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Space Bulletin 005  ARLS005
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  February 2, 1994
To all radio amateurs

Shuttle To Carry Amateur Radio Experiment

Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-60, is set for launch February
3 at 1210 UTC (7:10 AM EST) from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape
Canaveral, Florida.  The mission is scheduled to last 8 days.  All
Shuttle air-to-ground audio is typically retransmitted by the
following Amateur Radio clubs:  Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN,
on 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, 28.65 and 147.45 MHz.  Johnson Space
Center Amateur Radio Club, W5RRR, on 3.850, 7.227, 14.280, 21.350,
28.400 and 146.64 MHz.

The mission will carry the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment payload.
Schools in Boise ID, Chariton IA, Sidney ME, Mars PA, and the House
of Science and Technology for Youth in central Moscow (Russia) are
scheduled to contact the crew during the flight.  There will also be
opportunities for random contacts with the Amateur Radio community
as the astronauts' primary work schedules may permit.

Look for the following licensed crew members.  Commander Charles
Bolden, KE4IQB, and Mission Specialists Ronald Sega, KC5ETH and
Sergei K. Krikalev, U5MIR.

SAREX hardware Configuration C will be flown.  This configuration
includes 2- meter FM voice and packet.  The worldwide voice and
packet downlink frequency is 145.55 MHz.  Please do not transmit on
this receive-only frequency.  The voice uplink frequencies are
144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, and 144.99 MHz.  In Europe, the
voice uplink frequencies are 144.70, 144.75, and 144.80 MHz.  The
worldwide packet uplink frequency is 144.49 MHz.  The packet call
sign is W5RRR-1.

The following are prelaunch Keplerian elements for a launch on
February 3 at 1210 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 sq  NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:               2
Checksum:              254

For more information on SAREX, contact the ARRL Educational Activities
Department, 225 Main Street, Newington CT 06111.
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