[ans] ANS-250 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

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Date: November 14th 2020

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In this edition:

ARISS First Element of the Interoperable Radio System is Operational
FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Proposal open for comment
Successful Vega Mission Launches the Amicalsat Project Satellite
TEVEL Mission Nears Projected Launch Date
Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution (September 3, 2020)
VUCC Satellite Awards and Endorsements
ARISS News
Upcoming Satellite Operations
Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Satellite Shorts From All Over

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ANS-250 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 250 01

From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD

DATE 2020 Sept 06

To All RADIO AMATEURS

BID: $ANS-250 01

First Element of ARISS Next Generation (Next-Gen) Radio System

Installed in ISS Columbus Module

September2, 2020-The ARISS team is pleased to announce that installa-

tion and set up of the first element of the InterOperable Radio System

(IORS) has been completed and amateur radio operations with it are now

underway This first element, was installed in the International Space

Station Columbus module The IORS replaces the Ericsson radio system

and packet module that were originally certified for spaceflight on

July 26, 2000

Initial operation of the new radio system is in FM cross band repeater

mode using an uplink frequency of 145 99 MHz with an access tone of

67Hz and a downlink frequency of 437 800 MHz System activation was

first observed at 01:02 UTC on September 2 Special operations will

continue to be announced

The IORS was launched from Kennedy Space Center on March 6, 2020 on

board the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission It consists of a special,

space-modified JVC Kenwood D710GA transceiver, an ARISS developed

multi-voltage power supply and interconnecting cables The design,

development, fabrication, testing, and launch of the first IORS was an

incredible five-year engineering achievement accomplished by the ARISS

hardware volunteer team It will enable new and exciting capabilities

for ham radio operators, students, and the general public Capabilities

include a higher power radio, voice repeater, digital packet radio

(APRS) capabilities and a Kenwood VC-H1 slow scan television (SSTV)

system

A second IORS undergoes flight certification and will be launched later

for installation in the Russian Service module This second system en-

ables dual, simultaneous operations, (e g voice repeater and APRS

packet), providing diverse opportunities for radio amateurs It also

provides on-orbit redundancy to ensure continuous operations in the

event of an IORS component failure

Next-gen development efforts continue For the IORS, parts are being

procured and a total of ten systems are being fabricated to support

flight, additional flight spares, ground testing and astronaut train-

ing Follow-on next generation radio system elements include an L-band

repeater uplink capability, currently in development, and a flight

Raspberry-Pi, dubbed "ARISS-Pi, "that is just beginning the design

phase The ARISS-Pi promises operations autonomy and enhanced SSTV

operations

ARISS is run almost entirely by volunteers, and with the help of gener-

ous contributions from ARISS sponsors and individuals Donations to the

ARISS program for next generation hardware developments, operations,

education, and administration are welcome -- please go to

https://www ariss org/donate html to contribute to these efforts

(ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN of ARISS PR for the above information)

ARLB021 FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments

Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for radio

amateurs Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments will be

determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register Comments may

be filed now by using the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS),

located at https://www fcc gov/ecfs/filings, and posting to MD Docket N

o 20-270 The docket is already open for accepting comments, even

though deadlines have not yet been set

The NPRM can be found online in PDF format at:

https://docs fcc gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-116A1 pdf

A review current of information on this proposal follows:

Amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio li-

cense application if the FCC adopts rules it proposed this week In-

cluded in the FCC's fee proposal are applications for new licenses, re-

newal and upgrades to existing licenses, and vanity call sign requests

Excluded are applications for administrative updates, such as changes

of address, and annual regulatory fees

The FCC proposal is contained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

in MD Docket 20-270, which was adopted to implement portions of the

"Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services

Act" of 2018 - the so-called "Ray Baum's Act "

The Act requires that the FCC switch from a Congressionally-mandated

fee structure to a cost-based system of assessment In its NPRM, the

FCC proposed application fees for a broad range of services that use

the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), including the Amateur Radio

Service that had been excluded by an earlier statute The 2018 statute

excludes the Amateur Service from annual regulatory fees, but not from

application fees

"Applications for personal licenses are mostly automated and do not

have individualized staff costs for data input or review," the FCC said

in its NPRM "For these automated processes - new/major modifications,

renewal, and minor modifications - we propose a nominal application fee

of $50 due to automating the processes, routine ULS maintenance, and

limited instances where staff input is required "

The same $50 fee would apply to all Amateur Service applications, in-

cluding those for vanity call signs "Although there is currently no

fee for vanity call signs in the Amateur Radio Service, we find that

such applications impose similar costs in aggregate on Commission re-

sources as new applications and therefore propose a $50 fee," the FCC

said

The FCC is not proposing to charge for administrative updates, such as

mailing address changes for amateur applications, and amateur radio

will remain exempt from annual regulatory fees "For administrative up-

dates [and] modifications, which also are highly automated, we find

that it is in the public interest to encourage licensees to update

their [own] information without a charge," the FCC said

The FCC also proposes to assess a $50 fee for individuals who want a

printed copy of their license "The Commission has proposed to elimi-

nate these services - but to the extent the Commission does not do so,

we propose a fee of $50 to cover the costs of these services," the FCC

said

The Ray Baum's Act does not exempt filing fees in the Amateur Radio

Service The FCC dropped assessment of fees for vanity call signs sev-

eral years ago

Deadlines for comments and reply comments will be determined once the

NPRM appears in the Federal Register Interested parties may file com-

ments by using the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), post-

ing to MD Docket No 20-270 This docket is already open to accept com-

ments, even though deadlines have not yet been set

[ANS thanks ARRL News for the above information]

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     Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office

is closed until further notice
 For details, please visit

https://www amsat org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/

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AmicalSat satellite launched as part of Vega proof of concept launch:

Vega rocket (VV16) was successfully launched September 3, 2020 The

rocket left Kourou on 3 September, 2020 at 01h51 UTC with 53 satellites

on board

One of the satellites launched is the Amicalsat satellite

built by the CSUG (Centre Spatial Universitaire Grenoblois) Measure-

ments made by the satellite will be available to all and will assist

radio amateurs in making propagation predictions

The project's website (in English) has just been put online:

https://bit ly/2YWfs5B

AMSAT-F supported this project Additional information may be found at:

https://bit ly/3lHxiCY

Linux & Windows Software is provided for decoding the Amicalsat tele-

metry and for sending it to the SatNogs database An English version of

the user manual is available at: https://bit ly/2QILo8S

Beacon Frequency Modes Callsign

UHF 436 1 MHz AFSK 1200 RS17S

S band 2,415 3 MHz GFSK 1000 kb/s

https://bit ly/31LGgaq

Reports are welcome Thank you for your help

The first 5 people who receive a frame from AmicalSat will receive a

gift To submit your frame uses the satnogs SIDS or email

satellite@adri38 fr satellite@adri38.fr

2 other satellites are on this mission:

Satellites beacon frequency Modes Identifier

UPMSat-2 UHF 437 405 MHz AFSK 1200 UPMST2

TTU100 Primary UHF 435 450 MHz 1k2, 9k6, CW TTU100

TTU100 Secondary SHF 10465 000 MHz OPSK 62 5 Kbs and 20 Mbs

Links:

UPMSat-2: https://bit ly/2EL4VTO

TTU100: https://bit ly/2QXRmmN

Projected TLE (Updated 03 September, 2020 after launch announcement):

1 74002U 14900A 20247 14839410 00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 04

2 74002 97 4424 320 0103 0002779 53 5911 328 5572 15 10021350 03

[ANS thanks Christophe Mercier, Amsat-F chairman for the above informa-

tion]

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TEVEL Mission Nears Projected Launch DATE

TEVEL, a mission with eight identical CubeSats, has been coordinated

and approved by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), and is

scheduled for launch from India sometime this fall The project, lead

by the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, a private research college

in Herzliya, Israel, consists of high-school students' educational sat-

ellite experiments that involve telemetry beacons for educational re-

search activities But also on board are FM amateur radio transponders

Telemetry will 9k6 BPSK AX25 telemetry downlinks But each satellite

can be commanded to operate as U/V FM transponders Planning a launch

into a 580 km 98 degree orbit in September 2020 The eight spacecraft

in the TEVEL mission, identified as T1OFK, T2YRC, T3TYB, T4ATA, T5SNG,

T6NZR, T7ADM, T8GBS will all downlink for beacon, telemetry and trans-

ponder on 436 400 MHz and the transponder input on 145 970 MHz

[ANS thanks IARU for the above information]

[ANS thanks _ for the above information]

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Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for September 3, 2020

The names of the following satellites have been changed as follows:

S-Net G (Cat ID 43186) is now S-Net D

S-Net H (Cat ID 43186) is now S-Net B

S-Net J (Cat ID 43186) is now S-Net A

S-Net K (Cat ID 43186) is now S-Net C

Thanks: Sebastian Lange (DL7BST) for the above update

Arianespace launched 53 new satellites on Thursday, September 3, 2020

at 01:51 UTC on a Vega POC (Proof of Concept) mission to test their new

SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service) satellite dispenser At least

two new satellites, TTU-100 and UPMSat 2, carry amateur radio trans-

mitters have been placed in orbit So far only UPMSat 2 has been ident-

ified as Cat ID 46277 More later

The following satellite has been and added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE

Distribution:

UPMSat 2 - Cat ID 46277

Thanks: Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for determining which object is UPMSat 2

[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the

above information]

VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 2020

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the

ARRL for the period August 1, 2020 through September 1, 2020

Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!

CALL August September

K8YSE 1926 1935 This was missed last month

WA5KBH 759 766

W5RKN 708 721

AA8CH 641 702

N6UK 675 687

N0JE 652 655

NS3L 575 600

KI7UNJ 527 551

AD0HJ 450 478

AF5CC 425 461

KE8FZT 428 450

N9FN 403 450

PS8ET 434 450

W7JSD 355 375

WA9JBQ 326 355

KC9UQR 326 351

KC9VGG 310 336

N3CRT 200 303

K0JM New 300

KS1G 233 285

WW8W 228 260

K5CIS 150 250

KX9X 100 219

WB7QXU 140 204

KF6JOQ 101 201

WD9EWK 164 176 (from DM41)

KX9X New 175 (from EN50)

LW2DAF 130 166

W8LR 100 149

KB9STR 104 138

K1PAD New 130

DF2ET New 129

WA8ZID New 126

PP2RON New 106

KI4ASK New 105

KO4AQF New 104

K5TA New 101

LU3FCA 100 101

NA1ME New 100

If you find errors or omissions, please contact Ron Parsons W5RKN

at @ com and he will revise the announcement

This list was developed by comparing the ARRL pdf listings for two

months It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible Apologies

if your call was not mentioned

Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the

birds They are doing most of the work!

[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]

ARISS NEWS

Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between

amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with

astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station The

downlink frequency on which to listen is 145 800 MHz worldwide

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-01 01:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

The KMO Kolska Wyspa, Koło, Poland, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR

Contact is go for: Wed 2020-09-02 12:58:11 UTC 75 deg

Watch for live stream at https://ariss pzk org pl/live/

College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France, telebridge via VK5ZAI

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR

Contact is go for: Thu 2020-09-10 08:17:01 UTC 57 deg

There is a new radio on board the ISS

The Kenwood D710GA is now in use The crossband repeater is now avail-

able when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts The

frequencies are 145 99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437 800 MHz down Watch

the Doppler on the downlink

ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools

and the public in general As such, we may have last minute cancella-

tions or postponements of school contacts As always, I will try to

provide everyone with near-real-time updates

The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to

COVID-19:

Postponed:

Green Bank Elementary Middle School, Green Bank, WV

Cancelled:

No new schools

[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-

tors for the above information]

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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur

radio package, including two-way communication capability, to

        be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit

Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www amsat org/donate/

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

DM07, DM08: N6REK will be on vacation next week in the Eastern Sierra

and plans to work AO-91, AO-92 and PO-101 from the DM07/08 gridline

on a holiday schedule from Wednesday, Sept 2 to Saturday, Sept 5

Watch the AMSAT BB for details

@WA9JBQ has been working through Idaho hitting DN24,DN25,DN26 DN34,

DN16, DN15, and DN14 He started August 15th, then moved into Montana

for DN35,DN36, DN37, DN38 DN49 DN47 He will be out a total of 5-6

weeks working mostly FM but also some linear birds Details will be

posted on twitter com

@AD7DB is heading out to hit a few grids: #Roving announcement! He

hopes to activate on Fri 9/11/20 and Sun 9/13 include DM06, DM07,

DM08, DM16, DM17 and DM18 He will operate all day Saturday 9/12

from DM19 He is taking just FM gear More info as date gets closer at:

https://twitter com/ad7db/status/1300217001726500865

[ANS thanks Paul Overnfor, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the

above information]

Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events

Clint Bradford K6LCS has booked his "Work the FM Voice Satellites With

Minimal Equipment" presentation for the following clubs:

09/02/2020 - Garden State ARA, New Jersey

09/14/2020 - North Augusta Belvedere Radio Club

10/27/2020 - Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC

TBD - Antelope Valley (CA) ARC

TBD - A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, PA

These will be Zoom presentations Everyone is asked to update their

copies of the Zoom application - by directly visiting Zoom us

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the

above information]

Satellite Shorts From All Over

4A50, MEXICO (Special Event) Look for special event station 4A50CRH

to be active between September 1st and December 31st Activity is to

celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Club de Radioaficionados Hidro-

calidos (XE2CRH) Operations will be on 160-6 meter, satellites, CW,

SSB, FM, and the Digital modes QSL via XE2AU, LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog

Every QSO will be confirmed (ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin

for the above information)
Flying for the first time since a failure in early July, Rocket Lab's

Electron launcher delivered Capella Space's first commercial radar

remote sensing satellite to orbit after lifting off from New Zealand

on Sunday, August 30 The successful mission signaled a return to

launch operations for Rocket Lab after suffering a failure on the

last Electron flight July 4 Investigators traced the cause of the

failure to a single faulty electrical connector on the second stage,

which detached in flight and led to a premature engine shutdown

(ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)
A Falcon 9 rocket dodged stormy weather and successfully placed an

Argentine radar observation satellite into an orbit over Earth's

poles Sunday on SpaceX's 100th launch Instead of launching toward

the northeast or east, the Falcon 9 darted through a cloudy sky and

arced to the south-southeast from Florida's Space Coast, then made a

right turn to fly along the east coast of Florida over Fort Lauder-

dale and Miami on the way to a polar orbit The launch Sunday was the

first from Cape Canaveral to fly on a southerly track since 1969

(ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)
A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere last

weekend, the agency has confirmed NASA launched the satellite,

called Orbiting Geophysics Observatory 1, or OGO-1, in September 1964,

the first in a series of five missions to help scientists understand

the magnetic environment around Earth OGO-1 was the first to launch

but the last to fall out of orbit; the satellite had circled Earth

aimlessly since its retirement in 1971 (ANS thanks space com for the

above information)
Dave, AA4KN relays that Patrice, 3B8FA, and Jean Marc, 3B8DU, held a

successful QSO using the new IORS, repeater function: Jean Marc wrote:

"Just to let you know that Patrice (3B8FA) and myself did superb QSO

via the ISS FM repeater just a few minutes ago (reported 2 September,

2020 @ 02:22:30) Working fine 59+ both ways on V/U (145 990/437 800

MHz), really nice to have the ISS repeater back on air " (ANS thanks

Dave AA4KN of ARISS PR for the report)