[AReU] Additional Suitsat Information

[Tony Stone]

Three documents on the status of Suitsat.

Number one:


SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-022.07
Get Ready For SuitSat

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 022.07
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 029.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 29, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-029.01

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, who is the ARISS International Chairman and
AMSAT's V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs, reminds us if all
goes well, SuitSat will be deployed in 5 days.  Are you ready?

Have you talked to a school in your area about SuitSat?  Or a
student group?  Is your SSTV receive capability ready for the
challenge?

SuitSat will be deployed during a Russian EVA scheduled to take
place on Friday, February 3 at approximately 22:20 UTC.  NASA TV
will provide live coverage starting at 21:30 UTC.  For digital
downlink information and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on
the Web in RealPlayer, RealAudio, or Windows Media Player formats,
visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Russian Cosmonaut Tokarev will carefully jettison SuitSat-1 by pushing
the suit away at about a 30-degree angle upward and about 10 degrees
to the left of the back of the station.

Once activated, those who hear SuitSat transmissions on 145.99 MHz
are asked to enter their realtime data on the SuitSat website,
http://www.suitsat.org/ so that participants around the world can
track the satellite.

Educational Outreach reports (at schools or informal education
sites) as well as Slow Scan TV images can be sent to
suitsat at comcast.net.  This information will be compiled by the
ARISS team.

Other information on SuitSat can be found on:

http://www.amsat.org (includes a countdown timer to SuitSat release)
http://www.rac.ca/ariss
http://www.issfanclub.com
http://http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/threads.html

NASA Education Website information for students:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/index.html

SuitSat-1, called Radioskaf or Radio Sputnik in Russian, is sponsored
by ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), an
international working group made up of volunteers from national amateur
radio societies, including the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.

The Russian space company, Energia, led the development of SuitSat and
has trained the crew for the deployment mission.

[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO and the ARISS team for the above information]

/EX



Number two:


The following is extra data from last update (W4TAS).


Anyone with a simple FM receiver or VHF police scanner should be able to
hear the signals from SuitSat on 145.99 MHz as it orbits around the earth
15 times a day.

Voice Telemetry:
The SuitSat project will be transmitting on 145.990 MHz FM and will
consist of Voice Telemetry, giving Mission Time, Suit Temperature and
Battery Voltage, Voice Greeting messages in multiple languages, and an
SSTV image using Robot 36 format.  This entire transmission cycle will
repeat every 9 minutes until the batteries discharge.

SuitSat Transmitter:
The SuitSat transmitter is a Kenwood TH-K2, a small hand held radio, which
will transmit a 1 watt FM signal from SuitSat on 145.990 MHz FM Downlink
only.  There is no uplink for this satellite.

The ARISS team is also planning on using the Kenwood D700 transceiver aboard
the ISS to rebroadcast the SuitSat signal on 437.800 MHz FM.  This will
allow you to hear SuitSat while ISS is in range of your station.

For more specific details on the SuitSat project, please review the AMSAT
and related links below.

AMSAT SuitSat information:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/SuitSat/

ARISS SuitSat Details:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuitsat/index.php

ARISS video on SuitSat September 2005
mms://media.wmfd.com/amsat/SuitSat.wmv

[ANS thanks Miles, WF1F for the above information]

/EX


Number three:


Even more information on Suitsat (W4TAS).

Hi Everyone,

This is a quick note to let you know that the AMSAT web page
(http://www.amsat.org) has been updated with additional SuitSat information
to help you prepare for its deployment on Friday, February 3.

Scroll down to "SuitSat Operational Info" to find:
1. Watch SuitSat Deployment on NASA TV
2. Tracking SuitSat for those who don't have tracking programs
3. SuitSat QSL Information

Spread the word to other hams in your area!

--
73 de JoAnne WB9JEJ
wb9jej at amsat.org