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Space and Satellite Shorts• The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a new version of the UCS Satellite Database, which includes launches through December 27, 2006. The database file and additional information has been posted at http://ucsusa.org/satellite_database. • Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK will be part of the AMSAT table at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's "Westfest", at Glendale Community College in Glendale AZ on Saturday, 13 January 2007. Listen for W7W on AO-51 and SO-50 passes. QSL information, and more details about the hamfest, can be found at: http://www.w7tbc.org/Westfest.html • The well known HF Contest station HC8N in the Galapagos Islands was active on the SO-50 and AO-51 satellites prior to the 2006 CQ WW CW Contest. A total of 16 Satellite QSOs in 6 different countries were made. Primary SAT ops were Jon N0JK, Mark N5OT, and Bruce AA5B. A Yaesu dual band HT was used with an "Arrow" antenna (donated by Ramon, XE1KK). A highlight was working XE1KK, who has made many Satellite QSOs from various DX locales. If you were among those who worked HC8N, QSL via W5UE. • Universe Today announced that Tammy Plotner’s
"What’s Up 2007" is now available on-line as an e-book.
It’s completely free. Once again, Tammy has written a 410-page PDF
with suggestions for what you can see in the night sky every day of the
year for 2007. The book is huge, more than 23 MB, but that’s because
we’ve crammed it full with beautiful photographs and skycharts.
See: • The Planetary Society is offering a $50,000 prize for the best plan to reach out and put a tracking beacon on near-Earth asteroid Apophis (AKA 2004 MN4). Apophis is approximately 400 metres across, and it's expected to pass very close to the Earth in 2029. And on that pass, it could receive a gravitational bump to its orbit that could make it even more dangerous in 2036. With better tracking, scientists will have a much better idea if Apophis really is a risk to Earth. The competition ends August 31, 2007. More information is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/
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