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ARLS027 SAREX Apollo 11 event
 
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Space Bulletin 027  ARLS027
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  July 18, 1994
To all radio amateurs
 
SB SPACE ARL ARLS027
ARLS027 SAREX Apollo 11 event
 
SAREX Apollo 11 Special Event
 
In commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11
mission, the STS-65 SAREX station on board the Space Shuttle
Columbia will be operated as a special event station from 1713 UTC,
July 19 until 1343 UTC, July 21.  Unscheduled voice contacts will be
made when the crew is available.
 
The SAREX station joins at least 12 other amateur stations
associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in
commemorating the landing of the Apollo Moon Lander, the Eagle, on
the moon's surface in 1969.  Contacts made during the event will be
eligible for a special commemorative certificate.  Please send your
report and QSL with a large 9-inch by 12-inch self-addressed
stamped-envelope to the ARRL Educational Activities Department,
STS-65 Apollo Special Event, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111.
 
SAREX operates split-frequency.  The downlink, or receive frequency
for all SAREX activities is 145.55 MHz.  Please do not transmit on
this frequency.  The uplink, or transmit frequencies for voice 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.  Please, transmit only when
the Shuttle is in range and on the air.  Crew call signs for voice
are Commander Robert Cabana, KC5HBV and Mission Specialist Donald
Thomas, KC5FVF.  The packet call sign is W5RRR-1.  W5RRR is the call
sign of the Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club which supports
SAREX flight activities and hardware aboard the space shuttles.
 
The following Keplerian elements were provided by Gilbert Carman,
WA5NOM and Ron Parise, WA4SIR for the SAREX Working Group.
 
STS-65 
1 23173U 94039A   94199.34554466 0.00083772  00000-0  25331-3 0   366
2 23173  28.4669 295.5576 0003352  54.3064 305.7859 15.91070580  1551
 
Satellite: STS-65 
Catalog number: 23173 
Epoch time:      94199.34554466         (18 JUL 94   08:17:35.06 UTC) 
Element set:     GSFC-036a
Inclination:       28.4669 deg 
RA of node:       295.5576 deg          Space Shuttle Flight STS-65 
Eccentricity:    0.0003352                  Keplerian Elements 
Arg of perigee:    54.3064 deg 
Mean anomaly:     305.7859 deg 
Mean motion:   15.91070580 rev/day      Semi-major Axis: 6677.4181 Km 
Decay rate:     8.3772E-04 rev/day2    Apogee  Alt:        301.27 Km 
Epoch rev:             155              Perigee Alt:        296.79 Km 
 
Note:  This element set is based on NORAD element set  036.  The
spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending  node, and the
orbit number has been adjusted to bring it into agreement with the
NASA numbering convention.
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