SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-79.018 STS-79 Central USA R/S Times 9/25 Below are the rise and set times for STS-79 for selected US cities over the next two days. This data was generated to help hams without orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN. Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon tca = time of closest approach to observer and maximium elevation set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon el = maximium elevation above horizon az = azimuth at time of maximium elevation geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north D = Descending orbit, moving north to south E = passes east of observer W = passes west of observer There is a small thruster firing scheduled for about 06:00 UTC on September 25 which may cause these predictions to be in error by up to a few minutes after that time. Landing at Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 12:12 UTC on September 26 on orbit 160. Predictions for orbits later than that time are provided in the event that the mission should be extended due to bad weather at the landing site. Chicago, IL STS-79 Element Set JSC-920 date rise tca set el az geo orbit 25Sep96 06:28:07 06:33:11 06:38:22 37 140 A-E 141 25Sep96 08:04:07 08:09:11 08:14:18 30 334 A-W 142 25Sep96 09:41:18 09:45:56 09:50:31 14 356 A-W 143 25Sep96 11:17:56 11:22:44 11:27:33 19 15 D-E 144 25Sep96 12:53:53 12:59:08 13:04:17 77 32 D-E 145 25Sep96 14:30:23 14:34:08 14:38:53 11 240 D-W 146 26Sep96 05:28:48 05:33:26 05:38:07 17 133 A-E 156 26Sep96 07:03:56 07:09:07 07:14:22 55 329 A-W 157 26Sep96 08:40:50 08:45:33 08:50:22 17 347 A-W 158 26Sep96 10:17:48 10:22:33 10:27:07 15 10 D-E 159 26Sep96 11:53:56 11:59:11 12:04:11 37 32 D-E 160 26Sep96 13:29:59 13:35:03 13:39:48 26 221 D-W 161 Huntsville, AL STS-79 Element Set JSC-920 date rise tca set el az geo orbit 25Sep96 04:52:37 04:56:29 05:00:37 9 127 A-E 140 25Sep96 06:26:52 06:32:07 06:37:22 63 320 A-W 141 25Sep96 08:04:22 08:08:37 08:12:48 10 336 A-W 142 25Sep96 11:19:59 11:23:29 11:26:59 6 16 D-E 144 25Sep96 12:55:24 13:00:24 13:05:17 26 35 D-E 145 25Sep96 14:31:24 14:36:09 14:41:01 22 233 D-W 146 26Sep96 05:27:05 05:32:09 05:37:20 44 136 A-E 156 26Sep96 07:03:31 07:08:16 07:13:01 17 328 A-W 157 26Sep96 11:55:40 12:00:14 12:04:40 14 30 D-E 160 26Sep96 13:31:14 13:36:26 13:41:31 64 225 D-W 161 Houston, TX STS-79 Element Set JSC-920 date rise tca set el az geo orbit 25Sep96 06:24:35 06:29:46 06:35:01 90 306 A-W 141 25Sep96 08:02:09 08:06:01 08:10:09 8 326 A-W 142 25Sep96 12:55:46 12:59:31 13:03:01 6 31 D-E 145 25Sep96 14:30:43 14:35:56 14:41:00 61 49 D-E 146 25Sep96 16:07:48 16:11:26 16:14:52 6 236 D-W 147 26Sep96 05:24:59 05:29:51 05:34:55 28 131 A-E 156 26Sep96 07:01:06 07:05:51 07:10:40 17 321 A-W 157 26Sep96 13:30:59 13:35:47 13:40:40 22 38 D-E 161 26Sep96 15:06:55 15:11:44 15:16:21 19 231 D-W 162 Denver, CO STS-79 Element Set JSC-920 date rise tca set el az geo orbit 25Sep96 06:26:25 06:30:29 06:34:29 9 127 A-E 141 25Sep96 08:00:41 08:05:54 08:11:09 84 325 A-W 142 25Sep96 09:37:32 09:42:09 09:46:58 16 338 A-W 143 25Sep96 11:15:02 11:19:09 11:23:28 10 359 A-W 144 25Sep96 12:51:28 12:56:09 13:00:58 17 19 D-E 145 25Sep96 14:27:20 14:32:33 14:37:41 85 218 D-W 146 25Sep96 16:04:11 16:08:03 16:11:41 7 232 D-W 147 26Sep96 07:00:55 07:05:59 07:11:08 38 138 A-E 157 26Sep96 08:37:02 08:42:00 08:47:02 25 333 A-W 158 26Sep96 10:14:34 10:18:53 10:23:08 11 353 A-W 159 26Sep96 11:51:27 11:56:00 12:00:23 12 15 D-E 160 26Sep96 13:27:23 13:32:30 13:37:38 41 30 D-E 161 26Sep96 15:03:34 15:08:23 15:12:57 19 226 D-W 162 Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV, AMSAT volunteer. Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org (Internet) or WD8LAQ @ WA3NAN.MD.USA (packet radio). Submitted by Pat Kilroy, WD8LAQ for Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO and the SAREX Working Group. /EX P.S. I apologize for my tardiness. I should have sent them out last night! - Pat ======================================================================== Patrick L. Kilroy Phone: 301-286-5910 Engineer (in motion) Fax: 301-286-1695 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center E-mail: pat.kilroy@gsfc.nasa.gov Building 6, Code 311 WWW URL: http://arioch.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 310/310.html ========================================================================= . .