SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0214 * SpaceNews 14-Feb-94 * BID: $SPC0214 ========= SpaceNews ========= MONDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1994 SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution. * STS-60/SAREX NEWS * ===================== Gustavo, LW2DTZ, has provided a copy of the packet transmissions he received from the SAREX experiment carried on Shuttle missiom STS-60 on 06-Feb-94 at 06:56 UTC during a pass over Buenos Aires, Argentina: W5RRR-1>QST : Greetings from the crew of STS-60! Our current altitude is 190 nautOTRO miles above the beautiful Earth that is the home for all of us. We are very busy with Spacehab experiments and hopefully today we will deploy the Wake Shield Facility. W5RRR-1>QST : Best wishes and poka! Privet to MIR crew Un afectuoso saludo a todos los radioaficionados hispanoamericanos desde el transbordador espacial Discovery. Nuestra mision continua en su tercer dia. hoy logramos avances importantes en la met W5RRR-1>QST : alurgia y la cristalizacion de proteinas para usos medicos. W5RRR-1>SAREX : This is STS-60 SAREX Robot station W5RRR-1 onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Those who have heard or worked the STS-60 crew and wish to receive a QSL card need to send your signal report and an SASE or an envelope and IRCs to the following address: STS-60 QSL Education Activities Division ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 U.S.A. In other STS-60 news, Yoshiro Yamada at the Yokohama Science Center in Japan reported observing STS-60 at a +1 magnitude on 06-Feb-94 at 05:43 JST from Yokohama. Although several opportunities were available to see the Shuttle during the early morning hours from the east coast of the United States, observations in some areas were not possible due to thick cloud cover (and heavy snow!). * DOVE POSTS FIRST CALLS * ========================== The first of 300 callsigns of amateurs who sent telemetry data to Junior PY2BJO in Brazil when DOVE was brought back on the air in December have been posted on the satellite downlink in between engineering data. The following was received by KA3AFY on Friday Feb. 4th, 1994 at 1606 UTC: DOVE-1>BRAMST [00/00/00 02:38:32]: 4th Feb 1994 DOVE reports have been received from : AA7WD AB6BC AD4FH CT1DNF CT1EAT CT1EEB CT1ENC CT1ENQ CT1ERC CT1ETZ CT1EXL CT1EXT These will change in 4 Days. [vk7zbx] Tune into DOVE to see if your call or the call of someone you know shows up on the telemetry being sent on 145.825 MHz. Telemetry data is no longer needed but signal reports, equipment being used to receive DOVE, and DOVE being received in classrooms would be appreciated by BRAMSAT and Junior PY2BJO owner of DOVE. Please send reports to: Dr. Junior Torres De Castro (PY2BJO) 119 Macaubal Sao Palo Brazil 01254 Thanks to Jim White (WD0E) and the DOVE Team for making the bulletin information available. Consult your favorite tracking program or DOVE Watcher for orbit information. Keep your eyes to the skies! [Info via Larry Lilly, KA3AFY, "DOVE Watcher"] * ITAMSAT BBS OPENS * ===================== After the software crash occurred on the 7 December, the ITAMSAT (IO-26) Command team decided to delay the reloading of the code, to improve the onboard software and further analyze the Whole Orbit Data dumps, to better understand the satellite motion and operation. On 06-Jan-94, the final version of the code was validated by the Command team and the BBS re-opened to all users. The housekeeping code (IHT ver 2.1) now has WOD capabilities and weekly data dumps will be taken without affecting the BBS operations. All users are reminded that the BBS callsign is ITMSAT-11 for Broadcast and ITMSAT-12 for uploads, and that the standard PB and PG ground software is needed for accessing the BBS. The downlink frequency is 435.867 MHz using BPSK at 1200 baud. Enjoy ITAMSAT! [Info via Alberto, I2KBD, of the ITAMSAT Command Team] * NEW PICTURE ON AO-21 * ======================== The AO-21 satellite is transmitting a picture showing the launch of the satellite three years ago. The picture is in WEFAX format at 240 lpm. The current operating schedule is available in 1200 bps AFSK packet radio format every 10 minutes on the 145.987 MHz RUDAK-II downlink frequency: RUDAK2>BEACON : RUDAK-II Schedule: (down 145.987, up 435.016) min/10 Beacon Mode 0..4 FM Repeater 5..7 WEFAX Picture 8..9 AFSK TLM RUDAK2>BEACON : ++ Hi, this is the RUDAK-II experiment on AMSAT OSCAR 21 ++ [Info via Gustavo, LW2DTZ] * OSCAR-13 BANDPASS * ===================== Ever wonder who is active on AMSAT-OSCAR-13? Sergio, IK5AAX, in Italy provides the following bandpass listing for the curious: OSCAR 13 BANDPASS: SATURDAY 05: 2238-145924 ZY0SK 2245-145915 A22BW 2312-145897 LI2OWG 2333-145912 8P6SM SUNDAY 06: 0036-145899 TI5RLI 1904-145884 K4AK 2330-145888 ZY0SK MONDAY 07: 0018-145899 TU2OJ 0759-145905 Z21HJ [Info via Sergio, IK5AAX] * FO-20 OPERATION SCHEDULE * ============================ 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: 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! * =========== Thanks to all those who sent QSL cards, letters, and messages of appreciation regarding SpaceNews, especially: HS1JAN KB2OPQ N2GJ DL3MFM AB4U IK5AAX VK5THA WA6LVE N0TCT Dave Bondon * FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED * =========================== Mail to SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any of the following paths: FAX : 1-908-747-7107 PACKET : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA INTERNET : kd2bd@ka2qhd.ocpt.ccur.com -or- kd2bd@amsat.org MAIL : John A. 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