SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-71.010 STS-71 Western R/S Times 07/03 Below are the rise and set times for STS-71/MIR for selected US cities over the next four days. This data was generated to help hams without orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN. Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon tca = time of closest approach to observer set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon el = maximium elevation above horizon geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north D = Descending orbit, moving north to south E = passes east of observer W = passes west of observer These predictions cover the time when STS-71 is docked with the MIR space station and were generated using the orbit 63 state vector for STS-71, converted to Keplerian elements with the VEC2TLE program. STS-71 is scheduled to seperate from MIR on July 4 at 13:39 UTC. New predictions for STS-71 after seperation will be provided at that time, the current predictions will continue to be valid for the MIR space station after seperation. SAREX operations during the docked portion of the mission will be curtailed due to the SAREX antenna being blocked by MIR. SAREX operations are expected to be initiated after the post separation burn is performed. Evening passes of STS-71/MIR are visible to the eye after sunset. To determine which passes are visible, compare the predicted pass times to your local sunset time and look for events which pass overhead within 75 minutes after your local sunset time. Seattle, WA STS-71 Orbit 63 State Vector 03Jul95 01:36:12 01:41:32 01:46 48 D-E 82 03Jul95 03:12:33 03:17:52 03:22 49 D-W 83 03Jul95 04:49:29 04:53:29 04:56 8 D-W 84 03Jul95 19:53:56 19:57:47 20:01 7 A-E 94 03Jul95 21:28:07 21:33:23 21:38 44 A-E 95 03Jul95 23:04:21 23:09:41 23:14 50 A-W 96 04Jul95 00:41:02 00:46:20 00:51 40 D-E 97 04Jul95 02:17:27 02:22:50 02:27 82 D-W 98 04Jul95 03:54:00 03:58:42 04:02 16 D-W 99 04Jul95 20:33:24 20:38:26 20:42 25 A-E 110 04Jul95 22:09:10 22:14:32 22:19 69 A-W 111 04Jul95 23:45:51 23:51:07 23:55 38 D-E 112 05Jul95 01:22:20 01:27:43 01:32 66 D-E 113 05Jul95 02:58:43 03:03:49 03:08 27 D-W 114 05Jul95 19:38:55 19:43:33 19:47 15 A-E 125 05Jul95 21:14:04 21:19:26 21:24 77 A-E 126 05Jul95 22:50:36 22:55:54 23:00 41 D-W 127 06Jul95 00:27:12 00:32:32 00:37 48 D-E 128 06Jul95 02:03:33 02:08:51 02:13 47 D-W 129 06Jul95 03:40:31 03:44:28 03:47 8 D-W 130 06Jul95 18:44:52 18:48:45 18:52 8 A-E 140 06Jul95 20:19:06 20:24:22 20:29 45 A-E 141 06Jul95 21:55:21 22:00:41 22:05 49 A-W 142 06Jul95 23:32:03 23:37:21 23:42 41 D-E 143 Albuquerque, NM STS-71 Orbit 63 State Vector date rise tca set el geo orbit 03Jul95 01:41:08 01:45:42 01:49 12 D-E 82 03Jul95 03:17:02 03:22:24 03:27 87 D-W 83 03Jul95 04:54:37 04:58:06 05:01 6 D-W 85 03Jul95 18:17:13 18:21:44 18:25 13 A-E 93 03Jul95 19:52:28 19:57:44 20:02 46 A-W 94 03Jul95 21:30:35 21:34:40 21:38 9 A-W 95 04Jul95 00:46:12 00:50:15 00:53 8 D-E 97 04Jul95 02:22:01 02:27:17 02:32 40 D-E 98 04Jul95 03:58:40 04:03:17 04:07 15 D-W 99 04Jul95 17:23:39 17:26:56 17:29 5 A-E 108 04Jul95 18:57:20 19:02:39 19:07 75 A-E 109 04Jul95 20:34:40 20:39:15 20:43 14 A-W 110 04Jul95 23:51:12 23:54:45 23:57 5 D-E 112 05Jul95 01:27:03 01:32:03 01:36 21 D-E 113 05Jul95 03:03:14 03:08:23 03:13 33 D-W 114 05Jul95 18:02:31 18:07:38 18:12 30 A-E 124 05Jul95 19:38:57 19:43:56 19:48 23 A-W 125 05Jul95 21:17:40 21:21:14 21:24 6 A-W 126 06Jul95 00:32:07 00:36:43 00:40 13 D-E 128 06Jul95 02:08:02 02:13:23 02:18 83 D-W 129 06Jul95 03:45:41 03:49:06 03:52 5 D-W 131 06Jul95 17:08:10 17:12:43 17:16 14 A-E 139 06Jul95 18:43:28 18:48:44 18:53 44 A-W 140 06Jul95 20:21:37 20:25:41 20:29 8 A-W 141 06Jul95 23:37:12 23:41:18 23:44 8 D-E 143 Los Angeles, CA STS-71 Orbit 63 State Vector date rise tca set el geo orbit 03Jul95 01:39:47 01:43:18 01:46 5 D-E 82 03Jul95 03:15:28 03:20:33 03:25 24 D-E 83 03Jul95 04:51:46 04:56:47 05:01 24 D-W 84 03Jul95 19:50:23 19:55:40 20:00 53 A-E 94 03Jul95 21:27:28 21:32:09 21:36 15 A-W 95 04Jul95 02:20:35 02:25:16 02:29 14 D-E 98 04Jul95 03:56:31 04:01:50 04:06 61 D-W 99 04Jul95 18:55:46 19:00:42 19:05 22 A-E 109 04Jul95 20:31:48 20:36:53 20:41 27 A-W 110 04Jul95 22:10:32 22:14:05 22:17 6 A-W 111 05Jul95 01:25:42 01:29:51 01:33 9 D-E 113 05Jul95 03:01:26 03:06:46 03:11 53 D-E 114 05Jul95 04:38:25 04:42:39 04:46 10 D-W 115 05Jul95 18:01:37 18:05:49 18:09 10 A-E 124 05Jul95 19:36:26 19:41:44 19:46 57 A-W 125 05Jul95 21:14:27 21:18:35 21:22 9 A-W 126 06Jul95 00:30:47 00:34:19 00:37 5 D-E 128 06Jul95 02:06:27 02:11:34 02:16 25 D-E 129 06Jul95 03:42:47 03:47:46 03:52 23 D-W 130 06Jul95 18:41:22 18:46:39 18:51 56 A-E 140 06Jul95 20:18:30 20:23:10 20:27 15 A-W 141 Honolulu, HI STS-71 Orbit 63 State Vector date rise tca set el geo orbit 03Jul95 06:24:43 06:28:56 06:32 9 D-E 85 03Jul95 08:00:08 08:05:20 08:10 41 D-W 87 03Jul95 21:17:55 21:23:02 21:27 30 A-E 95 03Jul95 22:54:54 22:59:18 23:03 12 A-W 96 04Jul95 07:05:01 07:10:19 07:15 61 D-E 101 04Jul95 20:23:43 20:28:05 20:31 11 A-E 110 04Jul95 21:59:03 22:04:07 22:08 28 A-W 111 05Jul95 06:10:11 06:15:12 06:19 22 D-E 116 05Jul95 07:46:43 07:51:16 07:55 14 D-W 118 05Jul95 21:03:44 21:09:03 21:13 81 A-W 126 06Jul95 05:15:41 05:19:57 05:23 10 D-E 131 06Jul95 06:51:08 06:56:19 07:01 38 D-W 133 06Jul95 20:08:54 20:14:01 20:18 32 A-E 141 06Jul95 21:45:56 21:50:19 21:54 12 A-W 142 Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org /EX