Posted on 11/06/2022 2:11:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
Amateur radio operators will join a powerful international network tracking NASA's Orion spacecraft after it launches toward the moon this month.
NASA officials announced that a network of 18 volunteers, organizations and space agencies will assist with tracking Artemis 1, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to orbit around the moon after blasting off from Earth atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Launch is set for no earlier than Nov. 14.
The selected volunteers, including two individuals in the amateur radio community, will "demonstrate whether they can receive Orion's signal, and use their respective ground antennas to passively track and measure changes in the radio waves transmitted by Orion," NASA officials said in a statement(opens in new tab) on Monday (Oct. 31).
The goal is to improve tracking information for future deep-space missions, NASA officials stated. (NASA will also gather its own tracking data on Orion.)
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
What frequency ?.
I am not Kenneth.
(But I’ll try to find the answer)
“Orion will transmit S-band signals in the 2200 to 2290 MHz band, reserved for Space Operations. Artemis transmit power levels for one-way Doppler measurements are expected to be compatible with apertures in the 9-m+ diameter class, although small apertures may be able to support depending on their capabilities”
https://sam.gov/opp/9e894407ff12427d800b2457421914e0/view?linkId=177463503
Breaker breaker one nine...
DE KA3WRW/8
Thank you
Thank you
I’ll wait until I get the statistical data on the racial, LGBT, and Migrant Invader Vernmin (MIV) numbers for these volunteers before voicing an opinion...
Without the correct balance, we just cannot expect good results... /s
That would be CB lingo (Citizens Band, AKA 11 meters), not Ham.
Someday science will put a man on the moon.
Since sending vehicles to the moon and back isn’t new, what else is this unmanned capsule going to do while orbiting?
I was just hamming it up.
kek
I hate horde :P
Just equipment and procedure tests. It is interesting to read the comparisons between the Orion and Apollo capsules. The Orion can seat six astronauts for up to three months. The seats can be stowed and the flat floor can then be fitted with exercise equipment or comfortable sleeping/eating accommodations. Scientific instruments can also be fitted for use. It quite an advancement.
When the moon shot occurs, the lunar lander will make its own way to the moon, and then the Orion will dock with it. That means the lander can take a lot more to the lunar surface because it has a much greater storage capacity than the original LEM. That machine is a long way from the LEM.
All of this is in preparation of a maned trip to Mars.
Yes, just a bit over fifty years since engineers did it.
I didn’t see any mention in the article about CBers. Of course, the CB types would be useless anyways, as you need people who have a clue about how radio even works to be of use in a scientific study.
To be clear, amateur radio is NOT CB.
CB primarily a bunch of stupid clowns splattering their crap signals all over the spectrum using illegal amplifiers and inefficient antennas. And let us not forget the roger beeps and echo boxes. Gotta have roger beeps and echo boxes.
I mention that to people when they talk about how primitive we are becoming, more than a half-century ago we were playing golf on the moon, and now we struggle to keep our electric lights on and our furnaces running.
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