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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 244.01
 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE September 1, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-244.01

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The AMSAT Office will be closed from Friday, August 30th - Tuesday,
September 10th.

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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting

Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be
held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20,
2019.

The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the
heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton
Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is
AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation).

Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and
effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like
the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The
hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall.
There are plenty of restaurants nearby.

The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from
throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper
presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long
history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will
be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours
are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian
Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour
to the National Mall via the Metro.

So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you
will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further
updates and information.

The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features:

+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17)
+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
+ AMSAT  Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !!

The latest news and information is always posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]

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2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15

An early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space
Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20,
2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019
per the following schedule:

Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 ......... $60
Registration September 16, 2019 ΓÇô October 11, 2019 .... $65
Registration at the Door .............................. $70

You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed-
ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if
there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will
be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium
concludes.

Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings.

[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]

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Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers

This is the second call for papers for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual
Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on October 18-20 at the
Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia.

Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur
satellite community. We request a tentative title of your
presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by
September 23 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts
and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org.

[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]

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Mark Johns, K├ÿJM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service

Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services announced the appointment of
Mark D. Johns, K├ÿJM, as Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT News Service.

Johns, currently serving as a rotating ANS weekly editor, steps up to
replace EMike McCardel, AA8EM, who is facing a long recovery follow-
ing a serious injury while clearing storm damage at his home in early
August.

Mark Johns is Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Communication Stud-
ies, of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, but now resides in the Minne-
apolis, Minn. area. He is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT, holds a
DXCC Satelite certificate, and is a member of the Minnesota Wireless Association and the Twin Cities DX Association (TCDXA). Mark is also
on the editorial staff of the Gray Line Report, the newsletter of
the TCDXA.

Mark grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and was first licensed there in 1967
as WN├ÿRGV. Through college, grad school, and early career he operated
from various QTHs in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa as WA├ÿRGV, and
later as K├ÿMDJ. He began operating satellites in the early 1980s.
After living in Cedar Falls, Iowa for 26 years, he took a one year
work assignment in Nottingham, UK during 2011-12 and operated there
as M├ÿGZO. From fall of 2012 until spring of 2017 his QTH was Decorah,
but he also operated in Malta as 9H3DJ for half of 2016 while on an-
other work assignment. His current callsign was granted in 2018, and
he is primarily active on the linear transponder satellites.

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services for the above
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Emergency Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite

On August 27, 2019, Clayton, W5PFG, and his father Jack, AC5DI, were
traversing the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas,
USA, when their vehicle became stuck in mud from recent monsoon rains.

Being stuck up to the axles, they were unable to self-recover from
the situation, requiring assistance from Park Rangers. August temper-
atures in this desert reach upwards of 110-115 degrees Fahrenheit.
There is no mobile phone coverage outside park headquarters.

Clayton made contact via AMSAT satellite AO-92 with Kevin, KK4YEL,
in Florida. During the satellite pass, stations stood by while Clayton
relayed emergency traffic to Kevin. This information included details
about the situation including precise latitude and longitude, the
phone number for Big Bend National Park, vehicle description, and wel-
fare of the party.

Other stations listening to the pass including Brian, KG5GJT, contacted
the park headquarters. Within two hours, Park Rangers arrived on scene
and recovered the stuck vehicle. No person was injured, and no equipment
was damaged.

Clayton and Jack were traveling to DL88jx, a maidenhead grid square high-
ly sought after by many ARRL VUCC members. Clayton had previously made
two successful trips to DL88jx. Both Clayton and Jack are very grateful
to Kevin, KK4YEL, the responsiveness of the amateur radio community,
and to the Park Rangers and staff of Big Bend National Park.

Incident discussion via Twitter quickly provided recordings of the
AO-92 satellite traffic:

Recording courtesy of KQ4MM https://twitter.com/KQ4MM/status/1166396579416354816

Recording courtesy of CO6CBF/W5CBF https://twitter.com/CO6CBF/status/1166432549847085056

[ANS thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, for the above information]

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   Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
           25% of the purchase price of each product goes
             towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
               https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear

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University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey

Takehiro Okamoto, student leader of University of Tsukuba YUI project
in Japan, reports his team is developing a 2U cubesat planned to fea-
ture real-time video transmission from space as the main mission. This
project, wants the general public to view and use the images, and are soliciting user opinions.

They plan to downlink D-ATV from the 2U CubeSat, similar to HamTV
from the ISS. Complete the survey posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tsukuba-Survey (use google translate)

The university YUI cubesat development web page can be accessed at: https://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/  (use google translate)

[ANS thanks Takehiro Okamoto, University of Tsukuba for the above
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ARISS Activities

+ Tuesday, September 3, 2019 08:06 UTC
  Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, tele-
  bridge via K6DUE located in Maryland. The ISS callsign is pre-
  sently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew
  Morgan KI5AAA. Listen on 145.800 for east coast North American
  stations.

+ Tuesday, September 3, 2019 16:05 UTC
  Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA. The ISS call-
  sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut
  is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Listen on 145.800 for western North Amer-
  ican stations.

AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise
$150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up-
grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro-
nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone
with $24,130 raised or about 16% towards our goal. This would not have
been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa-
tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:
      https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

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AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export

AMSAT South Africa (AMSAT SA) has developed a dual-band Yagi VHF/UHF
antenna for satellite operation. The antenna has a 50-ohm designed
driver. The Yagi has a unique element called a 'Open Sleeve' which
is a director very close to the driven element. The driven element
is sized for 2M.  When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve' acts as
part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M).

The original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of the
Stanford Research institute but was not introduced into amateur radio
until the 1950s. The AMSAT SA version is based on a design by DK7ZB
with modifications by WB5CXC.

Until recently this antenna was available only in South Africa. Fol-
lowing requests from many amateurs outside South Africa AMSAT SA can
offer the Yagi for export if ordered in a batch of 6, at R950 each
(approx US $65), total for a batch of 6 is R5700. (approx US $ 390)
to countries in the European Union and the USA. For Australia and New
Zealand R1000 per unit in a batch of 6 total RR6000. Pricing for
other countries on request.

More information is available on the AMSAT SA web:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm

[ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

+ Help Celebrate AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with these "W3ZM on the Road"
  Operations: https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/

+ N7MJ Roving 11 State Tour - WY, NE, IA, IL, KY, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM,
  AZ, August 25th - September 9th, 2019.
  Jack M7MJ is heading out (in his Vette) on a 2 weeks road trip from
  Cheyenne, WY to the big 25th Anniversary Celebration of the National
  Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, (August 28-31). Then he will
  head through TN to AR (EM34) for a family gathering 9/3-4, the
  another family gathering 9/4-5 in Atoka, OK (EM14/24). With the
  partying over, down through TX and NM and end up in Chandler, AZ.
  FM only.

+ Way Up in the Northeast (GN27, GN26, GN37)  Aug 26 - Sept 7, 2019
  Chris, VE3FU will be in GN27 August 26-30 and will try to make a trip
  to GN26, possibly on the GN26/27 line.  He will be in GN37 (again)
  August 30-September 7.  Chris will be operating as VO2AC/1 and try to
  announce operating times on Twitter as far ahead as possible.
  https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU.

+ Peru - August 31 - September 7, 2019
  Tony, KD8RTT will be in Peru Saturday night, August 31 and leave on
  Saturday, September 7.  FM passes, mainly AO-91 and AO-92, vacation
  schedule permitting.  Tony is not exactly sure what days/times he can
  operate yet, but he'll try to tweet before he gets on any passes.
  https://twitter.com/kd8rtt

+ AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain)  September 9-15, 2019
  AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active
  satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V
  RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest
  event for the ham community in SouthWest Europe and will open doors
  September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at
  http://www.iberradio.es.

  The AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different
  grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as
  much EA locators as possible.

  As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation,
  AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories,
  Silver and Gold.  More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/
  and as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-AM1SAT-Award.

+ D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op). Harald, DF2WO, will once
  again be active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005),
  between September 29th and October 13th. Activity will be holiday
  style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes.
  (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW.

  Harald has been working hard in the last few months getting his
  satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he will
  use it from Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300, 2 Transvert-
  ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100 Geostationary
  Satellite. He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX BEAM
  and a dipole for 40 meters. Please DO NOT send your card via the
  Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you MUST
  request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428)

+ WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Northern Colorado
  Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with the
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will activate
  special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2 to
  celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest contin-
  uously operating radio station.

  The WW0WWV station(s) will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter
  site in Fort Collins, Colorado. Operations will be on various HF bands
  following typical propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as
  satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter.

  Modes will be CW, SSB and digital. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW,
  or direct to the WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort
  Collins, CO 80526, USA. For more details, visit the following URLs:
  http://wwv100.com
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV
  (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428)

[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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     The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a
   Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites
               now supports the Raspberry Pi 4.
              Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!
   https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/

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German CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic

Update: The ARRL reported on August 30, 2019 -
144 ΓÇô 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal for Additional Aero-
nautical Applications: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ARRL-2M-Removed

The latest development regarding the proposal to share 144-146 MHz
comes from Germany.

They state, "Germany does not support the inclusion of the 144-146 MHz
primary allocated to the amateur service/amateur satellite service in
the proposed WRC-23 agenda item regarding a possible new allocation to
the aeronautical mobile service (AMS) for non-safety applications.

Consequently, Germany cannot determine a single realistic sharing scen-
ario, not leading to serious mutual interference on both sides and not seriously degrading the use of the 144-146 MHz band."

This document can accessed at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-German-CEPT-Response

[ANS thanks CEPT/European Electronic Communications Committee for the
 above information]

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Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7

The 2019 UK High Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White
City, London on Saturday, September 7.

The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms, 68 Wood Lane, White
City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in learning about
building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals.

Some of the radio amateurs giving talks on high altitude balloon communi- cations are:

+ AutoRX by Mark Jessop VK5QI
+ Citizen space exploration & inflatable spacecraft by Michael
  Johnson M0MJJ
+ The Apollo Flight ΓÇô model-making and tech behind the dashboard
  by Dave Akerman M0RPI
+ Insurance & UKHAS Server Support by Steve Randall G8KHW
+ Recovering, Reprogramming and Re-flying Radiosondes by Andrew
  Mulholland MI0BPB
+ Hwoyee NSL-45 Experiences by Dave Akerman M0RPI and Steve
  Randall G8KHW

There will be helium and foil balloons available for the pico launch
at the end of the conference.

UKHAS conference information is at:
 https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2019

Tickets are at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tickets-UKHAS

[ANS thanks UKHAS and AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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         The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
    Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
       DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store.  Get yours today!
          https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started

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CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites

The Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has applied for frequency coordination for four small satellites - CAS-8A, CAS-8B, CAS-8C, and
CAS-8D. The CAS-8 satellites are a Student Small Satellites project
initiated by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO),
which is headquartered in Beijing China. APSCO was inaugurated in 2008
as an inter-governmental organization. including Bangladesh, China,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and Indonesia.

The project consists of four satellites, including a pilot microsatel-
lite CAS-8A for technical verification and a primary microsatellite
CAS-8B, two 3U cube satellites CAS-8C and CAS-8D. CAS-8A is scheduled
to be launched by the end of 2020, and the CAS-8B, CAS-8C, CAS-8D sat-
ellites are scheduled to be launched at the end of 2021 ON the same
launch.

The CAS-8 satellites project is supported by the Chinese government. The project is led by Beihang University, which is China's most outstanding university in aerospace. tHE Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) cooperates with Beihang University to bring amateur radio into the pro-
ject.

the CAS-8 satellites will realize the synergy between the eight countries
of APSCO to build an amateur radio alliance through space, adding new
science popularization tools to young students in APSCO member countries
for self-training, inter-communication and technical investigations, and
also providing a new satellite platform for amateur radio enthusiasts
around the world.

CAMSAT 8A - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
            GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image an
            4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch fro
            Jiuquan in Oct 2020 into a 600km SSO.

CAMSAT 8B - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
            GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image an
            4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch fro
            Jiuquan in Oct 2021 into a 600km SSO.

CAMSAT 8C - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
            GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK i
            satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct
            into a 600km SSO.

CAMSAT 8D - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6
            GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK i
            satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct
            into a 600km SSO.

Additional information is pending IARU frequency coordination activities.

[ANS thanks CAMSAT and the IARU for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

+ NASA will be tracking Hurricane Dorian throughout this Labor Day
  (USA) weekend. The agency will provide status updates on the storm
  as it nears Florida and NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the state's
  central east coast, as well as updated video and imagery. Status
  updates on Hurricane Dorian will be available at:
  https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/tag/dorian-2019/
  Updated imagery and video of the storm, including any view of Dorian
  from the International Space Station, will be available as soon as
  possible the NASA Media Resources page at:
  https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources

+ 2019 marks AMSATΓÇ╓s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in
  Space. To help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th
  Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at
  https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/
  Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported
  this week that the awards are being printed and will be sent
  shortly to all those who have applied.

+ The Huntingdon, West Virginia Herald Dispatch newspaper published
  a feature, "Ham radio event planned at South Point library" inform-
  ing interested Tri-State residents will have an opportunity to find
  out what ham radio and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) are
┬á all about during the event "HAM Radio ΓÇ÷ From Across the Street to
  Outer Space," set to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Briggs
  Lawrence County Public Library's Southern Branch. Presentations
  include a look at amateur radio's role and capability of communi-
  cating with the space shuttle, satellites and moon bounce.
  Access the full article at:
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Herald-Dispatch

+ The Mohammed bin Rashid space centre in Duibai has just announced
  on its twitter account that Astronaut Hazza alMansoori, the first
  Emirati astronaut, with the support of the Emirati Amateur Radio
  Society, will link from the ISS to the MBR Space Centre, during his
  misison from September 25th to October 4th. Further details will
  probably be announced by the MBR space centre on its twitter
  account:  @MBRSpaceCentre  (AMSAT-UK via Twitter)

+ Wondering what Terran radio hits our friends on Proxima Centauri
  are listening to? www.lightyear.fm has you covered! Currently,
  they're catching Pharrel's Happy for the first time (and they
  really have no idea how many commercials they'll be receiving
  shortly that use it as background music). (OrbitalIndex.com)

+ NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab offers teachers of advanced placement
  math classes a lesson plan to calculate a flight to Mars. The
  Hohmann transfer is an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus
  of the ellipse that intersects the orbit of the target planet.
  Launch occurs when Earth is at Hohmann perihelion (the point of
  the Hohmann orbit that is closest to the sun). Arrival occurs
  when Mars is at Hohmann aphelion (the point of the Hohmann orbit
  that is farthest from the sun). See:
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-JPL-Hohmann-Orbit (www.jpl.nasa.gov)

+ Looking for a hands-on, out-of-this-world way to teach the engin-
  eering design process? Check out "Build a Satellite" from NASA
  challenge your students to design, build, test & improve a model
  satellite using common household items:
  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-satellite/
  https://twitter.com/NASASTEM/status/1166349655124389888

+ Buy your kid a Happy Meal and get a STEM book ...
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NASA-STEM-Books

+ AMSAT congratulates Jeff Johns, WE4B on his recognition of support
  of the Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team, K8KDZ (Y.A.C.H.T)
  YACHT's mission is to expand horizons in the field of communicat-
  ions along with general and advanced ham radio techniques, and to
  foster a greater appreciation of the role they play in the overall
  hobby of amateur radio, as well as giving kids a challenge and
  enjoyment. See http://yacht.younghams.org/ (via Twitter)

+ Photos posted-- Motorola Special Event Station Celebrating "One
  Giant Leap For Mankind". The Motorola Special Event celebrating
  Apollo 11 went off without a hitch as we had a very good turn out
  of club members rotating the support of operations of one radio
  operator and one logger from 8am Saturday till noon Sunday. A little
  over 400 contacts were made including some that were engineers work-
  ing for other contractors on the Apollo program, current and former
  Motorola employees, and customers of MSI. One of the highlights of
  the event was the re-transmission of the audio of the lunar landing
  exactly 50 years later.  We asked for a pause in on-air traffic and
  the hundreds of people calling us went silent as we sent out the
  landing audio on a completely clear channel. Once again thank you
  to everyone that made this possible. It is very special to see
  interest in science and engineering in our up and coming genera-
  tion! Let's hope we can continue to foster interest in them much as
  the 400,000+ Heros of Apollo in the astronauts, engineers and scien-
  tists that made it happen did it for our generation. Visit the photo
  album posted at:
  https://km0to.shutterfly.com/k9motspecialevent50yearslunarl/88

+ Starting September 3, 2019, K-12 students in U.S. public, private
  and home schools can enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest.
  One grand prize winner will name the rover and be invited to see the
  spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
  in Florida. The Name the Rover contest is part of NASA's efforts to
  engage students in the STEM enterprise behind Mars exploration and
  inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
  The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2019. NASA posted all the
  info at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/

+ Registrations are now open for ESAΓÇ╓s Open Day in the Netherlands on
  Sunday 6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and
┬á see behind the scenes of EuropeΓÇ╓s space adventure at ESAΓÇ╓s largest
┬á establishment. The theme of this yearΓÇ╓s event is ΓÇÿESA to the MoonΓÇ╓.
  As well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo lunar
┬á landing, the Open Day will also be looking forward, highlighting ESAΓÇ╓s
  role in returning people to the Moon, including contributing the ser-
┬á vice module to NASAΓÇ╓s Orion spacecraft and participating in the Lunar
  Gateway. Event information and registration can be accessed at:
  https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ESTEC-Open-Day

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]


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