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Steve Mansfield
Public Information Manager
(203) 666-1541, Ext. 240
SAREX FACT SHEET -- STS-64
WHO: Space Shuttle Discovery crew
WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth.
WHERE: Earth Orbit. Inclination 57 degrees. Altitude 259
kilometers.
WHEN: September 9, 1994 (9 day mission)
WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
(SAREX) component of the STS-64 mission.
LAUNCH: Scheduled for September 9, 1994 at 16:30 EDT (2030
UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
AMATEUR RADIO
LICENSED CREW
MEMBERS: Richard N. Richards, KB5SIW, Commander
L. Blaine Hammond Jr., TBD, Pilot
Jerry M. Linenger, TBD, Mission Specialist
PAYLOAD: Primary Payload--Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment
(LITE-1). Crewmembers will image the Earth's surface
using lasers carried in this payload.
Secondary Payload--Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
or SAREX, configuration B (see last page). Using the
SAREX payload, crewmembers will make radio contact
with Amateur (or "ham") Radio operators and student
groups around the world. NASA's intent in making
astronauts available for SAREX operations is to
involve the largest possible numbers of people,
particularly youngsters, in technology and the US
space program with the help of ham radio.
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,
144.80 MHz
Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz
Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz
HAM RADIO
CALL SIGNS: FM voice call sign KB5SIW
FM packet call sign W5RRR-1
QSL VIA: Send reports and QSLs to ARRL EAD, STS-64 QSL, 225
Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Include the
following information in your QSL or report: STS-64,
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. Nashua Area Radio Club in New
Hampshire 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-64
flight. The number is (713) 244-5625, 9600 baud or
less. See end of document for Keplerian element set
JSC-005.
PARTICIPATING
SCHOOLS: Grizzly Hill School
PO Box 529
North San Juan, CA 95960
Contact: David Samuels
WK: (916) 265-9052 HM: (916) 292-3822
The Branson School
Box 887
Ross, CA 94957
Contact: Roger McGehee, KC6NKF
WK: (415) 454-3636 HM: (415)454-9448
(after 8/29/94)
Crystal Lake South Elementary
601 Golf Road
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Contact: Sal Decina, N9NJF
WK (708) 576-8014 HM (815) 455-4652
Morocco Elementary School
200 South Lincoln
Morocco, IN 47963
Contact: Gary Stein, N9GBM
WK (219) 722-8266 HM (219) 583-3947
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
13725 Briarwood Drive
Laurel, MD 20708
Contact: Richard Downes, N3MJA
WK (301) 725-8311 HM (301) 776-6810
Springfield Plains Elementary
Clarkston, MI 48346
Contact: Linda Linenger
HM (817) 921-9278
Francis Howell North High School
2549 Hackmann Road
St. Charles, MO 63302
Contact: Ron Ochu, KO0Z
WK (314) 441-2707 HM (314) 278-2510
Central Square Middle School
1150 U.S. Route 11
Central Square, NY 13036
Contact: James Kuhl, N2STK
WK (315) 668-4216 HM (315) 471-3770
STEP/Star Schools - Young Astronauts
4022 East Broadway
Spokane, WA 99202
Contact: Paulette Crowley
WK: (509) 536-2180
Middleton Grange School
50 Acacia Avenue, Christchurch 4
New Zealand
Contact: Grant Rawstorn, ZL3JG
WK: (011) 64-3-364-8695 HM: (011) 64-3-348-5270
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION:Tracy Bedlack, N1QDO, Educational Activities
Department, American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541
email: ead@arrl.org
Configuration B - SAREX configuration B consists only of the
handheld transceiver, I/F module, spare battery set, SAREX
headset assembly, personal tape recorder, and the window antenna.
It is capable only of exchanging voice communications with
amateur stations within LOS of the Orbiter. Configuration B can
be operated only in the attended mode.
The payload control weights are as follows:
Configuration B 35 lb (15.90 kg)
STS-64 Keplerian element set JSC-005:
STS-64
1 00064U 94253.10077961 -.00030838 00000-0 -39665-4 0 59
2 00064 57.0058 195.1865 0009670 275.6619 84.3358 16.05979206 51
Satellite: STS-64
Catalog number: 00064
Epoch time: 94253.10077961 = (10 SEP 94 02:25:07.36 UTC)
Element set: 005
Inclination: 57.0058 deg
RA of node: 195.1865 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-64
Eccentricity: .0009670 Prelaunch Element set JSC-005
Arg of perigee: 275.6619 deg Launch: 09 SEP 94 20:30 UTC
Mean anomaly: 84.3358 deg
Mean motion: 16.05979206 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: -3.0838e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 5
Checksum: 309
The American Radio Relay League, Newington Conn. USA
SAREX.10
6/27/94
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