SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.01 NEW OSCAR NUMBERS ASSIGNED AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-128.01 AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF, recently announced the assignment of several new OSCAR numbers. The new numbers were assigned to the Amateur Radio satellites launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on January 27, 2000. The launch was aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur launch vehicle. OSCAR numbers are issued by AMSAT-NA at the request of Project OSCAR - which built and launched the first Amateur Radio satellites beginning with OSCAR-1 in 1961. In order to qualify for an OSCAR designation, certain specified criteria must be met, the most important of which are set fourth in a document issued by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - entitled 'Information Paper for Perspective Owners and Operators of Satellites Intended for Operation in the Amateur Satellite Service'. Information on this document is available on the IARU Internet web site and also through a link from the AMSAT-NA web page. The IARU document is based on a similar document published earlier by AMSAT-NA. Other criteria include the need for a written request by the person or organization responsible for the satellite to be submitted to AMSAT-NA. This request must include information about the satellite (such as frequencies and orbit) as well as a statement that the requirements of the IARU document have been and are being met. The following OSCAR information is provided relative to the latest number designations: JAWSAT (which stands for Joint Air Force Weber Satellite), in addition to its own electronic payload, consisted of a structure on which were mounted a number of other spacecraft. These small satellites were ejected from JAWSAT itself. Among these were the several Amateur Radio satellites - which have now received OSCAR numbers. ASUSat, built at Arizona State University, is now also known as Arizona State OSCAR-37, or AO-37. OPAL, built at Stanford University in California, is designated OPAL OSCAR-38, or OO-38. JAWSAT, built at Weber State University in Utah, is designated Weber OSCAR-39, or WO-39. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Chairman of the Board Bill Tynan, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.02 FIRST INTERNET NODE IN SPACE AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.02 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-128.02 NASA recently demonstrated the ability to use standard Internet protocols to communicate with an orbiting spacecraft (just like any node on the Internet). Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center working with the Operating Missions as Nodes on the Internet (OMNI) project - have completed the first step in extending Internet access to future spacecraft. AMSAT-NA's Ron Parise, WA4SIR, is one of the driving forces in the project. NASA has been developing this project by working with UoSAT-12, a spacecraft built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL). UoSAT-12 is also known as UO-36 by the Amateur Radio community and carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S transponders in addition to its commercial payload. Engineers from the GSFC successfully used standard Internet PING packets to communicate with UoSAT-12 through a ground station in Surrey, England. This is the first time that a spacecraft ever had its own Internet address and was a fully compliant active node on the world-wide web. Subsequent tests will expand on the basic network capabilities established and will demonstrate the use of standard Internet applications to support normal spacecraft operations. Automatic spacecraft clock synchronization will be demonstrated using Network Time Protocol (NTP), reliable file transfer will be demonstrated using standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and finally, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) will be used to demonstrate automated file store-and-forward. Future tests are planned to incorporate technologies required to support full operational deployment of Internet protocols on future space missions. More information about this new development is available at: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/internet-00l.html [ANS thanks Joseph Fitzgerald for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.03 GPS SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY ENDED HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.03 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-128.03 Several satellite operators, along with the ARRL Letter, noted GPS receiver accuracy recently. The AMSAT-BB was active with reports about how the United States terminated selective availability as of midnight on May 1, 2000. The ARRL Letter also contained information abut the changeover. Selective Availability was an error introduced initially for national security purposes. It prevented GPS from being as accurate as it could have been for civilian users. With SA turned off, accuracy is expected to be as much as 10 times better. Eric Lemmon, WB6FLY, called the action "a huge benefit to hams who are into APRS, because the SA error will no longer hamper its accuracy." Harry Pyle, AB7TB, charted the error at the changeover. His data show the GPS error --typically in the 100 to 200 foot range-- dramatically dropping to something on the order of from 10 to 20 feet when SA was turned off. More information on the elimination of the GPS Selective Availability can be found at: http://www.igeb.gov (and) http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/PressReleases.cgi [ANS thanks the ARRL, .Eric Lemmon, WB6FLY and Harry Pyle, AB7TB, for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.04 ANS IN BRIEF HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.04 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-128.04 ANS news in brief this week includes the following: ** Amateur Radio will be well represented when the World Radiocommunication Conference 2000 opens this month in Istanbul. The International Amateur Radio Union has prepared its delegation to deal with conference issues that might affect Amateur Radio. At its meeting in Tours, France the IARU Administrative Council gave final review and approval of its instructions to the IARU WRC-2000 delegation. The Istanbul conference, held under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union, runs from May 8th through June 2nd. -ARRL Letter ** It's a smaller world after all - that is, if new measurements by University of Washington physicists turn out to be correct. Their new calculations for the Earth's mass came from work that could establish the most precise measurement ever achieved of Isaac Newton's gravitational constant. -SpaceDaily ** A new DX record for the magic band as Africa contacts New Zealand on 6-meters. Participants in this historic April 24th contact were CT3HF on the African continent and ZL3AAU, ZL3ADT, ZL3NW in New Zealand. -VHF Reflector/Newsline ** SSTL's first nanosatellite, SNAP-1, is being completed for launch in June 2000 at the Surrey Space Center. SNAP-1 is a highly integrated and sophisticated spacecraft weighing just 6-kg with advanced micro-miniature GPS navigation, on-board computing, propulsion and attitude control technologies, all developed in the UK. -SpaceDaily ** The ARRL is continuing its opposition to attempts by Los Angeles County, California, to obtain an experimental license permitting airborne Microwave TV downlinks in the 2402-2448 MHz range. Amateurs have a primary domestic allocation at 2402-2417 MHz. In a filing with the FCC, the ARRL again asked the Commission to deny the County's application. The LA County proposal, filed last August, seeks FCC authorization to develop a TVDL system for public safety purposes using four 10-MHz channels at 2.4 GHz. The League also has filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the granting of a similar experimental application filed by the City of Los Angeles. -ARRL ** The booking form for the 15th AMSAT-UK Colloquium (AMSAT SPACE 2000) is now available for downloading from the AMSAT-UK web site. Visit www.uk.amsat.org for more information. -Fred, G6ZRU ** The fourth in a series of five of the most sophisticated weather spacecraft ever built, soared into space recently from Cape Canaveral. The GOES-L spacecraft was carried in space aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket. The spacecraft is a three-axis internally stabilized weather spacecraft that has the dual capability of providing pictures while performing atmospheric sounding at the same time. Once in its final orbit - the spacecraft is to be designated GOES-11 and will complete its 90-day checkout in time for availability during the 2000 hurricane season. -NASA ** G3RWL tells ANS the callsign plaques affixed to P3D can be viewed on the AMSAT-UK web site at http://www.uk.amsat.org/phase3d.htm. A personal copy of the photograph is in the mail to individual donors named on the plaques. -Richard, G3RWL ** After three failed missions from Cape Canaveral during the past two years, a 19-story Titan 4 rocket is ready for a voyage into space from the Cape. The $432 million Titan 4B is to carry a $250 million Defense Support Program missile-detection satellite into an orbit 22,233 miles above the Earth's atmosphere. -Florida Today ** Last week's ANS 121 was dedicated to the memory of Samir Durakovic, T99S. The information about T99S came from both the ARRL and from Sharon Gartenberg, KC1YR. ANS thanks both sources for this information. -ANS ** The ARRL Letter provided ANS with more information about the award received by AMSAT-NA's Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. The official award is the Atlantic Division 2000 Technical Achievement Award. In addition, ARRL's Atlantic Division has named the FCC's Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, the 2000 Amateur of the Year. The Atlantic Division credited Hollingsworth with encouraging compliance with Part 97 rules. The Atlantic Division's 'Grand-Ole-Ham' lifetime service award for 2000 goes to Bill Thompson, W2MTA. The 2000 awards will be presented in during the Atlantic Division Convention, held in conjunction with the Rochester, New York, Hamfest - June 2-4. ANS thanks the ARRL for this information. -ANS ** Some doorstep astronomy from ANS: the brightest star low in the northeast as darkness falls in May is Vega. The brightest star very high in the east-southeast is Arcturus. Compare their colors. Vega is white with a slight hint of blue; Arcturus is pale gold. -S&T --ANS BULLETIN END--- /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.03 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.03 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-128.03 MIR SPACE STATION 145.985 MHz Simplex (FM) Voice and SSTV (Robot 36 Mode) AMSAT's Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reported that two cosmonauts --Sergei Zalyotin and Alexandr Kaleri-- have arrived on the Russian Mir space station after an April 4, 2000 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the successful docking with Mir. Ham radio activity aboard the Mir space station is apparently back on line -- currently in limited fashion. No activity has been reported from the orbiter during the last week. Stay tuned to ANS for further details. RADIO SPORT RS-13 Uplink 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB Uplink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB Downlink 29.460 to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB Downlink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB Beacon 29.458 MHz Robot Uplink 145.840 MHz Robot Downlink 29.504 MHz Operational, in mode-KA with a 10-meter downlink and a 15-meter and 2-meter uplink. More information about RS-12 and RS-13 can be found on the AC5DK's RS-12/13 Satellite Operators Page: http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html 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) Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a 10-meter downlink. Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 and RS-13 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 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) Semi-operational, mode-B. AO-10 has been locked into a 70-cm uplink and a 2-meter downlink for several years. DX continues to be worked (and heard) on AO-10. Mike, N1JEZ, reports a QSL card confirming contact with HZ1AB via AO-10 (QSL via K8PYD). 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] AMRAD AO-27 Uplink 145.850 MHz FM Downlink 436.795 MHz FM Operational, mode J. An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web site. Ray, W2RS, recently updated the information. The URL is: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html AO-27 uses a method called Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR) to regulate the on-board batteries. In simple terms, TEPR times how long the satellite has been in an eclipse (or in the sun) and decides what subsystems to turn on or off. The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA web site include an explanation of AO-27 operations (at): http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27 (on 03/19/2000). TEPR 4 is 28 - TEPR 5 is 64 [ANS thanks Chuck Wyrick, KM4NZ, and Michael Wyrick, N4USI, for AO-27 information] UO-14 Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM Operational, mode J. UO-14 was launched in January 1990. Tim, KG8OC, has updated the Michigan AMSAT Information Site with UO-14 information, point your web browser to the following URL: http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc [ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN / ZL2TPO, for UO-14 information] SUNSAT SO-35 Uplink 436.291 MHz FM Downlink 145.825 MHz FM Operational, mode B. SunSat was launched February 23, 1999 aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The SunSat package includes 1200 and 9600 baud digital store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system that will be used primarily for educational demonstrations. The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems. Transponder operation has resumed. Operations were recently cancelled due to high satellite temperatures caused by satellite orbit orientation. Tests were performed to find workable solutions to the temperature problem. The SunSat team reports these tests have been successful and internal satellite temperatures has been reduced by changing both the satellite orientation and spin rate. Kurt, N0VEK, reported strong stations during a recent pass, "stations had great signals," said N0VEK. For more information on SunSat, visit the following URL: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za A summary of the active modes and frequency allocations for SunSat is available at the following URL: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/~lochner/sunsat/modes.html [ANS thanks Garth Milne ZR1AFH, for this information] JAS-1b FO-20 Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously. JAS-1b (FO-20) was launched in February 1990. Takushi, JO2OXL, reports that the JARL FO-20 Ground Station operators believe that with the inability to (now) determine the satellite battery status (through the loss of the beacon), it is possible that FO-20 is in its final phases. Operation will continue as long as possible. Mark, KB3CWS, Ron, KA2HZO, and Robert, W0LMD, had some success with transmitting/receiving slowscan pictures though FO-20. The pictures were transmitted and received using the Scottie-S2 mode. [ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports] JAS-2 FO-29 Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB Operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker. JAS-2 was successfully launched on August 17, 1996, by an H-II launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center. Digital Mode JD Uplink 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK Digitalker 435.910 MHz Operational, rotated with analog mode and digi-talker. Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29, addressing analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy e-mail Mike at: kf4fdj@amsat.org Kazu, JJ1WTK, reports the FO-29 operational schedule (announced by the JARL) is as follows: May 7th - JA May 8-14th - JD1200 May 15-June 8th - JA Mineo, JE9PEL, has updated his FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program. The software will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite such as current, voltage and temperature. The JE9PEL FO-29/software update is available at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.04 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.04 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-128.04 KITSAT KO-25 Uplink 145.980 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK Downlink 436.500 MHz FM Operational. Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is operational with downlink efficiency in the 60% range. Traffic is light to moderate. [ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information] UOSAT UO-22 Uplink 145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK Downlink 435.120 MHz FM Operational. Chris Jackson, G7UPN, reports to ANS that UO-22 continues in full sunlight and the temperatures have increased considerably. Controllers have turned the satellite upside down to point the critical systems to cold space. This has reduced the temperature on various systems (such as the batteries) by between 5 and 10 degrees. The unfortunate by-product of this is that the downlink is now quite weak. Only the 145.900 MHz receiver is usable for communications at the moment. More information on the satellite is available at the following URL: http://www.sstl.co.uk/ [ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22 status information] OSCAR-11 Downlink 145.825 MHz FM, 1200 baud AFSK Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz Operational. OSCAR-11 celebrated its sixteenth birthday in space on March 1, 2000. The operating schedule is as follows: ASCII status (210 seconds) ASCII bulletin (60 seconds) BINARY SEU (30 seconds) ASCII TLM (90 seconds) ASCII WOD (120 seconds) ASCII bulletin (60 seconds) BINARY ENG (30 seconds) The ASCII bulletin is currently a static message, detailing modes and frequencies of all active amateur radio satellites. Users should note that the date in the hardware generated ASCII telemetry is now advanced by 3 days and the other dates (which are generated by software) are advanced by 1 day. Ground control may be able to correct the software generated dates, but not the hardware generated date. More information on OSCAR-11 is available at the following URL: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ [ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information] LUSAT LO-19 Uplink 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM using 1200 baud Manchester FSK CW downlink 437.125 MHz Digital downlink 437.150 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK Currently semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry channels and one status channel. Currently, no BBS service is available. The digipeater is active. Mineo, JE9PEL, has recorded LO-19 CW and PSK telemetry and placed the information on his Internet homepage site at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ Telemetry is as follows: Uptime is 645/08:43:43 -- time is Sat May 06 22:27:00 2000 +X (RX) Temp -11.087 D RX Temp 1.252 D RC PSK BP Temp -3.796 D RC PSK HPA Tmp -4.917 D +Y Array Temp -19.501 D PSK TX HPA Tmp -3.796 D +Z Array Temp -16.696 D Total Array C= 0.010 Bat Ch Cur=-0.170 Ifb= 0.117 I+10V= 0.060 TX:012 BCR:1E PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0 General information and telemetry samples can be found at: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/lo19.htm [ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for LO-19 status information] PACSAT AO-16 Uplink 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM using 1200 baud Manchester FSK Downlink 437.025 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz Semi-operational. Russ, WJ9F, reports ground stations are currently running memory test software on the satellite. In addition to the memory testing, the spacecraft spin rate around the vertical (Z) axis has created a less than ideal condition for battery charging. The spin rate evaluation confirms a rate of 1 revolution every 18 minutes. Power output is low due to this spin rate. Normally, the S-band transmitter is off. Telemetry is as follows: Uptime is 083/19:11:20 -- time is Sat May 06 22:41:49 2000 +X (RX) Temp -11.499 D RX Temp 1.814 D Bat 1 V 1.244 V Bat 2 V 1.192 V Bat 3 V 1.262 V Bat 4 V 1.267 V Bat 5 V 1.242 V Bat 6 V 1.226 V Bat 7 V 1.258 V Bat 8 V 1.276 V +5V Bus 4.718 V +8.5V Bus 7.746 V +Y Array Temp -24.811 D +Z Array Temp -17.550 D Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.359 Ifb= 0.186 I+10V= 0.188 TX:1008 BCR:1E PWRC:05C BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:2B A new WOD collection of current graphics (dated 02/26/2000) can be found at: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu [ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information] TMSAT-1 TO-31 Uplink 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK Operational. ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits the processing of image files from TO-31. It has been posted to the AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp Many of the high-resolution color images transmitted by TMSAT are compressed using a UoSAT compression format. This format is supported by the VK5HI CCD display program. [ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for TO-31 status information] UoSAT-12 UO-36 Uplink 145.960 MHz 9600 baud FSK Downlink 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz UoSAT-12 was successfully launched on April 21, 1999 from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. UO-36 carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S transponders. NASA recently demonstrated the ability to use standard Internet protocols to communicate with an orbiting spacecraft (just like any node on the Internet). NASA has been developing this project by working with the commercial payload on UoSAT-12. The BBS is open, although uploading (and the downlink) may be disabled at times. The VK5HI viewer shareware is available on the AMSAT-NA web site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip Further information on UO-36 is available from: http://www.sstl.co.uk/ [ANS thanks Chris G7UPN/ZL2TPO, and the University of Surrey for this information] ITAMSAT IO-26 Uplink 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM 1200 baud Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on - opened to APRS use. IO-26 was launched on the September 26, 1993. [ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.05 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.05 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-128.05 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: KITSAT KO-23 Uplink 145.900 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK Downlink 435.175 MHz FM Non-operational. Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-23 is (again) non-operational. The downlink transmitter is off, with the last received data received on 4/13/2000 at 04:10 UTC. KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports (from the KO-23 control team) that part of the problem with recent non-operation has been the power budget aboard the satellite. [ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, for KO-23 status information] RADIO SPORT RS-12 Uplink 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/SSB Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB Downlink 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB Downlink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB Beacon 29.408 MHz Robot Uplink 21.129 MHz Robot Downlink 29.454 MHz Non-operational. No operation in 2000 has been observed. TECHSAT-1B GO-32 Downlink 435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line, however no additional information has been received by ANS (the last report was dated November 1999). The TechSat-1B micro-satellite was successfully launched from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 10, 1998. Last reported, the satellite does not have a continuos beacon, but does transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3 seconds in length), on 435.225 MHz. The TechSat team has constructed a home page about TechSat. To view the site, point your web browser to: http://techsat.internet-zahav.net/ PANSAT PO-34 Uplink/downlink frequencies have never been released. The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions. PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School, was launched from the shuttle Discovery (during STS-95) on October 29, 1998. At the time of launch, PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders were promised to be available to Amateur Radio operators along with software to utilize this technology. To date, this has not happened. For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ PanSat was the featured cover article on the July/August 1999 issue of the AMSAT-NA Journal (written by KD6DRA and N7HPR). [ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information] MIR SPACE STATION MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater Uplink 435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 141.3 Hz Downlink 437.950 MHz FM Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed. MIR SAFEX II 70-cm QSO Mode Uplink 435.725 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 151.4 Hz Downlink 437.925 MHz FM Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed. DOVE DO-17 Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK 2401.220 MHz Non-operational. DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and 2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not responded to ground station control. No additional information is available at this time. WEBERSAT WO-18 Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 baud PSK AX.25 Non-operational. WO-18 is reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash. No additional information is available at this time. SEDSAT-1 SO-33 Downlink 437.910 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. SedSat-1, signifying Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Satellite number one, was successfully launched and placed in orbit on Saturday, October 24, 1998. SedSat-1 has downlinked months worth of telemetry data on the performance of its electrical power system parameters. The Nickel Metal Hydride batteries on the spacecraft were experimental and experienced some abuse due to a power negative situation. This information has provided NASA with useful information. With the exception of the imaging system and the use of the transponders, SedSat-1 has been judged a success. For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site at the following URL: http://www.seds.org/sedsat No additional information is available at this time. /EX