AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-142

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In this edition: * AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Due by June 15th * The May 2011 issue of the AMSAT-INDIA newsletter is now available * Masten Signs Contract With Space Florida For Demonstration Launches * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARISS Status - 16 May 2011

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142 01 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Due by June 15th

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142 01

It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors The deadline is June 15th A valid nomination requires either one Member Society, or five current individual members in good standing, to nominate an AMSAT member for the position Four director's terms expire this year:

Barry Baines, WD4ASW Alan Biddle, WA4SCA Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Tony Monteiro, AA2TX

The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as full Board members for two year terms The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be seated as alternate Board members for one year terms

Beginning this year, in addition to traditional submissions of written nominations which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, initial nominations may be made by electronic means =A0 These include e-mail, FAX,or electronic image of a petition Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA@AMSAT ORG or faxed to 301-608-3410 Written nominations, consisting of names, calls, and individual signatures, should be mailed to:

AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Ave #600 Silver Spring, MD, 20910

No matter what method is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required If it is other than this, i e electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS

Alan Biddle WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary

[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142 02 The May 2011 issue of the AMSAT-INDIA newsletter is now available

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142 02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142 02

Topics in this month's edition include: - HAMSAT (VO-52) Completes Six years in orbit - Update- Meeting with distinguished guests from ISRO at AMSAT INDIA ground station - Update on the CubeSat Communication system project by AMSAT INDIA - High Intercept Low Noise Amplifier with GaAs pHEMT MMIC By: Goran Popovic AD6IW - News from AMSAT organizations around the world

Download the newsletter from http://amsatindia org/Newsletter/AMSATINDIA-News-May_2011 pdf

Previous issues are available at: http://www amsatindia org/Newsletter/

Regards

Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT India vu3tyg@amsatindia org www amsatindia org

[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142 03 Masten Signs Contract With Space Florida For Demonstration Launches

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142 03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142 03

Masten Space Systems and Space Florida announced contract under which Masten will perform a series of demonstration flights of a Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) reusable suborbital launch vehicle from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Under the contract, Masten will complete multiple flights These operations will serve as a pathfinder to assist Space Florida in developing operational requirements for VTVL vehicles, recommending the optimum operational scenario, and determining the program schedule to achieve launch capability as soon as possible

The upcoming flights will also enable Masten to fully evaluate Florida, CCAFS, and LC-36 as a base for the company’s flight operations group “We look forward to successfully completing our demonstration flights and better understanding what is needed for operations in Florida,” said David Masten “Space Florida and the 45th Space Wing have been very helpful as we continue to develop operational concepts for Florida ”

[ANS thanks Masten Space Systems for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142 04 Satellite Shorts From All Over

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142 04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142 04

• The new edition of the popular SolderSmoke amateur radio podcast is now available One of the topics on this edition includes the Space Station Packet Beacon You can listen on-line at: http://soldersmoke com/soldersmoke134 mp3

• Congratulations to Ben, KC0PCQ on his first satellite contacts Ben wrote, "I've been grinning ear-to-ear for a little while now that I have my first satellite contacts completed Thank you to my #1 - K8YSE, #2 - AC0RA, #3 - W7JPI, #4 - WA4NV, and #5 - K8TL

• Congratulations to Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK on being awarded satellite VUCC #210!

• On-line photos and videos of the Endeavor Shuttle launch can be found in many places The first two links here are from amateur radio operators who were at the launch: Ken, KK0HF got these photos from the press area: http://radiogeek us/NASA2/ Bobby, KF4GTA was also in the press area and posted these photos: http://bit ly/jvdhNv Launch videos can be viewed at the UniverseToday site: http://tinyurl com/65wou9s

• The next Hudson Valley Satcom Nets "HV Satcom" Net ia scheduled for May 26, at 8PM EDT (UTC-4) on the 146 970 MHz repeater, (Pl 100), and also on Echolink node N2EYH-L More info: http://www hvsatcom org (Stu, WA2BSS)

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142 05 ARISS Status - 16 May 2011

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142 05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD May 22, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-142 05

1. Upcoming School Contacts

The ARISS team continues to work on the school contact schedule The next contacts to be held are dependent on the launch date of STS-134

1. Recent ARISS Contacts

On Monday, May 9 students from St Michael School in Schererville, Indiana and astronaut Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH on the ISS took part in an ARISS contact The school partners with the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana and provided students with this ARISS contact to highlight its science curriculum Approximately 430 students, teachers and guests watched and listened as 16 questions about life in space were asked and answered Contact video was streamed on the internet and representatives from three newspapers covered the event The Times posted an article See: http://www nwitimes com/news/local/lake/schererville/article_1a1b5c1d-0f5d-5f33- b9ae-25bad21e6e9e html

Mount Carmel Academy students from Houston, Texas participated in an ARISS contact with on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO on Tuesday, May 10 via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium This was Garan’s first ARISS contact and he handled nine questions, providing comprehensive answers The contact complemented lessons on the International Space Station as well as amateur radio and Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club provided follow-on educational support News of the ARISS contact reached approximately 580,000 households through the Comcast Channel 18 simulcast of Houston Independent School District news and through KUHF, the local PBS radio station See: http://app1 kuhf org/houston_public_radio-news-display php?articles_id= 1305066316

Students from Tecnico Industriale Statale “Gerolamo e Margherita Montani,” in Fermo, Italy established an ARISS contact with Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA on Thursday, May 12 The contact highlighted the school curriculum which focuses on Chemistry, Biotechnology, Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications and Mechanics Nespoli fielded 21 questions posed by the youth over two ISS passes The event was attended by nearly 300 students and visitors and video was streamed over the internet

An ARISS contact was held between students from Primary School Pasquale Luisi and Secondaria Di 1° Grado Virgilio, both located in Foggia, Italy, and ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli on Saturday, May 14 An audience of 200 attended the event and listened as Nespoli spoke to the students over two consecutive ISS passes, answering a total of 18 questions Through this contact and related studies, students were introduced to amateur radio, astronauts and the International Space Station

[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]

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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office

73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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