SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.01
PHASE 3D LAUNCH UPDATE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-275.01

The final preparation of AMSAT's Phase 3D satellite continues to
proceed "on target and on schedule" according to AMSAT-DL Executive
Vice President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS.

Guelzow informed AMSAT News Service that an official launch date has
now been assigned to Ariane Flight 507 and the launch of Phase 3D.
"Arianespace and AMSAT-DL are pleased to announce that the official
date of launch for Ariane Flight 507, on which P3D will fly, has been
brought forward to October 31, 2000," said DB2OS, adding, "this is the
start of the launch window and is the first date at which the launch could
take place."

P3D's latest status report from the launch site shows RF testing has
been completed with all systems working well. The thermal blankets
have been applied. The RUDAK team, the RF team and members of the
electronics team from AMSAT-NA and Europe have returned home after
completing their work. Final tests have been made on several detectors
(such as the sun sensor) and Peter reports "all is well in this area." P3D's
solar cells were fitted to the satellite and passed a preflight test where
high-intensity lights were focused on the solar panels - allowing panel
electrical output and battery charging circuitry to be verified. Following
the solar panel success, a mechanical fit check between P3D and the
SBS adapter was also completed. "The fit required a few minor
modifications and the result is now a perfect fit between the satellite and
the adapter," said Guelzow. Five of the six bays around the satellite have
had their covers installed for the final time and the sixth bay has been
prepared for loading of the satellite fuel. That task is happening as this
edition of ANS is being transmitted, and fueling of P3D will take a full
week to accomplish.

Guelzow told ANS that satellite operators planning to use Phase 3D
after launch are reminded that it could be a few months after launch
before the bird is ready for standard operation. Several things will
determine this time frame, including orbit parameters (such as the
work that will be needed to nudge P3D into its final elliptical orbit).
DB2OS added, "that satellite operators worldwide can rest assured
that every effort will be made to initiate operations at the first possible
opportunity consistent with flight operations."

DB2OS also told ANS that Phase 3D has been seen by several visitors,
both from Arianespace and commercial satellite company personnel,
including representatives of the birds that will fly with P3D, "and they
have been impressed by both the complexity and workmanship of our
satellite."

The launch team has updated its Internet web site with several new
photographs showing the latest changes made to Phase 3D.
To visit the site, point your browser to:

http://www.amsat-dl.org/launch/

Stay tuned to ANS for additional bulletins from AMSAT, the
official source for information on the Phase 3D Launch.

[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL, AMSAT-OH and AMSAT-NA for this
information and congratulates the launch team on their
outstanding work]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.02
SATELLITE OPERATORS TO HEAR SPY SATELLITE HISTORY

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-275.02

When North America's experts in Amateur Radio satellite operations
convene their annual conference later this month in Portland, Maine
they will hear for the very first time the once top-secret details about
one of the most innovative and effective intelligence collection
capabilities used during the early years of the Cold War.

Each year hundreds of the world's leading satellite communications
experts, members of the non-profit Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
of North America (AMSAT-NA) gather for the annual Space Symposium
and Annual Meeting.

The technical symposium will start Friday, October 27th and conclude
October 29th.

Featured banquet speaker Mr. R. Cargill Hall, Chief Historian of the
National Reconnaissance Office, is one of the nation's leading historians
in the field of aerospace technology and has authored numerous classified
and unclassified publications over his career with NASA and the
Department of Defense.

His most recent work is titled 'Eye In The Sky: The Story of the CORONA
Satellites'. This work will be the subject of his speech to the AMSAT-NA
audience.

AMSAT-NA's 18th Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Chairman is
George Caswell Sr., W1ME. Information about the Symposium or
AMSAT-NA can be found at the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org (or from)

AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600
Silver Spring, Maryland
20910-4703

Voice: 301-589-6062
FAX: 301-608-3410

[ANS thanks Carol and George Caswell Sr., W1ME for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.03
NEW AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITES

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-275.03

The ARRL is reporting that three Amateur Radio satellites were launched
September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic missile. The launch
took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, placing SaudiSat-1A,
SaudiSat-1B and TiungSat-1 into low Earth orbit.

SaudiSat 1A and 1B will operate as 9600 baud digital store-and-forward
systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability. These first
ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were built by the
Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology. AMSAT-NA's Jim White, WD0E, reports that both satellites
have been turned on and are running initial housekeeping tasks. The
downlink frequencies are as follows:

SAUDISAT-1A	437.075 MHz
SAUDISAT-1B  	436.775 MHz

TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads will offer FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication. Chris Jackson, G7UPN, reports
TiungSat-1 transmitted "excellent telemetry showing that the spacecraft
was in good health." Currently the spacecraft is transmitting VLSI telemetry
which is not generally decodable without special hardware. G7UPN reports
that "as soon as the flight software is running I'll release the telemetry
config file."

TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd. 

For more information on TiungSat-1, visit the following URL:

http://www.yellowpages.com.my/tiungsat/tiung_main.htm .

[ANS thanks the ARRL, Jim White, WD0E, and Chris Jackson, G7UPN,
for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.04
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-275.04

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** A code of conduct for crews on board the International Space Station
has been endorsed. The code, which vests the crew commander with
extraordinary powers for the duration of the flight aboard the ISS, was
endorsed in Washington by the International Space Station participant
nations after last week's landing of the space shuttle Atlantis following
the completion its scheduled mission to the ISS. -Florida Today

** The ARRL has advised the FCC to put its ultra-wideband technology
proceeding on hold until more evidence is available on UWB's 
interference impact. Saying the technology could have enormous
benefits for public safety, consumers and businesses, the FCC last May
proposed amending its Part 15 rules to permit the operation of
ultra-wideband on an unlicensed basis. -ARRL Letter

** ANS was informed that 10 trees (donated by the Israel Radio Club)
have been planted in the Silent Key Forest in memory of long-time
AMSAT supporter Werner Haas, DJ5KQ. ANS received an electronic
copy of the beautiful certificate that was given to DJ5KQ's XYL. ANS
thanks Shlomo Menuhin, 4X1AS, and KB1SF for this information.

** MirCorp has only enough funds for this year, company president
Jeffrey Manber said publicly. The orbit of the Russian space
station Mir is dipping lower and will cease to be safe by February
of next year. MirCorp, however, has funded the launch of a new
Progress unmanned cargo spacecraft to Russia's Mir, ensuring the
space station will remain operational until at least early next year.
-SpaceDaily

** A Zenit-2 rocket-booster with a Russian Kosmos military satellite
blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome September 25th. The
The satellite was launched in accordance with the agency's launch
blueprints and reached its planned orbit according to several new
agencies. -Florida Today

** Deep Space 1's journey through the solar system is progressing
very smoothly, as the probe continues heading toward an
ambitious meeting with comet Borrelly just one year from now.
-SpaceDaily

** A piece of the Wright Brothers' first airplane has a ticket to ride
aboard
the shuttle Discovery when it lifts off soon for the International Space
Station. Astronauts have carried mementos and personal items into
space with them almost since men first ventured there and Discovery's
crew will be no different.  Astronaut Bill McArthur made room for a small
swatch of fabric from the Wright Brothers' plane, which made its first
flight from McArthur's native North Carolina in 1903. He is also carrying a
small vial of sand from the spot where the plane took off at Kitty Hawk.
-Florida Today

 --ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-275.05

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION/ARISS
Uplink		to be released
Downlink	to be released
ARISS initial station launched September 2000 aboard shuttle Atlantis
Status: Non-operational

The ARISS initial station gear is now temporarily stowed aboard the
Functional Cargo Block module of ISS. The initial station will use an
existing antenna that will be adapted to support 2-meter FM voice and
packet. The ARISS equipment will get a more-permanent home aboard
the Service Module in 2001, along with VHF and UHF antennas. Plans
call for amateur TV, both slow scan and fast scan ATV, a digipeater and
relay stations.

Planning for the deployment and use of the ham system aboard ISS has
been an international effort coordinated by NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center. The effort began in 1996 with the formation of the
Amateur Radio International Space Station organization. ARISS is made
up of delegates from major national amateur radio organizations,
including AMSAT.

More information about the project can be found on the ARISS web site
at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov

[ANS thanks the ARISS team for this information]

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 146.00 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 		29.458 MHz
Robot Uplink 		145.840 MHz
Robot Downlink 		29.504 MHz
Launched 		February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian
				Cosmos C launcher
Status: 			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 RS-12/13 Satellite Operators page at:

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)
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 (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)
Launched 	June 16, 1983 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		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, worked
Javier, EB8AYA, in the Canary Islands with 5x5 signals.

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
Launched 	September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Operational, mode J.

Will, N3ZLL, reports working CU6/DL7VTX from the Azores recently
on AO-27. 

Periodically, AO-27's analog repeater will be turned off for a few days
at a time to enable ground controllers to gather Whole Orbital Data
(WOD), to verify the health of the satellite.

An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site. 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 current TEPR settings are:

TEPR 4:   36		TEPR 5:   72

The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA web site include an
explanation of TEPR AO-27 operations (at):

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html

[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]

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.

Tim, KG8OC, has updated the Michigan AMSAT Information site
to include 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
Mode J Uplink:	       	145.825 MHz FM
Mode J Downlink:	436.250 MHz FM
Launched 		February 23, 1999 by a Delta II rocket from
				Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Status: 			Operational.

Johann, ZR1CBC,  reports SO-35 will be in its Parrot Repeater Mode
for voice passes during the UN World Space Week, October 4-10th.
In this mode SunSat continuously cycles through a 10 second
recording and playback period.

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 in addition
to Mode J operation. The satellite has two VHF and two UHF
transmit-receive systems.

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 		145.90 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.

Several satellite operators have reported problems with FO-20's
transponder. Mike, N1JEZ, told ANS that he believes the loss of signal
is a combination of two factors. First, battery age and an increase in FM
traffic due to operators unaware of the band plan. Mike reports he
routinely hears FM signals on the transponder.

Tak, JA2PKI, reported the FO-20 control station operators now believe
that the UVC (Under Voltage Controller) now is regulating the
transponder. The UVC monitors battery voltage and tries to protect the
batteries from over discharge. Tak notes that FO-20, launched in 1990,
is now over 10 years old.

Tony, AB2CJ, reports solid copy from FO-20 on a recent pass.

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]

JAS-2 FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Launched 	August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the
				Tanegashima Space Center in Japan
Status: 		Operational.

Digital Mode JD
Uplink 		145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 	435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 	435.910 MHz
Status:		Operational.

The JARL FO-29 command station has announced the following
operation schedule of FO-29:

through October 6         	-  JA
Oct. 7- Nov. 5         	-  Digi-talker (except mode JA every Wednesday)

Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29,
addressing the analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy
e-mail Mike at: kf4fdj@amsat.org.

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]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-275.06

KITSAT KO-25
Uplink 		145.980 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK)
Downlink 	436.500 MHz FM
Launched 	September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports nominal KO-25 operation.

[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
Launched 	July 17, 1991 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports nominal UO-22 operation.

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
Launched 	March 1, 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from
				Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Status: 		Operational.

OSCAR-11 celebrated its sixteenth birthday in space on March 1, 2000.

During the period 15-August to 16-September 2000 good signals have
been received from the 145 MHz beacon. The battery voltage observed
during daylight passes has continued to increase. The internal
temperatures have increased by 2.6C during the month. This rise in
temperature is expected to continue until the end of the year as the
solar eclipse times become shorter.

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.

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)
Launched 		January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 			Semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending
eight
				telemetry channels and one status channel.
No BBS
				service is available. The digipeater is not
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/

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
Launched 		January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana.
Status: 			Semi-operational.

Russ, WJ9F, reported the S-band transmitter is off. The VHF uplink and the
UHF PSK transmitter are operational (TX power at 1.5 watts). The
digipeater command is on. 

A WOD collection of satellite 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)
Launched 	July 10, 1998 by a Zenit rocket from
				the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: 		Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports nominal TO-31 operation.

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
Launched 	April 21, 1999 by a Russian launcher from
				the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: 		Unknown (unofficially in full sunlight illumination)

UO-36 carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward
communications and mode L/S transponders.

NASA has demonstrated on UO-36 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 aboard UoSAT-12.

The BBS is open, although uploading and downloading may be
disabled at times.

The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 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
Launched 	September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on and
open
				for APRS users.

[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for
IO-26 information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 275.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 01, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-275.07

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
Launched 	August 10, 1992 by an Ariane launcher from
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Non-operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter was operational
on September 27th and 28th, but has since returned to the transmitter
off state.

KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports (from the KO-23 control team) that part
of the problem with 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
Launched 		February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian 
				Cosmos C launcher
Status: 			Non-operational. No operation in 2000 has
				been observed.

TECHSAT-1B GO-32
Downlink 	435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Launched 	July 10, 1998 by a Russian Zenit rocket
				from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: 		Non-operational.

Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line,
however, no information has been received by ANS (the last
report was dated November 1999).

Last reported, the satellite does transmit a 9600-baud burst every
30 seconds (the GO-32 beacon sends one short telemetry status
transmission of 44 bytes) and upon, request the complete
telemetry buffer. The program to the access the satellite can be
downloaded from the homepage.

The TechSat team has a home page about TechSat. To view the site,
point your web browser to:

http://www.technion.ac.il/pub/projects/techsat/asher/techsatmain.html 

PANSAT PO-34
Uplink/downlink frequencies have never been released
Launched October 30, 1998 by the Shuttle Discovery
Status: Unknown.

The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.

PanSat was developed by the Naval Postgraduate School. 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 (the story written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).

[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information]

MIR SPACE STATION
145.985 MHz (FM) voice and SSTV (Robot 36 Mode)
Launched February 18, 1986
Status: Unmanned.

Currently, there is no human habitation aboard the station and the
onboard Amateur Radio equipment has been turned off. Several
news agencies have reported that Mir in now on 'autopilot'.

Stay tuned to ANS for further details.

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater
Uplink 		435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone of 141.3 Hz
Downlink 	437.950 MHz FM
Status: 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
Status: 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
Launched 	January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		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)
Launched 	January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from 
				Kourou, French Guiana
Status: 		Non-operational.

WO-18 was last 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)
Launched 	October 24, 1998 by a Delta 2 rocket from
				Cape Canaveral in Florida
Status: 		Non-operational.

The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.

SedSat-1 signifies Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space (satellite number one).

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