[ANS] ANS-028 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

[Mark Johns, K0JM via ANS]

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-028

In this edition:

- IO-117 GreenCube to cease operating on February 5
- AMSAT Responds to Scheduled Decommisioning of IO-117
- Apogee View
- New, Portable Antenna Satellite Antenna Design is Perfect for ECOM
- AMSAT Thanks 2023 President’s Club Members
- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 26, 2024
- ARISS News
- Upcoming Satellite Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
- Satellite Shorts From All Over

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ANS-028 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

To: All RADIO AMATEURS
>From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002

DATE 2024 JAN 28
IO-117 GreenCube to cease operating on February 5

At 1622 GMT on Thursday, January 25, 2024 @S5Lab posted on X that the
GreenCube IO-117 Digipeater would be permanently deactivated on February 5.

Designed and developed by students of Sapienza University of Rome,
GreenCube IO-117 was the first satellite to carry an amateur radio payload
into Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) – 6,000 km.

The S5Lab post on X said:

Dear Friends,

After one year and a half of operations, it is time to conclude the
GreenCube operations with the planned de-commissioning activities. After
the conclusion of the nominal experiment and with the digipeater payload
active for more than one year, we will perform the passivation operations
for the satellite.

The planned passivation operations will be executed on Monday, 5 February
2024, at 00:00 UTC. From that day, GreenCube will be completely passivated
and the digipeater will be switched off for good.

We want to thank everyone that endorsed, supported or participated in the
mission and the radio amateur community that enthusiastically became a true
part of our project. We hope that GreenCube will somehow be part of your
memories of radio amateurs, space engineering enthusiasts, and we hope to
involve you soon in many more adventures.

Thanks once again for the unbelievable memories shared together… Se
e you
soon!

The GreenCube Team at S5Lab

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]