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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Steve Mansfield
Public Information Manager
(203) 666-1541, Ext. 240
Subject: SAREX FACT SHEET - STS-59
WHO: Space Shuttle Atlantis crew
WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth.
WHERE: Earth Orbit. 57 degrees inclination.
190 nautical miles.
WHEN: April 7, 1994 (9 day mission)
WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
(SAREX) component of the STS-59 mission.
LAUNCH: Scheduled for April 7, 1994 from the Kennedy Space
Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
AMATEUR RADIO
LICENSED CREW
MEMBERS: Linda Godwin, N5RAX, Payload Commander
Jay Apt, N5QWL, Mission Specialist
PAYLOAD: Secondary Payload--Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment or
SAREX, configuration C (see last page).
SPONSORS: 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).
SAREX RADIO
FREQUENCIES: Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz
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
INFORMATION: Goddard Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) Amateur
Radio station (call sign WA3NAN) news and
retransmissions on Amateur Radio high frequency (HF)
bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and 28.65
megahertz (MHz) and on very high frequency (VHF)
bands at 147.45 MHz.
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (Houston,
TX) Amateur Radio station (call sign W5RRR) news
bulletins on HF bands at 3.850, 7.227, 14.280,
21.350, and 28.400 MHz and VHF at 146.64 MHz.
ARRL (Newington, CT) Amateur Radio station (call
sign W1AW) news bulletins (9:45 PM, 12:45 AM EST) on
HF bands at 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59
and VHF at 147.555 MHz.
SHUTTLE
TRACKING: Current Keplerian elements to track the Shuttle are
available from the NASA Spacelink computer
information system BBS (205) 895-0028 and the ARRL
BBS (203) 666-0578. See last page.
PARTICIPATING
SCHOOLS: Ealy Elementary School
5475 West Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Contact: Paul Drummond
WK (313) 539-2300
Kanawha Elementary School
Route 1, Box 38A
Davisville, WV 26142
Contact: David Stone, KD8YY
WK (304) 420-9557 HM (304) 474-3580
Alcatel Amateur Radio Association
and Circle 10 Council-BSA
M/S 401-212, 1225 North Alma Road
Richardson, TX 75081
Contact: Frank Krizan, WA5ABU
WK (214) 996-7059
Anthony Elementary
215 South Springfield
Anthony, KS 67003
Contact: Shirley Gaug
WK (316) 842-3743
St. Bernard High School
9100 Falmouth Avenue
Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Contact: Brian Johnson, AB6UI
WK (310) 334-8084 HM (310) 543-2359
Country Club School
7534 Blue Fox Way
San Ramon, CA 94583
Contact: Barry Isseks, KE6YD
WK (510) 828-7284 HM (510) 830-1122
Deep Creek Middle School
1000 South Marlyn Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21221
Contact: Thomas DeHart
WK (410) 887-0114
Paltamo Senior High School
Korpitie 14, 88300 Paltamo
Finland
Contact: Markku Korhonen, OH8AK
WK (011) 358-86-871457 HM (011) 358-86-871963
Ogilvie School
Ogilvie East Road
Northapton, Western Australia
Contact: Gordon Williams, VK6IU
WK: (011) 61-99-341259
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION:Tracy Bedlack, N1QDO, Educational Activities
Department, American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541
email: rinderbi@arrl.org
Configuration C - SAREX configuration C consists of the handheld
transceiver, I/F module, PGSC, spare battery set, window antenna,
packet module, SAREX headset assembly, personal recorder, and the
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 weights are as follows:
Configuration C 45 lb (20.41 kg)
STS-59 Keplerian elements for a 1207 UTC launch:
STS-59
1 00059U 94097.56425350 .00234441 00000-0 12190-3 0 55
2 00059 57.0018 277.1957 0008733 268.0585 91.9530 16.19594525 26
Satellite: STS-59
Catalog number: 00059
Epoch time: 94097.56425350 = (07 APR 94 13:32:31.50 UTC)
Element set: 005
Inclination: 57.0018 deg
RA of node: 277.1957 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-59
Eccentricity: .0008733 Prelaunch Element set JSC-005
Arg of perigee: 268.0585 deg Launch: 07 APR 94 12:07 UTC
Mean anomaly: 91.9530 deg
Mean motion: 16.19594525 rev/day Gil Carman, WA5NOM
Decay rate: 2.34441e-03 rev/day*2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 307
The American Radio Relay League, Newington Conn. USA
SAREX.7
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