AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-066 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:

• One Million Telemetry Packets Received by AO-85 Ground Network
• ARISS Countdown to 1000th Contact
• School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS
• First satellite QSO to Antartica
• AMSAT's Fox-1E Likely to Get a Lift from NASA
• AMSAT Events
• ARISS News
• Satellite Shorts From All Over

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From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE March 06, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-066 01

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One Million Telemetry Packets Received by AO-85 Ground Network

At 10:31:06 UTC on March 3rd 2016, the millionth telemetry packet from AO-85 was submitted by PB0AHX to AMSAT's Fox Internet Telemetry System (FITS) Led by Chris Thompson, G0KLA, AMSAT has built a worldwide network of ground stations that can effectively monitor spacecraft health as well as collect experiment data for our university partners The FITS development team is international in nature, with contributors from the US, Canada and the UK There is plenty of work to go around, if you are interested in helping please contact volunteer@amsat org

[ANS thanks AMSAT/NA for the above information]

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ARISS Countdown to 1000th Contact

The ARISS contact between Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, with Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI was on Saturday represented the 997th successful ARISS contact in ARISS history ARISS is posed to celebrate its 1000th contact as early as this week

Below is the list of currently scheduled events for ARISS Each one will have to be successful for the numbering to be correct As of right now, the March 10 contact with North Dakota (the first for that state) is in the prime slot to be the 1000th contact

School: Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic (Kopra) #998 Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg

School: Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia (Peake) #999 Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg via K6DUE

School: North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota (Kopra) #1000 Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg via W6SRJ

As stated above, if all of the above contacts are successful it looks as if the contact between Tim Kopra KE5UDN and North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota Thursday 2016- 03-10 19:08:55 UTC will be contact 1000 The contact will be telebridged via W6SRJ Kopra will use the callsign NA1SS

In celebration of the 1000th contact NASA is producing videos touting the importance of amateur radio on the ISS The first of these to be released can be viewed at https://youtu be/bTOiiBd2dCo

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS

A Slow Scan TV (SSTV) CubeSat developed by students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School (STM) in Arlington, VA, is set to be deployed from the International Space Station on March 7 between 8-11am EST

STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own satellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were involved in the project

The satellite, a 1U CubeSat called STMSat-1, will transmit a SSTV signal on 437 800 MHz

Middle School Students took the initiative to begin exploring how to receive data from the CubeSat and formed a Ham Radio Club There, they learned the basics of operating a ham radio station and explored Slow Scan Television as an option for receiving images once the satellite is deployed

How Did 400 Grade School Students Built A Nano-Satellite?

http://jewelbots tumblr com/post/134465599599/how-did-400-grade- school-students-built-a

STMSat-1 https://twitter com/STMSAT11 https://www facebook com/stmsat1/ http://www stmsat-1 org/

Be advised that the deployment could be delayed or postponed depending on demands on the crew's time

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK* for the above information]

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First satellite QSO to Antartica

On Feb-28 2016, first satellite QSO from Antartica to mainland Argentina thru SO-50 Photos & details (spanish) on

https://www lu4aa org/wp/historico-primer-qso-desde-la-antartida/

[ANS thanks Pedro C0nverso for the above information]

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AMSAT's Fox-1E Likely to Get a Lift from NASA

NASA has accepted the Fox-1E cubesat - a joint effort between AMSAT and Vanderbilt University - to be part of its CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program The satellite, also known as RadFxSat-2, will carry a radiation effects experiment developed by Vanderbilt as well as a 30-kHz wide amateur radio linear transponder with an uplink on 2 meters and a downlink on 70 centimeters This will be in place of the FM repeater carried by most amateur cubesats The project received a #1 priority out of 20 accepted proposals and has been offered a launch date by NASA This is the second collaboration between AMSAT and Vanderbilt The first - RadFxSat/Fox-1B - is also part of NASA's CSLI program and is scheduled for launch next January

http://cqnewsroom blogspot com/2016/02/amsats-fox-1e-likely-to-get- lift-from html

[ANS thanks the CQ Newsroom for theabove information]

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AMSAT Events

Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations)

*Saturday and Sunday, 12-13 March 2016 - ScienceCity science fair, on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson AZ

*Friday/Saturday, 18-19 March 2016 - presentation for the BVARC Houston Hamfest Fort Bend County Fairground demo on Saturday

*Saturday, 19 March 2016 - Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Spring Hamfest 2016 in Scottsdale AZ

*Saturday, 26 March 2016 - Tucson Spring Hamfest in Tucson AZ

*Friday through Sunday, 29 April-1 May 2016, ARRL Nevada State Convention in Las Vegas NV

*Saturday, 7 May 2016 - Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ

*Saturday, 14 May 2016 - Matanuska Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Wasilla AK

*Saturday, 4 June 2016 - White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]

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ARISS News

• A Successful contact was made between Gesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BV using Callsign OR4ISS The contact began 03-01 16:45 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes Contact was telebridged via VK5ZAI ARISS Mentor was AA4KN This was the 995th ARISS contact

• A Successful contact was made between National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York and Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN using Callsign NA1SS The contact began [YEAR, Month, Date Time] UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes Contact was[direct/telebridge] via K6DUE ARISS Mentor was KA3HDO This was the 996th ARISS contact

• A Successful contact was made between Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign GB1SS The contact began [YEAR, Month, Date Time] UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes Contact was direct via GB4PCS ARISS Mentor was KA3HDO This was the 997th ARISS contact

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KYJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC

Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival org/ariss

North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat org or aj9n@aol com

All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted

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

Watch http://www ariss org/upcoming-contacts html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled

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

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

Russian Mayak Satellite Says Bright Enough to Rival Solar System Visible Objects

Just something interesting that came across the wires this morning Russian crowd funded project, apparently testing a solar sail/aerodynamic braking satellite:

Once Mayak begins its sun-synchronous orbit above the Earth, the spacecraft will unfold a 16 square meter pyramid of reflectors that will reflect the Sun's rays, creating a man-made star visible from Earth and bright enough to rival any other solar system

http://www spacedaily com/reports/Russian_Crowdfunded_Satellite_Set_t o_Become_the_Night_Skys_Brightest_Star_999 html

[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information]

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