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[jamsat-news:486] * SpaceNews 03-Feb-97 *
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* SpaceNews 03-Feb-97 *
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1997
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It
is published every week and is made available for non-commercial use.
* RS-16 LAUNCH SOON *
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Rumors of an imminent launch of RS-16 continue to circulate. Andy, RK3KPK,
reports the launch was planned for December 1996, but due to some problems
with the satellite, has been delayed. The launch will take place on a Zeya
rocket from a new Far-Eastern spacedrome near Svobodny. The expected orbital
altitude is 500 - 600 kilometers with an orbital inclination of 97.2 degrees.
The following frequencies will be used by RS-16:
Uplink = 145.915 - 145.948 MHz
Downlink = 29.415 - 29.448 MHz
Beacons = 29.408 , 29.451 MHz
Pwr 29 MHz Down = 1.2 W /4 W
Beacon 1 = 435.504 MHz
Beacon 2 = 435.548 MHz
Pwr 435 MHz Beacons = 1.6 W
[Info via Andy, RK3KPK, operator of the RS3A RS satellite command station]
* COMET HALE-BOPP NEWS *
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Comet Hale-Bopp may be headed for a bright encounter later this year.
Information on this comet may be obtained on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.halebopp.com
* STS-82 ORBITAL DATA *
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What follows is the nominal OMS-2 State Vector and Keplerian Elements for
STS-82. The vector data comes from NASA; the orbital parameters were
computed from the vector.
This file may be read by VEC2TLE version 9648 to update your Keplerian
Elements text file.
Vector format = 10117
Satellite Name: STS-82
Catalog Number: 99982
Epoch MET: 0.03153560185
0/00:45:24.676 MET
EFG E: 9116609.4 ft
F: 18998944.1 ft
G: -8769364.4 ft
Edot: -20995.653319 ft/s
Fdot: 6870.409915 ft/s
Gdot: -6942.195073 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002367612 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.60015E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 1
Rev @ Epoch: 1.64921800407
Note that the 99982 Catalog Number is only a temporary designation.
Once STS-82 is launched, a permanent Catalog Number and International
Designator will be assigned.
Launch is scheduled for 11-Feb-97 / 08:56:00 UTC
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.5 drag multiplier:
STS-82
1 99982U 97042.40375782 .00002368 00000-0 36002-4 0 13
2 99982 28.4692 121.0404 0180089 53.0905 180.6439 15.36921340 16
Satellite: STS-82
Catalog number: 99982
Epoch time: 97042.40375782
Element set: 1
Inclination: 28.4692 deg
RA of node: 121.0404 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0180089
Arg of perigee: 53.0905 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.6439 deg
Mean motion: 15.36921340 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.36761e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1
Checksum: 297
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sarex/orbit.html
[Info via Ken Ernandes, N2WWD]
* CALL FOR PAPERS *
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The 1997 AMSAT-NA annual meeting and space symposium will be held on
17-Oct-97 through 19-Oct-97 at the Airport Delta Hotel in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. This is the first call for papers to authors who wish to present
papers at this event. Topics for all amateur satellite disciplines are
sought from the AMSAT community. Authors and titles are requested by
01-Mar-97 with abstracts by 01-Jun-97. Final versions are due by 01-Aug-97.
Those not able to attend are encouraged to consider a paper for publication
in the Proceedings of the symposium. Submissions and inquiries should be
made to:
Wayne Chandler, VE3WHC
By internet: ve3whc@amsat.org
By mail: W. H. Chandler
Box 6, Carlisle, Ontario L0R1H0 Canada
[Info from VE3WHC via VE3FRH @ AO-16]
* AMSAT-OSCAR-16 NEWS *
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AO-16 continues to perform well. Whole Orbit Data (WOD) transmissions
of Bus/Power channels 10, 13, 1E, 22, 2D, and 33 were conducted for a
period of 48 hours starting 29-Jan-97.
* WEBERSAT NEWS *
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WEBERSAT-OSCAR-18 continues to transmit telemetry and picture data on
its UHF downlink. Some ASCII packet frames copied on 01-Feb-97 by KD2BD
include the following:
WEBER>TIME <UI>:
WEB: uptime is 51/20:15:23. Time is Sat Feb 01 16:06:09 1997
WEBER>CAST <UI>:
1-Feb-97 1200utc
*Week3 WOD
21 BCR +10V
22 BCR SetPoint
29 +Y Array Cur
2F Bat 1 Temp
33 RC TX Pwr
36 +Y Array Temp
*New Photos and Spectra(Monday)
73,IK3WVJ & KB7KCL
* ITAMSAT-OSCAR-26 NEWS *
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IK2XRO at the ITAMSAT Control Station reported on 28-Jan-97 that IO-26 was
in MBL mode in preparation for the new code upload. The transmitter was off.
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