{"id":19372,"date":"2024-01-25T18:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T23:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/?p=19372"},"modified":"2024-01-25T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T23:47:46","slug":"via-amsat-amsat-responds-to-planned-decommissioning-of-io-117-greencube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/2024\/01\/25\/via-amsat-amsat-responds-to-planned-decommissioning-of-io-117-greencube\/","title":{"rendered":"Via AMSAT: AMSAT Responds to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45978 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ANSlogoA.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><em>AMSAT <\/em>News Service Special Bulletin<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>ANS-025<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>January 25, 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this edition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMSAT Responds to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The news feed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\">https:\/\/www.amsat.org<\/a> publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.<\/p>\n<p>Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at] amsat.org<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: <a href=\"https:\/\/mailman.amsat.org\/postorius\/lists\/ans.amsat.org\/\">https:\/\/mailman.amsat.org\/postorius\/lists\/ans.amsat.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>AMSAT Responds to Planned Decommissioning of IO-117 (GreenCube)<\/h2>\n<div>We were saddened to learn this morning that S5Lab plans to decommission IO-117 (GreenCube) and execute a passivation operation on February 5, 2024. AMSAT stands ready to leverage our decades of experience and work with S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT organizations, and the amateur satellite community at large to overcome any obstacles, regulatory or otherwise, to keeping IO-117 in service for as long as possible. This afternoon, AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, sent the following letter to S5Lab expressing our desire to provide any support we can to keep the satellite in operation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>January 25, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory (S5Lab)<br \/>\nSapienza University of Rome<br \/>\nVia Email<\/p>\n<p>To The GreenCube Team:<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 13+ months, amateur satellite operators around the world have enjoyed the use of the digipeater on GreenCube (IO-117). As amateur radio\u2019s first satellite in a medium earth orbit (MEO), it has opened worldwide long-distance contacts via amateur radio satellite that had not been possible since the loss of AMSAT-OSCAR 40 in 2004. As this letter is being written, a DXpedition to Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean has made contact with several hundred amateur operators around the world \u2013 the first activation of this rare location on amateur satellite in over 30 years. AMSAT and the amateur satellite community greatly appreciate your team making this wonderful resource available.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has this satellite been a great resource to the amateur community, but the amateur community has also assisted GreenCube\u2019s mission by uploading millions of frames of data received \u2013 including much data from when the satellite is not within the primary ground station\u2019s footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Launches above low earth orbit are rarely available for amateur satellite missions. Since the first amateur radio satellite launched in 1962, fewer than ten have gone to orbits beyond LEO and only QO-100 (available to only part of the world) and IO-117 remain in service.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the unique orbit and capabilities, we request that S5Lab postpone the scheduled passivation operation and keep the satellite\u2019s digipeater in service. Amateur satellites have a long tradition of extended lifetimes. Amateur radio operators still utilize AMSAT-OSCAR 7 \u2013 launched nearly fifty years ago in 1974 \u2013 for communications on a daily basis. Many other amateur radio satellites have been actively used for ten to twenty years. AMSAT stands ready to leverage our 55 years of experience in managing amateur radio satellites and work with S5Lab, AMSAT Italia, other AMSAT organizations, and the amateur satellite community at large to overcome any obstacles, regulatory or otherwise, to keeping GreenCube in service for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Robert Bankston, KE4AL<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letter-from-AMSAT-to-S5Lab-25-Jan-2024.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"width: 700px; \" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Letter from AMSAT to S5Lab 25-Jan-2024<br \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>[ANS thanks AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Join AMSAT today at <a href=\"https:\/\/launch.amsat.org\/\">https:\/\/launch.amsat.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).<\/li>\n<li>Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.<\/li>\n<li>Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.<\/li>\n<li>Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This week&#8217;s ANS Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Stoetzer, N8HM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>n8hm [at] amsat.org<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMSAT<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/amsat-responds-planned-decommissioning-io-117-greencube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/amsat-responds-planned-decommissioning-io-117-greencube\/<\/a><br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin ANS-025 January 25, 2024 In this edition: AMSAT Responds to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_16139062_16139062":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[163,165,4,73],"tags":[28,2721,865,2934,103,3399,27,1100],"class_list":["post-19372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amsat","category-news","category-newsreel","category-space","tag-amsat","tag-ans","tag-decommission","tag-greencube","tag-ifttt","tag-io-117","tag-news","tag-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19373,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions\/19373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}