AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-076

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In this edition:

• Call for Volunteers for the AMSAT Booth at Dayton 2013
• FCC Guidance On Obtaining Licenses For Small Satellites
• Satellite DX in Pacific
• European CubeSat Symposium

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-076 01 ANS-076 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 055 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD March 17, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-076 01

• AMSAT-DC Spring Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground *
• Stations - Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the NASA Goddard Space *
• Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD beginning at 9:00AM EDT Pre- *
• registration is required To register call Martha at the AMSAT *
• Office 301-589-6062 no later than Thursday, March 21 Sorry, *
• no late registration at the door! See full details at: *
• http://patkilroy com/amsat-dc/ *
• *
• The suggested donation for advanced registration and admission *
• for non-AMSAT members is $25 Registration for AMSAT members *
• registering in advance is free *

Call for Volunteers for the AMSAT Booth at Dayton 2013

The 2013 Dayton Hamvention, sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association will be held this year on May 17-19, 2013 "Dayton" is the largest hamfest in the United States, and AMSAT will be there again this year

You can assist AMSAT by volunteering to help staff the booth While there, you will meet other AMSAT members, interact with the satellite designers, builders, and operators, and enjoy all that Dayton has to offer

People are needed to assist with the setup of the booth on Thursday, May 16 (11 a m to 4 p m ), to staff the booth Friday (9 to 6), Saturday (9 to 5), and Sunday (9 to 1), and packup on Sunday (1 to 3) Most people volunteer for one or more 2 hour shifts in the booth

Unfortunately, Gould Smith WA4SXM, AMSAT's VP-User Services and long-time Dayton Team Leader will be unable to attend Dayton this year because of health issues AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has asked Steve Belter, N9IP to take the lead on AMSAT's Dayton Operations and he has graciously agreed to coordinate AMSAT's activities at Dayton for this year Steve is a long-time volunteer who has assisted AMSAT at Hamvention in prior years Please send an e-mail to Steve Belter,n9ip@amsat org, if you are willing to help AMSAT at the Hamvention Please advise by April 30thl if you're available to assist

Additional information on the Hamvention can be found at www hamvention org Information on AMSAT's extensive Hamvention activities, including details about the informal "Get Together" on Thursday evening, the joint AMSAT-TAPR Dinner on Friday evening, the AMSAT Forum on Saturday, satellite demonstrations, etc will be available on the AMSAT website (www amsat org) "soon "

(ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW and Steve Belter, N9IP for the above information)

FCC Guidance On Obtaining Licenses For Small Satellites

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice to provide guidance concerning FCC licensing of spectrum for use by small satellites, including satellites that fall within the categories of pico-satellites, nano-satellites and cubesats The advent of such small satellite designs has brought with it dramatically lower launch costs, enabling a larger range of organizations to directly launch satellites Institutions such as universities and research organizations that previously found it cost prohibitive to launch their own satellite can now participate in the exploration of space Many of these participants may be unfamiliar with the spectrum licensing, scheduling and other requirements attendant on satellites This Public Notice seeks to alert affected parties of these requirements and thus aid small satellite operators in the planning necessary for a successful launch operation

The Commission’s rules set forth three different procedures for licensing satellites The Commission’s Part 25 rules are the primary vehicle for satellite licensing, and are used for licensing a wide range of satellite operations, including commercial communication and remote sensing satellites The Commission’s Part 5 rules cover experimental operations The Commission’s Part 97 rules cover amateur radio service satellite operations

Currently, many small satellite missions involve experimental operations – i e scientific and research missions, including missions conducted under government contract – and many operate in amateur frequency bands These satellites are therefore licensed under Parts 5 or 97 of FCC rules Because of the significant interest in small satellites in the amateur and research communities, the primary focus of this Public Notice is on such operations, although certain guidance in this Public Notice is also applicable to Part 25 licensing licenses well in advance of a launch

The full public notice can be found at http://www fcc gov/document/guidance-obtaining-licenses-small-satellites

[ANS thanks the FCC for the above information]

Satellite DX in Pacific

JD1, OGASAWARA Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (AS-031), Ogasawara, between April 28th and May 4th Activity will be on 40-6 meters, including the satellites, using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (NO 6m EME) QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT

His log search will be available on his Web site at: http://www ji5rpt com/jd1 He will also use Twitter to inform his real-time activities at: http://twitter com/jd1bly

[ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information]

European CubeSat Symposium

The 5th European CubeSat Symposium that will take place on 3-5 June 2013 at the premises of Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium

This is the biggest CubeSat related event in Europe and last year it attracted more than 250 participants and industrial exhibits of 7 specialized companies This year even greater participation is expected Applicants from all around the world are welcome

The call for proposals and the online abstract submission system is available at www CubeSatSymposium eu

The important dates are:

 15 Mar 2013:    Deadline for the submission of abstracts
 15 April 2013:  Notification of acceptance
 15 May 2013:    Publication of the programme and the abstracts
 24 May 2013:    Deadline for online registration
 3-5 June 2013:  5th European CubeSat Symposium at ERM, Brussels
                 (3 full days)
 6 June 2013:    6th QB50 Workshop at VKI, Brussels (by invitation only)

The session topics are:

 CubeSat networks/constellations/swarms
 Scientific instruments/sensors on CubeSats
 Biology and microgravity experiments on CubeSats
 Technology demonstration on CubeSats
 Micropropulsion subsystems, formation flying
 Attitude determination and control subsystem
 Telecommunications, ground stations, ground station networks
 Orbital dynamics for CubeSats, lifetimes of CubeSats in orbit
 CubeSat flight experience, lessons learned
 Other topics (e
g
 expandable solar arrays, atmospheric re-entry, CubeSats
   as free-flying payloads for the exploration of the Solar System)
 Future technologies on CubeSats
 Deployment systems for CubeSats

[ANS thanks Cem O Asma 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 addi- tional benefits Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office

Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information

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

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