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- ARLS034 SAREX Mission Update
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- Space Bulletin 034 ARLS034
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington, CT June 10, 1993
- To all radio amateurs
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- SB SPACE ARL ARLS034
- ARLS034 SAREX Mission Update
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- The next Space Shuttle launch carrying the Shuttle Amateur Radio
- EXperiment is scheduled for June 20 at 1338 UTC. The ham radio-
- licensed crew includes Pilot Brian Duffy, N5WQW, and Mission
- Specialist Janice Voss, whose license is pending. The flight was
- rescheduled from June 3.
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- As part of its primary mission, the Shuttle Endeavour will carry the
- SPACEHAB payload, a laboratory which is leased by various industry
- to expand research in commercial microgravity development
- opportunities. The crew will also retrieve the European Retrievable
- Carrier (EURECA) satellite, which has been collecting science since
- it was deployed from Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-46 mission in
- August 1992.
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- During the 7 day flight, Duffy and Voss will use SAREX configuration
- C, which includes 2 meter FM voice and packet. The astronauts will
- use their own call signs for voice contacts. The primary packet
- call sign will be W5RRR-1. The astronauts have pre-scheduled
- numerous contacts with schools and their assisting radio clubs in
- the United States and Mexico.
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- The attitude and elevation of the spacecraft are expected to change
- significantly during the EURECA rendezvous and retrieval on flight
- day 4. As a result, amateurs attempting to make a random contact or
- eavesdrop should update their Keplerian elements regularly
- throughout the mission.
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- For more information on this and other upcoming SAREX opportunities,
- please contact the ARRL Educational Activities Department, SAREX
- office. Keep tuned to W1AW for more details as the launch time
- approaches.
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