Steve Mansfield Public Information Manager (203) 666-1541, Ext. 240 SAREX FACT SHEET -- STS-65 WHO: Space Shuttle Columbia crew WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth. WHERE: Earth Orbit. Inclination 28.45 degrees. Altitude 160 nautical miles. WHEN: July 8, 1994 (14 day mission) WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) component of the STS-65 mission. LAUNCH: Scheduled for July 8, 1994 at 13:06 EDT (1706 UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. AMATEUR RADIO LICENSED CREW MEMBERS: Donald A. Thomas, Mission Specialist, KC5FVF Robert D. Cabana, TBD PAYLOAD: Primary Payload--International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-02), a complement of international experiments with its main focus on materials and life sciences research in microgravity. The payload crew members will perform the experiments in a "gravity gradient" stabilized attitude (shuttle tail pointed toward Earth) to maintain the best possible laboratory conditions with the least gravitational disturbances in the Spacelab. Secondary Payload--Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment or SAREX, configuration C (see end of document). SAREX The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), The Radio SPONSORS: Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SAREX is supported by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). SAREX RADIO FREQUENCIES:The crew will use separate receive and transmit frequencies. PLEASE do not transmit on the Shuttle's DOWNLINK frequency. Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, and 144.99 MHz Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75, and 144.80 MHz Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz HAM RADIO CALL SIGNS: FM voice call sign KC5FVF FM packet call sign W5RRR-1 QSL VIA: Send reports and QSLs to ARRL EAD, STS-65 QSL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Include the following information in your QSL or report: STS-65, date, time in UTC, frequency and mode (FM voice or packet). In addition, you must also include a SASE using a large, business-sized envelope if you wish to receive a card. Lake County Amateur Radio Club in Munster, Indiana, has generously volunteered to manage the cards for this mission. INFORMATION:ARRL (Newington, CT) Amateur Radio station (call sign W1AW) news bulletins (9:45 PM, 12:45 AM EST) on HF bands at 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and VHF at 147.555 MHz. Goddard Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) Amateur Radio station (call sign WA3NAN) news and retransmissions on Amateur Radio high frequency (HF) bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and 28.65 megahertz (MHz) and on very high frequency (VHF) bands at 147.45 MHz. GARC also maintains a Bulletin Board System (BBS) which is accessible via the Internet, modem and packet radio. The BBS contains Keplerian orbital elements updated daily, AMSAT and SAREX bulletins and Space Shuttle mission information. via Internet: wa3nan.gsfc.nasa.gov or 128.183.105.17 via phone: (301) 286-4137 via packet: WA3NAN on 145.090 MHz in DC area. SHUTTLE TRACKING: Current Keplerian elements to track the Shuttle are available from the NASA Spacelink computer information system BBS (205) 895-0028 and the ARRL BBS (203) 666-0578. Also, the JSC ARC BBS will have the latest element sets available during the STS-65 flight. The number is (713) 244-5625, 9600 baud or less. See end of document for Keplerian element set JSC-003. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Sacred Hearts Academy 3253 Waialae Avenue Honolulu, HI 96816 Contact: Derek Sakaguchi WK (808) 734-5058 Kline School 320 East 18th Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Contact: KD Borcoman, WB6NUD WK (714) 722-7242 HM (714) 642-0634 Granite Mountain Middle School 1800 Williamson Valley Road Prescott, AZ 86301 Contact: Terry Pemberton, KB7TRE WK (602) 717-3253 HM (602) 445-8126 West Monroe High School 201 Riggs Street West Monroe, LA 71291 Contact: Mark Ketchell, N5MYH WK (318) 323-6621 HM (318) 343-3530 Our Lady Queen of Heaven 3908 Creole Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 Contact: Jim Yorke WK (409) 883-1546 HM (318) 589-3300 Richland Elementary 3250 Scruggs Park Drive Ft. Worth, TX 76118 Contact: Sandra Hines, KB5CXR WK (817) 595-5106 HM (817) 921-9278 West-Oak High School 130 Warrior Lane Westminster, SC 29693 Contact: Mike Bonham, KR4GZ WK (803) 647-3065 HM ((803) 882-4051 Brentwood School PO Box 955 Sandersville, GA 31082 Contact: Kenny Trussell, AD4ID WK (912) 552-3951 HM (912) 552-2739 Bair Middle School 9100 NW 21st Manor Sunrise, FL 33322 Contact: Chuck Baer, W4ROA WK: (305) 741-7916 HM: (305) 763-2582 South Seminole Middle School 101 South Winter Park Drive Casselberry, FL 32707 Contact: Joan Freeman, KD4SRD WK: (407) 831-6808 HM (407) 834-1931 Fronhofer-Realschule Ingolstadt Maximilian Str. 22 Ingolstadt, Bavaria D-85051 Germany Contact: Erwin Kunz, DG4MKR WK: (011) 49 841-78068 HM (011) 49 841-76317 Tatebayashi Children's Science Exploratorium 2-2 Shromachi Tatebayashi, Gunma 374 Japan Contact: Mike Nichoson @ Nippas, Inc. 320 East 39th Street New York, NY 10016 WK: (212) 972-5557 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Tracy Bedlack, N1QDO, Educational Activities Department,American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541 email: ead@arrl.org Configuration C - SAREX configuration C consists of the handheld transceiver, I/F module, PGSC, spare battery set, window antenna, packet module, SAREX headset assembly, personal recorder, and the required cable assemblies. The packet module contains a power supply and packet TNC. The power supply provides power for the TNC and the handheld transceiver. The TNC interconnects with a radio transceiver so that data to and from the computer is transmitted to and received from other amateur radio stations. Configuration C is capable of operating in either the voice or data mode in communications with amateur stations within LOS of the Orbiter. This configuration can be operated in the attended mode for voice communication and either the attended or automatic mode for data communications. The payload control weights are as follows: Configuration C 45 lb (20.41 kg) STS-65 Keplerian element set JSC-003: STS-65 1 00065U 94189.76284929 .00052344 00000-0 15762-3 0 37 2 00065 28.4664 13.0731 0003571 330.7493 29.2906 15.90324781 23 Satellite: STS-65 Catalog number: 00065 Epoch time: 94189.76284929 = (08 JUL 94 18:18:30.18 UTC) Element set: 003 Inclination: 28.4664 deg RA of node: 13.0731 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-65 Eccentricity: .0003571 Prelaunch Element set JSC-003 Arg of perigee: 330.7493 deg Launch: 08 JUL 94 17:06 UTC Mean anomaly: 29.2906 deg Mean motion: 15.90324781 rev/day Gil Carman, WA5NOM Decay rate: 5.2344e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 2 Checksum: 289 The American Radio Relay League, Newington Conn. USA SAREX.9 6/27/94 eof