August 2006 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

EXP 13 STATUS REPORT #SS06-037
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 August 11, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-037 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-037 This week on the International Space Station crew members refurbished their exercise treadmill, prepared areas inside and out for an imminent expansion of their home and took a couple of special calls to discuss soccer and food in space. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter are gearing up for the second space shuttle visit to the station during Expedition 13. The shuttle Atlantis, targeted to launch in a window that opens Aug. 27, will resume major orbital construction of the complex. During its mission, designated STS-115, Atlantis will deliver and install a 17.5-ton, bus-sized segment of the station's girder-like truss that includes another set of solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics. The station crew started out the week with two days of standard maintenance work on the treadmill vibration isolation system, a special exercise treadmill located on the floor of the Zvezda living quarters module. Crews perform the maintenance task every six months to inspect the treadmill's components, replace worn items and install new bearings. The treadmill is a complex system that uses gyroscopes to stabilize itself and isolates the vibrations created by exercise from being transmitted to the station's structure, where they could disturb sensitive experiments. Extensive exercise is a daily regimen for all station crew members as one method of counteracting the effects of long exposure to weightlessness. The crew had time set aside each day this week to pack up and prepare items that will be moved from the station to the shuttle during Atlantis' flight. In addition, ground controllers worked with the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to prepare for the upcoming shuttle flight. On Thursday, they moved the arm to position cameras to view markings on the station used for a graphical computer alignment aid when new components are attached. That aid, called the space vision system, will be used during Atlantis' flight to help with the attachment of the new truss section. On Friday, controllers moved the arm to perform an early checkout of its systems, ensuring it is ready for the shuttle mission The station crew greeted special guest calls this week. On Tuesday, the coach and players from the FC Barcelona soccer team talked with the crew as they visited NASA's Johnson Space Center prior to an exhibition game in Houston. Reiter, a soccer fan, showed the team a space soccer move during the call. On Thursday, the crew members spoke with Chef Emeril Lagasse about space food and their mission. Lagasse sent NASA several recipes that were prepared and delivered to the station aboard the last shuttle flight. The Expedition 13 crew tried the dishes this week. The next station status report will be issued on Friday, Aug. 18, or earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end-

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ISS STATUS REPORT #06-37
by Arthur Rowe 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 International Space Station Status Report #06-37 3:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, Aug. 11, 2006 Expedition 13 Crew This week on the International Space Station crew members refurbished their exercise treadmill, prepared areas inside and out for an imminent expansion of their home and took a couple of special calls to discuss soccer and food in space. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter are gearing up for the second space shuttle visit to the station during Expedition 13. The shuttle Atlantis, targeted to launch in a window that opens Aug. 27, will resume major orbital construction of the complex. During its mission, designated STS-115, Atlantis will deliver and install a 17.5-ton, bus-sized segment of the station's girder-like truss that includes another set of solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics. The station crew started out the week with two days of standard maintenance work on the treadmill vibration isolation system, a special exercise treadmill located on the floor of the Zvezda living quarters module. Crews perform the maintenance task every six months to inspect the treadmill's components, replace worn items and install new bearings. The treadmill is a complex system that uses gyroscopes to stabilize itself and isolates the vibrations created by exercise from being transmitted to the station's structure, where they could disturb sensitive experiments. Extensive exercise is a daily regimen for all station crew members as one method of counteracting the effects of long exposure to weightlessness. The crew had time set aside each day this week to pack up and prepare items that will be moved from the station to the shuttle during Atlantis' flight. In addition, ground controllers worked with the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to prepare for the upcoming shuttle flight. On Thursday, they moved the arm to position cameras to view markings on the station used for a graphical computer alignment aid when new components are attached. That aid, called the space vision system, will be used during Atlantis' flight to help with the attachment of the new truss section. On Friday, controllers moved the arm to perform an early checkout of its systems, ensuring it is ready for the shuttle mission. The station crew greeted special guest calls this week. On Tuesday, the coach and players from the FC Barcelona soccer team talked with the crew as they visited NASA's Johnson Space Center prior to an exhibition game in Houston. Reiter, a soccer fan, showed the team a space soccer move during the call. On Thursday, the crew members spoke with Chef Emeril Lagasse about space food and their mission. Lagasse sent NASA several recipes that were prepared and delivered to the station aboard the last shuttle flight. The Expedition 13 crew tried the dishes this week. The next station status report will be issued on Friday, Aug. 18, or earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-11 15:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-11 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Teven-Tintenbar Public School, Tintenbar, NSW Australia, direct via VK2ZTY Fri 2006-08-11 07:32 UTC at 23 deg successful (***) Reece High School/Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Contact will streamed via the web. Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 249. (***) QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2006-08-11 15:30 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2006-08-11 15:30 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 13 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Expedition 13/14 Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 crew: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: further late reply regarding ISS simplex
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

"In Space There are NO borders." BUT on Earth there are and you must abide by those regulations to talk to space. Kenneth - N5VHO -----Original Message----- From: sarex-bounces(a)AMSAT.Org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MM Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:48 AM To: McGrane; Manned space BBS Subject: [sarex] Re: further late reply regarding ISS simplex I agree. In Space There are NO borders. Why do we have Regions. Regions reduces the crews abilities to enjoy the Amateur Radio project. wf1f --- McGrane <tmcgrane(a)suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote: > > Greetings from patrick N2OEQ > > Despite support of the present frequency scheme for the ISS I still > wish to disagree with the policy of split operation with different > phone uplinks. > > Back when the MIR was up, the russians operated simplex and left the > radio on to listen for callers. > On several occasions, I called the MIR according to my tracking > program and was rewarded several times with a response. > > With two different uplink frequencies, the astronauts are less > inclined to leave the radio on to listen for callers. > > When there were several callers here on simplex responding to a CQ > call from the MIR, we acted civilized and took turns and everyone made > contacts so I dont buy the absolute need for split operation. > Besides, how many callers could there be within 20 or 30 miles up to > the horizon. > > We've had years of robot like amateur radio on the ISS. How about > loosening the ties! > > Thanks for the soapbox..... pat > > > ---- > Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. > To unsubscribe, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, visit http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex

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further late reply regarding ISS simplex
by McGrane 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Greetings from patrick N2OEQ Despite support of the present frequency scheme for the ISS I still wish to disagree with the policy of split operation with different phone uplinks. Back when the MIR was up, the russians operated simplex and left the radio on to listen for callers. On several occasions, I called the MIR according to my tracking program and was rewarded several times with a response. With two different uplink frequencies, the astronauts are less inclined to leave the radio on to listen for callers. When there were several callers here on simplex responding to a CQ call from the MIR, we acted civilized and took turns and everyone made contacts so I dont buy the absolute need for split operation. Besides, how many callers could there be within 20 or 30 miles up to the horizon. We've had years of robot like amateur radio on the ISS. How about loosening the ties! Thanks for the soapbox..... pat

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-11 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-11 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Teven-Tintenbar Public School, Tintenbar, NSW Australia, direct via VK2ZTY Fri 2006-08-11 07:32 UTC at 23 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage. Reece High School/Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Contact will streamed via the web. Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 248. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2006-08-08 05:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2006-08-02 17:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 13 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Expedition 13/14 Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 crew: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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NASA ANNOUNCES POST READINESS REVIEW PRESS CONFERENCE
by Arthur Rowe 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C 331468 Aug. 10, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 NASA ANNOUNCES POST READINESS REVIEW PRESS CONFERENCE NASA officials will host a news conference no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 16, following a two-day detailed assessment of the readiness of Space Shuttle Atlantis for launch. The briefing will air live on NASA TV from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The news conference follows the traditional Flight Readiness Review, a thorough assessment of preparations for the mission. The Aug. 15-16 meeting is designed to produce a number of key decisions about Atlantis' mission, STS-115, including selection of an official launch date. Briefing participants: -- Michael Griffin, NASA administrator -- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations -- Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle Program manager -- Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director The specific start time of the news conference depends on the meeting's conclusion. Questions will be taken from media at participating NASA locations. Media must contact NASA centers by 5 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 15 for access information. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For STS-115 crew and mission information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end-

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-10 14:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-10 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Teven-Tintenbar Public School, Tintenbar, NSW Australia, direct via VK2ZTY Fri 2006-08-11 07:32 UTC at 23 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage. Reece High School/Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia (***) Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Contact will streamed via the web, see details below. (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 248. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2006-08-08 05:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2006-08-02 17:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 13 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Expedition 13/14 Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 crew: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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SHUTTLE, STATION MISSIONS AHEAD ARE MOST CHALLENGING EVER
by Arthur Rowe 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 7, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 SHUTTLE, STATION MISSIONS AHEAD ARE MOST CHALLENGING EVER Program managers and the six-member crew of the next space shuttle Atlantis flight will participate in a series of media briefings Friday, Aug. 11, at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. With the remaining shuttle missions, NASA will embark on a series of flights as difficult as any in history to complete the International Space Station. "The flights ahead will be the most complex and challenging we've ever carried out for construction of the International Space Station in orbit," said Mike Suffredini, NASA station program manager. "The station literally becomes a new spacecraft with each assembly mission, and that will be true starting this year with dramatic changes in its cooling and power systems, habitable volume, utilization capability as well as its appearance." The station is nearly halfway through assembly. The next four flights will bring new truss segments, massive structural girders, to the complex. The new segments will increase the mass of the station by almost 40 tons. Two of the trusses include huge sets of solar array wings, totaling more than 17,000 square feet and more than 130,000 solar cells. The new segments include giant rotary joints to allow the tips of the station "backbone" to move as the massive panels track the sun. Together, the new arrays will add 50 kilowatts of power for the complex. The increased electrical power will set the stage for the addition of European and Japanese laboratories that will far surpass any previous research capability in space. The installation of the new truss segments and unfurling of the arrays require unprecedented robotic operations. Those operations will use the shuttle and station's Canadian-built mechanical arms to delicately maneuver school bus-sized station components into place. The operations will rely heavily on the station's mobile transporter, a sort of space railway that positions the robotic arm along the truss to install the components. Later this year, the station and shuttle crews face a unique challenge to activate a permanent cooling system and the new power sources. They must rewire the orbiting laboratory and change its electrical supplies without interrupting the continuous operation of any of its critical systems. Once the power grid is in place, additional shuttle flights will launch a connecting node and the European and Japanese laboratories. "The assembly of the station on these flights has no parallel in space history," Suffredini said. "We have planned, studied and trained for these missions for years. We know they will be hard, and we may encounter the unexpected. But we are eager to get started, and there is tremendous excitement building in NASA and among our international partners." The station's assembly and maintenance in orbit, the long-duration spaceflight experience gained aboard the complex, and the research into the effects of long spaceflights contribute to NASA's plans for future missions to return to the moon and travel beyond. The current station represents only a fraction of its eventual capabilities. Between now and station completion: * The volume and mass of the station will more than double. The space station will be larger than a five-bedroom house with a cabin volume of 33,023 cubic feet. When completed, it will have a mass of almost a million pounds. * The number of research facilities on the complex will more than triple. The percentage of total power dedicated to research will increase by 84 percent. * The total power generated by the complex will almost quadruple. * The station's truss, currently 134 feet long, will grow to 354 feet, the longest man-made object to fly in space. * To construct the station, more than 100 international space flights will have been conducted on five different types of vehicles launched from four different countries. * More than 140 spacewalks, totaling nearly 800 hours, dedicated to assembly and maintenance of the space station will have been completed. That is more spacewalks than were conducted in all of U.S. space history before construction of the station began. * There have been 115 space shuttle flights, of which 18 were dedicated to the space station. With 15 remaining assembly flights planned to the station, more than one-quarter of all shuttle flights will have been dedicated to station assembly. Friday's briefings about the mission will be carried live on NASA TV beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. To participate, media should contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by Aug. 9. For NASA TV schedules, downlink information and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- To subsc

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sstv
by McGrane 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Greetings to the group thanks to mile mann for posting the sstv info I downloaded MMSSTV and connected a simple monoraul patch cable from the line in jack of the computer to the headphone jack of the HF rig to learn. I've been monitoring 14.230 all afternoon and learning the program and how to set the levels etc. Some phots are noisy or partial from weak signals but this is a great way to get ready for the space station sstv. I imagine the fm signal will be much cleaner. SSTV is easier to set up and use. Thanks to mako for a great program. Thanks miles for posting info. You might do it again shortly. tnx, pat n2oeq P.S. single patch cable is for recieve only! I'll make up transmit cable tommorow.

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