Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Fri, 4 May 90 01:33:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 4 May 90 01:32:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #350 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 350 Today's Topics: Re: Fun Fact #1 Comments Re: Two communications satelllites to be launched in May (Forwarded) Payload Status for 05/03/90 (Forwarded) ROSAT press briefing/satellite showing at KSC (Forwarded) Re: Phhotos from Space (was: Hubble Telescope) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 11:12:49 PST From: mordor!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!pnet01.cts.com!jim@angband.s1.gov (Jim Bowery) To: crash!space@angband.s1.gov Subject: Re: Fun Fact #1 Comments George K. Ott writes: >Was there any restriction placed on the possibility of a collaboration >of some of these small scale efforts? Seems to me that some clever folk >would pool their resources and thier piece of the 30 billion and come up >with some not-so-light launchers No such restriction was stated, implied or intended, although it was clearly hallucinated by the NASA-apologists. As I stated in an earlier posting, there would be a great deal of load sharing through take-overs if nothing else. In a way, that is exactly what happened when AMROC rose from the ashes of the original "Starstruck, Inc." --- Typical RESEARCH grant: $ Typical DEVELOPMENT contract: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 90 23:13:13 GMT From: manta!simpkins@nosc.mil (Michael A. Simpkins) Subject: Re: Two communications satelllites to be launched in May (Forwarded) In article <48593@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: >TWO COMMUNICATIONS SATELLLITES TO BE LAUNCHED IN MAY > > Two Mulitiple Access Communications Satellites (MACSATs) are >scheduled to be launched by NASA aboard a Navy-owned Scout rocket >on May 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The 90-minute >launch window opens at 1:49 p.m., EDT. The program is sponsored >by the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency >(DARPA). _______________________________________________________________________________ This launch will be from the south Vandenberg complex, with the best viewing to be at the Surf State Beach park 10 miles west of Lompoc. I'll check to see if this area will be open and report back for anyone interested. The official viewing site on north base is over 15 miles away! ( You can get a pretty good view of the launch after it clears the hills from the flower fields west of Lompoc.) I'm not sure, but you may be able to see the pad from the beach. _______________________________________________________________________________ > The Scout program is managed by NASA's Langley Research >Center, Hampton, Va. The 73-feet-long, four stage, solid- >propellant rocket motor launch vehicle is built by the Missiles >Division of LTV Missiles and Electronics Group, Dallas, Texas. >First launched in 1960, Scout has had 98 successful missions in >112 attempts, including 56 successes in 57 launches since 1967. ________________________________________________________________________________ These are small birds but they are FAST. Don't blink. I've been told that they are supersonic before they clear the tower (that was probably an exaggeration, after you watch one leave the pad you'll believe it!). They call them Blue Scout's there, I think this name goes back to the early days of the program. Is this true? _______________________________________________________________________________ >NOTE TO EDITORS: The Scout/MACSAT launch will be carried live on >NASA Select television via Satcom F-2R, Transponder 13, C-Band >located at 72 degrees west longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, >vertical polorization, audio monaural 6.8 MHz. I know I'll be watching. Hi mom. -simpkins- ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 90 16:48:29 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Payload Status for 05/03/90 (Forwarded) Daily Status/KSC Payload Management and Operations 05-03-90. - STS-31R HST (at VPF) - Post launch GSE removal continues. - STS-35 ASTRO-1/BBXRT (at Pad-A) - GSE PR work-off continues. BBXRT battery R&R and liquid argon servicing will start at the end of second shift today. - STS-40 SLS-1 (at O&C) - Experiment train interface testing and ECS systems checks are continuing along with MVAK training. - STS-42 IML-1 (at O&C) - Module pyrell foam replacement, floor staging, and rack staging were worked Tuesday and will continue today. - STS-45 Atlas-1 (at O&C) - Coldplate installations continue. - STS-46 TSS-1 (at O&C) - No work is scheduled for today. - STS-47 Spacelab-J (at O&C) - No work is scheduled for today. - STS-55 SL-D2 (at O&C) - No work is scheduled for today. - HST M&R (at O&C) - ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 90 22:07:41 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: ROSAT press briefing/satellite showing at KSC (Forwarded) Debra Rahn May 3, 1990 Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-84550) Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-1548) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 407/867-2468) N90-31 NOTE TO EDITORS: ROSAT PRESS BRIEFING/SATELLITE SHOWING AT KSC The Rosat spacecraft, a satellite with an X-ray telescope as its primary instrument, will be the topic of a briefing and associated spacecraft showing to be held at KSC on Tuesday, May 8. ROSAT, which stands for Roentgen Satellite, will be placed in a 360 statute mile-high orbit by a Delta II rocket targeted for launch May 31. The mission is a joint effort by the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and NASA. Participating in the briefing will be: John Conway, Director of Payload Management and Operations, KSC Volker Kaltenbach, ROSAT Spacecraft Manager, German Aerospace Research Establishment, Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Alan Bunner, ROSAT Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters The event will be held at the KSC News Center Auditorium starting at 11:00 a.m. EDT. At the conclusion of the briefing, transportation will be provided to NASA's Hangar AE located on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for a showing of the satellite. The briefing will be carried on NASA Select television, Satcom F2R, transponder 13, located at 72 degrees west longitude. ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 90 15:27:23 GMT From: usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars!baalke@ucsd.edu (Ron Baalke) Subject: Re: Phhotos from Space (was: Hubble Telescope) In article <12894@ttidca.TTI.COM> jackson@ttidca.TTI.COM (Dick Jackson) writes: > >Is there not a plan to have Voyager turn around to get a family snap of >the solar system? Has this been approved? > Voyager 1 has already taken the pictures and sent back the last batch just two days ago. Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Lab M/S 301-355 | baalke@jems.jpl.nasa.gov 4800 Oak Grove Dr. | Pasadena, CA 91109 | Go Lakers! ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #350 *******************