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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 19:00:19 PDT
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Subject: [surfpunk-0075] SAREX: STS-56 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
This just in. Launch in a few hours. Why the middle of the night?
It says bulletins on internet; i suppose i should know where. strick
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SB SAREX@AMSAT $STS-56.001
STS-56 SAREX Mission
STS-56 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)
Information Sheet
Mission:^?STS-56 Space Shuttle Discovery
ATLAS-2 Spacelab Mission
Launch: April 6, 1993, 5:32 UTC
Orbit: 57 degree inclination, 160 nautical miles
Amateur
Radio
Operators: Ken Cameron, KB5AWP, Ken Cockrell, KB5UAH,
Mike Foale, KB5UAC, Ellen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, and
Steve Oswald, KB5YSR
Modes:^?^?FM Voice
Prime callsign KB5AWP
Packet Radio
Callsign W5RRR-1
2-way SSTV
Callsign W5RRR/S
ATV Uplink (prescheduled)
Frequencies: All operations in split mode. Do not transmit on
the downlink frequency.
Voice Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz (Worldwide)
Uplinks: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99
MHz (Except Europe)
144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz (Europe only)
Note: the crew will not favor any specific uplink
frequency, so your ability to work the crew will
be the "luck of the draw"
Packet Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz
Uplink: 144.49 MHz
QSL Info: Send you QSL or Listeners Report to:
STS-56 QSL
C/O Vienna Wireless Society
P.O. Box 418
Vienna, VA 22183
Include a self addressed stamped envelope. Non-US stations should
include the appropriate number of IRCs with your QSL or a 0.50
U.S. stamp on the envelope.
Report should include callsign, whether worked/heard, date, UTC time,
mode, frequency, and QSO number for packet connects.
Info: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN, Greenbelt, Maryland
SAREX Bulletins and Shuttle Retransmissions
3860 KHz, 7185 KHz, 14,295 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz
and 147.45 MHz (FM)
Johnson Space Center ARC, W5RRR, Houston, Texas
SAREX Bulletins
7225 KHz, 14,280 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz, (SSB)
and 146.64 MHz (FM)
ARRL Amateur Radio Station, W1AW, Newington, CT
SAREX News Bulletins
3990, 7290, 14,290, 18,160, 21,390, and 28,590 KHz
and 147.555 MHz (FM)
Also, bulletins available on internet, via AMSAT ANS,
Compuserve, and your local PBSS.
School Group Participation: 18 school groups will participate
in SAREX with pre-scheduled direct
contacts. These include 13 in the
U.S., 2 in England, and one in
Portugal, South Africa and Australia.
Prelaunch Keplerian Elements:
The following Keplerian Elements are provided by Gil Carman, WA5NOM
at the Johnson Space Center ARC:
The planned launch date for STS-56 has now been set for April 6,
05:32 UTC.
1 00056U 93 96.29075346 .00055200 00000-0 16200-3 0 56
2 00056 57.0020 177.4323 0011289 286.7156 73.2672 15.91759473 20
Satellite: STS-56
Catalog number: 00056
Epoch time: 93096.29075346 = ( 6 APR 93 06:58:41.10 UTC)
Element set: JSC-005
Inclination: 57.0020 deg
RA of node: 177.4323 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-56
Eccentricity: .0011289 Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 286.7156 deg Launch: 6 APR 93 05:32 UTC
Mean anomaly: 73.2672 deg
Mean motion: 15.91759473 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 5.52000e-04 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
/EX
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By the way, I have been informed that the
Northeast Reigonal Data Center (that's us) will
be going down from 06.00 to 08.00 tomorrow so
the SuraNet d00dz can test a new T1 link.