SB SAT @ AMSAT  $ANS-058.01
AMSAT TO BE FEATURED ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 058.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD FEBRUARY 27, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-058.01

AMSAT TO BE FEATURED ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL
(Special ANS Bulletin)

Members of the Phase 3-D International Project Team are now
slated to be a part of an upcoming Discovery Channel TV Network
program called "Eyes in the Sky", according to Keith Baker, KB1SF,
AMSAT-NA Executive Vice President.

Keith reports that the 2 hour long, Sunday evening special show 
will be presented during multiple airings on the network throughout
the month of March and will feature members of the AMSAT P3-D
team working on the satellite at AMSAT's Orlando, Florida Integration
Laboratory.

The segment is expected to include shots of Keith as well as 
Dick Jansson, WD4FAB, AMSAT-NA VP Engineering, and Stan
Wood, WA4NFY, AMSAT-NA assistant VP Engineering,  all
shopping for "satellite parts" at a local Orlando surplus house.  
Next, Dick is featured searching for "antenna parts" in the housewares
section of a local department store, followed by various views and 
on-camera comments from all three individuals along with shots of 
other people actually working on the new satellite in the P3-D Lab.

On-location filming for AMSAT's portion of the segment was
completed last October just after AMSAT-NA's 1995 Space 
Symposium, also held in Orlando.

According to Paul Gasek, the program's producer/director at
Stonybrook Films in Brewster, Massachusetts, the main theme of the 
AMSAT segment emphasizes that "high tech doesn't need to be high 
cost."  Paul went on to note that the part of the program containing the
AMSAT footage runs for about 6 minutes and also features narration
by Barry Corbin, the gentleman who plays the part of an ex-NASA
astronaut on the television network program "Northern Exposure". 

The 2 hour long program is now set for broadcast on the Discovery 
Channel Network in the US beginning on Sunday, March 10th at 9 PM 
(Eastern Time) and again on Sunday, March 17th at 3 PM (Eastern
Time).  Another airing of the program is set for Wednesday, March
20th at 1 AM and again on March 20th at 9 PM (both Eastern Times)

Keith noted that AMSAT's part in the program should provide, "Another  
opportunity for Amateur Radio and AMSAT to get national television
exposure showing what we Hams know how to do best...being 
creative, pushing the state of the radio art forward, and having
some great  fun in the process!"

[ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF and Paul Gasek of Stonybrook Films
for the information that went into this special bulletin item.] 
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