| RS-10 the Hitch hiker is an Amateur Radio Satellite
it has a combination of up and down link freq that can be
use by Amateur Radio stations in the 10,15 and 2 Meter band
there is also a 'robot' transponder that will accept cw
messages and assign a number to them, sending in the report
allow you to get a QSL card form the satellite
(QSL card is a postcard that is use to confirmed receptions
of a radio station , in this case it would have been a
two way radio contact) or a SWL card (Short wave lisinger)
not enought data is advable about the orbit to make a best
fit but inital data suggest that the orbit is 82.9 deg
inc and altitude apx 1000km if so then the Cosmos unit
mission would be a navigation satellite but if it was
82.6 deg inc and 945-965 altitude that it could be a
Scientific bird
I hope to get an accurate element set soon, when I do
I will refind the best fit mission
john
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Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: [email protected] (John Magliacane)
Subject: * SpaceNews 31-Aug-92 *
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:04:58 GMT
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* SpaceNews 31-Aug-92 *
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* RS-15 NEWS *
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As promised last week, here's the first official bulletin regarding RS-15:
RS-15 Information Bulletin no. 1
Moscow August 15, 1992
Launch of the new amateur satelite RS-15 is planned for early 1993.
The orbit of the spacecraft will be near circular and polar with
a height 2300 km and inclination of 67 degrees. The weight of
satellite is 70 kg. The satellite was built by NPO of Applied
Mechanics in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The chief constructor is
Arbuzov V.N. The satellite RS-15 will carry the radiotechnical
complex "BRTK-11", designed in the Laboratory of Space Technology
associated with the Tziolkowskii Museum of Cosmonautics in Kaluga,
under the leadership of Papkov A.P. (UA3XWU), club station RS3X.
BRTK-11 consists of a linear transponder with two beacons, a
bulletin board with 2 mb of memory and a command telemetry system
of 64 parameters.
Working frequencies of BRTK-11 will be as follows:
Uplink passband: 145.857 MHz to 145.897 MHz
Downlink passband: 29.357 MHz to 29.397 MHz
Beacon 1: 29.398 MHz
Beacon 2: 29.353 MHz
The transponder output power is 5 watts, while the beacons will run
between 0.4 watts and 1.2 watts. Antennas are 1/4 wave monopoles.
The Laboratory of Aerocosmical Technics belonging to the Russian
Defense and the Technical Sports Organization (ROSTO) have helped
in the coordination of the satellite launch and operation.
The laboratory is headed by Yamnikov V.S., and control station RS3A.
The public relations are conducted by Dr. Alexander Zaitzev (RW3DZ).
Any organizations or persons who are interested in the experimental
work of RS-15 should contact with Mr. V.Yamnikov at:
Laboratory of Aerocosmical Technics, ROSTO,
ul. Zemlynoi Wal 46/48,
Moscow 103 064 , RUSSIA
or through e-mail : [email protected] for A. Zaitzev.
[Info via Alexander Zaitzev, RW3DZ]
* MARS OBSERVER NEWS *
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The Mars Observer spacecraft passed another milestone toward
launch when it was moved from the Payload Hazardous Servicing
Facility on Kennedy Space Center to Launch Complex 40 on Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station and mated to the Martin Marietta
Titan III rocket. With the payload atop the launch vehicle,
checks of the Mars Observer spacecraft and the attached Transfer
Orbit Stage (TOS) were recently conducted.
A countdown dress rehearsal on Aug. 28 simulated launch day
activities and all countdown events as closely as possible.
The mobile service tower was retracted from around the launch
vehicle, and the full NASA, Martin Marietta and Orbital Sciences
launch team participated in this exercise.
All activities currently are on schedule to support a launch
at the opening of the Mars planetary opportunity on September 16.
The launch window extends from 1:02 to 3:05 PM EDT (1702-1905 UTC).
The Mars Observer will be the first U.S. mission to Mars since
the Viking program in 1975. From a circular Martian polar orbit
of 250 miles, it will create a detailed global portrait of the
planet. The spacecraft will map the surface and study Mars
geology while profiling its atmosphere and weather. The mission
is designed to span one Martian year, or 687 earth days.
* MORE COLLOQUIUM NEWS *
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Last week it was reported that an OH-built 10 GHz transmitter for the
Phase 3D satellite has already been delivered to Germany. In reality,
they are still working on the prototype. The hardware will be delivered
in time for the launch of Phase 3D
Discussions about Webersat-class earth imaging satellites concluded that
developers of color cameras should digitize the RGB outputs rather than
the composite NTSC/PAL/SECAM output. Webersat does not have the
capability of simultaneously digitizing the R, G and B, and so users
cannot choose them.
[Info via Richard, G3RWL, Peter, DB2OS, and Rob A @ Weber]
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