Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from hogtown.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, 8 Feb 91 02:13:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 02:13:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V13 #133 SPACE Digest Volume 13 : Issue 133 Today's Topics: Electronic 803 Access Mir cosmonauts' TV pictures of Kuwait: how sharp ? Magellan Update - 02/01/91 Administrivia: Submissions to the SPACE Digest/sci.space should be mailed to space+@andrew.cmu.edu. Other mail, esp. [un]subscription requests, should be sent to space-request+@andrew.cmu.edu, or, if urgent, to tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail Date: 3 Feb 91 07:53:32 GMT From: netcom!goletz@apple.com (Eddie Goletz) Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest} Subject: Electronic 803 Access Sender: space-request@andrew.cmu.edu To: space@andrew.cmu.edu Ever other month NASA/Goddard publishes a document called "MISSION REQUIREMENTS AND DATA SYSTEMS SUPPORT FORCAST", document number STDN No. 803. The title may be boring, but the contents are not. Some of the things contained in this document are a manifest of future STS and ELV launches (US and European), a list of historical STS missions, a one to three page description of each upcoming mission, a glossary of payload acronyms and other things of interest. This document is now available electronically to anyone with a computer and modem. The procedure to access this document are contained in this exert from the 803 document. ---------------------------- Electronic 803 Access The _Mission Requirements and Data Systems Support Forecast_, STDN No. 803 is now available for access on terminals to provide mission data more recent than shown in the monthly printed copies. The standard ASCII terminal configu- ration is 1200 baud, full-duplex, no parity and VT100 compatibility or higher. Weekly updates of significant items (e.g., launch dates, individual summary sheets, definitions of terms, and STS payload reassignments) will be avail- able at the terminal. A BULLETINS Page will list the changes. (It is suggested that the user access BULLETINS first.) By making use of the terminal, the user will have access to some data which may be as much as 6 weeks more recent than the printed copies. Log-on procedures are as follows: a. Dial telephone number (301) 794-3422 or (301) 794-3429 and strike carriage return a few times until the following message appears on the screen: * DECserver 200 Terminal Server V3.0 (BL33) - LAT V5.1 NMOS1_4 Please type HELP if you need assistance Enter username> b. When the "Enter username>" appears, type 803 and strike carriage return. The user should than receive the following prompt: Local > c. At this point, the user should type in C NMOS1 and strike carriage return. The following messages will then appear: Local -010- Session 1 to NMOS1 established Welcome to VAX/VMS V3.1 Username: d. When the word "Username:" appears, type 803 and strike carriage return. e. At this time, you should be logged on to the STDN No. 803 program. f. Once the user has exited from the 803, the local prompt should appear again. Type logoff and strike carriage return to log off of the terminal server. * If the last user has not logged off of the terminal server, the next time that it is accessed, the "Local>" prompt will appear instead of the messages listed under letter "a" above. ---------------------------- I tried this service out by calling the first number listed above. I logged on without any trouble and down loaded a shuttle manifest and a list of historical shuttle flights. Eddie Goletz goletz@netcom.UUCP ------------------------------ Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail Date: 4 Feb 91 12:37:58 GMT From: mcsun!unido!mpirbn!p515dfi@uunet.uu.net (Daniel Fischer) Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn Subject: Mir cosmonauts' TV pictures of Kuwait: how sharp ? Sender: space-request@andrew.cmu.edu To: space@andrew.cmu.edu [A similar message was posted earlier this day but never made it to the groups] Is there someone who has videotaped the spectacular Soviet video clips showing burning oilfields and the oil slick from space? There were taken by the Mir cosmonauts with a handheld TV camera and are surprisingly sharp and contrast- rich (much better e.g. than the actual Soviet photo shown in SPACE NEWS two weeks ago), and I wonder what their resolution is: since the coastline can be seen in most frames, someone with a detailed map of this area should find it not difficult to determine the scale (for both zoom settings used) and to estimate the resolution. ------------------------------ Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail Date: 5 Feb 91 00:54:53 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!forsight!jato!mars.jpl.nasa.gov!baalke@ucsd.edu (Ron Baalke) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Subject: Magellan Update - 02/01/91 Sender: space-request@andrew.cmu.edu To: space@andrew.cmu.edu MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT February 1, 1991 The Magellan spacecraft and its radar system are performing nominally. All STARCALS (star calibrations) and DESATS (desaturations) since yesterday were successful, with attitude updates averaging less than 0.04 degree. The battery #1 temperature is now peaking at 18 degrees Celsius, which is well below the alarm limit. Later today the 1033 "tweak" (a routine update of the radar mapping sequence and parameters) will be sent to the spacecraft. ___ _____ ___ /_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov | | | | __ \ /| | | | Jet Propulsion Lab | ___| | | | |__) |/ | | |___ M/S 301-355 | It's 10PM, do you know /___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | where your spacecraft is? |_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ | We do! ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V13 #133 *******************