SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.01
PHASE 3D LAUNCH UPDATE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-296.01

AMSAT-DL Executive Vice President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, has
informed AMSAT News Service that the Phase 3D satellite is now
"ready to fly" as it has passed all pre-launch inspection, testing
and preparation.

Phase 3D is now scheduled for launch on Tuesday, November 14,
2000 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This
launch information comes from the Arianespace web site. The site
now features the mid-November revised launch date for Ariane 5
Flight 135, on which Phase 3D will fly. The launch was delayed from
a tentative October 31 window.

The launch team Internet web site has been popular with satellite
operators around the world. The site features photographs showing
the Phase 3D launch preparation process. To visit the site,
point your browser to:

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

Most of the recent photographs show the fueling process including both
hydrazine and ammonia. According to launch team member Chuck Green,
N0ADI, (who also helped fuel P3D) "ammonia sounds like something you
can purchase at the local store for cleaning, but at 100% concentration it
deserves the same precautions that rocket fuels are given." Chuck reports
this was the first time ammonia has ever been used as a fuel in Kourou and
only the second time worldwide, "so the process received a great deal of
attention."   

Following the successful fueling operation, installation of the solar panels
was completed. Chuck told ANS that panel installation "was a little more
difficult because at this point the satellite was already installed in the
SBS."

N0ADI reported that combined operations then started with the first step
of setting the satellite and SBS into the CCU transport container. "The next
operation completed was to move the satellite from S3A, where we prepared
and fueled it, to the Final Assembly Building where it will be placed on the
rocket," said Chuck. Movement was conducted at night to avoid the daytime
heat and involved a convoy of safety vehicles and a truck pulling the CCU
container with P3-D safely inside.

P3D spent the night in the Final Assembly Building before being opened,
allowing the airlock in the building to be thermally stabilized. P3D was
then
moved and carefully lowered into place between two microsats already
installed for launch.

With the satellite no longer in the S3A building, the AMSAT launch team
vacated the office space in the S3 complex and moved to the block house
overlooking the launch control room. Here they have a remote link where
they can monitor the telemetry from the satellite, issue commands as
needed and control the charging of the batteries.

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

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

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.02
DISCOVERY ISS MISSION ABOUT TO END

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to shoot up Florida's east coast
on its way to ending the shuttle program's 100th mission. A landing at
Kennedy Space Center is planned.

The landing was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon but was
postponed until Monday because of unfavorable weather in the
Florida area.

The week long mission has been followed by Amateur Radio enthusiasts
worldwide, in preparation for the first permanent crew and the start of
ham radio operation from the station.

As reported by ANS, ARISS initial ham station gear was delivered last
month to the station and has been stowed until the Expedition 1 crew
arrives. That crew, U.S. astronaut Bill Shepherd, KD5GSL, Russian
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, and Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, are
scheduled for a four-month stay following launch from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. That launch has now been set for
October 31st. 

[ANS thanks NASA, ARISS, Florida Today and the ARRL for this
information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.03
AMSAT SYMPOSIUM DRAWS NEAR

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-296.03

The 18th Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting in
Portland, Maine is less then a week away -- and according to
Symposium Chairman George Caswell Sr., W1ME, a full schedule
of activities is planned.

The 2000 Symposium will include once top-secret details about
intelligence gathering methods used during the early years of the Cold
War. The Saturday banquet speaker will be Cargill Hall, chief historian
of the National Reconnaissance Office. He will discuss (for the first time
in public) overhead reconnaissance along with a history of CIA-NRO
activities.

InstantTrack 1.50 will be released at the Symposium. To view some of
the changes that have been made in this popular satellite tracking
program, point your browser to the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/instanttrack/

A Symposium special event station will be active during the event
using the AMSAT Club Callsign W3ZM. Both satellite and HF operation
is planned. AMSAT Area Coordinator Bruce Paige, KK5DO, tells ANS
that antennas for the station will be mounted on the roof of the hotel
hosting the event. "There will also be HT operation from the parking lot
on several of the FM repeater birds," said KK5DO. 

Look for W3ZM on the air from October 26-29th. A special certificate
and QSL card will be available to those that work the station

[ANS thanks George Caswell Sr., W1ME, and Bruce Paige, KK5DO,
for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.04
OSCAR SKN 2001

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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ANS reminds all satellite operators that it's not too early to start
planning
for OSCAR SKN operation. All Amateur Radio operators worldwide are
cordially invited to participate in AMSAT-NA's 29th annual Straight Key
Night on OSCAR, to be held from 0000 to 2400 UTC on January 1, 2001.

According to event organizer Ray Soifer, W2RS, the event is totally
informal. "There are no rules, no scoring and no need to submit a log,"
said W2RS, "just have fun operating Morse code with a straight hand
key via any Amateur Radio satellite." Even OSCAR Zero (the moon)
can be used during SKN. Stations should call CQ-SKN or answer such
calls from other stations.

In keeping with the friendly tradition of this event, each SKN participant
is
encouraged to nominate someone he or she worked for 'Best Fist'. Those
nominated will be listed in an ANS bulletin and in the AMSAT Journal.

Best Fist nominations should be sent to W2RS using the following:

e-mail - w2rs@amsat.org
packet radio - W2RS@WA2SNA.NJ.USA.NA

Nominations can also be sent via surface mail using the W2RS callbook
address.

[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.05
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** Star Trek here we come - an anti-matter space drive might bring
deep-space missions within our grasp. Engineers at NASA and
Pennsylvania State University say that by the end of the century,
spacecraft could reach the edges of the Solar System and
beyond. -SpaceDaily

** Visitors to the ARRL Web site were greeted by a whole new look
plus instant access to the latest Amateur Radio news. The makeover,
which went 'live' on October 2nd, includes much easier site navigation
and quick access to the most-visited ARRL pages. The last major
overhaul of the site page design and navigation was done in 1997.
This latest, more extensive revision has been in the works for several
months. -ARRL Letter

** Bob, AC9R, tells ANS that "while packing some gear for a QTH move,
I came across a picture of my first satellite station." A Heathkit Seneca
VHF-1 transmitter and a Collins 75A-4 receiver was successfully used
by Bob in the early 1970's. Some of the satellite QSL's on the wall from
that time included W5PZ, W0IT, WA7CGS, WB8BGY, W2GN, W2LV,
K1HTV, WA9VXX, W2BXA, W1NU, K4TI, W5VY, VE3CUA, K2BZT,
W4MOP, K2VKZ, WB2VKZ, W9DX, DJ9RD/W9, W0YUQ, VE6NS,
and K4ZCP. -AMSAT BB

** Our planet is heading for a minefield of cosmic dust streams laid down
the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The result could be a series of meteor outbursts
in mid-November, says astronomers who in 1999 also predicted the
Leonid meteor storm with unheard-of accuracy. -SpaceDaily

** The Dayton Amateur Radio Association now is accepting applications
for its annual scholarships. Applicants must be graduating high school
seniors in 2001 and hold a valid FCC Amateur Radio license. To obtain
an application, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to DARA
Scholarships, 45 Cinnamon Court, Springboro, Ohio 45066. -ARRL

** Researchers at The University of Western Ontario and the University
of Calgary -- working with colleagues from Canada, the United States
and the United Kingdom -- have found that a meteorite recovered in
northern British Columbia may be one of the most primitive solar system
materials ever examined. -SpaceDaily

** Russian space officials will hold a decisive meeting very soon that
could spell the end or a new life for the Mir space station. The meeting
could decide whether to recommend to the Russian government that
Mir be left in space or brought down into the Pacific Ocean in a ball of
fire.
The key question hanging over Mir is the ability to come up with money
needed to keep it in orbit. -Reuters News Agency

** A team from the European Space Agency and NASA are about to
perform a difficult, never-before-done test on one of the Hubble Space
Telescope's new solar array panels. Two of these panels, or arrays, will
be installed by astronauts in November 2001, when the Space Shuttle
Columbia visits Hubble on a routine service mission. The test will ensure
that the new arrays are solid and vibration free before they are installed.
The test will be conducted at ESA's European Space Research and
Technology Center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. -ESA

 --ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-296.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
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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

Gary, K8KFJ, reports that Martin, CO3SG, has been making frequent
appearances on RS-13.

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.

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

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

Mode B Uplink:		436.291 MHz FM
Mode B Downlink:	145.825 MHz FM
Launched: February 23, 1999 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California
Status: Operational.

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 B/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.

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

JAS-2 FO-29
Launched: August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the
Tanegashima Space Center in Japan
Status: Operational

Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 		145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 	435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB

Digital Mode JD
Uplink 		145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 	435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 	435.910 MHz

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

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]

SAUDISAT-1A
Uplink		to be released
Downlink	437.075 MHz 
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: Commissioning stage, initial housekeeping tasks underway

SaudiSat-1A will operate as 9600 baud digital store-and-forward
systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability. One of two
new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by the
Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology.

SAUDISAT-1B
Uplink		to be released
Downlink	436.775 MHz
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: Commissioning stage, initial housekeeping tasks underway

SaudiSat-1B will operate as 9600 baud digital store-and-forward
systems as well analog FM repeater mode capability. One of two
new ham satellites from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia built by the
Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology.

TIUNGSAT-1
Uplink		to be released
Downlink	437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign:	MYSAT3-11
BBS:			MYSAT3-12
NUP:			MYSAT3-10
Launched: September 26, 2000 aboard a converted Soviet ballistic
missile from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Status: Commissioning stage, initial housekeeping tasks underway

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.

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

/EX

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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-296.07

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, moderate traffic and a 
50% average downlink efficiency. 

[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, heavy traffic with
substantial sat-gate message 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 16-September to 17-October excellent signals have
been received from the 145 MHz beacon. The satellite is currently
experiencing very good solar conditions that should continue through
the end of the year.

Ground control operations recently reset the magnetorquer counters
and the spin period has now started to slowly return to a nominal value.

The battery voltage observed during daylight passes has continued to
increase. The average value observed was 14.0, with a range of
13.9 	to 14.1 volts. The internal temperatures have increased recently.
They are now 5.8C and 4.2C for battery and telemetry electronics
respectively. This rise in temperature is expected to continue as 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. 

[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, with moderate traffic and
multiple new image files available.

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: Operational

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]

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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 296.08 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 22, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-296.08

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL
AT THIS TIME:

KITSAT KO-23
Uplink 		145.900 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK)
Downlink 	435.170 MHz FM
Launched: August 10, 1992 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou,
French Guiana
Status: Intermittent operation with the downlink transmitter operating at
unpredictable intervals

Jim, AA7KC, reports that KO-23's downlink transmitter has been 
operational on several recent passes, but has since returned to the
transmitter off state. The downlink transmitter is operating at
unpredictable intervals.

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. HL0ENJ also reports that KO-23 is currently in a full
sunlight
period that should last through the end of October. The control team will
attempt to operate the satellite during this period along with an attempt
to control the attitude system. "We are not sure when the bird might be
turned off again due to insufficient power. The capability of the onboard
power system has been less and less," said Kim.

[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: Semi-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).

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, Florida
Status: Semi-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