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Re: STS122 with Columbus and the ARISS-EU antennaslaunch tomorrow
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: STS122 with Columbus and the ARISS-EU antennaslaunch tomorrow
- From: MKM <starlight04@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:31:58 -0500
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Are there pictures of the actual antennas? What equipment is used for
rx/tx?
On Dec 5, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Graham Shirville wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The ARISS-Europe L/S band antennas are now mounted on the outside
> of Columbus which is safely located in the cargo bay of Shuttle
> Atlantis prior to its scheduled launch tomorrow.
>
> The flight will be covered by NASA-TV as usual and their 150kb
> video stream is also available over the internet. For this flight
> ESA are also relaying the program(me) over the Atlantic Bird 1
> satellite for viewers in Europe who have a FTA satellite system.
> Details from ESA are given below.
>
> As the antennas are on the "bottom" of Atlantis they will not
> become visible until it has been completely removed from the cargo
> bay prior to mating it with the Harmony module of the ISS during
> the first EVA on flight day 4.
>
> Exciting times!
>
> 73
>
> Graham G3VZV
>
>
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