
SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0115 
* SpaceNews 15-Jan-96 *


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			MONDAY JANUARY 15, 1996


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


* KANTO FIREBALL *
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Japanese newspapers and TV news reported that a fireball appeared over
Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures about 16:20 (UTC+9h) on January 7.
The fireball travelled in an approximately easterly direction.  An
explosive sound was reported.  The event was captured on photo/video
recording by the residents.  A probable fragment (5cm, 60g) of the
meteorite also was found.

[Info via Yoshiro Yamada]


* MIR NEWS *
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Thomas Reiter aboard the Mir orbital complex reports that the power supply
used for some of the Amateur radio equipment on Mir has failed.  An old
power supply was installed, but it is only capable of handling the old
ICOM transceiver and one TNC.  The Digital Voice Module has also failed,
so there will be no more automatic voice recordings in the near future.
All four fuses in the two connected transceivers blew, and only two spare
fuses are left to run the ICOM.

[Info via Dave Larse, N6JLH]


* SKN NOMINATIONS DUE *
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AMSAT has already received a number of "Best Fist" nominations from the 
24th annual Straight Key Night on OSCAR, held 1 January 1996.  If you 
participated and haven't yet nominated someone you worked for "Best Fist"
honors, please take a moment to do so now.

Nominations should be addressed as follows:

	Internet : w2rs@amsat.org
	Packet   : W2RS @ GB7HSN.#32.GBR.EU or W2RS @ WA2SNA.NJ.USA.NA
 		   (whichever is closer to you)

or via "snail-mail" to W2RS' Callbook address.

Thanks to all who participated.

[Info via Ray, W2RS]


* SPACE SHUTTLE FREQUENCIES *
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The space shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully on 11-Jan-96 at
09:41 UTC.  The following is a list of downlink frequencies being used
during the mission:

243.000 MHz (AM)    Emergency Voice Channel
259.700 MHz (AM)    Secondary Voice Channel
279.000 MHz (AM)    EVA Voice Channel
296.800 MHz (AM)    Primary Voice Channel
2041.900 MHz        Data
2106.400 MHz        Data
2217.500 MHz        Data
2287.500 MHz        Data
15003.400 GHz       Data

Retransmission of space shuttle air-to-ground communications can be
monitored on the following frequencies:

147.450 MHz         Goddard Amateur Radio Club
3860 kHz (USB)      Goddard Amateur Radio Club
7185 kHz (USB)      Goddard Amateur Radio Club
14295 kHz (USB)     Goddard Amateur Radio Club
21395 kHz (USB)     Goddard Amateur Radio Club
28650 kHz (USB)     Goddard Amateur Radio Club

During this mission, the six person crew will retrieve the Japanese Space
Flyer Unit (SFU) spacecraft.  SFU's downlink frequency is 2263.6018 MHz.

Also during this mission a spacecraft called the Spartan 206/OAST Flyer
will be deployed by the shuttle crew for about 48 hours of the mission.
This satellite has a FM AFSK 1200 baud packet radio transmitter on board
that will downlink on 145.550 MHz.

[Info via Keith Stein]


* STS-72 ELEMENT SET *
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STS-72
1 23762U 96001A   96012.68815534  .00000193  00000-0  55743-5 0    98
2 23762  28.4496  84.4984 0005424 175.6278   0.5580 15.34557256   217

[Info via Gary Morris]


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