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Subj: Long Duration SAREX Mission In Orbit
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama, @ 7:30 UTC
The Space Shuttle Endeavour made a spectacular liftoff from the Kennedy
Space Center this morning, initiating what promises to be the longest
space shuttle mission to date. The STS-67 Space Shuttle mission was
delayed approximately 1 minute from its planned 6:37 UTC liftoff time due
to some questions regarding temperatures of the flash evaporator system.
The 7 astronauts on-board Endeavour expect to conduct hundreds of
ultraviolet astronomy observations during the planned 16 day mission
using the ASTRO-2 observatory, a cluster of three ultraviolet telescopes
mounted on the ESA designed Instrument Pointing System.
Also on-board the Space Shuttle Endeavour is the Shuttle Amateur Radio
Experiment (SAREX). Six of the seven Endeavour astronauts have their ham
radio license. These include avid AMSAT supporter Ron Parise, WA4SIR,
Commander Steve Oswald, KB5YSR, Pilot Bill Gregory, KC5MGA, Mission
Specialist Tammy Jernigan, KC5MGF, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence,
KC5KII and Payload Specialist Sam Durrance, N3TQA. SAREX is being flown
in configuration C on this mission: voice and packet. A record 26
schools from around the globe will participate in SAREX with a scheduled
contact with the astronauts. Several more will be listening in to the
school student's question and answer session with the astronauts. SAREX
operations are expected to be initiated approximately 24 hours into the
flight of Endeavour.
A new set of orbital elements will be provided as soon as they are made
available.
Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
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