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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE

ANS-340

ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the
activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share
an active interest in designing, building, launching and
communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:

ans-editor@amsat.org

In this edition:
* New Director of Field Ops
* Echo Updates
* OSCAR 0 Highlight	
* New Sats
* ISS Update

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New Director of Field Ops

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.01 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 5, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-340.01

New Director-Field Operations Appointed


AMSAT-NA Vice President-Marketing and User Services Barry Baines, WD4ASW
has appointed Gould Smith, WA4SXM as Director-Field Operations for
AMSAT-NA effective immeadiately.

"After serving as head of Field Operations since 1995 and given the
Board of Director's recent decision to have me serve in a new capacity
as VP-Marketing & User Services, it was necessary to find a new team
leader for Field Operations who will continue to provide leadership to
the Field Ops team with enthusiasm, vision and provide the guidance
necessary to encourage our Area Coordinators to represent AMSAT in their
local communities" said Baines.  Barry continued, "Gould's talents have
been well demonstrated by his tireless efforts to encourage new comers
to our hobby.  He is well respected inside AMSAT as well as by others as
an author, presenter, and role model within Field Operations."

Gould Smith, WA4SXM was first licensed in 1976 and currently holds an
Advanced Class license.  A member of AMSAT since 1988 and and a Life
Member, he has served as an Area Coordinator since 1989.  He is well
known as an author of six AMSAT publications.  His first book was
published in 1991 ("Decoding Telemetry from the Amateur Satellites") and
his most recent publication, "Echo: Operations, Development, and
Specification" was released in 2004.  An accomplished lecturer, Gould
has made a number of presentations about satellites at the Dayton
Hamvention, AMSAT Symposium, and ARRL Division Conventions.  He has also
authored various presentations that have been utilized by Area
Coordinators.

Gould will lead an organization of 176 "Area Coordinators" who represent
AMSAT in their local communities.  These volunteers man AMSAT booths at
hamfests, give club presentations, serve as 'Elmers' for newcomers to
amateur radio satellites, organize local AMSAT nets and provide other
means of supporting the amateur satellite program in their hometowns.
As 'Ambassadors of AMSAT", they serve as the local contact for people
needing information on the amateur satellite program.

"I am looking forward to the challenge of keeping the Field Ops team
vibrant and vocal in spreading the word about amateur satellite
activities and operation, as well as raising funds for EAGLE and other
satellite projects", said Gould.

[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW for the above information]


/EX


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ECHO Updates

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.02 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 5, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Find ECHO Status at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php
		
[Tnx Emily Clarke for correction]

/EX


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OSCAR 0 Highlight

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.03 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 5, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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OSCAR 0, better known as the moon, will offer a visual delight on
Tuesday, December 7 after moonrise . The planet Jupiter and several of
its moons will be covered, or "occulted," by the Earth's moon.
It will be visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere,weather
permitting. This last occurred in 1968 so it is infrequent. The last
time this happened and was viewable in NY was 1889.  It should be a
great site in the cool crisp air at this time of the year. Next view
2026. You can think thoughts of "moonbounce!"


/EX

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New Sats

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.04 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 5, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Ralphie and Sparkie, a pair of satellites from the University of New
Mexico are presently scheduled to launch as part of the Boeing Delta 4
Heavy Lift Launch demonstration for the USAF from Cape Canaveral.
Launch is currently scheduled for 1931 UTC on 10 December 2004. The two
satellites will be ejected while the Delta 4 coasts in a parking orbit
approximately 100x135 nautical miles high with a 28 deg inclination.
The satellites will conduct a technical investigation to demonstrate
packet radio for inter-satellite links using a frequency of 437.5 MHz.
Due to the low orbit it is anticipated that re-entry will occur within
one to two weeks.

[ANS thanks IARU Satellite Coordinator for the above information]


/EX

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ISS Update

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.05 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 5, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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International Space Station Status Report #04-65
4 p.m. CST, Friday, December 3, 2004
Expedition 10 Crew

The International Space Station’s Expedition 10 crewmembers completed 
the first 50 days of their six-month mission this week, highlighted by a 
short flight in their Soyuz spacecraft.

To put the Station in the preferred configuration for two spacewalks out 
of the Russian Pirs Docking Compartment next year, Commander Leroy Chiao 
and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov moved their ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft 
Monday from Pirs to the Earth-facing docking port on the Zarya module 
during a 21-minute flight. The work to prepare the Station for possible 
autonomous operations, and then to reconfigure it for normal operations, 
stretched from Sunday afternoon until early Monday afternoon.

After getting off duty time Tuesday and Wednesday to rest, Chiao and 
Sharipov spent the rest of the week on routine maintenance tasks, such 
as the regeneration of filter cartridges in the Elektron oxygen 
generation system. They also completed audits of on board computer 
hardware and food as mission managers finalize the appropriate manifest 
for the next Russian cargo craft. The ISS Progress 16 spacecraft will 
ferry food, fuel, clothing and other supplies to the Station. The audit 
of food supplies aboard the Station confirmed that sufficient food 
remains for the crew until arrival of the next supply craft. Managers 
have adjusted the amount of food to be carried on the Progress, however, 
to ensure onboard stores are fully replenished.

Included in the cargo are three laptop computers that will return the 
Station Support Computer network to full functionality. This week, one 
of the computers that crewmembers use to access messages while working 
at the Zvezda module’s command post, failed. Another computer is being 
temporarily moved from Sharipov’s sleep station to the command post 
until the new laptops are delivered.

The new Progress cargo ship is targeted for launch from the Baikonur 
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:19 p.m. CST on Dec. 23 (2219 GMT), and is 
due to arrive at the Station just after 6 p.m. CST on Christmas night 
(0005 GMT on Dec. 26).

Chiao and Sharipov will spend time over the next three weeks loading 
unneeded materials from throughout the Station into the Progress 
currently mated to the Zvezda module. It will be undocked and deorbited 
on Dec. 22.

On Tuesday, Sharipov located a missing component of an American 
spacesuit’s cooling pump. The shim, a washer-shaped piece of metal that 
is custom fit for each spacesuit, was missing last month at a time when 
Chiao was repairing the spacesuit’s pump assembly. The shim was planned 
to be installed in a portion of the spacesuit in a pure oxygen 
environment to ensure it is in pristine condition and free of 
contamination. Spacewalk specialists at the Johnson Space Center decided 
further spacesuit repair attempts will utilize a new shim to be 
delivered on the upcoming Progress to avoid any potential contamination 
from the shim that was temporarily lost.

Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future 
launch dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on 
the Earth, is available on the Internet at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet site 
administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space 
Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at:

http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/

The next ISS status report will be issued Dec. 10, or sooner if events 
warrant.

[ANS Thanks Arthur, N1ORC for this info]

/EX

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73,
This weeks ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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