[amsat-bb] Re: Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09

[Nate Duehr]

As always, Mission Audio is available on the IRLP Network on Reflector  
Channel 9877.

Any IRLP-equipped repeater or station can provide audio by simply  
dialing it up.

Currently 50 stations are linked in, with more usually around the peak  
times of launch and landing...

http://status.irlp.net/IRLPnodedetail.php?nodeid=9870

Nate WY0X
(Admin, IRLP Reflector 987X)

On Mar 15, 2009, at 12:04 PM, MM wrote:

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> ISS Amateur Radio Status: March 11, 2009
> By Miles Mann WF1F,
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> MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
> Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
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> Shuttle Launch Visible Tonight:
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> If you live along the East Coast of the USA, you maybe able to see  
> the Shuttle Discovery’s launch tonight at 7:43 p.m. (EDT).  People  
> in Florida are use to seeing the Shuttle launch, however when the  
> Shuttle is launched at Night, to the International Space Station,  
> the engines can be seen as far north as Maine (conditions permitting).
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> Sunset in Boston is at 6:50 p.m. (EDT).  This means the skies will  
> still be a little bright.
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> So tonight, if you have clear skies, try to find a hill that looks  
> SouthEast.  The hill will need to be dark with few city and  
> streetlights.  The shuttle will only be visible for a few minutes to  
> seconds depending on your location.  The first two minutes of the  
> launch are the brightest.  The Shuttles Solid Rocket boosters will  
> burn for the first two minutes; this will be your best shot as  
> seeing he Shuttle.  When the SRB stop, the liquid fuels engines will  
> still be running and generating some visible light.  After about 8  
> minutes after launch the main engines will shut down and so will  
> your light source.
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> Try to monitor the NASA channel.  If you can, have someone at home  
> watch the NASA channel on TV and tell you the countdown by Cell phone.
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> Does anyone know if there will be a NASA rebroadcast of the launch  
> on amateur radio HF or regular Broadcast AM, so we can monitor from  
> our mobile HF stations while hill topping>
>
> Here is a current link I found that gives a few more details on how  
> to see the shuttle tonight.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090310/sc_space/nightshuttlelaunchvisiblefrommostofeastcoast
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> MarexMg Web page
> http://www.marexmg.org
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> 73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
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> Until we meet again
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> DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
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Nate Duehr
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