152005]<br />=====<br />AO-16 PACSAT<br />Catalog number: 20439<br />Launch Date: January 22, 1990<br /> <br />Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for<br />APRS users.<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM<br /> (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)<br />Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK)<br />Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11<br />BBS: PACSAT-12<br /> <br />A WOD collection of current graphics along with general information<br />and telemetry samples can be found at:<br />
http://www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />UO-11 OSCAR-11<br />Catalog number: 14781<br />Launched: March 1, 1984<br /> <br />Status: Semi-operational?<br /> <br />Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK).<br /> approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF<br />Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF<br />UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF<br /> <br />OSCAR-11 is back! I received the good news, on Saturday morning, while<br />at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. This was entirely unexpected! On Sunday<br />morning Bob G4VRC played me a recording of an early morning pass<br />received that day.<br /> <br />During the period 21 July to 14 August 2005 consistent signals have been<br />heard from 30 July to 08 August. Signals seem to be weaker than usual,<br />confirmed by the many reports received. However,since I last heard the<br />satellite on 30 April, I've reinstalled my antennas , which makes<br />comparisons difficult.<br /> <br />Many thanks for all the recent reports of OSCAR-11 including those from<br />KU7Z (who heard it first), KB2M, VK6XH, HK7MKE, KA2UPW, JE9PEL, G1OCN,<br />HB9SKA and G8OQW.<br /> <br />All the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have<br />failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. One bit in<br />channel 62, DSR mode, has changed from WRITE to READ. DSR is the<br />Digital Store & Readout experiment. This could be significant if the<br />experiment is still drawing current, but the other status bit indicates<br />that it is switched OFF.<br /> <br />The on-board clock is now showing a very large error. It has lost<br />approximately 19 days since 30 April. During the recent data collection<br />period, the clock error has been changing at a decreasing rate. The<br />size of the clock error and the rate at which it is changing is similar<br />to the duration of the solar eclipse periods. This suggests that the<br />clock might have been switching OFF during eclipses.<br /> <br />The eclipses have now ended, and the satellite should be in continuous<br />sunlight for the remainder of this year, and well into next year. This<br />should help the satellite to continue transmitting, although continuous<br />sunlight can cause problems due to excessive temperatures.<br /> <br />If the watchdog timer is still operating on a 20 day cycle, ie.<br />approximately ten days ON followed by 10 days OFF, then the VHF beacon<br />should resume transmissions around 18 August.<br /> <br />The Beacon frequencies are -<br /> <br />VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry<br /> <br />UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF<br /> <br />S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF<br /> <br />Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website which<br />contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details<br />about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture.<br />There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The<br />URL is
www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/<br /> <br />If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use<br />the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT112.CWV, to prevent duplication.<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information]<br /> <br />More information on UO-11 OSCAR-11 can be found at:<br />
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/<br /> <br />MPEG3 files can be found here at Mineo, JE9PEL website:<br />
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm<br /> <br />[08212005]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /> <br />SB SAT @ AMSAT KB9MMC $ANS-296.S3<br />WSR 296 Part 3 10/23/2005<br /> <br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 23, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-296.S3<br /> <br />THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE<br />NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:<br /> <br />POSAT-1 PO-28<br />Catalog Number: 22829<br />Launched : September 25, 1993<br /> <br />Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use<br /> <br />Downlink: 435.250 MHz<br /> 435.275 MHz<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.925 MHz<br /> 145.975 MHz<br /> <br />Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11<br />BBS callsign: POSAT1-12<br /> <br />PO-28 (POSAT-1), Portugal's first satellite, launched 12 years ago,<br />will be turned over to Amateur Radio use in the very near future. That<br />was the word July 30 from AMSAT-UK Secretary Jim Heck, G3WGM, during the<br />AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford, England.<br /> <br />Launched September 25, 1993, the satellite operated as a packet store-<br />and-forward BBS (9600 baud FM FSK) on Amateur Radio frequencies for<br />several weeks in early 1994. Over the years, PO-28's primary usage has been<br />commercial, although plans have called for eventually shifting its operation<br />to ham radio use. G3WGM reports that following lengthy negotiations it has<br />been agreed that the satellite can be switched permanently to amateur<br />frequencies. The changeover is expected to take a couple of weeks.<br /> <br />The Portuguese satellite was built at the University of Surrey as part<br />of a collaborative satellite technology program that involved industry and<br />academe. Uplink frequencies will be 145.925 and 145.975 MHz. Downlink<br />frequencies will be 435.250 and 435.275 MHz. More information on PO-28<br />is on the AMSAT Web site<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html.<br /> <br />Uplink Frequencies: 145.925 and 145.975 MHz<br />Downlink Frequencies: 435.250 and 435.275 MHz<br /> <br />Orbit: 822 x 800 km, 98.6 deg inclined, sun-synchronous.<br /> <br />Transponder capabilities include FM repeater and 38k4 data. If you want<br />to hear how loud this satellite is, listen on 429.950 until the change<br />back to amateur radio service.<br /> <br />Keplerian elements for PO-28 are not currently contained in the AMSAT<br />keps bulletins, but can be found at Celestrak in amateur.txt using the<br />name "POSAT". Users of Space Track should query the NORAD Satellite ID<br />number 22829. The name listed by Space Track is "EYESAT A".<br /> <br />More information of POSAT-1 can be found at:<br />
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html<br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thanks Trevor, M5AKA and Jim, G3WGM, for this week's<br />information.]<br />[08072005]<br />=====<br />AO-10 OSCAR 10<br />Catalog number: 14129<br />Launched: June 16, 1983<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <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 /> <br />AO-10 has been locked into a Mode-B, 70-cm uplink and<br />2-meter downlink for several years.<br /> <br />W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:<br />
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />IO-26 ITAMSAT<br />Catalog number: 22826<br />Launch Date: September 26, 1993<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud)<br />Downlink: 435.812 MHz SSB<br />Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11<br />BBS: ITMSAT-12<br /> <br />Alberto E. Zagni - I2KBD reports on 02/13/05<br />The spacecraft is in MBL (safe mode) and is trasmitting just 6 channels<br />of telemetry. Temperatures and voltage are nominal, but there seems to<br />be a problem with the onboard receiver, refusing to accept commands.<br />The spacecraft was launched in 1993, thus nearing 12 years in orbit...<br /> <br />Best regards<br />Alberto E. Zagni - I2KBD<br />ITAMSAT Mission Director<br /> <br />More information of IO-26 can be found at:<br /> <br />
http://joshua.micronet.it/english/itamsat/itamsathome.html<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html<br />
www.itamsat.org<br /> <br />[02132005]<br />=====<br />RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12<br />Catalog number: 21089<br />Launched: February 5, 1991<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 29.408 MHz<br />Robot: 29.454 MHz<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13<br />Catalog number: 21089<br />Launched: February 5, 1991<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 145.860 MHz<br />Robot: 145.908 MHz<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />UO-14 UoSAT-3<br />Catalog number: 20437<br />Launched: January 22, 1990<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <br />Uplink 145.975 MHz FM<br />Downlink 435.070 MHz FM<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />UO-22 UOSAT<br />Catalog number: 21575<br />Launched: July 17, 1991<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK<br />Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11<br />BBS: UOSAT5-12<br />[01092005]<br />=====<br />RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15<br />Catalog number: 23439<br />Launch Date: December 26, 1994<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational?<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)<br />SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)<br /> <br />John, KD6PAG reports on June 16, 2004 to ANS:<br />RS-15 beacon seemed to be back in the mode where it's a tone about 5<br />seconds off and then 5 seconds on this morning.<br /> <br />ANS is looking for more confirmations of RS-15 coming back.<br /> <br />[ANS thanks John, KD6PAG for RS-15 information]<br />[06202004]<br />=====<br />LO-19 LUSAT<br />Catalog number: 20442<br />Launched: January 22, 1990<br /> <br />Status: CW Beacon only<br /> <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-12o<br /> <br />General information and telemetry samples can be found at:<br />
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />FO-20 JAS-1b<br />Catalog number: 20480<br />Launch Date: February 07, 1990<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 435.795<br /> <br />More FO-20 info can be found at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />KO-23 KITSAT<br />Catalog number: 22077<br />Launched: August 10, 1992<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <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 /> <br />Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a<br />non-operational status.<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />KO-25 KITSAT<br />Catalog number: 22828<br />Launched: September 26, 1993<br /> <br />Status: Non-operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11<br />BBS: HL02-12<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />PO-34 PANSAT<br />Catalog number: 25520<br />Launched: October 30, 1998<br /> <br />Status: Telemetry downloads only<br /> <br />Uplink/downlink frequency (listed on the PanSat web site) 436.500 MHz<br /> <br />The satellite is not available for general uplink transmissions.<br /> <br />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.<br /> <br />The satellite is still operating, however, the spread spectrum packet<br />radio portion never took place. The spacecraft is now beyond it's<br />initial 2-year mission life, but telemetry records are still being<br />downloaded.<br /> <br />For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:<br />
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />SO-33 SEDSAT-1<br />Catalog number: 25509<br />Launched: October 24, 1998<br /> <br />Status: Semi-operational<br /> <br />Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br /> <br />The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and<br />the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.<br /> <br />For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:<br />
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm<br /> <br />[ANS has no further information]<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />SO-35 SUNSAT<br />Catalog Number: ?<br />Launched:February 23, 1999<br /> <br />STatus: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz<br /> Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz<br /> <br />Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz<br /> Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz<br /> <br />For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:<br />
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/<br />[08082004]<br />=====<br />UO-36 UoSAT-12<br />Catalog number: 25693<br />Launched: April 21, 1999<br /> <br />Status: Unknown<br /> <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<br /> <br />The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA<br />web site at the following URL:<br />
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40<br />Catalog number: 26609<br />Launch Date: November 16, 2000<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB<br /> U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB<br /> L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB<br /> L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB<br /> S1-band 2400.350 - 2400.600 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB<br /> K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 2401.323, 24,048.035<br />[05232004]<br />-----<br />SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B<br />Catalog number: 26549<br />Launched: September 26, 2000<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> Downlink: 437.075 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11<br />BBS: SASAT2-12<br /> <br />Further information is available at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A<br />Catalog number: 26545<br />Launch Date: September 26, 2000<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz<br />Downlink: 436.775 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11<br />BBS: SASAT1-12<br /> <br />Further information is available at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />NO-45 SAPPHIRE<br />Catalog number: 26932<br />Launch Date: September 30, 2001<br /> <br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> <br />Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK<br />Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater<br />Digi Callsign: KE6QMD<br /> <br />Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,<br />callsign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the<br />following<br />URL:<br />
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt<br />[03132005]<br />=====<br />AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)<br />Catalog number: 27605<br />Launch Date: December 20, 2002<br /> <br />Status: Semi-operational.<br /> <br />Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK<br />Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK<br />(optional voice message)<br />Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS<br /> <br />AO-49 (SAFIR-M) is a German amateur radio payload onboard the small<br />German<br />scientific satellite "RUBIN-2".<br /> <br />AO-49 was built by the German amateur radio association "AATiS<br />e.V." (German acronym for "Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation<br />in der Schule", which means: 'working group for amateur radio anand<br />telecommunications in schools'). AO-49 is designed as a "store and<br />broadcast" system for APRS based messages, dedicated for the use of<br />schools in combination with the existing WX-Net and planned buoy<br />experiments in Germany.<br /> <br />No transmissions detected since the 1st of February 2003! It appears<br />AO-49 is not properly aligned to illuminate the solar panels. This<br />should end soon. Due to its orbit, AO-49 will be in a phase without<br />eclipses until 13Feb03.<br /> <br />Martin DG8UAU has written a small software program "SAFIR-M Decoder" to<br />allow decoding of the received DATA0 frames. It is available at:<br />
http://amend.gmxhome.de in the section Aktuelles.<br /> <br />Details on AO-49 (SAFIR-M) can be found at:<br />
http://amend.gmxhome.de<br /> <br />Information about AATiS e.V. is available at:<br />
http://www.aatis.de<br />[05092004]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /> <br />SB SAT @ AMSAT KB9MMC $ANS-296.S4<br />WSR 296 Part 4 10/23/2005<br /> <br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 23,2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-296.S4<br /> <br />THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE<br />PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME:<br /> <br />UCISAT ?O-??<br />Catalog number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: October 31, 2005<br /> <br />Status: Under Construction<br /> <br />Downlink: Submission in Progress<br />Uplink: Submission in Progress<br />Callsign: Submission in Progress<br /> <br />This from Matt Bennett, KF6RTB, UCISAT Communications Team Member:<br /> <br />Our website is
www.ucisat.net .This is a new website, however, and<br />doesn't have the "Status" section active yet. Because of the growing<br />interest in our project, I'll push our webmaster to create updates<br />(hopefully) on a week-to-week basis. For now, the current status of<br />the mission is as follows:<br /> <br />-Expected Launch Date: October 31st, 2005<br />-Frequency Allocation: Submission in Progress<br />-Construction Status: Sub-Assembly<br />[WSR to thank Matt Bennett, KF6RTB, for this week's report.]<br />[01302005]<br />=====<br />SSETI ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: October 27, 2005<br /> <br />Status: AWAITING LAUNCH<br /> <br />Graham, G3VZV reports:<br /> <br />The SSETI Express satellite is still scheduled to launch at 06:52<br />UTC on Thursday, October 27 on board a Kosmos 3M launcher.<br /> <br />The launch team arrived in Moscow and next completed an 18 hour<br />journey by train to Plesetsk. The ISC (integrated system check)<br />was completed satisfactorily within a couple of hours of powering<br />up. All the systems are OK. The propulsion tank had maintained the<br />required 300 bar pressure. Both UHF and S band radios were also<br />tested - including the transponder and DTMF telemetry configurations.<br /> <br />Final battery charging was performed over the weekend. SSETI Express<br />will be joined with the other four satellites on the launch adaptor on<br />Monday, October 24. The launch adaptor will itself then be integrated<br />onto the rocket.<br /> <br />Roll out of the complete launch vehicle at the launch complex (approx<br />40 kilometres away from the assembly facility) is scheduled for very<br />early on Wednesday morning and its erection to the vertical position<br />will take place around midday. The launch team will then pack up all<br />the test gear and other equipment for its return to ESA ESTEC’s facility<br />in the Netherlands to await the launch to take place the following day!<br /> <br />A daily report of the launch campaign is being maintained at<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/express/mop/index.php?uri=news.html<br />This mission operations site is completely up-to-date regarding Kepler<br />TLEs and other LEOP "Launch and Early Operations Phase" details.<br /> <br />The SERACC software, needed to decode and submit the received data<br />to the SSETI database, together with some audio files containing recorded<br />9k6 signals to experiment with is planned for release prior to launch.<br /> <br />There will be two SSETI Express competitions for radio amateurs.<br />First is the unique "I heard it first" T shirt award; second is<br />the prize for amateur who submits the largest amount of valid telemetry<br />and payload data to the SSETI Express database before 1st February 2006.<br />The telemetry prize, sponsored by ESA, is rather more valuable than just<br />a T shirt - see the full details at:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/express/mop/index.php?uri=ham_contest.html<br /> <br />Full details of these events will be available on the Express mission<br />website. This includes full information about the satellite, the ESA<br />sponsored competition,and the plans for its use in the amateur<br />satellite service. See:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/express/mop/<br /> <br />The ESA website about SSETI Express is at:<br />
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/SEMARJ7X9DE_0.html<br /> <br />The latest version of the SSETI Express handbook can be downloaded<br />free of charge from the AMSAT-UK website at:<br />
http://www.uk.amsat.org/<br /> <br />A live webstream of the ESA produced TV coverage of the launch is<br />going to be provided by Howard G6LVB at:<br />
http://www.streamingwizard.com/clients/space.asx<br /> <br />The programming on the web stream is expected to commence at<br />approximately 06:00 UTC on launch day.<br /> <br />[ANS thanks Graham, UA/G3VZV for the above information]<br /> <br />More SSETI Links at:<br /> <br />SpaceDaily has a report about SSETI at:<br />
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/internet-04zzzu.html<br /> <br />You can find more info about SSETI at:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/<br /> <br />Latest news about SSETI can be found at:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php<br /> <br />Look at the website for the SSETI Express webcam<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/webcam.htm<br /> <br />[10232005]<br />=====<br />PHASE 3E ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Early 2006<br /> <br />Status: Under Construction<br /> <br />For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL<br />P3-E web page:<br />
http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/<br /> <br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's<br />report]<br />[10022005]<br />=====<br />CP1 ?o-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: N6CP<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.845<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />CP2 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.325<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />HAUSAT1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: D90HP<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.465<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ICE Cube 1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: W2CXM<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ICE Cube 2 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: N2VR<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.425<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ION ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.505<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />KUTEsat ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: KC0RMW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.385<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />MEROPE ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: K7MSU-1<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 145.980<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />nCUBE1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305<br /> 2407.25<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />RINCON ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br /> 437.345<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SACRED ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SACRED ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SEEDS ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: JQ1YGU<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.485<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />Mea Huaka ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.405<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SUITSAT ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Release Date: December 2005<br /> <br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: TBA<br /> <br />A video of the progress of Suitsat can be found at the following URL:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/videoNews.php<br /> <br />To be released from an airlock of the International Space Station some<br />time<br />in December of 2005.<br />[10022005]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /> <br />ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live<br />radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz.<br />Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins trans-<br />mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30<br />UTC.<br /> <br />Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:<br />
http://www.amsat.org<br /> <br />AMSAT-NA<br />850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600<br />Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4703<br /> <br />Voice: 301-589-6062<br /> 888-322-6728<br />FAX: 301-608-3410<br /> <br />Currently, AMSAT-NA supports the following (free) mailing lists:<br /> <br />* 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)<br /> <br />A daily digest version is available for each list.<br /> <br />To subscribe, or for more list information, visit the following URL:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/listserv/menu.html<br /> <br />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 />Application forms are available from the AMSAT-NA Office.<br /> <br />This week's Weekly Satelite Report Editor is James K. Darrow, KB9MMC.<br /> <br />ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the<br />memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen,<br />G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ.<br /> <br />Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:<br />ans-editor{at}amsat.org<br />NNNN<br />/EX
