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Subj: [ans] ANS-215.01 AMSAT News Service Special  Bulletin ARISSat-1/KEDR 
Deployment August 3


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ARISSat-1/KEDR Deployment on  August 3

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 215.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER  SPRING, MD.
August 3, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID:  $ANS-215.01

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-215
In this  Special Bulletin:
* ARISSat-1/KEDR Deployment on August  3

ARISSat-1/KEDR is now ready for deployment from the  International
Space Station during EVA 29 on August 3. 

NASA TV will  cover the EVA live starting at 1400 GMT on August 3.
1430: Hatch  Open
1446: Egress ARISSat-1/KEDR and secure to airlock ladder
1452:  Remove solar panel covers
1507: Translate to deploy site, activate PWR,  TIMER1 and TIMER2 
switches, verify LEDs on, and  deploy
(Internet streaming:  http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html)

Read the NASA Press  Release about EVA-29 and ARISSat-1/KEDR at:
http://tinyurl.com/3hdn5k4  (nasa.gov)

NASA describes the activities for EVA-29, of which our  satellite will 
be the first task, "The duo's [Cosmonaut/Flight Engineers  Sergei Volkov 
and Alexander Samokutyaev] first task will be to deploy a  boxy, 57 
pound satellite, called alternately ARISSat-1 and Radioskaf-V,  which 
is the prototype test flight of a proposed series of educational  
satellites being developed in a partnership with the Radio Amateur  
Satellite Corp. (AMSAT), the NASA Office of Education ISS National 
Lab  Project, the Amateur Radio on ISS (ARISS) working group and 
RSC-Energia."  

ARISSat-1/KEDR Project Manager, Gould Smith, WA4SXM said, "The  satel-
lite is scheduled to be deployed from the ISS during EVA-29 on  Wednes-
day August 3 around 1507Z. There is a 15 minute delay after the  safety 
switches are all thrown before the transmitter turns on. First  signals 
should be transmitted shortly after 1520Z."

The  ARISSat-1/KEDR team is looking for stations to make early reception  
reports (1520Z-1800Z) after the ARISSat-1/KEDR release. It looks like  
southern South America, very southern South Africa, followed by  south-
east Asia should be the first areas to receive the  signals.

Please send your reception reports to the amsat-bb at amsat.org.  Title 
your email - ARISSat-1 reception report.

Alaska and the  western US should get a good pass around 1620Z. The 
eastern US will have  to wait until around 0416Z on the 4th to hear 
the  satellite.

ARISSat-1/KEDR RECEPTION REPORT  CERTIFICATES
--------------------------------------------
When you  receive the downlink signal from ARISSat-1/KEDR you are 
invited to send  your report to the following e-mail boxes. You will 
receive a PDF  certificate by e-mail. 

Students and school groups are especially  welcome! We look forward 
to your report!

Your report must contain  the following information:

1) The signal you received:
a) the secret word*, 
b) an SSTV image, or, 
c) telemetry data

2) Your name or group name

3) The date/time of  reception

4) Your e-mail address of where to send your certificate. You  will 
receive a PDF certificate via email.

Here are the  e-mail boxes to send your reports:

Secret word* contest to:  secretword at arissat1.org
SSTV image to:         sstvreport at arissat1.org
Telemetry data to:     tlmreport at arissat1.org 
(either digital or voice report of the  data you received)

Received BPSK telemetry and .CSV files should  continue to be
sent to: telemetry at arissattlm.org.

* Those who do  hear the secret word or call sign please do not put 
it out to the  world. That would ruin the contest for those still
waiting for their  station to be in range.

You can find the details of the ARISSat-1/KEDR  radio frequencies,
links to telemetry decoding software and mission details  on-line at:
+ http://www.amsat.org
+  http://arissat1.org

ARISSat-1/KEDR can be accessed on these  frequencies:
+ 145.950 MHz FM Downlink
+ 435 MHz - 145 MHz Linear  Transponder
+ 145.919 MHz CW Beacon
+ 145.920 MHz SSB BPSK-1000  Telemetry

The latest telemetry can be seen LIVE on your computer or  cell 
phone at: http://www.arissattlm.org/mobile

TRACK STATUS on  OSCAR STATUS PAGE
---------------------------------
David Carr, KD5QGR  has added ARISSat-1/KEDR to the list of satel-
lites at the popular "Live  OSCAR Satellite Status Page" at:  
http://oscar.dcarr.org/ You are  invited to submit your reports
on this page.

[ANS thanks the  ARISSat-1/KEDR Team for the above  information]

/EX


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