From: kd2bd@ka2qhd.de.com (John Magliacane)
Subject: * SpaceNews 14-Sep-92 *
To: sci-space-news@rutgers.edu
Followup-To: sci.space
Keywords: FO-20 News, KITSAT-1 News, SEDSAT-1 News, Mars Observer News
Organization: ka2qhd - Ocean NJ
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:41:16 GMT




SB NEWS @ AMSAT < KD2BD $SPC0914
* SpaceNews 14-Sep-92 *

Bulletin ID: $SPC0914


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                              SpaceNews
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                      MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1992


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



* FO-20 NEWS *
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A software reload was completed on 11-Aug-92 at 12:28 UTC.  Mode JA analog
mode operation is scheduled for the following dates and times:

16-Sep-92 01:05 UTC --> 17-Sep-92 01:25 UTC
30-Sep-92 01:55 UTC --> 01-Oct-92 02:23 UTC

Dates and times listed are in UTC.

The Mode JA linear transponder operates on the following frequencies:

Uplink Passband  : 145.900 MHz to 146.000 MHz (100 W PEP EIRP)
Downlink Passband: 435.900 MHz to 435.800 MHz   (2 W PEP)

Mode JA CW Beacon: 435.795 MHz (60 mW)

The Mode JD packet mailbox (8J1JBS) will be in operation at other times.

[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]


* KITSAT NEWS *
===============
KITSAT-1 controllers continue to test the spacecraft's on-board systems.
Testing was recently performed on the Digital Speech Processor.

KITSAT CCD image 0003 was taken over Korea with the Typhoon, but no details
are recognizable.   0004 was taken over the Suez Canal and Saudi Arabia
which shows a good view of the Nile River.

[Info via HL0ENJ]


* LAUNCH ADVISORY *
===================
NASA has rescheduled the launch of the Mars Observer aboard a Titan III
rocket from Launch Complex 40 for Friday, September 25.  The launch window
extends from 12:27 to 2:27 PM EDT (16:27 to 18:27 UTC).

A countdown dress rehearsal is scheduled for September 17.  The launch date
will be reviewed after the countdown dress rehearsal.

Additional precautions have been taken at the launch pad and with the
spacecraft to assure that recontamination is unlikely to occur.

[Info via Ron Baalke @ JPL]


* SEDSAT-1 LAUNCH *
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The launch of SEDSAT-1 has slipped to September 20, 1993.


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