joemu@nsc-pdc.UUCP (Joe Mueller) (11/19/85)
[eat me] Can anyone tell me how to find out when NASA is transmitting on the satellite that home satellite dishes can pick up? My "satellite TV week" magazine tells me that there is "selected shuttle coverage" on this feed but whenever I look it's just a bunch of snow. Is there much coverage of the missions or did I (silly me) fall for a sales pitch from a satellite dish salesman?
jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) (11/20/85)
> [eat me] > > Can anyone tell me how to find out when NASA is transmitting on the satellite > that home satellite dishes can pick up? My "satellite TV week" magazine tells > me that there is "selected shuttle coverage" on this feed but whenever I look > it's just a bunch of snow. Is there much coverage of the missions or did I > (silly me) fall for a sales pitch from a satellite dish salesman? The NASA select channel on is only active during a mission. In other words, from just prior(hours) to launch till just after (hours) landing. I haven't watched lately because the satellite they moved to is too low for my dish location (~73 degrees). However, I used to watch all the video fed from the shuttle (great pictures of earth) as well as hearing all conversations between Houston and shuttle. Lots of time was spent with a camera showing the folks at mission control. Video from shuttle is limited to segments of about 20 mins. as they are in range of some relay station. Keep it on in the background while working around the house or shop. It is not the kind of programming that will keep you glued to the set. They also let you know what the significant segments will be and when.
jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) (11/26/85)
> [eat me] > > Can anyone tell me how to find out when NASA is transmitting on the satellite > that home satellite dishes can pick up? My "satellite TV week" magazine tells > me that there is "selected shuttle coverage" on this feed but whenever I look > it's just a bunch of snow. There is a preliminary schedule for the shuttle on the group net.columbia If you are not subscribed to that group, you might try it out. They keep you up to date on the missions (not just columbia) and the have the TV schedule. The schedule for the launch which starts today (Tuesday) arrived today in that group today.
iglesias@UCI.EDU (Mike Iglesias) (12/03/85)
How about someone who has access to net.columbia posting it here for us people on the arpanet who don't get net.columbia. Thanks. Mike Iglesias University of California, Irvine
space@ucbvax.UUCP (12/03/85)
include net.columbia in net.space for those of you who don't get net.columbia? right, then those of us who get both get to read all the shuttle stuff twice. great idea. jim