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| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
599.0. "New 1990 Shuttle Schedule and Radio Frequency Listing" by VISUAL::WEAVER (Dave, Image Systems Group) Wed Feb 28 1990 22:48
NEW NASA SHUTTLE SCHEDULE FOR 1990
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provided by Pete Kemp
NASA announced Monday it is shuffling its space shuttle launch
schedule, reducing from 10 to 9 the # of flights this year and aiming for
12 flights in 1992 and 13 in 1993. The new schedule reflects a delay in
two of the first three missions and a shifting of some flight priorities.
The dropped 1990 flight, that of a SDI payload, was put off nearly 14
months until January 1992. No specific reason was given for the long
delay. The space agency's new long-range schedule calls for 8 flights in
1991, 12 in 1992, 13 in 1993, 11 in 1994, 11 in 1995, and 10 in 1996.
Delays in the LDEF and HST flights apparently prompted the change.
The new manifest for Space Shuttles for the remainder of 1990
* 02/22/90 Atlantis (STS-36) DOD payload that is reportedly an
advanced reconnaissance satellite.
* 04/18/90 Discovery (STS-31) Hubble Space Telescope.
* 05/09/90 Columbia (STS-35) with an Astronomy Laboratory and
WA4SIR operating SAREX.
* 07/08/90 Atlantis (STS-38) with DOD payload.
* 08/29/90 Columbia (STS-40) with Space Life Sciences Laboratory.
* 10/05/90 Discovery (STS-XX) with the Ulysses spacecraft to study the
sun.
* 11/01/90 Atlantis (STS-37) with the Gamma Ray Observatory to study deep
space.
* 12/12/90 Columbia (STS-42) with the International Microgravity
Laboratory.
From : FRANK KLAESS at Mile High #5 Colorado
Subj : NASA SHUTTLE FREQUENCIES
From NASA SPACELINK
Provided by the NASA Educational Affairs Division
Operated by the Marshall Space Flight Center
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Amateur Radio Retransmission of Shuttle Audio/Video
NOTE: This information is UNOFFICIAL, AND ITS ACCURACY IS NOT GUARANTEED.
The Goddard Space Flight Center Amateur Radio Club (GARC) has transmitted,
by Amateur Radio, NASA Select audio on the following frequencies:
75 Meters: 3.860 MHz U.S. and Canada coverage *
40 Meters: 7.185 MHz World wide coverage *
20 Meters: 14.295 MHz World wide coverage *
15 Meters: 21.395 MHz World wide coverage *
10 Meters: 28.650 MHz World wide coverage *
AO-13 (AMSAT OSCAR-13) Satellite; 145.945 MHz.
Primary; 145.955 MHz.
Alternate. This Mode B requires a satellite-high gain antenna
* Coverage is dependent on Solar Activity and Ionosphere
conditions. With a good short-wave receiver and outside antenna,
reception should be possible. Due to ionospheric conditions and
time of day/night, certain bands have better reception. A search
of each band is recommended.
The GARC plans to re-transmit Shuttle video on Amateur TV for hams and
ham TV watchers in the Washington, DC area. Contacts at GSFC: Russ Jones,
N3EGO, or Frank Bauer, KA3HDO.
The Marshall Center Amateur Radio Club will re-transmit NASA Select
audio at 147.100 and 145.100 MHz. These transmissions can be heard only in
the local Huntsville, Alabama area.
People in the greater San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento can view
the mission via the W6NKF Amateur Television repeater on MT.Diablo which
operates on 427.250 MHZ with vertical polarization. Those with cable ready
TVs and VCRs or cable TV converters can tune this equipment to channel 58
in the CATV format and by hooking up an outside TV antenna should be able
to receive the telecast. This makes the service available to the general
public, including schools, colleges, etc.
Shuttle audio is re-transmitted in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
area on 145.150 MHZ during Shuttle flights. Additionally, during some
flights, the audio is also re-transmitted by the 3M ARC repeater
(WB0BQG/R) on 147.120 MHz FM.
In the Los Angeles area, Shuttle air-to-ground audio may sometimes be
heard on VHF at 145.460 MHz.
The WB4LA repeater located in Dayton, Ohio on 145.110 MHz,
re-transmits Shuttle Select audio.
Shuttle audio is available in the Phoenix, Arizona area on 449.000 MHz FM.
The Coastal Plains Amateur Radio Club provides Shuttle Audio on
the WD4EVD Repeater in Ashburn, Georgia on 147.285 MHz FM.
During STS missions, NASA Select audio is available on Amateur Radio
repeater WD6BNO/R, transmitting on 52.220 MHz, with coverage in the
central San Joaquin Valley, California. Coverage includes Bakersfield to
Stockton. ENJOY!!
The Ames Amateur Radio Club re-broadcasts NASA Select Audio on 145.580
MHz. The signal originates from the NASA-AMES Research Center in the
heart of the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, Ca.
NASA Select video is available for those who have a line-of-sight path
to Black Mountain via Amateur TV. For ATV details, write:
AMES Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 73
Moffett Field, Ca., 94035-0073.
The Johnson Space Center supplies NASA Select Audio on 146.640 MHz FM, via
the W5RRR repeater.
From WB4CXD: Shuttle audio can be heard in Birmingham, Alabama, on 145.380
MHz direct, and via the N4AHN repeater on 145.150 MHz.
If visiting the "MILA" (Meritt Island Launch Area) at Cape Canaveral,
Fla., you can hear launch and air-to-ground audio on the K4GCC repeater on
146.940 MHz.
NASA Select is on 444.300 (NN0V) and 146.400 MHz in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa
area.
.............
The space shuttle transmits on three frequency bands, UHF, S-Band, and
Ku-Band. The UHF frequencies are simple AM voice and very easy to copy.
These frequencies are used for launch and landing operations, EVA
communications, (i.e. from the spacesuits back and forth to the shuttle),
and as an additional voice downlink when other channels are in use or the
current ground station has no S-Band capability. The frequencies in use
are:
296.8 MHz - air to ground, or orbiter to suit
259.7 MHz - air to ground, or suit to orbiter
279.0 MHz - suit to orbiter or suit to suit
243.0 MHz - standard Mil aircraft emergency freq.
The S-Band system is one of the primary orbiter downlink bands. The
voice channels are digital slope delta modulation and are multiplexed in
with the rest of the orbiter telemetry, very difficult to copy. Much of
the downlink TV is on S-Band also but it is wideband FM and should be
easily understandable. The frequencies are:
2287.5 MHz - primary digital downlink
2250.0 MHz - wideband FM with either main engine analog
telemetry during launch, or TV during orbit
operations.
The Ku-Band system is used in conjunction with the tracking and data
relay satellites and is used much more heavily in Spacelab flights than in
others. The data is *very* high rate digital (50 Mbits/sec range) and
therefore essentially impossible for you to demodulate and decommutate in
your basement. Nevertheless the shuttle transmits on 15.003GHz. You
should also note however that these transmissions are directed toward the
TDRS satellite with a high gain antenna and would therefore not be
copyable on the ground.
The UHF frequencies are fun to listen to but are not heavily used
except during EVA's. You will almost always hear some activity on them
however sometime during a mission but you just have to be patient.
Other Frequencies of interest:
USAF/NASA Frequencies
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4.510 MHz 9.974 MHz
4.760 MHz 10.780 MHz
4.855 MHz 11.104 MHz
4.992 MHz 11.414 MHz
5.350 MHz 11.548 MHz
5.810 MHz 14.615 MHz
6.727 MHz 19.303 MHz
6.740 MHz 19.984 MHz
8.993 MHz 20.191 MHz
9.315 MHz 20.475 MHz
HF USED AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER : 2.182 MHz 3.023 MHz
Search/Rescue (Aircraft) : 164.800 MHz
(Ships) : 148.500 MHz, 149.100 MHz, 162.000 MHz
S-Band Microwave
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Air-to-Ground : 2205.0, 2217.5, 2250.0, 2287.5 MHz
Ground-to-Air : 2041.9, 2201.4 MHz
NASA Aeronautical Frequencies VHF/UHF in MHz
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KENNEDY SC PATRICK AFB EDWARDS AFB
117.8 118.4 116.4
121.7 121.7 120.7
126.2 125.1 121.8
126.3 126.2 126.1
284.0 128.7 127.8
138.3 236.6
138.45 269.9
149.925 290.3
162.6120 318.1
273.5 390.1
335.8
340.9
348.4
358.3
KSC Ground Support VHF in MHz
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148.480 163.510 170.350
149.170 163.560 171.150
162.610 165.190 171.260
163.460 170.150 173.560
163.480 170.170 173.680
NASA Malabar (Palm Bay) HF Networks (in KHz)
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2405 Data Buoys 2622 SRB Recovery (Primary)
2664 Backup Mission Audio-Cape/Hou 2678 ETR Range Control
2716 Navy Harbor Cntl-Port Canav. 2764 SRB Recovery Channel
3024 Coast Guard SAR (Primary) 3187 SRB Recovery Ships Channel
4376 Primary Recovery Zone SAR 4510 SRB Recovery Ships Channel
4856 Cape Radio/Leader 4992 Cape Radio/Coast Guard Ships
5180 NASA Tracking Ships 5187 NASA Tracking Ships
5190 ETR Primary Night Channel 5350 Launch Support Aircraft
5680 Launch Support Ships 5810 ETR Secondary Night Channel
6720 SAR Primary Atlantic 6896 Cape Radio
6837 Cape Radio 7412 SAR Comms with The Bahamas
7461 Cape Radio/Launch Support A/C 7525 NASA Ground Tracking Net
7676 Launch Support Aircraft 7765 SRB Recovery Ships
7919 Data Channel 7985 Data Channel
9022 Launch Support Aircraft 9043 Launch Support Aircraft
9132 Launch Support Aircraft 10305 Space Missile Tactical Net
10310 Malabar-to-Ascension Is-MUX 10780 ETR Primary Day Channel
11104 Launch Support Ships 11252 Launch Support Ships
11407 SRB Recovery Ships 11414 Cape Radio
11548 Cape Radio 11621 SRB Recovery Ships
13227 Launch Support Aircraft 13237 Data Channel
13495 Data Channel 13600 Malabar-to-Ascension Is-MUX
13878 Launch Support Aircraft 14937 Ascension Is-to-Malabar-MUX
18009 Launch Support Ships 19303 Launch Support Ships
19640 Cape Radio 19966 Ascension Is-to-Malabar-MUX
20186 Launch Tracking Net 20192 Malabar-to-Ascension Is-MUX
20198 OCC Shuttle Mission Audio 20390 ETR-Secondary Day Channel
22755 Ascension Is-to-Malabar-MUX 23413 Cape Radio
27065 NASA CB Radios
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