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                       SpaceNews
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                  MONDAY MAY 17, 1993


SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA.  It
is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.


* ARSENE PROBLEMS *
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Sources indicate that the ARSENE Amateur Satelite launched last week from
the Kourou Space Center was sending only a weak radio signal after its
deployment on Wednesday.  The ARSENE French Amateur Radio club satellite
was one of two deployed by an Ariane rocket that lifted off at 9:56 p.m.
Tuesday (0056 GMT Wednesday).

"The signal is indeed coming from ARSENE, but it is extremely weak and
not serviceable," said Jean Gruau, president of the Radio Amateur Club
de l'Espace.  Gruau said his group and space officials were looking at
whether the satellite was improperly oriented or whether equipment was
malfunctioning.

Officials report the Astra-1C satellite of the Luxembourg-based Societe
Europeene des Satellites was functioning normally, however.

[Info via Gustavo, LW2DTZ, AMSAT-LU]


* OSCAR-13 SCHEDULE *
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QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1993 May 10 - May 31
Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 130 !     Omnis MA 250 - MA 60
Mode-BS : MA 130 to MA 180 !<- S transponder; B trsp. is ON
Mode-S  : MA 180 to MA 190 !<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF
Mode-LS : MA 190 to MA 195 !<- S beacon + L transponder
Mode-JL : MA 195 to MA 210 !        Alon/Alat 210/0
Mode-B  : MA 210 to MA 256 !  Move to attitude 120/0, May 31
Please don't uplink to B, MA 180-190. Interferes with mode S.

QST de G3RUH 1993 May 05.  Magnetorquing from attitude 180/0
to 210/0 will commence on May 08 [Sat] 2009 utc, orbit 3752/224,
and will continue for 6 perigees.  Estimated interim attitudes
will be (accuracy +/- 5 deg): Orbit Alon/Alat  3752  180/+3,
3753  185/+3,  3754  189/+2,  3755  194/+2,   3756  199/+1,
3757  204/0,   3758  209/-1. The new  schedule will be uploaded
during mode-L, orbit 3756, so it (only) will contain two
mode-JLS sessions: MA 130-150 and 190-210.

QST de G3RUH 1993 May 05.  Mode S will be ON for nearly 3
hours, MA 130 to MA 195.  New stations appear daily.
MA 130-180 you will have to endure the coupling from Mode-B
users operating at 145.880 - 145.920 MHz.  Either
work between them, use as test signals or go x-band.
MA 180-190 is Mode S transponder exclusive ( plus B beacon).
MA 190-195 is Mode S beacon (plus mode-L transponder).
73 de James G3RUH, Graham VK5AGR and Peter DB2OS


* FO-20 SCHEDULE *
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The following is the latest Fuji-OSCAR-20 operating schedule:

Mode JA (Analog Transponder Mode ON):

19May93 10:20 UTC -to- 20May93 10:40 UTC
26May93 10:50 UTC -to- 27May93 11:08 UTC

Mode JD (Digital Transponder and Mailbox ON):

Available on all orbits except during those time periods noted above.

[Info via Kazu, JJ1WTK/3]


* SpaceNews NEWS *
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I would like to thank all those who have send letters and other messages
of support to me in the last few months.  I have been VERY busy this year
with extra work that has left me little time for much else.  I apologize
for not responding individually to each message received.  I would also
like to thank all those who forward interesting news items to me every
week.  I don't always have the space to include every item, but I do
appreciate receiving them.

In addition, my SpaceNews editing and distribution processes have been
modified in the past several months.  For the past five years, SpaceNews
has been written entirely on a Commodore 64 computer.  I am now using a
variety of different computers for editing and news gathering, and the
transition seems to have gone well.

de John, KD2BD


* FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED *
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John A. Magliacane, KD2BD
Department of Engineering and Technology
Advanced Technology Center
Brookdale Community College
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