From: kd2bd@ka2qhd.DE.COM (John Magliacane)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: * SpaceNews 25-Jan-93 *
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:04:38 GMT
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SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0125
* SpaceNews 25-Jan-93 *

Bulletin ID: $SPC0125


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                        MONDAY JANUARY 25, 1993


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


* MIR NEWS *
============
Dave, N6JLH, in California captured the following packet frames transmitted
from the space station Mir on a frequency of 145.550 MHz on 20-Dec-92:

20-Dec-92  23:42:01  U6MIR-1*>KA0QZK (DM)
20-Dec-92  23:42:02  U6MIR*>KD2BD-1 [C]
20-Dec-92  23:42:17  KG6NI*>U6MIR-1 [C]
20-Dec-92  23:42:20  U6MIR*>KD2BD-1 [C]
20-Dec-92  23:42:26  U6MIR*>KD2BD-1 [C]
20-Dec-92  23:42:30  U6MIR*>KD2BD-1 [C]

If I had known the cosmonauts had wanted a keyboard-to-keyboard chat with
me, I would have turned my TNC on!  Dave reports packet activity from Mir
only when the cosmonauts are at the keyboard.  Unattended PMS operations
are no longer common.

Final preparations are being made for the Soyuz TM-16 flight to the
Commonwealth of Independent States Mir space station, set for 24-Jan-93.
The new crew, Manakov and Polishcuk, arrived at the Baikonor Cosmodrome
on January 9/10th.  They will be releaving cosmonauts Anatoli Solovyov
and Sergei Avdeyev (up for 173 days now, since July 30) who are preparing for
the end of their mission.  In addition two other flights to Mir are planed
for 1993, a joint French mission in July, and another flight at the end of
the year.  That final flight will provide a crew which plans to stay up for
18 months, beating the current record of 366 days. (Radio Moscow)

An interesting report noted that a joint Russian/French flight tested an
improved version of the Russian supersonic ramjet engine (scramjet) on top of
a rocket booster.  The scramjet started at Mach 3.5 (3.5 times the speed of
sound) and had a successful subsonic to supersonic combustion transition at
Mach 5.  It ran supersonic combustion for over 15 seconds (three times longer
than the flight last year) until running out of liquid hydrogen.  (AW&ST Dec.
7, 14/21)

[Info via Glenn Chapman]


* FO-20 STATUS *
================
The latest Mode JA analog transponder schedule from Kazu Sakamoto,
JJ1WTK, at FO-20 mission control is as follows:

19-Jan-93 23:10 UTC -to- 20-Jan-93 23:45 UTC
26-Jan-93 23:30 UTC -to- 26-Jan-93 23:50 UTC

Mode JD operation will occur continuously Tuesday through Thursday.


* STS-56 KEPS *
===============
The following is a Keplerian element set for Shuttle mission STS-56 based
on a 23-Mar-93 launch.  This mission will include SAREX activities.

STS-56
1 00056U          93 82.30325346  .00055200  00000-0  16200-3 0    28
2 00056  57.0020 168.1447 0011289 286.7156  73.2672 15.91759473    24

Satellite: STS-56
Catalog number: 00056
Epoch time:      93082.30325346 =====> (23 MAR 93   07:16:41.10 UTC)
Element set:     JSC-002
Inclination:       57.0020 deg
RA of node:       168.1447 deg          Space Shuttle Flight STS-56
Eccentricity:     .0011289              Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee:   286.7156 deg         Launch:  23 MAR 93  05:50 UTC
Mean anomaly:      73.2672 deg
Mean motion:   15.91759473 rev/day              G. L. Carman
Decay rate:    5.52000e-04 rev/day*2      NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:               2


* OSCAR-13 BANDPASS *
=====================
The following OSCAR-13 bandpass report comes to us by way of Sergio, IK5AAX:

SERGIO MORELLI
VIA PIOVOLA 1
50053 EMPOLI -Italy

LOCATOR JN53LR
OSCAR 13 BANDPASS
:
TUESDAY 12:
0613 145885 PJ77C
1506-145895 OM3AU
1515-145893 DL2XW
1558-145903 XX9AS
1630-145896 VU2DVP

WEDNESDAY 13:
1509-145909 XX8AS

FRIDAY 15:
1052-145890 KC6ML
1240-145892 XU6TQ

SATURDAY 16:
2153-145893 CU1CB

SUNDAY 17:
1025-145892 VS6YHT


* WESTERN WASHINGTON AMSAT NET *
================================
Please join us beginning Wednesday, January 20, 1993 and every Wednesday
evening at 8:00 PM on the K6LIE, 224.160 MHz, Roosevelt Hill (Seattle)
Repeater for our new AMSAT net.

If you are interested in Amateur Satellite communications, you will find
all manner of news, information and hints on working all the AMSAT
satellites that are in operation as well as AMSAT and ARRL news regarding
future satellite programs.

If you are new and wish to "GET YOUR FEET WET", you are welcome to join
us on the K6LIE OSCAR 13 GATEWAY and actually communicate through OSCAR
13 via the 224.160 MHz Gateway, conditions permitting.  The Gateway is a
manual operation and since its start in October, we have had a great
time working various countries via the OSCAR-13 Gateway.  This would be
a good opportunity for those of you who do not have a satellite station
to actually hear what the bird sounds like and actually work through the
Gateway via your 220 handheld or base station.

So please join us Wednesday, January 20 at 8:00pm for the AMSAT net
Richard, N7VWJ will be net control.  All Amateurs are invited to
participate.  If you tune in and listen, please check in your participation
is vital to keeping the net going.  Information on the Amateur Satellite
program will be gathered from several sources and this will be one place
where you can learn and receive a wealth of information on satellite
operation.

If you have questions, please contact Jerry, K6LIE at 940-0073 or Richard
via packet at N7VWJ @ N7DUO.WA.USA.NA.


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