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The space shuttle press kit is at http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/shuttle/(sts#)/, substituting the mission number where (sts#) is shown (e.g., http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/shuttle/sts69/).

For up-to-date and detailed information call the following:

1-407-867-4636: Visitor Information Center information and next launch.

(407)-867-4636: Space Shuttle mission information.

(407)-867-2314: Space shuttle status line.

Shuttle Frequencies

The frequencies in use are:

• 296.800 Mhz: Air-to-ground, or Orbiter to suit
• 259.700 Mhz: Air-to-ground, or suit to Orbiter
• 279.000 Mhz: Suit-to-Orbiter, or suit-to-suit
• 243.000 MHz: Standard military aircraft emergency frequency

The S-Band system is one of the primary Orbiter downlink bands. The voice channels are digital slope delta modulated and are multiplexed in with the rest of the Orbiter telemetry and is very difficult to copy. Much of the downlink TV is on S-Band also, but is wideband FM and should be easy to copy. The frequencies are:

2287.500 Mhz:

Primary digital downlink

2250.000 Mhz:

Wideband FM with either main engine analog telemetry during launch, or TV during orbit operations.

The Ku-Band system is used in conjunction with the tracking and data relay satellites and is used much more heavily in Spacelab flights than in others. The data rate is very high (50 Mbit/s). These transmissions are directed to TDRS satellites in geostationary orbit on a frequency of 15.003 GHz.

Shuttle Audio Retransmissions

You can also telnet "spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov" and follow the menus to a listing of repeaters in the USA that offer this service.
(on Windows^TM systems you can start 'telnet' in a command window or via the start-menu entry 'execute')

Retransmissions of Shuttle audio on amateur radio frequencies

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Original Author: Steven S. Pietrobon : steven@sworld.com.au

NASA-Curator: Woody Smith : woody@luna.osf.hq.nasa.gov December 12, 1997

Adapted for the ROCKET-SITE (germany) by :
U. Penski : penski@uumail.de
last content update : July-02-2006
last layout update : July-18-2003
update of the graphical database JAVA(TM)-applet : November-02-2004