Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from holmes.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Wed, 26 Apr 89 03:16:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <8YJKnJy00UkZ4U5E5X@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 03:16:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V9 #394 SPACE Digest Volume 9 : Issue 394 Today's Topics: NASA Prediction Bulletins CRIT rocket launch window starts tonight NASA : Artificial Cloud Experiment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23 Apr 89 17:34:56 GMT From: tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil (TS Kelso) Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins The most current orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are carried on the Celestial RCP/M, (513) 427-0674, and are updated several times weekly. Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space. This week's elements are provided below. The Celestial RCP/M may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, or 2400 baud using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. - Current NASA Prediction Bulletins #492 - Alouette 1 1 00424U 89101.73537768 0.00000356 41671-3 0 1970 2 00424 80.4672 351.3506 0023201 305.0980 54.7985 13.67119181323739 LAGEOS 1 08820U 89108.58962209 0.00000002 0 7331 2 08820 109.8216 209.6637 0044872 328.9969 30.7860 6.38664407 46829 GOES 2 1 10061U 89104.94416293 -.00000005 0 2434 2 10061 7.0087 69.0094 0005669 179.8388 180.1884 1.00272796 4749 GPS-0001 1 10684U 89107.62596719 0.00000012 10000-3 0 930 2 10684 63.5792 102.7459 0106822 199.7596 159.8268 2.00561097 67312 GPS-0002 1 10893U 89104.59162752 -.00000028 0 9719 2 10893 64.5187 343.6374 0152303 28.5130 332.3613 2.00557888 80076 GOES 3 1 10953U 89 91.03781924 0.00000091 10000-3 0 6225 2 10953 5.8394 71.8491 0005923 277.8997 83.0665 1.00276940 161 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 89106.09849548 0.00001180 46130-3 0 1037 2 10967 108.0099 159.7562 0002826 268.2744 91.8082 14.34494936565188 GPS-0003 1 11054U 89104.90637752 -.00000027 0 9989 2 11054 64.0738 340.1072 0053762 117.6057 243.0146 2.00560865 77093 GPS-0004 1 11141U 89102.51965625 0.00000011 0 1371 2 11141 63.5348 102.7832 0058119 321.1931 38.4008 2.00575557 75748 NOAA 6 1 11416U 89105.45640165 0.00001373 59455-3 0 8361 2 11416 98.5072 104.3510 0010253 297.7131 62.3005 14.25670374508964 Solar Max 1 11703U 89106.11501573 0.00058890 11434-2 0 9151 2 11703 28.4990 355.5634 0002926 53.3994 306.6892 15.46241749510204 GPS-0006 1 11783U 89104.96706191 -.00000028 0 8696 2 11783 63.8820 339.7400 0141108 62.5557 298.9095 2.00567108 65732 GOES 4 1 11964U 89 97.28408596 -.00000249 10000-3 0 569 2 11964 4.7936 76.3436 0158171 23.8450 337.0124 0.99392857 1324 GOES 5 1 12472U 89100.85614927 -.00000247 10000-3 0 7205 2 12472 2.3643 82.4149 0003452 327.4595 32.7390 1.00262818 27936 UOSAT 1 1 12888U 89106.60042392 0.00074227 12288-2 0 5223 2 12888 97.5630 156.6223 0002010 193.4152 166.7158 15.51928771419411 Meteor 2-08 1 13113U 89 96.06559998 0.00000220 18836-3 0 6340 2 13113 82.5382 116.0956 0013725 266.6835 93.2733 13.83970380355261 Salyut 7 1 13138U 89108.07008769 -.00012022 -29313-3 0 5310 2 13138 51.6093 251.4821 0000843 217.1542 142.7566 15.39927709398926 Meteor 2-09 1 13718U 89106.64686081 0.00000411 21053-3 0 7653 2 13718 81.2487 341.7581 0055551 172.8523 187.3451 14.13149655326863 IRAS 1 13777U 89105.49954650 0.00000303 23545-3 0 6286 2 13777 99.0495 303.4663 0013510 120.9399 239.2941 13.98580158317437 GOES 6 1 14050U 89107.03070960 0.00000111 0 9328 2 14050 1.1563 82.2013 0000526 19.4413 340.3060 1.00288735 5992 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 89105.46152848 -.00000014 0 3941 2 14129 26.4208 270.1678 6055322 34.0870 353.0560 2.05882075 15923 GPS-0008 1 14189U 89108.04758867 0.00000011 0 6216 2 14189 63.1765 101.2367 0134737 215.4525 143.6541 2.00570974 42231 Meteor 2-10 1 14452U 89 99.16958415 0.00000975 41635-3 0 7103 2 14452 81.1701 2.7187 0094206 296.2117 62.9398 14.22114372282736 LandSat 5 1 14780U 89108.57886894 0.00001613 36768-3 0 7194 2 14780 98.1721 171.9511 0004597 67.9121 292.2432 14.57149339272883 UOSAT 2 1 14781U 89105.62166034 0.00002757 54165-3 0 4340 2 14781 98.0058 166.2259 0013661 149.9982 210.2152 14.63355756273395 LDEF 1 14898U 89106.60477724 0.00038931 73865-3 0 8131 2 14898 28.5066 249.2922 0000733 274.7468 85.3383 15.46919143281891 GPS-0009 1 15039U 89103.11898257 0.00000010 0 6479 2 15039 62.9115 100.6846 0015771 276.1841 83.6302 2.00564709 35417 Meteor 2-11 1 15099U 89104.81786028 0.00000240 20698-3 0 9337 2 15099 82.5276 56.7691 0014936 56.3043 303.9563 13.83634830241357 GPS-0010 1 15271U 89107.50741122 -.00000028 0 6146 2 15271 63.3833 339.4767 0099592 319.8949 39.4348 2.00564271 32610 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 89104.27134469 0.00004403 64389-3 0 108 2 15331 82.5412 37.4307 0023067 296.6247 63.2594 14.75318706244792 NOAA 9 1 15427U 89105.42328670 0.00001078 60987-3 0 3592 2 15427 99.1405 91.1529 0016288 127.0708 233.1954 14.11956644223595 Meteor 2-12 1 15516U 89106.65193500 0.00000492 43176-3 0 697 2 15516 82.5390 353.7120 0015591 293.3627 66.5888 13.84090960212546 Cosmos 1686 1 16095U 89107.81049569 0.00067735 16681-2 0 2239 2 16095 51.6103 252.7475 0001144 207.9925 151.8635 15.39949823398883 GPS-0011 1 16129U 89 99.68483095 0.00000011 0 3104 2 16129 63.6929 101.3877 0115346 150.6370 210.0223 2.00564927 25669 Meteor 3-1 1 16191U 89106.89290231 0.00000043 10000-3 0 8197 2 16191 82.5435 279.0815 0021029 92.3554 268.0033 13.16867900167457 Meteor 2-13 1 16408U 89106.88381489 0.00000229 19562-3 0 4793 2 16408 82.5312 268.3816 0017237 109.1666 251.1372 13.84152794167071 Mir 1 16609U 89108.17258843 0.00032582 42647-3 0 7955 2 16609 51.6220 303.0479 0032092 233.3036 126.5814 15.57680869181835 SPOT 1 1 16613U 89107.84211112 0.00000730 36068-3 0 4374 2 16613 98.7010 183.2062 0000993 79.4794 280.6539 14.20035624 3561 Meteor 2-14 1 16735U 89106.98984327 0.00000214 18321-3 0 2915 2 16735 82.5361 295.1013 0013704 178.7690 181.3508 13.83897603145995 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 89108.36280116 0.00002770 40792-3 0 5814 2 16881 82.5215 93.2725 0021226 296.2779 63.6152 14.74934292146472 EGP 1 16908U 89 96.32406974 -.00000011 22475-3 0 1213 2 16908 50.0128 159.0059 0012094 162.7914 197.3332 12.44377601120463 FO-12 1 16909U 89 83.69611252 -.00000025 10000-3 0 1370 2 16909 50.0189 198.0467 0011097 130.5680 229.6122 12.44398749118887 NOAA 10 1 16969U 89103.53475572 0.00000976 45074-3 0 2155 2 16969 98.6420 135.2470 0014892 79.5658 280.7197 14.22939623134742 Meteor 2-15 1 17290U 89106.33112180 0.00000401 35314-3 0 2415 2 17290 82.4694 203.3866 0014650 78.4659 281.8144 13.83702112115066 GOES 7 1 17561U 89 96.76000789 -.00000036 10000-3 0 2513 2 17561 0.0788 102.8111 0001270 89.1425 168.0185 1.00272633 1046 Kvant 1 17845U 89107.72223985 0.00137382 17532-2 0 7292 2 17845 51.6219 305.3037 0032623 233.5383 119.2589 15.57677543118033 RS-10/11 1 18129U 89107.86463593 0.00000188 19580-3 0 7305 2 18129 82.9228 282.7142 0010943 213.6222 146.4218 13.71965897 91120 Cosmos 1870 1 18225U 89108.68901419 0.00237505 28488-4 28321-3 0 9829 2 18225 71.8769 214.8393 0010266 243.0934 116.8715 16.08169818101759 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 89106.86536204 0.00000219 18868-3 0 2610 2 18312 82.5543 268.1203 0012715 14.9863 345.1672 13.83453191 84034 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 89107.01972882 0.00000272 23458-3 0 1033 2 18820 82.5455 329.1756 0018223 80.8225 279.4997 13.84145105 61224 AO-13 1 19216U 89 89.37166448 -.00000028 10000-3 0 346 2 19216 57.2895 213.9669 6688587 201.4192 106.6281 2.09699506 6084 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 89106.89449671 0.00000410 10000-2 0 1768 2 19336 82.5446 219.0305 0017389 324.7174 35.2778 13.20140040 34845 NOAA 11 1 19531U 89105.87146616 0.00000949 54910-3 0 670 2 19531 98.9347 50.1997 0013283 50.1500 310.0839 14.10943162 28689 Soyuz TM-7 1 19660U 89107.85017448 0.00046590 60427-3 0 1441 2 19660 51.6200 304.6602 0034163 232.0416 118.6707 15.57666600 22370 GPS-0014 1 19802U 89 70.93695796 0.00000015 10000-3 0 167 2 19802 55.1211 215.6503 0077655 186.9612 172.8939 2.01900521 472 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89106.01283733 0.00000117 10000-3 0 246 2 19851 82.5252 208.7385 0015924 121.6804 238.5911 13.83780670 6486 1989 018B 1 19852U 89 87.94089069 0.00000116 10000-3 0 130 2 19852 82.5200 223.1366 0018296 155.4542 204.7493 13.83527160 3984 1989 019A 1 19862U 89 95.12275817 0.00946225 39673-4 42772-3 0 851 2 19862 62.7868 262.6573 0114960 128.3397 232.5572 16.07713223 5373 1989 020A 1 19874U 89 87.06339145 -.00000150 10000-3 0 83 2 19874 0.0997 330.2385 0022931 155.9890 233.9784 1.00288762 206 1989 020B 1 19876U 89 94.29713181 -.00000042 10000-4 0 164 2 19876 1.1453 297.7800 0010668 36.1305 322.6241 1.00103247 276 1989 020C 1 19877U 89 94.75127070 0.00054406 60542-2 0 179 2 19877 7.0031 319.7005 7291933 201.1459 97.0995 2.28813204 656 TDRS 3 1 19883U 89 84.96599351 0.00000150 10000-3 0 74 2 19883 0.1723 43.3983 0021399 253.4486 62.9265 1.00458708 115 1989 022A 1 19893U 89 89.07599591 -.00011829 -10090-3 0 243 2 19893 62.8445 298.6618 0061020 230.7484 128.8279 15.66186821 2113 Progress 41 1 19895U 89107.85018485 0.00037853 49395-3 0 344 2 19895 51.6246 304.6665 0032299 230.5750 120.1832 15.57678115 5036 1989 024A 1 19900U 89108.62809915 0.00408916 85566-5 41028-3 0 548 2 19900 64.7344 305.8340 0055007 84.5653 276.0494 16.07413721 4200 1989 025A 1 19902U 89107.01572725 -.00000006 0 92 2 19902 74.0147 3.1049 0049489 61.1769 299.4245 12.57624126 2954 1989 025B 1 19903U 89106.97176076 -.00000006 0 175 2 19903 74.0140 3.2753 0040857 71.6803 288.8690 12.55708099 2941 1989 025C 1 19904U 89107.00662505 -.00000007 0 102 2 19904 74.0158 3.3204 0030054 71.3370 289.0949 12.53834581 2941 1989 025D 1 19905U 89107.04132845 -.00000007 0 83 2 19905 74.0136 3.4249 0020597 77.4635 282.8722 12.51975250 2914 1989 025E 1 19906U 89106.99794332 -.00000006 0 159 2 19906 74.0150 3.5632 0009950 85.0480 275.1707 12.50017822 2932 1989 025F 1 19907U 89107.03654697 -.00000006 0 100 2 19907 74.0149 3.6598 0010144 158.9633 201.1839 12.47957051 2905 1989 025G 1 19908U 89106.99162771 -.00000006 0 102 2 19908 74.0143 3.8286 0013109 216.5772 143.4383 12.46072924 2925 1989 025H 1 19909U 89107.03335704 -.00000006 0 107 2 19909 74.0152 3.8727 0026006 214.9716 144.9628 12.43851805 2889 1989 025J 1 19910U 89108.24993836 -.00000006 0 110 2 19910 74.0143 3.5191 0135015 235.0735 123.7552 12.23004508 3025 Delta Star 1 19911U 89108.68764159 -.00001311 -46074-4 0 389 2 19911 47.6830 274.0427 0013271 99.6107 260.5397 15.24307716 3778 1989 021D 1 19913U 89102.00056367 0.00000102 10000-3 0 76 2 19913 2.1466 56.3372 0027703 206.8325 152.9773 1.00614969 229 1989 027A 1 19919U 89108.41252706 0.00000063 10000-3 0 197 2 19919 0.0956 100.3697 0004004 282.7043 336.9206 1.00270933 38 1989 027B 1 19920U 89106.21871672 0.00125308 19209-4 39454-2 0 294 2 19920 4.0088 33.7107 7284022 190.2770 130.8007 2.31923985 321 1989 028A 1 19921U 89106.99648472 0.00000188 18812-3 0 243 2 19921 82.9595 131.4049 0038521 261.3708 98.3085 13.73917329 1683 1989 028B 1 19922U 89105.59815171 -.00001460 -15129-2 0 222 2 19922 82.9572 132.4115 0031794 250.8145 108.9594 13.75760484 1499 1989 029A 1 19923U 89108.63544501 0.00286934 41073-4 12954-3 0 343 2 19923 62.8051 307.0272 0033532 114.5728 245.9081 16.20347190 1949 1989 030A 1 19928U 89108.04050261 -.00000016 10000-3 0 52 2 19928 1.4293 276.3255 0007897 63.7398 295.5956 0.97694360 57 1980 030D 1 19931U 89105.99064633 -.00000004 10000-3 0 18 2 19931 1.4781 276.7380 0015314 24.6682 334.6142 0.98010950 39 -- Dr TS Kelso Asst Professor of Space Operations tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 89 15:19:36 GMT From: calvin!johns@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu (John Sahr) Subject: CRIT rocket launch window starts tonight The CRIT sounding rocket launch window opens tonight (Monday). The scheduled launch time is 9:28 PM (EST), and if conditions are not favorable, succesive nights will be tried. If you are on the Eastern Seaboard, you should be able to see the barium bursts, about 30 degrees above the horizon. The apogee is east of Wallops Island, VA, so from New York, look southeast, and from Florida, look northeast. A similar launch and burst a few years ago was visible from Ithaca, NY. The burst is made in dark atmosphere, but the barium is aimed upwards and will eventually enter sunlit atmosphere. Look for a blue-green patch, about the size of the Moon. We are supporting this launch with the Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer (CUPRI), currently set up in Ithaca, NY. The CUPRI detects coherent plasma irregularities in the lower ionosphere. For information about this radar, and the launch in general, contact John Sahr johns@calvin.ee.cornell.edu or johns@alfven.ee.cornell.edu or Dr. Jason Providakes jason@alfven.ee.cornell.edu -- John Sahr, School of Elect. Eng., Upson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 ARPA: johns@calvin.ee.cornell.edu; UUCP: {rochester,cmcl2}!cornell!calvin!johns ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 89 17:46:59 GMT From: ccnysci!patth@nyu.edu (Patt Haring) Subject: NASA : Artificial Cloud Experiment Ported to UseNET from UNITEX Network 201-795-0733 via Rutgers FidoGATEway *NASA: ARTIFICIAL CLOUD EXPERIMENT Paula Cleggett-Haleim Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-1548) April 20, 1989 Joyce B. Milliner GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. (Phone: 804/824-1579) MULTI-COLORED, ARTIFICIAL CLOUD TO BE VISIBLE ALONG EAST COAST A rocketborne scientific experiment, programmed to create an artificial cloud at high altitudes, is scheduled for launch Sunday evening, April 23, from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore. A three-stage suborbital rocket, the Black-Brant X will carry two canisters of barium to be ejected 90 seconds apart at an altitude of about 300 statute miles. The barium will create an artificial greenish-purple cloud which can be visible for approximately 20 minutes to residents, using binoculars, along the U.S. East Coast from Canada to Florida and as far west as Ohio. The objective of this launch is to investigate Nobel prize winner Dr. Hannes Alfven's critical velocity effect theory, which has been used to explain details in the early formation of the solar system. In 1954, Alfven, University of California, San Diego, proposed that if an element in a nearly neutral plasma became ionized when it attained a flow velocity which depended on its ionization potential, then several facets of the structure of the solar system could be explained. This could explain the differing chemical compositions of the planets and whether they were formed during a gaseous or plasma transition. The launch is scheduled about 9:40 p.m. EDT from Wallops Island, Va., during a launch window that opens April 23 and extends through May 6. Since the data will be obtained optically, clear weather conditions are required at the ground observing sites in Virginia, Massachusetts and North Carolina. Delays could occur due to operational constraints or cloud cover at the ground-based camera sites so the launch will be scheduled on a day-to-day basis. The two canisters of barium will be ejected and detonated -- one as the payload ascends and one as it descends -- thus creating two separate jets of gas near the apogee altitude of 300 miles. formation of the solar system. Sensors on-board the payload will record characteristics of the heated plasma in the neutral jet. Researchers from the ground, by using low-light-level television cameras, will determine injection extent, velocity profile and percentage of ionization. Radar will measure ionospheric parameters prior to and during the experiments. Dr. Roy Torbert, principal investigator from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, said, "We conducted a similar flight from Wallops in 1986. However, this launch will allow for a higher ambient plasma than occurred during the early morning flight in 1986." Other researchers include Gerhard Haerendel and Arnoldo Valenzuela, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, West Germany; Gene Wescott and Hans Nielson, University of Alaska-Fairbanks; Jason Providakes and Mike Kelley, Cornell University; John Foster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kay Baker, Utah State University; Fritz Primdahl, Danish Space Research Institute; and C.G. Falthammar and V. Brenning, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. The NASA Wallops payload manager is Paul Buchanan and project engineer is Debra Frostrom. This scientific mission is part of the overall NASA Sounding Rocket Program managed at Wallops. This program consists of approximately 40 sounding rockets launched each year from various worldwide locations. * Origin: UNITEX --> Crime Stoppers Against the New Age Hustle (1:107/501) -- unitex - via FidoNet node 1:107/520 UUCP: ...!rutgers!rubbs!unitex ARPA: unitex@rubbs.FIDONET.ORG -- Patt Haring rutgers!cmcl2!ccnysci!patth patth@ccnysci.BITNET ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V9 #394 *******************