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Subj: Mir Amateur Radio Status: 16 April 1999
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Mir Amateur Radio Status: April 16, 1999
By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-NA (Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division)
RS-19 may be canceled
I have received some information which indicates the RS-19 Sputnik /
Beatnik project may be cancelled. I have not been able to contact Ener=
gia
to confirm this information at this time.
Check: http://www.swatch.com
MAREX-NA ISS projects:
The MAREX-NA team has built and delivered three projects to the Rus=
sian
Space Station Mir. (TNC Modem upgrade, RF DCI filer project and the =
SSTV
Project). Because of the success of the three projects we have been a=
sked
by Energia to submit a proposal for additional projects for =
the
International Space Station (Alpha). It was a great honor to be aske=
d by
Energia to submit a project proposal. The MAREX-NA team has submitted=
one
draft proposal to build a SSTV project similar to the successful =
SSTV
project currently on the Russian Space Station Mir. The ISS SSTV ver=
sion
will be very similar to the Mir version with a few additional features:=
Tentative planed features:
Repeater Mode:
Allows ground stations to Relay their SSTV images, similar to a v=
oice
repeater.
Remote Control camera:
Ground Stations will be able to remotely steer the camera from Earth.
At the present time the MAREX-NA SSTV International Space Station pro=
ject
is in the proposal / consideration stage. If the project is selected=
, we
hope to deliver the final systems by the end of the year. The project =
will
be a joint project involving several satellite clubs. Each club wil=
l be
responsible for a different part of the project (antennas, power suppl=
ies,
etc.).
Last year MAREX-NA delivered three Kenwood/Tasco SSTV systems to Energi=
a in
Russia. One of the systems is currently on the Russian Space Station =
Mir.
The other two SSTV systems are in Energia Russia and are being used=
for
Demonstrations and testing system. A demonstration of the MAREX-NA =
SSTV
system was given to the First cosmonaut ISS crew. The comments from=
the
cosmonaut ISS crew were (I want this on my mission).
Welcome AMSAT-RUSSIA (AMSAT-RU)
There is a new club in town. The Amsat-Russia is now an official c=
lub,
congratulations to everyone at Amsat-RU. They even have their own web =
page
http://www.amsat.ru/
I checked out the web page this week and it looks good. It is mostl=
y in
Russian, but there is some English sections.
Sergej Samburov RV3DR is the AMSAT-RU Vice President of Manned S=
pace
Flight activities. Sergej has been responsible for all of the succes=
sful
Amateur Radio programs on board the Russian Space station Mir.
Current Mir Crew Members:
SOYUZ TM-29 arrived at Mir on February 20, 1999. Mir Soyuz TM-29 =
crew
consisted of French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere, Viktor Afanasyev=
and
Slovakian Cosmonaut Ivan Bella
On February 28, some of the crew returned to earth, they were:
Slovak Ivan Bella and Gennadiy Paldalko.
Gennadiys mission lasted approximately 6 months (August 16 1998 =96 Fe=
bruary
28 1999)
The remaining crew consists of:
The French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere
Cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev
Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev. Sergei mission began August 16, and is expe=
cted
to last a total of 9-11 months.
Mir Data:
Launch dates and names
Mir (base block) Peace 1986
Kvant-1 Quantum-1 1987
Kavant-2 Quantum-2 1989
Kristall Crystal 1990
Spektr Spectrum 1995
Priroda Nature 1996
Soyuz Union TM-29 1999
Progress Progress M-41 1999
PMS Status (Personal Message System):
The PMS activity was a little intermittent last week.
MAREX-NA Web Page:
For more information about MAREX-NA and out past, present and fu=
ture
project, please visit
our new home page:
www.marex-na.org
Tracking Mir:
For current tracking data, try the CelesTrak web page =
at
http://celestrak.com/
Copyright 1999 Miles Mann, All Rights Reserved. This document ma=
y be
freely distributed via the following means - Email (including listserve=
rs),
Usenet, and World-Wide-Web. It may not be reproduced for profit includ=
ing,
but not limited to, CD ROMs, books, and/or other commercial outlets wit=
hout
prior written consent from the author.
Images received from the MAREX-NA SSTV system on the Russian Space Sta=
tion
Mir are considered public domain and may be freely distributed, wit=
hout
prior permission.
Miles WF1F
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