SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0822 * SpaceNews 22-Aug-94 * BID: $SPC0822 ========= SpaceNews ========= MONDAY AUGUST 22, 1994 SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution. * AMSAT-OSCAR-16 NEWS * ======================= PACSAT-1>AMSAT : 1540 UTC 18 August 1994 WOD Dump of Temperature Channels 15,1E,2F,30,36,38 Will dump for 24 hours AO-16 Command Team * DOVE-OSCAR-17 NEWS * ====================== DOVE-1>BRAMST : 5th August 1994 13:10 UTC Dove has been loaded with new software. 90 Secs TLM -- DAC Test (8 Tones) -- Voice S Band is still off till further notice. 73 Dove Command Team (vk7zbx) * WEBERSAT-OSCAR-18 NEWS * ========================== WEBER-1>CAST : 19-Aug-94 *Collecting and Sending WOD Week1: Array Currents 26 27 28 29 2A 2B *Photo#8/12 identified as Djibouti *Monday, New Spectrum 73, IK3WVJ * LUSAT-OSCAR-19 NEWS * ======================= LUSAT-1>AMARG : July 23. Reload is complete. Additional new experimental software is aboard, but not active. Digipeater is on. LU8DYF, LO-19 command station. * AMSAT-OSCAR-21 NEWS * ======================= RUDAK2>BEACON : ++ Hi, this is the RUDAK-II experiment on AMSAT OSCAR 21 ++ RUDAK2>BEACON : RUDAK-II Schedule: (down 145.987, up 435.016) min/10 Beacon Mode 0..3 FM Repeater 4 Digital Audio 5..7 WEFAX Picture 8..9 AFSK TLM RUDAK2>WEFAX-1 : WEFAX General Info: Mode : MGCS, Subcarrier 2400Hz, DSB max=white, Start 300Hz(3s), Stop 450Hz(5s), Phasing signal (5% bl, 95% wh), Sync (1st 40 Pixels), 800x800 Pixels, 4 lines/sec., module 267 * DIGITAL SATELLITE NEWS * ========================== This year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium yielded some news regarding the status of several digital Amateur Satellites in various states of limbo. Richard, G3RWL reported that the file server on LUSAT-OSCAR-19 has still not been made available possibly due to a power struggle within AMSAT-LU. The packet mailbox on FUJI-OSCAR-20 is gone forever due to a failed computer. The analog (Mode JA) transponder is available, however. Two uplink channels on KITSAT-OSCAR-25 have failed. This causes uplink contention on the remaining uplinks. ITAMSAT-OSCAR-26 controllers have not had enough time to fix the problems with IO-26 since it's on-board computer crashed back in May. And POSAT-OSCAR-28 apparently came and went, unlikely to ever be seen again. * AMSAT-OSCAR-10 NEWS * ======================= Several stations have reported that AO-10's downlink is FMing. Downlink frequency instability is due to low and varying battery voltages. This is a dangerous condition, and it is important that all ground stations curtail transponder operations when the frequency of the downlink becomes unstable to reduce the drain on AO-10's batteries and to allow them to recharge. * STS-68 NEWS * =============== Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour was aborted just seconds before liftoff on 18-Aug-94. The primary payload for this mission is the Space Radar Laboratory, part of a comprehensive effort under NASA's Mission to Planet Earth program, to understand how the Earth's environment is changing. * FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED * =========================== Mail to SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any of the following paths: FAX : 1-908-747-7107 PACKET : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA INTERNET : kd2bd@ka2qhd.de.com -or- kd2bd@amsat.org SATELLITE : AMSAT-OSCAR-16 MAIL : John A. Magliacane, KD2BD Department of Engineering and Technology Advanced Technology Center Brookdale Community College Lincroft, New Jersey 07738 U.S.A. <<=- SpaceNews: The first amateur newsletter read in space! -=>> /EX