AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-095

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites

The news feed on http://www amsat org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat org

In this edition:

• AMSAT Plans Dayton Rollout for 2015 "Getting Started" Satellite Book
• TAPR/AMSAT Joint Hamvention Banquet Will be on May 15
• March/April Edition of the AMSAT Journal Sent to Printers
• LibreCube Open Source CubeSat Projects
• AMSAT-SM Announces Committee for 2015-2016
• ISS Slow Scan TV Expected Weekend of April 11
• GRACE mission P-PODs including Fox-1A were integrated in the NPSCuL
• Wisconsin Balloon Launch Includes 2M Voice Beacon
• Student Spaceflight Experiments Program -- Mission 9 to the International Space Station
• 21st Century Teacher Academy
• US ARISS School Proposal Window Closes in 10 Days
• ARISS News
• Satellite Shorts From All Over

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 095 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE April 5, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-095 01

AMSAT Plans Dayton Rollout for 2015 "Getting Started" Satellite Book

Gould Smith's book, "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites", is being updated to tell you all about how you can get ready to operate through the Fox-1 satellites launching later this year Additional chapters in the book tell you about tracking software, orbital mechanics, antennas, radios, Doppler tuning, and operating techniques Chapters are also being added to tell you about the new satellites soon becoming available for amateur radio

Going beyond brief descriptions in hamfest flyers, this book will provide a complete reference for new satellite users to assemble a basic station and to make your first satellite contacts Also this book you will teach you how to incrementally upgrade your initial FM satellite station, time and budget permitting, to include automated tracking as well as operating through the CW/SSB linear passband satellites

A companion Fox-1A reference sheet is also being planned for release at Dayton This will be made available for AMSAT's FieldOps team for distribution at hamfests and satellite operating demonstrations

Watch for the 2015 "Getting Started With Amateur Satellites" book and reference sheet at the AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamvention The book will also be available in the AMSAT Store shortly after Dayton: http://store amsat org/catalog/

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]

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TAPR/AMSAT Joint Hamvention Banquet Will be on May 15

Join us at the Dayton Hamvention this year for the TAPR/AMSAT Banquet on Friday evening, May 15 Doors open at 1830 for a cash bar, with buffet dinner served at 1900

Reservations must be made in advance in the AMSAT Store: http://store amsat org/catalog/product_info php?products_id=88 with the cost of $35 per person Tickets will not be sold at Dayton Tickets purchased online may be picked up at the AMSAT booth (433- 435, 444-446) Orders must be placed by 1800 EDT, Tuesday, May 12th No exceptions

Come hungry and loosen your belt a notch The dinner menu includes:

• Choice of entree: o Prime Rib of Beef o Chicken Piccata with Lemon Caper Sauce o Medallions of Grilled Pork Tenderloin
• Fresh Mashed Potatoes
• Wild Rice Pilaf with Pecans and Apricots
• Fresh Garden Tossed Salad
• Rolls
• Assorted Cakes and Cheesecakes
• Coffee and Ice Tea
• There will be a cash bar serving beer, wine, and mixed drinks

Watch for the upcoming announcement of this year's after dinner speaker

The dinner will be held at: Jefferson Room The Kohler Presidential Banquet Center 4548 Presidential Way Kettering, OH 45429

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Dayton Hamvention Posse for the above information]

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March/April Edition of the AMSAT Journal Sent to Printers

March/April edition of the AMSAT Journal was sent to the printers March 31 Editor JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, Would like to thank Bernhard, VA6BMJ; Douglas, KA2UPW/5; James, K3JPH; and Joe, KB6IGK, for their help on getting this issue ready

Contents include + AMSAT Announcements - Board of Directors Nominations Notice + Apogee View Barry Baines, WD4ASW + Amateur Satellites at Anchorage Engineer's Week Craig Bledsoe KL4E + Pairing SDR dongles with smaller Windows 8 1 tablets Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK + The Gizmo Revisited Art Payne VE3NGF + AMSAT Field Day + The Satellite Attitude Manipulating System (SAMS) Prototype Mark Spencer WA8SME + AMSAT Nets Keith Pugh W5IU + IARU: 29 MHz Uplinks Ray Soifer W2RS + AMSAT Engineering Update Jerry Buxton NØJY + ARISS SSTV Results + AMSAT at the HamCation + AMSAT and University of Iowa Partner on Scientific Payload for Fox-1D + Orbital Debrief for March/April 2015 Paul Stoetzer N8HM + Minutes of the 2014 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Meeting

[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information]

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LibreCube Open Source CubeSat Projects

Those of you interested in open source may want to have a look at www librecube net where you will find a number of common CubeSat products available for you

You may freely modify, produce, improve, and share them Please read the included license files for details

They are hosted by LibreCube, a non-profit initiative that has the objective to promote open source CubeSat design and foster collaboration among the CubeSat community

Your Feedback is most welcome

[ANS thanks LibreCube and the CubeSat mailing list for the above information]

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AMSAT-SM Announces Committee for 2015-2016

AMSAT-SM Committee for 2015-2016 has been announced

Chairman Hakan - SM7WSJ Secretary Lars - SM0TGU Treasurer Kim - SM1TDX

At the moment AMSAT-SM has 148 members but only a few are active via satellite But, we are still alive and we are very active with news on our website and Twitter

AMSAT-SM is the Swedish section of AMSAT with aprox 150 members (2015) One of our objectives is to inform Swedish hams about the fun with amateur satellites! Not many SM hams are active via satellite at the moment With the help from our swedish webpage and HF-net we hope that more swedish hams should be using amateur satellites The AMSAT-SM annual meeting is held every spring We run a HF-net on 80 meters every Sunday with lots of news about satellites and space

AMSAT-SM website http://www amsat se/

English language website http://www amsat se/english-info/

AMSAT-SM is using the Internet homepage for members information and news You can find articles, news, links and lots of more information about satellites The large main page is only in Swedish because there are allready a lot of good sites about amateur satellites in english We provide the following information:

FAQ and technical page New amateur satellites update Latest telemetry from several microsats A news service on the homepage called e-Journal Active on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube See links on right frame on webpage

AMSAT-SM has a mailing list (just like the AMSAT-BB list) that was started in 1998 Most of the mail are in swedish, but you are welcome to subscribe Send an e-mail to: amsat-sm-subscribe@yahoogroups co uk

Contact: You can reach AMSAT-SM at:

AMSAT-SM c/o Lars Thunberg Revirvägen 17 192 73 Sollentuna Sweden

E-mail: info at amsat se

English website http://www amsat se/english-info/

[ANS thanks Lars Thunberg SM0TGU and AMSAT-SM for the above information]

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ISS Slow Scan TV Expected Weekend of April 11

In commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin which took place on April 12, 1961, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced that SSTV activity will take place from the ISS As with similar to events this past winter the images can be captured on 145 800 MHz FM using SSTV mode PD180

Those capturing images are encouraged to upload them to http://www spaceflightsoftware com/ARISS_SSTV/submit php Uploaded images may be viewed at http://www spaceflightsoftware com/ARISS_SSTV/

Please be advised that situational demands on crew time could result in postponement or cancellation of any ARISS activity Please pay attention to the possibility of any change in scheduling

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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GRACE mission P-PODs including Fox-1A were integrated in the NPSCuL

UPDATE - The P-PODs were delivered to Naval Postgraduate School this week and have been integrated in the NPSCuL

The video linked below was provided to all of the GRACE mission CubeSat teams by Justin Foley of Cal Poly

Justin says "A few years back we put together a video that outlines the process we go through to get CubeSats on the Atlas V This video follows the payload we put on NROL-36, aka OUTSat, which launched from VAFB and carried 11 cubes The process is very similar to what your satellites are going through now "

https://youtu be/6OMT493w29M

Photos of the P-POD integration in the Cal Poly clean room, which is where this video begins the story, can be viewed at http://www amsat org/ The last two CubeSats were integrated in their P-POD March 26 All of the P-PODs then head up to the Naval Postgraduate School next week for integration in the NPSCuL and acceptance testing, and then be sent on to Vandenberg (cue video) -

[ANS Thanks to Justin D Foley for the YouTube video link and AMSAT for the above information]

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Wisconsin Balloon Launch Includes 2M Voice Beacon

Wisconsin HAB is doing our second launch, which is participating as part of the Global Balloon Space Challenge

Date: 4/18/2015 Time: 8:00 AM CDT Setup, 9:00 AM CDT Launch

If you want to see it in person, EVERYONE is welcome to stop out and watch It's at a park so there's lots of room Join us!

Highland Village Park, located at 755 N Park St, Highland, WI 53543 (about 1 hour West of Madison, WI)

If you can't make it in-person, watch it LIVE on YouTube That's right, we will be streaming LIVE on YouTube @ https://www youtube com/watch?v=Uvs2jdcJdek

If you're into amateur radio, you can monitor our chase & tracking at FM38 http://www fm38 org/tiki-index php Additionally, we will be transmitting a voice beacon on 146 430 MHz and using Simplex @ 146 550 Mhz during the recovery effort

If you are a visual person and want to follow the balloon via Google Maps, you can visit http://aprs fi/

Additionally, we will be updating Facebook and tweeting @WisconsinHAB https://twitter com/WisconsinHAB/

[ANS thanks Wisconsin High Altitude Ballooning and the Balloon_Sked at yahoogroups com mailing list for the above information]

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Student Spaceflight Experiments Program -- Mission 9 to the International Space Station

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Arthur C Clarke Institute for Space Education, in partnership with NanoRacks LLC, announce an authentic science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, opportunity for school districts across the U S and space station partner nations The newest flight opportunity, Mission 9 to the International Space Station, or ISS, gives students across a community the ability to design and propose real experiments to fly in low-Earth orbit on the ISS This opportunity is part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, or SSEP

Each participating community will receive a real microgravity research minilaboratory capable of supporting a single microgravity experiment and all launch services to fly the minilab to the space station in spring 2016 and return it to Earth An experiment design competition in each community -- engaging typically 300+ students -- allows student teams to design and propose real experiments vying for their community's reserved minilab Content resources for teachers and students support foundational instruction on science in microgravity and experimental design Additional SSEP programming leverages the experiment design competition to engage the community, embracing a learning community model for STEM education

This competition is open to students in grades 5-12 and college Informal education groups and organizations are also encouraged to participate Interested communities must inquire about the program no later than April 30, 2015 The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is available to help interested communities in the U S secure the needed funding

To learn more about this opportunity, visit the SSEP Mission 9 to International Space Station National Announcement of Opportunity at http://tinyurl com/ANS095-New-Flight-Opp

SSEP is enabled through a strategic partnership with NanoRacks LLC working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a national laboratory The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (http://www iss-casis org/) is a national partner on SSEP To view a list of all SSEP national partners, visit http://ssep ncesse org/national-partners/

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please email SSEP National Program Director Jeff Goldstein at jeffgoldstein@ncesse org

[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- April 2, 2015 for the above information]

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21st Century Teacher Academy

The 21st Century Teacher Academy, or 21CTA, is a unique educator professional development workshop opportunity for K-12 educators The workshop is designed to immerse teachers in the best practices and methodologies to develope and implement real-world, project based learning, or PBL, curriculum using NASA's missions 21CTA is sponsored by the Office of Education and Public Outreach at NASA's Ames Research Center, and funded by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

21CTA is a two-week workshop held July 8-22, 2015 The workshop will be led by content experts, PBL experts, technical subject matter experts and a master teacher The workshop will take place at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California Attendees will receive a $4,500 stipend Teacher teams are highly encouraged!

Applications are due April 30, 2015 Interested K-12 educators should apply through NASA's One-Stop Shopping Initiative website at http://go nasa gov/1ECJ0kz

If you have questions about the 21st Century Teacher Academy, please email ARC-TeacherAcademy@mail nasa gov

[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- April 2, 2015 for the above information]

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US ARISS School Proposal Window Closes in 10 Days

ARISS is now accepting proposals for U S schools wishing to schedule contacts between their students and the International Space Station for the next cycle Details on submitting proposals can be found below in the attached ARRL News Release

Message to US Educators

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

Contact Opportunity

Call for Proposals Proposal Window February 15 - April 15, 2015

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2016 and June 30, 2016 Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan

The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2015 Proposal information and documents can be found at www arrl org/hosting-an-ariss-contact

The Opportunity

Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session

An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times

Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA

More Information

Interested parties can find more information about the program at www ariss org and www arrl org/ARISS

For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to www arrl org/hosting-an-ariss-contact

Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl org

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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ARISS News

• A Successful contact was made between CEPES, Jodoigne, Belgium and Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF using NA1SS The contact began 04-01 09:20 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes Contact was telebridged via K6DUE ARISS Mentor was ON4WF

• A Successful contact was made between Mimar Sinan Özel Okullari, Istanbul, Turkey and Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF using NA1SS The contact began 04-01 09:20 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes Contact was telebridged via K6DUE ARISS Mentor was ON4WF

From 2015-05-11 to 2015-06-14, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team

[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

Links to ISS and SSTV Related Links as Reported by AMSAT-UK ORG

ISS Fan Club - Tracking / Predictions http://www issfanclub com/

Free MMSSTV Slow Scan TV software http://hamsoft ca/pages/mmsstv php

iOS SSTV App https://itunes apple com/gb/app/sstv/id387910013

For more on Slow Scan Television SSTV, see this article SSTV - The Basics http://www essexham co uk/sstv-the-basics

How to be successful with the ISS Slow Scan Television (SSTV) imaging system http://www marexmg org/fileshtml/howtoisssstv html

IZ8BLY Vox Recoder, enables you to record the signals from the ISS on 145 800 MHz while you're away at work http://antoninoporcino xoom it/VoxRecorder/

ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) Blog and Gallery http://ariss-sstv blogspot co uk/

Information on the MAI-75 SSTV experiment http://www energia ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26 html

Video showing reception of SSTV using the FUNcube Dongle Pro SDR and SDR-RADIO going into Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) then to MMSSTV software https://www youtube com/watch?v=K6MOrX9iZCk

ISS SSTV received online with SUWS WebSDR http://amsat-uk org/2014/09/06/iss-sstv-on-suws-websdr/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK 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, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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