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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 082.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 23, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-082.05
With the grounding of the space shuttle fleet and planned cut back of ISS
crew members from 3 to 2, certain Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station activities will be affected.
ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, says there will be less scientific work
taking place on the International Space Station. Bauer believes the most
probable scenario for a crew change will be that U-S Astronaut Ed Lu, KC5WKK
and Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko will fly to the I-S-S on a Soyuz
rocket to become the Expedition 7 crew. But Bauer adds that Astronaut Mike
Foale, KB5UAC, is a back-up for the crew -- also in training -- just in
case he is needed. He also notes that Astronaut Pedro Duque, KC5RGG, who
planned to use the ARISS equipment on the upcoming Soyuz transport flight,
will now probably fly in the fall.
Baueer says that the only major setback for ham radio so far concerns
upgrading the ISS ham station itself. With the shuttles not flying,
consumables like food and water are the highest priority items to be
launched on the upcoming Progress re-supply missions. This means that the
ARISS hardware that was planned to be flown this year will probably be
delayed. The gear waiting for transport includes the Slow Scan Television
equipment, plus Kenwood D700 and Yeasu FT-100 radios and the Naval Academy's
P C Sat 2 ham satellite. Bauer says that this equipment will be kept ready
for any upcoming transport flight opportunities to the ISS.
The good news: Bauer says that the opportunities for school contacts will
remain at the same. Look for them at a rate of at least two a week. Maybe
more if the Expedition 7 crew finds itself with extra free
[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information.]
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