SAREX FACT SHEET -- STS-64 WHO: Space Shuttle Discovery crew WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students on earth. WHERE: Earth Orbit. Inclination 57 degrees. Altitude 259 kilometers. WHEN: September 9, 1994 (9 day mission) WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) component of the STS-64 mission. LAUNCH: Scheduled for September 9, 1994 at 16:30 EDT (2030 UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. AMATEUR RADIO LICENSED CREW MEMBERS: Richard N. Richards, KB5SIW, Commander L. Blaine Hammond Jr., KC5HBS, Pilot Jerry M. Linenger, KC5HBR, Mission Specialist PAYLOAD: This mission includes the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment or SAREX. SAREX is an educational payload which allows schools around the world to learn first hand about space by speaking directly to astronauts aboard the Shuttle via Amateur (or "ham") Radio. On this mission, SAREX will be carried in configuration B (see end of document). The primary objective of this flight is to successfully perform the planned operations of the LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE-1), and to deploy and retrieve the SPARTAN 201 payload. LITE-1 will be used to take atmospheric measurements by emitting laser energy into the atmosphere and measuring the return signals scattered from atmospheric constituents. SPARTAN 201 is a solar wind generation experiment that will probe the physics of the solar wind acceleration region by measuring various coronal structures. SAREX The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Radio Amateur SPONSORS: Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SAREX is supported by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). SAREX RADIO FREQUENCIES:The crew will use separate receive and transmit frequencies. PLEASE do not transmit on the Shuttle's DOWNLINK frequency. Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99 MHz Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz HAM RADIO CALL SIGNS: FM voice call sign KB5SIW, KC5HBS, and KC5HBR QSL VIA: Send reports and QSLs to ARRL EAD, STS-64 QSL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Include the following information in your QSL or report: STS-64, date, time in UTC, frequency and mode (FM voice or packet). In addition, you must also include a SASE using a large, business-sized envelope if you wish to receive a card. Nashua Area Radio Club in New Hampshire has generously volunteered to manage the cards for this mission. INFORMATION:ARRL (Newington, CT) Amateur Radio station (call sign W1AW) news bulletins (9:45 PM, 12:45 AM EST) on HF bands at 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and VHF at 147.555 MHz. Goddard Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) Amateur Radio station (call sign WA3NAN) news and retransmissions on Amateur Radio high frequency (HF) bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and 28.65 megahertz (MHz) and on very high frequency (VHF) bands at 147.45 MHz. GARC also maintains a Bulletin Board System (BBS) which is accessible via the Internet, modem and packet radio. The BBS contains Keplerian orbital elements updated daily, AMSAT and SAREX bulletins and Space Shuttle mission information. via Internet: wa3nan.gsfc.nasa.gov or 128.183.105.17 via phone: (301) 286-4137 via packet: WA3NAN on 145.090 MHz in DC area. SHUTTLE TRACKING: Current Keplerian elements to track the Shuttle are available from the NASA Spacelink computer information system BBS (205) 895-0028 and the ARRL BBS (203) 666-0578. Also, the JSC ARC BBS will have the latest element sets available during the STS-64 flight. The number is (713) 244-5625, 9600 baud or less. See last page for Keplerian element set JSC-009. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Grizzly Hill School North San Juan, CA The Branson School Ross, CA Crystal Lake South Elementary Crystal Lake, IL Morocco Elementary School Morocco, IN Springfield Plains Elementary Clarkston, MI Francis Howell North High School St. Charles, MO Central Square Middle School Central Square, NY STEP/Star Schools - Young Astronauts Spokane, WA Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Laurel, MD Middleton Grange School New Zealand FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, Educational Activities Department, American Radio Relay League 203-666-1541 email: ead@arrl.org Configuration B - SAREX configuration B consists only of the handheld transceiver, I/F module, spare battery set, SAREX headset assembly, personal tape recorder, and the window antenna. It is capable only of exchanging voice communications with amateur stations within LOS of the Orbiter. Configuration B can be operated only in the attended mode. The payload control weights are as follows: Configuration B 35 lb (15.90 kg) STS-64 Keplerian element set JSC-009: STS-64 1 00064U 94253.10081701 .00083204 00000-0 14200-3 0 90 2 00064 57.0058 195.1863 0009244 269.5211 90.4820 16.05202670 52 Satellite: STS-64 Catalog number: 00064 Epoch time: 94253.10081701 = (10 SEP 94 02:25:10.58 UTC) Element set: 009 Inclination: 57.0058 deg RA of node: 195.1863 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-64 Eccentricity: .0009244 Prelaunch element set JSC-009 Arg of perigee: 269.5211 deg Launch: 09 SEP 20:30:00 UTC Mean anomaly: 90.4820 deg Mean motion: 16.05202670 rev/day Gil Carman Decay rate: 8.3204e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 5 Checksum: 255 These elements will propagate to match the latest STS-64 design trajectory from trim burn #2 on orbit 4 at MET 0/04:48, until trim burn #4 on orbit 28 at MET 1/17:02. The American Radio Relay League, Newington Conn. USA SAREX-10.TXT 9/9/94