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Subj: WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1
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From: UA9FBV@UA9FBV.PRM.RUS.AS
To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 102.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, April 11,2004
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-102.S1
ARISS - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
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
Sponsors: AMSAT, ARRL, ARISS
Status: Operational since September, 2000. Digipeater: Active
The current Expedition 8 crew is:
Commnader Mike Foale, KB5UAC
Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, U8MIR
The ISS daily crew schedule can be found at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line
is NOT
translated from Russian and posted.
Russian callsigns RS0ISS, RZ3DZR
USA callsign NA1SS
Packet station mailbox callsign RS0ISS-11
Packet station keyboard callsign RS0ISS-3
Digipeater callsign ARISS
More information is available at:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/unprotopage.html
http://www.issfanclub.com
http://www.rac.ca/ariss
[ANS wishes to thank Kennith Ransom, N5VHO for this weeks update][03212004]
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Return to active status: June 21,2002
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B
Beacon: 29.502 MHz, 145.972 MHz, 435.1 MHz, 2304.1 MHz
Status: Semi-operational in sunlight.
Emily, W0EEC has created a website to allow the users of AO-7 to record
contacts, observations and use of the satellite more effectively at
http://www.experthams.net/ao7
This includes the ability to log contacts.
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
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FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795
Status: Semi-Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launched: September 26, 1993
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM
Status: Operational
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 Micheal, N3UC and AMRAD for AO-27 information] [02082004]
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
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
Status: Operational Mode JA.
Mineo, JE9PEL, has an FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that will
automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as
current, voltage and temperature). FO29CWTE is available at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
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SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Catalog number: 26545
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Status: Operational
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launched: December 20, 2002
Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone)
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Status: Operational.
SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater
experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and 436.795 MHz downlink.
The repeater is available to amateurs worldwide as power permits, using a
67.0 Hertz tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation.
[ANS thanks Turki Al-Saud for this information]
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