[MilCom] Correction: My STS-121 posting is for TUES, not SAT

AllanStern at aol.com AllanStern at aol.com
Tue Jul 4 08:21:03 EDT 2006


Corrected version:
 
STS-121: Tuesday pre-launch activities have  begun
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It is Tues, 7:34am EDT (1134z).
Range Clearance activities have  begun here in the NASA-KSC area, in 
preparation for the Space Shuttle STS-121  launch planned to take place at 2:38pm EDT 
(1838z) today.
"USCG Range  Control" has been up on 157.075 getting ops and position from 
various CG assets,  including "CG Bear Cove" and "CG Vessel 438."
"CG Station Canaveral"  has been up on 157.175, in comms with CG Auxiliary 
vessels, incl "CG Vessel  2787" and CG Vessel 1747." He is also in comms with 
"CG Vessel 25442" on 157.15.  And he is talking with "CG Cutter Kingfisher" and 
with "CG Vessel 301" on  157.075.
In addition the Combat Air Patrol is active over KSC.  Eglin AFB F-15s "ARROW 
45" and "ARROW 46" as well as "Tanker 11" are up with  Miami Ctr on 343.7; 
and they are engaged in air-air comms on 252.0.
At the  moment ARROW 46 is getting topped off by Tanker 11.
Lastly  "Search 01," one of the NASA UH-1H helos, has just departed Patrick 
AFB,  switching from the tower freq 133.75 to Cape Control freq 133.8, to begin 
his  mission over the Cape.
As for HF, there have been test counts  and some radio checks on SRB recovery 
vessel freq 5711 kHz USB.
 
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