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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 20:39:52 -0600
From: ABFHB@STDVAX.GSFC.NASA.GOV (Frank H Bauer)
Message-ID: <$sts-65.003.1994@ampr.org>
Subject: SAREX Status 7/11 at 2:30 UTC
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SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.003
SAREX Status 7/11 at 2:30 UTC

Silver Spring, MD, July 11 1994 at 2:30 UTC


The Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) packet robot was activated
today.  Several stationsmade packet connects immediately after activation.
At present, at least 84 packet connects have been confirmed.  The SAREX
packet callsign is W5RRR-1.  The uplink frequency is 144.49 MHz and the
downlink is 145.55 MHz.

At 2/1:33 MET (18:16 UTC) the Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii
had a 4 minute school group pass with the Space Shuttle Columbia.
8 students talked to STS-65 Mission Commander Bob Cabana, KC5HBV.

The official element set for today is JSC-006.  This element set was
provided courtesy of Gil Carman, WA5NOM, from the JSC ARC.

STS-65
1 23173U 94105A   94191.62949203  .00064328  00000-0  21757-3 0    61
2 23173  28.4654 353.2447 0002401 329.9288  30.1191 15.90390986   323

Satellite: STS-65
Catalog number: 23173
Epoch time:      94191.62949203   =    (10 JUL 94   15:06:28.11 UTC)
Element set:     006
Inclination:       28.4654 deg
RA of node:       353.2447 deg           Space Shuttle Flight STS-65
Eccentricity:     .0002401              Keplerian element set JSC-006
Arg of perigee:   329.9288 deg          from NASA flight Day  3 vector
Mean anomaly:      30.1191 deg
Mean motion:   15.90390986 rev/day              G. L. Carman
Decay rate:     6.4328e-04 rev/day^2      NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:              32
Checksum:              298

Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, for the SAREX Working Group

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