AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-350

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In this edition: * 2008 Straight Key Night on OSCAR in Memory of ex-JA1ANG * KySat CubeSat Status Update * UK Schools - Space experiment contest launched * ARISS Status - 10 December 2007

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-350 01 2008 Straight Key Night on OSCAR in Memory of ex-JA1ANG

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 350 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD December 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-350 01

You are cordially invited to take part in Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2008, sponsored by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the world This year's event will be held in memory of Haruo (Harry) Yoneda, ex-JA1ANG, a past AMSAT Director and co-founder of JAMSAT Harry was also a keen CW operator and a past member of the First Class CW Operators Club (FOC)

Participating in OSCAR SKN is fun and simple No scoring and no need to send in a log Just operate CW through any OSCAR, using a straight hand key, at any time between 0000 and 2400 UTC on January 1, 2008

In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for Best Fist Your nominee need not have the best fist you heard, just the best of those you worked Please send your nomination to W2RS at w2rs@amsat org Those nominated will be recognized in an AMSAT News Service bulletin, and in The AMSAT Journal

[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-350 02 KySat CubeSat Status Update

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 350 02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD December 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-350 02

This week the KySat Space Express achieved a successful liftoff from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico While all of the Kentucky Space Express systems operated successfully, shortly after launch the vehicle suffered a catastrophic failure and the KySat payload was not able to reach the target altitude in space

KySat thanks the Space Express student team and mission advisors for their incredibly hard work and the performance of their systems and payload The design and successful integration of the Space Express payload was, despite the failure to reach the targeted altitude of 127km, an essential step in the continued development of the initiative including first orbital mission, projected to launch in mid to late 2008

Additional information is available on-line at: http://www kysat com

The KySat Space Express student team and mission advisors are extremely pleased with the performance of the student designed systems and payloads

The KySat CubeSat mission includes these objectives:

• S-band radio for communications with KY Dish
• UHF/VHF radio for worldwide student and amateur communications
• Onboard camera
• Temp, Current, Voltage, Science sensors
• Passive magnetic attitude control
• Mission data storage on industrial MMC card
• Analog Mode: Transmit analog audio radio signal (Voice from Space app)
• Digital Mode: Transmit sequential UHF 64 byte AX 25 packets (built in TNC)
• Minimum 1 or 2 second time delay between packets
• Receive VHF Digital Pings (call sign, location, text message)

[ANS thanks the KySat Team for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-350 03 UK Schools - Space experiment contest launched

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 350 03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD December 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-350 03

UK schoolchildren are being offered the chance to design an experiment for a small satellite in an effort to boost interest in space science

The contest, organised by the British National Space Centre (BNSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), is open to students between the ages of 14 and 18

The winning experimental package should be about the size of a lunch box, weighing no more than 1kg but it will be given a developmental budget of up to £100,000

The deadline for receiving initial proposals is 28 February 2008

In March, entries will be whittled down to a shortlist of six finalists who will then be invited to submit more detailed proposals

The winning proposal will be announced at the congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) in Glasgow in October 2008

Full BBC Story at

http://news bbc co uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7139356 stm

Howard Long G6LVB - Build Your Own Satellite http://www g6lvb com/Articles/Build%20Your%20Own%20Satellite doc or http://www g6lvb com/Articles/Build%20Your%20Own%20Satellite htm or http://www g6lvb com/Articles/Build%20Your%20Own%20Satellite mht

AMSAT-UK is the Amateur Radio Satellite organisation for the United Kingdom and they publish a quarterly newsletter full of Amateur Satellite information Join now online at https://secure amsat org uk/subscription/

For further details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat org Website: http://www uk amsat org/

[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-350 04 ARISS Status - 10 December 2007

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 350 04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD December 16, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-350 04

1. Status of ARISS School Contacts

Due to the very demanding schedules of the ISS onboard crew, no Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts have been planned at this time The ARISS team expects contacts to resume once STS-122 launches in early January 2008

1. Crew Debrief Scheduled

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) crew debrief has been scheduled with Clay Anderson, KD5PLA The debrief session is planned for Tuesday, December 11 Anderson’s participation in 21 contacts helped ARISS reach a record number of 39 school contacts during Expedition 15

1. ARISS International Teleconference

The next Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Team teleconference has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 18 The agenda will include the next face to face meeting and SuitSat-2 status

[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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