September 2006 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

FINAL STS-115 REPORT
by Arthur Rowe 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 NASA NEWS 9 a.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas 09.21.06 STATUS REPORT: STS-115-24 STS-115 MCC Status Report #24 After resuming the expansion of humanity's only outpost in space, Space Shuttle Atlantis came home this morning, gliding to a perfect pre-dawn landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis touched down on Runway 33 of Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at 5:21:30 a.m. CDT. Atlantis had spent 11 days, 19 hours and six minutes in flight. The landing on runway 33 marked the 21st night landing for the shuttle and the 15th night landing in Florida. Atlantis' nose gear touched down at 5:21:36 a.m. CDT and the shuttle's wheels came to a stop at 5:22:16 a.m. CDT. Atlantis' crew included Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and mission specialists Dan Burbank, Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean. They will return to Houston on Friday. A welcoming ceremony for the crew's return to Houston is planned at noon CDT Friday at NASA Hangar 990 at Ellington Field. During Atlantis' STS-115 mission, the first new component was attached to the International Space Station in almost four years. The shuttle crew worked with the station crew to attach a 17.5-ton, bus-sized section to the station's truss structure and unfold its new 240-foot solar wings, the second such set on the complex. The new solar arrays eventually will more than double the amount of power available for the station, setting the stage for additional solar arrays and laboratories to come. The shuttle crew completed three spacewalks to prepare the new arrays and associated electronics for use. The next shuttle mission, targeted for December, will rewire the station to bring the new power supplies online. This is the final STS-115 mission status report.

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RS0ISS Active With Anousheh Ansari at the Mic
by JoAnne Maenpaa 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Hi ya'll, Copying Anousheh Ansari doing ISS contacts over the USA at 1807 UTC. She seems to be answering student questions but a couple of transmissions sounded like random contacts. Keep your ears on at 145.800 :-) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Just worked Anousheh!!!
by Darrell Bellerive 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Just worked Anousheh on the ISS at 18:01 UTC Sep 21 from Grand Forks, British Columbia, Grid DN09. This is my first ever contact with the ISS. How do I QSL? Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

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NASA Welcomes Space Shuttle Crew Back to Earth
by Arthur Rowe 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Sept. 21, 2006 > > Grey Hautaluoma > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0668 > > Tracy Young > Kennedy Space Center, Fla. > 321-867-2468 > > > > NASA WELCOMES SPACE SHUTTLE CREW BACK TO EARTH > > The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after a 12-day > journey of more than 4.9 million miles in space. The mission, > STS-115, succeeded in restarting assembly of the International Space > Station. The crew delivered and installed the massive P3/P4 truss, an > integral part of the station's backbone, and two sets of solar arrays > that will eventually provide one quarter of the station's power. > > Atlantis' Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and mission > specialists Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Dan Burbank, > and Steve MacLean, a Canadian astronaut, landed Thursday, Sept. 21, > at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 6:21 a.m. EDT. After > landing, Jett told Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center, > "Thanks, Houston. It's nice to be back. It was a great team effort, > so I think assembly's off to a good start." > > The flight was the first in a series of missions that will be among > the most complex in space history. Atlantis delivered the first major > new component to the station since 2002 and laid the groundwork for > upcoming station assembly missions. > > STS-115 is one of the most photographed shuttle missions ever, with > more than 100 high-definition, digital, video and film cameras > documenting the launch and climb to orbit. Data from these images, as > well as station and shuttle crew inspection, helped to clear > Atlantis' thermal protection system for return only two and a half > days after launch. > > Tanner, Piper, Burbank and MacLean, with the help of crewmates, made > three spacewalks that completed truss installation, enabled solar > arrays to be deployed and prepared an important radiator for later > activation. They also installed a signal processor and transponder > that transmits voice and data to the ground and performed other tasks > to upgrade and protect the station's systems. > > A new procedure called a "camp out" was implemented, in which > astronauts slept in the Quest airlock prior to their spacewalks. The > process shortens the "prebreathe" time during which nitrogen is > purged from the astronauts' systems and air pressure is lowered so > the spacewalkers avoid the condition known as the bends. On each of > the three spacewalks, the astronauts were able to perform more than > the number of scheduled activities. > > The astronauts performed unprecedented robotics work. They used the > shuttle's arm in a delicate maneuver to hand off the school bus-sized > truss to the station's arm. The 45-foot truss weighs 35,000 pounds. > The arrays at the end of the truss extended to their full 240-foot > wingspan once they unfurled on flight day six. The astronauts also > moved the station's robotic arm to a position where it will assist in > the next phase of station construction. > > After Atlantis undocked from the station, it did the first full fly > around of the facility since prior to the Space Shuttle Columbia > accident. The maneuver helped ground crews get a better perspective > on the station's environment and overall exterior health. > > Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a call during the mission > to astronaut Steve MacLean to congratulate him on being the first > Canadian to operate Canadarm2, the station's Canadian-built robotic > arm. > > After undocking, the Atlantis crew participated in a first-ever > three-way call with the Expedition 13 crew aboard the International > Space Station and the three crew members of the Soyuz spacecraft on > its way to the station. All 12 astronauts in space at that time were > able to have a conversation. > > With Atlantis and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the next > stage of International Space Station assembly. Preparations continue > for Space Shuttle Discovery's launch, targeted for mid-December, on > the STS-116 mission to deliver an additional truss segment and a > cargo module to the station. Discovery will also do extensive work on > the station's electrical and cooling systems. > > For more on the STS-115 mission and the upcoming STS-116 mission, > visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > >

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RS0ISS
by Wade Norris 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

I just worked Anousheh Ansari at 1705z here in Okla how would some get a qsl on this since she not a ham? Wade Norris K5WPN/AAA6OK OK Army MARS SMD Jefferson EM,Elmore EM Stephens Co ARES

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2 Line ISS Keps 9-21
by Dave Larsen PhD 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 06264.67638889 .00017997 00000-0 11679-3 0 7148 2 25544 051.6356 050.4133 0011971 010.8612 024.2832 15.75999264448386

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Help with ISS KEPS?
by Richard Hackney 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

I need some help solving a quandary I've run into. An ISS school contact is scheduled for 18:23 UTC on 9/22/06 at 32 deg elevation for the school in Crete, IL. Heavens-above.com agrees that such a pass exists and that it should be a 51 degree pass for my QTH of Bowling Green, KY (37N 86.45W). However, my Orbitron predictions show ISS passes at 17:02 and 18:39 UTC. Clearly, something is out of phase here. I have tried using ISS KEPS from the AMSAT site, from Space-Track, and from NASA's Human Flight site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/ All give essentially the same results in Orbitron, which are not in sync with the announced contact schedule or Heavens-above. 1. Can anyone offer a clue as to what is wrong with what I'm doing? 2. What happened to the email updates of ISS KEPS we used to receive? (Those gave accurate predictions via Orbitron.) 3. What is a good source of updated ISS KEPS that will work? Thanks for any help you can offer. 73, Richard N1ASA http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/

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Atlantis, STS-115 Crew Return to Earth
by Arthur Rowe 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Atlantis, STS-115 Crew Return to Earth Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a landing this morning at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., concluding a successful mission to resume construction of the International Space Station. Atlantis and the six-member STS-115 crew spent nearly 12 days in space. Touchdown occurred at 6:21 a.m. EDT at the Shuttle Landing Facility. It was the 21st night landing for a space shuttle and the 15th night landing at the Florida spaceport. Atlantis launched Sept. 9 and arrived at the station on the 11th. The crew delivered the P3/P4 integrated truss segment to the station and conducted three successful spacewalks primarily devoted to preparing the truss and its solar arrays for operation. The 17.5-ton truss will provide power and data services for the station. The solar arrays, which were unfurled on Sept. 14, span 240 feet and will double the station’s power generation capability once they become operational. STS-115 was the 116th shuttle flight and the 19th mission to visit the space station. Atlantis has now flown 27 times and made six trips to the station. Post-Landing News Conferences Scheduled At no earlier than 8:30 a.m. NASA TV will carry live a post-landing news conference with Administrator Michael Griffin, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Operations Lynn Cline, NASA Launch Director Mike Leinbach and Launch Integration Manager LeRoy Cain. Later, at no earlier than 11:30 a.m. the STS-115 crew will hold a news conference to discuss the mission. + Watch NASA TV For the latest information on space station activities, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

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STS-115 ATLANTIS LANDS
by Arthur Rowe 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 STS-115 ATLANTIS LANDS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER After traveling over 4 million miles Atlantis lands successfully. A picture perfect achievement landing at 6:21 EDT (1021 UTC) .

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-09-21 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-09-21 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Gymnase intercantonnal de la Broye, Payerne, Switzerland 1530, direct via HB4FR Fri 2006-09-22 10:41 UTC George Washington Univ., D.C., USA direct via KE4GDU Fri 2006-09-22 16:49 UTC Crete-Monee Middle School, Crete, IL, direct via AJ9N Fri 2006-09-22 18:23 UTC 32 deg Live webcast only via http://www.w9az.com (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 252. 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 2006-09-21 04:00 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 2006-08-29 02:00 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 on orbit: (***) Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Space Visitor TMA9/TMA8 on orbit: (***) Anousheh Ansari ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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