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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.01
AMSAT-NA REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND JAMSAT MEETING
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.01
Bill Tynan W3XO AMSAT-NA President and Keith Baker KB1SF Executive Vice
President journeyed to Japan the week of March 12 to represent AMSAT-NA and
the International Phase 3D Project at the JAMSAT Annual Meeting held in the
city of Kyoto March 16 and 17.
They presented a joint talk on Phase 3D and its status to the assembled
group, which was translated into Japanese by JAMSAT's President Tak Okamoto
JA2PKI. In turn, Hiroyuki Ohata JM3MAJ presented an update on JAMSAT's
SCOPE camera project due to fly on Phase 3D.
While in Japan, W3XO and KB1SF also met with officials of JARL (The Japan
Amateur Radio League) and the JAIA (The Japanese Amateur Radio Industries
Association, providing both groups with information on Phase 3D's
capabilities and status.
Both Keith and Bill expressed their appreciation for the fine treatment
they received from the JAMSAT members. On return, they said that they
considered it a very successful trip, as well as being most pleasant..
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.02
L BAND ANTENNA REFLECTORS AND OTHER PHASE 3D COMPONENTS ARRIVE IN ORLANDO
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.02
The L Band Antenna Reflectors, produced in France, arrived at the Phase 3D
Integration Laboratory site in Orlando, Florida in very good condition,
March 18th. Dick Jansson AMSAT-NA's Vice President for Engineering
expressed appreciation to Bernard Pidoux F6BVP and the French AMSAT group
for their collective effort in producing these parts and noted that the
addition of France brings to fourteen the number of countries participating
in the Phase 3D Project. Also arriving recently were the completed
flight-ready solar panels from Germany, one of the X-Band horns from
Finland and the two SBSs from Utah. The flight main battery and the X-Band
TWTA, are in Germany awaiting shipment.
ANS thanks Dick Jansson WD4FAB for this information.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.03
SURREY SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.03
The 11th AMSAT-UK Colloquium will be held at Surrey University, Guildford,
Surrey, U.K., from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th July 1996. Thursday will
be devoted to international/IARU matters and other subjects will be
structured across the following three days. There will also be the usual
social events including: Command Station visits, the Annual Dinner and
Auction, AMSAT-UK AGM, and other light-hearted fun.
A final call from AMSAT-UK to invite authors to submit papers, about
amateur radio space and associated activities, for this event has been
issued. It is normally preferred that authors present the papers
themselves rather than having someone unacquainted with the authors' work
read them in the authors' absence.
Abstracts of Papers for presentation should be submitted by 15th May 1996;
full submissions need to be received by 15th June 1996. Meeting this date
is required in order to be included in the "proceedings" document which
will be published in time for attendees to receive it at the event.
Electronic submissions should be sent to: Chris Jackson, G7UPN via Internet
at: G7UPN@amsat.org or direct on UO-22.
Submissions by mail should be sent to:
Chris Jackson, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd,
University Of Surrey,
Guildford,
England GU2 5XH
Proposals for the following subject matter have already been received:
IARU; Processing of UoSAT log files; GPS; EME; VHF, UHF & Microwave
antennas.
Up to date information can about the Colloquium can be accessed via
Internet at the University of Surrey web site; the URL is:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/EE/CSER/UOSAT/new/amateur/colloquium.html
AMSAT-UK looks forward to welcoming visitors from overseas.
All other inquiries regarding Colloquium 96 should be addressed to:
The AMSAT-UK Office: 94 Herongate Road Wanstead Park London E12 5EQ.
ANS thanks Richard W L Limebear G3RWL, Communications Officer AMSAT-UK
for this bulletin information.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.04
KEPLER MIRROR EUROPEAN DATABASE OPENED
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.04
The Satellite radio-Amateurs Service, Amateur Astronomers,
Radio Astronomers, professional Astronomers, from Mecanic and Acoustic
laboratory (LMA), a french public scientific research center,
has open a Keplerian mirror Internet FTP anonymous service.
This new service opened Oct-27-95, to offer:
Kelso database (2Lines amateur, weather, synchro)
Molczan database (1300, 2Lines satellites)
NASA database (2Lines MIR and exotic satellites)
AMSAT database (2Lines SHUTTLEs)
SpaceNews (KD2BD satellite amateur news)
ANS (Amsat.org, bulletin in English and French language)
Traject (MIR route)
Jonathan's.S.R (Space news activity)
Comet (Flash orbital parameters in Solar system)
Ephemerid (Solar planetary satellites, comet)
Access via: Internet ftp anonymous (tcp/ip)
Address: alphalma.cnrs-mrs.fr (192.134.96.21)
Login: anonymous
Password: your e-mail address or call, please.
Directory name: astro
One can also connect by WWW at: ftp://alphalma.cnrs-mrs.fr (not http)
The alternate European ftp anonymous access to another independent database
is:
ftp.physics.ox.ac.uk /pub/sat
Sysops: fb1rci@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr
piraux@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr7
ANS thanks FB1RCI for this information
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.05
COMET HYAKUTAKE WEB SITE OPENED
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.05
Great starting WEB Site for Comet Hyakutake to be visible this week.
http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/hyakutake/tips.html
ANS thanks Bill NJ1H for this information
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.06
TSS A SUCCESS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.06
Dennis Wingo KD4ETA says that "from an amateur radio perspective TSS was a
success". He notes that it demonstrated that it will be possible, in the
future, to put up a long wire antenna in space for Ionospheric research
into hf propagation.
TSS also conclusively proved that it is possible to generate electricity
(3600 volts at .5 amp) simply by moving a wire through the earth's magnetic
field. This can help lower the costs of the international space station by
a) putting current into the tether will allow for a robust without having
to ferry expensive fuel up to the station.
b) allow the Shuttle to save fuel by using a tethered deboost from station
that will both move the station up to a higher orbit (saving fuel) and
deboost the orbiter (again without using fuel)
c) allow the return of experiment samples and the burn up of trash by using
the deboosting properties of a tether. This will increase the
productivity of experiments on the station (shorten the turn around from
the STS 90 period) and will lower the logistics requirements on the
Shuttle for cargo.
Also unintentionally TSS proved the feasibility of boosting a payload into
a higher orbit without the use of dangerous upper stages loaded with fuel.
TSS was hardly a failure, according to Dennis. The principal loss, he
noted, was the 154 million Dollar TSS end mass that performed flawlessly
during the deployment and was paid for by the Italian government not NASA
or the U.S. Taxpayers.
KD4ETA concludes by noting that the next major AMSAT sponsored LEO
communications satellite, SEDSAT, will be boosted to its final orbit on
Shuttle Mission STS 85 in the summer of next year by a tether system
deployed from the orbiter.
ANS thanks Dennis Wingo, SEDSAT 1 Project Manager, for this information.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.07
SHUTTLE MISSION INFORMATION AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.07
Information on STS-76, the third docking mission of the
U.S. Space Shuttle and the Russian MIR space station, is
available to the media and general public over the Internet.
The primary source for mission information is the
NASA Shuttle Web, part of the World Wide Web. This site
contains information on the crew and their mission and will
be regularly updated with status reports, photos and video
clips throughout the flight. The NASA Shuttle Web's address is:
http://shuttle.nasa.gov
If that address is busy or unavailable, shuttle
information is available through the Office of Space Flight
home page: http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/
A description of the mission in Spanish is available at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/spanish/76facts2.htm
Once the Space Shuttle docks with MIR, information on
the joint mission can be found at: http://shuttle-mir.nasa.gov/
This site will discuss the cooperation, investigations
and operational activities of NASA astronauts as they begin
their consecutive stays aboard MIR.
General information on NASA and its programs is available through the NASA
home page and the NASA Public Affairs home page: http://www.nasa.gov
and http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/hqpao/hqpao_home.html
Information on other current NASA activities is available through the
Today@NASA page: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/NewsRoom/today.html
Information is also available from the NASA Headquarters FTP server,
ftp.hq.nasa.gov. Log in as anonymous and go to the directory /pub/pao.
NASA press releases and other information are available
automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail
message to domo@hq.nasa.gov. In the body of the message
(not the subject line) users should type the words
"subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will
reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription.
A second automatic message will include additional information
on the service. NASA releases also are available via CompuServe
using the command GO NASA.
ANS thanks Pat Kilroy WA8LAQ for this information.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-082.08
SATELLITE STATUS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 082.08 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, MARCH 22, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-082.08
WO-18 POSITION TRACKING
The following is being sent this week by the WEBERSAT ground team:
16-Mar-96
*Collecting and Sending WOD
Week1: Arrays Ch# 26 27 28 29 2A 2B
*Photo 9/13 -- New Image
*Monday, New Spectrum
*APR Activity Encouraged
This information comes from IK3WVJ & KB7KCL.
The Chaminade School group at WA6BYE expect to soon be sending POSIT
packets via WEBERSAT during the daytime passes. They ask that they be
informed via WO-18 or on PACSAT if they are seen.
ANS Thanks Dave Reeves KF6PJ for this news item
AO-13
With AMSAT OSCAR-13 soon returning to improved orientation, WB6LLO says it
is planned to resume SSTV activity in the satellite.
Slow scanners are invited to join the SSTV sessions on AO-13 on a
frequency of 145.955. The net meets at 45 minutes before
Mode S, and on Mode B following Mode S on Saturdays and Sundays.
This is NOT a formal net. Those interested may join the group at any time,
but are asked to wait their turn in the queue.
To join these sessions, contact wb6llo@amsat.org and he will coordinate
your efforts.
For those not familiar with satellite SSTV, operation is simplicity
itself. Before transmitting your picture send a brief description
of what you are about to send and indicate the mode. When on the
receive end, tune to what you assume the normal voice to be.
ANS thanks Dave Guimont WB6LLO for this news bulletin.
/EX