[MilCom] STS-131 Landing Ground Tracks

[wb5uom at hughes.net]

Well, considering waking up late and trying to head out to work. i sat the
scanner on the roof of the truck while watching the dog run arround and
managed to hear One 91) transmission at 7:32am. I guess not bad for:
1) a six inch antenna
2) covered by thick blooming trees
3) located in East Texas

Thanks for the heads up Mike !

David/ WB5UOM
Near Tyler Texas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Riffle" <kc8mzm at gmail.com>
To: <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:17 PM
Subject: [MilCom] STS-131 Landing Ground Tracks


> Get your radios ready, there's gonna be a cross-county landing track!
> Barring any last minute problems (see below), the shuttle will cross the
> US from northwest to southeast on Monday morning starting around 1223z
> and ending at 1248z with a landing at KSC. As it stands now this will be
> the last cross-country landing track ever! Listen on 259.7 tomorrow
> morning for any air-to-ground comms.
>
> Landing ground tracks:
>
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/news/landing.html
>
> Javascript to predict the flyover time at your locale:
>
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/JavaSSOP.html
>
> There is a chance weather may impact Monday's landing. Should they wave
> off the first attempt the second will be roughly 90 minutes later. Should
> they wave off all attempts on Monday, Tuesday is looking much better with
> the first landing attempt roughly 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
>
> Keeping my fingers crossed for some comms, maybe a visual, and the sonic
> booms!
>
>
> Mike Riffle
> Cataula, GA
> ______________________________________________________________
> MilCom mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milcom
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:MilCom at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>