SB SAT @ AMSAT  $ANS-014.01
W6SP SK: BURIAL UPDATE

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 014.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 14, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-014.01

John Browning W6SP's burial will be at Arlington National
Cemetery on Tuesday, 16 Jan96.Persons attending are asked to
gather at the Administration  Building at ANC at 08:30. Burial
services with full military honors commence at 09:00.

John Shew N4QQ has agreed to represent AMSAT at the service.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT  $ANS-014.02
PHASE 3-D ANTENNA MANUFACTURING HELP UPDATE  

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 014.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 14, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-014.02

The Phase 3-D International Satellite Project Team has an
urgent requirement for someone with the talent, time and tools to
manufacture a spun aluminum pan (sized 20.0 inches in diameter
and 3.0 inches deep) from 0.050 inch thick sheet aluminum.  This
will be a straight-sided device with no rim on the open end.

This dish will be used to accommodate a design improvement
for the flight model 1.2 GHz antenna for Phase 3-D.  The new
antenna design has a 46% larger area and 1.00dB more gain for L
Band.  This is also the maximum size dish that we can fit onto
the top of the spacecraft for L Band.

Anyone who can provide this material should quickly contact
Keith Baker at "kb1sf@amsat.org" or Dick Jansson at
"wd4fab@amsat.org"
via E-mail.  You can also fax your proposal(s) directly to Dick
Jansson at 407-644-9782.

ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF, Executive Vice President
AMSAT-North America for this bulletin.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT  $ANS-014.03
WA3NAN SPACE SHUTTLE RETRANSMITION PROBLEMS.

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 014.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 14, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-014.03

The space shuttle retransmissions by WA3NAN were not taking place
as of the beginning of the mission because of the 20 inch
snowfall which made travel in the Washingtion DC area 
quite difficult.  WA3NAN is expected to be on the air with
shuttle mission audio once the snow has been cleared away well
enough to allow access to the club's shack. 

ANS thanks Dan Schultz N8FGV for this information.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT  $ANS-014.04
ARIANE 5 GROUND PROPULSION TESTS COMPLETE

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 014.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 14, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-014.04

EAS announced from Paris January 8 the completion of the Ariane-5
on-the-ground propulsion tests.  

The press release stated. 

"On Saturday 6 January the second and final qualification test
(Q2) on the cryogenic main stage of Europe's Ariane-5
launcher was carried out on the ELA-3 launch site at the
Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French
Guiana.

This successful operation, lasting 9 minutes 53 seconds,
completes the series of hot tests carried out on the ground on
the Ariane-5 launcher's propulsion units.

This has cleared the way for confirmation of 21 February as
the starting date for the first Ariane-5 launch campaign, with
7 May as the target for the launch itself (flight 501).

The cryogenic main stage has been developed by Arospatiale,
the stage authority, with the Socit Europenne de Propulsion
supplying its Vulcain engine.

The European Space Agency has delegated the management
of its Ariane-5 programme to CNES, the French space agency."

It is the second flight test of the Ariane 5 (502) that Phase 3D
is manifiested.  The first flight is to occur in May with the
second currently scheduled for September.

ANS thanks Keith Baker KB1SF for relaying this information.

/EX