SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS002
ARLS002 RadFxSat-2 Satellite Signals Detected, AMSAT Engineering
Continues to Assess Status

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Space Bulletin 002 ARLS002
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 29, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS002
ARLS002 RadFxSat-2 Satellite Signals Detected, AMSAT Engineering
Continues to Assess Status

AMSAT reports that it's continuing to assess the status of the
RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E amateur radio CubeSat after a ham in Nevada
reported hearing his CW signal weakly via the spacecraft's
transponder on January 27. AMSAT Engineering and Operations was able
to confirm the reports from Brad Schumacher, W5SAT, and determined
that RadFxSat-2 is partially functioning, although signals are
extremely weak.

"We also appreciate those who joined in determining whether they
could detect their own or other signals in recent passes today,"
AMSAT said in a January 28 bulletin. "Please do not attempt to
transmit through the transponder until further notice. This is very
important to the next steps we are taking now."

The next crucial step in evaluating the condition of RadFxSat-2 is
to determine whether or not the 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon is
operating and, if possible, to copy telemetry from the beacon. AMSAT
continues to ask that those with 70-centimeter receive capability
listen on the beacon frequency of 435.750 MHz, +/- Doppler, upper
sideband (USB). Use FoxTelem to capture any telemetry, and set
FoxTelem to "Upload to Server" so that AMSAT will receive the
telemetry data.

Recordings are welcome, with a detailed description, at,
foxtelem@amsat.us .

FoxTelem can be found at, https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/ .

AMSAT stressed that keeping the RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E transponder
clear "is essential to putting all power and attention to the beacon telemetry." Available data suggest that RadFxSat-2 is OBJECT M from
the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne launch, NORAD ID 47320, international
designation 21-002M.

"We thank the amateur satellite community for their perseverance and
assistance while the AMSAT Engineering and Operations teams work to
understand and resolve the situation with RadFxSat-2," AMSAT said.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS001
ARLS001 AMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2/Fox 1E Set to Launch

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Space Bulletin 001 ARLS001
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 12, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
ARLS001 AMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2/Fox 1E Set to Launch

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne is a go for launch on Wednesday, January
13, at 1500 UTC, carrying the AMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2/Fox-1E
CubeSat into space.

The LauncherOne vehicle will carry 10 other satellites.
RadFXSat-2/Fox-1E carries an inverting linear transponder, with
uplink at 145.860 MHz - 145.890 MHz, and downlink at 435.760 MHz -
435.790 MHz.

Telemetry will downlink on 435.750 MHz. More information is on the
Space Launch Now website at, https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/launcherone-launch-demo-2/ .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS003
ARLS003 CAPE-3 CubeSat Launched

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Space Bulletin 003 ARLS003
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT February 16, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS003
ARLS003 CAPE-3 CubeSat Launched

The University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette student-built CAPE-3
satellite was launched on January 17. A 1-U CubeSat, CAPE-3 includes
a "digipeater and experimental UHF adaptive radio." An AX-25
telemetry downlink has been coordinated on 145.825 MHz and a 1k2 frequency-shift keying (FSK) downlink has been coordinated on
435.325 MHz, "which may burst to 100 kHz bandwidth," according to
the IARU Amateur Satellite Coordination page.

CAPE-3 is the third cube satellite in the CAPE series. The primary
educational mission is to allow grade-school classrooms to access
the Smartphone CubeSat Classroom, and run interactive experiments
through an experimental smartphone ground-station grid.

The secondary mission is to perform scientific experiments involving
radiation detection and take pictures of Earth.

The solar-powered spacecraft, created by UL Lafayette's CAPE
Satellite Team, was launched with nine other CubeSats as part of
NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. A
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket attached beneath a wing of a
customized Boeing 747 was dropped high above the Pacific Ocean. It
climbed about 225 miles above Earth and then ejected the satellite.

Information on the ElaNa program can be found in PDF format at, https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ lsp_elana_20_fact_sheet.pdf
.

(above URL all on one line)

The CAPE satellites are named for the university's Cajun Advanced
Picosatellite Experiment program, designed to prepare students for
careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS004
ARLS004 ARISS Ham Station in Columbus Module Is Once Again
Operational

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Space Bulletin 004 ARLS004
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT March 17, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS004
ARLS004 ARISS Ham Station in Columbus Module Is Once Again
Operational

Some 6 weeks after going silent following a spacewalk that installed
new antenna cabling, the Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) ham station in the Columbus module is once again
operational. The Columbus station, which typically uses the callsign
NA1SS, is the primary ARISS amateur radio station used for school
contacts and other activities. A January 27 spacewalk replaced a
coax feed line installed 11 years ago with another built by the
European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus.

While the specific cause of the problem has not yet been determined,
a March 13 spacewalk that restored the antenna cabling to its
original configuration provided the cure. The plan to return the
ARISS cabling to its original configuration had been a "contingency
task" for a March 5 spacewalk, but the astronauts ran out of time.
The ARISS work was appended to the to-do list for astronauts Mike
Hopkins, KF5LJG, and Victor Glover, KI5BKC, to complete a week
later.

"On behalf of the ARISS International Team, our heartfelt thanks to
all who helped ARISS work through the cable anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and ultimate repair," ARISS International Chair
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said. Bauer praised NASA, the ESA, Airbus, and ARISS-Russia lead Sergey Samburov, RV3DR. While the Columbus ham
station was off the air, ARISS school and group contacts were able
to continue using the ham station in the ISS Service Module on the
Russian side of the station.

During the weekend spacewalk, Hopkins swapped out a cable for the
Bartolomeo commercial payload-handling platform that had been
installed in series with the ARISS VHF-UHF antenna feed line,
returning the ARISS system to its pre-January 27 configuration.
Hopkins raised a question concerning a sharp bend in the cable near
a connector, but no further adjustments were possible.

On March 14, ARISS was able to confirm the operation's success when
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) signals on 145.825 MHz were
heard in California, Utah, and Idaho as the ISS passed overhead.
ARISS team member Christy Hunter, KB6LTY, was able to digipeat
through NA1SS during the pass. With additional confirmation from
stations in South America and the Middle East, ARISS declared the
radio system operational again.

Work during the March 13 spacewalk also made Bartolomeo operational.
"Yesterday was a great day for all!" Bauer exulted. "Ad astra!"
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS008
ARLS008 MIR-SAT1 CubeSat Expected to Deploy from the ISS on June 22

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Space Bulletin 008 ARLS008
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT June 21, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS008
ARLS008 MIR-SAT1 CubeSat Expected to Deploy from the ISS on June 22

MIR-SAT1 (Mauritius Imagery and Radiotelecommunication Satellite 1),
the first amateur radio CubeSat from the Indian Ocean island nation
of Mauritius, is expected to be deployed from the International
Space Station (ISS) on June 22.

MIR-SAT1 will carry an amateur radio V/U digipeater (a downlink of
436.925 MHz has been coordinated). MIR-SAT1 will collect images of
the Republic of Mauritius and its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
using an onboard camera.

The 1U nanosatellite was designed by a team of Mauritian engineers
and radio amateurs and built by the Mauritius Research and
Innovation Council (MRIC). MIR-SAT1 will be available to the amateur
community when the satellite is not in use for other purposes.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS009
ARLS009 SSTV Transmissions Scheduled from ISS

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Space Bulletin 009 ARLS009
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT August 2, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS009
ARLS009 SSTV Transmissions Scheduled from ISS

Friday and Saturday, August 6 - 7, Russian cosmonauts onboard the
International Space Station (ISS) will transmit slow-scan television
(SSTV) images from the station on 145.800 MHz FM. They will use SSTV
mode PD-120. The transmissions are part of the Moscow Aviation
Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will be sent via RS0ISS, the
ham station in the Russian Zvezda (Service) module using a Kenwood
TM-D710 transceiver.

The announced schedule is August 6, 1050 - 1910 UTC and August 7,
0950 - 1555 UTC. Dates and times are subject to change. For stations
in the ISS footprint, the RS0ISS signal should be easy to copy on a
handheld transceiver and a quarter-wave whip. Use 25-kHz channel
spacing, if available. Free ISS software is available to download.

Pass predictions are available from AMSAT via,
https://www.amsat.org/track/ . Representative images from prior ISS
SSTV events are available in the ARISS SSTV Gallery at, https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS011
ARLS011 ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December

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Space Bulletin 011 ARLS011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT December 21, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS011
ARLS011 ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team
will support Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions from the
International Space Station (ISS), December 26 - 31. The images will
be related to lunar exploration.

Transmissions should be available worldwide on 145.800 MHz FM, using
SSTV mode PD120.

Transmissions are set to start on December 26 at about 1825 UTC and
end December 31 at about 1705 UTC. The signal should be receivable
on a handheld transceiver with a quarter-wave whip antenna. Use the
widest filter for 25 kHz channel spacing.

The ARISS-SSTV blog has more information,
http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ . Visit the AMSAT Online Satellite
Pass Predictions page for ISS pass times at,
https://www.amsat.org/track/ .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS012
ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
25

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Space Bulletin 012 ARLS012
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT December 21, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS012
ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
25

The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satellite has been installed
on the CZ-4C Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch
Center in China, and related work is in progress as planned,
CAMSAT's Alan Kung, BA1DU, reports.

"If all goes well, the satellite will be launched on December 25,
2021." The orbit will be a circular Sun-synchronous orbit with an
altitude of 770.1 kilometers. The XW-3 (CAS-9) user manual has more
details.

The 100 mW linear transponder will have an uplink frequency of
145.870 MHz and a downlink frequency of 435.18 MHz (transponder
passband is 30 kHz, inverted). The satellite will have a CW beacon
on 435.575 MHz.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS002
ARLS002 Eight-Satellite TEVEL Mission to Launch on January 13

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Space Bulletin 002 ARLS002
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 12, 2022
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS002
ARLS002 Eight-Satellite TEVEL Mission to Launch on January 13

The TEVEL mission, which consists of eight satellites carrying
amateur radio FM transponders, is set to launch on January 13 at
1525 UTC on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission, which also
carries AMSAT-Spain's (AMSAT-EA) EASAT-2 and HADES satellites.
(Please see 2022 Space Bulletin ARLS001 for more information about
the AMSAT-EA satellites.)

The TEVEL satellites were developed by the Herzliya Science Center
in Israel.

All eight satellites will use the same frequencies, as long as their
footprints overlap, and only one FM transponder will be activated at
a time. Beacon transmissions will be on 436.400 MHz (9,600 bps
BPSK). The uplink frequency of the FM transponders is 145.970 MHz,
and the downlink frequency is 436.400 MHz. The satellites were built
by eight schools in different parts of Israel.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS001
ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
Space Station

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Space Bulletin 001 ARLS001
From ARRL Headquarters 
Newington, CT January 9, 2023
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
Space Station

Three of the four new astronauts on February's planned launch of the
SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are
amateur radio operators.

The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are,
Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg,
Mission Specialist Sultan Al Nedayi, and Commander Stephen Bowen.
Photo Courtesy of SpaceX.

Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, KB3HTZ; Commander Stephen Bowen,
KI5BKB, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV, will join
Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev on board the SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft, Endeavour.

The spacecraft will be atop a Falcon 9 rocket and, while a launch
date has not been selected, the earliest date would be mid-February
2023.

All crew members have learned about Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS), received guidance on studying
and testing, and learned how to operate the ARISS radios and the
basics of on-the-air protocol from ARISS team members at NASA's
Johnson Space Center.

The crew will be able to participate in ARISS, using the ham radio
station on the ISS to contact schools and other educational
institutions.

ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio
societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the US,
participating organizations include NASA, the ISS National Lab, ARRL
The National Association for Amateur Radio, and AMSAT.
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