61. Victor Amateur Radio Association (VARA) -- W2VTM Camden, NJ Delaware Valley (SNJ, EPA, DE, MD) Hamfest calendar, exams and classes, contests, shuttle missions and SAREX, space reference information, Keplerian elements and tracking programs, call searches, postage rates, QSL look-ups, FCC and license information, and reference data. http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/index.html

Victor Amateur Radio Association (VARA) The VICTOR AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION (VARA) is the employee amateur radio club of L-3 Communications Systems - East and other successors of the Victor Talking Machine Company (VTMC), and sister organizations. The club started when we were the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and now includes employees and retirees of RCA, GE Aerospace, Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin , and L-3 Communications Systems - East . We are headquartered at the Camden Waterfront Technology Center, Camden, NJ, in the shadow of our former Nipper Building , on the Delaware River overlooking the city of Philadelphia, PA (see the view from our building ). Affiliated members are located in Moorestown, NJ and throughout the country. We operate the Camden repeater (146.82-). Our members and former members have been pioneers in the communications business, a century-long heritage which started in 1901 here in Camden. Were you looking for information on antique records, players, radios, etc.? Click here for Victor/RCA Link Site VARA Web Sites and Links Club Information Club History and Background Information Victor Talking Machine/RCA Web Sites Hamfest Schedule Hamfests in South Jersey/Philadelphia/MD/DE Metro Area Contest Calendar Contest Calendar for upcoming months Ham Activities What hams like to do - table of activities, buzzwords, links, and equipment

62. Spaceflight Now | STS-107 | Mission Status Center BY JUSTIN RAY. Reload this page for the very latest. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2003 taken from a groundbased Air Force tracking camera in southwestern U.S. show serious structural astronauts at http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html

BY JUSTIN RAY Reload this page for the very latest. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2003 A military radar system shows indications that an object might have separated from the shuttle Columbia in orbit, prompting a review of telemetry by NASA flight controllers to look for signs of anything - including impact by high-velocity space debris - that might have contributed to the shuttle's breakup Feb. 1 during re-entry. Read our full story FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003 After a day of media speculation about Air Force imagery reportedly showing clear evidence of structural damage at or near the leading edge of the shuttle Columbia's left wing, NASA released a single blurry frame late today that raised more questions than it answered. Read our full story 1830 GMT (1:30 p.m. EST) A large section of one of the shuttle Columbia's wings has been found near Fort Worth, a NASA official said today, but it's not yet clear whether it's the right wing or the left, the one that suffered a catastrophic structural problem during the ship's re-entry Saturday. Read our full story 1530 GMT (10:30 a.m. EST)

63. Bill Keel's Space Bits - Tracking The Apollo Flights water dumps are also notable from space shuttles, sometimes Reports of each Apollomission were prepared and This Apollo optical tracking program was a great http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html

Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions Watching satellites in Earth orbit has proven to be a popular and easy pastime. It may not be appreciated these days that it was possible to observe the Apollo spacecraft during transits between Earth and Moon. Many of these reports exist only in printed form, from a time before most electronic indexing has reached. This page begins to document telescopic observations of the Apollo lunar missions. It remains a work in progress, and I welcome further contributions and references. Small thumbnail images link to larger versions. The first sightings of each mission were of course the launches, watched by hundreds of thousands of people lining the Florida beaches. I start the fun with these two images, which I took at age 13 before and during the launch of Apollo 15. Enough of the boyhood reminiscences. Now on to the really distant views! Apollo 8 Apollo 8 was extensively tracked, owing to the great interest in the mission and the novelty of the lunar trajectory, as well as somewhat better illumination than some later missions. Many reports were collected in an article in the March 1969 issue of Sky and Telescope Multiple objects followed an Apollo in its path to the moon. For much of the way, until a major course correction, the four Spacecraft Lunar-Module Adapter (SLA) panels which which formerly protected the lunar module (or, for Apollo 8, a dummy mass taking the LM's place) would still be tumbling in the same telescopic field of view. For early missions, the Saturn V third stage itself (S-IVB) would remain close to the spacecraft as well. (One of these, likely from Apollo 12, was temporarily recaptured into a large orbit around Earth after 30 years in a solar orbit, in late 2002-2003). Most of the later S-IVBs were deliberately crashed into the moon, generating seismic signals of known strength and location to be picked up by the Apollo surface instrument packages).This artist's conception (NASA S68-51306) shows the panels being jettisoned from Apollo 8, while AS08-16-2584 is an Apollo 8 photograph showing the S-IVB after separation of the spacecraft and SLA panels.

64. STSPLUS Home Page from NASA TV, 02 OCT 97 STSORBIT PLUS, usually known as STSPLUS, is intended foruse during space Shuttle missions and for general satellite tracking using NASA http://www.dransom.com/stsplus.html

STSORBIT PLUS Space Shuttle and Satellite Tracking Software by David H. Ransom, Jr. STSORBIT PLUS, usually known as STSPLUS, will track the space shuttle or any satellite for which orbital data (TLEs) are available. A brief description of the program and several screen capture examples follow the links for downloading the program files. Comments, bug reports, and suggestions are invited. e-mail: David H. Ransom, Jr. STSPLUS Version 0123 (10 June 2001) This is a minor update which updates the internal ISS icons to reflect the addition of the Zvezda module. Greg Swift's STSUPDAT adds the capability of transparent orbital data updates via the Internet. A single keypress while the tracking map is displayed will update all the current satellite TLEs! Download the new release of STSPLUS here and use the special STSUPDAT download link (below) to download that program. NOTE: STSUPDAT requires Win95/98/NT/2000. WinNT/2000 users please read the STSPLUS Update Notes for additional information. Download Hi-Res Shuttle Launch Image (Courtesy NASA) To obtain the current STSPLUS Update Notes, read or download the following file:

65. ASTARS: An APRS Satellite Tracking And Reporting System have been authorized for live APRS tracking and position times during experimentswith the space Station MIR will continue to support ASTARS missions with such http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/astars.html

A S T A R S APRS Satellite Tracking and Reporting System Bob Bruninga, WB4APR STATUS March 2004: Several ASTARS satellites are currently operational and GO-32 has just been reported as also supporting HAM communications as of March 2004. Sapphire was recovered in November 2003 and currently not only supports digipeating, but also has a single user BBS. It works well for mobiles running 50W into typical mobile antennas and for for 5W mobiles with a 1/4 wave vertical on high passes. ASTARS SATELLITES: Many satellites have been used to support the ASTARS mission not only for real-time packet communications between users but also for direct linking of messages and email into the worldwide APRS internet-linked system. See the ISS page and PCsat's live page . Besides users in the footprint, the global success of the ASTARS mission depends on permanent APRS Satgates monitoring the downlinks. That is what ASTARS is all about. Further, these birds make ideal Field Day alternatives to the overcrowded Voice FM birds. IN WORK: ECHO (to be launched in May 2004) (to be launched on ISS spring of 2005) ANDE (to be launched via shuttle by fall of 2005) RAFT (to be launched via shuttle by fall of 2005) ON ORBIT: SAPPHIRE: Joint Stanford/WashingtonU./Naval Academy satellite with Digipeater and BBS. Returned to service Nov 2003.

66. The Planetary Society: Links PlanetB Mars mission. space Shuttle and Small Payloads information. J-Track SatelliteTracking lets you follow the path of satellites, the space shuttle, Mir http://www.planetary.org/links/spacegate-missions.html

Missions of Exploration Mars Missions Current Missions Real Time Mission Tracking Future Missions ... Past Missions Mars Missions Mars Missions Sites at JPL Mars Surveyor '98 (Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter) Home Page Mars Polar Lander from UCLA Mars Microphone Home Page Mars News site The Martian Chronicle The Electronic Newsletter for Mars Exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Current Missions Cassini Mission information on the Planetary Society home page including information on the Society member names that are onboard the spacecraft Cassini Mission home page Deep Space 1 mission Deep Space 2 (DS2) (Mars Microprobes) Discovery Programs : Lunar Prospector, Mars Pathfinder, NEAR, Stardust, Geneis, CONTOUR, Deep Impact, and MESSENGER Galileo Europa Mission HEAT Airborne Antimatter Telescope International Planetary Rover Efforts at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute charts current and future uses of robots in planetary exploration. The Space Telescope Science Institute for images from the Hubble Space Telescope Jonathan's Space Report: Status Report of Current Missions Malin Space Science Systems home page Images from Mars Global Surveyor Mars Global Surveyor Mars Surveyor '98 (Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter) Home Page Mars Microphone Home Page Mars Microphone Press Kit ... Information on Mars Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter Includes details on The Planetary Society's own Mars Microphone experiment.

67. Heavy Traffic; Keeping Communication Lines Open In An Ever-Crowded Solar System 1950s to ensure consistent, twoway communication with future deep space missionswithout requiring each new flight project to develop its own tracking system. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/dsn_future_020529-1.html

SEARCH: advertisement Heavy Traffic; Keeping Communication Lines Open in an Ever-Crowded Solar System By Tariq Malik Staff Writer posted: 07:00 am ET 29 May 2002 Calling long distance is tough when the telephone lines are busy. For most of us, that simply means waiting a few hours and calling again, but for NASA’s deep space missions, constant and reliable communication is vital. However, an ever-growing cadre of interplanetary spacecraft aimed at the planets and other bodies in our solar system have swamped the space agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN). The network is a collection of antennas aimed at space and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The network is NASA’s chief phone line to spacecraft like Cassini, on its way to study Saturn, and Stardust, flying toward the comet Wild-2. TECH WEDNESDAY Visit SPACE.com to explore a new technology feature each Wednesday. >>Go to Tech Wednesday archive page Images The newest addition to the Deep Space Network is under construction just outside Madrid, Spain. Here, the pintle bearing and azimuth track, which will transfer the antenna's weight to its pedestal and provide the track upon which it will move, is readied. Click to enlarge. View of the Canberra Complex showing the 70m (230 ft.) antenna and the 34m (110 ft.) antennas. The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, located outside Canberra, Australia, is one of the three complexes which comprise NASA's Deep Space Network. The other complexes are located in Goldstone, California, and Madrid, Spain. Click to enlarge.

68. International Space Station - Communication And Tracking The Communication and tracking System must provide twoway audio It must permit MissionControl to send commands or relay them through the space Shuttle while http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/systems/communications_tr

Communication is the linchpin of safe, reliable International Space Station operations, and the world's window on research progress and results. But it's a tough job with complex requirements. Consider: The Communication and Tracking System must provide two-way audio and video communications among ISS crew, between crew and Mission Control, and between crew and Earthbound scientists via Ku-band, S-band and UHF frequencies. It must permit Mission Control to send commands directly to ISS flight controllers or relay them through the Space Shuttle while providing system, experiment and payload data to Mission Control and the Payload Operations Center. And the System is tasked with allowing the European Space Agency, National Space and Development Agency of Japan, and Mission Control Center-Moscow to communicate with the ISS via Mission Control Center-Houston. Here is how it works: Mission Control Center, Houston sends commands and receives telemetry via the 60-ft. diameter, high-gain microwave ground terminals at NASA's White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruses in southern New Mexico. It uses the S-band and UHF frequencies, as well as the early ISS communications system.

69. ESA Portal - Press Releases - ESA Unveils Spanish Antenna For On Thursday, 18 May, the European space Agency (ESA be used for the Cluster II missionto the at the Villafranca del Castillo Satellite tracking Station site http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/Pr_32_2000_p_EN.html

11 May 2000 On Thursday, 18 May, the European Space Agency (ESA) will inaugurate the VIL-1 antenna that will be used for the Cluster II mission to the magnetosphere. The newly refurbished antenna, which is located at the Villafranca del Castillo Satellite Tracking Station site (VILSPA) near Madrid, has been selected as the prime communication link with the Cluster II spacecraft. The VIL-1 antenna will play a vital role in ESA's Cluster mission by monitoring and controlling the four spacecraft and by receiving the vast amounts of data that will be returned to Earth during two years of operations. Scheduled for launch in summer 2000, the Cluster quartet will complete the most detailed investigation ever made into the interaction between our pl0anet's magnetosphere - the region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field - and the continuous stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun - the solar wind. This exciting venture is now well under way, following completion of the satellite assembly and test programme and two successful verification flights by the newly developed Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle. The ESA Flight Acceptance Review Board has accordingly given the go-ahead for final launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. VILSPA, ESA and Cluster II

70. HoustonChronicle.com - Special Report Columbia S Last Mission safely. From journeys to Mir to construction of the international spacestation, SpaceChronicle.com has been tracking the missions. http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/03/columbia/

ARCHIVES EMAIL PRODUCTS Business Columnists ... Sitemap To contact us: E-mail: hci@chron.com Office phone: Main Switchboard: Address: Houston Chronicle 801 Texas Ave. Houston, Texas Links to other U.S. papers Fri. Jun. 11, 2004 Memories linger for Columbia's families The chore Evelyn Husband most dreaded this past Christmas was hanging the family stockings. She put up the children's, which she had painstakingly cross-stitched, and her own. But what to do with Rick's? He was gone, one of seven astronauts killed when Columbia fell a year ago today. With photo gallery. KRT A year after the disaster, Columbia's mission patch sits atop one of seven wreaths in a window display at the Hemphill Flower Shop in East Texas. East Texas still picking up pieces Fragments of the space shuttle Columbia are still turning up a year after the debris rained down on the winter woods of East Texas. Once a week or so, a hunter or hiker or farmer or woodcutter shows up at Sheriff Thomas Kerss' office with a particle of tile or clump of torn, unidentifiable metal or plastic. NASA vows not to bury mistakes For the past year, through devastating failure and unimaginable success, the space agency has struggled to keep the lessons of Columbia front and center. Has NASA's safety culture changed for the better?

71. 'Zarya' - Soviet And Russian Space Programmes Area Satellite tracking orbits, radio signals De-orbiting Mir - The Final DayMission Diaries Sputnik - beginnings of rocketry and the space Age Lunar http://www.zarya.info/

Zarya A Source of Information on Soviet and Russian Spaceflight Within 'Zarya' you will find diaries and fact sheets on space programmes and space research undertaken by the Soviet Union and Russia starting with Korolyov's R-7 rocket and 'Sputnik' earth satellites. Topics include exploration of the planets and historical aspects of the piloted space programme from Vostok through to the Zarya module of the International space station. 'Zarya' (Sunrise) was the radio call sign adopted by Soviet mission control when Yuri Gagarin went into orbit. The name has persisted, and endured the breakup of the Soviet Union. Originally, Zarya was located at the Baikonur cosmodrome but since 1973, and the Soyuz 12 mission, Spaceflight Control Centre ('TsUP') has been at Kaliningrad, a town near Moscow. 'Zarya' was the name actually painted on the side of the first space station to reach orbit, even though the station's name was changed to 'Salyut' shortly before launch. The name 'Zarya' now adorns the first element of the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched into orbit by Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 1998 November 20. Technical Area: Satellite Tracking - orbits, radio signals

72. NASA - Space Science - Operating Missions to the energetic neutral atoms analyzer instrument; and the provision of backuptracking support during critical mission phases by NASA s Deep space Network. http://spacescience.nasa.gov/missions/opmsns.htm

Missions Under Study In Development Operating ... Curator: Craig Tupper Space Science Missions in Operation ACE ASPERA-3 Cassini Chandra ... Advanced Composition Explorer The objective of ACE is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of KeV solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon. It is a major mission in the Explorer program. (Launched 1997 August 25) Cassini The Cassini Mission will do a detailed study of Saturn, its rings, its magnetosphere, its icy satellites, and its moon Titan. The Cassini Orbiter's mission consists of delivering a probe (called Huygens, provided by the European Space Agency ) to Titan, and then remaining in orbit around Saturn for detailed studies of the planet and its rings and satellites. Cassini will arrive at Saturn on 2004 July 1. (Launched 1997 October 15) Chandra X-ray Observatory Chandra is the third of NASA's Great Observatories, after the Hubble Space Telescope and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. It is performing an exploration of the hot turbulent regions in space with images 25 times sharper than previous x-ray pictures. Chandra's improved sensitivity make it possible to perform detailed studies of black holes, supernovas, and dark matter, and increase our understanding of the origin, evolution, and destiny of the universe. (Launched 1999 July 23) Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CHIPS is using an extreme ultraviolet spectrograph to study the "Local Bubble," a tenuous cloud of hot gas surrounding our Solar System that extends about 300 light- years from the Sun. Scientists believe that the million-degree gas in this region is generated by supernovae and stellar winds from hot stars, but want to better understand the origins and cooling of this gas, and apply knowledge of these processes to the study of other galaxies beyond our Milky Way. CHIPS was selected in September 1998 as one of the first two University-Class Explorer (UNEX) missions. (Launched 2003 January 12)

73. ESA Tracking Station Network to support Sband spacecraft operations (tracking, telemetry and is used as backupstation for for missions like ERS2 Copyright 2001 The European space Agency. http://www.esoc.esa.de/pr/facilities/estrack.php3

June 12, 2004 Owner: jlandeau Curator: mhenders Site Credits ESOC Main Page ESTRACK THE GROUND STATION provides the link between the satellite in orbit and the Operations Control Centre on the ground. ESOC has established a network of ground stations around the world to support our missions, and those of industrial customers. This network of ESA tracking stations is known as the ESTRACK Network. Communicating with ESA’s spacecraft such as Mars Express, or SMART-1, Rosetta and Venus Express - yet to be launched - will be even easier and more effective when the new Cebreros ground station, near Avila (Spain), becomes operational in September 2005. The Kiruna S-band and X-band station primarily supports the European Remote Sensing satellites, ENVISAT and ERS-2. It is equipped for tracking, telemetry and command operations as well as for reception, recording, processing and dissemination of data from the sensor instruments on-board the two satellites. The Kourou Diane S-band and X-band station, also known as KOUROU 93, is located on a site about 27 km from the town of Kourou, and 90 km from Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, in the north-east of South America. The station site is 19 km from the Centre Spatiale Guyanais (CSG). The Kourou station will be used for the XMM mission during its routine phase, and for other satellite's Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP). The Malindi S-band station is located at the base camp of the San Marco Scout launching site, which is a complex of facilities situated near the equator in Formosa Bay near Malindi, Kenya. The station is on the coast about 115 km north of Mombasa. The station is operated by CRPSM (University of Rome, Italy), and is mainly used to support Ariane 5, and satellite's Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP).

74. Choreographing Affordable, Next-Generation Space Missions Using Satellite Cluste but fortuitously is suitable for space applications. jeeps or tanks) detection andtracking capability. Another mission application is mobile or jamresistant http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/0009/VS0014.html

Choreographing Affordable, Next-Generation Space Missions Using Satellite Clusters Satellite clusters bring affordable new capabilities to revolutionize space missions. AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate, Innovative Concepts Group, Kirtland AFB NM In the very near future, astronauts looking out the window of the space shuttle may see a coordinated group of miniature satellites spin around each other in a smooth and seamless celestial waltz, dancing to the music of Kepler's orbital physics. These microsatellites, each weighing less than 100 kg, are clustered together in a relatively tight formation of less than several kilometers and perform a variety of cost-effective space missions crucial to the warfighter. In a dramatic departure from current space systems, the Space Vehicles Directorate is exploring a concept where clusters of microsatellites flying in close orbital formations perform space missions cooperatively. In this concept, the communications, payload, and mission functions are shared between the microsatellites which work together to get a job done. These clusters can replace much larger, complex, and expensive satellites typically weighing 1000-5000 kg. Thus, the cluster forms a "virtual satellite," an idea that will allow space system designers to simultaneously reduce cost, increase performance, and provide true multi-mission capability Satellites in the cluster must maintain a fixed and accurate spatial configuration or they will drift apart and lack the desired spatial geometry. Fortunately, a family of stable Keplerian orbits has been found in which the clusters revolve slowly about each other and maintain a fixed configuration (see Figure 1). Only minute perturbations, due to moon and sun gravity, solar and aerodynamic pressure, and the non-spherical earth, disrupt these stable solutions. Yet, because the satellites are in close proximity to each other, they experience nearly the same perturbing effects. The propulsion required to maintain these stable orbits, critical to the idea of a cluster, is therefore very small.

75. Tracking Organic Chemistry Into Space | Csmonitor.com tracking organic chemistry into space. By Peter N. Spotts Staff writer of can thenbe used to form target maps for future missions. Search for Life space.com. http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1108/p17s1-stss.html

WORLD USA COMMENTARY LEARNING ... MonitorTalk Search: Environment Internet Also see: In this week's Sci/Tech section: Small players want their share of air waves Games women play High tide for beach closings Journey to the core: Where does lava lead? ... more projects... Most-viewed stories: (for 06/10/04) A remake without a cause Reading, writing, and ... war? Then and now: how Reagan's stature rose Bush team and the limits on torture ... Sci/Tech from the November 08, 2001 edition Tracking organic chemistry into space By Peter N. Spotts PHOENIX, ARIZ. To help answer the question of whether life has emerged elsewhere in the solar system than on Earth, astrobiologists look to Mars and Jupiter's ice-sheathed moon, Europa, as potential incubators. But for a look at how key chemical ingredients - carbon, seasoned with hydrogen, nitrogen, and other elements - may have mixed to form the pre-biotic building blocks necessary for organic life to emerge, researchers are looking to Saturn's moon, Titan. E-mail this story Write a letter to the Editor Printer-friendly version E-mail Newsletter Get all of today's headlines, or alerts on specific topics. Subscribe for free Taken together, researchers say, these three - Mars, Europa, and Titan - may unlock the secrets of the evolution of organic material in the universe, from simple atoms forged in stars to the rich complexity of organic life on Earth. Of the three, Titan remains the most enigmatic, says Jonathan Lunine, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona in Tucson and a member of the Cassini-Huygens mission to study Saturn and its systems of rings and moons.

76. HobbySpace - Our Living Space CNN NASA space Probes; Probe Flotilla to Scour Mars Institute; Mars Global SurveyorMission Status; Mars 1024x690 enlargement, NORAD tracking A selection of http://www.hobbyspace.com/LivingSpace/

HobbySpace Activism Art Astronomy ... Table Listing (Updated Daily) Click on asteroid name to see Java display of orbit e.g. Asteroid 2000 JG5 Our Living Space It's real busy out there... Our solar system is not empty and still. It is a hyperactive place teeming with natural phenomena and with human and machine activities. This page attempts to give a sense of this dynamism by providing samplings of the real-time, or near real-time, space imagery and data that are now available over the web. Visit this space situation room to find links to the current position of spacecraft, the latest images relayed to earth, the current space weather, remote sensing and weather satellite images of earth, etc. Images marked with are the latest images pulled directly from the source site. Site Search Match: All Any Format: Long Short Help The In Space News (Note - it's impossible to list here all the events going on in space so I'll only place the occasional item that gets my attention.

77. Signals From Space JPL Set For Challenge Of Tracking Several Missions | Martian Martian Soil. July 01, 2003. Signals from space JPL set for Challengeof tracking Several Missions. As additional Mars probes arrive http://www.martiansoil.com/archives/000564.php

Martian Soil July 01, 2003 Signals from Space JPL set for Challenge of Tracking Several Missions As additional Mars probes arrive in orbit of the Red Planet in January, the newly expanded Deep Space will be put to the test next year: "We realized we were going to have more critical events at one time than ever before in our history. It's easily 10 times more than we've ever had before, and in two months,' said Rich Miller, a manager with JPL's interplanetary network directorate. Posted by jschuur in Exploration Home Previous: Mars Needs Turbines Next: From the Planetary Society Newsletter Related Centennial Challenge (May 8, 2004) Martian Creatures "Come To Life" During Student Challenge (Oct 11, 2003) School challenge: Launch mission to Mars (Oct 30, 2003) Watchmaker Rises to the Challenge to Create Mars Watches (Jan 12, 2004) Advertising Trackbacks Trackback URL for this entry. Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Yes No Comments: Navigation You are viewing an individual entry . There's lots more to see! Check the

78. Robert Lentz's Space Resources space Movie Archive. Chesley Bonestell Art Gallery. The Wings of Mercury A Mercurymission simulator. Xsat, a satellite tracking program for the X Window System. http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/home-space.html

Watch for falling links Space Resources "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." -Konstantin E. Tsiolkovski See also Robert's Astronomy Resources Overview Latest News General Information (Generally Text based) NASA Missions Current Missions Future Missions ... Miscellaneous Latest News Next Shuttle Mission: STS-73 Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs Images from STS-63 (the recent shuttle mission, including rendezvous with Mir) SSTO News : Will the White House support the X-33? (SSTO = Single Stage To Orbit) See also: Jonathan's Space Report (weekly) NASA HQ Newsroom and NASA Hot Topics Recent news from JPL Return to Overview General Information Space Calendar (Maintained by the ever helpful Ron Baalke.) This month in history and more history Listen to (and watch!) the shuttle over the Internet! FAQ of the sci.space newsgroup and Astro/Space frequently seen acronyms Humans in Space : Can human beings live and work in space? Basics of Spaceflight The most excellent Earth Viewer U.S. Space Camp Internet Talk Radio presents NASA's The Space Story from the Internet Multicasting Service . (The files are about 2.3Mb for four minutes of audio; see the

79. Career Profiles at the University of Maryland, I joined the Goddard space Flight Center There continueto be challenges in designing future missions tracking and controlling http://www.maa.org/careers/cooley.html

James L. Cooley BS Mathematics University of Massachusetts MA Mathematics The Pennsylvania State University Aerospace Mathematician NASA Goddard Space Flight Center What does a math major do at NASA surrounded by engineers, physicists, and astronomers? Mathematicians provide excellent background to model physical systems. The physical systems can be related to a spacecraft (an attitude system, a propulsion system, etcetera), a spacecraft support system (such as a ground or space tracking system), or a system in nature (such as the earth's gravity field or atmosphere). Mathematics provides excellent background to model data (such as noisy or biased data taken from an attitude system or a tracking system) and determine the optimal information from the data. Mathematics also provides excellent background to understand geometric relationships and deal with changing relationships over different time scales (predicting ahead, in real-time, and after the fact). Any spacecraft mission is a team effort involving engineers, physicists, astronomers, and mathematicians. One rapidly realizes it is necessary to have a background in and learn the language of engineering, physics, and astronomy. Computer and computer science knowledge is also indispensable. Thus I always recommend some minor courses in these fields for a mathematics undergraduate or graduate student. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has formed a mathematics support group to enhance mathematics and mathematics education. The group supports common areas of concern such as chaos theory (chaos theory may provide an exciting breakthrough in modeling and predicting sunspots and solar activity). This group also promotes the concept that a mathematics major who is familiar with physical sciences is as good as, if not better than, an engineer, physicist, or astronomer who is familiar with mathematics.

80. First ESA Workshop On Tracking, Telemetry And Command Systems - Preliminary Prog Rubidium Frequency Standard for Deep space Missions Kohl, R. * ; Wagner, K. *; Bird, M New Ground Systems for ISRO Telemetry tracking and Command Network http://www.estec.esa.nl/conferences/98c11/

List of Events ESTEC Home Page ESA Home Page Web Master Preliminary Programme First ESA Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems 24-26 June 1998 ESTEC, The Netherlands PURPOSE The TTC ‘98 workshop aims to provide an International Forum for the presentation and discussion of new technologies and recent advances in Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems. Current and future spacecraft increasingly require highly integrated TTC subsystems, with size, mass and cost reduction. Furthermore, future needs of science and telecommunication satellites will require new approaches in terms of frequency bands, power capabilities, modulation schemes and coding techniques. The workshop will be focused on current and new technologies and concepts for TTC that support space programmes in both the on-board and the ground segment. GENERAL INFORMATION REGISTRATION Please find attached the registration form and the hotel reservation form which should be completed and sent to the addresses stated on the forms. The fee for the workshop is NLG 250,- covering access to all sessions, a copy of the abstract book which will be available at the start of the workshop, luncheon vouchers for all three days of the workshop, a cocktail party, a workshop dinner and refreshments during breaks.

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