
SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0627
* SpaceNews 27-Jun-94 *
 
 
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                          MONDAY JUNE 27, 1994
 
 
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* DOVE TESTING CONTINUES *
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At about 6/11/94 05:30 UTC controllers completed a reload of the DOVE 
software and activated another voice test.  The pronunciation of the word 
'Hi' is a bit different and the overall amplitude of the voice is higher.  
 
Controllers expect to continue the hardware testing process after a period 
of software development on the ground that will probably last several days 
to a few weeks.  
 
The following packet frames were received from DOVE by KD2BD late last week:
 
DOVE-1>TIME-1 <UI>:
PHT: uptime is 014/02:11:51.  Time is Fri Jun 24 16:11:31 1994
 
DOVE-1>BRAMST <UI>:
0500 utc 14 June 1994
 
Voice Module now active
Software testing continues
S-Band transmitter is off
 
73 DOVE Command Team (WJ9F)
 
Reception reports of how well the voice is heard with simple receiving 
equipment (like an HT and rubber duck) would be appreciated.  Please send 
reports via the Internet to WJ9F, PY2BJO, WD0E, VK7ZBX, or N5AHD @amsat.org.  
Telemetry is not needed at this time.
 
[Info via Jim White, WD0E, of the DOVE command team]
 
 
* STS-65 SAREX INFORMATION *
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Shuttle mission STS-65 using orbiter "Columbia" is scheduled for launch
on 08-Jul-94 at 17:06 UTC for a 14-day microgravity scientific mission.  
A SAREX package in configuration 'C' will be carried on Columbia on this 
mission.  Crew members Donald A. Thomas, Mission Specialist, KC5FVF, and
Robert D. Cabana, (callsign?) are among the licensed astronauts flying on
mission STS-65.
 
The primary payload for STS-65 is the International Microgravity Laboratory
(IML-02), that includes a complement of international experiments with its 
main focus on materials and life sciences research in microgravity.  The 
payload crew members will perform the experiments in a "gravity gradient" 
stabilized attitude (shuttle tail pointed toward Earth) to maintain the best
possible laboratory conditions with the least gravitational disturbances in 
the Spacelab.
 
One of the secondary payloads will be the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment.
SAREX configuration C consists of a 2-meter handheld transceiver, I/F 
module, PGSC, spare battery set, window antenna, packet module, SAREX 
headset assembly, personal recorder, and required cable assemblies.  The 
packet module contains a power supply and packet TNC.  The power supply 
provides power for the TNC and the handheld transceiver.  The TNC 
interconnects with a radio transceiver so that data to and from the 
computer is transmitted to and received from other amateur radio stations.  
Configuration C is capable of operating in either the voice or data mode 
in communications with amateur stations within LOS of the Orbiter.  This 
configuration can be operated in the attended mode for voice communication 
and either the attended or automatic mode for data communications.   The 
payload control weight for SAREX configuration C is 45 lb (20.41 kg).
 
SAREX sponsors include the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), The Radio 
Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), and The National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA).  SAREX is supported by the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC).
 
The crew will use separate receive and transmit frequencies.  PLEASE DO NOT
transmit on the Shuttle's downlink frequency.  The SAREX frequencies for
mission STS-65 are as follows:
 
Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz [Receive Only]
Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99 MHz
Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz  
Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz             
Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz
 
KC5FVF is the callsign that will be used for making voice contacts.  W5RRR-1
will be used for packet radio connections.
 
QSLs and reception (SWL) reports should be sent to the ARRL EAD, STS-65 QSL, 
225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA.  Include the following 
information in your QSL or report: STS-65, date, time in UTC, frequency and 
mode (FM voice or packet).  In addition, a large, business sized SASE must
be included if you wish to receive a card in return.  The Lake County 
Amateur Radio Club in Munster, Indiana, has generously volunteered to manage 
the cards for this mission.
 
The following is STS-65 Keplerian element set JSC-003:
 
STS-65
1 00065U          94189.76284929  .00052344  00000-0  15762-3 0   37
2 00065  28.4664  13.0731 0003571 330.7493  29.2906 15.90324781   23
 
Satellite: STS-65
Catalog number: 00065
Epoch time:      94189.76284929   =    (08 JUL 94   18:18:30.18 UTC)
Element set:     003
Inclination:       28.4664 deg
RA of node:        13.0731 deg           Space Shuttle Flight STS-65
Eccentricity:     .0003571              Prelaunch Element set JSC-003
Arg of perigee:   330.7493 deg          Launch:  08 JUL 94  17:06 UTC
Mean anomaly:      29.2906 deg
Mean motion:   15.90324781 rev/day           Gil Carman, WA5NOM
Decay rate:     5.2344e-04 rev/day^2      NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:               2
Checksum:              289
 
[Info via The American Radio Relay League]
 
 
* InfoEspace *
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As of 20-Jun-94, VE2TRV, has started translating SpaceNews into French for 
the francophone VE2-population.  Mike has noted a lot of recent interest in
astronomy and space-related subjects, and believes the French language
version of SpaceNews will become very popular.  Mike has been translating
some articles from SpaceNews for the Laval Laurentian ARC newsletter, and
reports the 360 members really appreciate it.
 
My thanks to VE2TRV for the time and effort of performing the language
translation!
 
 
* RS-14 / RS-10 OBSERVATION *
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During a recent pass of RS-10 over the central United States, OSCAR-21's 
(RS-14) CW beacon (145.822 MHz) was observed through RS-10's ROBOT on 
29.403 MHz at 21:36 UTC on 24-Jun-94.
 
Orbital analysis showed RS-10 over southern Oklahoma and heading south,
while RS-14/AO-21 was over the east coast of Mexico and heading north when 
the beacon was heard.  
 
Although RS-10's ROBOT input passband (centered on 145.820 MHz) is several 
kilohertz wide, RS-14's telemetry was heard for only a short period of 
time because of the high relative motion between the two spacecraft.  The 
Doppler shift this motion produced was well in excess of the ROBOT input 
passband.  The beacon received from RS-14 by RS-10 drifted quicky through
the ROBOT passband as the two satellites passed one another over the south 
central United States.
 
 
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