AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-203

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In this edition:

• 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
• Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex
• Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018
• Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19
• Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 203 01  From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE July 22, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-203 01

2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots

Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted

New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members

Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates:

Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV

The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received

[ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above information]

Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex

Two companies — U S aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday

The proposed launch facility would be built on A’Mhoine Peninsula, a sparsely- populated stretch of land overlooking the sea The first launch from Sutherland could happen in the early 2020s

British government officials said the development of a U K spaceport would give the nation’s industry broader access to the space market British companies, such as SSTL in England and Clyde Space in Scotland, are already counted among the global leaders in constructing small satellites

Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the Sutherland launch site could create hundreds of new jobs

Lockheed Martin is reportedly interested in launching a variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron booster from the Sutherland site The U S aerospace contractor is a strategic investor in Rocket Lab, which already operates an orbital spaceport in New Zealand, and is planning to develop a U S launch pad for the Electron vehicle, which has made two test flights to date

Rocket Lab said in a statement late Monday that it is “evaluating launch opportunities” from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland

“Electron is well-positioned to be the first orbital rocket launched from U K soil,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO “We’re excited to review the opportunity to develop a launch service to support the U K space industry’s growth

“Every aspect of Rocket Lab’s launch model is designed to offer rapid, repeatable and precise delivery to orbit for small satellites,” Beck said in a statement “The development of launch sites around the globe that can support Electron launches is crucial to delivering unprecedented access to orbit ”

[ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information]

Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018

The nine cubesats (JAXA) that were deployed on April 13,2018 from the ISS have been added this week as follows: Object NU - NORAD CAT ID 43546 Object NV - NORAD CAT ID 43547 Object NW - NORAD CAT ID 43548 Object NX - NORAD CAT ID 43549 Object NY - NORAD CAT ID 43550 Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 Object PB - NORAD CAT ID 43553 Object PC - NORAD CAT ID 43554

These objects are too close together to be positively identified The objects deployed are RainCube, Radix, CubeRRT, HaloSat, TEMPEST-D, EnduroSat AD, EQUISat, MemSat and RadSat-g

Only the following operate in the Amateur bands: EduroSat AD 437 050MHz CW, GFSK 9k6 EQUISat 435 550MHz CW, FSK 9k6 MemSat 437 350MHz BPSK 9k6 (per IARU Coordination status)

[ANS thanks Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above info}

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19

Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg

ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 deg

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 at amsat org or aj9n at aol com

Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145 80 MHz

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

Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab

There are two new tenure track faculty positions opening this summer to work with the Hawaii Space Flight Lab on Small Satellite research These two positions are for an Assistant Researcher and the other for an Associate Researcher

The position announcement can be found at: http://workatuh hawaii edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/4956642/1/postdate/desc

This is the HSFL website: https://www hsfl hawaii edu/

and a brief overview of the lab in PDF format can be found in this link: https://www hsfl hawaii edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HSFL- Overview-2018-07-01 pdf

The HSFL team will be at SmallSat so anyone interested can meet the team and learn more about HSFL

[ANS thanks Miguel Nunes 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, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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