ARLA/CLUSTER: ISS...

[Salomao Fresco]

Olá!

Tudo recebido!
Também me parecia que algo não estava a 100%

Obrigado pelas infos!


Salomão
CT2IRJ


On 6/28/07, Francisco Costa, CT1EAT <listas_ct1eat  sapo.pt> wrote:
>
> Olá Salomão
>
> > Algum dos Colegas tem escutado as frequências de "downlink" da ISS?
>
> Para saber o "status" actual das actividades da ISS,
> veja esta página: http://www.issfanclub.com/ no lado direito.
>
>
> > A razão de ser das mesmas é a seguinte, desde sempre que conseguia
> escutar
> > o
> > beacon de APRS da Estação, mas de há alguns meses a esta parte e mesmo
> com
> > órbitas muito favoráveis, não consigo obter nenhum sinal.
>
> O problema não é seu, mas do rádio da ISS que está desconfigurado,
> e ainda não foi possivel repor a configuração.
> Para mais info, leia o report do Frank Baur.
>
> 73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
> www.qsl.net/ct1eat
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo  comcast.net>
> To: <sarex  AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:45 AM
> Subject: [sarex] ARISS Status Report April 24, 2007
>
>
> > ISS Ham Radio Enthusiasts,
> >
> > I wanted to provide a progress report on the ISS Ham Radio activities.
> > And
> > to address some questions that have come up related to ARISS operations
> > and
> > equipment upgrade and repair.
> >
> > With the successful Shuttle return to flight, the International Space
> > Station Program construction has moved into high gear with delivery and
> > assembly of new ISS modules.  If all goes well, the new European
> Columbus
> > Module and Japanese Kibo module will be installed on ISS in the next 12
> > months.  This substantial workload on the crew is impacting ARISS
> > operations directly.
> >
> > The launching of any new or replacement radios or computers has been
> > significantly curtailed due to the extremely limited upmass
> > capability.  There are just too many higher priority activities from an
> > international space agency perspective and frankly we are a lower
> > priority.  The extra workload on the crew has taken its toll on ARISS -
> > they have had very little extra time for Amateur Radio activities beyond
> > school contacts.  This is somewhat frustrating to the general ham radio
> > community and the ARISS International Team, though the team is pleased
> > that
> > the crew has been able to speak so often with youth groups worldwide,
> > piquing their interest in Amateur Radio, science, technology,
> engineering
> > and math.
> >
> > The ARISS team had been hopeful that Charles Simonyi would have been
> able
> > to restore the Kenwood D700 radio system to full functionality after an
> > accidental reprogramming of the radio occurred near the end of Exp 13.
> > The
> > ARISS team worked diligently with the Simonyi team to get Charles
> > licensed,  trained, and prepared to perform the Kenwood
> > reprogramming.  Unfortunately, the ARISS team hit a major hurdle a few
> > weeks before Charles' launch.  We learned that additional software
> > certification steps were required to allow the reprogramming software to
> > be
> > used on the ISS computers.  Through heroic efforts by the team, final
> > software certification was successfully completed.  Unfortunately, this
> > was
> > completed only a few days before Charles' return from space.  As a
> result,
> > the ARISS team was informed by the mission control team and some of our
> > international team partners that it there was insufficient time to allow
> > Charles to complete the restoration.  Thus, the Kenwood restoration was
> > not
> > completed by Charles.  This last minute hiccup in software certification
> > was not predictable.  So there was no way the ARISS team could have
> better
> > prepared for Charles' flight.
> >
> > At this point in time, it appears that a full restoration will require a
> > substantial, concerted effort with full cooperation from our
> international
> > colleagues and the Russian and US space agencies.  We need to make sure
> > that all components necessary for a successful reprogramming are
> > identified, purchased (if necessary), certified, tested and flown
> together
> > before the radio will be fully restored. Realizing this will be
> especially
> > challenging due to the upmass issue I described above.  This will likely
> > take several months to accomplish as the team will have to begin from
> > square one. In the short term, requests for some investigative analysis
> by
> > the crew will be made.  This will enable the ARISS team to determine if
> > the
> > radio can be partially restored to provide some of the unattended
> > operations that it once provided.
> >
> > With Charles' successful landing, we have started down this new
> path.  We
> > will continue to keep you informed of our progress.
> >
> > In closing, we are aggressively working this issue, despite several
> > setbacks.  While our plans to have Charles reprogram the radio were
> > thwarted, we were happy that he could speak to so many hams around the
> > world during his short stay.  And capture the imagination of students
> > around the globe.
> >
> > On behalf of the ARISS team, we thank all of you for your interest and
> > enthusiasm in Ham Radio on the ISS.
> >
> > 73,  Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
> > ARISS International Chairman
> > AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
>
>
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Cumprimentos

Salomão Fresco
CT2IRJ


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