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This report is organized into 3 parts.
Part 1 - operational analog amateur satellites.
Part 2 - operational digital amateur satellites.
Part 3 - semi-operational and non-operational amateur satellites.
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-279.S1
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 279.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 6, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-279.S1
Phase 3D / AMSAT OSCAR 40 / AO-40
Launched: November 16, 2000 aboard an Ariane 5 launcher
from Kourou, French Guiana.
Status: Currently, the U/V/L-1/L-2 to S-2/K passband is active
at various times.
Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/SSB
U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/SSB
L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/SSB
L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink: S-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/SSB
K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/SSB
AO-40 experimental transponder operation started on May 05, 2001 at
approximately 08:00 UTC when the U-band and L1-band uplinks were
connected to the S-2 transmitter passband downlink via the Matrix
switch.
The command team has taken a set of images which just manage to
capture the earth in one corner of the field of view and allow us to
calculate ALON / ALAT as below. This is a good ALAT to provide power and
protect the cameras from direct sunlight. Therefore, we have terminated
the station keeping magnetorque and will begin drifting past the sun.
At approximately ALON = 330 we can begin lowering ALAT.
Wednesday V-Rx sessions are terminated during this time.
The K-Tx sessions are terminated during this time.
The RUDAK unit has been turned off.
Upcoming DX:
Yoshi, JF6BCC/KH2GR will be QRV from KH2 from October 11th through
the 14th. The Grid of Guam is QK23.
Scott, NX7U has a program that automatically calculates Uplink S/N
against a supplied Nova for Windows orbital listing. Download at:
http://members.cox.net/nx7u/ao40/ao40v20_AutoSNR.zip
The "AO-40 FAQ", compiled by Steve, VK5ASF is now available at:
http://www.amsat.org
Ground stations capturing telemetry from AO-40 are asked to send a
copy of the data to the AO-40 archive at: ao40-archive@amsat.org.
For the current transponder-operating schedule visit:
http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL and the ARRL for this information]
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION/ARISS
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
TNC callsign: RS0ISS
The ARISS initial station was launched September 2000 aboard shuttle
Atlantis. ARISS is made up of delegates from several major, national
Amateur Radio organizations, including AMSAT.
Status: Operational.
Numerous contacts have been made with Valery Korzun.
Sergei Treschev has also been active.
Alain, IZ6BYY and Claudio, IK1SLD wish to announce the opening
of the ISS Fan Club. The ISS Fan Club is a free no-profit
organization. The first 100 subscribers will receive by mail a nice
picture of ISS Crew #1 signed by Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko at
the ISS Forum 2001 in Berlin. The official ISS Fan Club website is at:
http://www.issfanclub.com
ISS packet activity has resumed. A good discussion on its use is
available at: http://www.rac.ca/arispak2.htm
ARISS school contacts have resumed with the Expedition 5 crew of
mission commander/U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, and Russian
cosmonauts Valery Korzun, RZ3FK and Sergei Treschev, RZ3FU.
The latest ARISS announcements and successful school list is
available at:
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
An archive of school contacts can be found at:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/505064.asp
NASA information on the ISS station can be found at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/
The ISS daily crew schedule (which gives an idea when crew members
have free time and may be available for Amateur Radio operations) can
be found at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
A detailed breakdown of the antenna installation with some great
pictures and diagrams (depicting the entire ISS ham system including
antenna's) can be downloaded at:
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/EVAs/amsat01.pdf
U.S. callsign: NA1SS
Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR
The QSL routes for W/VE stations working the International
Space Station (all callsigns):
U.S. stations (a SASE is required to get a QSL in return):
Margie Bourgoin, KC1DCO
Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3, etc.) QSL
ARRL, 225 Main Street
Newington, Connecticut 06111
Canadian stations:
Radio Amateurs of Canada
Attn: ARISS Expedition-1 (or 2, 3, etc.) QSL
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa, Ontario KEG 0Z5
European stations (a SASE and 2 IRC's are required to get
a QSL in return).
AMSAT-France
14 bis, rue des Gourlis
92500 Rueil Malmaison
France
[ANS thanks Will Marchant, KC6ROL, and Jean-Louis Rault, F6AGR,
for this information]
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AMSAT OSCAR 7 AO-7
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon: 29.502 MHz, 145.975 MHz
Launched: November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Lompoc, California. Status: Semi-operational in sunlight.
After being declared dead 21 years ago in mid 1981 due to battery failure,
AO-7 has miraculously sprung back to life and was first detected by
Pat Gowen, G3IOR on June 21, 2002 at 1728 UTC. Jan King, W3GEY reports
AO-7 is almost certainly running only off the solar panels. It is very
likely to be on only when in the sun and off in eclipse. Therefore,
AO-7 will reset each orbit and may not turn on each time. It is in
Mode A when the 29.502 MHz beacon is detected.
On July 11, 2002 AO-7 was successfully commanded for the first time since
it was declared dead 21 years ago. Commands were sent and accepted to
change the CW beacon code speed.
Command investigation continues. So far, 11 different commands have been
accepted by AO-7.
Yoshi Imaishi, JF6BCC is compiling an excellent list of observations.
Please send him whatever you have. jf6bcc@jarl.com
You can view the list at:
http://plaza16.mbn.or.jp/~palau/temp/AO7-mode-report.xls
Tim, K3TZ has written a program to decode AO-07 telemetry.
The program can be downloaded at:
http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip
For more AO-7 info: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao7.html
[ANS thanks Pat Gowen, G3IOR and Jan King, W3GEY for this information]
=====
OSCAR 10 AO-10
Uplink: 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
Launched: June 16, 1983 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational
AO-10 has been locked into a Mode-B, 70-cm uplink and
2-meter downlink for several years.
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information
and web site]
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UO-14
Uplink: 145.975 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.070 MHz FM
Launched: January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J
Upcoming DX:
Ramon, XE1KK, will be active from the Galapagos Islands as HC8/XE1KK from
October 20th to 30th, 2002. QSL via homecall buro or direct.
Tim, KG8OC, features UO-14 information on the Michigan AMSAT
web site:
http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc
Ray, W2RS, has revised the AO-27 FAQ on < www.amsat.org > to
include information on UO-14.
[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-14 information]
=====
RADIO SPORT RS-15
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
Launched: December 26, 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a
10-meter downlink
Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 on his
web site. In addition to satellite data, antenna information for
mode-A operation is also featured. The WB6LLO web site URL is:
http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads
[ANS thanks Dave Guimont, WB6LLO, for this information]
=====
JAS-1b FO-20
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Launched: February 07, 1990 by an H1 launcher from the Tanegashima
Space Center in Japan.
Status: Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously
Tak, JA2PKI, reported FO-20 control station operators believe that the
UVC (Under Voltage Controller) now is regulating the transponder. The
controller monitors battery voltage and tries to protect the batteries
from over discharge.
[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]
=====
AMRAD AO-27
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM
Launched: September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana. Status: Operational, mode J.
September 16th, 2002
AO-27 is in Analogue mode for 8 Minutes. Please feel free to make contacts.
The latest information on AO-27 from control operator Michael
Wyrick, N3UC (former N4USI), can be found at:
http://www.ao27.org
An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site, with updates by Ray, W2RS. The URL is:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html
[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]
=====
JAS-2 FO-29
Launched: August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the Tanegashima
Space Center in Japan. Status: Operational
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Digital Mode JD
Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Last reported, the JARL FO-29 command station announced the
operation schedule of FO-29 as mode JA through June 30, 2002.
Mineo, JE9PEL, has a FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that
will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite
(such as current, voltage and temperature). The JE9PEL FO-29/shareware
is available at the following URL:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports]
=====
SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Status: Operational but intermittent.
One of two ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by
the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology.
The spacecraft is operating in Mode-J, currently configured as an
analog FM voice repeater. The spacecraft will operate in this mode
intermittently, as power and spacecraft experiments permit.
SO-41's downlink RF power is 1-watt with left-hand circular polarization.
The uplink antenna (located on top of the spacecraft) is linear in
polarization.
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
[ANS thanks Turki Al-Saud for this information]
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