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NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFINGS TO DISCUSS ISS MISSIONS
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 17, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFINGS TO DISCUSS SPACE STATION MISSIONS NASA will hold two media briefings next week on the current and next missions to the International Space Station. The briefings will occur at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 22, and will be broadcast live on NASA TV. The briefings will focus on the station's ongoing Expedition 13 mission and the upcoming Expedition 14 mission, which will launch next month. The briefings will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Questions will be taken from media at participating NASA locations. Participants: Expedition 14 Preflight Briefing, 2 p.m. EDT: -- Kirk Shireman, deputy International Space Station program manager -- Melissa Owens, Expedition 14 increment manager -- Ginger Kerrick, Expedition 14 lead flight director Expedition 13 Recap Briefing, 3 p.m. EDT: -- Merri Sanchez, Expedition 13 increment manager -- Cathy Koerner, Expedition 13 lead flight director -- Julie Robinson, deputy International Space Station program scientist -- Dr. Stevan Gilmore, Expedition 13 flight surgeon http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information on the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end-

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ISS STATUS REPORT #06-38
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *International Space Station Status Report #06-38* *3 p.m. CDT, Friday, Aug. 18, 2006 * *Expedition 13 Crew* The astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent much of their week preparing for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for launch Aug. 27 on the STS-115 mission. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany prepared for Atlantis to deliver a new section of the station's girder-like truss. During Atlantis' mission, astronauts will attach the new P3/P4 truss, a segment that includes a huge new set of solar arrays and a giant rotary joint that allows the arrays to track the sun. The mission will mark the resumption of station assembly by delivering the first large new component to the station since late 2002. During the shuttle flight, Atlantis' crew members will conduct three spacewalks to complete the installation and setup of the new segment. The spacewalks will begin from the station's Quest Airlock. Complex robotics work is involved as the 17.5-ton, bus-sized truss section is handed from the shuttle arm to the station arm for installation. In preparation for Atlantis, the station crew trained on the robotic Canadarm2 and packed items for return to Earth on the shuttle. They also reviewed Atlantis' mission timeline and trained to photograph the shuttle's heat shield as the orbiter does a backflip while approaching the station. The crew also did several physiological and psychological tests and experiments designed to learn more about how humans react to long periods of weightlessness. Early this week Williams worked with flight controllers and the Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) program on robotic arm activities. DOUG simulates the arm's operation for training. Williams moved the arm from a base on the U.S. Destiny Lab to a power and data grapple fixture on the mobile transporter, enabling the arm to work at different sites along the main truss' railway. Subsequently, in an inchworm-like maneuver, the arm was moved to a different grapple fixture on the transporter and used to inspect the outboard end of the P1 truss, where the new segment will be attached. The crew also reviewed installation procedures for the new segment and Williams did spacesuit maintenance. Throughout the week Vinogradov and Reiter worked on the Russian-German Plasma Crystal experiment. The experiment examines the behavior of tiny particles excited by high-frequency radio signals in a vacuum chamber and functions by itself most of the time. It requires a crew member to work with it, however, at some intervals during the day. The Earthkam experiment was activated this week. Earthkam allows students to request photos from space of specific locations on Earth via email and later receive those photos electronically. The remote-controlled camera has been used since October 2001. The next station status report will be issued on Friday, Aug. 25, 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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Re: 8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station.
by Cor 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello Felim, I have often e-mail contact with Miles (from www.marexmg.org ). The SSTV pics which I received I also have sended to Miles. 73's Cor PD0RKC http://www.pd0rkc.com >I believe that MAREX Marexmg(a)comcast.net is >the repository for any received >pictures but by all means send them to Cor as >well. >73 de >Félim M3HIM

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COUNTDOWN BEGINS AUG. 24 FOR STS-115
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 18, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-132 COUNTDOWN BEGINS AUG. 24 FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH NASA will begin the launch countdown for Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-115 mission at 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis' crew will resume construction of the International Space Station, which is the goal of the remaining space shuttle flights until the spacecraft are retired in 2010. The NASA Kennedy Space Center launch team will conduct the countdown from the newly renovated firing room 4 of the Launch Control Center. The countdown includes 27 hours, 24 minutes of built-in hold time leading to a preferred launch time at about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27. The launch window for that day extends an additional five minutes. This mission is the 116th space shuttle flight, the 27th flight for Atlantis and the 19th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a landing at Kennedy about 12:02 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7. Atlantis' last mission was STS-112 in October 2002. In preparation for STS-115, Atlantis was moved into Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building on July 24. Atlantis then was attached to its modified external tank and solid rocket boosters. Space Shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to Launch Pad 39B on Aug. 2. The STS-115 crew is Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson, and mission specialists Joe Tanner, Dan Burbank, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean. During STS-115, Atlantis' astronauts will deliver and install the 17.5-ton, bus-sized P3/P4 integrated truss segment on the station. The girder-like truss includes a set of giant solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics. The P3/P4 truss segment will provide one-fourth of the total power-generation capability for the completed station. For information about the STS-115 crew and its mission to the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle STS-115 LAUNCH COUNTDOWN MILESTONES AND TIMES (All times Eastern) Launch-3 Days (Thursday, Aug. 24) Prepare for the start of the STS-115 launch countdown Perform the call to stations (5:30 p.m.) Countdown begins at the T-43 hour mark (6 p.m.) Begin final vehicle and facility closeouts for launch Check out backup flight systems Review flight software stored in mass memory units and display systems Load backup flight system software into Atlantis' general purpose computers Launch-2 Days (Friday, Aug. 25) Remove flight-deck platforms (2:30 a.m.) Complete preparation to load power reactant storage and distribution system (5 a.m.) Activate and test navigational systems (7 a.m.) Flight deck preliminary inspections complete (10 a.m.) Enter first built-in hold at T-27 hours for duration of 4 hours (10 a.m.) Clear launch pad of all non-essential personnel Perform test of the vehicle's pyrotechnic initiator controllers Resume countdown (2 p.m.) Begin operations to load cryogenic reactants into Atlantis' fuel cell storage tanks (2 p.m.) Enter 4-hour built-in hold at T-19 hours (10 p.m.) Demate orbiter mid-body umbilical unit (10:30 p.m.) Resume orbiter and ground support equipment closeouts Launch-1 Day (Saturday, Aug. 26) Resume countdown (2 a.m.) Final preparations of the shuttle's three main engines for main propellant tanking (2 a.m.) Begin filling pad sound suppression system water tank (4 a.m.) Pad sound suppression system water tank filling complete (7 a.m.) Close out the tail service masts on the mobile launcher platform Begin star tracker functional checks (9:50 a.m.) Enter planned hold at T-11 hours for 13 hours, 34 minutes (10 a.m.) Activate orbiter's inertial measurement units Activate the orbiter's communications systems Install film in numerous cameras on the launch pad (10:55 a.m.) Flight crew equipment late stow (3:10 p.m.) Move Rotating Service Structure to the park position (7 p.m.) Perform ascent switch list Fuel cell flow-through purge complete Resume countdown at T-11 hours (11:34 p.m.) Launch Day (Sunday, Aug. 27) Activate the orbiter's fuel cells (12:45 a.m.) Clear the blast danger area of all non-essential personnel Switch Atlantis' purge air to gaseous nitrogen (1:20 a.m.) Enter planned 2-hour built-in hold at the T-6 hour mark (4:34 a.m.) Launch team verifies no violations of launch commit criteria prior to cryogenic loading of the external tank Clear pad of all personnel Resume countdown (6:34 a.m.) Chilldown of propellant transfer lines (6:34 a.m.) Begin loading the external tank with about 500,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants (about 6:44 a.m.) Complete filling the external tank with its flight load of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants (about 9:34 a.m.) Final Inspection Team proceeds to launch pad Enter planned 3-hour built-in hold at T-3 hours (9:34 a.m.) Perform inertial measurement unit preflight calibration Align Merritt Island Launch Area tracking antennas Perform open loop test with Eastern Range Resume countdown at T-3 hours (12:34 p.m.) Crew departs Operations and Checkout Building for the pad (12:40 p.m.) Complete closeout preparations in the White Room Check cockpit switch configurations Flight crew begins entry into the orbiter (about 1:10 p.m.) Astronauts perform air-to-ground voice checks with Launch and Mission Control Begin to close Atlantis' crew hatch (about 2 p.m.) Begin Eastern Range final network open loop command checks Perform hatch seal and cabin leak checks Complete White Room closeout Closeout crew moves to fallback area Primary ascent guidance data is transferred to the backup flight system Enter planned 10-minute hold at T-20 minutes (3:14 p.m.) NASA test director conducts final launch team briefings Complete inertial measurement unit preflight alignments Resume countdown at T-20 minutes (3:24 p.m.) Transition the orbiter's onboard computers to launch configuration Start fuel cell thermal conditioning Close orbiter cabin vent valves Transition backup flight system to launch configuration Enter estimated 40-minute hold at T-9 minutes (3:35 p.m.) Launch director, Mission Management Team and NASA test director conduct final polls for "go/no go" to launch Resume countdown at T-9 minutes (about 4:21 p.m.) Start automatic ground launch sequencer (T-9 minutes) Retract orbiter crew access arm (T-7:30) Start mission recorders (T-6:15) Start Auxiliary Power Units (T-5) Arm solid rocket booster and external tank range safety safe and arm devices (T-5) Start liquid oxygen drainback (T-4:55) Start orbiter aerosurface profile test (T-3:55) Start main engine gimbal profile test (T-3:30) Pressurize liquid oxygen tank (T-2:55) Begin retraction of the gaseous oxygen vent arm (T-2:55) Fuel cells to internal reactants (T-2:35) Pressurize liquid hydrogen tank (T-1:57) Deactivate bi-pod heaters (T-1:52) Deactivate solid rocket booster joint heaters (T-1) Orbiter transfers from ground to internal power (T-0:50 seconds) Ground Launch Sequencer go for auto sequence start (T-0:31 seconds) Booster gimbal profile (T-0:21 seconds) Ignition of three space shuttle main engines (T-6.6 seconds) Booster ignition and liftoff (T-0) CREW FOR MISSION STS-115 Commander: Brent Jett Pilot: Chris Ferguson Payload Commander (MS1): Joe Tanner Mission Specialist (MS2): Dan Burbank Mission Specialist (MS3): Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper Mission Specialist (MS4): Steve MacLean SUMMARY OF STS-115 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES Sunday, Aug. 27 6:30 a.m. Crew wakes up 7 a.m. Breakfast --10:55 a.m. Television coverage from crew quarters Noon Weather briefing --12:10 p.m. Don flight suits --12:40 p.m. Depart for launch pad --1:10 p.m. Arrive at White Room and begin ingress --2:25 p.m. Close crew hatch --4:30 p.m. Launch -- Televised events (times may vary slightly) All times Eastern -end-

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-18 17:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-18 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Reece High School/Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Contact was successful. ARISS is requesting signal reports. (***) Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN via telebridge VK4KHZ (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2006-08-28 15:59 UTC via VK4KHZ 34 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 250. (***) 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 2006-08-18 17:00 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 2006-08-18 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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Re: [amsat-bb] 8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station.
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

I believe that MAREX Marexmg(a)comcast.net is the repository for any received pictures but by all means send them to Cor as well. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cor" <skyman(a)hetnet.nl> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] 8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station. > Hello All, > > Russian commander Pavel is testing the SSTV equipment aboard the ISS Space Station. > The latest ISS SSTV pics where sended on the 145.800Mhz downlink frequency. > There are some equipment problems so it is only switched on when Pavel is near the > transceiver, mostly in his presleep time on the passes (for his friends) in Moscow. > You can see the 8 ISS SSTV pictures on my website: http://www.pd0rkc.com > In case someone have more ISS SSTV pics please send to: skyman(a)hetnet.nl > > 73's Cor PD0RKC > ISS info: http://www.pd0rkc.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station.
by Cor 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello All, Russian commander Pavel is testing the SSTV equipment aboard the ISS Space Station. The latest ISS SSTV pics where sended on the 145.800Mhz downlink frequency. There are some equipment problems so it is only switched on when Pavel is near the transceiver, mostly in his presleep time on the passes (for his friends) in Moscow. You can see the 8 ISS SSTV pictures on my website: http://www.pd0rkc.com In case someone have more ISS SSTV pics please send to: skyman(a)hetnet.nl 73's Cor PD0RKC ISS info: http://www.pd0rkc.com

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ARISS is requesting signal reports of Devonport/Reece contact
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hi all, The Devonport/Reece ARISS contact was successful this morning August 18 at 10:39 UTC but it was somewhat difficult. ARISS would appreciate receiving any signal reports from that contact this morning so we can analysis what is happening. As you know we had an unsuccessful contact a few weeks ago but with 2 successful ones in between. In your report, please indicate whether you were north or south, etc of the ground track. Exact QTH location information would be helpful. The contact this morning was provided by ARISS telebridge station W6SRJ, out of Santa Rosa, CA; north of San Francisco. Thanks in advance for your assistance. You can forward your comments to Kenneth N5VHO kenneth.g.ransom(a)nasa.gov or to me. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Doppler Shift :-)
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Or perhaps D'oh!pler Shift :-) 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE(a)mailaps.org> To: "'Félim Doyle M3HIM'" <Felim.M3HIM(a)ntlworld.com>; "'AmSat BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:43 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Doppler Shift :-) > Usually, that is called the Dopeler shift. Or perhaps it is just American > spelling. <grin> > > Alan > WA4SCA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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MSNBC Space News article
by Farrell Winder 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

An interesting article on the 1st Amateur Radio SSTV activities aboard the ISS has just this evening, August 17, 2006 has been listed on the following web page. Editor, Alan Boyle, has provided a "Send a Comment" section and would very much appreciate comments by anyone who reads this article or might have had experience in receiving the 1st SSTV pictures from the ISS. Alan Boyle has also forwarded a summary of the SpaceCam article with pictures to MSNBC TV's section, "The Most". If pictures from the article are selected they will appear on TV! If anyone catches the MSNBC TV presentation please put a note on the SAREX- BB. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/08/17/2213.aspx Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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