AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-301

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In this edition:

• 2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Named in Honor of Bill Tynan, W3XO
• 2018 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Keynote Speaker Announced
• 2018 AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Ticket Sales End Noon EDT October 29
• 2018 AMSAT William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium Schedule of Events
• ARISS Joins NASA On-The-Air for a Special SSTV Event October 27-29
• ARISS Plan Under Consideration for NASA's Deep Space Gateway Program
• Phillipine Microsat with FM transponder to Launch October 29
• LO-94 Spacecraft Signal Decoded After Bouncing Off the Moon
• ESEO's Educational Story Continues
• SO-50 Distance Record Set
• Satellite Shorts From All Over

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 301 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE October 28, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-301 01

2018 AMSAT Space Symposium Named in Honor of Bill Tynan, W3XO

AMSAT has announced that the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting has been named in honor of Bill Tynan, W3XO Tynan, a founding director of AMSAT, passed away at the age of 91 earlier this year A full obituary can be found on AMSAT's website at https://www amsat org/bill-tynan-w3xo-sk/

The 2018 AMSAT William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium will be held November 2-4, 2018 at the U S Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]

2018 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Keynote Speaker Announced

We are pleased and excited to announce that the 2018 AMSAT William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium Banquet keynote speaker this year will be Justin Foley, a Systems Engineer at Jet Propulsion Lab- oratory

Justin became involved in the CubeSat program, building satellites, as a student at Cal Poly in 2005 Upon graduation, he was hired by Cal Poly to work launch integration full-time and has since worked every P-POD launch, either as an integrator or operator Justin specialized in ground stations and mission operations, radio licensing, interface control, range safety documentation and was one of the primary operators for The Planetary Society’s LightSail CubeSat

In May of 2017, Justin transitioned from Cal Poly to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on the Mars 2020 rover as part of the System Testbed Engineering group, specializing in instruments and avionics, fault protection, telecom, and power

More information about the AMSAT Symposium, schedule, tours, and registration is available on the AMSAT website at:

https://www amsat org/amsat-symposium/ https://www amsat org/symposium-schedule/ https://www amsat org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

We hope to see you in Huntsville!

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Symposium Committee for the above information]

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2018 AMSAT William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium Schedule of Events

The 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee has announced version 1 4 of the schedule of events, including the paper presentation schedule, for the 2018 William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting, November 1-4, 2018 at the U S Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

All times Thursday-Saturday are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) Times on Sunday, November 4th are Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center

• 8:00 am - Noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
• Noon - 1:00 pm AMSAT Board Lunch Break, Atlantis Room
• 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
• 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AMSAT Board Dinner Break, Atlantis Room
• 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AMSAT Board Meeting, Columbia Room
• 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pre-Registration Check-In, Marriott

Friday, November 2, 2018 - U S Space & Rocket Center

• 8:00 am - Noon AMSAT Board Meeting, Marriott Columbia Room (Closed Session)
• 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration, Foyer (Educator Training Facility)
• 9:00 am - Noon Self-guided tours of Huntsville and US Space and Rocket Center
• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm AMSAT Symposium Kickoff, President's Welcome, Educator Training Facility
• 1:15 pm - 5:00 pm Paper Sessions, Educator Training Facility: 1:15 pm Lou McFadin W5DID, Ken Ernandes N2WWD, Dave Taylor W8AAS, ARISS InterOperable Radio System (IORS) 1:40 pm Bob Davis KF4KSS, Multi‐Voltage Power Supply Mechanical Design 2:05 pm Ed Krome K9EK, ARISS Interoperable Radio System Multi‐Voltage Power Supply – Thermal and Noise 2:30 pm Paul Stoetzer N8HM, Digital Voice on Amateur Satellites ‐ Experiences with LilacSat‐OSCAR 90 2:55 pm Jonathan Brandenburg KF5IDY, A Flexible, Afford- able, Powerful Digital Transceiver for the Raspberry Pi 3:20 pm Douglas D Quagliana KA2UPW/5, A Digital Signal Processing Software Demodulator for Satellite Telemetry Using Brute Force Techniques Douglas D Quagliana KA2UPW/5, An Amateur Radio Satellite Easter Egg in The Terminator 3:50 pm Brennan Price N4QX, Doppler Correction and Tracking in Commercial NGSO Networks 4:15 pm John Hemming GØUYT, Experimental Satellite Antenna by G0UYT 4:40 pm Dan Schultz N8FGV, DXing the Kuiper Belt ‐ Radio Communications at the edge of the Solar System
• 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Informal Dinner on your own
• 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AMSAT Reception and Auction, Educator Training Facility Cash Bar Available

Saturday November 3, 2018 - U S Space & Rocket Center

• 8:00 am - 11:45 am Registration, Foyer (Educator Training Facility)
• 8:00 am - 8:15 am AMSAT Symposium Welcome, Educator Training Facility
• 8:15 am - Noon Paper Sessions, Educator Training Facility: 8:15 am Jerry Buxton NØJY, A Look Back at the Fox‐1 Program/AMSAT’s GOLF Program 8:50 am Bob Davis KF4KSS, GOLF‐TEE Mechanical Design 9:15 am Zach Metzinger, Implementation of the RT‐IHU for GOLF 9:40 am Chris Thompson, GØKLA/AC2CZ, Designing the Fox‐1E PSK Modulator and FoxTelem Demodulator 10:05 am L M Almazan WA6LOS/DU3ZX, A C Salces DV1ZBJ, C D M Ambatali DV1QNE, Dr J S Marciano, Jr , I Z Bautista DV1PUI, Hanns Chua 4F1XIH, Micro and Nano‐ satellites with Amateur Satellite Ground Station Develop- ment Activities in the Republic of the Philippines 10:30 am Timothy A Cunningham N8DEU, Taking the Class- room to Space via Amateur Radio with the ARISS Program 10:55 am Dhruv Rebba KC9ZJX, ARISS Contact US #394 (Working Title) 11:20 am Alan Johnston KU2Y, Pat Kilroy, N8PK, The AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: A New Tool for Education and Outreach 11:45 am Burns Fisher WB1FJ, Chris Thompson, GØKLA, Fox‐ In‐A‐Box: An Easily Deployed Satellite Telemetry Receiver
• Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
• 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Paper Sessions, Educator Training Facility Presentation Schedule TBD
• 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony, Educator Training Facility
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Attitude Adjustment, Saturn V Hall
• 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cash Bar, Saturn V Hall
• 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet, Saturn V Hall Keynote Speaker - Justin Foley, KI6EPH, System Engineer, JPL Prize Drawing

Sunday November 4, 2018

• 7:30 am - 9:00 am AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center
• 10:00 am - 11:30 am Davidson Center for Space Exploration Guided Tour U S Space and Rocket Center (No cost for tour, but requires ticket to USS&RC)
• 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Marshall Space Flight Center Bus Tour (Includes ticket to USS&RC)

Bruce Paige, KK5DO will be available to check QSL cards towards VUCC, WAS or 5BWAS Make sure you have your lists and cards sorted in the same order as the list Have your application filled out

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee for the above information]

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2018 AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Ticket Sales End Noon EDT October 29

Online ticket sales for the 2018 AMSAT William A Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting will end at 12:00 Noon EDT on Monday, October 29th The online purchase price is $65

Tickets to the Symposium may be purchased at the door for $70

Banquet tickets are available for $50 until 12:00 Noon EDT, Monday, October 29th Banquet tickets will NOT be available for purchase after this deadline

Online purchases can be made on the AMSAT store at the following link:

https://www amsat org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks the 2018 Symposium Committee 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 Saturday, October 27th about 10:00 UTC Transmissions are scheduled to continue until around 19:30 UTC on October 29th 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

An award for receiving the images will also be available from https://ariss pzk org pl/sstv/

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 for the above information]

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ARISS Plan Under Consideration for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway Program

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Inter- national delegates were pleased to learn last week that an ARISS plan is under consideration by NASA’s Deep Space Gateway (DSG) program NASA Gateway Utilization Manager John Guidi, ex-KF4YUI, informed those attending the annual ARISS International in-person meeting, held in College Park, Maryland, that ARISS is the only noncommercial entity whose ideas are under study by the program The ARISS plan focuses on Amateur Radio communication, including optical commun- ication channels, as well as equipment development, team cooperation, education, and public outreach

“Naturally, because the NASA Deep Space Gateway program is so new and has yet to be fleshed out, ARISS needs to follow NASA’s lead in being open to how the DSG program flows,” ARRL ARISS-US Delegate Rosalie White, K1STO, explained “ARISS’s first moves need to be loose enough that the plan, development, and execution can go in ways that dove- tail with what is needed ”

The Deep Space Gateway would be a small outpost orbiting the moon that would act as a “spaceport for human and robotic exploration to the moon and beyond,” NASA has said Crewed by four people, it would provide an operational platform for further exploring the lunar surface and a hub to deeper space destinations NASA hopes to have the completed Gateway in lunar orbit as early as 2024

The ARISS-International annual meeting on October 17 – 19 ran back to back with the first-ever ARISS Education Summit, held October 15 – 16 At the international sessions, ARISS delegates and team members from around the world presented and listened to talks on all aspects of ARISS, from operations to education to hardware — current and upgrades — to future projects The team heard the latest news on HamTV, the Interoperable Radio System, and the antenna change-out required by the European Space Agency’s Bartolomeo platform, and proposed Astrobee activities, HamTV II, and Radio-Pi projects

Astrobee is a robot that will fly around the ISS with the astronauts to help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for use in zero-gravity, aid astronauts with routine chores, and offer Houston flight controllers additional eyes and ears on the spacecraft

Team members enjoyed viewing a live-streamed ARISS contact in Belgium Team members unable to travel to Maryland were able to tele- conference into the sessions

On hand for the earlier ARISS Education Summit were teachers from the US and elsewhere; ARISS-US Education Committee members; STEM educators from College Park Airport Museum; education leaders from various NASA entities, including the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) office, nearby Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and the manager of the ISS US National Laboratory — Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS); a group of SCaN-sponsored mid-Atlantic teachers, and University of Maryland educators and students Attendees saw a demonstration of ARISS slow-scan television (SSTV) and several ham satellite contacts ARISS-US Education Committee teacher Melissa Pore, KM4CZN, arrived from Virginia with eight of her students, who talked about their ARISS-related STEM studies

Other committee members who were part of a panel session discussing educator perspectives on ARISS also gave presentations on the ARISS education proposal process and on-orbit prediction programs Astronaut Paul Richards, KC5ZSZ, led a discussion on space and education; CASIS’s Dan Barstow, KA1ARD, spoke on exploring with the ISS, and SCaN’s Jimmy Acevedo, KM4QLE, presented on kit-based learning

[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]

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Phillipine Microsat Diwata-2 with FM transponder to Launch October 29

The Phillipine microsat Diwata-2 is expected to launch on October 29 The satellite is scheduled to launch with GOSAT-2, a greenhouse gas observation satellite, on a Japanese H-IIA vehicle from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center The launch window is 04:08 - 04:20 UTC The planned orbit is sun-synchronous with an altitude of 613 km and a Local Time of the Descending Node (LTDN) of 13:00

Diwata-2 carries an amateur radio payload with a U/v FM transponder and APRS digipeater capability The uplink is 437 500 MHz and the downlink is 145 900 MHz

More information can be found at http://phl-microsat upd edu ph/diwata2

[ANS thanks JAXA, DOST, IARU, and eoPortal for the above information]

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LO-94 Spacecraft Signal Decoded After Bouncing Off the Moon

Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ / M0HXM reports decoding a JT4G amateur radio signal from the LO-94 (DSLWP-B) spacecraft that was reflected off the Moon

Daniel says “JT4G is a digital mode designed for Earth-Moon-Earth microwave communications, so it is tolerant to high Doppler spreads However, the reflections of the [DSLWP-B] B0 transmitter at 435 4 MHz, which contained the JT4G transmissions, were very weak, so I had not attempted to decode the JT4G Moonbounce signal ”

However, by analysing a recording made on October 19, 2018 at 17:53:35 GMT he was able to decode one of the five JT4G transmissions in the recording

Read his blog post at https://destevez net/2018/10/dslwp-b-jt4g-decoded-via-moonbounce/

Also see Geometry for DSLWP-B Moonbounce https://destevez net/2018/10/geometry-for-dslwp-b-moonbounce/

The DSLWP amateur radio satellites built by students from the Harbin Institute of Technology was launched to Lunar orbit on May 20, 2018 https://amsat-uk org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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ESEO's Educational Story Continues

ESA reports the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded its test campaign The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is launched

ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM transponder and a 1k2 and 4k8 BPSK telemetry beacon developed by AMSAT-UK members

The satellite has been at ESA’s ESTEC test facilities, in the Netherlands, where it completed the last steps of a thorough sat- ellite test campaign which had started in August 2018 at SITAEL’s facility in Mola di Bari, Italy

Learning by doing has already proven an amazing experience for the ten university student teams from different European universities who have designed and built the instruments and several key subsystems of the ESEO satellite

On October 18, at a dedicated workshop, the ESEO students had the additional chance to hear first-hand what it takes to run a satellite test campaign – trouble shooting included!

“In the space sector no satellite could ever be launched without a thorough tests campaign”, said Piero Galeone, coordinating the ESA Academy programme of which ESEO is a part “The reason is that – as perfect as your satellite design and manufacturing process can be – the devil always hides in the details If there is anything to be fixed, you want to know it and correct it before the satellite flies on its orbit hundreds kilometres from the surface of the Earth, beyond the reach of any engineer’s hands”

Read the full ESA story at https://tinyurl com/ANS-301-ESEO

ESEO https://amsat-uk org/satellites/communications/eseo/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

Upcoming Satellite Operations

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

• 3E, Panama (Special Event) - Through October 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 October 31st They will also participate during the Jamboree On The Air [JOTA] (October 19-21st) Activity will be on all bands using SSB including CW and the Satellites QSL via HP1ALX

• Eureka, Nunavut (ER60, EQ79) - Through November 10, 2018 Eureka ARC, VY0ERC, will be operational from October 17 until November 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) – November 1 – December 7, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, fall AMSAT roving plans:

  • EM64, EM65, and EM66 November 1-3
  • FN30 November 16-17
  • JN36 as HB9/N4QX & from 4U1ITU November 28–December 7 as work permits
  • JN47 as HB9/N4QX & HB0/N4QX December 1-2 For now, FM only Watch Twitter for pass announcements https://twitter com/BrennanTPrice QSLs exclusively via Logbook of the World

• Bermuda (DXCC NA-005) – November 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) – November 27 – December 1, 2018 Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from November 27 to December 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, https://twitter com/twjones85

• Barring unforeseen circumstances, Glenn, AA5PK plans to travel to south Texas 11-15 November to activate grids EL06, 07, 08, 15, 16, 17 and 18 He will be on both FM and linear satellites and will post which on Twitter @AA5PK and also beacon his position on APRS as AA5PK-9 QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW upon his return home Hard copy QSLs available by email request No SASE needed (Glenn, AA5PK via amsat-bb)

• Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK will be part of a day of satellite oper- ating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern California, on Saturday 15 December 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

  Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the normal manner, with an exchange of call signs and grid locators W6RO is located in grid DM03

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

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SO-50 Distance Record Set

On Octover 24, 2018 at 13:20 UTC, Scott Richardson, N1AIA, and Jerome LeCuyer, F4DXV, completed a 5,523 km QSO between Berwick, Maine and Lalinde, France This eclipses the previous record of 5,410 km set on January 24, 2017 with a QSO between MI6GTY and UB9UTJ

With an apogee of 704 6 km, the theoretical maximum range for SO-50 is 5,676 km A list of currently known satellite distance records can be found on the AMSAT website at https://www amsat org/satellite-distance-records/

[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information]

Satellite Shorts From All Over

• A Japanese satellite next year will use WSJT and 10 mW to pioneer
  low power technologies from space http://www amsatuk me uk/iaru/finished_detail php?serialnum=579

  Satellite's home pages: http://kit-okuyama-lab com/en/

  Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan http://kit-okuyama-lab com/

  Frequencies will be 435 280/437 390MHz Up/Down 1k2AFSK,9k6BPSK and 437 510MHz WSJT

  (via Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

• Meet Scott Tilley VE7TIl (@coastal8049) the amateur astronomer who found a lost NASA satellite https://www youtube com/watch?v=hMsE1rxeOw4

• u/Almoturg has posted a 3D printed satellite tracker that represents satellites flying overhead with LEDs Check it out at https://tinyurl com/ANS-301-SatTracker

• Radio amateur Dave Honess M6DNT writes in the Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi (pgs 84-85) about "Taking Education to the Stars" The article covers AstroPi, Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS, and ARISS Free PDF at https://www raspberrypi org/magpi-issues/MagPi75 pdf (Via @AmsatUK)

• Changshagaoxin, a 20U CubeSat expected to launch from Jiuquan Sat- ellite Launch Center on Monday, October 29th at 00:30 UTC with CFOSAT, reportedly carries an unknown amateur radio payload (Via @AmsatUK)

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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73 and remember to do your part to help Keep Amateur Radio In Space,

This week's ANS Editor,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM N8HM at amsat org

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