61. Quest.arc.nasa.gov/news/space/2002/12-05a.txt spaceCRAFT AND EXPENDABLE VEHICLES STATUS REPORT December 5, 2002 George H. DillerKennedy space Center 321/8672468 mission tracking and Data Relay Satellite http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/news/space/2002/12-05a.txt

SPACECRAFT AND EXPENDABLE VEHICLES STATUS REPORT December 5, 2002 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center 321/867-2468 MISSION: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-J (TDRS-J) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA (AC-144) LAUNCH SITE: Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LAUNCH DATE: Dec. 4, 2002 LAUNCH WINDOW: 9:42 - 10:22 p.m. EST NASA's TDRS-J Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral at 9:42 p.m. aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket. The on-time liftoff occurred from Pad A at Launch Complex 36. The burns of the Atlas and Centaur stages were nominal. Spacecraft separation occurred at 10:12 p.m. Contact with TDRS-J was made at 10:41 p.m. when the satellite passed over NASA's Canberra tracking station in Australia. During the next eight days, a series of orbit raising maneuvers will boost the 7,039-pound satellite into a geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth's equator. MISSION: Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) and the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPSAT) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Boeing Delta II with Reduced Height Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) LAUNCH SITE: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) LAUNCH DATE: Dec. 19, 2002 LAUNCH WINDOW: 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. PST The ICESAT/CHIPSAT payload was rolled out of the Astrotech Space Operations Payload Processing Facility on Tuesday night, arriving at Space Launch Complex 2 located on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning. It was then hoisted atop the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle. Mechanical and electrical connections are complete and a spacecraft state of health has been performed. The remaining major test is the Flight Program Verification scheduled for today. This will verify that the vehicle and the spacecraft are operating in an integrated manner. Work to install the two fairing halves around the spacecraft is scheduled to begin on Dec. 11 and be completed the following day, the final major activity to be performed before launch. There are no issues or concerns with the Boeing Delta II vehicle, the ICESAT or CHIPSAT spacecraft and launch is on schedule for Thursday, Dec. 19 at 4:45 p.m. PST. MISSION: Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Pegasus XL LAUNCH LOCATION: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 25, 2003 NET LAUNCH WINDOW: 3:10 - 4:08 p.m. EST (T-0: 3:14 p.m. EST.) On the Pegasus launch vehicle, re-mating of the three stages of the vehicl was completed on Dec. 2. Flight Simulation Test 2-A was successfully completed on Dec. 4 and the reaction control system (RCS) is being charged to flight pressure today. The mating of the launch vehicle to the L-1011 aircraft and the Combined Systems Test (CST) is scheduled to occur on Dec. 13. The ferry to KSC using the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft is scheduled for Dec. 17. Once at KSC, three Flight Simulations are planned prior to launch and are scheduled for Dec. 22, Jan. 3 and Jan. 8. At KSC in the Multi-purpose Payload Processing Facility (MPPF), limited work is being performed on SORCE in anticipation of the arrival of the Pegasus. The SORCE project is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the spacecraft is built by the Orbital Sciences Space Systems Group, and the instruments are built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). # # #

62. SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND TECHNOLOGY The space Operations program provides command, tracking, and telemetry dataservices between the ground facilities and flight mission vehicles. http://ifmp.nasa.gov/codeb/budget2001/HTML/fy01_so.htm

SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND TECHNOLOGY FISCAL YEAR 2001 ESTIMATES BUDGET SUMMARY OFFICE OF SPACE FLIGHT SPACE OPERATIONS SUMMARY OF RESOURCES REQUIREMENTS (Thousands of Dollars) FY 1999 OPLAN FY 2000 OPLAN REVISED FY 2001 PRES BUDGET Operations Mission and Data Service Upgrades Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Replenishment Project Technology [Reimbursements [non-add]] Total Distribution of Program Amount by Installation Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Marshall Space Flight Center Dryden Space Flight Center Glenn Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory Headquarters Total Note - FY 1999 and FY 2000 data in this section are for comparison purposes only. See Mission Communication Services in the SAT section and Space Communications Services in the MS section for more details. PROGRAM GOALS The program goal is to provide reliable, quality and cost-effective space operations services that enable Enterprise mission execution. Reliable electronic communications are essential to the success of every NASA flight mission, from planetary spacecraft to the Space Transportation System (STS) to aeronautical flight tests. The Space Operations Management Office (SOMO), located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, manages the program to ensure the goals of NASA’s exploration, science, and research and development programs are met in an integrated and cost-effective manner.

63. Satellite Tracking WEB Page Newest Elements for the Current Shuttle mission; Other Web Pages devoted toSatellite tracking. WWW Pages Dealing with the space Shuttle and Mir. http://www.portents.com/marek/satellite/

Satellite Tracking WEB Page Telescopic Satellite Viewing! Custom Satellite Tracking Systems C-Sat(tm) Satellite Tracking for the LX200 Compiled Element files Complete Satellite File (8439 Satellites) for 05-Mar-03 Satellite File in ZIP format for 05-Mar-03 (w/DOS line breaks) Both Satellite Files in GZiped format for 05-Mar-03 (w/UNIX line breaks) Complete Satellite File (8439 satellites) for 05-Mar-03 (text) Element File in PKZIP format for 05-Mar-03 (ZIP) Element File in gzip format for 05-Mar-03 (TGZ) FTP Sites for Satellite Elements Latest TiPS TLE University of Arizona Seds Newest Elements - Last Updated July 25, 2000, has archives. Newest Molczan Elements - Last Updated August 4, 2000, has archives. Newest Elements for the Current Shuttle Mission Newest Elements from Celestrak by TS Kelso Same Elements by HTTP, prefered method Kilroy JPL ... Newest Molczan Elements (.Z compressed) Newest Elements (.Z compressed) Newest NASA Elements (.Z compressed) - Last Updated July 19, 1993. Element Mirror Site in France Sites with Satellite Tracking Software STS Plus Home Page Other Web Pages devoted to Satellite Tracking Visual Satellite Observers Home Page (UK Mirror) Visual Satellite Observers Home Page The Offical C-Sat LX200 Satellite Tracking Software Page TiPS (Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment) home page.

64. Messages From Space - Visit Mission Control mission Control Centre is located at 51 deg N, 1 deg W at the Surrey space Centre Atits heart is a tracking computer running custom written tracking software http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/satellites/main/visit_mission_control.html

Mission Control Centre at SSTL Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd was formed in 1985 as an independent commercial company, wholly owned by the University of Surrey. Its objective was to exploit the academic research within the University's Surrey Space Centre (where it is based) to develop and market cost-effective small satellites for rapid and affordable commercial access to space. Over the last 20 years, SSTL, in conjunction with the University of Surrey, has been responsible for 18 launched small satellite missions. Of these, 15 are still operational and monitored, maintained or controlled from SSTL's mission operations and control centre; a further 6 missions are currently preparing for launch or in progress. These unique achievements and investments maintain SSTL at the forefront of small satellite technology and applications. Mission Control Centre is located at 51 deg N, 1 deg W at the Surrey Space Centre. It deals with an average of 160 satellite passes per day as it carries out its responsibilities for the command and control of the 15 microsatellites. At its heart is a tracking computer running custom written tracking software. This computer has a GPS receiver for precise time keeping, and uses a priority-based set of rules to assign each half of the ground station to the satellites in view.

65. Clients the Consolidated space Operations Contract (CSOC) has contracted USN to provide primaryspacecraft tracking and communications services for the Triana mission. http://www.uspacenetwork.com/pages/clients/our-clients.htm

Clients he versatility of the services that Universal Space Network (USN) provides is exemplified by the diversity of projects currently underway, many of them of vital national and international interest. USN has been selected by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NYSE:SIRI) to provide orbital telemetry and tracking services for its constellation of satellites. Sirius will provide 100 channels of CD-quality digital radio from its satellites, the first of which launched on 30 June 2000. Lockheed Martin under the Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC) has contracted USN to provide primary spacecraft tracking and communications services for the Triana mission. Named after Rodrigo de Triana, the lookout who first saw the New World from Christopher Columbus' ship, Triana is a mission dedicated to helping scientists construct more accurate models of Earth's climate and answer a key Earth Science question: how solar radiation affects climate. Triana is designed to study the Earth, for the first time, from a vantage point of a million miles away, and promises to offer new insights into how our planet's climate works as an integrated system.

66. Real Estate And Facilities Division Mission And Functions with DoD and GSA on all space/real estate Home Page DISA Home Page Facilities Missionand Functions Home Page DISA Home Page Requirements tracking DEIS II DII http://www.disa.mil/D4/d43misnew.shtml

REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES MISSION AND FUNCTIONS Mission: To provide a safe and secure, healthy, energy-efficient and high quality work environment for DISA. To formulate and execute real estate and facilities engineering and installation services assistance, oversight plans and policies and for the operation of DISA worldwide sites. Serves as Agency advisor for operations, maintenance, repair, design and construction. Provide facility maintenance, agency space acquisitions, base operating support, building support systems, and design and construction projects and facilities services at DISA Headquarters. Serves as the project manager for the Agency building consolidation projectthe Eagle Project. Functions: Reviews and evaluates proposals, plans, and studies involving worldwide installation and facility support concepts and doctrines to assure consistency with and integration into Agency plans. Project manager for the Agency building consolidation projectthe Eagle Project SPACE MANAGEMENT BRANCH FUNCTIONS Functions: Maintains program management responsibility of the design, procurement, construction, project oversight, and direction of large scale complex facility operations to support the acquisition, strategic planning, and occupancy of new facilities.

67. Dates In Naval History: October flying boat 1957 Minitrack, a satellite tracking net developed Wendy B. Lawrence,USN returns from mission of STS 7 when Atlantis docked with Mir space Station http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesoct.htm

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Dates in Naval History page DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Dates in American Naval History: October October 1 1800 - U.S. Schooner Experiment captures French Schooner Diana 1844 - Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters. 1874 - Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service. 1880 - John Phillip Sousa becomes leader of Marine Corps Band 1928 - First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang") 1937 - Patrol aviation transferred to Aircraft Scouting Force, a reestablished type command. With change five patrol wings were established as separate administrative command over their squadrons. 1946 - Truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles.

68. Earth Observation Satellite LIS), and satellite operations using the tracking and Data of global climate changethrough spacebased measurements of is a key element of mission to Planet http://www.eoc.nasda.go.jp/guide/satellite/satdata/trmm_e.html

TRMM Solar Array Anomaly (Oct.22 2002) Overview Global environment change has become a worldwide concern. Satellite remote sensing is recognized as a powerful and essential means for monitoring global change. TRMM is the first space mission dedicated to quantitatively measuring tropical and subtropical rainfall which is one of the most important and least-known parameters affecting the global climate system. TRMM is a joint project between Japan and the United States in 1986. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) is responsible for developing a key instrument, the Precipitation Radar (PR), in collaboration with the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) of Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. NASDA will also provide the launch of the TRMM satellite by H-II rocket. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is responsible for the development of the spacecraft and four instruments including the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI), the Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS), the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES), and the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), and satellite operations using the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) System. Purpose To better understand global changes (e.g.,"EI Nino" and desertification of land) and their mechanisms, scientists require long-term observations of the Earth System and the interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, and lands. In particular, the hydrological cycle and energy budget are among the most important issues to be studied to understand the global climate system.

69. BBC NEWS | Americas | Columbia: The Last Communication 0910 mission control This is mission control Houston. controllers are continuingto seek tracking data of of Columbia at the Kennedy space Centre runway. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2717533.stm

NEWS SPORT WEATHER WORLD SERVICE ... A-Z INDEX SEARCH You are in: Americas News Front Page Africa Americas ... Programmes SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobile/PDAs Text Only ... Help LANGUAGES EDITIONS Change to UK Sunday, 2 February, 2003, 02:08 GMT Columbia: The last communication Columbia broke apart at about 0900 EST There was nothing in the voice of Columbia shuttle commander Rick Husband to indicate that he was about to lose his ship. He sounded calm as he was asked by mission control to confirm he was aware of the fault on the sensors monitoring temperature and pressure in the left wheel. These are the last communications: 0858 EST (1358 GMT) - Commentary : "Columbia continuing toward Florida, now approaching the New Mexico/Texas border, altitude 40 miles, speed 13,200 mph. Range to touch down 1,400 miles. The shuttle in a left-bank, with wings angled about 57 degs to horizontal." Mission control : "Columbia, Houston. We see your tyre-pressure messages - we did not copy your last." Columbia/Husband : "Roger... erm..." (Radio noise and crackling) Husband was asked to acknowledge the sensor problem Commentary : "Columbia out of communications at present with mission control as it continues its course toward Florida."

70. 18th Space Surveillance Squadron 18 SPSS is direct support to USCINCspace’s space control mission through opticalspace surveillance. This includes detection, tracking, identification, and http://www.edwards.af.mil/partners/docs_html/space_surveillance.html

18th Space Surveillance Squadron The 18 SPSS is an Air Force Space Command geographically separated unit of 21st Operations Group, Peterson AFB Colorado. To contact the 18 SPSS call DSN 527-8672 or commercial (661) 277-8672. Three Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance units are located at Detachment 1, Socorro, New Mexico; Detachment 2, Diego Garcia, BIOT; Detachment 3, Maui, Hawaii. In addition to the GEODSS sensors, we operate the Maui Space Surveillance System at Maui, Hawaii and at Detachment 4, Moron Air Base, Spain we operate the Transportable Optical System. The GEODSS network plays a vital role in tracking some 2,000 objects from 3,000 miles and beyond. Each unit is being upgraded to three "main" telescopes. Currently each unit has two "mains" and one "auxiliary", except Diego Garcia, which has three "mains." The main is a more capable telescope with a 40-inch aperture and two-degree field of view. The auxiliary has a 15-inch aperture and six-degree field of view. These sensors only operate at night. Since the system is optical, cloud cover and local weather conditions can influence its effectiveness. The 18 SPSS operators can control the remote telescopes from Edwards.. The telescopes "stare" at a portion of sky moving with the star background. As the telescope is slowly moving, the star images which remain fixed are electronically erased from the picture. Satellites move against the star background, creating tiny streaks that can be viewed on the console screen. These streaks are electronically measured and the position of the satellites in orbits from 3,000 to 22,000 miles are determined. Photometric measurements are taken using the rate track mode, which follows the motion of the satellite instead of tracking the motion of the stars.

71. Hubble SM3A - CosmicKids Cool Links Creations links and information about STS-103 mission. Internet space Station -tons of space science resources for J-Pass 2D Satellite tracking - 2D plot http://sm3a.gsfc.nasa.gov/kids-link.html

Cool Links Amazing Space - web based activites designed for classroom use. Subjects include light and color, the solar system, and the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomy Picture of the Day - different image or photograph of the universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. BadAstronomy - an astronomy web page devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics. Countdown Creations - links and information about STS-103 mission. DLTK Space Crafts - printable craft templates for the anniversary of the first time man set foot on the moon. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten and gradeschool kids. Future Astronauts of America Foundation - great space science site with info on spacecraft, astronomy, current news, model rocketry, and more. Contains images, links, a newsletter, and printable text. Hubble Stamps - Collectable Hubble Stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.

72. B Space VLBI Technical Literature /b Long Baseline Interferometry Demonstration Using the tracking and Data QUASAT APreviously Proposed mission. NRAO Workshop; Radio Astronomy from space; ed. KW http://sgra.jpl.nasa.gov/mosaic_v0.0/Spacevlbi_lib.html

Space VLBI Technical Literature Last updated January 22, 1996 Compiled and maintained by A. B. Wiercigroch and J. S. Ulvestad Listed below are references to Space VLBI papers published in the technical and scientific literature. This list is not complete, and we welcome any additions to it. The JPL Space VLBI Project is currently developing an on-line database of the abstracts of published papers on Space VLBI. If you would like to add additional references, please send 1 (or more) copies of your preprint or reprint to the address listed below. We appreciate receiving an electronic copy of the abstract as well. Please indicate the journal in which the article was published or will appear, as well as the authors. U.S. Space VLBI Project Jet Propulsion Laboratory MS 264-664 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, California 91109-8099 Attention: Space VLBI Technical Literature Telephone: +1-818-393-1002 Fax: +1-818-393-0042 e-mail: abw@mariner.jpl.nasa.gov e-mail: jsu@mariner.jpl.nasa.gov Space VLBI - THE PRESENT VLBI Space Observatory Programme - VSOP RadioAstron Project Literature related to both VSOP and RadioAstron General Space VLBI Literature Space VLBI - THE PAST TDRSS Experiments - The First Space VLBI Demonstrations QUASAT - A Previously Proposed Mission International VLBI Satellite (IVS) - Another Previously Proposed Mission Space VLBI - THE FUTURE ARISE - A Proposed Future Space VLBI Mission VLBI Space Observatory Programme - VSOP "VLBI Observing System for VSOP," Ulvestad, J. S. and Murphy, D. W., 1996, in

73. [SM3B] Servicing Mission 3B - Links mission Links NASA Human spaceflight STS109 KSC Shuttle TV DLTK space Crafts Europeanspace Agency Exploratorium Stamps J-Pass 2D Satellite tracking J-Pass http://sm3b.gsfc.nasa.gov/links.html

Links NASA is not responsible for the content displayed outside of its URL domain. Mission Links: NASA Human Spaceflight STS-109 KSC Shuttle Countdown Spaceflight Now STS-109 NASA Shuttle Press Kit Shuttle Crew Website (Inactive) MD Science Center - SM3B Personal Account of SM3B Hubble links: The Hubble Project Hubblesite Space Telescope Science Institute HST Project Science ... Wide Field Camera 3 Hubble Partners: Ball Aerospace Boeing Creare Lockheed Martin ... Swales NASA Links: NASA NASA Human Spaceflight Goddard Space Flight Center Kennedy Space Center ... LaNASA - NASA in Spanish Space News Links: Kennedy Newsroom Johnson Daily Updates Florida Today Space News Spaceflight Now ... Space.com - news

74. SPACESIM Newsletter For Space Simulation Enthusiasts A tracking/secondary mission control site Even if you just leave the tracking programon the screen have dramatic demonstration of computer use in space science http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Simulations/ssimv3n3.html

An Electronic Newsletter for Space Simulation Enthusiasts Vol. 3 No 3 3/19/95 Published Monthly by the National Association of Space Simulating Educators Chris Rowan, Ed. IN THIS ISSUE NOTE FROM THE EDITOR - by Chris Rowan APRIL 26, 1995 24-HOUR MISSION - by Robert E. Morgan SIMULATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE APRIL 26TH MISSION - by Robert E. Morgan NESPUT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT - by Robert E. Morgan NESPUT AND ISSS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM FOR SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS - PART III - by Fred Donelson NESPUT AND ISSS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM FOR SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS - Part IV - by Fred Donelson NESPUT AND ISSS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM FOR SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS - Part V - by Fred Donelson LINKS TO OTHER ISSUES OF SPACESIM - by Chris Rowan NOTE FROM THE EDITOR By Chris Rowan chris@tenet.edu Morningside Elementary 1025 Morningside Rd. Brownsville, TX 78521 (210) 982-2760 SPACESIM is published during the first or second week of each month of the traditional school year (excluding September). Distribution of SPACESIM is encouraged as long as no fee is involved and is distributed "AS IS," uncut and unaltered. Some of the following articles may be too technical for the novice Internet user. If you need assistance in locating resources or would simply like an in-depth explanation of one or more topics discussed below, please email Chris Rowan

75. Past Space Shuttle Missions: Space Shuttle Flights, Space Shuttle Manifest And L 53, 54, Endeavour, 0113-93, tracking Data Relay Satellite TDRS-F, 5, 59, 61, Endeavour,12-02-93, Hubble space Telescope, Repair 1st Servicing mission-01, 7, http://www.thespaceplace.com/shuttle/past.html

Home Hale-Bopp Space Memorabilia Mercury ... Ordering Info Past Space Shuttle Flights Here is a comprehensive list of every space shuttle launch since 1981 to the present. FLT STS VEHICLE LAUNCH Major payload(s) or objective(s) Crew Commander Columbia 1st Developmental Flight Young Columbia 2nd Developmental Flight. Test robot arm (RMS) Engle Top Next Columbia 3rd Developmental Flight Lousma Columbia 4th Developmental Flight Mattingly Columbia Sat. Business Systems-C Brand Top Next Challenger Weitz Challenger German Shuttle Pallet Sat. -01 Crippen Challenger 1 communications satellite Truly Columbia First Spacelab Mission (SL-1) Young Top Next 41-B Challenger Shuttle Pallet Sat. -01A. First test of MMU jetpack Brand 41-C Challenger Long Duration Exposure Facility-01 Crippen 41-D Discovery 3 communications satellites Hartsfield 41-G Challenger Environmental satellite ERBS Crippen 51-A Discovery 2 comsats, 2 satellite retrievals/recoveries Hauck Top Next 51-C Discovery First military (DOD) mission Mattingly 51-D Discovery Canadian Telecom. Sat.-I. EVA to repair Syncom IV sat. Bobko 51-B Challenger Spacelab-03 Overmyer 51-G Discovery 3 communications satellites Brandenstein 51-F Challenger Spacelab-02 Fullerton 51-I Discovery Australian Communications Sat.-01

76. Astrobiology Magazine mph when mission Control lost contact and tracking data. tight for the 16day scientificresearch mission because of from his country to fly in space, and his http://www.astrobio.net/news/print.php?sid=369

77. Jodrell Bank's Role In Early Space Tracking Activities at NASA up to date with its tracking activities on were sent to the telegram addressSPACE CONN NASA a serious overheating which threatened the mission but was http://www.users.wineasy.se/svengrahn/trackind/jodrell/jodrole1.htm

Jodrell Bank's role in early space tracking activities - Part 1 Sven Grahn Table of Contents A strange new world The creation of the telescope and the observatory How Jodrell Bank was drawn into space tracking Space tracking exploits by Jodrell Bank ... Part 2 Tracking Soviet Interplanetary probes Venera-1 Mars-1 Zond 1 and 2 Venera 4 - the first of a series of instrumented entries in the atmosphere of another planet Ranger tracking Luna 4-14, the second generation Soviet lunar probes Luna 4,5,6,7,8 - trying again and again to land on the moon Luna 9 - the first landing on the moon Luna 10, 11, and 12 - shifting the focus to lunar orbit Luna 13 and 14 Tests of a Soviet piloted circumlunar spacecraft - Zond 4-8 Launches in 1967 Zond 4 and the launch attempt in April 1968 Zond 5 - a strange Soviet game of hide-and-seek and voices from the sky Zond 6 - a dress rehearsal that went wrong? Zond 7 Luna 15-24 Jodrell Bank and public opinion about the space race A strange new world During the first years of the space age the public was exposed to a strange new world. Journalists and scientists scrambled to explain it and interpret technology and events. A source of facts about and authoritative comment to ongoing space missions was the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire (called Jodrell Bank hereinafter) and its director, professor (later Sir) Bernard Lovell. The observatory could intercept signals from space vehicles, interpret their general meaning as to progress of this particular space mission and thereby provide an independent source of news. Especially, official news about Soviet space events was not always completely candid.

78. FDF Mission Design Early postinjection deep-space transfer trajectory body orbital insertion, establishmentof mission orbit, and Fuel consumption and mass properties tracking. http://fdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/maneuver_planning.htm

FDF Services Mission Design, Analysis, and Orbit Maneuvers The FDF is a world leader in providing innovative mission trajectory design and control. We have designed and flown missions using a wide variety of trajectory and orbit concepts, and have a mission flight operations experience base resting upon hundreds of successful orbit maneuvers. We have provided mission design, analysis, and orbit maneuver services for unmanned NASA missions of nearly every kind including lunar and deep space. The FDF’s trajectory design, maneuver and flight experience with certain classes of exotic missions is unparalleled. These include the high energy, multiple lunar swingby WIND mission, which has completed over 35 successful lunar swingbys to date during a multi-year, acrobatic exploration of translunar space. They also include the high-energy ,Sun-Earth libration point halo and Lissajous orbit missions such as represented by ACE and SOHO, a class of mission types pioneered here at GSFC. No matter what the orbit regime of the mission you contemplate, the FDF can help you research, plan and fly your mission throughout the life-cycle, from the concept stage all the way through to end-of-life. Over three decades the FDF has played critical roles in the design, optimization, and support for the trajectories or orbits for scores of missions of numerous kinds. Some notable examples include: Constellation flying missions (Landsat-4 and Landsat-5) Formation flying LEO missions (Landsat-7 and EOS AM-1)

79. Victor Amateur Radio Association (VARA) -- W2VTM Camden, NJ Delaware Valley (SNJ, EPA, DE, MD) Hamfest calendar, exams and classes, contests, shuttle missions and SAREX, space reference information, Keplerian elements and tracking programs, call searches, postage rates, QSL look-ups, FCC and license information, and reference data. http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/index.html

Victor Amateur Radio Association (VARA) 100th Anniversary Special Operating Event! The Victor Amateur Radio Association held a Special Operating Event from 23 October to 31 December 2001, to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Communications in Camden, NJ. Our heritage started with the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901, and today exists in Camden in its heritage companies L-3 Communications and Lockheed Martin. The kickoff date of 23 October coincided with a special 100th Anniversary Celebration at the Waterfront Technology Center in the shadow of the famous Victor Nipper Building. Unfortunately, antenna problems prevented full participation of VARA in its own celebration! Nonetheless, we made a few QSO's and our sister clubs did very well, so there's talk of an RCA Reunion event to be held again this year. For information on the 100th Anniversary Event, check our Anniversary Special Event Flyer . See also ARRL's QST announcement . Please use the Summary Report to apply for a special Certificate or QSL Card. QSL Cards and Cetificates will be mailed out shortly. W2VTM QSL Mailing Label GIF The VICTOR AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION (VARA) is the employee amateur radio club of L-3 Communications Systems - East and other successors of the Victor Talking Machine Company (VTMC), and sister organizations. The club started when we were the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and now includes employees and retirees of RCA, GE Aerospace, Martin Marietta

80. Space Station User's Guide | SpaceRef HeavensAbove This site in Germany provides tracking of the spaceStation, the space Shuttle, Mir and a number of other satellites. http://www.spaceref.com/iss/tracking.html

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