Archive - May 2008
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May 18th
ISS Radio Report
ARROW ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE SATELITE OPERATIONS
HELLO EVERYBODY!
I AM LOOKING THE WEB ADRRESS TO ORDER AN ARROW ANTENNA!
DOES ANYBODY KNOWS SOMETHING?
73's
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Doubts on the choice of antenna
Hello everyone.
Like many people, I do not know the possibility of using motorized antennas in elevation.
Able to use only antennas with vertical polarization must now update my system antennas.
At the time of MIR I used with satisfaction antenna type DISCONE, but the fact of working with a large band penalizes lot yield and introduces unwanted disturbances.
I replaced the DISCONA with a V2000 I found that the signals for high angles of reception have deteriorated.
With its faults the DISCONE was better for this type of use.
Now I do not have any antenna, as well as for HF, and I think about how to implement the part for the V / UHF.
May 17th
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
NASA Extends Space Station Contract With ARES Corp.
HOUSTON -- NASA Wednesday awarded ARES Corp. in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $25.7 million for services required to continue the development and operation of the International Space Station.
ARES Corp. has held the station's program integration and control contract since January 2004. The one-year extension brings the total value of the contract to $151.8 million. The extension, which begins Oct. 1, 2008, is the first of two such options provided for in the original contract.
ARES provides integrated vehicle performance and risk management, configuration and schedule management, information technology management, resource analysis, and cost estimating services.
May 16th
ISS Radio Report
South Korea's First Astronaut Leaves Hospital
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A science official says South Korea's first astronaut has left a hospital after recovering from neck and back pain apparently caused by her Russian spacecraft's unexpectedly steep descent to Earth last month.
Science Ministry official Jung Kyung-taek said Yi So-yeon was released Wednesday from a military-run hospital because her pains have almost stopped. She was hospitalized April 29.
http://www.space.com/news/ap-080514-south-korean-astronaut-hospital.html
NASA Announces News Conference on Status of Next Shuttle Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 19, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The news conference will begin after the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review, a meeting to assess preparations for shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08094_Post_FRR_Advisory.html
Station Crew Prepares For Arrival of Progress
After the successful launch of a new Progress cargo carrier, the Expedition 17 crew members aboard the International Space Station are making final preparations for its arrival.
P29 launched to the station at 4:22 p.m. EDT Wednesday with more than 2.3 tons of fuel, air, water, propellant and other supplies and equipment aboard.
P29 began its journey to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is scheduled to dock at the Earth-facing port of the station's Zarya module Friday about 5:30 p.m. It replaces the trash-filled P28 which was undocked from the Pirs docking compartment on April 7 and destroyed on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.