Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!ka9q.bellcore.com!karn From: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle communications Message-ID: <17361@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 9 Aug 89 02:52:27 GMT References: <55.24D4A922@metnet.FIDONET.ORG> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) Organization: Secular Humanists for No-Code Lines: 11 During powered flight about 6 to 7 minutes after launch, I heard three very brief air-to-ground transmissions on the standard Shuttle UHF AM frequencies. They were clearly the Shuttle, since they began "Houston, Columbia..." The receiver was an Icom R-7000 fed by a broadband discone antenna up about 40 feet. Given that I am near New York, these observations confirm the high inclination orbit. Anybody have a set of Keplerian elements yet? Phil