[MilCom] STS-131 Landing Ground Tracks
wb5uom at hughes.net
wb5uom at hughes.net
Mon Apr 19 19:33:31 EDT 2010
"ONE 91" ---uh no...make that ONE single transmission.
(sorry hasty fingers on the keyboard)
----- Original Message -----
From: <wb5uom at hughes.net>
To: "Mike Riffle" <kc8mzm at gmail.com>; <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] STS-131 Landing Ground Tracks
> 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
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