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* SpaceNews 31-Jan-94 *
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              MONDAY JANUARY 31, 1994


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* STS-60 KEPLERIAN DATA *
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The following is pre-launch Keplerian orbital data for Shuttle mission
STS-60 which has an expected launch date of 03-Feb-94 at 12:10 UTC:

STS-60
1 00060U        94034.56756353 .00033600 00000-0 25200-3 0 47
2 00060 57.0033 215.8607 0010675 264.1500 95.8328 15.72291901 26

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

[Info via N6JLS]


* NEWS FROM JAPAN *
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The first H-II launch will take place between 7:00 - 9:00 AM (JST=UTC+9h)
on 01-Feb-94.

[Info via Yoshiro Yamada]


* TUBSAT-B AND METEOR-3 LAUNCHED *
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TUBSAT-B is the second scientific Microsatellite build by the Technical
University of Berlin (TUB), Germany.

It was launched 25-Jan-94 from Plesetsk, Russia at 00:25 UTC together with
the new Russian meteorological satellite METEOR-3.  TUBSAT-B successfully
separated from METEOR-3 at 09:42:50 UTC.

TUBSAT-B Downlink is on 143.075 MHz with FFSK Modulation.  The beacon is
transmitting a 2 second burst every 2 minutes.  The satellite has not yet
been heard by it's command station.  Although it is not a ham radio
satellite, any report is most welcome.  Reports can be sent via packet
radio to DL4OAD @ DK0MAV.DEU.EU
METEOR-3 Keplerian elements:

Reference Epoch         94 025.23119078
Inclination             82.5637 deg
RAAN                    157.1120 deg
Eccentricity            0.0014635
Argument of Perigee     262.7207 deg
Mean Anomaly            97.2234 deg
Mean Motion             13.16729004 rev/day
Decay Rate              5.0e-8 rev/day/day
Revolution Nbr At Epoch 3

[Info via Peter Guelzow, DB2OS]


* OSCAR-13 NEWS *
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Magnetorquing from attitude 246/-3 to 180/0 commenced on Jan 28 [Fri]
00:02 UTC, orbit 4306/224, and will continue for 8 perigees.  Estimated
interim attitudes are: Orbit Alon/Alat: 4307 236/-5: 4308 227/-7:
4309 217/-10: 4310 209/-13: 4313 200/-10: 4314 192/-8: 4315 184/-5:
4316 178/-3.  For command purposes during this 3-day period, the mode-S
beacon will be ON from MA 145-150, i.e. mode-B OFF for 13 mins.  The new
schedule will start orbit 4314 at MA 145 Jan 31 [Mon] 16:03 UTC.

[Info via James, G3RUH]


* KITSAT-OSCAR-25 NEWS *
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KO-25 will open its BBS service on 01-Feb-94.  Some discussion is going on
about KO-25 services.  The satellite controllers are thankful for the
cooperation and patience of all amateurs worldwide who anxiously await the
opening of the KO-25 BBS.  KO-25 will operate in normal mode, 9600 bps FSK
using the FTL0 communications protocol (same as Pacsats, UO-22, and KO-23).

As the KO-25 on-board experiments are not completed yet, there will be some
service interruptions from time to time.  SaTReC controllers decided to open
the BBS since the experiments remaining will not cause any serious problem
with KO-25 service later on.

[Info via Hyungshin Kim, SaTReC KAIST]


* FO-20 OPERATION SCHEDULE *
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The FO-20 operation schedule is follows.  Analog transponder and digital
transponder will be ON for a week respectively as they were since last
December.

Analog mode:
26-Jan-94 08:20 UTC-to-02-Feb-94 06:50 UTC
09-Feb-94 07:15 UTC-to-16-Feb-94 07:40 UTC
23-Feb-94 08:05 UTC-to-02-Mar-94 06:40 UTC
09-Mar-94 07:05 UTC-to-16-Mar-94 07:30 UTC
23-Mar-94 07:52 UTC-to-30-Mar-94 08:15 UTC

Digital mode:
Unless otherwise noted above.

[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]


* THANKS! *
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AB6BR    N6EWF    Donato DiPietrantonio    Steve Smith


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