SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS012
ARLS012 New Amateur Radio FM Transponder CubeSat Now in Space

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Space Bulletin 012 ARLS012
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT December 30, 2016
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS012
ARLS012 New Amateur Radio FM Transponder CubeSat Now in Space

The BY70-1 CubeSat launched on December 28 from the Taiyuan Space
Launch Center in China, but in a lower orbit than intended. The
satellite carries an Amateur Radio FM transponder.

BY70-1 was intended to go into a 530-kilometer (approximately
329-mile) circular Sun-synchronous orbit, but it appears the orbit
is 524 x 212 kilometers, which will give the spacecraft an orbital
lifetime of just a month or two.

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, reported working Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, through
the FM transponder during the 1709 UTC pass on December 28. "Uplink
requires precise frequency adjustment, and there's a delay on the
downlink, but the signal is strong," Stoetzer said.

BY70-1 is a 2U CubeSat project for education and Amateur Radio. It
features 3-axis stabilization and deployable solar panels. In
addition to the FM transponder, BY70-1 has a camera, and plans call
for downloading images and telemetry via a 9600 bps BPSK downlink.
The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination pages list an
uplink of 145.920 MHz, and a downlink of 436.200 MHz.

AMSAT-UK has more information online at, https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/27/by70-1-fm-transponder-satellite/ .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS001
ARLS001 ITF-2 CubeSat Set to Deploy from ISS

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Space Bulletin 001 ARLS001
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 13, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
ARLS001 ITF-2 CubeSat Set to Deploy from ISS

Toshihiro Kameda, JJ3GRX/W3GRX, of the University of Tsukuba's "Yui"
satellite project in Japan, reports that the ITF-2 ("Imagine The
Future") CubeSat is set for release from the International Space
Station (ISS) on Monday, January 16, at 0910 UTC.

The 1U ITF-2 was designed and built at the university. The Amateur
Radio downlink is 437.525 MHz. Updated information will be announced
on the AMSAT Bulletin Board at,
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ .

ITF-2 is the successor to the unsuccessful ITF-1, which launched in
2014 but was never heard.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS002
ARLS002 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Moved to Late August

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Space Bulletin 002 ARLS002
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 17, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS002
ARLS002 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Moved to Late August

AMSAT reports that the launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been
moved to August 29, 2017. RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up
the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the
Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS-1 mission.

Information on ElaNa can be found on the web at, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/index.html .

RadFxSat features the Fox-1 style Amateur Radio FM U/V repeater,
with an uplink on 435.250 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink on
145.960 MHz. Satellite and experiment telemetry will be downlinked
via the "DUV" subaudible telemetry stream and can be decoded with
the FoxTelem software.

JPSS-1 will launch on a Delta II from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
California. RadFxSat is a partnership with Vanderbilt University
ISDE and hosts four payloads for the study of radiation effects on
commercial off-the-shelf components.

RadFxSat construction and testing was completed in the fourth
quarter of 2016, and the CubeSat is currently in clean storage at
Fox Labs, awaiting delivery and integration, now scheduled for June.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS003
ARLS003 Several CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from
ISS

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Space Bulletin 003 ARLS003
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT January 18, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS003
ARLS003 Several CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from
ISS

Several CubeSats carrying Amateur Radio payloads were placed into
orbit on January 16 from the International Space Station (ISS). Six
CubeSats delivered to the ISS in December were deployed from the
Kibo airlock using the new JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer
(J-SSOD). Information on J-SSOD can be found on the web at, http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/jssod/ .

Satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads included ITF-2,
Waseda-Sat-3, AOBA-Velox-3, and TuPOD (including Tancredo-1).
University of Tsukuba designed and built ITF-2, with a downlink of
437.525 MHz. Waseda-Sat-3, a project of Waseda University, downlinks
CW and FM telemetry on 437.29 MHz. AOBA-Velox-3 downlinks GMSK
telemetry on 437.225 MHz. Tancredo-1, a Brazil middle school
project, will transmit AFSK on 437.200 MHz.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has posted a video on
the launches and related activities. Further information can be
found on the JAXA website at, http://global.jaxa.jp/ .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS006
ARLS006 ARISS Opens Window for Proposals to Host Contacts with Space
Station Crew

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Space Bulletin 006 ARLS006
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT February 21, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS006
ARLS006 ARISS Opens Window for Proposals to Host Contacts with Space
Station Crew

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations - individually or working in concert
- to host Amateur Radio contacts next year with ISS crew members.
The window to submit a proposal is April 15. ARISS anticipates that
contacts will take place between January 1 and June 30, 2018. Crew
scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates.
Proposal information and documents are on the ARRL website at, http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact .

To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS seeks proposals
from schools and organizations that can draw large numbers of
participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed
education plan. Each FM-voice contact lasts about 10 minutes - the
length of a typical overhead ISS pass from horizon to horizon.

Scheduled ham radio contacts with ISS crew members allow students to
interact with an astronaut or cosmonaut through a
question-and-answer format. Participants and the audiences alike can
learn firsthand from the astronaut or cosmonaut what it's like to
live and work in space and to learn about space research on the ISS.
Students will be able to observe and learn about satellite
communication, wireless technology, and radio science.

Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of
scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times.

To help organizations prepare proposals, ARISS offers 1-hour online
information sessions, designed to provide more information regarding
US ARISS contacts and the proposal process, as well as provide an
avenue for interested organizations to ask questions. Attending an
online Information Session is not required but is strongly
encouraged.

Information Sessions for the current application window will take
place on Monday, March 6, at 7 PM EST (0000 UTC on March 7) and
Thursday, March 16, at 4 PM EDT (2000 UTC). Contact ARISS via email
to sign up and take part at, ariss@ariss.org .

Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space
agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe sponsor these
educational opportunities by providing the equipment and operational
support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and
students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, ARISS is a collaborative effort between ARRL and AMSAT, in partnership with
NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).

Contact ARISS for more information via email at, ariss@ariss.org .
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS007
ARLS007 ISS Packet System is Back on VHF

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Space Bulletin 007 ARLS007
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT April 15, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS007
ARLS007 ISS Packet System is Back on VHF

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) packet
digipeater system is again operating on VHF - 145.825 MHz. The
failure of an Ericsson handheld VHF transceiver on board the ISS
last fall had caused ARISS to shift packet operation to 70
centimeters. A cargo resupply mission in February delivered a new
Ericsson 2 meter handheld, to replace the one that had failed, which
had been used in the Columbus module for school group contacts and
for Amateur Radio packet.

While the VHF transceiver was offline, ARISS shifted school contacts
from NA1SS to the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in the Russian Service
Module. NASA ISS Ham Project Coordinator Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, said
the VHF capability now back in Columbus can be used in conjunction
with passes involving the HamTV digital amateur television (DATV)
system, which operates on 2.4 GHz.

ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said recently that
ARISS continues to make progress on the development of the new
interoperable radio system on the ISS "that we hope to use to
replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and
the Service module."

Packets digipeated in a valid APRS format via the ISS system and
picked up by an Internet gateway station are documented on the
"Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS" page at,
http://www.ariss.net/ .
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