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02-Mar-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 01-Mar-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 02-Mar-93 at 21:01:34.
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 3/2/93
SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS-STS 55
Tuesday, March 2, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Mission: STS-55
Current location: Pad 39-A Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Payload: Spacelab D-2 Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch date: March 14 10 a.m. Landing: KSC 3/23 8:05 a.m.
Mission duration: 8 days 22 hours Crew size: 7
STS-55 IN WORK:
- Flight Readiness Test (FRT) of main engines/flight controls
- contingency EVA spacesuit checkout
STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
- Helium Signature leak check on Wednesday
- begin stowage of flight crew mission items into crew cabin Wed.
- hypergolic propellant loading Friday and Saturday
- begin aft compartment closeouts Saturday night
- reinstall GAS can experiments Saturday night
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- primary orbiter refrigerator/freezer IVT successfully complete
- alignment of guidance system Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)
- installation of contingency EVA spacesuits into orbiter airlock
SPECIAL TOPICS
STS 56: Discovery is scheduled for rollover from OPF Bay 3 to the VAB transfer
aisle this afternoon at approximately 5 p.m. Mating to the external tank/solid
rocket booster stack will occur overnight. The two-day Shuttle Interface Test
will follow.
Installation of Discovery's three main engines is targeted to start on
March 8. (The engines were removed in the OPF because of the turbopump seal
retainer issue.) A rollout to Pad 39-B will occur sometime in the mid-March
time frame with a more definite date to be determined later.
STS-57: Spacehab-1 is scheduled to be transported from the O&C to OPF High Bay
1 and installed into Orbiter Endeavour on Wednesday.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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Daily News/TV Sked 3/2/93
Daily News
Tuesday, March 2, 1993 Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C. Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Discovery to be moved to the VAB;
% Work on Endeavour continues as scheduled;
% ULYSSES update
% SSC exhibits 1/15th scale Shuttle unit to over 8,000 children;
Work on Space Shuttle Discovery for STS-56 continues as scheduled. Discovery
will be moved to the VAB tonight and will have an extended stay for prelaunch
preparations, including installing the main engines. An early April launch is
scheduled for this mission.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Technicians will install the Spacehab payload on the Space Shuttle Endeavour
today. Workers at the Kennedy Space Center also will install the Spacehab
tunnel adapter. This is in preparation for the orbiter Endeavour's scheduled,
early May launch. The STS-57 mission is expected to last 7 days.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
JPL recently reported that the ULYSSES spacecraft is in a highly inclined solar
orbit, now about 18 degrees south of the ecliptic plane, in transit from its
Jupiter gravity assist in February 1992 toward its solar polar passages in 1994
and 1995.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The Stennis Space Center Visitors Center personnel traveled to Jackson, MS to
exhibit the SSC traveling exhibit and the 1/15th scale mobile shuttle unit for
the Children's Symphony Concert. About 8,000 children attended. Today, the
Stennis Teacher Resource Center will conduct an "Archaeology" workshop for
educators.
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. Note
that all events and times may change without notice, and that all times listed
are Eastern. Live indicates a program is transmitted live.
Tuesday, March 2, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today news program; includes Galileo update,
Search and Rescue Project at GSFC, story on MSFC robot
testing software package.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Looking Ahead and Back.
1:00 pm STS-55: the D-2 Project.
1:30 pm Kids in Space: Project Space Shuttle.
2:00 pm Starfinder #8.
2:30 pm Mercury: Exploration of a Planet.
3:00 pm TQM #47.
Wednesday, March 3, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today news program;
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm America's Wings.
1:00 pm NOVA: the fastest planes in The Sky.
2:00 pm Starfinder #9/ Mars: Is there Life ?
2:30 pm Veil of Venus.
3:00 pm TQM #48.
NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees
West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is
6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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SAREX MISSIONS -FUTURE AND PAST-
[Ed. Note: This information is provided by the American Radio Relay League's
Educational Activities Department]
UPCOMING 1993 SAREX MISSIONS (updated 3/2/93):
Mission Date Inclination Crew Configuration
------- ----------------- ----------- -------------- -------------
STS-55 March 14, 1993 low, 28.5 deg Nagel, CDR, N5RAW C
Columbia 1500 UTC Henricks, PLT
Ross, PL-CDR, N5SCW
Precourt, MS, KB5YSQ
Harris, MS
Schlegel, PS, DG1KIH
Walter, PS, DG1KIM
STS-56 March 11, 1993 high, 57 deg Cameron, CDR, KB5AWP D
Discovery Oswald, PLT, KB5YSR
DELAYED Cockrell, MS, KB5UAH
Foale, MS, KB5UAC
Ochoa, MS, KB5TZZ
STS-57 April 28, 1993 low, 28.5 deg Grabe, CDR C
Endeavour Duffy, PLT, N5WQW
DELAYED Low, PL-CDR
Sherlock, MS
Voss, MS
Wisoff, MS
Abbreviations: Commander= CDR
Pilot= PLT
Mission Specialist= MS
Payload Specialist= PS
Payload Commander= PL-CDR
These missions will provide another opportunity for the public, especially
school children, to become directly involved in the U.S. space program and
Amateur Radio by participating with Amateur Radio operators communicating with
the shuttle.
Dates listed are tentative. If the mission is listed as DELAYED, keep
checking future postings of this file for new launch dates and times.
PAST FLIGHTS FOR HAM RADIO:
On November 28, 1983, STS-9 was launched carrying Mission Specialist Owen
Garriott, Amateur Radio call sign W5LFL, and his ham radio into orbit. For 10
days the Space Shuttle Columbia streaked through the skies, and for the last 7
of those days, hams around the world were sent emotionally into orbit when they
heard Dr. Garriott's voice break their squelches calling Earth-bound stations.
But it was just the beginning. Amateur Radio had moved into its newest
frontier, and it was there to stay.
Other Past Flights:
STS-9 November 28 - December 8, 1983 Owen Garriott, W5LFL
Columbia
STS-51F July 29 - August 6, 1985 Tony England, W0ORE
Challenger Gordon Fullerton
John Bartoe, W4NYZ
STS-61A October 30 - November 6, 1985 Reinhard Furrer, DD6CF
Columbia Ernst Messerschmidt, DG2KM
Wubbo Ockels, PE1LFO
STS-35 December 2 - December 10, 1990 Ron Parise, WA4SIR
Columbia
STS-37* April 5 - April 10, 1991 Ken Cameron, KB5AWP
Atlantis Jay Apt, N5QWL
Linda Godwin, N5RAX
Steve Nagel, N5RAW
Jerry Ross, N5SCW
STS-45 March 24 - April 2, 1992 Brian Duffy, N5WQW
Atlantis David Leestma, N5WQC
Kathryn Sullivan, N5YYV
Dirk Frimout, ON1AFD
STS-50 June 25 - July 9, 1992 Richard N. Richards, KB5SIW
Columbia Ellen S. Baker, KB5SIX
STS-47 September 12 - September 20, 1992 Jay Apt, N5QWL
Endeavour Mamoru Mohri, 7L2NJY
* The entire crew of STS-37 were licensed Amateur Radio operators.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) STS-55 Launch Update
[Ed. Note: This information is provided by the American Radio Relay League's
Educational Activities Department]
A new launch date of March 14 at 1500 UTC has been set for the
STS-55 mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission was
previously scheduled for late February.
Amateurs and schools participating in the Motorola ARC SAREX
Antenna Test should note: If the launch is on time, the shuttle
will near North America during Orbit 61 on March 18 at 0903 UTC,
and Orbit 62 at 1037 UTC.
Fourteen student groups from around the world are scheduled to
contact the shuttle crew during the mission. For more
information on SAREX, contact the ARRL Educational Activities
Department (below).
STS-55 Keplerian Elements
STS-55
1 00055U 93073.67556033 .00120200 00000-0 36300-3 0 33
2 00055 28.4697 228.7025 0003812 314.2100 45.8202 15.90487610 23
Satellite: STS-55
Catalog number: 00055
Epoch time: 93073.67556033 =====> (14 MAR 93 16:12:48.41 UTC)
Element set: JSC-003
Inclination: 28.4697 deg
RA of node: 228.7025 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-55
Eccentricity: .0003812 Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 314.2100 deg Launch: 14 MAR 93 15:00 UTC
Mean anomaly: 45.8202 deg
Mean motion: 15.90487610 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 1.2020e-03 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
[ARRL thanks G. L. Carman for the preceding Keplerian data]
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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TOPEX/Poseidon STATUS REPORT 3/01/93
The satellite is healthy, and all scientific instruments are performing
normally, typically providing three playbacks per day. Initial results from
the mission to map ocean circulation are being presented at a press conference
February 26. TOPEX/Poseidon was launched August 10, 1992, aboard Ariane 52.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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GALILEO STATUS REPORT 3/01/93
The spacecraft is now en route to Jupiter, scheduled to go into orbit there on
December 7, 1995. Spacecraft performance and condition are excellent except
that the high-gain antenna is only partly deployed; science and engineering
data are being transmitted via the low-gain antenna. The Project is now
planning the Jupiter mission and the August 1993 encounter with asteroid Ida
assuming dependence on the low-gain antenna. Galileo was launched October 18,
1989, by Space Shuttle Atlantis and an IUS, and flew by Venus in 1990 and Earth
in 1990 and 1992 for gravity assists and asteroid Gaspra in October 1991 for
scientific observation.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MAGELLAN STATUS 3/1
Magellan Status
Status Report of Magellan for Monday, March 1, 1193:
1. The Magellan spacecraft is operating normally under the G3034 command
sequence.
2. Late last week, controllers uplinked parameters or a new star pair to be
used for the attitude control system. Then on Friday, the spacecraft missed
both stars on a starcal. The limit on the attitude updates was increased, and
this was followed by a series of successful starcals. But when the innovation
bound was reset to 0.07 deg. on Saturday, the next starcal missed both stars.
The limit is presently widened to 0.3 deg.
3. The Spacecraft Team is analyzing the star calibration parameters to see if
there is some minor error. The swath one starcals produce attitude updates
which average 0.1 deg. This is higher than the normal setting of the
innovation bound. The swath two starcals (which scan the same two stars in the
opposite direction) result in updates which average only 0.01 deg.
4. The antenna pointing remains sufficiently accurate for the gravity data
collection, and there is little danger of triggering the fault protection with
the increased attitude update limit.
5. Bay 7, containing the CDS, is at 41 deg. C. with a 5-deg. cycle depth.
Transmitter B is at 51.2 deg. C.
6. Magellan has completed 6886 orbits of Venus since August 10, 1990.
Magellan is 85 days from the end of Cycle 4.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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VOYAGER 1 & 2 STATUS REPORT 3/01/93
The two Voyager spacecraft continue their interstellar mission with
fields-and-particles data acquisition. Voyager 1 was launched September 5,
1977, is currently 7.7 billion kilometers (4.8 billion miles) from the Sun
after flying by Jupiter and Saturn in 1979 and 1980; Voyager 2 was launched
August 20, 1977, flew by Jupiter (1979), Saturn (1981), Uranus (1986), and
Neptune (1989), is now 5.9 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) from the Sun.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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