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Ham-Space Digest Sat, 5 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 20
Today's Topics:
* SpaceNews 07-Feb-94 *
Daily IPS Report - 1 Feb 94
Sat. Comm. WL7IR ??
STS-60 / SAREX Freqs?
Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 10:55:23 MST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: * SpaceNews 07-Feb-94 *
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0207
* SpaceNews 07-Feb-94 *
BID: $SPC0207
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SpaceNews
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1994
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is
published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.
* STS-60 SAREX MISSION BEGINS *
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The Space Shuttle Discovery made a spectacular, historic, on-time liftoff
at 12:30 UTC on 03-Feb-94 from the Kennedy Space Center. Discovery's launch
marks the first joint U.S.-Russian Space Shuttle Flight. This will be the
first of several joint missions planned in preparation for the development
of the international Space Station. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, was
one of the six crew members on board this Shuttle flight. His fellow
American crew mates include Commander Charlie Bolden, KE4IQB, Pilot Ken
Reightler, and Mission Specialists Jan Davis, Ron Sega, KC5ETH, and Franklin
Chang-Diaz.
The primary payloads on-board Discovery are the Wake Shield Facility, which
will be deployed and retrieved during the flight and the Spacehab facility.
Of particular interest to Radio Amateurs is the Shuttle Amateur Radio
Experiment (SAREX) secondary payload.
The following Keplerian Elements for STS-60 are provided by Ron Parise,
WA4SIR, at the Goddard Space Flight Center:
STS-60
1 22977U 94006A 94 35.13981770 0.00000202 00000-0 58718-5 0 37
2 22977 56.9857 213.2731 0008535 263.0773 96.9324 15.72145611 115
Satellite: STS-60
Catalog number: 22977
Epoch time: 94035.13981770 (04 FEB 94 03:21:20.25 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-003
Inclination: 56.9857 deg
RA of node: 213.2731 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-60
Eccentricity: 0.0008535 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 263.0773 deg
Mean anomaly: 96.9324 deg
Mean motion: 15.72145611 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6730.8981 Km
Decay rate: 0.20E-05 rev/day^2 Apogee Alt: 358.25 Km
Epoch rev: 11 Perigee Alt: 346.77 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 003.
The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.
[Info via Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO of the SAREX Working Group]
* AMSAT NET
=========================
To all interested satellite users, experiments are underway that uplink the
Houston Area Amsat Net, heard locally on the 147.100 MHz FM repeater, on
Galaxy 3, Channel 17, (Shop-At-Home Channel) on a 5.8 MHz subcarrier. This
net is carried in real-time on Tuesday evening, from approximately 10:00 PM
Local Time (CST) until completion at approximately 10:30 - 10:45 PM. This
is an experiment but could be continued on a regular basis if interest is
sufficient. Please send reports of your reception and your comments to:
davidsonc@tcd.jsc.nasa.gov via Internet, or
you may call (713) 483-0078 during business hours, or during the uplink
period at (713) 595-2393 and ask for Craig Davidson, WD5BDX.
* NEWS FROM JAPAN *
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NASDA's first H-II rocket was launched at 07:20 (JST=UTC+9h) on 04-Feb-94.
The H-II is designed to serve as NASDA's main space transportation system
in the 1990's to meet the demand for larger satellite launches at a lower
cost and still maintain a high degree of reliability. It is capable of
sending a single two ton class payload or multiple payload totaling two tons
onto geostationary orbit. The H-II is a two-stage rocket equipped with two
large solid rocket boosters (SRBs) on the first stage for thrust
augmentation.
Principal specifications of the H-II:
Overall length: 50
Diameter: 4
Total mass: 260t (payload not included)
Guidance system: Strapped-down inertial guidance system
Shape: Blunt-cone shape, Nose radius 1.35m, Diameter 3.40m, Height 1.46m
Weight: Approx. 865kg at launch, Approx. 761kg at re-entry
[Info via Yoshiro Yamada]
* MIR MUSIC REQUEST *
=====================
Ongoing contacts on 145.550 MHz are taking place between the cosmonauts of
the Russian Mir space station and a few hams in Israel, mainly 4X4LF Shlomo
on Packet, and Mark 4Z4KX, a native-Russian speaker, on voice. When Mir is
overhead, one may often hear Mark and one of the cosmonauts chatting away.
Followers of Israeli popular music know well the name Ofra Haza, a singer
who has made a name for herself, especially in Europe. Nonetheless, Mark
4Z4KX was rather surprised when Cosmonaut Alexander Serebrov, R0MIR, on one
of his overhead QSO's with him, asked Mark to send greetings to Ofra!
Alexander related that he's a fan of hers, and asked Mark to see if he could
get a cassette of hers for him.
No problem! As the ham connection goes, 4Z4XC Yair Haza is Ofra's brother,
and promised to procure her latest CD, which will have to be transcribed to
cassette, as all they have on board the Mir is a cassette machine.
[Info via Shlomo, 4X4LF@4X4LI.ISR.MDLE]
* FO-20 OPERATION SCHEDULE *
============================
The FO-20 operation schedule is follows. Analog transponder and digital
transponder will be ON for a week respectively as they were since last
December.
Analog mode:
09-Feb-94 07:15 UTC -to- 16-Feb-94 07:40 UTC
23-Feb-94 08:05 UTC -to- 02-Mar-94 06:40 UTC
09-Mar-94 07:05 UTC -to- 16-Mar-94 07:30 UTC
23-Mar-94 07:52 UTC -to- 30-Mar-94 08:15 UTC
Digital mode:
Unless otherwise noted above.
[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]
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Date: 1 Feb 94 22:52:49 GMT
From: agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!news.ci.com.au!@@library.ucla.edu
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 1 Feb 94
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 31 January 1994
Summary for 31 January and Forecast up to 3 February
No warning is current.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: Very Low
Flares: None
Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 098/045
1B. SOLAR FORECAST
01 February 02 February 03 February
Activity Low Low Low
Fadeouts None Expected None Expected None Expected
Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 100/048
1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : Quiet
Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 30 January
Learmonth 07 2222 2222
Fredericksburg 07 09
Planetary 08 09
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE Ap CONDITIONS
01 Feb 08 Quiet
02 Feb 05 Quiet
03 Feb 05 Quiet
2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
31 Jan normal normal normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
01 Feb Normal Normal Fair
02 Feb Normal Normal Normal
03 Feb Normal Normal Normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.
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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were mostly 15-30% above monthly predicted values.
T index: 82
4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE T-index MUFs
01 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced
02 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced
03 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced
Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.
4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Sporadic E may affect F layer communications at times.
--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
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Date: 4 Feb 1994 02:11:10 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bga.com!vern.bga.com!kbrune@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Sat. Comm. WL7IR ??
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Hello, I have been interested in Sat. Comm. but have never looked into it.
What is a good Ham book to start with? Are the Ham Sat's able to store and
forward packet radio? are there any geosynch sats avaliable? how about
frequencies about above 1 GHz, any sats in that area of the spectrum? yaya I
know a lot of questions... thanks WL7IR
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 22:50:08 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!ez006683@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: STS-60 / SAREX Freqs?
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Bill VanRemmen (BILLY@urhep.pas.rochester.edu) wrote:
: Could someone please post the SAREX Freqs? Is it on 145.55? Somewhere else?
Voice downlink: 145.55 MHz
Voice uplink: 144.91Mhz .93 .95 .97 144.99MHz
Packet Downlink:145.55MHz
Packet uplink: 144.49MHz
cheers,
Dan
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 14:57:31 MST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when
possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial
BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using
8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation
and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil
(129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space.
STS 60
1 22977U 94006A 94035.04166667 .00000202 00000-0 58718-5 0 37
2 22977 56.9857 213.7143 0008536 262.8823 261.4244 15.72145451 89
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Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations
tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
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