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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.01
MIR-SHUTTLE RENDEZVOUS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.01
STS-67 & MIR Expected To Rendezvous
The shuttle STS-63 mission is scheduled to launch 02-FEB-95 at 05:50:44
UTC. This is the MIR rendezvous mission. The shuttle will fly close
to MIR but will not dock.
MIR will be visible in the morning sky over much of the US during
this flight. Since MIR and the shuttles are individually large and
bright, the two of them flying in formation should be a beautiful
sight!
Normally the shuttle's exact path is not known until after it has been
launched. However, MIR's orbit is well established and should remain
stable from now until the end of the STS-63 mission. Since the
shuttle will fly to MIR, the orbital track of MIR will be a close
approximation of that of the Shuttle.
It is suggest than anyone who is interested to start keeping tabs on
MIR now -- looking for good passes for your area. You'll need a
tracking program that can check for VISIBLE passes. For a satellite
to be visible, it must be above your horizon and in sunlight while you
are in darkness on the ground.
One tip: most satellites are so faint that they aren't visible unless
the sun is at least ten or twelve degrees below the horizon. MIR and
the shuttle, however, are both very bright, so you should set your
tracking program to look for passes where the sun is at least 4
degrees below the horizon. The sky can be so bright you can read a
newspaper and you'll still be able to see either of these spacecraft.
If you spot any good passes, please be sure to tell others where and
when to look. And don't forget to monitor 145.55 for ham activity
from either spacecraft!
The following are the preliminary keplerian elements for STS-67:
Satellite: STS-67
Catalog number: 00067
Epoch time: 95061.32643015 = (02-MAR-95 07:50:03.56 UTC)
Element set: 004
Inclination: 28.4675 deg
RA of node: 88.9985 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-67
Eccentricity: .0004519 Prelaunch element set JSC-004
Arg of perigee: 287.7960 deg Launch: 02-MAR-95 06:37 UTC
Mean anomaly: 72.2100 deg
Mean motion: 15.71297841 rev/day Gil Carman
:Decay rate: 1.1689e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 304
[The AMSAT News Service would like to thank Dave Mullenix (N9LTD) for
the information used in this bulletin.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.02
ANOTHER HIGH HONOR FOR G3AAJ
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.02
A second very high honor has come to Ron Broadbent, G3AAJ, in as many
months. This weekend's GB2RS News Bulletin reports that Ron has been
elected a Vice-President of the Radio Society of Great Britain. The
election was by the RSGB Council; the announcement was made at RSGB's
presidential installation dinner on January 14th. In late December,
it was announced that Ron had been awarded an MBE in the New Year's
Honours List "for services to amateur radio." Ron's investiture
ceremony will be held February 14th at Buckingham Palace with Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presenting the decoration.
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) is pleased to again congratulate Ron on
another well deserved honor.
ANS also thanks Ray Soifer W2RS for this bulletin informaiton.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.03
G3GJW AND G3YGF ELECTED TO HIGH RSGB POSTS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.03
At the same installation dinner at which Ron Broadbent's election as
a Vice-President was announced, it was also made known that T.I.
Lundegard, G3GJW, has been elected Executive Vice-President of RSGB
for the year 1995. In the normal course of events, G3GJW would then
serve as President in 1996. Those of you who attend the AMSAT-UK
Colloquium may remember "Smudge" as an active and enthusiastic friend
of the amateur satellite program and of AMSAT-UK.
In another action, UHF enthusiast Dr. Julian Gannaway G3YGF was
elected as a Vice-President of RSGB this year along with Ron. He is a
noted amateur microwave operator and a past president of RSGB.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.04
AMSAT OPS NET SCHEDULE
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.04
AMSAT Operations Net Schedule
To take full advantage of the upcoming "good" phase on AO-13, the
following AMSAT Operations Net Schedule will be in place. The primary
downlink frequency for all Ops. Nets will be 145.950 MHz. In case a
QSO is in progress on that frequency at net time, 145.955 MHz will be
used as an alternate. Net control for all of these nets will be
Keith (W5IU); however, anyone is welcome to serve as an alternate.
Reports on all phases of OSCAR operations are welcome. Guest speakers
on special topics will be scheduled as availability permits.
Day Date Time Coverage
________________________________________________________
Sat 28-JAN-95 23:00 NA, SA
Sun 05-FEB-95 02:00 NA, JA, NZ, EAus
Sat 11-FEB-95 18:00 NA, SA, WEu, Af
Sat 18-FEB-95 22:00 NA, SA
Note: All times are in UTC; therefore, Sun. dates are actually Sat.
evening in USA. Times do not conflict with ZRO Tests.
Thanks to Keith Pugh (W5IU), AMSAT VP of Operations.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.05
WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.05
Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 21-JAN-95
AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
The Mode Schedule from 19-DEC-94 until 20-FEB-95 will be:
Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 100 |Omnis : MA 230 to MA 25
Mode-BS : MA 100 to MA 130 |
Mode-S : MA 130 to MA 132 |<- S beacon only
Mode-S : MA 132 to MA 155 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF
Mode-S : MA 155 to MA 160 |<- S beacon only
Mode-BS : MA 160 to MA 180 | Blon/Blat 180/0
Mode-B : MA 180 to MA 256 | Move to attitude 230/0, Feb 20
[G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]
AO-13: AO-13 is working exceptionally well even at poor squint angles.
N2HMM has heard a lot of DX as well as state-side activity this past
week. [N2HMM]
AO-10: AO-10 signals are very weak and the signals are FMing. N2HMM
doesn't discount AO-10. It's still worth monitoring. [N2HMM]
RS-15: The following keplerian elements are considered to give very
accurate predictions for RS-15 and were provided by N2WWD:
RS-15
1 23439U 94085A 95018.43232054 -.00000039 00000-0 10000-3 0 216
2 23439 64.8172 137.1826 0167589 287.8288 70.4424 11.27524601 2639
The equivalent elements in AMSAT format are:
Satellite: RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Epoch time: 95018.43232054
Element set: 21
Inclination: 64.8172 deg
RA of node: 137.1826 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0167589
Arg of perigee: 287.8288 deg
Mean anomaly: 70.4424 deg
Mean motion: 11.27524601 rev/day
Decay rate: -3.90e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 263
UO-11: G3RWL reports via packet that UoSAT-OSCAR 11 (UO-11) has been
up and running for the last several weeks. Reception reports, as
always, are welcome; send them to Doug Loughmiller at the University
of Surrey at d.loughmiller@ee.surrey.ac.uk [W2RS]
The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) NEEDS YOUR HELP! The ANS looking for
volunteers to contribute weekly OSCAR status reports. If you have a
favorite OSCAR which you work on a regular basis and would like to
contribute to this weekly bulletin, please send your observations to
WD0HHU at his CompuServe address of 70524,2272, on INTERNET at
wd0hhu@amsat.org, or to his local packet BBS in the Denver, CO area,
WD0HHU @ N0QCU. Also, if you find that the current set of orbital
elements are not generating the correct AOS/LOS times at your QTH,
PLEASE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
The information you provide will be of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts.
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-021.06
HOUSTON AMSAT NET MOVING SATELLITES
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 021.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 21, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-021.06
The Houston AMSAT Net will be moving satellites beginning February 6,
>From that date on, it can be heard on Telstar 302 Transponder: 21 on
an audio subcarier frequency of 5.8 Mhz. This is the channel on which
Skyvision is transmitted.
Listen for the Houston Net on this new satellite at 10 PM Central
Time.
ANS thanks Bruce Page KK5DO for this information.
/EX