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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
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