AMAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-294

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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

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In this edition:

• JY1SAT Pre-launch Integration Video
• Still More Amateur Radio Cubesats Ready for Launch
• ARISS Joins NASA On The Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29
• Astronauts Land Safely After Abort
• LUME-1 to Test Wildfire Sensing and New Modulation Techniques
• Final ARISS Proposal Webinar to be held Tuesday, October 23rd
• AMSAT/ARISS Fundrazr Hits $10,000 Mark
• Upcoming Satellite Operations
• ARISS News
• Shorts from All Over

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 294 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD October 21, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-294 01

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JY1SAT Pre-launch Integration Video

Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG posted a video showing flight preparations for the JY1SAT cubesat, along with its other cubesat launch mates in the QuadPack deployment system at Netherlands-based ISIS-Innovative Solutions In Space:

https://www youtube com/watch?v=Y3qpUWM38FA&feature=youtu be

JY1SAT is a one unit CubeSat, dedicated to the memory of His Majesty the late King Hussein, the first founder of the HAM Radio in Jordan and holder of call sign JY1 This will be Jordan's first satellite

JY1SAT contains the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-6 communications transponder with expanded capabilities to be able to transmit stored images reflecting the Jordanian culture and its historical heritage, along with a voice message recorded by the Crown Prince to be transmitted in space to receivers around the world

Frequencies for the JY1SAT FUNcube-6 transponder include: * Uplink: 435 100 - 435 120 MHz CW, LSB * Downlink: 145 855 - 145 875 MHz CW, USB * Telemetry:145 840 MHz (FUNcube BPSK format; new Dashboard software will be made available)

JYISAT will transmit pre-stored images of the Kingdom which have been selected by a national competition These images will be downlinked using a SSDV digital format

[ANS thanks Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG, AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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Still More Amateur Radio Cubesats Ready for Launch

It would appear that the Falcon launch from Vandenberg AFB will be a veritable feast of amateur radio satellites The SpaceX Falcon-9 launch includes more than 40 cubesat passengers Besides the JY1SAT, this launch also includes ExseedSat-1 from India and AMSAT-NA's Fox 1Cliff Essential details for these fledgling birds are:

Exseedsat-1 Uplink: 435 340 MHz FM voice w/ 67 Hz CTCSS tone and APRS digipeater Downlink: 145 900 MHZ FM voice, APRS digipeater, telemetry

Fox-1Cliff Uplink: 435 300 MHz or 1267 300 MHz FM and 67Hz CTCSS tone Downlink: 145 920 MHz FM (with Data Under Voice telemetry)

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]

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ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29

Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a very special Slow Scan TV event currently scheduled to start October 27 about 1000 UTC Helping to support the event will be NASA's Space, Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Department

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program manages NASA's three most important communications networks: The Space Network (SN), Near Earth Network (NEN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN)

Just as in past ARISS SSTV commemorations, twelve images will be downlinked, but this time with six featuring the SCaN educational activities while the other six images will commemorate major NASA anniversaries, ie , when NASA was established, astronauts first landing on the moon, etc

In addition to the fun of receiving these images, participants can qualify for a special endorsement for the NASA On The Air (NOTA) celebration event To learn more about NOTA visit https://nasaontheair wordpress com

Once received, images can be posted and viewed at http://www spaceflightsoftware com/ARISS_SSTV/index php The transmissions are expected to be broadcast at the usual frequency of 145 800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time

More information will follow soon, so please continue to check for news and the most current information on the AMSAT org and ARISS org websites, the AMSAT-BB@amsat org, the ARISS Facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) page and ARISS Twitter @ARISS_status

[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for the above information ]

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Astronauts Land Safely After Abort

American astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are resting comfortably in the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, after an anomaly occurred shortly after their launch The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a m EDT Thursday, October 11 (2:40 p m in Baikonur time) carrying Hague and Ovchinin Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster, and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft

Search and rescue teams deployed to the landing site, arriving on location before the spacecraft landed Hague and Ovchinin were recovered from the capsule and were in good condition The crew landed south of the city of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, and was transported by helicopter to the nearby city A Roscosmos plane then flew the pair to Baikonur, where they were greeted on the tarmac by their families, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin, and other NASA and Roscosmos officials

Hague and Ovchinin were taken to a local hospital for precautionary medical checks They are scheduled to return to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside of Moscow, on Friday, Oct 12 Hague is expected to fly home to Houston next week Full details at https://tinyurl com/ans294-abort

[ANS thanks NASA for the above information ]

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LUME-1 to Test Wildfire Sensing and New Modulation Techniques

A 2U CubeSat, LUME-1 is a technological and educational mission funded by European Commission within the FIRE-RS project (Interreg SUDOE) The main goal of the mission is to involve students and researchers in the development of a bidirectional communication system based on cubesats

The system is an evolution of the Humsat system tested in previous missions of the University of Vigo (Humsat-D, SERPENS) The system will be used to demonstrate its application in the notification of wildfire alarms from sensors installed on the forests As an additional goal, telecommunication engineering PhD students will test a software defined radio platform that can be used for several applications: low-data rate communication, reception of ADS-B signals, characterization of interference sources… The software defined radio will be used also to test new modulations and services for the radio amateurs Experiments and waveforms will be uploaded during flight Proposing to use a UHF downlink with GFSK at 1k2 to 9k6 data rates Planning a Soyuz launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome on December 25, 2018 into a 550km sun synchronized orbit

[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information ]

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Final ARISS Proposal Webinar to be held Tuesday, October 23rd

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between July 1 and December 31, 2019

The proposal deadline is November 30, 2018 For proposal guidelines and forms and more details, go to: http://www ariss org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us html

The final Proposal webinars for guidance and getting questions Answered will be offered October 23, 2018, at 8 pm Eastern Time Advance registration is necessary To sign up, go to http://tinyurl com/ANS-273-ARISSWebinar

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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AMSAT/ARISS Fundrazr Hits $10,000 Mark

AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a Fundrazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio

We have reached a great milestone with $10,000 raised or about 7% towards our goal This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!

For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9

(Editor's Note: I have MY challenge coin Do you have YOURS?)

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

View the latest satellite operating announcements posted at: https://www amsat org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

• 3E, PANAMA (Special Event) – Now through Oct 31, 2018 Members of the Radio Club de Panama and the GREMPA (an emergency group) will activate the scout station 3E1JT from Panama between now and Oct 31st They will also participate during the Jamboree On The Air [JOTA] (Oct 19-21st) Activity will be on all bands using SSB including CW and the Satellites QSL via HP1ALX

• Eureka, Nanuvut (ER60, EQ79) – Oct 17 – Nov 10, 2018 Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until Nov 10, 2018 Activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and close grids is also scheduled Watch for specific pass announcements on their Twitter feed https://twitter com/vy0erc

• Huntsville to Switzerland, via Long Island (EM64, EM65, EM66, FN30, JN36, JN47) – Nov 1 – Dec 7, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, fall ASMAT roving plans:

• EM64, EM65, and EM66 Nov 1-3
• FN30 November 16-17
• JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU Nov 28 – Dec 7 as work permits

• JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX Dec 1-2 For now, FM only Watch Twitter for pass announcements at https://twitter com/BrennanTPrice QSLs exclusively via Logbook of the World

• South Texas Grid Expedition (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17, EL18) – November 11-15, 2018 Glenn, AA5PK, will be travelling through South Texas, November 11th-15th Barring unforeseen circumstances, he will activate EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17 and EL15 Glenn will be on both FM and linear satellites and will post specific pass announcements on Twitter, https://twitter com/AA5PK He will also be position beaconing on APRS as AA5PK-9

• Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) – Nov 12-14, 2018 Tom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005 vacation style Nov 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few transponder birds) Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from the beach Tom is looking for a 2m SSB tropo path to some US super station(s) If interested, contact him directly

• Key West, FL (EL94) – Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2018 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from Nov 27th to Dec 1, 2018 While there, he will work as many FM passes as he can (holiday style) Keep an eye on his Twitter feed for pass announcements at https://twitter com/twjones85

• RMS Queen Mary (DM03) – Dec 15, 2018 Patrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern California, on Saturday December 15, 2018 Operations will be portable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and possibly packet All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO, the call sign for the wireless room on the ship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach Depending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF activity during the satellite operation QSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the procedure on W6RO’s QRZ page http://www qrz com/db/W6RO

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information ]

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ARISS News

• Upcoming Contacts Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-10-18 19:00 UTC

Ashford School, Ashford, CT, direct via KZ1M The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-10-22 13:05:49 UTC @ 49 deg

Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz – Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG (Alexander Gerst KF5ONO) Tue 2018-10-23 09:14:26 UTC @ 63 deg

Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, direct via DLØTSD and DKØLG (Alexander Gerst KF5ONO) Wed 2018-10-24 08:22:55 UTC @ 78 deg

Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE direct via K2CCW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor G5TMT Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-10-24 17:48:48 UTC @ 52 deg

• Completed Contacts Since October 7, 2018

2018-10-08 17:05 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Allen Park Elementary School, Lee County School District, Ft Myers, FL Contact was direct via WØCTL ARISS Mentor was Ryan W4NTR

2018-10-10 07:58 UTC between Sergei Propopev using ISS callsign RSØISS and About Gagarin from Space Conducting a session of radio amateur communication with students and postgraduate students of G Blagoveshchensk, Amur University Contact was direct via R?ØJ ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR

2018-10-12 10:40 UTC between Sergei Propopev using ISS callsign RSØISS and Kursk University Contact was direct ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR

2018-10-16 10:28 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS callsign DPØISS and Ganerben-Gymnasium Kuenzelsau + Georg-Wagner- Schule, Kuenzelsau, Germany Contact was direct via DN6SP ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ

2018-10-16 12:04 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using ISS callsign OR4ISS and Sint-Jozefcollege, Turnhout, Belgium Contact was direct via ON4NOK ARISS Mentors were Stefan ON6TI and Jan ON7UX

Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, direct via NM5HD The ISS callsign was NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT The contact was successful on Thu 2018-10-18

• ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:

Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 108

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

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Shorts from All Over

• Maintenance Window for AMSAT org Domain

AMSAT's service provider has announced they will be doing some maintenance on their systems that will require a reboot of the server that hosts www amsat org

The outage is expected to last a matter of minutes, and will happen during one of three maintenance windows for October 25th - 27th from 0200 to 1400 UTC Services on this machine include web and mail for the amsat org domain, the telemetry server and Echolink,

[ANS thanks AMSAT's IT Manager, Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for the above information]

• ARISS-International Highlights

During the past week representatives from ARISS-International teams from have been participating in a face to face meeting in Baltimore, Maryland Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR has been posting on ARISS' official Facebook page at Amateur Radio On The ISS (ARISS) Dave has been documenting the week with photos and video clips at https://tinyurl com/ANS294-ARISS-Facebook

[ANS thanks Dave AA4KN for the above information]

• AMSAT-UK Colloquium ARISS Talk on YouTube Video of talk at AMSAT-UK Colloquium/RSGB Convention Milton Keynes ARISS Report by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD and Eleanor Griffin M6NWZ given Saturday, Oct 13, 2018 can be seen at either https://www youtube com/watch?v=cgwnmx-gxOE or https://youtu be/cgwnmx-gxOE

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information ]

• RymanSat-00 Team Statement

The RymanSat team announced that RSP-00 was released from the ISS on October 6th Although its ground station has been attempting communication with the satellite, they still have not been able to receive any signals from it They have not received transmissions that are supposedly transmitted for 30 minutes after release, and it is most likely that the satellite is currently out of service The report that they will continue our efforts to communicate with the satellite Further information is available at https://rymansat com/en

[ANS thanks the RymanSat project for the above information ]

• EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat Update

Michael Umbricht, W9GYR reported on October 1 that the first packet was received since SatNOGS reported a reception on Sept 29 The batteries had been struggling with a lack of sunlight and it was the second recent dropout in communications and was longer than the first

"Any reports of radio reception during this time would be greatly appreciated and will help us understand the health of the spacecraft We expect that daytime passes will have a stronger signal and it might even go to sleep at night After the next long "winter" in November the satellite will then get the largest boost in solar energy that it has ever seen when the orbit lines up with the Earth's solstice

It is 435 550 MHz with a 12 5 kHz narrow 4FSK channel The Doppler shift is +/- 10 kHz max If the radio is too cold I estimate it could have a 0 5 to 1 kHz error in transmission frequency "

The very next day, Scott Chapman, K4KDR reported strong signals from EQUISat View his SDR screen capture at https://tinyurl com/equisat-update-pg8

[ANS thanks Michael, W9GYR and Scott, K4KDR for the above information ]

+TJREVERB scheduled for Launch November 17, 2018

NASA has announced that its NG-10 mission is scheduled for a November 17th launch from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Included among its nine CubeSat missions is TJREVERB from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology The 2U satellite will operate as an APRS relay Stay tuned for more information as the launch date approaches

[ANS thanks NASA for the above information ]

+Microwave Update 2018 Papers Available for Download

Microwave Update (MUD) recently completed its annual meeting October 12-13 in Dayton, Ohio

A PDF of the MUD 2018 proceedings is now available: MUD2018_Proceedings The table of contents is indexed in the PDF If you are prompted to log into Dropbox there should be an option to continue without logon

Microwave Update (MUD) is an international conference dedicated to microwave equipment design, construction, and operation It is focused on, but not limited to, amateur radio on the microwave bands

[ANS thanks Microwave Update for the above information ]

• Cubesat Developers Workshop 2019 Call for Papers

The Cubesat Developers Workshop is scheduled for April 23-25, 2019 at Cal Poly Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo, CA The deadline for abstract and poster submissions is January 4th, 2019 For more information see http://www cubesat org/workshop-information

[ANS thanks Cubesat org for the above information ]

• Dreaming of Flying a Satellite into Space but Not Sure How?

Wonder no more! The ESA Education Office and ESA's Systems and Concurrent Engineering Section are looking for university students to participate in the second edition of ESA Academy's Concurrent Engineering Workshop dedicated to CubeSats The four-day workshop will be organized between 15 January 15-18, 2019 at the Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium More information available at:

http://www esa int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/CDF

[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information ]

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73, This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

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