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- From: leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech)
- Newsgroups: sci.space,news.answers
- Subject: Space FAQ 09/15 - Mission Schedules
- Keywords: Frequently Asked Questions
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- Date: 2 Dec 92 17:43:59 GMT
- Expires: 6 Jan 93 17:43:55 GMT
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- SPACE SHUTTLE ANSWERS, LAUNCH SCHEDULES, TV COVERAGE
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- SHUTTLE LAUNCHINGS AND LANDINGS; SCHEDULES AND HOW TO SEE THEM
-
- Shuttle operations are discussed in the Usenet group sci.space.shuttle,
- and Ken Hollis (gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com) posts a compressed version
- of the shuttle manifest (launch dates and other information)
- periodically there. The manifest is also available from the Ames SPACE
- archive in SPACE/FAQ/manifest. The portion of his manifest formerly
- included in this FAQ has been removed; please refer to his posting or
- the archived copy. For the most up to date information on upcoming
- missions, call (407) 867-INFO (867-4636) at Kennedy Space Center.
-
- Official NASA shuttle status reports are posted to sci.space.news
- frequently.
-
- HOW TO RECEIVE THE NASA TV CHANNEL, NASA SELECT
-
- NASA SELECT is broadcast by satellite. If you have access to a satellite
- dish, you can find SELECT on Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band, 72
- degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz. F2R is stationed
- over the Atlantic, and is increasingly difficult to receive from
- California and points west. During events of special interest (e.g.
- shuttle missions), SELECT is sometimes broadcast on a second satellite
- for these viewers.
-
- If you can't get a satellite feed, some cable operators carry SELECT.
- It's worth asking if yours doesn't.
-
- The SELECT schedule is found in the NASA Headline News which is
- frequently posted to sci.space. Generally it carries press conferences,
- briefings by NASA officials, and live coverage of shuttle missions and
- planetary encounters. SELECT has recently begun carrying much more
- secondary material (associated with SPACELINK) when missions are not
- being covered.
-
-
- DIAL-A-SHUTTLE AND HOW TO USE IT
-
- Dial-A-Shuttle is a pay-per-call (900) service run by the National Space
- Society during shuttle missions. Call (909)-909-6272 24 bours a day from
- two hours before launch to the post-landing press conference. Include
- live communications between the astronauts and Mission Control and
- special updates and interviews. Cost is $2/first minute +
- $0.45/additional minutes. Limited to US and maybe Canada.
-
- NASA SELECT offers better coverage (for free) if you can get it.
-
-
- AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCIES FOR SHUTTLE MISSIONS
-
- The following are believed to rebroadcast space shuttle mission audio:
-
- W6FXN - Los Angeles
- K6MF - Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California
- WA3NAN - Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland.
- W5RRR - Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, Texas
- W6VIO - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California.
- W1AW Voice Bulletins
-
- Station VHF 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m
- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
- W6FXN 145.46
- K6MF 145.585 7.165 3.840
- WA3NAN 147.45 28.650 21.395 14.295 7.185 3.860
- W5RRR 146.64 28.400 21.350 14.280 7.227 3.850
- W6VIO 224.04 21.340 14.270
- W6VIO 224.04 21.280 14.282 7.165 3.840
- W1AW 28.590 21.390 14.290 7.290 3.990
-
- W5RRR transmits mission audio on 146.64, a special event station on the
- other frequencies supplying Keplerian Elements and mission information.
-
- W1AW also transmits on 147.555, 18.160. No mission audio but they
- transmit voice bulletins at 0245 and 0545 UTC.
-
- Frequencies in the 10-20m bands require USB and frequencies in the 40
- and 80m bands LSB. Use FM for the VHF frequencies.
-
- [This item was most recently updated courtesy of Gary Morris
- (g@telesoft.com, KK6YB, N5QWC)]
-
-
- SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER FUEL COMPOSITION
-
- Reference: "Shuttle Flight Operations Manual" Volume 8B - Solid Rocket
- Booster Systems, NASA Document JSC-12770
-
- Propellant Composition (percent)
-
- Ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer) 69.6
- Aluminum 16
- Iron Oxide (burn rate catalyst) 0.4
- Polybutadiene-acrilic acid-acrylonitrile (a rubber) 12.04
- Epoxy curing agent 1.96
-
- End reference
-
- Comment: The aluminum, rubber, and epoxy all burn with the oxidizer.
-
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