Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: H2 Second Stage Fails - COMETS in Useless Orbit
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Japan Space Net Brief
http://www.spacer.com
H2 Second Stage Fails - COMETS in Useless Orbit
Tokyo - Feb 22, 1998 - A key feature of Japan's heavy lift H2
launcher failed today when the second-stage engine shutdown
44 seconds after being reignited for its second 3 minute burn.
The $360 million COMETS payload has been left in a highly
elliptic orbit - similar to ETS-6 an earlier experimental
communications satellite that was also destined for
geostationary orbit, but was left in a useless orbit after
the payloads apogee engine failed. Japan's space industry has
been left stunned by the launch failure, and follows a string
of big ticket failures with its large satellites programs.
The launch was the sixth for the H2, and followed five
previously successful launches.
For full details visit Japan Space Net at http://www.spacer.com
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: VentureStar RLV Will Need Capital From U.S.
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VentureStar RLV Will Need Capital From U.S.
Washington, DC Feb. 16, 1998 - Development of a commercial version of
the X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle prototype by Lockheed Martin will be
impossible unless the U.S. government provides significant additional
funding, says the author of a major study recently completed on the
future of space transportation.
Ray F. Johnson, a Principal Director of the Aerospace Corporation, El
Segundo, California, says his company's study of the capital needs of
the Lockheed Martin vehicle indicates that it's commercial development
costs would exceed all of the Wall Street financing that us expected to
be available for investment in commercial space projects.
full details on this exclusive SpaceCast story at http://www.spacer.com
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: * SpaceNews 16-Feb-98 *
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* SpaceNews 16-Feb-98 *
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1998
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It
is published every week and is made available for non-commercial use.
* 70-cm SPECTRUM LOSS *
In late January, the Telecommunications Authority in the country of Guatemala
auctioned off four frequencies between 430 MHz and 435 MHz for commercial
use, despite their use by amateur radio operators in that part of the world.
Amateurs in the region have been trying to convince authorities not to
auction spectrum that is shared by amateurs to commercial users for over
a year, but as is often the case, the money that could be gained through
such a frequency auction spoke much louder than reasonable arguments by
hams against the selling of spectrum rights to the highest bidder. Mexico
also recently lost UHF amateur band spectrum to commercial interests, and
this appears to be a disturbing trend.
Although the 430 MHz to 435 MHz spectrum loss in Guatemala does not directly
effect OSCAR satellite communications, a precedence has now been set, and
just as arguments against such an auction by amateur radio operators largely
fell on deaf ears, there is no guarantee that frequencies within the 435 MHz
to 438 MHz UHF amateur satellite sub-band will not be auctioned off to the
highest bidder in the future.
The implications of frequency auction involving spectrum used by OSCAR
satellites are staggering. While commercial interests buying rights to UHF
spectrum are primarily concerned with short-range communication services, it
is well known that even low-power transmissions can be relayed half a world
away via a transponder carried on-board a communication satellite in earth
orbit. Clearly, something needs to be done to prevent future spectrum grabs
that affect worldwide amateur satellite communications if OSCAR satellites
are to continue to utilize spectrum that is not exclusively allocated to the
Amateur Radio Service.
The situation is not all doom and gloom, however. Frequency allocations used
in amateur radio satellite communications did fare well at the World Radio
Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland late last year. WRC 97 delegates did
agree to upgrade the Earth Exploration Satellite Service from secondary to
primary at 1215 MHz to 1300 MHz, which should have only minimal impact on
amateur use of 1240 MHz to 1300 MHz. The presence of these satellites
reduces the possibility that other, less-compatible services might later
be introduced into this band.
* WT0N SK *
It is with great sadness that the passing of B.J. Arts, WT0N, is reported.
BJ, who was 37 years old and had suffered for a number of years from acute
diabetes, reportedly succumbed to flu soon after being taken to the hospital
on the evening of 08-Feb-98.
BJ was very active on the satellites and VHF bands, and acted as editor of
the AMSAT-NA's AMSAT News Service bulletins for the past several years.
AMSAT News Service bulletins are available on amateur packet radio and
via the Internet.
BJ sent a QSL card to SpaceNews on 17-Mar-91. On his card, BJ wrote:
John:
Just wanted to let you know I like SpaceNews. Great Info!
73 es God Bless
BJ
BJ was a very special person who gave of himself to help others, and will
be sorely missed by all.
* OSCAR-11 NEWS *
During the period 14-Jan-98 to 16-Feb-98, good signals have been received
from UoSAT-OSCAR-11's 145.826 MHz VHF beacon. Three reports of the S-band
beacon have been received. Masa, JA0BES, reports signals of one S-unit
above the noise using a 34 element beam and Maki-Denk1 converter. Joe,
KC6SZY, uses a 76-cm dish with 2.5 turn helical feed into an SSB Electronics
converter. He reports S3 signals, compared to DOVE's S6. Joe has very
kindly sent Clive Wallis an audio file of the signals which he has added
to his OSCAR-11 Web site (details below). Ken, G8VR, also reports hearing
OSCAR-11 and DOVE on S-Band.
UoSAT-OSCAR-11's telemetry has been nominal. After a slight fall, the
internal temperatures have stabilized at around at 5.4C and 3.0C for battery
and telemetry electronics respectively. The change in temperature is due to
variations solar eclipse times. In recent years, the satellite has been
subjected to long periods of continuous sunlight which has produced fairly
high internal temperatures (eg. battery 22C, and beacons around 34C).
Eclipses are expected throughout 1998 which should result in lower
temperatures with fairly small variations.
A single WOD survey has been transmitted during the reporting period.
Channels 10, 20, 30, 40 (+Y, -X, +X array currents, array voltage), dated
06-Jan-98. This shows the effect of solar eclipses on array currents and
voltage.
OSCAR-11 users are welcome to visit Clive Wallis' OSCAR-11 Web site.
Clive has recently added some audio files, including the Mode-S recording
made by KC6SZY, which plays for 20 seconds. The other audio files are
examples of each type of data transmitted by OSCAR-11, and each one plays
for about ten seconds. All the audio files are compressed (ZIP), so that
they can be played off-line. They should help listeners identify the
various types of data transmitted by OSCAR-11, and give an indication of
the signal quality required for successful decoding. The web site also
contains some software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry
and WOD. There is an archive of raw data (mainly WOD) for analysis, which
is continually being expanded as new data is captured. The URL is:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
UoSAT-OSCAR-11's operating schedule remains unchanged:
ASCII status (210 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY SEU (30 seconds)
ASCII TLM (90 seconds)
ASCII WOD (120 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY ENG (30 seconds)
There are also additional status blocks after each bulletin is transmitted,
and between ASCII TLM and WOD.
The Mode-S beacon is ON transmitting an unmodulated carrier, but telemetry
indicates that it has partially failed and delivering half power. This
beacon is a useful test source for those testing Mode-S converters, prior
to the launch of P3-D. It is considerably weaker than DOVE, which should
be used for initial testing. Any reports of reception of UO-11's 2401 MHz
beacon would be most welcome, and should be directed to Clive Wallis at:
g3cwv@amsat.org.
The 435.025 MHz beacon is normally OFF. However, it can sometimes be heard
when the satellite is being commanded by ground control (ie. within range of
Guildford, UK). When the 435 MHz beacon is transmitting, the 145 MHz beacon
is normally OFF. The data transmitted is mainly binary.
[Info via Clive Wallis, G3CWV, g3cwv@amsat.org]
* FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED *
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: * SpaceNews 23-Feb-98 *
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* SpaceNews 23-Feb-98 *
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SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It
is published every week and is made available for non-commercial use.
* VOYAGER 1 NEWS *
PASADENA, Calif. (Feb. 17) - More than 6.5 billion miles from home, a U.S.
spacecraft carrying the sounds of a human kiss and the best wishes from a
former president has become the most distant man-made object in the universe.
Voyager 1 - so far away after more than 20 years hurtling through space
that its signals take more than 9 1/2 hours to reach Earth - surpassed the
distance of the older Pioneer 10 spacecraft by midday Tuesday, 17-Feb-98.
"Now the baton is being passed," Edward Stone, director of NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and Voyager project director, said in a statement.
Voyager 1 and the elderly Pioneer 10 are headed away from the sun in nearly
opposite directions. Both are powered by nuclear batteries that keep them
functioning in the freezing blackness of space.
On the edge of the solar system, Voyager 1 still returns data, although the
power of the signal reaching NASA antennas is 20 billion times weaker than
the power of a digital watch battery.
Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 05-Sep-77, carrying
scientific instruments for planetary exploration and a message to the
universe.
The latter is a 12-inch gold-plated phonograph record containing a variety of
sounds, 115 analog images, spoken greetings in 55 languages, printed messages
from former President Jimmy Carter and then-U.N. Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim and a selection of music.
The sounds include wind, rain, surf, a chimpanzee, a Saturn 5 rocket,
footsteps, a heartbeat, laughter, a mother's kiss and a blacksmith, among
others.
The images range from the structure of DNA to a diagram of continental
drift and a violin with sheet music.
The record was assembled by a committee that was headed by the late
astronomer Carl Sagan.
Voyager 1 passed by Jupiter on 05-Mar-79 and Saturn on 12-Nov-80. Saturn's
big moon, Titan, bent the trajectory northward out of the plane of the
ecliptic, the plane in which all the planets except Pluto orbit the sun.
Pioneer 10 was launched on 02-Mar-72. Its mission officially ended on
31-Mar-97, but science data is occasionally sent to Earth in a training
program for flight controllers.
Barring breakdowns, Voyager I is expected to have enough electricity and
propellant to operate until about 2020. By then, the spacecraft will be
almost 14 billion miles from Earth.
AP-NY-02-17-98 2216EST
[Press release via Pat Kilroy, WD8LAQ]
* KF2WN SK *
It is with great sadness that the death of Mel Roman, KF2WN is reported.
Mel started out many years ago as an AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator. Although
he had to resign from that position due to poor health, he remained an
active AMSAT volunteer. Mel ran the AMSAT Bulletin Board in New Jersey
that carried AMSAT News Service bulletins, SpaceNews, and satellite
Keplerian data elements sets.
Mel died at the age of 54 on 21-Jan-98 from complications associated with
diabetes. His warm personality and willingness to help will be greatly
missed.
[Info via Martha Saragovitz]
* MIR NEWS *
Andy Thomas has been active recently from the Mir space station, making
two-way voice contacts as time permits. There has also been reports that
the Mir Personal Message System is back in operation, but this has not
yet been confirmed.
* PACSAT NEWS *
AMSAT-OSCAR-16 and LUSAT-OSCAR-19 continue to perform well in "Pacsat"
operation. ITAMSAT-OSCAR-26 is currently silent, and WEBERSAT-OSCAR-18
is only transmitting occasional MBLCTL packets on its downlink.
* RS-12 NEWS *
Rusty, NM1K, reports that Pedro, KP4SQ, has been active for the past several
weeks on RS-12 with good signals. Pedro's QSL manager is KD8IW.
* FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED *
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: A different view of the eclipse
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February 23, 1998: Watching the moon's shadow - Eclipse may help probe
atmosphere - While most eyes turn skyward to watch Thursday's solar
eclipse (with the appropriate filters to protect your eyes) one
satellite will look earthward to watch the moon's shadow race across the
globe. The images, available live on the WWW, will provide a unique
opportunity to study the chemistry of the upper atmosphere.
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast23feb98_1.htm
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D2
Dave Dooling / D2 Associates
555 Sparkman Drive, Suite 820C / Huntsville, AL 35816
205-890-0972
deesqrd@advicom.net http://advicom.net/~deesqrd/d2.html
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
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Тема: WDC-A R&S Launch Announcement 12920: COMETS
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COSPAR/ISES
WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES
WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR R & S, NASA/GSFC
CODE 633, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA
SPACEWARN 12920
COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER
SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE,UT
COMETS 1998-011A 25175 21 FEBRUARY 1998
JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R&S.
[PH: (301) 286 7355.
E-MAIL: KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
23 FEBRUARY 1998, 17:20 UT]
Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ Mail Code 633
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_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ Flight Center
_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Greenbelt, MD 20771
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ +1-301-286-1187
ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov
NSSDC home page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Shuttle Veterans Depart NASA
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Jennifer McCarter
Headquarters, Washington, DC February 23, 1998
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Eileen M. Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
RELEASE: 98-33
SHUTTLE VETERANS DEPART NASA
Astronauts Jerry M. Linenger, M.D., (Capt., USN), Blaine L.
Hammond (Col., USAF) and M. Rhea Seddon, M.D., have retired from
NASA to pursue private interests.
Linenger, who lived aboard the Mir space station for 122 days
from January to May 1997, has retired from NASA. He arrived at
the Mir as a member of the STS-81 crew and returned with the STS-
84 crew, logging 132 consecutive days in space during those
combined missions. Selected as an astronaut in 1992, his first
space flight was on board Discovery for STS-64, an 11-day mission,
in 1994.
Hammond retired from NASA and the Air Force to join a private
aerospace firm in California. He was selected as an astronaut in
1984 and is a veteran of two Shuttle flights. He served as the
pilot on STS-39, the first unclassified Department of Defense
mission in 1991, and again as pilot for STS-64, an 11-day mission
in 1994 to study the atmosphere and the Earth's environment.
Seddon, one of the first six women selected as astronauts in
1978, retired to pursue a private career. She is a veteran of
three space missions, accumulating 722 hours in space. She flew
first on STS 51-D in April 1985 on a mission to deploy two
commercial satellites. Seddon then flew on two life science
research missions, Spacelab Life Sciences 1 and 2, in 1991 and
1993. From September 1996 through November 1997, she was
detailed to Vanderbilt University Medical School in Nashville, TN,
to assist in developing experiment protocols for the Neurolab
mission set for an April 1998 launch.
"Jerry, Blaine and Rhea contributed greatly to the success of
the missions they flew," said David C. Leestma, director of Flight
Crew Operations. "We wish them the best of luck in their new ventures."
For information on Linenger, Hammond, Seddon or any NASA
astronaut, see the NASA Internet biography homepage at URL:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Southwest Climate Conference To Be Held In El Paso
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David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, DC February 23, 1998
(Phone: 202/358-1730)
Walli Haley
University of Texas, El Paso, TX
(Phone: 915/747-7507)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N98-18
SOUTHWEST CLIMATE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN EL PASO
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will deliver the keynote
address at "Tilting the Balance, Climate Variability and Water
Resource Management in the Southwest," a conference to be held at
the University of Texas at El Paso, March 2-4.
The conference is part of an in-depth investigation of
regional climate variability and its effect on the availability
and quality of water resources critical to the region.
Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) and ten other members of
Congress will co-chair the event.
The goal of the conference is to provide farmers, ranchers,
industry leaders, planners, utility managers and others whose
livelihoods are affected by climate change with practical
information about climate variations, such as El Nino, and how
they can affect regional decision making. Water resource issues
will be a special focus of the meeting. Other sessions during the
workshop will include topics such as water resources, agriculture,
understanding change, drought preparedness and management,
environmental education, regional and urban air quality and human
health issues.
The workshop will be supported by the new Undergraduate
Learning Center, under the auspices of the Pan American Center for
Earth and Environmental Studies (PACES), a University Research
Center funded by NASA. The center's mission is to conduct basic
and applied research that will contribute to NASA's Earth Science
enterprise. The center is providing an opportunity for students
and researchers to gain an improved understanding of geological,
ecological and environmental processes and changes in land usage
taking place in the region.
Media wishing to cover the conference should contact Walli
Haley at the University of Texas at El Paso at 915/747-7507.
Complete information about the conference, including discussion
papers and background about NASA's Earth Science enterprise, can
be found via the Internet at URL:
http://www.southwest.hq.nasa.gov/southwest
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
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Тема: Mars Global Surveyor Update - February 20, 1998
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Mars Global Surveyor
Flight Status Report
Friday, 20 February 1998
For the second consecutive month, conditions in the Martian
atmosphere have remained calm, and aerobraking progress continues to
proceed at a slightly faster than normal pace. As of today, Surveyor is
completing one revolution around Mars every 15.7 hours. This orbit period
is 93 minutes shorter than that predicted for this time prior to the
winter holidays last year.
The ability of the flight team to maintain the current level of
aerobraking progress will depend on continued cooperation from the
Martian atmosphere. Dr. Richard Zurek of the atmospheric advisory group
reports that data from Surveyor's instruments indicates a slowly
increasing amount of dust in the Martian air over the last month.
Consequently, the flight team will continue to remain cautious because
dust storms have a great potential to slow aerobraking progress.
Historically, most global dust storms tend to occur during summer
in the southern hemisphere on Mars. Although summer on the red planet
began on February 7th, there is no indication at this time of the onset of
another major dust storm similar to the one experienced over the
Thanksgiving weekend in 1997.
In other news this week, the flight team sent commands to the
spacecraft on Wednesday to power off the Mars Orbiter Camera and Thermal
Emission Spectrometer science instruments. The reason for this decision
is that aerobraking operations and associated activities consume the
majority of time during a single orbit. With the time of revolution
around Mars shrinking orbit by orbit, there is no longer enough time to
conduct both aerobraking and science operations.
Despite the power off of the science instruments, the radio science
team continues to collect data. This collection is made possible by the
fact that the spacecraft currently passes behind Mars on every orbit as
seen from the Earth. During this time, communications with the Earth is
lost because Mars blocks the radio signal from the spacecraft. However,
just before Surveyor enters this occultation zone, the radio signal
passes through the thin Martian atmosphere on its way to Earth. An
analysis of the distortion of the signal's strength and tone as it fades
enables the radio science team to determine the atmospheric properties at
specific locations on Mars.
Science data collection by all of the instruments will resume in
late March when the period of revolution around Mars has shrunk to 11.6
hours. At that time, aerobraking will be temporarily suspended by raising
the low point of the orbit out of the atmosphere. This plan will allow
for a concentrated period of science data collection during the spring
and summer months of this year. Aerobraking will resume in September, and
Surveyor will reach its Mars mapping orbit in late March or early April
1999.
After a mission elapsed time of 470 days from launch, Surveyor is
213.04 million miles (342.86 million kilometers) from the Earth and in an
orbit around Mars with a high point of 14,566 miles (23,442 km), a low
point of 73.8 miles (118.8 km), and a period of 15.7 hours. The
spacecraft is currently executing the P140 command sequence, and all
systems continue to perform as expected. The next status report will be
released on Friday, March 13th.
Status report prepared by:
Office of the Flight Operations Manager
Mars Surveyor Operations Project
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91109
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
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Тема: Mars Surveyor 98 Update - February 20, 1998
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Mars Surveyor 98 Project Status Report
February 20, 1998
John McNamee
Mars Surveyor 98 Project Manager
Orbiter and lander integration and test activities are proceeding on
schedule with no significant problems. The flight Mars Color Imager
(MARCI) was installed on the orbiter and functional checkouts were
completed on Feb 19.
The four solid rocket motor configuration of the Delta launched
successfully for the first time on Saturday Feb 14. Four Globalstar
commercial satellites were successfully orbited by the Delta 7420 launcher.
This represents a major milestone and risk reduction item for the '98
orbiter and lander missions which both use the Delta 7425 launcher (i.e.,
Delta 7420 plus the proven STAR 48 third stage) to achieve trans-Mars
injection.
For more information on the Mars Surveyor 98 mission, please visit
the following web site:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/
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Дата: 26 февраля 1998 (1998-02-26)
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Тема: PEGASUS/SNOE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
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NASA News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
For Release:
Bruce Buckingham Feb. 26,
1998
Kennedy Space Center, FL
George H. Diller
Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
KSC Release No. 35 - 98
PEGASUS/SNOE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
The launch of the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) spacecraft aboard
an Orbital Sciences Pegasus rocket occurred as planned on Feb. 25 at
11:05 p.m. PST. The Pegasus was dropped from an L-1011 aircraft 100
miles west of Monterey, CA, over the Pacific Ocean.
"It was a quiet and uneventful countdown," said NASA Launch Manager Ray
Lugo. "The launch was perfect."
The first data from the spacecraft was received at 12:30 a.m. PST by the
Poker Flats, AK, tracking station and relayed to the NASA telemetry
facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
"After the first orbit, the data from the spacecraft was exactly what we
were hoping to see," said Dr. Charles Barth, SNOE Principal Investigator
from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
SNOE is an Earth-orbiting satellite designed and built by a team of
Boulder students, faculty and engineers who were selected to develop the
mission by the Universities Space Research Association with funding from
NASA. SNOE carries an ultraviolet spectrometer and two photometers to
measure the effects of the sun's x-ray radiation and magnetic field on
nitric oxide production. This is believed to affect the variability in
the Earth's upper atmosphere.
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