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Subj: ARISS Continues While Shuttle Fleet Grounded
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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 effected.
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 PC 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 time.
[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information.]
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