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ICE BULLETIN 009.02 FROM AMSAT HQ

SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 09, 2000

TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS

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The International Space Station entered the New Year operating normally

with no problems reported as it orbits the Earth every 90 minutes. Flight

controllers both in Houston and in Moscow reported a smooth, uneventful

Y2K rollover of computers commanding ISS as the year 2000 dawned.



Controllers continue to manage the charging of the batteries on the Zarya

module and are watching over other systems on the station. Electrical

power management continues to be the focus, with the Station operating

on the power generated by four of six batteries inside Zarya. Flight

controllers also reported a good test of the Kurs automatic docking

system on Zarya. The Kurs system will be used during the final

rendezvous and docking of ISS with the Zvezda module about two weeks

after it is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.



The International Space Station continues to operate in excellent shape

as it orbits the Earth at an altitude of 246 by 234 statute miles. Since the

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nch of Zarya in November 1998, the ISS has completed almost 6,500

orbits. Space Station viewing opportunities worldwide are available on the

Internet at:



http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/



[ANS thanks NASA for this information]