Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 19:00:19 PDT Reply-To: Return-Path: Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain From: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (Rppragevpvgl: .0011289) To: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (SURFPUNK Technical Journal) Subject: [surfpunk-0075] SAREX: STS-56 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment This just in. Launch in a few hours. Why the middle of the night? It says bulletins on internet; i suppose i should know where. strick ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ SB SAREX@AMSAT $STS-56.001 STS-56 SAREX Mission STS-56 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) Information Sheet Mission:^?STS-56 Space Shuttle Discovery ATLAS-2 Spacelab Mission Launch: April 6, 1993, 5:32 UTC Orbit: 57 degree inclination, 160 nautical miles Amateur Radio Operators: Ken Cameron, KB5AWP, Ken Cockrell, KB5UAH, Mike Foale, KB5UAC, Ellen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, and Steve Oswald, KB5YSR Modes:^?^?FM Voice Prime callsign KB5AWP Packet Radio Callsign W5RRR-1 2-way SSTV Callsign W5RRR/S ATV Uplink (prescheduled) Frequencies: All operations in split mode. Do not transmit on the downlink frequency. Voice Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz (Worldwide) Uplinks: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99 MHz (Except Europe) 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz (Europe only) Note: the crew will not favor any specific uplink frequency, so your ability to work the crew will be the "luck of the draw" Packet Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz Uplink: 144.49 MHz QSL Info: Send you QSL or Listeners Report to: STS-56 QSL C/O Vienna Wireless Society P.O. Box 418 Vienna, VA 22183 Include a self addressed stamped envelope. Non-US stations should include the appropriate number of IRCs with your QSL or a 0.50 U.S. stamp on the envelope. Report should include callsign, whether worked/heard, date, UTC time, mode, frequency, and QSO number for packet connects. Info: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN, Greenbelt, Maryland SAREX Bulletins and Shuttle Retransmissions 3860 KHz, 7185 KHz, 14,295 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz and 147.45 MHz (FM) Johnson Space Center ARC, W5RRR, Houston, Texas SAREX Bulletins 7225 KHz, 14,280 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz, (SSB) and 146.64 MHz (FM) ARRL Amateur Radio Station, W1AW, Newington, CT SAREX News Bulletins 3990, 7290, 14,290, 18,160, 21,390, and 28,590 KHz and 147.555 MHz (FM) Also, bulletins available on internet, via AMSAT ANS, Compuserve, and your local PBSS. School Group Participation: 18 school groups will participate in SAREX with pre-scheduled direct contacts. These include 13 in the U.S., 2 in England, and one in Portugal, South Africa and Australia. Prelaunch Keplerian Elements: The following Keplerian Elements are provided by Gil Carman, WA5NOM at the Johnson Space Center ARC: The planned launch date for STS-56 has now been set for April 6, 05:32 UTC. 1 00056U 93 96.29075346 .00055200 00000-0 16200-3 0 56 2 00056 57.0020 177.4323 0011289 286.7156 73.2672 15.91759473 20 Satellite: STS-56 Catalog number: 00056 Epoch time: 93096.29075346 = ( 6 APR 93 06:58:41.10 UTC) Element set: JSC-005 Inclination: 57.0020 deg RA of node: 177.4323 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-56 Eccentricity: .0011289 Prelaunch Keplerian Elements Arg of perigee: 286.7156 deg Launch: 6 APR 93 05:32 UTC Mean anomaly: 73.2672 deg Mean motion: 15.91759473 rev/day G. L. Carman Decay rate: 5.52000e-04 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 2 /EX ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The SURFPUNK Technical Journal is a dangerous multinational hacker zine originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern California matrix. Quantum Californians appear in one of two states, spin surf or spin punk. Undetected, we are both, or might be neither. ________________________________________________________________________ Send postings to , subscription requests to . MIME encouraged. Xanalogical archive access soon. Confusion to our enemies. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ By the way, I have been informed that the Northeast Reigonal Data Center (that's us) will be going down from 06.00 to 08.00 tomorrow so the SuraNet d00dz can test a new T1 link.