This report is organized into 4 parts.<br />Part 1 - operational analog amateur satellites.<br />Part 2 - operational digital amateur satellites.<br />Part 3 - non - operational satellites<br />Part 4 - proposed satellites<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-254.S1<br />WSR 254 Part 1 09/11/2005<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-254.S1<br /><br />VO-52 HAMSAT<br />Catalog Number: 28650<br />Launch Date: May 05,2005<br /><br />Status: On orbit<br />Current Mode: U/V<br /><br />Proposed frequencies:<br />-------------------<br />Indian transponder:<br />Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW<br />Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW<br />Beacom : 145.940MHz continue carier signal<br /><br />Dutch transponder:<br />Uplink : 435.225MHz to 435.275MHz LSB/CW<br />Downlink: 145.875MHz to 145.925MHz USB/CW<br />Beacon : 145.860MHz 12WPM with CW message<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />AO-51 ECHO<br />Catalog number: 28375<br />Launch date: June 29, 2004<br /><br />Status: Testing<br />Curent Mode: PBBS - ON<br /> FM REPEATER - V/U<br /><br />Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM<br /> 435.150 MHz FM<br />Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHZ FM<br /> 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /><br />Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output<br /> 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25<br />Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast<br /> Protocol (PBP)<br /><br />Broadcast: PECHO-11<br />BBS: PECHO-12<br /><br />Current scheduled operating modes:<br /><br />Due to the on going Huricane Katrina Relief Efforts in the Gulf Coast States,<br />AO-51 will continue in the default mode V/U with 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS<br />mode. Updated information will be posted as soon as any changes are made.<br /><br />[ANS-WSR thanks Bill, VE7WFG for the above information]<br />[09112005]<br />=====<br />SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C<br />Catalog number: 27607<br />Launched: December 20, 2002<br /><br />Status: Operational.<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone) (See below for operating<br /> procedures)<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz<br /><br />There have been unconfirmed reports on the amsat-bb remailer that SO-50 has<br />shifted downlink frequency as much as 5khz up. This both from Europe.<br /><br />To switch the transmitter on, you need to send a CTCSS tone of 74.4 Hz.<br />The<br />order of operation is thus: (allow for Doppler as necessary)<br /><br />1) Transmit on 145.850 MHz with a tone of 74.4 Hz to arm<br /> the 10 minute timer on board the spacecraft.<br />2) Now transmit on 145.850 MHz (FM Voice) using 67.0 Hz to PT<br /> the repeater on and off within the 10 Minute window.<br />3) Sending the 74.4 tone again within the 10 minute window<br /> will reset the 10 minute timer.<br />[09122004]<br />=====<br />FO-29 JAS-2<br />Catalog number: 24278<br />Launch Date: August 17, 1996<br /><br />Status: OPERATIONAL<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 />John, N4QWL reports on July 16th, 2005:<br /><br />Last evening I had a AOS to LOS qso with WI2W. FO-29 came up at 01:17z here<br />in FM07 and I found WI2W and we chatted until 01:33z. The satellite was at 2<br />degrees elevation when I finally heard him start to crackle a bit. What a<br />great QSO! To think that I watched this bird launch back in 1996 and it is<br />still working so well is a real thrill. I believe I still have the video. I<br />might just look for it and watch it again. Boy do I love this satellite<br />stuff! Look for you all up there.<br /><br />Please send the reception reports to lab2 'at' jarl.or.jp.<br />Please use the subject line: 'FO-29 reception report'.<br /><br />Mineo, JE9PEL, has an FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that will<br />automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as<br />current, voltage and temperature). FO29CWTE is available at:<br />
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/<br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thanks John, N4QWL for this week's report]<br />[07172005]<br />=====<br />AO-27 AMRAD<br />Catalog number: 22825<br />Launched: September 26, 1993<br /><br />Status: Operational<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM<br />Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM<br /><br />The latest information on AO-27 from control operator Michael Wyrick,<br />N3UC (former N4USI), can be found at:<br />
http://www.ao27.org<br /><br />An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web<br />site, with updates by Ray, W2RS. The URL is:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html<br /><br />[ANS-WSR thanks John, K6YK, for this week's AO-27 report]<br />[08292004]<br />=====<br />AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7<br />Catalog number: 07530<br />Launch Date: November 15, 1974<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational in sunlight.<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 />Emily, W0EEC has created a website to allow the users of AO-7 to record<br />contacts, observations and use of the satellite more effectively at:<br />
http://www.emilyshouse.com/experthams/ao7/main.php<br />This includes the ability to log contacts.<br /><br />Tim, K3TZ has written a program to decode AO-07 telemetry.<br />The program can be downloaded at:<br />
http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip<br /><br />For more AO-7 info:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao7.html<br />[11142004]<br />=====<br />INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) - ARISS<br />Catalog number: 25544<br />Launch date: November 20, 1998<br /><br />Status: Operational<br />Current Mode: U/V CROSS-BAND REPEATER<br />Digipeater: Inactive<br /><br />The current Expedition 11 crew is:<br />Commander Sergei Krikalev<br />Flight Engineer John Phillips<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 />Repeater Uplink: 437.800 MHz FM<br />Repeater Downlink: 145.800 MHz FM<br />Doppler Shift is 10 KHz<br /><br />Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR<br />USA callsign: NA1SS<br />Packet station mailbox callsign: RS0ISS-11<br />Packet station keyboard callsign: RS0ISS-3<br />Digipeater callsign: ARISS<br /><br />This off the ARISS webpage:<br />
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#New%20ARISS%20Operations :<br />The ARISS program is pleased to announce that the amateur radio equipment<br />aboard the International Space Station is now operating in cross-band repeat<br />mode. We realize that many of you will miss the packet-operating mode. How-<br />ever, cross-band repeat allows further experimentation of the ISS amateur<br />radio system<br /><br />The downlink for this operating mode remains the same, so listen for the<br />station on 145.80 MHz. The new uplink frequency is 437.80 MHz. All<br />frequencies<br />are subject to Doppler shifting. For further information on working<br />satellites<br />and adjusting for Doppler shift, please review Emily Clark's (W0EEC)<br />excellent<br />presentation on AMSAT's website:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/Intro_sats.pdf<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 is<br />NOT<br />translated from Russian and posted.<br /><br />More information is available at:<br />
http://www.rac.ca/ariss<br />
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/<br />
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/unprotopage.html<br />
http://www.issfanclub.com<br />
http://oscar.dcarr.org/<br />[07242005]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-254.S2<br />WSR 254 Part 2 09/11/2005<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-254.S2<br /><br />PCSAT2 ?0-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Launch Date: August 1, 2005<br /><br />Status: Operational<br /><br />PCSAT2 was installed on the exterior of the International Space<br />Station and was activated on August 3, 2005.<br /><br />PCSAT2 CAPABILITIES: PCSAT2 is attached to the ISS and so its operations<br />must be in cooperation with the ARISS communications suite to minimize any<br />mutual interference and to coordinate activities. Here are the capabilities<br />of the PCSAT2 and ARISS payloads:<br /><br />PCSAT SYSTEM A:<br /><br />435.275 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK 1200 baud packet with uplink on 145.825<br />435.275 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK Occasional user PSK-31 continuous downlink<br />145.825 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK 1200 baud packet<br />PCSAT SYSTEM B:<br /><br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK periodic Solar Cell data and PCSAT2 telemetry at<br />9600 baud<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK TNC-B command downlink at 1200 baud<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK User Voice Repeater with VHF uplink<br />437.975 PCSAT2 DOWNLINK Packet digipeater with VHF uplink<br /><br />It looks like PCSAT2 can best contribute at this time by operating in<br />PSK-31 mode for the near future. This is a very exciting new transponder<br />mode which solves the congestion problem on FM repeaters by letting<br />multiple stations all communicate at the same time.<br /><br />PSK-31 users are welcome to try out the new PCSAT2 PSK-31 transponder<br />on ISS with an uplink on 29.402 ± 1 KHz and downlink on 435.275 ±<br />Doppler using FM.<br /><br />The FM downlink lets everyone operate full duplex and everyone to see<br />the same view of the passband as everyone else. THus you can see exactly<br />what your signal looks like to everyone else.<br /><br />Help Wanted:<br />--------------------------------------------------------<br />Here is your chance to become a viable part of the Amateur<br />Satellite Community.<br /><br />We are looking for a volunteer satellite packet<br />station in Hawaii that is interested in helping with<br />telemetry and sat-gating of PCSAT2 and<br />ARISS packets. Requirements are:<br /><br />1) General familiarity with packet<br />2) TNC connected to a cross band radio that<br /> can RX on UHF and TX on VHF.<br />3) modest UHF beam and rotator system.<br /><br />Contact WB4APR for more information.<br /><br />Packets seen from PCSAT2 can be reviewed at:<br />
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat2.cgi<br /><br />A screen shot of both the 9600 bps and 1200 bps decoded data<br />as seen by Simon, 9W2QC, can be seen at:<br />
http://www.9w2qc.net/pcsat2/<br /><br />More information on PCSAT2 can be found at:<br />
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html<br /><br />[ANS-WSR thanks Bob, WB4APR and the U.S. Naval Academy Satellite Lab for<br />the aboveinformation.]<br /><br />[08282005}<br />=====<br />AO-51 ECHO<br />Catalog number: 28375<br />Launch date: June 29, 2004<br /><br />Status: Testing<br />Curent Mode: PBBS - ON<br /> FM REPEATER - V/U HIGH POWER<br /><br />Analog voice downlink: 435.300 MHz FM<br /> 435.150 MHz FM<br />Analog voice uplink: 145.880 MHz FM<br /> 145.920 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /> 1268.700 MHz FM 67Hz PL tone<br /><br />Digital Downlinks: 435.150 MHz FM, 38k4 Digital, PBP, 1 watt output<br /> 2401.200 MHz FM 38k4 bps, AX.25<br />Digital Uplink: 145.860 MHz FM, 9k6 Digital, Pacsat Broadcast<br /> Protocol (PBP)<br /><br />Broadcast: PECHO-11<br />BBS: PECHO-12<br /><br />Current scheduled operating modes:<br /><br />Due to the on going Huricane Katrina Relief Efforts in the Gulf Coast States,<br />AO-51 will continue in the default mode V/U with 9k6 Digital, V/U, PBP BBS<br />mode. Updated information will be posted as soon as any changes are made.<br /><br />[ANS-WSR thanks Bill, VE7WFG for the above information]<br />[09112005]<br />=====<br />NO-44 PCSAT<br />Catalog number: 26931<br />Launch Date: September 30, 2001<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational?????<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 />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 />The APRS-equipped PCSat was built by midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy<br />under the guidance of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />CUTE-1<br />Catalog number: 27844<br />Launched: June 30,2003<br /><br />Status: Operational<br /><br />Uplink: ?<br />Downlink: 436.8375 CW<br /> 437.4700 1200 FM ax25 or SRLL (ACTIVE only near Japan ? )<br />Cliff, K7RR reports:<br />In the latest Weekly Satellite Report, CUTE 1, #27844 is listed as<br />OPERATIONAL?<br />Indeed it is very operational as a CUBESAT sending CW telemetry on<br />436.8345 MHz. At the July 7 2005, 23:45:20 pass over the Western USA:<br />CUTE 1 6B A4 xx 7F D7 66A8 4702 FF FF7C 65<br />CUTE 1 6C A6 59 80 D9 66A8 4702 FF FE7C B6<br /><br />The June 30th KEPS were within ten seconds of AOS and LOS. It is an very<br />good object to practice tracking as the orbit and transmitter power are<br />similar to proposed CUBESATS awaiting launch this December. As a check for<br />Doppler correction, the lack of change in tone is an excellent indicator.<br /><br />CUTE 1 is a Japanese (Tokyo Institute of Technology) one kilogram<br />nanosatellite that was launched by a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk at<br />14:15 UT on 30 June 2003. It carries a 100 mW beacon at 436.8375 MHz.<br />Initial orbital parameters were period 101.4 min, apogee 831 km, perigee<br />819 km, and inclination 98.7?.<br /><br />For further info about CUTE-1 goto:<br />
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cubesat/operation/Schedule_e.html<br /><br />[ANS WSR wishes to thank Cliff, K7RR, for this week's information]<br />[07242005]<br />=====<br />GO-32 TECHSAT-1B<br />Catalog number: 25397<br />Launch Date: July 10, 1998<br /><br />Status: Operational<br /><br />Downlink: 435.225 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br /> (435.325 n/a - temperature problems)<br />Uplinks: 145.850, 145.890, 145.930 FM<br /> 1269.700, 1269.800, 1269.900 FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: 4XTECH-11<br />BBS Callsign: 4XTECH-12<br /><br />More information of GO-32 can be found at:<br />
http://www.iarc.org/techsat/techsat.html<br />[03132005]<br />=====<br />MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1<br />Catalog number: 26548<br />Launched: September 26, 2000<br /><br />Status: Operational<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 />TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to<br />commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK<br />Amateur Radio communication.<br /><br />TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as<br />a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey<br />Satellite Technology Ltd.<br />[05152005]<br />=====<br />AO-16 PACSAT<br />Catalog number: 20439<br />Launch Date: January 22, 1990<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for<br />APRS users.<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 />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 />[05092004]<br />=====<br />UO-11 OSCAR-11<br />Catalog number: 14781<br />Launched: March 1, 1984<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational?<br /><br />Telemetry Downlink: 145.826 MHz. FM (1200-baud AFSK).<br /> approx. 10 days ON, 10 days OFF<br />Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz. ... OFF<br />UHFBeacon: 435.025 MHz. ... OFF<br /><br />OSCAR-11 is back! I received the good news, on Saturday morning, while<br />at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. This was entirely unexpected! On Sunday<br />morning Bob G4VRC played me a recording of an early morning pass<br />received that day.<br /><br />During the period 21 July to 14 August 2005 consistent signals have been<br />heard from 30 July to 08 August. Signals seem to be weaker than usual,<br />confirmed by the many reports received. However,since I last heard the<br />satellite on 30 April, I've reinstalled my antennas , which makes<br />comparisons difficult.<br /><br />Many thanks for all the recent reports of OSCAR-11 including those from<br />KU7Z (who heard it first), KB2M, VK6XH, HK7MKE, KA2UPW, JE9PEL, G1OCN,<br />HB9SKA and G8OQW.<br /><br />All the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have<br />failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. One bit in<br />channel 62, DSR mode, has changed from WRITE to READ. DSR is the<br />Digital Store & Readout experiment. This could be significant if the<br />experiment is still drawing current, but the other status bit indicates<br />that it is switched OFF.<br /><br />The on-board clock is now showing a very large error. It has lost<br />approximately 19 days since 30 April. During the recent data collection<br />period, the clock error has been changing at a decreasing rate. The<br />size of the clock error and the rate at which it is changing is similar<br />to the duration of the solar eclipse periods. This suggests that the<br />clock might have been switching OFF during eclipses.<br /><br />The eclipses have now ended, and the satellite should be in continuous<br />sunlight for the remainder of this year, and well into next year. This<br />should help the satellite to continue transmitting, although continuous<br />sunlight can cause problems due to excessive temperatures.<br /><br />If the watchdog timer is still operating on a 20 day cycle, ie.<br />approximately ten days ON followed by 10 days OFF, then the VHF beacon<br />should resume transmissions around 18 August.<br /><br />The Beacon frequencies are -<br /><br />VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry<br /><br />UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF<br /><br />S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF<br /><br />Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website which<br />contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details<br />about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture.<br />There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The<br />URL is
www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/<br /><br />If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use<br />the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT112.CWV, to prevent duplication.<br /><br />[ANS-WSR thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information]<br /><br />More information on UO-11 OSCAR-11 can be found at:<br />
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/<br /><br />MPEG3 files can be found here at Mineo, JE9PEL website:<br />
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uo11tlme.htm<br /><br />[08212005]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-254.S3<br />WSR 254 Part 3 09/11/2005<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S3 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-254.S3<br /><br />THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE<br />NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:<br /><br />POSAT-1 PO-28<br />Catalog Number: 22829<br />Launched : September 25, 1993<br /><br />Status: Operational - Not open for Amatuer use<br /><br />Downlink: 435.250 MHz<br /> 435.275 MHz<br /><br />Uplink: 145.925 MHz<br /> 145.975 MHz<br /><br />Broadcast callsign: POSAT1-11<br />BBS callsign: POSAT1-12<br /><br />PO-28 (POSAT-1), Portugal's first satellite, launched 12 years ago,<br />will be turned over to Amateur Radio use in the very near future. That<br />was the word July 30 from AMSAT-UK Secretary Jim Heck, G3WGM, during the<br />AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford, England.<br /><br />Launched September 25, 1993, the satellite operated as a packet store-<br />and-forward BBS (9600 baud FM FSK) on Amateur Radio frequencies for several<br />weeks in early 1994. Over the years, PO-28's primary usage has been commer-<br />cial, although plans have called for eventually shifting its operation to<br />ham radio use. G3WGM reports that following lengthy negotiations it has<br />been agreed that the satellite can be switched permanently to amateur<br />frequencies. The changeover is expected to take a couple of weeks.<br /><br />The Portuguese satellite was built at the University of Surrey as part of a<br />collaborative satellite technology program that involved industry and<br />academe. Uplink frequencies will be 145.925 and 145.975 MHz. Downlink<br />frequencies will be 435.250 and 435.275 MHz. More information on PO-28<br />is on the AMSAT Web site
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html.<br /><br />Uplink Frequencies: 145.925 and 145.975 MHz<br />Downlink Frequencies: 435.250 and 435.275 MHz<br /><br />Orbit: 822 x 800 km, 98.6 deg inclined, sun-synchronous.<br /><br />Transponder capabilities include FM repeater and 38k4 data. If you want<br />to hear how loud this satellite is, listen on 429.950 until the change back<br />to amateur radio service.<br /><br />Keplerian elements for PO-28 are not currently contained in the AMSAT<br />keps bulletins, but can be found at Celestrak in amateur.txt using the<br />name "POSAT". Users of Space Track should query the NORAD Satellite ID<br />number 22829. The name listed by Space Track is "EYESAT A".<br /><br />More information of POSAT-1 can be found at:<br />
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/missions/posat1.html<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/po28.html<br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thanks Trevor, M5AKA and Jim, G3WGM, for this week's<br />information.]<br />[08072005]<br />=====<br />AO-10 OSCAR 10<br />Catalog number: 14129<br />Launched: June 16, 1983<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB<br />Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)<br /><br />AO-10 has been locked into a Mode-B, 70-cm uplink and<br />2-meter downlink for several years.<br /><br />W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:<br />
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />IO-26 ITAMSAT<br />Catalog number: 22826<br />Launch Date: September 26, 1993<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<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 />Alberto E. Zagni - I2KBD reports on 02/13/05<br />The spacecraft is in MBL (safe mode) and is trasmitting just 6 channels<br />of telemetry. Temperatures and voltage are nominal, but there seems to<br />be a problem with the onboard receiver, refusing to accept commands.<br />The spacecraft was launched in 1993, thus nearing 12 years in orbit...<br /><br />Best regards<br />Alberto E. Zagni - I2KBD<br />ITAMSAT Mission Director<br /><br />More information of IO-26 can be found at:<br /><br />
http://joshua.micronet.it/english/itamsat/itamsathome.html<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/io26.html<br />
www.itamsat.org<br /><br />[02132005]<br />=====<br />RS-12 RADIO SPORT RS-12<br />Catalog number: 21089<br />Launched: February 5, 1991<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink: 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 29.408 MHz<br />Robot: 29.454 MHz<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />RS-13 RADIO SPORT RS-13<br />Catalog number: 21089<br />Launched: February 5, 1991<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink: 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/USB<br />Downlink: 145.860 to 145.900 MHz CW/USB<br />Beacon: 145.860 MHz<br />Robot: 145.908 MHz<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />UO-14 UoSAT-3<br />Catalog number: 20437<br />Launched: January 22, 1990<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink 145.975 MHz FM<br />Downlink 435.070 MHz FM<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />UO-22 UOSAT<br />Catalog number: 21575<br />Launched: July 17, 1991<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<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 />[01092005]<br />=====<br />RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15<br />Catalog number: 23439<br />Launch Date: December 26, 1994<br /><br />Status: Non-operational?<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 />John, KD6PAG reports on June 16, 2004 to ANS:<br />RS-15 beacon seemed to be back in the mode where it's a tone about 5 seconds<br />off and then 5 seconds on this morning.<br /><br />ANS is looking for more confirmations of RS-15 coming back.<br /><br />[ANS thanks John, KD6PAG for RS-15 information]<br />[06202004]<br />=====<br />LO-19 LUSAT<br />Catalog number: 20442<br />Launched: January 22, 1990<br /><br />Status: CW Beacon only<br /><br />Uplink: 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM<br /> (using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)<br />CW downlink: 437.125 MHz<br />Digital downlink: 437.150 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200-baud PSK)<br />Broadcast Callsign: LUSAT-11<br />BBS: LUSAT-12o<br /><br />General information and telemetry samples can be found at:<br />
www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />FO-20 JAS-1b<br />Catalog number: 20480<br />Launch Date: February 07, 1990<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<br /><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 />More FO-20 info can be found at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/fo20.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />KO-23 KITSAT<br />Catalog number: 22077<br />Launched: August 10, 1992<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink: 145.900 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink: 435.170 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: HLO1-11<br />BBS: HLO1-12<br /><br />Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter continues in a<br />non-operational status.<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />KO-25 KITSAT<br />Catalog number: 22828<br />Launched: September 26, 1993<br /><br />Status: Non-operational<br /><br />Uplink: 145.980 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink: 436.500 MHz FM<br />Broadcast Callsign: HL02-11<br />BBS: HL02-12<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />PO-34 PANSAT<br />Catalog number: 25520<br />Launched: October 30, 1998<br /><br />Status: Telemetry downloads only<br /><br />Uplink/downlink frequency (listed on the PanSat web site) 436.500 MHz<br /><br />The satellite is not available for general uplink transmissions.<br /><br />The Naval Postgraduate School developed PanSat. At the time of<br />launch, PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders were to<br />be available to Amateur Radio operators along with software to utilize<br />this technology.<br /><br />The satellite is still operating, however, the spread spectrum packet<br />radio portion never took place. The spacecraft is now beyond it's<br />initial 2-year mission life, but telemetry records are still being<br />downloaded.<br /><br />For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:<br />
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />SO-33 SEDSAT-1<br />Catalog number: 25509<br />Launched: October 24, 1998<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational<br /><br />Downlink: 437.910 MHz FM (9600-baud FSK)<br /><br />The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and<br />the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.<br /><br />For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site:<br />
http://seds.uah.edu/projects/sedsat/sedsat.htm<br /><br />[ANS has no further information]<br />[05232004]<br />=====<br />SO-35 SUNSAT<br />Catalog Number: ?<br />Launched:February 23, 1999<br /><br />STatus: Non-Operational<br /><br />Downlink: Mode B Repeater: 436.291 MHz<br /> Mode J Digipeater: 436.250 MHz<br /><br />Uplinks: Mode B Repeater: 145.825 MHz<br /> Mode J Digipeater: 145.825 MHz and 145.900 MHz<br /><br />For more information of SUNSAT vist the satellite web site:<br />
http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/projects/sunsat/<br />[08082004]<br />=====<br />UO-36 UoSAT-12<br />Catalog number: 25693<br />Launched: April 21, 1999<br /><br />Status: Unknown<br /><br />Uplink: 145.960 MHz (9600-baud FSK)<br />Downlink: 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: UO121-11<br />BBS: UO121-12<br /><br />The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 is available on the AMSAT-NA<br />web site at the following URL:<br />
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip<br />[05092004]<br />=====<br />AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40<br />Catalog number: 26609<br />Launch Date: November 16, 2000<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<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 />[05232004]<br />-----<br />SO-42 SAUDISAT-1B<br />Catalog number: 26549<br />Launched: September 26, 2000<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<br /> Downlink: 437.075 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: SASAT2-11<br />BBS: SASAT2-12<br /><br />Further information is available at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so42.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A<br />Catalog number: 26545<br />Launch Date: September 26, 2000<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<br /><br />Uplink: 145.850 MHz<br />Downlink: 436.775 MHz<br />Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11<br />BBS: SASAT1-12<br /><br />Further information is available at:<br />
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html<br />[08152004]<br />=====<br />NO-45 SAPPHIRE<br />Catalog number: 26932<br />Launch Date: September 30, 2001<br /><br />Status: Non-Operational<br /><br />Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK<br />Uplink: 145.945 MHz UI Digipeater<br />Digi Callsign: KE6QMD<br /><br />Everyone is welcome to use the digipeating/APRS features of Sapphire,<br />callsign KE6QMD, as per the user service agreement located at the following<br />URL:<br />
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat/contract.txt<br />[03132005]<br />=====<br />AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)<br />Catalog number: 27605<br />Launch Date: December 20, 2002<br /><br />Status: Semi-operational.<br /><br />Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK<br />Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK<br />(optional voice message)<br />Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS<br /><br />AO-49 (SAFIR-M) is a German amateur radio payload onboard the small German<br />scientific satellite "RUBIN-2".<br /><br />AO-49 was built by the German amateur radio association "AATiS<br />e.V." (German<br />acronym for "Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation in der Schule",<br />which means: 'working group for amateur radio anand telecommunications in<br />schools'). AO-49 is designed as a "store and broadcast" system for APRS<br />based messages, dedicated for the use of schools in combination with the<br />existing WX-Net and planned buoy experiments in Germany.<br /><br />No transmissions detected since the 1st of February 2003! It appears<br />AO-49 is not properly aligned to illuminate the solar panels. This<br />should end soon. Due to its orbit, AO-49 will be in a phase without<br />eclipses until 13Feb03.<br /><br />Martin DG8UAU has written a small software program "SAFIR-M Decoder" to<br />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 /><br />Information about AATiS e.V. is available at:<br />
http://www.aatis.de<br />[05092004]<br />NNNN<br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS $ANS-254.S4<br />WSR 254 Part 4 09/11/2005<br /><br />AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S4 FROM AMSAT HQ<br />SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 11,2005<br />TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-254.S4<br /><br />THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE NOT IN ORBIT BUT ARE<br />PROPOSED FOR LAUNCH AT THIS TIME:<br /><br />UCISAT ?O-??<br />Catalog number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: October 31, 2005<br /><br />Status: Under Construction<br /><br />Downlink: Submission in Progress<br />Uplink: Submission in Progress<br />Callsign: Submission in Progress<br /><br />This from Matt Bennett, KF6RTB, UCISAT Communications Team Member:<br /><br />Our website is
www.ucisat.net .This is a new website, however, and doesn't<br />have the "Status" section active yet. Because of the growing interest in our<br />project, I'll push our webmaster to create updates (hopefully) on a week-to-<br />week basis. For now, the current status of the mission is as follows:<br /><br />-Expected Launch Date: October 31st, 2005<br />-Frequency Allocation: Submission in Progress<br />-Construction Status: Sub-Assembly<br />[WSR to thank Matt Bennett, KF6RTB, for this week's report.]<br />[01302005]<br />=====<br />SSETI ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: LATE 2005<br /><br />Status: AWAITING LAUNCH<br /><br />Graham, G3VZV reports:<br />We have now been advised that the revised launch date for SSETI Express and<br />the other satellites on the DMC3 COSMOS launch has been confirmed as<br />September 27th - so please keep those fingers crossed!<br /><br />SpaceDaily has a report about SSETI at:<br />
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/internet-04zzzu.html<br /><br />You can find more info about SSETI at:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/<br /><br />Latest news about SSETI can be found at:<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news.php<br /><br />Look at the website for the SSETI Express webcam<br />
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/webcam.htm<br /><br />[ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information]<br />[09112005]<br />=====<br />PHASE 3E ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Early 2006<br /><br />Status: Under Construction<br /><br />William Leijenaar, PE1RAH reports on July 16th, 2005:<br /><br />Hi AMSATs,<br /><br />I always like to inform the AMSATs public about my P3e work, but<br />unfortunatly due to<br />some reasons there was not much time and nothing much to say...<br /><br />However, now I am happy to announce that the my MODE-UV transponder design<br />for P3e is ready at the P3e integration place in Marburg (Germany). About 4<br />weeks ago I was in Marburg before, where the transponder has been checked.<br />Unfortunatly some unsure things were found in the design. The unsure things<br />were about long term stability after many years in space.<br /><br />At home in The Netherlands, I changed the design with some minor changes to<br />have a secure long term stability. Finally I tested the transponder again<br />and it performed well within the specifications. Again something learned for<br />future transponder designs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="images/icons/default/blush.gif" /> )<br /><br />Last Wednesday I drove to AMSAT-DL P3e integrations place in Marburg again,<br />and have my transponder again checked. In the beginning it seemed that the<br />70cm receiver lost 10dB in sensetivity. After some more measurements we find<br />out that it was due to a bad attenuator we used for protection at the input.<br /><br />Together with Karl Meinzer we looked for any problems, but so far we could<br />see (without HELAPS) all was okay. In the afternoon I went back home again,<br />this time without the MODE-UV.<br /><br />Now the MODE-UV will get a new home, the home of P3e... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="images/icons/default/blush.gif" /> )<br />I hope the transponder will work like its elder sister in AO-10, and you all<br />will enjoy it for many years...<br /><br />It was lots of work to get it this far, but I know it is for a good<br />purpose...<br /><br />For the latest project status update please visit the AMSAT-DL<br />P3-E web page:<br />
http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/<br /><br />[ANS-WSR wishes to thank William Leijenaar, PE1RAH for this week's report]<br />[07172005]<br />=====<br />CP1 ?o-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: N6CP<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.845<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />CP2 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.325<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />HAUSAT1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: D90HP<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.465<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ICE Cube 1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: W2CXM<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ICE Cube 2 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: N2VR<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.425<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />ION ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.505<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />KUTEsat ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: KC0RMW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.385<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />MEROPE ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: K7MSU-1<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 145.980<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />nCUBE1 ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.305<br /> 2407.25<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />RINCON ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br /> 437.345<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SACRED ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SACRED ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: WA4CEW<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 436.870<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />SEEDS ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: JQ1YGU<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.485<br />[03272005]<br />=====<br />Mea Huaka ?O-??<br />Catalog Number:<br />Proposed Launch Date: Mid May 2005<br /><br />Proposed Callsign: TBA<br />Proposed Transmit Frequency: 437.405<br />[03272005]<br />NNNN<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 trans-<br />mitted to the eastern U.S. at 19:00 UTC and to the western U.S. at 19:30<br />UTC.<br /><br />Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:<br />
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