ad7i@houxp.UUCP (12/07/83)
qst de ad7i
hr arrl bulletin nr 118r5 from arrl headquarters
newington ct december 5, 1983
to all radio amateurs bt
nasa has announced more details of w5lfls operating schedule. these
are the orbits, acquisition of signal, loss of signal and area
covered.
in the table, the orbit number is followed by an a or d. a is fo
ascending and d is for descending. the time, d, days, h, hours,
and m, minutes, is expressed in mission elapsed time, met, and can be
calculated by adding this amount of time to your actual local launch
time.
orbit aos met los met area
d h m d h m
119d 7 08 07 7 08 20 western u.s.
125a 7 16 42 7 16 50 spain and europe
126a 7 18 17 7 18 24 europe
126d 7 18 52 7 19 w australia
129a 7 22 29 7 22 50 central u.s.
130a 8 00 10 8 00 20 western u.s.
132d 8 03 00 8 03 12 canada
133d 8 04 44 8 05 06 northeastern u.s.
134d 8 06 18 8 06 48 central u.s.
135d 8 07 4 8 08 07 western u.s.
of the above orbits, the best opportunities to contact w5lfl are
orbits 119, 126, 129 and 130. these represent orbits during which
his antenna will be oriented toward the earth. during other orbits
his antenna will be pointed toward the stars. w5lfl will be
listening, but two way communication may not be possible ar