SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS012
ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
25

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Space Bulletin 012 ARLS012
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT December 21, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS012
ARLS012 New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December
25

The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satellite has been installed
on the CZ-4C Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch
Center in China, and related work is in progress as planned,
CAMSAT's Alan Kung, BA1DU, reports.

"If all goes well, the satellite will be launched on December 25,
2021." The orbit will be a circular Sun-synchronous orbit with an
altitude of 770.1 kilometers. The XW-3 (CAS-9) user manual has more
details.

The 100 mW linear transponder will have an uplink frequency of
145.870 MHz and a downlink frequency of 435.18 MHz (transponder
passband is 30 kHz, inverted). The satellite will have a CW beacon
on 435.575 MHz.
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SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS001
ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
Space Station

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Space Bulletin 001 ARLS001
From ARRL Headquarters 
Newington, CT January 9, 2023
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
ARLS001 More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International
Space Station

Three of the four new astronauts on February's planned launch of the
SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are
amateur radio operators.

The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are,
Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg,
Mission Specialist Sultan Al Nedayi, and Commander Stephen Bowen.
Photo Courtesy of SpaceX.

Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, KB3HTZ; Commander Stephen Bowen,
KI5BKB, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV, will join
Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev on board the SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft, Endeavour.

The spacecraft will be atop a Falcon 9 rocket and, while a launch
date has not been selected, the earliest date would be mid-February
2023.

All crew members have learned about Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS), received guidance on studying
and testing, and learned how to operate the ARISS radios and the
basics of on-the-air protocol from ARISS team members at NASA's
Johnson Space Center.

The crew will be able to participate in ARISS, using the ham radio
station on the ISS to contact schools and other educational
institutions.

ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio
societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the US,
participating organizations include NASA, the ISS National Lab, ARRL
The National Association for Amateur Radio, and AMSAT.
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