[sarex] marex news sept 30, 2002

[Miles <wf1f@xxxxxxxxx>]

ISS Amateur Radio Status: September 30, 2001

Email from ISS
ISS Visible


By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-NA (Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division)

Email from ISS
Commander Valery Korzun has been very active in sending packet email to
some of his friends.  On a few occasions, I have seen him post as many
as 20 short emails on the PMS at one time.  Please try to remember that
the ISS crew is very busy and does not have much free time.  Please do
not ask to the ISS crews to reply to your packet mail.

I have posted some of the public email messages written by Valery on the
MAREX web page.  If you have any good email you think is of a public
nature and wish to share the messages, please email MAREX the full text
(uplink and down link) of any messages you may have received and I will
post the bests versions.

http://www.marex-na.org/

ISS Visible:
The ISS will be visible this week over North America in the evening.
There is also a shuttle launched planed for October 2.  The day after
the shuttle launches, it may be possible to see the shuttle chasing the
ISS for a day or so until it docks.  Please check the NASA links below
for schedule changes and visual sighting opportunities.
 
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/


MISSION STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) - S1 Truss 
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 - 6 p.m. EDT
TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 13, 2002 
MISSION DURATION: 11 days 
CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees


If you do not have a tracking program, please check the NASA web pages
for tracking and Visibility data.  There have been several good reports
of very bright reflections from ISS.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/index.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/SightingData/sighting_index.html


73 Miles WF1F MAREX-NA


www.marex-na.org

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