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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Steve Mansfield
Public Information Manager
(203) 666-1541, Ext. 240
Subject: SAREX FACT SHEET -- STS-60
WHO: Space Shuttle Discovery crew
WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth.
WHERE: Earth Orbit. 57 degrees inclination.
190 nautical miles.
WHEN: February 3, 1994 (8 day mission)
WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
(SAREX) component of the STS-60 mission.
LAUNCH: Scheduled for February 3, at 7:10 am EST (1210 UTC)
from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
AMATEUR RADIO
LICENSED CREW
MEMBERS: Charles Bolden, KE4IQB, Commander;
Ronald Sega, KC5ETH, Mission Specialist;
Sergei K. Krikalev, U5MIR, Mission Specialist.
PAYLOAD: Primary Payloads--Wake Shield Facility and the
Spacehab-2 pressurized module, which will support 12
experiments.
Secondary Payload--Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
or SAREX, configuration C (see last page).
SPONSORS: The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), The Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
SAREX is supported by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
SAREX RADIO
FREQUENCIES: Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz
Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97,
144.99 MHz
Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75,
144.80 MHz
Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz
Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz
INFORMATION: 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.
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (Houston,
TX) Amateur Radio station (call sign W5RRR) news
bulletins on HF bands at 3.850, 7.227, 14.280,
21.350, and 28.400 MHz and VHF at 146.64 MHz.
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.
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. See last page.
PARTICIPATING
SCHOOLS: Boise Senior High School
1010 Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702
Contact: Dave Marquart, WA7QKD
WK (208) 338-3575
Chariton High School
501 North Grand
Chariton, IA 50049
Contact: Lawrence M. Wantland II, NHTK
WK (515) 774-5066 HM (515) 774-4657
James Bean School
RFD 3
Sidney, ME 04330
Contact: Philip Downes, N1IFP
WK (207) 547-3395
Mars Area Middle School
1775 Three Degree Road
Mars, PA 16046
Contact: Patricia Palazzolo, KA3WZP
WK (412) 854-3034 Mon-Thurs HM (412) 257-4717
House of Science & Technology for Youth
Moscow (central), Russia
Contact: Leonid Lebutin, UA3CR
HM 011-7-097-307-0449
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION: Tracy Bedlack, N1QDO, Educational Activities
Department, American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541
email: rinderbi@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)
Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Satellite: STS-60
Catalog number: 00060
Epoch time: 94034.56756353 (03 FEB 94 13:37:17.49 UTC)
Element set: 004
Inclination: 57.0033 deg
RA of node: 215.8607 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-60
Eccentricity: .0010675 Prelaunch Element set JSC-004
Arg of perigee: 264.1500 deg Launch: 03 FEB 94 12:10 UTC
Mean anomaly: 95.8328 deg
Mean motion: 15.72291901 rev/day Gil Carman, WA5NOM
Decay rate: 3.3600e-04 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 254
The American Radio Relay League, Newington Conn. USA
SAREX.6
2/94