Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 04:30:38 PDT From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #254 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Wed, 14 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 254 Today's Topics: AOP-2 opinion? SAREX Keps 9/10 at 15:30 UTC STS-64 Orbital State Vector Rev #14 Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Space Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-space". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 21:10:00 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!n8emr!gws@ames.arpa Subject: AOP-2 opinion? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Anyone had a chance to take a look at the cushcraft AOP-2 oscar array? I have the AOP-1 array but have it down for repairs and figured I might as well update. From the ads I have seen it look like a couple more elements on 2mters and a much larger antenna on 440. comments -- Gary W. Sanders gws@n8emr.cmhnet.org, 72277,1325 N8EMR @ N8JYV (ip addr) 44.70.0.1 [Ohio AMPR address coordinator] HAM BBS 614-895-2553 (1200/2400/V.32/PEP) Voice: 614-895-2552 (eves/weekends) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 09:46:58 MDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: SAREX Keps 9/10 at 15:30 UTC To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-64.003 SAREX Keps 9/10 at 15:30 UTC Silver Spring, MD September 10, 1994 at 15:30 UTC The following represents the latest Keplerian Elements as generated by Gil Carman, WA5NOM, at the Johnson Space Center. STS-64 1 23251U 94059A 94253.61508163 .00083204 00000-0 14200-3 0 137 2 23251 57.0087 221.4445 0009356 272.6550 87.3481 16.05232506 128 Satellite: STS-64 Catalog number: 23251 Epoch time: 94253.61508163 = (10 SEP 94 14:45:43.05 UTC) Element set: 013 Inclination: 57.0087 deg RA of node: 221.4445 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-64 Eccentricity: .0009356 Keplerian element set JSC-013 Arg of perigee: 272.6550 deg from NASA flight Day 2 vector Mean anomaly: 87.3481 deg Mean motion: 16.05232506 rev/day Gil Carman Decay rate: 8.3204e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 12 Checksum: 268 Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group /EX ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 01:12:35 GMT From: netcomsv!netcom.com!astroman@decwrl.dec.com Subject: STS-64 Orbital State Vector Rev #14 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu S H U T T L E V E C T O R D A T A Below is the rev 14 Earth-Fixed Greenwich (EFG) State Vector for STS-64. This vector comes from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is provided courtesy of the DOD C-Band Radar Network. The data between the dotted lines may be read directly by VEC2TLE to estimate the Keplerian Elements for STS-64 in NASA Two-Line (TLE) format. The VEC2TLE software is available from a variety of sources including AMSAT-NA and the NASA Spacelink BBS (205) 895-0028 and may be registered free of charge for hobby use. .......................................................................... Vector format = 117 Satellite Name: STS-64 Catalog Number: 23251 94059A Epoch Date/Time: 94253.75321787037 09/10/1994 18:04:38.024 UTC EFG E: 10758839.41 ft F: 6162208.25 ft G: 17900246.29 ft Edot: -16911.3224 ft/s Fdot: 17292.1830 ft/s Gdot: 4209.6829 ft/s ndot/2 (drag): 0.00074284453 rev/day^2 nddt/6: 2.29147E-08 rev/day^3 Bstar: 1.02923E-04 1/Earth Radii Elset #: 4 Rev @ Epoch: 14.21836457971 .......................................................................... The drag values are estimated by VEC2TLE using a 1.0 drag multiplier. To create a file for use by VEC2TLE, simply write the data between the dotted lines to a new (text) file. I recommend that the file you save the data have a .VIF extension (default for VEC2TLE vector input files). MSDOS/PC software is available for conversion of OSV to 2 Line Keplerian Elements via ftp to: oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/hamradio/v2l9331.zip and the SIMTEL archives. State Vectors courtesy Ken Ernandes N2WWD SM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 13:30:40 GMT From: telesoft!garym@uunet.uu.net To: ham-space@ucsd.edu References , , Reply-To : elements-request@alsys.com Subject : STS-64 Element Set (94256.355) STS-64 1 23251U 94059A 94256.35518513 +.00001905 10675-4 74542-5 0 140 2 23251 57.0075 208.5262 0009814 264.2494 95.7470 16.05008849 561 Satellite: STS-64 Catalog number: 23251 Epoch time: 94256.35518513 (13 SEP 94 08:31:27.99 UTC) Element set: GSFC-014 Inclination: 57.0075 deg RA of node: 208.5262 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-64 Eccentricity: 0.0009814 Keplerian Elements Arg of perigee: 264.2494 deg Mean anomaly: 95.7470 deg Mean motion: 16.05008849 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6638.7031 Km Decay rate: 0.19E-04 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 266.83 Km Epoch rev: 56 Perigee Alt: 253.80 Km -- -- Gary Morris Internet: garym@alsys.com (garym@cts.com) Alsys Inc. 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