Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 05:01:00 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V15 #135 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Sat, 22 Aug 92 Volume 15 : Issue 135 Today's Topics: Inflatable Space Stations - Why Not ? Mars Observer Mated to Titan III Rocket Russian Cosmonaut Pics) SJ Merc article Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 1 Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 2 What happened to Viking? Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21 Aug 92 18:30:43 GMT From: Sam Warden Subject: Inflatable Space Stations - Why Not ? Newsgroups: sci.space geg@ornl.gov (GILES JR G E) writes: >The LEO environment contains lots of trash. Thin skins might not >survive in this environment. >Gary Giles How about using short-lived, unmanned inflatables as `sponges' to deliberately soak up and remove some of that trash? Orbit decay and skin oxidation wouldn't hurt this application. :-) -- samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) -- and not a mere Device. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 92 05:22:56 GMT From: Ron Baalke Subject: Mars Observer Mated to Titan III Rocket Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro George Diller August 21, 1992 Kennedy Space Center 407/867-2468 Bob MacMillin Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818/354-5011 KSC Release No. 111-92 MARS OBSERVER MOVED TO LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 AND MATED TO TITAN III The Mars Observer spacecraft passed another milestone toward launch when it was moved from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on Kennedy Space Center to Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and mated to the Martin Marietta Titan III rocket. With the payload atop the launch vehicle, checks of the Mars Observer spacecraft and the attached Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) will begin this weekend. Two major exercises to prepare for launch are on tap for next week. An Operational Readiness Test on Aug. 26 will test all facilities that send and receive data during flight activities. These include NASA, JPL, and Air Force tracking and data systems around the world. A countdown dress rehearsal on Aug. 28 will simulate launch day activities and all countdown events as closely as possible. The mobile service tower will be retracted from around the launch vehicle, and the full NASA, Martin Marietta and Orbital Sciences launch team will participate in this exercise. All activities currently are on schedule to support a launch at the opening of the Mars planetary opportunity on September 16. The launch window extends from 1:02 to 3:05 p.m. EDT. Mars Observer will be the first U.S. mission to Mars since the Viking program in 1975. From a circular Martian polar orbit of 250 miles, it will create a detailed global portrait of the planet. The spacecraft will map the surface and study Mars geology while profiling its atmosphere and weather. The mission is designed to span one Martian year, or 687 earth days. # # # ___ _____ ___ /_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| Ron Baalke | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov | | | | __ \ /| | | | Jet Propulsion Lab | ___| | | | |__) |/ | | |__ M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer /___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists. |_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ | ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:28:33 +0000 From: "Paul J. Gravestock" Subject: Russian Cosmonaut Pics) Newsgroups: sci.space Organization: Where's the beach ? Lines: 28 Source-Info: Sender is really news@CRABAPPLE.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU Source-Info: Sender is really isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU In article <1992Aug14.145556.1@fnalb.fnal.gov> higgins@fnalb.fnal.gov writes: > In a >nation gone insane for baseball cards, who knows what cosmonaut cards >may be worth before the bubble bursts? > >In a similar vein: I have two Russian maps of the Moon ...... This got me thinking, a couple of years ago (1988 actually) I saw an article about Russia offering a satellite imaging service through the Foreign Trade Association 'Sojuzkarta' , out of curiosity I wrote off for details, and too my supprise a few weeks later a brochure, price list and contract landed on my door mat. The [full colour] brochure describes the various services they offer, and seems to consist of a variety of Laboratory Ships, aircraft, manned and unmanned platforms to gather the data. However, the customer can only request images / data on land within their national borders, so no spying on the cheep ! Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul J. Gravestock | email: paulg@griffin.demon.co.uk Hertfordshire | pgravestock@cix.compulink.co.uk England | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 92 22:44:08 GMT From: "Eugene N. Miya" Subject: SJ Merc article Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space,sci.aeronautics,alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.sys.super Well, here goes. Some people HERE have requested the following article from the SJ Mercury be posted. A similar article has appeared in Av. Week & Space Tech. If you have specific inquiries, you are to talk to a public information officer. The following is on going. Follow ups to talk.politics.space. --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene Second Favorite email message: Returned mail: Cannot send message for 3 days A Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya Reproduced without permission Saturday August 15, 1992 San Jose Mercury News Business ---------- Markets * High Tech * Economy Pages 9E and 14E Scientists cry foul over NASA security raid at Ames By Michelle Levander Mercury News Staff Writer A security raid that one scien- tist likened to a "KGB attack" at NASA/Ames Research Center two weeks ago has pitted scien- tists who depend on the free in- ternational exchange of ideas against government bureaucrats afraid of losing economically valuable technology. On the weekend of July 31, a security force from NASA head- quarters in Washington, D.C., de- scended on research facilities at Ames in Mountain View, chang- ing locks, sending scientists home without explanations, searching through papers on desks and reading people's electronic mail and computer files. The security team, sent by NASA's new admin- istrator, Daniel Goldin, then inter- rogated some of the most disting- uished experts in the country in aeronautics research and temp- orarily denied about 10 research- ers access to offices and comput- er files. Harvey Lomax, chief of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Branch at NASA/Ames, said the search -- conducted by men without badges who sent people home or interrogated them with- out any explanation -- violated the university-like atmosphere he tries to create among his staff. Lomax said he understood the need need to protect security, but, he said, in his 48 years at Ames, "I have never seen an instance of such insulting contempt." The NASA search was aimed at reviewing the center's handling of classified material and to "re- view our safeguarding of technol- ogies that are important to na- tional competitiveness," NASA/ Ames director Dale Compton said in a letter to employees this week. Compton apologized in an open letter to NASA scientists for an event that "disrupted" a work culture that "promotes an open exchange of scientific informa- tion." A center spokesman said he knew of no specific incident or security breach that prompted the search but said it was legal for the government to search em- ployees' desks and files. Now that fears of Cold War enemies have died down, govern- ment officials are try to pre- vent information-sharing be- tween government scientists and their colleagues in other countries that compete with ours. But some critics say such policies could iso- late the U.S. scientific community and stymie basic scientific re- search normally conducted in the international community. "With the end of the Cold War, the whole issue of security should be evaluated," said Parviz Moin, director of the joint Stanford Uni- versity and Nasa/Ames Center for Turbulence Research. "It is my hope that we are not turning all of this energy into meaning- less scrutiny of basic research. "We don't have a monopoly on good ideas, especially in basic re- search," he said. "If we start cut- ting off communications with oth- er scientists and we leave the rest of the world to communicate among themselves, we will begin falling behind." NASA/Ames scientists said they have also recently face in- creasingly tight restrictions on what information they can share with others and often have to submit work to a government of- ficial in Washington for approval. Scientists agree that some re- search shouldn't be shared but complain that Washington bu- reaucrats can't tell the difference between basic research and a sen- sitive technology transfer. In a meeting with staff this week, Compton said top NASA officials were concerned that ide- as on fluid dynamics or other top- ics could end up in the hands of aerospace or auto companies abroad rather than U.S. firms. "He said we are funded by the United States and one of our mis- sions is to do basic research for industry and not give a competi- tive edge to others," said one sci- entist at a meeting held by Comp- ton on the raid. One irony apparently unno- ticed by search team investiga- tors, however, was that while they were taking action against staffers who sent computer trans- missions of information abroad, scientists from Germany, France, Spain, Israel and Japan were working on Ames computers and sharing research ideas with their U.S. counterparts as the invited guests of the research center. The theoretical research done at Ames often involves interna- tional collaboration. In fact a good deal of the center's research is published in a British journal. The research units apparently targeted by the search use super- computers to solve complex equa- tions governing how a fluid moves, which scientists said is far removed from immediate practical applications. In such theoretical research, involving a single equation can take as much as 500 hours of supercomputer time. The raid also prompted allega- tions of racism. The Asian-Ameri- can Pacific Islander Advisory Group at Ames has charged that a disproportionate number of Asian-Americans were investigat- ed and locked out of their offices. At a meeting held to review scien- tific papers, one highly respected Asian-American scientist angrily compared the treatment of Asians during the search to the internment of the Japanese dur- ing World War II. NASA Ames spokesman Del Harding said he was aware of the allegations but that the chief of the search team told him Asian were "absolutely not" the target of the investigation. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 92 01:06:03 GMT From: TS Kelso Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 1 Newsgroups: sci.space The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space.news and rec.radio.amateur.misc. This week's elements are provided below. - Current Two-Line Element Sets #042a - Alouette 1 1 00424U 62B-A 1 92230.46453716 .00000064 00000-0 71180-4 0 5898 2 00424 80.4632 224.7325 0024747 37.1185 323.1672 13.67718874490985 ATS 3 1 03029U 67111 A 92231.42310934 -.00000079 00000-0 99999-4 0 8011 2 03029 14.0934 14.1634 0012069 242.2553 117.6645 1.00272811 90749 Cosmos 398 1 04966U 71 16 A 92234.08794603 .00099369 24901-4 34295-3 0 6233 2 04966 51.4728 158.4197 1623589 32.7166 336.4499 12.49998013685090 Starlette 1 07646U 75010 A 92226.60354773 -.00000093 00000-0 -25852-4 0 4357 2 07646 49.8250 287.4343 0205849 274.7999 82.9417 13.82177486884827 LAGEOS 1 08820U 76039 A 92230.30458049 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 4497 2 08820 109.8467 266.4519 0043480 68.3279 292.2191 6.38664418124438 ETS-2 1 09852U 77014 A 92190.49579743 -.00000259 00000-0 99999-4 0 6793 2 09852 10.8042 50.2349 0005583 264.5924 95.3382 1.00110990 3382 GOES 2 1 10061U 77048 A 92229.51940731 -.00000055 00000-0 99999-4 0 8188 2 10061 9.8704 53.9499 0004012 167.1266 193.0043 0.99993218 407 IUE 1 10637U 78012 A 92230.58432848 -.00000179 00000-0 99999-4 0 5761 2 10637 33.5489 105.8205 1338086 15.8726 348.1097 1.00218441 6177 GPS-0001 1 10684U 78020 A 92226.23894365 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 8910 2 10684 64.2048 65.5579 0067326 162.5505 197.7595 1.98069744 91607 GPS-0002 1 10893U 78 47 A 92229.70158491 -.00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 6517 2 10893 63.9227 305.7682 0201444 12.9555 347.6192 2.01627461104573 GOES 3 1 10953U 78062 A 92229.74030738 .00000101 00000-0 99999-4 0 4735 2 10953 8.7815 56.4634 0004373 86.7414 273.5260 1.00277385 5018 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 78064 A 92229.20511106 .00000142 00000-0 68312-4 0 8538 2 10967 108.0147 155.4392 0003158 278.5025 81.5757 14.37658213740061 GPS-0003 1 11054U 78093 A 92233.11645932 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 7452 2 11054 63.6762 301.4080 0043884 171.3598 189.0875 1.93470431101620 Nimbus 7 1 11080U 78098 A 92227.20653806 -.00000007 00000-0 89582-5 0 9854 2 11080 99.1373 121.9600 0009637 130.3038 229.8960 13.83679979697141 GPS-0004 1 11141U 78112 A 92233.19400691 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 4588 2 11141 64.2471 65.4750 0049179 23.6435 336.6741 1.92894822100156 GPS-0005 1 11690U 80 11 A 92229.75745513 -.00000001 00000-0 99999-4 0 3960 2 11690 64.5971 67.5065 0134941 200.3477 159.1791 2.00549981106115 GPS-0006 1 11783U 80 32 A 92229.56792912 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 6765 2 11783 63.0340 300.6121 0197026 29.0912 332.0953 2.03457098 90337 GOES 5 1 12472U 81049 A 92232.46120284 -.00000248 00000-0 99999-4 0 3586 2 12472 5.3838 65.8924 0003123 349.0612 11.1067 1.00287834 40196 Cosmos 1383 1 13301U 82 66 A 92227.62189567 .00000033 00000-0 31724-4 0 9397 2 13301 82.9311 82.1356 0027600 142.9224 217.3841 13.68015718505600 LandSat 4 1 13367U 82 72 A 92234.13155306 .00000428 00000-0 99999-4 0 4148 2 13367 98.2868 290.0181 0005755 144.8580 215.3000 14.57084633537216 IRAS 1 13777U 83 4 A 92231.01129866 -.00000110 00000-0 -63351-4 0 2045 2 13777 98.9943 64.2217 0012182 3.0103 357.1131 13.99126951157798 Cosmos 1447 1 13916U 83 21 A 92227.26928463 .00000022 00000-0 17236-4 0 163 2 13916 82.9464 148.6256 0038972 99.7801 260.7759 13.74257546471046 TDRS 1 1 13969U 83 26 B 92229.73411511 .00000123 00000-0 99999-4 0 7302 2 13969 6.3167 58.4739 0002912 78.2239 282.0004 1.00274583 7344 GOES 6 1 14050U 83 41 A 92230.64040966 .00000069 00000-0 99999-4 0 7292 2 14050 4.1495 68.7323 0000367 16.0072 344.2501 1.00307028 6080 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83 58 B 92227.67653450 -.00000037 00000-0 99998-4 0 8896 2 14129 26.7268 68.9017 6028962 8.6060 358.5849 2.05882051 40988 GPS-0008 1 14189U 83 72 A 92232.43637349 -.00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 2627 2 14189 63.8139 62.9792 0136336 231.5539 127.2706 2.00563387 66696 LandSat 5 1 14780U 84 21 A 92234.10651952 .00000149 00000-0 38111-4 0 2157 2 14780 98.1843 293.3275 0002871 129.1653 230.9798 14.57133097450626 UoSat 2 1 14781U 84 21 B 92229.51651854 .00000396 00000-0 72137-4 0 2956 2 14781 97.8469 262.9088 0010673 252.7659 107.2385 14.68634866451990 GPS-0009 1 15039U 84 59 A 92232.11418988 -.00000005 00000-0 99999-4 0 6332 2 15039 63.5702 61.9811 0041072 218.0335 141.7373 2.00568955 59960 Cosmos 1574 1 15055U 84 62 A 92227.45795241 .00000050 00000-0 46890-4 0 2387 2 15055 82.9557 200.3855 0026408 290.2263 69.6053 13.73559485408417 GPS-0010 1 15271U 84 97 A 92230.55944015 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 3206 2 15271 62.7669 300.1828 0124440 339.4039 20.1813 2.00562343 57048 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 84105 A 92229.81898611 .00000977 00000-0 11612-3 0 9073 2 15331 82.5335 344.0349 0019084 253.5514 106.3604 14.83321314425242 NOAA 9 1 15427U 84123 A 92232.45531794 -.00000001 00000-0 99999-5 0 1559 2 15427 99.1398 260.8256 0014292 300.1220 59.8538 14.13424935396153 GPS-0011 1 16129U 85 93 A 92230.28406501 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 226 2 16129 64.3243 63.6926 0128431 143.6035 217.3369 2.00565519 50241 Mir 1 16609U 86 17 A 92233.63558155 .00010880 00000-0 17489-3 0 5075 2 16609 51.6253 285.0382 0004013 74.8990 285.2587 15.53555092372301 SPOT 1 1 16613U 86 19 A 92234.07396502 -.00003895 00000-0 -18239-2 0 7724 2 16613 98.7120 306.5131 0001821 73.4392 286.6493 14.20025275 22162 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 86 55 A 92233.96963670 .00000659 00000-0 80539-4 0 7563 2 16881 82.5162 38.5026 0018121 260.4694 99.4473 14.82446296326865 EGP 1 16908U 86 61 A 92221.62985382 -.00000025 00000-0 99999-4 0 5818 2 16908 50.0053 7.4584 0011840 32.9224 327.2347 12.44403634272407 NOAA 10 1 16969U 86 73 A 92233.91705970 .00000107 00000-0 54224-4 0 9980 2 16969 98.5343 251.6166 0014245 110.3555 249.9156 14.24695198307878 MOS-1 1 17527U 87 18 A 92233.62173862 -.00000080 00000-0 -45988-4 0 2496 2 17527 99.1155 302.4996 0000493 29.8535 330.2747 13.94861538280155 GOES 7 1 17561U 87 22 A 92230.40302515 -.00000026 00000-0 99999-4 0 1300 2 17561 0.0099 330.2630 0002012 180.1916 209.5555 1.00273014 3325 Kvant-1 1 17845U 87 30 A 92234.08586092 .00002426 00000-0 41071-4 0 757 2 17845 51.6254 282.7999 0004221 69.8638 290.2741 15.53556498372373 DMSP B5D2-3 1 18123U 87 53 A 92232.90566699 .00000028 00000-0 23878-4 0 5523 2 18123 98.8019 62.9561 0013309 281.3741 78.5927 14.15170964266766 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87 54 A 92234.05428826 .00000175 00000-0 18085-3 0 3093 2 18129 82.9248 100.4573 0013127 72.2399 288.0083 13.72291859258687 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 87 68 A 92229.48853616 .00000045 00000-0 35064-4 0 8955 2 18312 82.5522 22.9609 0011615 187.2318 172.8676 13.83956565252426 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 88 5 A 92227.08315738 .00000092 00000-0 76489-4 0 7411 2 18820 82.5417 83.1936 0015851 271.2659 88.6688 13.84647146229348 DMSP B5D2-4 1 18822U 88 6 A 92232.90710319 .00000016 00000-0 15491-4 0 4492 2 18822 98.5302 101.2443 0007448 120.5064 239.6866 14.22692879235770 Glonass 34 1 19163U 88 43 A 92231.66381445 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 5395 2 19163 64.8829 132.7866 0006502 179.8004 180.2532 2.13102316 32436 Glonass 36 1 19165U 88 43 C 92232.18906759 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 7859 2 19165 64.9259 132.7296 0004461 337.3307 22.7101 2.13102429 33069 METEOSAT 3 1 19215U 88 51 A 92231.23432983 -.00000260 00000-0 99999-4 0 4512 2 19215 0.2144 66.4304 0001418 100.7228 192.8070 1.00250287 3216 AO-13 1 19216U 88 51 B 92227.88821416 -.00000307 00000-0 -86977-3 0 4426 2 19216 57.1808 7.5445 7294286 293.6133 8.8264 2.09721330 432 OKEAN 1 1 19274U 88 56 A 92227.74156608 .00000867 00000-0 10775-3 0 4594 2 19274 82.5155 143.4999 0022516 56.7977 303.5393 14.81355730221645 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 88 64 A 92232.04802267 .00000031 00000-0 66438-4 0 9473 2 19336 82.5413 75.7595 0017351 127.2094 233.0621 13.16950262195442 Glonass 39 1 19503U 88 85 C 92229.86437636 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 7861 2 19503 65.6586 11.8532 0006673 178.8670 181.1421 2.13102561 30502 NOAA 11 1 19531U 88 89 A 92233.89199981 .00000380 00000-0 22549-3 0 8956 2 19531 99.0886 198.4587 0011370 199.6396 160.4345 14.12728877201270 TDRS 2 1 19548U 88 91 B 92230.26700485 -.00000257 00000-0 99999-4 0 4552 2 19548 0.0232 68.3637 0001990 315.1262 336.5213 1.00268732 1685 Glonass 40 1 19749U 89 1 A 92233.19075135 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 7264 2 19749 64.8683 132.3398 0006032 270.4824 89.5148 2.13101493 28104 Glonass 41 1 19750U 89 1 B 92232.77884791 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 7704 2 19750 64.8972 132.3862 0007021 254.9517 105.0304 2.13102019 28099 GPS BII-01 1 19802U 89 13 A 92232.13057395 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 4522 2 19802 55.0444 166.1161 0041142 172.2515 187.8142 2.00561228 25678 Akebono 1 19822U 89 16 A 92233.91127464 .00018802 00000-0 12197-2 0 5839 2 19822 75.0770 190.4875 3928899 49.7145 338.6531 7.56336935 58179 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89 18 A 92229.28193170 .00000054 00000-0 42934-4 0 6953 2 19851 82.5209 317.9868 0014165 311.4717 48.5238 13.84294807175004 MOP-1 1 19876U 89 20 B 92230.09706353 .00000017 00000-0 00000+0 0 4003 2 19876 0.2513 9.2670 0001659 145.9132 204.8522 1.00278413 384 TDRS 3 1 19883U 89 21 B 92230.20875584 -.00000239 00000-0 99999-4 0 4678 2 19883 0.0262 129.9364 0001179 217.1758 12.8901 1.00269700 82842 GPS BII-02 1 20061U 89 44 A 92231.96842306 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 4574 2 20061 54.8932 343.6136 0110188 195.5348 164.1569 2.00562031 23413 Nadezhda 1 1 20103U 89 50 A 92226.99911234 .00000046 00000-0 41757-4 0 5924 2 20103 82.9583 63.4557 0038588 3.9111 356.2338 13.73793176156010 GPS BII-03 1 20185U 89 64 A 92232.30517891 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 4031 2 20185 54.8792 166.8367 0012029 198.6855 161.2639 2.00556718 21999 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:06:17 GMT From: TS Kelso Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 2 Newsgroups: sci.space The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space.news and rec.radio.amateur.misc. This week's elements are provided below. - Current Two-Line Element Sets #042b - GMS 4 1 20217U 89 70 A 92229.70764420 -.00000259 00000-0 99999-4 0 4452 2 20217 0.2373 315.3881 0001758 216.9791 187.6471 1.00262940 11420 GPS BII-04 1 20302U 89 85 A 92232.33871616 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 4013 2 20302 54.0354 284.4585 0015935 327.1981 32.7831 2.00566669 20792 Meteor 3-3 1 20305U 89 86 A 92229.47422376 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 5970 2 20305 82.5499 19.8352 0015167 153.7229 206.4665 13.16002834135024 COBE 1 20322U 89 89 A 92234.09806264 .00000155 00000-0 12236-3 0 5521 2 20322 99.0089 246.9097 0009227 326.7796 33.2799 14.03353694141101 Kvant-2 1 20335U 89 93 A 92234.08586119 .00000565 00000-0 12393-4 0 1743 2 20335 51.6253 282.7995 0004232 68.7235 291.4149 15.53555345372374 GPS BII-05 1 20361U 89 97 A 92230.35775614 .00000007 00000-0 99999-4 0 3539 2 20361 55.1888 108.9031 0066473 83.5561 277.2987 2.00563649 10238 SPOT 2 1 20436U 90 5 A 92234.10404300 .00000122 00000-0 66336-4 0 9185 2 20436 98.7386 307.5904 0000894 26.5213 333.6020 14.20028410133709 UO-14 1 20437U 90 5 B 92233.77437981 .00000105 00000-0 48541-4 0 6118 2 20437 98.6379 315.0622 0011615 348.9739 11.1187 14.29664467134507 UO-15 1 20438U 90 5 C 92232.71161428 .00000053 00000-0 28721-4 0 4862 2 20438 98.6398 313.6143 0010601 353.5503 6.5542 14.29058387134316 PACSAT 1 20439U 90 5 D 92227.69882098 .00000083 00000-0 40135-4 0 4874 2 20439 98.6426 309.6718 0012236 8.1410 351.9968 14.29727041133642 DO-17 1 20440U 90 5 E 92233.52455972 .00000098 00000-0 46097-4 0 4882 2 20440 98.6427 315.5842 0012125 351.7631 8.3350 14.29855797134489 WO-18 1 20441U 90 5 F 92233.77079303 .00000086 00000-0 41180-4 0 4885 2 20441 98.6427 315.8721 0012585 351.2357 8.8603 14.29846508134520 LO-19 1 20442U 90 5 G 92228.54295801 .00000093 00000-0 44046-4 0 4879 2 20442 98.6430 310.8058 0013114 5.3095 354.8224 14.29929290133788 GPS BII-06 1 20452U 90 8 A 92230.26354043 .00000009 00000-0 99999-4 0 4019 2 20452 54.1840 223.7259 0044520 66.0224 294.4372 2.00562862 18733 MOS-1B 1 20478U 90 13 A 92234.09766073 .00000073 00000-0 67184-4 0 9510 2 20478 99.1124 307.2628 0000948 49.7212 310.4036 13.94880700 49924 DEBUT 1 20479U 90 13 B 92228.29477124 .00000028 00000-0 91586-4 0 4329 2 20479 99.0711 135.8695 0541399 59.1748 306.1479 12.83284637118085 FO-20 1 20480U 90 13 C 92231.73786198 -.00000004 00000-0 20759-4 0 3810 2 20480 99.0714 138.6430 0541439 51.4046 313.4279 12.83212927118520 MOS-1B R/B 1 20491U 90 13 D 92231.25522517 .00000630 00000-0 12329-2 0 5629 2 20491 99.0677 163.5526 0470884 332.5859 25.1228 13.02955772119675 LACE 1 20496U 90 15 A 92222.57577534 .00005351 00000-0 20552-3 0 9818 2 20496 43.1030 281.0707 0018669 315.9335 44.3342 15.27187785137842 Nadezhda 2 1 20508U 90 17 A 92229.38378112 .00000049 00000-0 45674-4 0 5505 2 20508 82.9538 196.4373 0043514 306.6097 53.1056 13.73424762123604 OKEAN 2 1 20510U 90 18 A 92232.61735172 .00000552 00000-0 75707-4 0 9099 2 20510 82.5218 83.5940 0018026 204.8841 155.1502 14.77519902133202 INTELSAT-6 1 20523U 90 21 A 92233.18134321 -.00000213 00000-0 99999-4 0 9655 2 20523 0.4063 263.8495 0002561 219.2994 236.8812 1.00262883 1960 GPS BII-07 1 20533U 90 25 A 92229.67111809 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 4021 2 20533 55.2293 344.0302 0039487 92.0512 268.4227 2.00564274 17499 PegSat 1 20546U 90 28 A 92233.59955006 .00006132 00000-0 20817-3 0 932 2 20546 94.1354 286.3199 0096588 297.1358 62.0057 15.26142071130298 HST 1 20580U 90 37 B 92234.05028356 .00001266 00000-0 10807-3 0 8323 2 20580 28.4686 197.0720 0004986 136.5014 223.6012 14.91696364126648 MACSAT 2 1 20608U 90 43 B 92226.91316864 .00000571 00000-0 98813-4 0 5982 2 20608 89.9134 185.8159 0105367 281.1911 77.7474 14.64115131120897 Glonass 44 1 20619U 90 45 A 92233.09116513 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 2357 2 20619 65.2574 11.6921 0023868 210.4141 149.4599 2.13102759 17569 Glonass 45 1 20620U 90 45 B 92233.67849739 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 2761 2 20620 65.2484 11.6680 0007186 49.1719 310.9041 2.13102781 17580 Glonass 46 1 20621U 90 45 C 92233.73946493 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 1639 2 20621 65.2690 11.6796 0014136 199.0259 160.9348 2.13101598 17583 Kristall 1 20635U 90 48 A 92234.08586090 .00003179 00000-0 52648-4 0 9745 2 20635 51.6255 282.7998 0004202 70.0914 290.0467 15.53556879372370 ROSAT 1 20638U 90 49 A 92233.71077990 .00001220 00000-0 94474-4 0 6691 2 20638 52.9939 100.8045 0013131 204.2801 155.7533 15.05088606121790 Meteor 2-19 1 20670U 90 57 A 92229.42877937 .00000048 00000-0 37387-4 0 4435 2 20670 82.5442 20.4293 0014595 228.1314 131.8602 13.84134201107968 CRRES 1 20712U 90 65 A 92234.03697057 .00001865 00000-0 23383-2 0 9833 2 20712 17.8009 96.9095 7194079 52.9527 353.2482 2.34202786 10264 GPS BII-08 1 20724U 90 68 A 92231.98214909 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 3065 2 20724 54.6517 164.6561 0106865 133.8042 227.0822 2.00564086 14965 Feng Yun1-2 1 20788U 90 81 A 92232.94302043 .00000334 00000-0 24466-3 0 4121 2 20788 98.8964 261.4974 0016994 62.8784 297.4113 14.01268989100396 Meteor 2-20 1 20826U 90 86 A 92229.27846605 .00000057 00000-0 46497-4 0 4455 2 20826 82.5259 318.9564 0013975 120.9854 239.2694 13.83507128 95121 GPS BII-09 1 20830U 90 88 A 92233.03107175 .00000007 00000-0 99999-4 0 3553 2 20830 55.1042 106.9201 0070063 109.8877 250.9457 2.00563198 14064 GPS BII-10 1 20959U 90103 A 92231.43709198 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 2568 2 20959 54.9098 166.4343 0062168 219.1960 140.3479 2.00566085 12621 DMSP B5D2-5 1 20978U 90105 A 92232.90651406 .00000238 00000-0 10174-3 0 7548 2 20978 98.7806 280.9722 0078858 322.3688 37.2003 14.31995026 89736 Glonass 47 1 21006U 90110 A 92233.30617930 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 8737 2 21006 64.8523 131.7293 0060686 186.7397 173.2226 2.13102887 13258 Glonass 48 1 21007U 90110 B 92233.95640210 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 9243 2 21007 64.8738 131.7467 0037976 179.6549 180.4071 2.13100888 13264 Glonass 49 1 21008U 90110 C 92233.37087945 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 8755 2 21008 64.8461 131.7462 0009432 290.8278 69.1297 2.13100349 13258 INFORMTR-1 1 21087U 91 6 A 92234.06271187 .00000078 00000-0 76069-4 0 4819 2 21087 82.9432 274.9179 0036332 136.0981 224.3074 13.74491648 78219 Cosmos 2123 1 21089U 91 7 A 92229.29394188 .00000022 00000-0 16362-4 0 2972 2 21089 82.9279 148.2068 0028496 171.9678 188.1942 13.73998024 76659 MOP-2 1 21140U 91 15 B 92231.09919239 .00000008 00000-0 00000+0 0 2487 2 21140 0.2236 275.4790 0001393 298.8045 145.6962 1.00293879 304 Nadezhda 3 1 21152U 91 19 A 92229.15584304 .00000045 00000-0 41939-4 0 3516 2 21152 82.9269 103.4705 0041096 280.9293 78.7240 13.73452468 71708 Almaz-1 1 21213U 91 24 A 92233.56318562 .00069256 00000-0 36729-3 0 1293 2 21213 72.6470 263.9784 0005794 4.3922 355.7373 15.80199892 80655 Glonass 50 1 21216U 91 25 A 92233.32483521 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 8325 2 21216 65.0109 11.6595 0008737 212.4592 147.5042 2.13103831 10750 Glonass 51 1 21217U 91 25 B 92233.85470163 -.00000022 00000-0 00000+0 0 8266 2 21217 65.0103 11.6500 0010470 231.0973 128.8036 2.13102082 10761 Glonass 52 1 21218U 91 25 C 92233.50236405 -.00000022 00000-0 00000+0 0 8178 2 21218 64.9991 11.6513 0007516 302.4712 57.4745 2.13103053 10752 GRO 1 21225U 91 27 B 92233.54661310 .00015480 00000-0 18202-3 0 6683 2 21225 28.4664 307.4109 0006324 262.7054 97.2830 15.59711705 78048 Meteor 3-4 1 21232U 91 30 A 92229.51359483 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 2444 2 21232 82.5435 283.1722 0018963 69.0917 291.2295 13.16810321 63222 NOAA 12 1 21263U 91 32 A 92232.91083209 .00000197 00000-0 97260-4 0 3550 2 21263 98.6917 261.9121 0013314 11.0858 349.0604 14.22091027 65828 OKEAN 3 1 21397U 91 39 A 92233.81371560 .00000554 00000-0 79629-4 0 5913 2 21397 82.5292 352.2781 0021507 268.1104 91.7642 14.75521711 65360 GPS BII-11 1 21552U 91 47 A 92231.20861686 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 2123 2 21552 55.4016 104.3604 0042846 224.9410 134.7882 2.00572804 8214 ERS-1 1 21574U 91 50 A 92233.52608615 .00000294 00000-0 12371-3 0 4757 2 21574 98.5500 306.6459 0001458 99.5794 260.5572 14.32245539 57379 UO-22 1 21575U 91 50 B 92233.18690085 .00000139 00000-0 54417-4 0 1889 2 21575 98.5060 307.6613 0008152 110.5898 249.6165 14.36686494 57448 ORBCOMM-X 1 21576U 91 50 C 92227.74737859 .00000213 00000-0 80465-4 0 2466 2 21576 98.5044 301.8281 0004160 125.7587 234.3986 14.36025971 56635 TUBSAT 1 21577U 91 50 D 92227.71389911 .00000096 00000-0 39774-4 0 1854 2 21577 98.5049 302.0396 0006935 125.8982 234.2848 14.36268378 56640 SARA 1 21578U 91 50 E 92230.69100268 .00000620 00000-0 21919-3 0 3106 2 21578 98.5085 305.5674 0005675 120.9134 239.2612 14.37871513 57101 TDRS 4 1 21639U 91 54 B 92233.57002918 .00000111 00000-0 99999-4 0 2086 2 21639 0.0389 208.8335 0002985 308.7473 202.4259 1.00274186 1989 Meteor 3-5 1 21655U 91 56 A 92229.51664745 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 3116 2 21655 82.5523 229.6661 0015167 71.3797 288.8971 13.16807588 48329 UARS 1 21701U 91 63 B 92210.04634524 .00001918 00000-0 18929-3 0 1782 2 21701 56.9855 40.5524 0004440 75.5995 284.5417 14.96298969 47772 DMSP B5D2-6 1 21798U 91 82 A 92232.44101437 .00000177 00000-0 11451-3 0 2206 2 21798 98.9392 226.4264 0012033 222.3209 137.7030 14.13499451 37411 Glonass 53 1 21853U 92 5 A 92232.30887882 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 2493 2 21853 64.7982 131.5244 0006661 195.2428 164.7948 2.13102712 4335 Glonass 54 1 21854U 92 5 B 92232.60222004 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 2429 2 21854 64.7997 131.4943 0016683 13.2713 346.8331 2.13102664 4333 Glonass 55 1 21855U 92 5 C 92233.59958243 .00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 2508 2 21855 64.7980 131.4697 0006992 205.4623 154.5645 2.13102174 4348 JERS-1 1 21867U 92 7 A 92233.54591944 .00002778 00000-0 23615-3 0 3440 2 21867 97.7026 308.0327 0002014 124.7010 235.4495 14.98688645 28687 GPS BII-12 1 21890U 92 9 A 92229.67331982 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 1079 2 21890 54.5958 284.2408 0060152 144.9555 215.5195 2.00563858 3551 GPS BII-13 1 21930U 92 19 A 92230.38333279 -.00000019 00000-0 99999-4 0 1060 2 21930 55.2079 44.6643 0075910 158.0512 202.3108 2.00567847 2496 EUVE 1 21987U 92 31 A 92232.33773712 .00002181 00000-0 10297-3 0 77 2 21987 28.4322 199.3801 0010738 262.4472 97.5038 15.15165949 11029 SAMPEX 1 22012U 92 38 A 92231.82169724 .00003880 00000-0 35533-3 0 256 2 22012 81.6687 154.0598 0127304 55.2978 306.0151 14.88644621 6882 GPS BII-14 1 22014U 92 39 A 92229.91961993 .00000010 00000-0 99999-4 0 242 2 22014 55.0417 224.4206 0083627 275.3491 83.6591 2.00569146 814 GEOTAIL 1 22049U 92 44 A 92206.64237056 -.00131104 90558-3 00000+0 0 23 2 22049 28.6538 338.8611 9629268 150.8029 1.2170 0.11656475 04 1992 044B 1 22050U 92 44 B 92233.31054563 .00249200 -45680-5 10517-2 0 470 2 22050 27.4471 180.8384 0840492 41.8461 324.3366 14.21334254 3806 1992 045A 1 22052U 92 45 A 92233.60758128 .00566086 40081-4 22999-3 0 631 2 22052 62.7991 81.4037 0116645 90.9933 270.7337 16.08538412 4300 Soyuz TM-15 1 22054U 92 46 A 92234.08586066 -.00000433 00000-0 -30107-5 0 262 2 22054 51.6253 282.7990 0004209 69.1725 290.9637 15.53554671 3842 Glonass 56 1 22056U 92 47 A 92233.97061591 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 337 2 22056 64.8281 11.9720 0003725 270.7110 89.2886 2.13097587 431 Glonass 57 1 22057U 92 47 B 92234.08773303 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 376 2 22057 64.8742 11.9506 0004089 270.1320 89.8243 2.13104359 436 Glonass 58 1 22058U 92 47 C 92232.85571786 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 348 2 22058 64.8225 12.0261 0010511 299.5472 60.3150 2.13105461 440 EURECA-1 1 22065U 92 49 B 92225.29101449 .00006205 00000-0 26695-3 0 231 2 22065 28.4551 270.3526 0003563 303.4912 56.5341 15.20512490 1796 Molniya1-84 1 22068U 92 50 A 92231.95311212 .00000127 00000-0 00000+0 0 142 2 22068 62.8545 196.4568 7360270 288.2335 9.4340 2.00629687 252 1992 050B 1 22069U 92 50 B 92231.33356779 .00356816 90590-5 71113-3 0 236 2 22069 62.8196 155.6736 0237930 124.4293 237.8839 15.65037857 1801 PRC 35 1 22072U 92 51 A 92233.57285296 .00389172 38986-4 14077-3 0 286 2 22072 63.0679 341.3250 0125156 142.5840 218.4817 16.08069841 1801 TOPEX 1 22076U 92 52 A 92225.83749699 -.00000001 00000-0 99999-4 0 59 2 22076 66.0778 249.7925 0009486 299.7878 60.2164 12.84391767 241 KITSAT-A 1 22077U 92 52 B 92228.82171963 .00000034 00000-0 29078-3 0 128 2 22077 66.0663 243.7067 0064644 148.1829 212.3044 12.77679196 633 S80/T 1 22078U 92 52 C 92227.07812060 .00000000 00000-0 99999-4 0 83 2 22078 66.0828 247.1842 0017202 262.5877 97.3191 12.86551005 393 1992 052D 1 22079U 92 52 D 92228.01182115 .00000822 00000-0 34392-2 0 109 2 22079 66.0834 245.2331 0015902 263.8032 96.1188 12.86273610 537 Cosmos 2208 1 22080U 92 53 A 92231.88153617 -.00000004 00000-0 33792-5 0 71 2 22080 74.0430 43.1304 0013226 351.9757 8.1178 14.28335819 951 1992 053B 1 22081U 92 53 B 92232.71324575 -.00006819 00000-0 -26407-2 0 116 2 22081 74.0464 41.5878 0018465 42.7063 317.5512 14.29975402 1074 1992 054A 1 22087U 92 54 A 92232.63746020 -.00000126 00000-0 99999-4 0 74 2 22087 0.4281 275.6781 0195057 210.6358 235.6455 0.97802175 69 1992 054B 1 22088U 92 54 B 92234.27086336 .00263836 -70141-5 64090-3 0 120 2 22088 27.9935 265.5918 0580855 205.7923 151.2562 14.86349159 1094 1992 054C 1 22089U 92 54 C 92233.25559388 .00000374 00000-0 90116-3 0 79 2 22089 23.4363 308.8609 7321941 182.9187 167.1913 2.16732241 120 ProgressM14 1 22090U 92 55 A 92234.08586094 -.00000033 00000-0 31684-5 0 113 2 22090 51.6254 282.7991 0004206 69.3900 290.7480 15.53555011 815 1992 055B 1 22091U 92 55 B 92231.06307346 .22021445 61503-4 20373-3 0 113 2 22091 51.6176 297.1395 0003154 110.1633 250.7665 16.51259557 351 1992 055C 1 22092U 92 55 C 92230.15417597 .18852585 59892-4 53182-3 0 50 2 22092 51.6099 302.2251 0034321 87.1265 278.7323 16.41010962 219 1992 056A 1 22093U 92 56 A 92233.90615353 .00107563 00000-0 73852-4 0 104 2 22093 82.5672 148.4555 0013070 280.2504 79.7170 16.16363145 245 1992 056B 1 22094U 92 56 B 92234.14008088 .10446792 -63870-5 42726-3 0 109 2 22094 82.5728 148.1964 0012564 89.7557 270.5359 16.42524587 288 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:27:39 GMT From: "Eugene N. Miya" Subject: What happened to Viking? Newsgroups: sci.space In article <1992Aug20.233734.691@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> burris@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (John Burris) writes: >What happened the Viking spacecraft? Both lands and orbiters were shut down for lack of funds and the need to use the antenna resources for other projects (Galileo, Magellan, power distribution experiments, SETI, etc.) >I heard through the grapevine that someone sent a bogus signal to it which >turned the antenna away from Earth, resulting in LOS. That was Voyager II (briefly). [Not reading regularly.] --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene Second Favorite email message: Returned mail: Cannot send message for 3 days A Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 15 : Issue 135 ------------------------------