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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/25/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:54:00 GMT

Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011

                  MARS OBSERVER MISSION STATUS
                        January 25, 1993

     The Mars Observer spacecraft team reports that all
spacecraft and science operations are performing well.

     The Mars Observer camera, magnetometer/electron
reflectometer and gamma ray spectrometer were turned on Jan. 18
for instrument calibration activities, and began returning data
the following day.  The camera focus tests were completed at noon
today, while data-gathering by the two other instruments
continues this week.

     Data from the magnetometer recorded near the Earth's geotail
-- that region of space in which the solar wind is blocked as the
Earth orbits the sun -- will be played back from tape recorders 1
and 3 on Jan. 26 and 27.  Meanwhile, a telecommunications
experiment, called the "Ka Band Link Experiment," is being
performed to test the quality of ground-to-spacecraft
communications using a very short, 9-millimeter (36/100ths of an
inch) wavelength and a low-power transmitter on board the
spacecraft.  All other uplink and downlink activities are now
performed using the spacecraft's high-gain antenna.

     Today the spacecraft is about 64 million kilometers (40
million miles) from Earth, traveling at a speed of about 47,000
kilometers per hour (31,000 miles per hour) with respect to
Earth.  The spacecraft is traveling at a heliocentric velocity of
about 93,500 kilometers per hour (58,000 miles per hour).  One-
way light time is roughly 195 seconds.

                             #####
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 01/25/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:57:00 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                               January 25, 1993

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the all-spin mode at
2.9 rpm, and is transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bps (bits/second).

     Over the weekend, no spacecraft activity or tracking was scheduled.

     Today, January 25, 1993, the AACS (Attitude and Articulation Control
Subsystem) inflight mode related activites have begun and are proceeding
nominally.  Tracking is scheduled DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter antenna),
DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna) and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna).

     Tomorrow, the AACS inflight mode related activities will continue with
a nominal completion date of January 29, 1993.  Tracking is scheduled
over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
From: glennc@cs.sfu.ca (Glenn Chapman)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Russian Soyuz TM-16 docks with Mir space station
Keywords: Russian, Space
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:59:47 GMT
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Apparently-To: uunet!sci-space-news


     The Soyuz TM-16 flight to the Commonwealth of Independent States Mir 
complex docked today (Jan. 26th) at the station .  The new crew, Manakov and 
Alexander Polishcuk, were launched from the Baikonor Cosmodrome on Jan. 24th. 
Shortly after docking they entered the station to greet the cosmonauts 
Anatoli who have been up for 180 days now, since July 30.  Solovyov and 
Avdeyev will be returning in the Soyuz TM-15 capsule on Feb. 1.  Manakov and 
Polishcuk will be staying up at least until the French/Russian mission set 
for July.
     The docking itself was of considerable interest.  For the first time a 
connection was made with the new docking port on the Kristall module.  Soyuz 
dockings to date have taken place on either the front or rear axial ports.  
The Kristall module, a 20 Tonne experimental section launched in 1990, is 
mounted perpendicular to the main axis on the station at the front or ball 
multiport section.  Its docking section is special, designed as simpler and 
smaller than the current ones.  However it is meant to mate with space craft 
of up to 100 tonnes, such as the Buran shuttle, or the U.S. space shuttles 
(when they carry up a docking adaptor).  According to Energia NPO, the 
builders of the Mir complex, several times this year the station will have 
two Soyuz's and a Progress cargo tanker docked to the station at the same 
time.  (Radio Moscow, Space News Jan. 11)
     Sorry the launch was not reported, but I was out of the country during 
it.

                                                        Glenn Chapman
                                                        School Eng. Science
                                                        Simon Fraser U.
                                                        Burnaby, B.C., Canada
                                                        glennc@cs.sfu.ca
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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/28/93 (Forwarded)
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:47:00 GMT

                              SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                              Thursday, January 28, 1993

          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia      Current location: OPF Bay 2
          Primary payload: Spacelab D-2         Crew Size: 7
          Orbital altitude: 184 sm              Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours
          Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25 - 9:38 a.m.
          Landing site/timeframe: KSC/March 6 - 07:43 a.m.


          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - remove BREMSAT GAS canister

          - Spacelab module positive pressure leak check

          - crew compartment closeouts/close crew access hatch

          - main landing gear strut hydraulic fluid level checks

          - orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts

          - main propulsion system closeouts

          - orbiter mid-body closeouts

          - thermal protection system tile closeouts

          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - Spacelab D-2 closeouts

          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - install aft flight doors on Friday

          - waste containment system electrical verification checks

          - aft structural leak check/orbiter composite pressurization test

          - close payload bay doors for flight on Sunday

          - weight and center of gravity determination

          - install Columbia on orbiter transporter

          - roll to the VAB February 2
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update #2 - 01/25/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:56:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                     MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                           January 25, 1992
                             2:45 PM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B is active.  Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer and
Gamma Ray Spectrometer are taking data; the Mars Observer Camera focus
test ended at noon today.  The MOC team has selected an optimal focus
setting based on information developed in testing.

Digital Tape Recorders 1 and 3 will be played back on tomorrow and
Wednesday.  DTRs 1 and 3 contain the Geotail measurement data collected
in December.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; the downlink rate is at 16K.

Flight sequence C7 is being updated with final TCM-2 (Trajectory Correction
Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation and Spacecraft teams.
TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately 10 meters/second.
Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence activation and the
maneuver to take place on February 8.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/27/93 (Forwarded)
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:16:00 GMT

                              SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                              Wednesday, January 27, 1993

          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia      Location: OPF Bay 2
          Primary payload: Spacelab D-2         Crew Size: 7
          Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25  10:30 a.m.
          Mission duration: 8 Days 22 Hours     Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees            Orbital altitude: 184 sm

          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - Spacelab module positive pressure check

          - crew compartment closeouts/close crew access hatch

          - orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts

          - main propulsion system closeouts

          - orbiter mid-body closeouts

          - thermal protection system tile closeouts


          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - external tank door functional test

          - payload bay door functional test

          - avionics bay closeouts


          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - remove BREMSAT GAS canister

          - close payload bay doors on Saturday evening

          - aft structural leak check/orbiter composite pressurization test

          - weight and center of gravity determination

          - install Columbia on orbiter transporter

          - roll to the VAB evening of February 2

          - mate to external tank/solid rocket boosters February 3

                                 # # 

     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: AURORA: Middle Latitude Auroral Activity WATCH - 26 Jan
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Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:26:10 GMT

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                    MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

                         ISSUED: 00:00 UT, 26 JANUARY

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

VALID UNTIL: 19:00 UTC ON 27 JANUARY

MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 26 - 28 JANUARY (UT days)

PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES FOR NEXT 3 DAYS: 25, 20, 15
(INPUT INTO THE PREDICTIVE AURORA SOFTWARE *)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY:  LOW TO MODERATE

EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE:  LOW

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES:  FAIR

AURORAL ACTIVITY MAY BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

        PRIMARILY EXTREME SOUTHERN CANADA NORTHWARD.  A FEW NORTHERN U.S.
        LOCATIONS MAY ALSO SPOT SOME ACTIVITY UNDER DARK SKIES OVER THE
        CENTRAL TO EASTERN U.S..

ACTIVITY MAY ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

        NORTHERN U.K. TO THE NETHERLANDS.  THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A
        PARTICULARLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR AREAS OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN AND
        NEW ZEALAND.

* Contact: Oler@Rho.Uleth.CA or COler@Solar.Stanford.Edu for more information
           regarding the Auroral Activity Prediction and Simulation Software.


SYNOPSIS...

     A fair to good opportunity for observing auroral activity will exist
     over the next 24 to 48 hours.  A well-placed solar coronal hole is
     expected to generate the activity.  The brunt of activity should occur
     on 26 January, but is not expected to be very strong.  Most of the
     observed auroral activity should be confined to areas north of the U.S./
     Canada border.  Users of our auroral activity prediction and simulation
     software should input values of between 20 and 30 (the target activity
     level for 26 January is 25, dropping to 20 and 15 for 27 and 28 Jan.)
     for the best contoured maps of predicted auroral visibility. For more
     information, contact: Oler@Rho.Uleth.CA, or: COler@Solar.Stanford.Edu.

     This WATCH will remain active until 19:00 UT on 27 January when it
     will either be updated or allowed to expire.


**  End of Watch  **
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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/22/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:26:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                       MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                           January 22, 1993
                             10:00 AM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B is active.  Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer,
Gamma Ray Spectrometer, and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) instrument
calibration activities continue.

Digital Tape Recorders 1 and 3 will be played back on January 26 and 27.
DTRs 1 and 3 contain the Geotail measurement data collected in December.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; the downlink rate is being varied among
2k engineering, 4k Science and Engineering, and 16K for MOC Focus Test
activities.

On Wednesday morning, the Thermal Emissions Spectrometer Principal
Investigator (P. Christensen of ASU) presented an overview of TES
including scientific objectives, instrument sub-sections, and a summary
of instrument commanding to Mission Operations System team members.
Dr. Christensen also discussed the TES Team's rationale for proposed
instrument calibrations at some point within 10 to 20 days prior to Mars
Orbit Insertion.

Next week, flight sequence C7 will be updated with final TCM-2
(Trajectory Corretion Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation
and Spacecraft teams.  TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately
10 meters/second.  Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence
activation and the maneuver to take place on February 8.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/26/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:16:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                     MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                          January 26, 1993
                            1:00 PM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B is active.  Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer and
Gamma Ray Spectrometer are taking data.

Digital Tape Recorder 1 is being played back today, with DTR3 playback
scheduled for tomorrow.  DTRs 1 and 3 contain the Geotail measurement
data collected in December.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; the downlink rate is at the
4 kilobits/second Science and Engineering data rate, with an approximate
2 hour telecom configuration at the 85 K rate planned between 1:00 PM and
3:30 PM today, after which downlink will be returned to 4K.

Flight sequence C7 is being updated with final TCM-2 (Trajectory
Correction Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation and
Spacecraft teams.  TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately
10 meters/second.  Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence
activation and the maneuver to take place on February 8.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 01/26/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Galileo, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:15:00 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                               January 26, 1993

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the all-spin mode at
2.9 rpm, and is transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bps (bits/second).

     Yesterday, the AACS (Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem)
in-flight mode related activites began and proceeded nominally.  Tracking was
scheduled DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter antenna), DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter
antenna) and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna).

     Today, January 26, 1993, the AACS in-flight mode related activities are
continuing with a nominal completion date of January 29, 1993.  Tracking is
scheduled over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63

     Tomorrow, the AACS in-flight mode related activities will continue with
the loading of the memory A with AACS 12.0 flight software, as scheduled.
Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: STS-54 Postflight Press Conference Scheduled
Date: 27 Jan 93 01:19:00 GMT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Ed Campion                              January 26, 1993
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8536)

Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111


EDITORS NOTE:  N93-5

STS-54 CREW POSTFLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED

     The STS-54 crew postflight press conference is scheduled for 
Monday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. EST, in building 2, room 135, at the 
Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston.

     Crew members will narrate slides and film from their recent 
mission.  During their Space Shuttle flight, they deployed a 
communications satellite, acquired data on the remnants of a 
supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, performed a spacewalk, 
conducted more scientific experiments to help the medical 
community improve medical treatment here on Earth and interacted 
with elementary students, teaching physics lessons using toys to 
demonstrate various principles of motion.

     News media are invited to participate at JSC or by two-way 
audio from NASA Headquarters and other centers.  The briefing will 
be carried on NASA Select television, SATCOM F2R, transponder 13, 
located at 72 degrees west longitude.

                          - end -

     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
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