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Subject: STS-9
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Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 13:37:59 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  8 13:37:59 1983
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Posted: Wed  Dec  7, 1983   7:07 AM PST              Msg: SGID-1674-2798
From:   PKARN
To:     amsat
Subj:   STS-9 MH 12-7-83  
is now on 'ops'.  That thing is coming down so fast that if they just
waited for a few days, they wouldn't have to fire retrorockets!
MH 12-7-83 AOS/LOS times for the last pass this morning showed a 45
second discrepancy with respect to MH 12-5-83, a set only two days old.
With each new set, the updated times show the orbiter to be running
early with respect to each old set; this means that the drag factors
must be consistently too small.

Phil

Posted: Wed  Dec  7, 1983   8:53 AM PST              Msg: EGID-1674-3824
From:   ARRL
To:     AMSAT
CC:     ARRL
Subj:   W1AW TWO WAY WITH W5LFL   
ON ORBIT 145 AT 8:37 E.S.T. W1AW WAS HEARD BY DR. OWEN GARRIOTT,
ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA. WE WERE TRANSMITTING ON 145.090
ALTERNATING VOICE AND TONE MODULATED CODE. THANKS TO AMSAT FOR 
UPDATING THE ELEMENTS TO HELP THE GANG AT W1AW MAKE THIS HISTORICAL
CONTACT. 73 BERNIE W9KDR.


Posted: Wed  Dec  7, 1983  10:18 AM PST              Msg: TGID-1674-4499
From:   ARRL
To:     AMSAT
CC:     ARRL
Subj:   W5LFL CONTACT   
THE FIRST MESSAGE EGID-1674-3824 SHOULD BE CHANGED TO READ; ON
ORBIT 145 AT 9:37 E.S.T. W1AW WAS HEARD BY DR. OWEN GARRIOTT, ON
THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA. SORRY ABOUT THE BLUNDER BUT I THINK
MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAS BEEN RUNNING 50 OVER S-9 THIS MORNING.
73 BERNIE W9KDR.

Posted: Wed  Dec  7, 1983   7:07 AM PST              Msg: RGID-1674-2797
From:   PKARN
To:     ops
Subj:   STS-9 MH 12-7-83

Satellite: sts-9
Catalog number: 14523
Epoch time:      833B41.Y54513838E
   Wed Dec
 7 13:04:59.956 1983 UTC
Element set:     MH 12-7-83
Inclination:       57.0140 deg
RA of node:       164.9430 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0005229
Arg of perigee:   326.0820 deg
Mean anomaly:      97.8970 deg
Mean motion:   16.13365400 rev/day
Decay rate:      0.0051403 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             143
Semi major axis:  6615.400 km
Anom period:     89.254424 min
Apogee:            245.399 km
Perigee:           238.481 km
Beacon:           145.5500 mhz