Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from corsica.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Tue, 22 Aug 89 00:28:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4YwBN-W00UkVQ65U4-@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Tue, 22 Aug 89 00:27:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V9 #611 SPACE Digest Volume 9 : Issue 611 Today's Topics: space news from July 17 AW&ST NASA Prediction Bulletins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21 Aug 89 02:23:19 GMT From: jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!utzoo!henry@rutgers.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: space news from July 17 AW&ST Cover is the first Titan 4 launch. Apollo-11 editorial, more or less correctly predicting what Bush was going to say, and urging action rather than talk. "Undertakings of this scale are never going to get any cheaper. The time to start is now... History shows clearly that great nations move forward with bold decision, not a preoccupation with bean counting." Dick Truly has observed that manned exploration programs cannot bubble up from the bottom -- they must be started from the top. Truly says he recently reviewed Wernher von Braun's original post-Apollo plan, and that if NASA funding had remained stable instead of declining, the US would be operating a manned lunar base and a space station and would have crews en route to Mars. "Where are the US space visionaries of comparable stature today?" Panamsat and Intelsat, among others, plan to bid for lease of the C-band transponders on TDRS-3 and -4. The original intent was for Western Union to use them, but the commercial deal collapsed and TDRS's commercial relay capabilities have never been used. The team responsible for picking the British Mir astronaut is sorting through 11000+ applications, with more still arriving. Final selection of astronaut and backup will happen by October. Yet Another Major Review of the space station is underway, to give Truly and his new subordinates a fresh look. The Langley team doing the review is also identifying elements that could be delayed if funding is inadequate. Some officials reported to be annoyed that Quayle's top-secret assessment of a new space initiative has not involved the Space Council itself. The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Mismanagement and Beancounting are particularly miffed that they weren't allowed to mess it up. It is reported that the great lunar/Mars plan assumes not only the space station, but also Shuttle-C and two more shuttle orbiters. House budget proposal includes $1G+ cut to NASA funding, $400M from space station. International Astronautical Federation moves its 1989 annual congress, in October, from Beijing to Malaga (Spain), for obvious reasons. Last Ariane 3 successfully launches ESA's heavy comsat Olympus July 11. Pictures of the secret Soviet laser facility at Sary Shagan, taken by touring US scientists. The scientists say the facility does not appear to have operational antisatellite capabilities, the Pentagon's claims notwithstanding. Early Voyager pictures of Neptune from 57Mmi, with cloud features fairly prominent. Two more rats abandon ship, er excuse me, two more senior NASA officials resign due to worries about the impending federal law that makes trouble for retiring federal officials going to work for government contractors. This time it's the director of Ames and the associate admin for space operations. First Titan 4 launched June 14, about eight months behind schedule. [Ah, those reliable and timely expendables!] Titan managers say the complexity of getting the new booster off was underestimated, notably the problems of handling the extra-large SRBs and the 8900-lb payload fairing. Mods to the pad also took longer than expected. Other complications included a lineup for IUSes, masses of new paperwork, bad weather, and the lack of a "pathfinder" dummy vehicle to get bugs out of support facilities ahead of time. The USAF is now taking a fresh look at long-term improvements to Titan launch facilities, with weather protection at the pad high on the list. One of the two first-stage engines on the first Titan 4 malfunctioned partway up, gimballing hard over and staying there, but the other engine compensated automatically and the payload ended up precisely where it was supposed to be. (Payload was a missile-warning satellite on an IUS.) An internal fuel leak in the malfunctioning engine is suspected. Team led by France's Matra gets contract for Spain's Hispasat broadcast and communications satellite project, two birds plus support. This is the second contract that will be based on the Matra/BAe "Eurostar" bus, which has also been selected by the Locstar people [who are, I believe, Geostar's European cousins]. Hispasat will do TV broadcast to Spain and the Canaries, plus TV distribution links between Spain and Latin America and government communications in Spain. -- V7 /bin/mail source: 554 lines.| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1989 X.400 specs: 2200+ pages. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu ------------------------------ Date: 20 Aug 89 04:51:54 GMT From: agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!blackbird!tkelso@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (TS Kelso) Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins The most current orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are carried on the Celestial RCP/M, (513) 427-0674, and are updated several times weekly. Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space. This week's elements are provided below. The Celestial RCP/M may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, or 2400 baud using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. - Current NASA Prediction Bulletins #557 - Alouette 1 1 00424U 89224.46332790 0.00000173 19906-3 0 2271 2 00424 80.4613 230.3882 0023328 350.3677 9.7016 13.67177689340509 SOLRAD R/B 1 00727U 64001 A 89205.95482766 .00000149 00000-0 14510-3 0 2809 2 00727 69.9013 14.6705 0012349 43.2838 316.9236 13.93555572298358 Cos 185 R/B 1 03019U 67104 B 89220.29644521 .00006700 00000-0 45789-3 0 3987 2 03019 64.0628 309.7143 0216553 222.4163 136.0198 14.89845819112841 ATS 3 1 03029U 67111 A 89220.47785184 -.00000074 00000-0 99999-4 0 2416 2 03029 12.8190 23.7644 0016243 196.2850 163.7257 1.00272220 79665 Cosmos 398 1 04966U 71 16 A 89220.38447446 .00106669 00000-0 70063-3 0 9112 2 04966 51.5447 271.9312 2503300 301.8512 36.2312 10.55894323557892 LAGEOS 1 08820U 89226.97265887 0.00000005 0 8652 2 08820 109.8368 250.2175 0044863 303.5162 56.1513 6.38663858 54386 GOES 2 1 10061U 89224.61122169 -.00000007 0 2912 2 10061 7.3012 67.3354 0005350 163.5325 196.6831 1.00264554 5948 GPS-0001 1 10684U 89225.79446154 0.00000010 10000-3 0 1902 2 10684 63.6276 99.0224 0108994 197.9351 161.7574 2.00559917 69681 GPS-0002 1 10893U 89222.26483050 -.00000027 0 238 2 10893 64.4957 340.0149 0154406 28.1681 332.6724 2.00554955 82434 GOES 3 1 10953U 89217.68126890 0.00000085 10000-3 0 7001 2 10953 6.1820 70.2390 0007516 256.1492 103.7452 1.00280201 1430 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 89221.00981266 0.00000704 29165-3 0 1490 2 10967 108.0191 36.4096 0001906 239.0974 120.9978 14.34755767581664 GPS-0003 1 11054U 89226.06656566 -.00000027 0 931 2 11054 64.1312 336.2759 0056099 119.0540 241.5354 2.00562260 79524 GPS-0004 1 11141U 89226.16543084 0.00000010 0 2000 2 11141 63.5387 98.7842 0052533 323.7939 36.0235 2.00569955 78223 NOAA 6 1 11416U 89224.05416067 0.00000722 31848-3 0 8803 2 11416 98.5113 219.5069 0011263 311.6778 48.3488 14.25904322525863 Solar Max 1 11703U 89225.21005251 0.00083538 99592-3 0 561 2 11703 28.4965 234.2503 0000493 276.0211 84.0338 15.59605253528734 GPS-0006 1 11783U 89225.62463252 -.00000027 0 9523 2 11783 63.8792 335.9672 0142446 62.1049 299.3501 2.00569806 68150 GOES 4 1 11964U 89198.09976027 -.00000043 0 645 2 11964 5.5545 73.3550 0033142 94.8230 265.4677 0.99228738 2321 GOES 5 1 12472U 89219.00000000 -.00000248 10000-3 0 7452 2 12472 2.6923 79.9470 0002216 125.0647 45.9838 1.00259119 29097 SME 1 12887U 89220.24730868 .00012496 00000-0 42202-3 0 2599 2 12887 97.6844 248.0911 0003580 58.7412 301.4335 15.30816125433117 UOSAT 1 1 12888U 89225.11503748 0.00163931 12054-2 0 6793 2 12888 97.5467 282.9235 0002433 168.8732 191.3372 15.72589052437908 Meteor 2-08 1 13113U 89218.38888884 0.00000140 11604-3 0 6572 2 13113 82.5373 18.8531 0014379 285.7045 74.2535 13.84023452372189 Salyut 7 1 13138U 89226.67140000 0.00018375 40590-3 0 7027 2 13138 51.6070 30.5910 0000592 230.3449 129.7774 15.43901015417228 LandSat 4 1 13367U 82 72 A 89219.58631053 .00000437 00000-0 10709-3 0 499 2 13367 98.2091 282.4930 0003590 61.1447 299.0125 14.57111580375634 Meteor 2-09 1 13718U 89223.46775744 0.00000262 13209-3 0 8039 2 13718 81.2425 227.4623 0055408 200.3767 159.5200 14.13251317343366 IRAS 1 13777U 89220.39141682 -.00000037 -13690-4 0 6643 2 13777 99.0413 56.7769 0012863 164.5511 195.6053 13.98615671 3218 TDRS 1 1 13969U 83 26 B 89209.55893578 -.00000205 00000-0 00000 0 0 8227 2 13969 3.6997 68.5011 0015889 158.1406 201.9317 1.00259309 89831 GOES 6 1 14050U 89220.72708020 0.00000119 0 32 2 14050 1.4220 83.4804 0000480 18.5977 341.8165 1.00258985 7134 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 89222.50747033 -.00000095 0 4212 2 14129 26.0561 250.4975 6050658 66.2981 344.4864 2.05883706 18330 GPS-0008 1 14189U 89226.21116740 0.00000009 10000-3 0 6531 2 14189 63.2200 97.5243 0136896 215.2337 143.9406 2.00566843 44609 Meteor 2-10 1 14452U 89224.46866459 0.00000415 17389-3 7560 2 14452 81.1621 237.1388 0093948 295.2149 63.9317 14.22272837300543 LandSat 5 1 14780U 89227.03222320 0.00000800 18771-3 0 8681 2 14780 98.1651 288.1369 0003946 68.0581 292.0809 14.57141507290139 UOSAT 2 1 14781U 89225.19157392 0.00001534 30256-3 0 4901 2 14781 98.0004 282.3334 0013821 134.6573 225.5789 14.63836110290881 LDEF 1 14898U 89224.94650558 0.00046492 66917-3 0 9342 2 14898 28.5044 135.7731 0001040 222.5797 137.5462 15.54638195300289 GPS-0009 1 15039U 89226.27109516 0.00000009 0 7148 2 15039 62.9490 96.7695 0014282 255.8641 104.0377 2.00564641 37886 Meteor 2-11 1 15099U 89224.71188286 0.00000254 22067-3 0 9608 2 15099 82.5338 321.4248 0014824 79.3863 280.8978 13.83689141257936 GPS-0010 1 15271U 89226.67036727 -.00000027 0 6929 2 15271 63.3398 335.6622 0100151 321.1793 38.1270 2.00567216 35009 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 89223.88665154 0.00002397 34452-3 0 644 2 15331 82.5384 287.0322 0022297 263.7417 96.1333 14.75891816262433 NOAA 9 1 15427U 89222.41087799 0.00000442 26164-3 0 4128 2 15427 99.1479 210.4292 0015529 157.4958 202.6896 14.12109160240106 Meteor 2-12 1 15516U 89224.62725059 0.00000174 14598-3 0 1059 2 15516 82.5339 259.8646 0015683 322.3022 37.7038 13.84151065228865 Cosmos 1686 1 16095U 89226.54194181 0.00007243 16581-3 0 3387 2 16095 51.6077 31.2286 0001009 242.7403 117.3666 15.43885696218302 GPS-0011 1 16129U 89226.82597903 0.00000010 0 3464 2 16129 63.7364 97.4708 0119070 149.7409 211.0435 2.00563610 28219 Meteor 3-1 1 16191U 89224.88630358 0.00000043 10000-3 0 8454 2 16191 82.5480 195.6503 0019774 153.6938 206.5202 13.16871750182983 Meteor 2-13 1 16408U 89224.85413421 0.00000135 11089-3 0 5189 2 16408 82.5360 174.5492 0016767 136.5388 223.7101 13.84196079183396 Mir 1 16609U 89226.69167195 0.00026155 34018-3 0 9888 2 16609 51.6205 70.6047 0010022 274.2751 85.6581 15.58537519200284 SPOT 1 1 16613U 89227.06201652 0.00000380 19613-3 0 5592 2 16613 98.7365 300.8571 0001290 52.0466 308.0769 14.20022154 20484 Meteor 2-14 1 16735U 89224.90962995 0.00000133 10978-3 0 3129 2 16735 82.5362 201.3501 0013177 208.1434 151.9058 13.83942318162306 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 89227.05919403 0.00002671 38798-3 0 6982 2 16881 82.5252 343.5613 0021241 268.0202 91.8575 14.75522125163970 EGP 1 16908U 89216.23557745 -.00000027 11738-3 0 1486 2 16908 50.0069 150.3734 0011216 107.6360 252.5700 12.44379914135399 FO-12 1 16909U 89226.01332023 -.00000025 10000-3 0 1674 2 16909 50.0170 120.5753 0011692 131.9903 228.1928 12.44401109136602 NOAA 10 1 16969U 89218.07359174 0.00000468 22440-3 0 2596 2 16969 98.6373 247.6148 0014507 103.1080 257.1719 14.23108208151032 Meteor 2-15 1 17290U 89224.05053702 0.00000236 20288-3 0 2790 2 17290 82.4677 108.9878 0013978 100.1308 260.1427 13.83749497131346 MOS-1 1 17527U 87 18 A 89219.60835365 .00000079 00000-0 71946-4 0 2092 2 17527 99.1448 290.6207 0000337 77.6458 282.4748 13.94847109125543 GOES 7 1 17561U 89221.38888294 -.00000105 0 3159 2 17561 0.0389 183.0274 0004069 353.8803 183.1293 1.00272156 2290 Kvant 1 17845U 89226.56345153 0.00013926 18456-3 0 8383 2 17845 51.6225 71.2514 0010153 273.7525 86.2931 15.58522761136538 DMSP B5D2-3 1 18123U 89219.46644554 .00000228 00000-0 14051-3 0 1259 2 18123 98.8243 49.2842 0014309 191.7805 168.3773 14.13487763110076 RS-10/11 1 18129U 89227.02928653 0.00000038 34825-4 0 8472 2 18129 82.9260 194.6868 0010331 246.1585 113.8501 13.71995771107468 Cosmos 1867 1 18187U 87 60 A 89219.96748532 .00000041 00000-0 33747-4 0 9071 2 18187 65.0102 238.0029 0019070 254.7525 105.1380 14.29387795108521 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 89224.67835272 0.00000218 18868-3 0 3022 2 18312 82.5575 174.7803 0013974 42.8510 317.3557 13.83497822100327 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 89224.84640040 0.00000081 67586-4 0 1390 2 18820 82.5416 235.5226 0018253 107.5785 252.7372 13.84188330 77522 DMSP B5D2-4 1 18822U 89219.48204071 .00000444 00000-0 22299-3 0 952 2 18822 98.6884 99.3656 0007761 94.6181 265.6464 14.20847369 78286 AO-13 1 19216U 89224.29686106 0.00000147 -56175-2 0 429 2 19216 57.1273 195.6350 6773680 209.3425 84.3091 2.09696573 8917 OKEAN 1 1 19274U 88 56 A 89219.94730482 .00001832 00000-0 26772-3 0 4587 2 19274 82.5146 88.7692 0024491 65.0832 295.2927 14.75029501 58716 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 89220.84624886 0.00000391 10000-2 0 2368 2 19336 82.5451 138.4219 0018587 17.9998 342.1677 13.16855538 49849 NOAA 11 1 19531U 89221.31268263 0.00000395 23996-3 0 1138 2 19531 98.9426 165.0849 0013324 81.1644 279.1038 14.11090338 44962 TDRS 3 1 19548U 88 91 B 89205.63786333 .00000126 00000-0 99999-4 0 300 2 19548 0.6721 83.7449 0003585 44.3078 231.9696 1.00266710 2165 GPS-0014 1 19802U 89 13 A 89206.89309308 .00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 509 2 19802 55.1021 210.2896 0066155 157.6603 202.6523 2.00556809 3205 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89224.88235416 0.00000117 10000-3 0 630 2 19851 82.5255 114.0925 0014506 144.2758 215.9432 13.83827853 22921 TDRS 4 1 19883U 89 21 B 89208.26829531 -.00000237 00000-0 99999-4 0 243 2 19883 0.4171 71.3998 0001965 32.8167 255.7920 1.00258496 622 GPS-0013 1 20061U 89195.11831124 -.00000029 0 285 2 20061 54.5868 29.5793 0080698 163.2427 197.0849 2.00573534 713 Raduga 1-1 1 20083U 89207.77927620 0.00000150 10000-3 0 393 2 20083 1.3949 273.2764 0005647 348.3379 12.0591 1.00270925 353 Nadezhda 1 20103U 89213.09000256 0.00000075 74156-4 0 181 2 20103 82.9623 160.9356 0036537 208.1477 151.7704 13.73491526 3774 1989 050B 1 20104U 89210.73341639 0.00000006 0 134 2 20104 82.9628 162.6306 0032576 192.5149 167.5202 13.74884939 3442 Gorizont 18 1 20107U 89222.49052197 -.00000251 10000-3 0 320 2 20107 1.4417 275.4063 0002878 51.2352 308.9647 1.00274116 367 1989 052D 1 20110U 89219.72792483 -.00000109 0 142 2 20110 1.5121 276.5079 0028004 75.6751 284.6099 1.03059945 348 Olympus 1 20122U 89222.16766756 -.00000119 10000-3 0 226 2 20122 0.0626 271.4242 0002569 41.9678 46.5866 1.00270106 60 1989 053B 1 20123U 89226.55330121 0.00067328 75185-2 0 359 2 20123 6.3343 93.2259 7283988 205.9228 84.1260 2.29798794 774 1988 063E 1 20127U 89222.21870866 0.00000402 14264-2 0 291 2 20127 8.0102 316.7338 7224687 109.4018 336.4890 2.26363790 6956 1988 098C 1 20132U 89222.66670160 0.00028748 69589-2 0 250 2 20132 3.6767 105.9058 7134521 80.5181 346.8895 2.46865740 6790 RESURS-F3 1 20134U 89219.92206973 0.00172715 12063-4 26742-3 0 474 2 20134 82.5683 86.6489 0012765 246.0471 114.0135 16.03977299 3292 Cosmos 2031 1 20136U 89227.24419919 0.00553097 16113-3 62332-3 0 612 2 20136 50.5505 332.7592 0035926 88.5802 271.7980 16.07204962 4466 Cosmos 2033 1 20147U 89227.28728668 0.00123222 19955-2 0 431 2 20147 65.0198 261.5511 0010673 276.5712 83.4041 15.52098060 3462 Cosmos 2034 1 20149U 89221.18427574 0.00000079 79075-4 0 275 2 20149 82.9374 77.2738 0030287 236.1763 123.6507 13.72419846 2048 1989 059B 1 20150U 89226.40733136 0.00002177 22930-2 0 368 2 20150 82.9374 73.3743 0028441 213.3998 146.5366 13.74246335 2757 Cosmos 2035 1 20151U 89226.73360772 0.00194781 18080-4 15008-3 0 248 2 20151 82.5612 137.0759 0009257 44.3664 315.8985 16.14840412 1963 1989 062A 1 20168U 89226.17852624 -.00000064 10000-3 0 28 2 20168 0.1791 260.1973 0028622 356.5583 103.7012 1.00710391 06 1989 062B 1 20169U 89225.12490331 0.00008880 13409-2 0 13 2 20169 6.9635 121.4232 7284067 181.7493 173.2880 2.29184976 110 1989 062C 1 20170U 89224.74365037 0.00002364 37560-2 0 77 2 20170 7.2120 122.2013 7254812 180.7664 176.1228 2.25903037 93 -- Dr TS Kelso Asst Professor of Space Operations tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V9 #611 *******************