81. ESA Portal - Press Releases - ESA Unveils Spanish Antenna For On Thursday, 18 May, the European space Agency (ESA be used for the Cluster II missionto the at the Villafranca del Castillo Satellite tracking Station site http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/Pr_32_2000_p_EN.html

11-Apr-2003 15:01:19 UT 11 May 2000 On Thursday, 18 May, the European Space Agency (ESA) will inaugurate the VIL-1 antenna that will be used for the Cluster II mission to the magnetosphere. The newly refurbished antenna, which is located at the Villafranca del Castillo Satellite Tracking Station site (VILSPA) near Madrid, has been selected as the prime communication link with the Cluster II spacecraft. The VIL-1 antenna will play a vital role in ESA's Cluster mission by monitoring and controlling the four spacecraft and by receiving the vast amounts of data that will be returned to Earth during two years of operations. Scheduled for launch in summer 2000, the Cluster quartet will complete the most detailed investigation ever made into the interaction between our pl0anet's magnetosphere - the region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field - and the continuous stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun - the solar wind. This exciting venture is now well under way, following completion of the satellite assembly and test programme and two successful verification flights by the newly developed Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle. The ESA Flight Acceptance Review Board has accordingly given the go-ahead for final launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. VILSPA, ESA and Cluster II

82. The Planetary Society: Links PlanetB Mars mission. space Shuttle and Small Payloads information. J-Track SatelliteTracking lets you follow the path of satellites, the space shuttle, Mir http://www.planetary.org/links/spacegate-missions.html

Missions of Exploration Mars Missions Current Missions Real Time Mission Tracking Future Missions ... Past Missions Mars Missions Mars Missions Sites at JPL Mars Surveyor '98 (Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter) Home Page Mars Polar Lander from UCLA Mars Microphone Home Page Mars News site The Martian Chronicle The Electronic Newsletter for Mars Exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Current Missions Cassini Mission information on the Planetary Society home page including information on the Society member names that are onboard the spacecraft Cassini Mission home page Deep Space 1 mission Deep Space 2 (DS2) (Mars Microprobes) Discovery Programs : Lunar Prospector, Mars Pathfinder, NEAR, Stardust, Geneis, CONTOUR, Deep Impact, and MESSENGER Galileo Europa Mission HEAT Airborne Antimatter Telescope International Planetary Rover Efforts at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute charts current and future uses of robots in planetary exploration. The Space Telescope Science Institute for images from the Hubble Space Telescope Jonathan's Space Report: Status Report of Current Missions Malin Space Science Systems home page Images from Mars Global Surveyor Mars Global Surveyor Mars Surveyor '98 (Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter) Home Page Mars Microphone Home Page Mars Microphone Press Kit ... Information on Mars Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter Includes details on The Planetary Society's own Mars Microphone experiment.

83. Boeing Human Space Flight & Exploration: ISS Communication & Tracking The Communication and tracking System must provide twoway audio It must permit MissionControl to send commands or relay them through the space Shuttle while http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/systems/communications_tr

Press Information Book SPACE STATION SYSTEMS Communication and Tracking Communication is the linchpin of safe, reliable International Space Station operations, and the world's window on research progress and results. But it's a tough job with complex requirements. Consider: The Communication and Tracking System must provide two-way audio and video communications among ISS crew, between crew and Mission Control, and between crew and Earthbound scientists via Ku-band, S-band and UHF frequencies. It must permit Mission Control to send commands directly to ISS flight controllers or relay them through the Space Shuttle while providing system, experiment and payload data to Mission Control and the Payload Operations Center. And the System is tasked with allowing the European Space Agency, National Space and Development Agency of Japan, and Mission Control Center-Moscow to communicate with the ISS via Mission Control Center-Houston. Here is how it will work: Mission Control Center, Houston will send commands and receive telemetry via the 60-ft. diameter, high-gain microwave ground terminals at NASA's White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruses in southern New Mexico. It will use the S-band and UHF frequencies, as well as the early ISS communications system.

84. Space Mission Acronym List And Hyperlink Guide (I Through J): NASA Space Instrum VILSPA The Infrared space Observatory (ISO) at the Villafranca Satellite TrackingStation (VILSPA). NASA Astrophysics mission Launch Dates and NASA http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/Sensors_page/MissionLinks/mlij.html

NASA Space Instrument and Sensing Technology Space Mission Acronym List and Hyperlink Guide (I through J) NOTICE: Because this page had grown so large (~168K), I have split it into 14 pages, including this page for mission acronyms beginning with I and J. Some direct, named links will no longer work. If you cannot find information on the mission you are looking for, you may find some information in the "Pages with Information on Many Missions" section of the General Information page. SPACE MISSIONS IACG Inter-agency Consultative Group In the 1990's, up to 25 projects involving a total of 35 or so spacecraft from the four member space agencies will be either completely or partially dedicated to studying the solar-terrestrial environment. Welcome to the IACG Home Page from the Space Science Data Operations Office Archives Service IEOS International Earth Observing System For a general description, see the Reference Handbook for EOS IKONOS The IKONOS 1 was lost April 27, 1999, apparently due to a problem with the Athena launch vechicle fairing. The second IKONOS successfully launched September 24, 1999 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. According to Space Imaging, Inc.'s Frequently Asked Questions web page

85. Engineers And Programmers At NASA Have Developed Tracking Programs To See Atlant JTrack, developed by Marshall space Flight Center in like the one in JSC’s MissionControl Center. own calculations or have their own tracking program, JSC http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/skywatching_programs_000911.html

SEARCH: advertisement New Program Allows Skywatchers to Track Spacecraft By Glen Golightly Houston Bureau Chief posted: 03:30 pm ET 11 September 2000 HOUSTON – It’s back to school time, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to do the math to see the satellites and other objects in the sky. The friendly engineers and programmers at NASA paid attention in their math and science classes and have developed tracking programs for when you can see Atlantis in orbit, along with other craft such as the International Space Station (ISS), Mir and the Hubble Space Telescope This NASA image shows how the International Space Station appeared after Zvezda arrived in July 2000. More Stories Shuttle Docks with Station, Crew Prepares for Spacewalk Atlantis Racing to Rendezvous with Station Atlantis Launch Day Souvenir Photo Album Students Send Science Experiments to Space Multimedia Watch the mission live with SPACE.com's STS106 Mission Console Related Links SkyWatch version 1.3 Shuttle On-Orbit Sighting Opportunities STS 106 Entry Sightings Marshall Spaceflight Center J-Track William H. Tracy, a flight dynamics officer in Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Mission Control said the ISS isn’t quite as bright as Mir yet, but will be more visible as construction progresses. "The station is brighter than before," he said. "I looked at it last week and it was different."

86. 'Zarya' - Soviet And Russian Space Programmes Diaries and fact sheets on space exploration by the Soviet Union and Russia.Category Science Technology space Missions Manned Russian...... Area Satellite tracking orbits, radio signals De-orbiting Mir - The Final DayMission Diaries Sputnik - beginnings of rocketry and the space Age Lunar http://www.zarya.info/

Zarya A Source of Information on Soviet and Russian Spaceflight Within 'Zarya' you will find diaries and fact sheets on space programmes and space research undertaken by the Soviet Union and Russia starting with Korolyov's R-7 rocket and 'Sputnik' earth satellites. Topics include exploration of the planets and historical aspects of the piloted space programme from Vostok through to the Zarya module of the International space station. 'Zarya' (Sunrise) was the radio call sign adopted by Soviet mission control when Yuri Gagarin went into orbit. The name has persisted, and endured the breakup of the Soviet Union. Originally, Zarya was located at the Baikonur cosmodrome but since 1973, and the Soyuz 12 mission, Spaceflight Control Centre ('TsUP') has been at Kaliningrad, a town near Moscow. 'Zarya' was the name actually painted on the side of the first space station to reach orbit, even though the station's name was changed to 'Salyut' shortly before launch. The name 'Zarya' now adorns the first element of the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched into orbit by Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 1998 November 20. Technical Area: Satellite Tracking - orbits, radio signals

87. News Content Over the past few days, the centre directed tracking networks on The latest missionfurther testified to the maturity of China's space programme technology http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/2003-01-06/100163.html

contact us about us Home BizChina ... Edu news... ... Focus on... ... Shenzhou IV returns home (January 06,2003 )(China Daily) Landing of Shenzhou IV called successful. [AP] China's fourth unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou IV, landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sunday, after orbiting the Earth 108 times in slightly less than seven days. Completion of the successful voyage starts a countdown for China to realize its ambitions of becoming the third country to put people in orbit, space watchers said. The spacecraft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Northwest China's Gansu Province early on December 30, landed safely at 7:16 pm after a series of experiments planned for the 162-hour flight were carried out successfully, said, Hu Shixiang, vice-director of China's manned space programme. At 6:27 pm Sunday, when Shenzhou IV was flying over the south Atlantic, Yuanwang III one of China's four vessels stationed at sea to track the space mission signalled to the spacecraft to return to earth. Shenzhou IV's re-entry module then detached itself from the orbital module to return to its preset destination in Inner Mongolia, according to a spokesman at the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Centre, the nerve hub of China's space programmes.

88. ASTARS: An APRS Satellite Tracking And Reporting System ARISS The International space Station also supports ASTARS. ASTARS as a secondarymission; OPAL This is an Amateur Radio Mobile tracking and Communications http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/astars.html

A S T A R S APRS Satellite Tracking and Reporting System Bob Bruninga, WB4APR NEW RECOMMENDATION: All users of ISS and the ASTARS satellites are encouraged to add: ...SGATE,WIDE on the end of their packet paths if they want to maximize their probabiliy of being captured into the internet links. ASTARS SATELLITES: The following satellites can not only be used for real-time packet communications between users but also for direct linking of messages and email into the worldwide APRS internet-linked system. See the ISS page and PCsat's live page . UO-22 may also be used but we still do not have enough permanent APRS Satgates monnitoring UO-22's downlink. That is what ASTARS is all about. Further, these birds make ideal Field Day alternatives to the overcrowded Voice FM birds. PCsat handheld packet comms for travelers. See the PCsat Tracking Page ARISS: The International Space Station also supports ASTARS. See my Frequently Asked Questions and WWW.ARISS.NET SAPPHIRE: Stanford/Washington Univ teamed with Naval Academy supports ASTARS (currently Inop). UO-22: UOSAT5 also supports ASTARS as a secondary mission OPAL: This satellite can digipeat ASTARS but it is hard to hit at UHF.

89. National Park Service: Man In Space (Tracking Stations) The Pioneer Deep space tracking Station is recommended for designation as a NationalHistoric Landmark because it was the first antenna to support NASA's http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky4/spacej.htm

Cover Page MENU Contents Phase I: Introductory Essay Phase II: ... Spacecraft Man in Space A National Historic Landmark Theme Study J. Tracking Stations Pioneer Deep Space Station (Goldstone Tracking Station) The Pioneer Deep Space Tracking Station is recommended for designation as a National Historic Landmark because it was the first antenna to support NASA's unmanned exploration of deep space. The technological achievements necessary to track deep space vehicles were first demonstrated and put into use at this site. The Pioneer Station was later joined by dozens of additional tracking stations around the world. This site illustrates the role of Goldstone and the NASA tracking system in the American Space Program. Top History Links to the Past National Park Service Search ... Contact Last Modified: Mon, Jan 8 2001 10:00:00 am PDT http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky4/spacej.htm

90. Robert Lentz's Space Resources space Movie Archive. Chesley Bonestell Art Gallery. The Wings of Mercury A Mercurymission simulator. Xsat, a satellite tracking program for the X Window System. http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/home-space.html

Watch for falling links Space Resources "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." -Konstantin E. Tsiolkovski See also Robert's Astronomy Resources Overview Latest News General Information (Generally Text based) NASA Missions Current Missions Future Missions ... Miscellaneous Latest News Next Shuttle Mission: STS-73 Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs Images from STS-63 (the recent shuttle mission, including rendezvous with Mir) SSTO News : Will the White House support the X-33? (SSTO = Single Stage To Orbit) See also: Jonathan's Space Report (weekly) NASA HQ Newsroom and NASA Hot Topics Recent news from JPL Return to Overview General Information Space Calendar (Maintained by the ever helpful Ron Baalke.) This month in history and more history Listen to (and watch!) the shuttle over the Internet! FAQ of the sci.space newsgroup and Astro/Space frequently seen acronyms Humans in Space : Can human beings live and work in space? Basics of Spaceflight The most excellent Earth Viewer U.S. Space Camp Internet Talk Radio presents NASA's The Space Story from the Internet Multicasting Service . (The files are about 2.3Mb for four minutes of audio; see the

91. NRAO OVLBI Home Page For additional views of the tracking station, click here, or The VSOP/HALCA missionoperations group maintains an The Russian space agency is building a Radio http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ovlbi/OVLBI.html

Orbiting VLBI Tracking Station Current Schedule Tracking Station Mission The Orbiting VLBI tracking station in Green Bank , West Virginia is one of four NASA tracking stations dedicated to support of Very Long Baseline Interferometry satellites. Current and future satellites extend interferometry baselines beyond the diameter of the earth. The trackings stations transmit a maser referenced timing tone to the orbiting satellites. The satellites sample the astronomical signals and transmit the data on a Ku band downlink back to the stations. The tracking stations record the data on wideband magnetic tape and ship it to correlators for further processing. The Observatory and tracking station are located in a valley at elevation , and are shielded from radio interference by mountains to the east and west . For additional views of the tracking station, click here , or here Space VLBI satellites VSOP/HALCA The Japanese Space agency, ISAS launched VSOP/HALCA on 97 February 12. VSOP/HALCA has a home page. The VSOP/HALCA mission operations group maintains an interface document page.

92. ISO Mission Overview ISO mission Overview. Last Update 15 February 2000 ISO, the Infraredspace Observatory, was the first true infrared observatory in space. http://www.iso.vilspa.esa.es/users/expl_lib/mission.html

ISO Mission Overview Last Update: 15 February 2000 ISO, the Infrared Space Observatory, was the first true infrared observatory in space. Launched by an Ariane 44P on 17 November 1995, it successfully made more than 26,000 observations during its nearly 29 months lifetime. A description of ISO can be found under " What is ISO? Some ISO facts " on the ISO Home Page or directly from the following list: What is ISO? ISO's predecessors. What are ISO's advantages? Why observe in the infrared? Who developed ISO? ... Will ISO have successors? The scientific programme for ISO consisted of more than 1000 individual proposals from the world-wide astronomical community. In the document ISO Call for Observing Proposals: Policies and Procedures for the Pre-launch Call and the Supplemental Call you can find some (historic) background information on the proposal submission and selection process. Activities to support the world-wide astronomical community in exploiting these data are already underway. This Post Operations Phase or data exploitation phase is funded through to the end of 2001. All scientific and calibration data obtained during the ISO mission are publicly available since August 1999 and can be retrieved from the ISO Homepage in the Data Archive section Back to the [ ISO Homepage ISO Explanatory Library

93. 14th Air Force Mission MultiSpectral Imagery (MSI) to develop highly tailored, mission-specific mapping Spacesurveillance involves detecting, tracking, cataloging and http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/associate_units/14af/links/mission.htm

The 14th Air Force, headquartered at Vandenberg AFB, California, traces its history to the historic “Flying Tigers” of World War II fame. Today, we are the United States Air Force's only space numbered air force. As United States Air Force Component of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), we plan and execute spacelift, on-orbit satellite control, global ballistic missile warning, and space control. We provide theater reachback for Air Force space. In addition, we provide command and control for 28 weapon systems operated by more than 12,000 people, in 155 units, at 44 locations, in 13 time zones. Contemporary Flying Tigers are the day-to-day operators of Air Force Space Command's ( AFSPC ) space forces and are directly responsible for their employment in wartime and major worldwide exercises. Global and Theater and Space Operations The global nature of U.S. national security interests requires military use of space systems for communications, weather, space surveillance, early warning and navigation. The 14 AF's primary job is to ensure space augments the combat capabilities of air, land, sea and special forces, in theater and around the world. Today’s combat operations are enhanced by U.S. space dominance; tomorrow's will be virtually impossible without it. Communications Most of the military's communications traffic is routed through space, largely by the Defense Satellite Communications System (

94. Aviation Week's Aviation Week & Space Technology over SBIRSLow. For instance, he argues, the warhead tracking missionwould be easier from a UAV than from space. While a satellite http://www.aviationnow.com/content/publication/awst/20011224/aw39c.htm

PUBLICATIONS B2B COMMERCE JOBS REFERENCES ... STORE PUBLICATIONS Subscribe now! 2002 Aerospace Source Book 2001 Photo Issue 2001 Art Contest ... Subscribe now! December 24, 2001 New Sensor Targets High-Profile Missions ROBERT WALL and DAVID A. FULGHUM/WASHINGTON A new sensor is emerging for the Global Hawk UAV that could address two of the Pentagon's most pressing problems: detecting humans trying to hide in caves and offering an alternative to the Space-Based Infrared System-Low that has come under fire in Congress. A small Tulsa, Okla.-based company, Aeromet, is proposing to install a new, highly stabilized infrared sensor on Global Hawk that should allow the high-altitude UAV to monitor objects in space and on the ground with a high degree of accuracy. Aeromet also provides surveillance sensors for the Army's Gulfstream IIB High Altitude Observation (Halo) missile test monitoring aircraft. The primary focus for the company's new Airborne Infrared Surveillance (Airs) venture, which is receiving support from Global Hawk-maker Northrop Grumman, is tracking ballistic missile warheads during the midcourse in spacea mission SBIRS-Low is supposed to address. However, without any changes to the Global Hawk/Airs combination, the system could be used for space surveillance, boost-phase missile tracking and ground surveillance, said Garry L. Booker, Aeromet's vice president for operations. Congress this year considered canceling SBIRS-Low due to increases in software complexity and cost, but in a last-ditch maneuver last week opted to keep $250 million in the program for the satellite system or other sensors to carry out the warhead-tracking mission.

95. NASA Human Space Flight Offers an overview of the International space Station and space Shuttle projects. Introduces the crews and presents updates on the missions. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

var firstLevel = ''; This text is today's date, which is automatically generated and may not be accessible with your browser. Ground Search Passes 76-Percent Mark The search for Space Shuttle Columbia debris continues to press ahead in East Texas. As of Thursday, more than 76 percent of the 621,000 assigned acres have been scoured by recovery teams. Visit the STS-107 Crew Memorial to learn more about Space Shuttle Columbia's astronauts. Visit the STS-107 Investigation Reference page View the list of counties in the southwestern United States that may contain shuttle debris. Progress Engines Fired to Raise ISS' Orbit In preparation for the arrival of the Expedition Seven crew and the departure of Expedition Six, Russian flight controllers fired the Progress 10 cargo ship's engines Thursday to raise the orbit of the International Space Station. Read Don Pettit's Space Chronicles.

96. Redirect To Human Space Flight Page European space agency portal features the latest news on space exploration, launchers, satellite applications, and space science. http://shuttle-mir.nasa.gov/

The new address is spaceflight.nasa.gov At spaceflight.nasa.gov, it is possible to access, from one site, the information previously found on other sites such as NASA's Shuttle Web (shuttle.nasa.gov), NASA's Shuttle-Mir Web (shuttle-mir.nasa.gov) and NASA's Station Web (station.nasa.gov). Curator: Kim Dismukes Kelly Humphries What you should know about the NASA Web Policy

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