AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-026

In this Special Bulletin Edition:

• AO-92 Commissioned, Open for Amateur Use
• AMSAT Membership Deal and Getting Started

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 026 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE January 26, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-026 01

AO-92 Commissioned, Open for Amateur Use

On the 03:25 UTC pass on January 26, 2018, AMSAT Vice President – Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, announced that AO-92 had been commissioned and formally turned the satellite over to AMSAT Operations AMSAT Vice President – Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, then declared that AO-92 was now open for amateur use

Initially, the U/v FM transponder will be open continuously for a period of one week After the first week, operations will be scheduled between the U/v FM transponder, L-Band Downshifter, Virginia Tech Camera, and the University of Iowa’s High Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument (HERCI)

Schedule updates will appear in the AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins and will also be posted to the AMSAT-BB, AMSAT’s Twitter account (@AMSAT), the AMSAT North America Facebook group, and the AMSAT website at https://www amsat org/satellite-schedules/

AO-92 was launched on the PSLV-C40 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India on January 12, 2018 For the past two weeks, the AMSAT Engineering and Operations teams have been testing the various modes and experiments on board Testing has shown that both the U/v FM transponder and L-Band Downshifter work very well The Virginia Tech camera has returned stunning photos and data from HERCI has been successfully downlinked

AMSAT thanks the 178 stations worldwide that have used FoxTelem to collect telemetry and experiment data from AO-92 during the commissioning process The collection of this data is crucial to the missions of AMSAT’s Fox-1 satellites Please continue to collect data from AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92

RADIO PROGRAMMING CHART Fox-1D Doppler Shift Correction

Memory 1 (AOS) - TX 435 340 MHz (67 0 Hz Tone), RX 145 880 MHz Memory 2 (Rise) - TX 435 345 MHz (67 0 Hz Tone), RX 145 880 MHz Memory 3 (TCA) - TX 435 350 MHz (67 0 Hz Tone), RX 145 880 MHz Memory 4 (Descend) - TX 435 355 MHz (67 0 Hz Tone), RX 145 880 MHz Memory 5 (LOS) - TX 435 360 MHz (67 0 Hz Tone), RX 145 880 MHz

The L-band experiment will use 1267 350 MHz uplink with 145 880 MHz downlink UHF and L-band uplink operation are set by the command stations; the operating schedule will be posted

[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice President Operatings Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information]

AMSAT Membership Deal and Getting Started

AMSAT membership supports the organization and construction of new satellites Right now, we are offering a free PDF copy of our Getting Started with Amateur Satellites with every new on-line membership This is -the- primer for getting on the sats, and is updated every year See https://www amsat org/product-category/amsat-membership/

AMSAT also sells both the popular Arrow Antenna satellite models and the M2 LEOpack antennas Sales also benefit AMSAT projects https://www amsat org/product-category/hardware/

[ANS thanks AMSAT Office 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, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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