This report is organized into 2 parts.<br />Part 1 - operational analog amateur satellites.<br />Part 2 - operational digital amateur satellites.<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-327.S1<br />WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 327.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 16, 2003<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-327.S1<br /><br />AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40<br />Catalog number: 26609<br />Launch Date: November 16, 2000<br /><br />Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB<br /> U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB<br /> L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB<br /> L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB<br /> S1-band 2400.350 - 2400.600 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB<br /> K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 2401.323, 24,048.035<br /><br />Status: Currently, the U/V/L-1 to S-2 passband is active at various times.<br /><br />The passband schedule has been modified slightly, and the K-band window and L2 uplink have been discontinued.<br /><br />N QST AMSAT AO-40 SCHEDULE 2003-10-31<br /> MA 002 080 230 244 002<br /> ---------7-----1-----5-----0-----7<br /> S2/K-Tx | S | S | S | S |<br /> MB | * | * | * | * |<br /> RUDAK | | | | |<br /> V/U-Rx | U | U | U | V |<br /> Uplink | | UL1 | | |<br /><br />Stacey Mills, W4SM reported on November 18 - We have almost reached ALON=45<br />deg. and we are beginning to raise ALAT to just above 20 degs. This will<br />take approximately a week to 10 days. When we are confident that ALAT exceeds<br />20 degs, we will shut off the passbands (beacon on only) and begin drifting<br />toward ALON ~315 degs. The drift process (passbands off) will take approxi-<br />mately 4 weeks. We can be a little more specific after we know the final spin<br />rate.<br />Ground stations capturing telemetry from AO-40 are asked to ZIP the file and<br />send a copy of the data to the AO-40 archive at: ao40-archive@amsat.org.<br /><br />For the current transponder-operating schedule visit:<br />
http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm<br /><br />[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL and Stacey Mills, W4SM for this information]<br />=====<br />ARISS - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION<br />Catalog number: 25544<br />Launch date: November 20, 1998<br /><br />Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM<br />Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM<br />Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM<br />Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM<br /><br />Sponsors: AMSAT, ARRL, ARISS<br /><br />Status: Operational since September, 2000. Digipeater: Active<br /><br />The current Expedition 8 crew is:<br />Commnader Mike Foale, KB5UAC<br />Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, U8MIR<br /><br />The ISS daily crew schedule can be found at:<br />
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/<br />Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line<br />is NOT translated from Russian and posted.<br /><br />U.S. callsign: NA1SS<br />Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR<br />TNC callsign: RS0ISS-1<br /><br />The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international<br />team has announced an on-the-air event to commemorate Roy Neal, K6DUE,who<br />died August 16. ARISS requested that the ISS Expedition 8 crew communicate<br />from space with earthbound radio amateurs during the November 29-30 weekend.<br />Those contacting the ISS by voice (NA1SS) or packet (RS0ISS) through the end<br />of December will be eligible for a special anniversary event certificate.<br /><br />The capabilities of NA1SS also are slated to expand in the near future.<br />During the recent AMSAT-NA Symposium and Annual Meeting in October, ARISS<br />International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, outlined the delivery of the<br />so-called Phase 2 ham equipment to the ISS. Already on board is a Kenwood<br />TM-D700E VHF/UHF transceiver. The unit will mean a significant boost to<br />the power output of the ARISS initial station gear--from 5 W to 25 W.<br />Additional gear, including SSTV hardware, tentatively is set for transport<br />in January.<br /><br />More information is available at:
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/ or<br />
http://www.rac.ca/ariss or
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/unprotopage.html<br />or
http://www.issfanclub.com<br /><br />[New Information this week is from the AMSAT News Service (ANS) and the ARRL<br />Newsletter]<br />=====<br />AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7<br />Catalog number: 07530<br />Launch Date: November 15, 1974<br />Return to active status: June 21,2002<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A<br /> 432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B<br />Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A<br /> 145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B<br />Beacon: 29.502 MHz, 145.972 MHz, 435.1 MHz, 2304.1 MHz<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational in sunlight. =====<br />RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15<br />Catalog number: 23439<br />Launch Date: December 26, 1994<br /><br />Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)<br />SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a 10-meter<br />downlink.<br />=====<br />FO-20 JAS-1b<br />Catalog number: 20480<br />Launch Date: February 07, 1990<br />Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 435.795<br /><br />Status: Semi-Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.<br />=====<br />AO-27 AMRAD<br />Catalog number: 22825<br />Launched: September 26, 1993<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational, mode J.<br /><br />The latest information on AO-27 from control operator Michael Wyrick,<br />N3UC (former N4USI), can be found at:
http://www.ao27.org<br /><br />[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]<br />=====<br />FO-29 JAS-2<br />Catalog number: 24278<br />Launch Date: August 17, 1996<br /><br />Voice/CW Mode JA<br />Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 435.795 MHz<br /><br />Digital Mode JD<br />Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM<br />Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK<br />Callsign: 8J1JCS<br />Digitalker: 435.910 MHz<br /><br />Status: Operational Mode JA.<br />=====<br />SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A<br />Launch Date: September 26, 2000<br /><br />Catalog number: 26545<br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz<br />Downlink: 436.775 MHz Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11<br />BBS: SASAT1-12<br /><br />Status: Operational but intermittent.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Turki Al-Saud for this information]<br />=====<br />SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C<br />Catalog number: 27607<br />Launched: December 20, 2002<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone)<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz<br />Status: Operational.<br /><br />SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater<br />experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and 436.800 MHz downlink.<br />The repeater is available to amateurs worldwide as power permits, using a<br />67.0 Hertz tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Turki Al-Saud for this information]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-327.S2<br />WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 327.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 16, 2003<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-327.S2<br /><br />UO-11 OSCAR-11<br />Catalog number: 14781<br />Launched: March 1, 1984<br /><br />Downlink: 145.826 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)<br />Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information]<br />=====<br />AO-16 PACSAT<br />Catalog number: 20439<br />Launch Date: January 22, 1990<br /><br />Uplink: 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM<br /> (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)<br />Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK)<br />Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11<br />BBS: PACSAT-12<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for<br />APRS users.<br /><br />A WOD collection of current graphics along with general information<br />and telemetry samples can be found at:<br />
http://www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<br /><br />[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]<br />=====<br />UO-22 UOSAT<br />Catalog number: 21575<br />Launched: July 17, 1991<br /><br />Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK<br />Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11<br />BBS: UOSAT5-12<br /><br />Status: Operational.<br /><br />More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:<br />
http://www.sstl.co.uk/<br /><br />[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22 information<br />and Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for status information]<br />=====<br />IO-26 ITAMSAT<br />Catalog number: 22826<br />Launch Date: September 26, 1993<br /><br />Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud)<br />Downlink: 435.812 MHz SSB<br />Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11<br />BBS: ITMSAT-12<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on and open for APRS<br />users.<br />=====<br />NO-44 PCSAT<br />Catalog number: 26931<br />Launch Date: September 30, 2001<br /><br />Uplink/downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 baud AX.25 AFSK via W3ADO-1<br />Aux/Uplink: 435.250 MHz 9600 baud via PCSAT-2 (off)<br />APRS Downlink: 144.390 MHz (Region 2)<br /><br />Status: Semi-Operational.<br /><br />PCSat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater designed for use by stations using<br />hand-held or mobile transceivers. Downlinks feed a central web site at<br />
http://pcsat.aprs.org<br /><br />[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for PCSat information]<br />=====<br />MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1<br />Catalog number: 26548<br />Launched: September 26, 2000<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK<br />Downlink: 437.325 MHz<br />Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11<br />BBS: MYSAT3-12<br /><br />Status: Operational at 38k4-baud FSK.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for this information]<br />=====<br />AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)<br />Catalog number: 27605<br />Launched: December 20, 2002<br /><br />Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK<br />Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message)<br />Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS<br /><br />Status: Operational.<br /><br />AO-49 (SAFIR-M) is a German amateur radio payload onboard the<br />small German scientific satellite "RUBIN-2".<br /><br />AO-49 was built by the German amateur radio association "AATiS e.V."<br />(German acronym for "Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation<br />in der Schule", which means: 'working group for amateur radio and telecommunications in schools'). AO-49 is designed as a "store and broadcast" system for APRS based messages, dedicated for the use of schools in combination with the existing WX-Net and planned buoy experiments in Germany.<br /><br />No transmissions detected since the 1st of February 2003!<br />It appears AO-49 is not properly aligned to illuminate the solar<br />panels. This should end soon. Due to its orbit, AO-49 will be in a<br />phase without eclipses until 13Feb03.<br /><br />Martin DG8UAU has written a small software program "SAFIR-M Decoder"<br />to allow decoding of the received DATA0 frames. It is available at:<br />
http://amend.gmxhome.de in the section Aktuelles.<br /><br />Details on AO-49 (SAFIR-M) can be found at:<br />
http://amend.gmxhome.de<br />Information about AATiS e.V. is available at:<br />
http://www.aatis.de<br /><br />[ANS thanks Oliver Amend, DG6BCE for this information]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />ANS is released worldwide via the AMSAT ANS e-mail reflector and a live<br />radiocast on the AMSAT-NA 20-meter net held each Sunday on 14.282 MHz.<br />Pre-net operations start at 18:00 UTC, with current ANS bulletins<br />transmitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western<br />U.S. at 19:30 UTC.<br /><br />Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:<br />
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