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 ; Mon, 11 Mar 91 02:10:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Mon, 11 Mar 91 02:10:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V13 #256 SPACE Digest Volume 13 : Issue 256 Today's Topics: NASA Prediction Bulletins, Part 1 Quality Control Improves the Product quality control [told to me as true] Hiten Update - 03/08/91 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Mar 91 19:28:55 GMT From: udecc.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (TS Kelso) Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins, Part 1 The most current orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are carried on the Celestial BBS, (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 BBS 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 #819a - Alouette 1 1 00424U 62B-A 1 91 66.23840038 .00000427 00000-0 49985-3 0 3906 2 00424 80.4668 26.7162 0022623 319.8178 40.1269 13.67474612418646 ATS 3 1 03029U 67111 A 91 65.88961120 -.00000075 00000-0 99999-4 0 5062 2 03029 13.5297 18.9686 0010431 227.3767 132.5421 1.00272747 85421 Cosmos 398 1 04966U 71 16 A 91 66.01050688 .00069593 18870-4 36818-3 0 4242 2 04966 51.5287 277.6341 2090615 299.1880 41.5728 11.45027292621273 Starlette 1 07646U 75010 A 91 55.84418340 -.00000008 00000-0 40866-4 0 1986 2 07646 49.8251 241.5438 0205835 305.3797 52.7879 13.82150470810725 LAGEOS 1 08820U 76039 A 91 64.92937162 .00000005 00000-0 99999-4 0 1998 2 08820 109.8423 84.7962 0044404 182.9089 177.1471 6.38664226 90657 GOES 2 1 10061U 77048 A 91 62.88567133 -.00000259 00000-0 99999-4 0 5636 2 10061 8.6755 60.5522 0002823 310.0095 50.0731 1.00270254 51614 IUE 1 10637U 78012 A 91 67.00157360 -.00000182 00000-0 79862-4 0 2081 2 10637 32.7182 114.6281 1409458 0.5351 359.7257 1.00296531 9116 GPS-0001 1 10684U 78020 A 91 66.20483334 .00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 6018 2 10684 63.8648 81.4202 0125633 199.2503 160.3071 2.00554344 81129 GPS-0002 1 10893U 78 47 A 91 66.20296233 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 3196 2 10893 64.2732 322.2579 0171813 23.8770 336.9630 2.00535454 93948 GOES 3 1 10953U 78062 A 91 66.21141876 .00000093 00000-0 99999-4 0 467 2 10953 7.5745 63.2024 0005335 130.3930 229.7653 1.00272561 7555 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 78064 A 91 66.23197127 .00001929 00000-0 70164-3 0 4775 2 10967 108.0318 143.3435 0004631 246.2266 113.8393 14.36276909664215 GPS-0003 1 11054U 78093 A 91 62.96045011 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 3540 2 11054 63.7769 318.5296 0063156 116.7219 243.9865 2.00571710 90899 Nimbus 7 1 11080U 78098 A 91 66.27086948 .00000296 00000-0 29783-3 0 7355 2 11080 99.1760 329.9837 0009508 97.7577 262.4656 13.83512960624415 GPS-0004 1 11141U 78112 A 91 64.57879279 .00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 1367 2 11141 63.6379 81.0348 0077894 313.3827 46.1888 2.00542918 89621 GPS-0005 1 11690U 80 11 A 91 64.21808439 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 987 2 11690 64.3181 83.6112 0121864 203.1645 156.3248 2.00552846 95472 GPS-0006 1 11783U 80 32 A 91 66.01158240 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 3678 2 11783 63.5769 317.9289 0159260 58.8012 302.7607 2.00568513 79599 GOES 5 1 12472U 81049 A 91 67.12409122 .00000127 00000-0 99999-4 0 532 2 12472 4.1293 72.4965 0002691 275.8100 84.3732 1.00239706 34878 SME 1 12887U 81100 A 91 64.50110935 .08408782 12893-4 46933-3 0 1680 2 12887 97.5533 139.2111 0008178 266.6574 93.6075 16.41737930 2102 Cosmos 1383 1 13301U 82 66 A 91 64.16867636 .00000181 00000-0 20023-3 0 6877 2 13301 82.9319 109.5230 0026911 158.7408 201.4867 13.67886322433356 LandSat 4 1 13367U 82 72 A 91 65.16636556 .00000429 00000-0 99999-4 0 6911 2 13367 98.1256 127.0338 0004260 61.2729 298.8933 14.57169651459450 IRAS 1 13777U 83 4 A 91 66.56997273 .00000525 00000-0 38767-3 0 9064 2 13777 99.0178 264.1438 0013639 21.9967 338.1756 13.98903323 83763 Cosmos 1447 1 13916U 83 21 A 91 63.80866909 .00000310 00000-0 31599-3 0 7845 2 13916 82.9376 179.3559 0038025 131.5822 228.8616 13.74111593398464 TDRS 1 1 13969U 83 26 B 91 66.19407381 .00000129 00000-0 99999-4 0 2761 2 13969 5.1074 63.5138 0002929 296.9799 63.1455 1.00279927 1985 GOES 6 1 14050U 83 41 A 91 65.13248488 .00000117 00000-0 99999-4 0 3751 2 14050 2.8874 75.0000 0007198 309.9901 50.3108 1.00271574 766 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83 58 B 91 63.34532753 -.00000104 00000-0 99999-4 0 6398 2 14129 25.8586 157.5216 5994082 222.1074 71.7788 2.05883481 30094 GPS-0008 1 14189U 83 72 A 91 62.95134431 .00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 9016 2 14189 63.4991 79.7267 0144238 224.5375 134.3350 2.00568720 55970 LandSat 5 1 14780U 84 21 A 91 66.43611221 .00000428 00000-0 99999-4 0 5424 2 14780 98.2489 128.0081 0001062 33.1397 326.9867 14.57090894373053 UoSat 2 1 14781U 84 21 B 91 66.57946127 .00004043 00000-0 73905-3 0 9335 2 14781 97.9100 115.1085 0012931 128.2226 232.0137 14.66370080374556 GPS-0009 1 15039U 84 59 A 91 62.62556131 .00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 1681 2 15039 63.2486 78.8536 0028251 227.2721 132.5035 2.00565679 49245 Cosmos 1574 1 15055U 84 62 A 91 63.94896060 .00000210 00000-0 21292-3 0 327 2 15055 82.9520 230.0592 0027807 321.0423 38.8739 13.73417980335860 GPS-0010 1 15271U 84 97 A 91 65.06339824 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 107 2 15271 63.0766 317.3810 0112214 331.5248 27.9338 2.00563756 46406 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 84105 A 91 66.56612319 .00006488 00000-0 85763-3 0 4944 2 15331 82.5376 116.5874 0023208 185.3833 174.7106 14.79663544347014 NOAA 9 1 15427U 84123 A 91 64.18495536 .00001304 00000-0 72149-3 0 7091 2 15427 99.1729 75.1976 0015239 0.5797 359.5376 14.12858931320837 GPS-0011 1 16129U 85 93 A 91 63.28674890 .00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 7314 2 16129 64.0168 80.0329 0122728 148.0460 212.7468 2.00564483 39579 Mir 1 16609U 86 17 A 91 66.83991262 .00046826 00000-0 52346-3 0 3023 2 16609 51.6076 81.1752 0016936 33.4172 326.7419 15.62090553289296 SPOT 1 1 16613U 86 19 A 91 66.66596876 -.00001709 00000-0 -79349-3 0 2544 2 16613 98.7033 142.3242 0002017 132.8463 227.2614 14.20092679101325 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 86 55 A 91 67.26199248 .00000753 00000-0 99999-4 0 3440 2 16881 82.5233 174.6618 0022744 200.1389 159.9207 14.79041821248165 EGP 1 16908U 86 61 A 91 65.30868719 -.00000025 00000-0 99999-4 0 3416 2 16908 50.0096 170.1671 0011509 142.4602 217.7038 12.44392919207498 NOAA 10 1 16969U 86 73 A 91 66.52851991 .00001364 00000-0 61086-3 0 5542 2 16969 98.5752 93.2834 0012610 221.3216 138.7009 14.23953966232086 MOS-1 1 17527U 87 18 A 91 67.18054165 .00000105 00000-0 10317-3 0 7606 2 17527 99.0780 140.9656 0000725 125.9149 234.1783 13.94896548206062 GOES 7 1 17561U 87 22 A 91 63.84868606 -.00000045 00000-0 99999-4 0 7339 2 17561 0.0479 267.7374 0002270 83.3451 8.8864 1.00271283 8188 Kvant-1 1 17845U 87 30 A 91 66.83992094 .00046864 00000-0 52346-3 0 4940 2 17845 51.6159 81.1834 0017490 33.2132 327.0001 15.62099696289290 DMSP B5D2-3 1 18123U 87 53 A 91 66.38940217 .00001303 00000-0 69984-3 0 8685 2 18123 98.8128 258.4645 0014617 358.2703 1.8417 14.14390779191607 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87 54 A 91 66.99504260 .00000143 00000-0 14517-3 0 5469 2 18129 82.9275 133.6389 0013436 106.0941 254.1652 13.72155056185719 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 87 68 A 91 60.03160803 .00000223 00000-0 19236-3 0 6102 2 18312 82.5566 86.7348 0010878 255.9782 104.0203 13.83740103178508 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 88 5 A 91 59.98965918 .00000662 00000-0 58067-3 0 4582 2 18820 82.5478 146.3224 0016063 328.5459 31.4741 13.84440764155719 DMSP B5D2-4 1 18822U 88 6 A 91 66.43276393 .00001459 00000-0 67985-3 0 8055 2 18822 98.6128 304.5445 0005682 224.7624 135.3096 14.21816561160223 Glonass 34 1 19163U 88 43 A 91 65.46216076 .00000020 00000-0 99999-4 0 1854 2 19163 64.9225 150.3926 0006964 195.2966 164.7118 2.13102202 21733 Glonass 36 1 19165U 88 43 C 91 65.98833811 .00000020 00000-0 99999-4 0 1800 2 19165 64.9023 150.3707 0004298 329.5110 30.5154 2.13102716 21740 AO-13 1 19216U 88 51 B 91 53.11378759 -.00000126 00000-0 99999-4 0 2396 2 19216 56.8252 109.0878 7128019 247.8593 26.4295 2.09703733 20642 OKEAN 1 1 19274U 88 56 A 91 66.96840455 .00003660 00000-0 49893-3 0 625 2 19274 82.5146 273.6779 0021802 346.5596 13.5032 14.78300524143874 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 88 64 A 91 60.06448328 .00000052 00000-0 11717-3 0 7095 2 19336 82.5440 95.7138 0018732 33.0749 327.1551 13.16913552124767 Glonass 39 1 19503U 88 85 C 91 66.47729886 -.00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 1080 2 19503 65.4431 29.7120 0004947 205.9475 154.0237 2.13103162 19247 NOAA 11 1 19531U 88 89 A 91 66.52896461 .00001450 00000-0 81299-3 0 4666 2 19531 99.0164 20.6367 0009698 256.0792 103.9308 14.11967398126122 TDRS 2 1 19548U 88 91 B 91 58.04983405 .00000113 00000-0 99999-4 0 2334 2 19548 0.7490 80.7494 0001523 230.1933 49.0067 1.00274517 7474 Glonass 40 1 19749U 89 1 A 91 66.51863206 .00000020 00000-0 99999-4 0 8889 2 19749 64.8606 150.0159 0006349 273.4633 86.5105 2.13101813 16779 Glonass 41 1 19750U 89 1 B 91 66.10750013 .00000020 00000-0 99999-4 0 9439 2 19750 64.8754 150.0520 0006452 253.3316 106.6384 2.13102169 16764 GPS BII-01 1 19802U 89 13 A 91 58.17527061 .00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 2319 2 19802 55.0455 187.3559 0050904 163.2354 196.8890 2.00558153 14865 Akebono 1 19822U 89 16 A 91 65.56375910 .00033238 00000-0 19511-2 0 9542 2 19822 75.0761 108.9348 4111027 52.3990 338.3837 7.24127157 18647 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89 18 A 91 66.31817607 .00000114 00000-0 97659-4 0 4110 2 19851 82.5371 18.8429 0013216 0.6934 359.4275 13.84067106101967 MOP-1 1 19876U 89 20 B 91 56.56889792 .00000024 00000-0 99999-4 0 1813 2 19876 0.2783 49.6603 0001388 297.3075 12.9938 1.00267628 3203 TDRS 3 1 19883U 89 21 B 91 51.69564572 -.00000235 00000-0 99999-4 0 2307 2 19883 0.7266 79.1373 0001446 255.1676 25.6685 1.00271504 77386 GPS BII-02 1 20061U 89 44 A 91 58.00437706 -.00000034 00000-0 99999-4 0 2332 2 20061 54.8640 5.4895 0089842 183.4176 176.5173 2.00566400 12602 Nadezhda 1 1 20103U 89 50 A 91 63.57984357 .00000277 00000-0 28416-3 0 3067 2 20103 82.9575 93.0703 0038850 35.4241 324.9480 13.73653912 83460 GPS BII-03 1 20185U 89 64 A 91 57.34599602 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 1766 2 20185 54.8906 188.1900 0021289 164.8064 195.2144 2.00568043 11161 GPS BII-04 1 20302U 89 85 A 91 41.91577973 -.00000024 00000-0 99999-4 0 1785 2 20302 54.4598 307.3315 0032510 329.9999 29.8633 2.00556091 9656 Meteor 3-3 1 20305U 89 86 A 91 65.91761804 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 3224 2 20305 82.5484 32.6874 0016897 35.3229 324.9006 13.15940856 65500 COBE 1 20322U 89 89 A 91 64.02915118 .00000891 00000-0 59623-3 0 2562 2 20322 99.0224 76.8619 0009514 4.7519 355.3772 14.02991337 66068 Kvant-2 1 20335U 89 93 A 91 66.77594678 .00046833 00000-0 52346-3 0 5945 2 20335 51.6114 81.4970 0017406 32.4520 327.7514 15.62085118289281 GPS BII-05 1 20361U 89 97 A 91 62.37035542 .00000013 00000-0 99999-4 0 1289 2 20361 55.0281 130.0815 0063000 59.5436 301.1453 2.00584953 8926 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: 9 Mar 91 18:17:35 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!dil@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Perry G Ramsey) Subject: Quality Control Improves the Product Something I pulled off of rec.humor.funny. Rather appropriate to some of the discussions we've had here. ------------------------------ Path: mace.cc.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!purdue!decwrl!looking!funny-request From: ark@research.att.com Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: quality control [told to me as true] Keywords: heard it, true, computer, smirk Date: 9 Mar 91 00:30:03 GMT Lines: 38 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca A long, long time ago [before 1970], IBM was about to introduce a new disk drive that had higher storage density than any it had built before. This disk drive came in multiples of eight, stacked two high, four wide, and was immediately dubbed the "pizza oven" by its users. Anyway, the new drive was introduced with much fanfare. A few weeks later, its first customer had their first head crash. Then their second, and soon after that, their third. The chagrinned IBM service people bundled up the entire drive and took it back to their lab in Poughkeepsie, or Kingston, or wherever. There they replaced all the heads, put in brand new packs, and let it run. It ran for more than a month with no problems, so they carted it back to the customer site. They left the heads alone, put the customer's packs back in, and let it run. A few weeks later, the heads started crashing again. They repeated the whole process, but again the heads would not crash in the lab. Finally, someone got the bright idea of examining the crashed heads under a microscope. They found them clogged with some hard resinous substance, which they subjected to chemical analysis. The substance turned out to be the glue from the quality control stickers. These stickers were affixed during final inspection to each disk pack sent to customers, but not to the test packs they used in the lab. After a few weeks, the glue dried out and started flaking off; some of the flakes eventually found their way into the heads and caused the crashes. -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Jokes ABOUT major current events should be sent to topical@looking.on.ca (ie. jokes which won't be funny if not given immediate attention.) Anything that is not a joke submission goes to funny-request@looking.on.ca -- Perry G. Ramsey Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences perryr@vm.cc.purdue.edu Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN USA dil@mace.cc.purdue.edu *** IMAGINE YOUR LOGO HERE ****** Ten thousand low-lifes a day read this space. ------------------------------ Date: 9 Mar 91 18:40:19 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars.jpl.nasa.gov!baalke@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ron Baalke) Subject: Hiten Update - 03/08/91 HITEN STATUS REPORT March 8, 1991 Japan's small Moon probe, Hiten, made its seventh lunar flyby on March 3, passing about 13,300 km from the Moon. JPL's Deep Space Network is tracking the spacecraft. On February 28, the 34 meter Goldstone antenna supported ranging tests on Hiten, and were successful. On March 1, the same antenna was used to collect 24 minutes of ranging and doppler data. Hiten was launched into Earth orbit on January 24, 1990. The spacecraft was then known as MUSES-A, but was renamed to Hiten once in orbit. The 430 lb probe looped out from Earth and made its first lunary flyby on March 19, where it dropped off its 26 lb midget satellite, Hagoromo. Japan at this point became the third nation to orbit a satellite around the Moon, joining the Unites States and USSR. The smaller spacecraft, Hagoromo, will remain in orbit around the Moon. An apparently broken transistor radio caused the Japanese space scientists to lose track of it. Hagoromo's rocket motor fired on schedule on March 19, but the spacecraft's tracking transmitter failed immediately. The rocket firing of Hagoromo was optically confirmed using the Schmidt camera (105-cm, F3.1) at the Kiso Observatory in Japan. Hiten will continue to make lunar flybys on a regular basis, typically once a month. According to Takahiro Yamada at ISAS, Hiten will be performing aerobreaking experiments on March 19 and 30. These experiments will be done using the atmosphere of the Earth. The next lunar flyby is scheduled for April 26. Key Dates for Hiten ---------------------------------------- 01/24/90 Launch 03/19/90 1st Lunar Flyby, Separation of probe 07/10/90 2nd Lunar Flyby 08/04/90 3rd Lunar Flyby 09/07/90 4th Lunar Flyby 10/02/90 5th Lunar Flyby 01/27/91 6th Lunar Flyby 03/03/91 7th Lunar Flyby 03/19/91 1st Aerobraking Maneuver 03/30/91 2nd Aerobraking Maneuver 04/26/91 8th Lunar Flyby ___ _____ ___ /_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov | | | | __ \ /| | | | Jet Propulsion Lab | ___| | | | |__) |/ | | |___ M/S 301-355 | Change is constant. /___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | |_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ | ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V13 #256 *******************