cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) (07/22/89)
One of the Los Angeles AMSAT people gave me this over the phone. I am not a ham-radio operator so any mistakes may simply be misunderstandings on my part. NASA has purchased time on the AURORA-1 satellite for broadcasting live pictures of the Voyager Neptune encounter. The broadcasts will be August 21 through 29 from 12 Noon until 6:00 pm. The broadcast will be for all 24 hours on August 24. AURORA-1 is at 139 degrees west for those with satellite dishes. This is a special for the West Coast so those that use it and would like to see the practice continued (i.e. for Shuttle missions) should write: Les Gaver NASA TV Video Operations 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20546 to thank him for setting things up this time. East Coast service will be from the usual F2R-13 satellite (the AMSAT contact said everyone over there would know how to find it). My connection to AMSAT comes from OASIS, the LA/OC chapter of the National Space Society. People in the Los Angeles area interested in space activism can call us at (213) 374-1381. Outside Southern California, call NSS headquarters at (202) 543-1900 for the name of the chapter nearest you. You can also get a weekly update of space news from the NSS Hotline at (202) 543-1995; however, the text of the message is uploaded to USENET so you could just read it here. -- ==================================================================== ARPA: cew@venera.isi.edu PHONE: (213)822-1511 ext. 111 USPS: USC Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1100 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" ====================================================================