ad7i@houxp.UUCP (Paul Newland) (11/26/83)
qst de ad7i
hr arrl bulletin nr 113 from arrl headquarters
newington ct november 21, 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 for
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
34a 2 01 10 2 01 25 central u.s.
35a 2 02 43 2 03 00 western u.s.
39d 2 09 00 2 09 25 central u.s.
40d 2 10 33 2 10 45 western u.s.
49a 2 23 27 2 23 47 eastern u.s. and mexico
56d 3 10 15 3 10 32 western u.s. and mexico
70d 4 07 05 4 07 25 eastern u.s.
71d 4 08 35 4 08 55 central u.s.
72d 4 10 10 4 10 25 western u.s.
92d 5 15 55 5 16 05 japan
93a 5 17 00 5 17 20 spain and europe
94a 5 18 41 5 18 50 england and europe
94d 5 19 11 5 19 26 australia
97a 5 22 55 5 23 23 central u.s.
97d 5 23 28 5 23 40 europe
98a 6 00 30 6 00 48 western u.s.
108d 6 15 46 6 15 56 japan
109a 6 16 48 6 17 04 spain and europe
110a 6 18 24 6 18 36 europe
110d 6 19 04 6 19 14 asia
113a 6 22 42 6 23 05 central u.s.
114a 7 00 15 7 00 31 western u.s.
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 02 australia
129a 7 22 29 7 22 50 central u.s.
130a 8 00 10 8 uw 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 45 8 08 07 western u.s. ar