AMSAT TLE distribution

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The following satellites have been removed from this week’s AMSAT TLE distribution:

PRISM (HITOMI) NORAD Cat ID 33493 Likely defunct
YUBELEINY 2 (RS-40) NORAD Cat ID 33735 Likely defunct
CHUBUSAT-2 NORAD Cat ID 41338 Likely defunct
CHUBUSAT-3 NORAD Cat ID 41339 Likely defunct
PRATHAM NORAD Cat ID 41783 Likely defunct
D-SAT NORAD Cat ID 42794 Likely defunct
RANGE-B NORAD Cat ID 43772 Likely defunct
CySat-1 NORAD Cat ID 61501 Decayed from orbit on or about 09 January 2025
MRC-100 NORAD Cat ID 56993 Decayed from orbit on or about 05 January 2025

[ANS thanks AMSAT Orbital Elements page for the above information]

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Rotation Period

20 Dec 2024 = 2.43 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Dec 2024 = 2.43 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 Dec 2024 = 2.33 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 Dec 2024 = 2.31 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 Dec 2024 = 2.29 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 Dec 2024 =
26 Dec 2024 = 2.25 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Dec 2024 = 2.24 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Dec 2024 = 2.20 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Dec 2024 = 2.19 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Dec 2024 = 2.19 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
31 Dec 2024 = 2.17 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Jan 2025 = 2.17 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Jan 2025 = 2.15 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

Latest WOD downloaded and extracted from the real-time telemetry.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

ARISS SSTV award

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Thank you for sending the report. SSTV images Series 23 transmitted from the International Space Station is a summary of ARISS events in 2024. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We also remember our friend Gaston Bertels ON4WF (SK), who was the leader of ARISS Europe and the ARISS Mentor for many years.

 

The ARISS SSTV event was realized thanks to the commitment of Sergey Samburov RV3DR from ARISS Russia and Frank Bauer KA3HDO – ARISS International Chair, as well as many other people. The official ARISS awards are provided by the ARISS Ad-hoc Award Committee: Oliver DG6BCE (chair), Armand SP3QFE, Francesco IK0WGF, Bruce W6WW, Shizuo JE1MUI, Darin VE3OIJ, Ian VE9IM.

 

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio.

 

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*** You can support our activity: https://www.ariss-eu.org/index.php/donations ***

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More info:

https://www.ariss.org/

https://www.ariss-eu.org/

https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/

https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/

https://issfanclub.eu

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Happy New Year!

Greetings – Slawek SQ3OOK, ARISS SSTV Award Manager

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Rotation Period

22 Nov 2024 = 2.81 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 Nov 2024 = 2.84 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 Nov 2024 = 2.95 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 Nov 2024 = 3.06 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 Nov 2024 = 3.11 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Nov 2024 = 3.11 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Nov 2024 = 3.06 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Nov 2024 = 3.06 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Nov 2024 = 2.97 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Dec 2024 = 2.93 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Dec 2024 = 2.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Dec 2024 = 2.83 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
04 Dec 2024 = 2.75 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Dec 2024 = 2.69 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Dec 2024 = 2.60 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Dec 2024 = 2.61 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
08 Dec 2024 = 2.56 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
09 Dec 2024 = 2.53 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Dec 2024 = 2.49 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Dec 2024 = 2.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Dec 2024 = 2.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
13 Dec 2024 = 2.42 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 Dec 2024 = 2.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Dec 2024 = 2.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Dec 2024 = 2.43 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Dec 2024 = 2.44 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 Dec 2024 = 2.38 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 Dec 2024 = 2.37 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

Latest WOD dowloaded and extracted from the real-time telemetry.

Wishing you a Very Merry and Joyous Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, SK

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This past week, Frank Bauer KA3HDO ARISS-USA Executive Director and ARISS International Chair passed this along to the ARISS volunteers:
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Gaston Bertels, ON4WF (SK). Gaston died today, December 3, 2024, from cancer. He was 97.
Gaston was recently given the title “Elder Statesman” by the ARISS International team. This honor was given because of his monumental role in the formation and operation of the ARISS team. He wrote our ARISS Terms of Reference and participated in numerous discussions, over the years, on how to run a cohesive, results-oriented international team. His in-depth knowledge of amateur radio rules and regulations, particularly his knowledge of licensing and 3rd party traffic, enabled ARISS to develop an operations plan that could support human spaceflight amateur radio operations across the world. His knowledge of radio telecommunications was respected in Europe and elsewhere, allowing him to give presentations on amateur radio in space to members of the European Parliament. His personality radiated an inviting aura to all. He has been a friend, a leader, and an inspiration to all of us.
Gaston began his journey in human spaceflight amateur radio by guiding a group of engaging students in a radio contact at a Belgian Space Camp during the 1992 STS-45 Space Shuttle mission. This contact was with Belgium’s first Astronaut, Dirk Frimout ON1AFD. Gaston coordinated the radio contact preparations and operated the radio station during the contact. Gaston was instrumental in convincing ESA to install L/S band antennas on the Columbus module, prior to launch, to support future operations in Columbus. He worked with Professor Pawel Kabacik from the Wroclaw University to design, build and certify the antennas and led a fundraising campaign to pay for the development, test and certification. With HamTV as the first hardware “customer” of these antennas, Gaston led the HTT, the HamTV Technical Team meetings to prepare the HamTV ground stations for operations and to coordinate the on-board HamTV operations. The L/S antennas have also been employed for two flight experiments: MarconISSta with TU Berlin and the upcoming NAVCOM experiment for ASI/Qascom.
Gaston will be sorely missed. But the light of his legacy shines in all of us that he has touched—inside and outside of ARISS.
Ad Astra Gaston! (To the Stars, Gaston!)

[Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair]

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Rotation Period

08 Nov 2024 = 2.46 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
09 Nov 2024 = 2.43 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Nov 2024 = 2.43 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Nov 2024 = 2.47 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Nov 2024 = 2.53 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
13 Nov 2024 = 2.48 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 Nov 2024 = 2.51 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Nov 2024 = 2.51 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Nov 2024 = 2.57 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Nov 2024 = 2.55 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 Nov 2024 = 2.63 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 Nov 2024 = 2.67 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
20 Nov 2024 = 2.67 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Nov 2024 = 2.78 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

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73 de Colin VK5HI.

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Rotation Period

25 Oct 2024 = 2.62 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 Oct 2024 = 2.59 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Oct 2024 = 2.53 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Oct 2024 = 2.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Oct 2024 = 2.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Oct 2024 = 2.47 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
31 Oct 2024 = 2.44 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Nov 2024 = 2.42 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Nov 2024 = 2.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Nov 2024 = 2.40 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
04 Nov 2024 = 2.31 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Nov 2024 = 2.42 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Nov 2024 = 2.39 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Nov 2024 = 2.38 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)


Latest WOD downloaded and extracted from the real-time telemetry.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

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Rotation Period

27 Sep 2024 = 3.56 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Sep 2024 = 3.53 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Sep 2024 = 3.50 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Sep 2024 = 3.47 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Oct 2024 = 3.44 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Oct 2024 = 3.41 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
03 Oct 2024 = 3.34 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
04 Oct 2024 = 3.32 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
05 Oct 2024 = 3.29 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
06 Oct 2024 = 3.25 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
07 Oct 2024 = 3.17 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
08 Oct 2024 = 3.18 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
09 Oct 2024 = 3.12 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
10 Oct 2024 = 3.06 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
11 Oct 2024 = 3.09 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
12 Oct 2024 = 3.12 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
13 Oct 2024 = 3.03 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 Oct 2024 = 2.87 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Oct 2024 = 2.95 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Oct 2024 = 2.92 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Oct 2024 = 2.89 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 Oct 2024 =
19 Oct 2024 = 2.79 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
20 Oct 2024 = 2.77 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Oct 2024 = 2.75 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 Oct 2024 = 2.65 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 Oct 2024 = 2.68 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 Oct 2024 = 2.65 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

Latest WOD downloaded and extracted from the real-time telemetry

73 de Colin VK5HI.