[amsat-bb] Re: ARISS Antenna Specifics

[Dir YF0EEE]

hi Frank


thanks for Information, I download a files and see , the documents is very
informative
appreciate for ARISS Team and always success in the new year 2009.

Happy New Year 2009


rgds
73 de YF0EEE
Dirgantara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo at comcast.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:52 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Antenna Specifics


> All,
>
> The ARISS L-band/S-band antenna systems are Left Hand Circularly
Polarized.
> There are some good details of the antenna systems in this paper:
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/Phase%202%20AGM03Final.pdf
>
> And this presentation:
>
>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Presentations/AMSAT%20Symposiums/AMSAT03.pd
> f
>
> Chart 25 of the above presentation shows the antenna locations looking
down
> the axis of the Service Module.  In this picture, the ISS velocity vector
is
> either in or out of the page and Earth is towards the bottom of the page.
> This assumes they are in the normal Earth pointing mode (which is not
always
> a given).
>
> We have some good on-orbit views of the antennas in this set of charts
too.
> Enjoy!
>
> I hope this helps.  And thanks for all the interest in ARISS.
>
> 73,  Frank, KA3HDO
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