Space Shuttle Mission: STS-119 to the ISS due for dock at 5:12 p.m. EDT. Shuttle is about 7 miles out from the Space Station and NASA has live video from the ISS right now! (NASA is on the EchoStar 7 bird at 119.0 west -IN THE CLEAR FTA -Circular- 12372 (R/V) 20000 for all the newbie’s that don’t know) For BUD Boys 137.0°W AMC 7 C-Band 4060 V 26664 & 72.0°W AMC 6 C-Band 4040 V 26667.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Performs Terminal Initiation Burn
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:42:53 PM EDT
Space shuttle Discovery's Terminal Initiation burn is complete, placing the shuttle on a direct path to the International Space Station for the 5:12 p.m. EDT docking.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Begins Back Flip
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:27:51 PM EDT
Space shuttle Discovery is about 600 feet underneath the International Space Station and is starting to perform a back flip. This nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver will expose Discovery's heat shield to the space station, enabling Expedition 18 crew members Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus to snap high-resolution digital photos that will be analyzed by imagery experts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Once the back flip is complete, Discovery will move from underneath to in front of the station and slowly close the gap. Docking is expected at 5:12:46 p.m. EDT.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery GO FOR DOCKING! At 415 ft apart.
Mission Control in Houston gave Discovery a "go" for docking at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Discovery is moving from underneath the International Space Station to about 400 feet in front of it and still is on target to dock at 5:12:46 p.m.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery at 18 Feet out to dock with ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:17:23 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Capture Confirmed! Docked with ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:20:13 PM EDT
Waiting for hard mate final lock. Moving the shuttle to dock lock from orbital night to orbital day nearing Western Australia.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Hard Mate Final Lock To ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:23:33 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Docks to International Space Station
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:25:21 PM EDT
At 5:19:53: p.m. EDT, Space shuttle Discovery docked to the Pressurized Mating Adaptor on the front of the International Space Station's Harmony module. Docking occurred over Lake Wells, western Australia. During the next eight days, the combined crews of Discovery and the station will install the S6 truss, complete three spacewalks and transfer hundreds of items between the two craft. Hatches between Discovery and the station will be opened at about 7 p.m., followed by the traditional welcoming ceremony. At about 7:30 p.m., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut will become a member of the station's Expedition 18 crew and Sandra Magnus will become a member of Discovery's crew. Magnus will have been a space station crew member for 121 days.
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Shuttle Discovery crew arrives aboard the ISS at 7:10 PM
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:10:03 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Hatches Opened at 7:09 p.m. EDT
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:13:41 PM EDT
Hatches between space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station are open and the astronauts are assembling in the Harmony module for the welcoming ceremony. Space station commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Sandra Magnus and Yury Lonchakov will welcome Discovery Commander Lee Archambault and his crew members Tony Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips and Koichi Wakata.
At 7:15 p.m. EDT, or following the welcoming ceremony, NASA Television will carry a Mission Status Briefing with STS-119 Lead Shuttle Flight Director Paul Dye and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency representative Kuniaki Shiraki.
At about 7:30 p.m., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Wakata will become a member of the station's Expedition 18 crew and Sandra Magnus will become a member of Discovery's crew. Magnus will have been a space station crew member for 121 days.
STS-119 Latest News Final Edit On This Post
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:47:09 PM EDT
Post a new thread when they come home! Good Evening!!
Overview Launch:
March 15, 2009 7:43 p.m. EDT
Orbiter: Discovery
Mission Number: STS-119
(125th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window:10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 13 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload:
28th station flight (15A), S6 truss segment
More Information:
NASA Website For More Information On The Shuttle & This Flight
Space Shuttle Mission: STS-119 Overview
Track The Shuttle STS-119 Here
Track The ISS (International Space Station) Here
NASA Live Tracking Here Showed last because the tracker may be unavailable at times due to heavy traffic on the site.
Can’t watch it FTA? Watch NASA TV
Where to Land the Shuttle
Future Missions At NASA
Spectacular Chance to Spot Space Shuttle in Night Sky
This is a sight that should easily be visible to anyone, even from brightly-lit cities.
Want to know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city?
Click Here To Find Out!
For fellow ham operators out there in the forum
Your Guide To Monitoring The Space Shuttle
Shuttle Frequencies
===================
The Space Shuttle transmits on three frequency bands: UHF, S-Band, and
Ku-Band. The UHF frequencies are simple AM voice and are very easy to copy.
These frequencies are used for launch and landing operations, EVA operations,
and as an additional voice downlink when other channels are in use for the
current ground station has no S-Band capability.
The frequencies in use are:
296.800 MHz : Air-to-ground, or Orbiter to suit
259.700 MHz : Air-to-ground, or suit to Orbiter
279.000 MHz : Suit-to-Orbiter, or suit-to-suit
243.000 MHz : Standard military aircraft emergency frequency
The S-Band system is one of the primary Orbiter downlink bands. The voice
channels are digital slope delta modulated and are multiplexed in with the
rest of the Orbiter telemetry and is very difficult to copy. Much of the
downlink TV is on S-Band also, but is wideband FM and should be easy to copy.
The frequencies are:
2287.500 MHz - Primary digital downlink
2250.000 MHz - Wideband FM with either main engine analog telemetry during
launch, or TV during orbit operations.
The Ku-Band system is used in conjunction with the tracking and data relay
satellites and is used much more heavily in Spacelab flights than in others.
The data rate is very high (50 Mbit/s). These transmissions are directed
to TDRS satellites in geostationary orbit on a frequency of 15.003 GHz.
(Information via WA3NAN, and WA4SIR)
Ed Sileo (edsileo@qnet.com) says that Shuttle audio can be heard on 169.4
MHz at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB). The transmitter site is on Lehman Ridge
on the east side of Edwards near the Astronautics Lab. This can be heard
during all flights since you never know when the shuttle may land at EAFB.
Shuttle Audio Retransmissions
=============================
Excerpt from the Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) Shuttle Retransmission
Fact Sheet (from Jim Blackwell, N3KWU, HRSBLACKWELL@deblur.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Retransmission of Shuttle air-to-ground audio from the GARC (WA3NAN) may be
heard on the following frequencies:
Frequency Mode Antennas
(MHz)
3.860 SSB LSB N-S/E-W Dipoles
7.185 SSB LSB N-S/E-W Dipoles
14.295 SSB USB 3-element Yagi
21.395 SSB USB 5-element Yagi
28.650 SSB USB 4-element Yagi
147.45 FM Simplex Phased vertical
Where SSB is Single-Side-Band and LSB, USB indicate either Lower and Upper
Side Band. A short-wave receiver possessing a Beat Frequency Oscillator (BFO)
is needed to receive these transmissions.
GODSPEED
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Performs Terminal Initiation Burn
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:42:53 PM EDT
Space shuttle Discovery's Terminal Initiation burn is complete, placing the shuttle on a direct path to the International Space Station for the 5:12 p.m. EDT docking.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Begins Back Flip
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:27:51 PM EDT
Space shuttle Discovery is about 600 feet underneath the International Space Station and is starting to perform a back flip. This nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver will expose Discovery's heat shield to the space station, enabling Expedition 18 crew members Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus to snap high-resolution digital photos that will be analyzed by imagery experts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Once the back flip is complete, Discovery will move from underneath to in front of the station and slowly close the gap. Docking is expected at 5:12:46 p.m. EDT.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery GO FOR DOCKING! At 415 ft apart.
Mission Control in Houston gave Discovery a "go" for docking at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Discovery is moving from underneath the International Space Station to about 400 feet in front of it and still is on target to dock at 5:12:46 p.m.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery at 18 Feet out to dock with ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:17:23 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Capture Confirmed! Docked with ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:20:13 PM EDT
Waiting for hard mate final lock. Moving the shuttle to dock lock from orbital night to orbital day nearing Western Australia.
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Hard Mate Final Lock To ISS
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:23:33 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery Docks to International Space Station
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:25:21 PM EDT
At 5:19:53: p.m. EDT, Space shuttle Discovery docked to the Pressurized Mating Adaptor on the front of the International Space Station's Harmony module. Docking occurred over Lake Wells, western Australia. During the next eight days, the combined crews of Discovery and the station will install the S6 truss, complete three spacewalks and transfer hundreds of items between the two craft. Hatches between Discovery and the station will be opened at about 7 p.m., followed by the traditional welcoming ceremony. At about 7:30 p.m., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut will become a member of the station's Expedition 18 crew and Sandra Magnus will become a member of Discovery's crew. Magnus will have been a space station crew member for 121 days.
STS-119 Latest News
Shuttle Discovery crew arrives aboard the ISS at 7:10 PM
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:10:03 PM EDT
STS-119 Latest News
Hatches Opened at 7:09 p.m. EDT
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:13:41 PM EDT
Hatches between space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station are open and the astronauts are assembling in the Harmony module for the welcoming ceremony. Space station commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Sandra Magnus and Yury Lonchakov will welcome Discovery Commander Lee Archambault and his crew members Tony Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips and Koichi Wakata.
At 7:15 p.m. EDT, or following the welcoming ceremony, NASA Television will carry a Mission Status Briefing with STS-119 Lead Shuttle Flight Director Paul Dye and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency representative Kuniaki Shiraki.
At about 7:30 p.m., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Wakata will become a member of the station's Expedition 18 crew and Sandra Magnus will become a member of Discovery's crew. Magnus will have been a space station crew member for 121 days.
STS-119 Latest News Final Edit On This Post
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:47:09 PM EDT
Post a new thread when they come home! Good Evening!!
Overview Launch:
March 15, 2009 7:43 p.m. EDT
Orbiter: Discovery
Mission Number: STS-119
(125th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window:10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 13 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload:
28th station flight (15A), S6 truss segment
More Information:
NASA Website For More Information On The Shuttle & This Flight
Space Shuttle Mission: STS-119 Overview
Track The Shuttle STS-119 Here
Track The ISS (International Space Station) Here
NASA Live Tracking Here Showed last because the tracker may be unavailable at times due to heavy traffic on the site.
Can’t watch it FTA? Watch NASA TV
Where to Land the Shuttle
Future Missions At NASA
Spectacular Chance to Spot Space Shuttle in Night Sky
This is a sight that should easily be visible to anyone, even from brightly-lit cities.
Want to know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city?
Click Here To Find Out!
For fellow ham operators out there in the forum
Your Guide To Monitoring The Space Shuttle
Shuttle Frequencies
===================
The Space Shuttle transmits on three frequency bands: UHF, S-Band, and
Ku-Band. The UHF frequencies are simple AM voice and are very easy to copy.
These frequencies are used for launch and landing operations, EVA operations,
and as an additional voice downlink when other channels are in use for the
current ground station has no S-Band capability.
The frequencies in use are:
296.800 MHz : Air-to-ground, or Orbiter to suit
259.700 MHz : Air-to-ground, or suit to Orbiter
279.000 MHz : Suit-to-Orbiter, or suit-to-suit
243.000 MHz : Standard military aircraft emergency frequency
The S-Band system is one of the primary Orbiter downlink bands. The voice
channels are digital slope delta modulated and are multiplexed in with the
rest of the Orbiter telemetry and is very difficult to copy. Much of the
downlink TV is on S-Band also, but is wideband FM and should be easy to copy.
The frequencies are:
2287.500 MHz - Primary digital downlink
2250.000 MHz - Wideband FM with either main engine analog telemetry during
launch, or TV during orbit operations.
The Ku-Band system is used in conjunction with the tracking and data relay
satellites and is used much more heavily in Spacelab flights than in others.
The data rate is very high (50 Mbit/s). These transmissions are directed
to TDRS satellites in geostationary orbit on a frequency of 15.003 GHz.
(Information via WA3NAN, and WA4SIR)
Ed Sileo (edsileo@qnet.com) says that Shuttle audio can be heard on 169.4
MHz at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB). The transmitter site is on Lehman Ridge
on the east side of Edwards near the Astronautics Lab. This can be heard
during all flights since you never know when the shuttle may land at EAFB.
Shuttle Audio Retransmissions
=============================
Excerpt from the Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) Shuttle Retransmission
Fact Sheet (from Jim Blackwell, N3KWU, HRSBLACKWELL@deblur.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Retransmission of Shuttle air-to-ground audio from the GARC (WA3NAN) may be
heard on the following frequencies:
Frequency Mode Antennas
(MHz)
3.860 SSB LSB N-S/E-W Dipoles
7.185 SSB LSB N-S/E-W Dipoles
14.295 SSB USB 3-element Yagi
21.395 SSB USB 5-element Yagi
28.650 SSB USB 4-element Yagi
147.45 FM Simplex Phased vertical
Where SSB is Single-Side-Band and LSB, USB indicate either Lower and Upper
Side Band. A short-wave receiver possessing a Beat Frequency Oscillator (BFO)
is needed to receive these transmissions.
GODSPEED
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