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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Kompsat-2 Launched

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Kompsat-2 (Arirang-2) developed by KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) was launched 28 July 2006 at 0705 UTC from Plesetsk on Eurockot...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

Dnepr Rocket Launch a Failure - 18 Satellites Lost

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The Wednesday launch of an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket ended in failure moments after liftoff from an underground missile silo in Kazakhstan....
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Monitoring the Pro Voice Digital Protocol - Not!

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I have noticed some people using Google searching for information on how to monitor a radio trunk system that uses the ProVoice digital prot...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

TS Beryl Forms off Carolina Coast

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Tropical Storm Beryl has formed off the Carolina coastline. Latest information on this storm is available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.s...
Monday, July 17, 2006

Lebanon Ham Net Active

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Courtesy of the DX newsgroup and Hani OD5TE: In support of the current situation in Lebanon, the Arab Amateur Radio Emergency Service has be...
Friday, July 14, 2006

Satellite Launch 2006-026A

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The Bigelow Aerospace Genesis 1 was launched from a new Russian launch site on 12 July 2006 at 1453 UTC. The payload was launched on a Dnep...
Friday, July 07, 2006

Night of Nights VII

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HISTORIC MORSE CODE RADIO STATION KPH RETURNS TO THE AIR FOR "NIGHT OF NIGHTS VII" From the Maritime Radio Historical Society web...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

A Special Offer for MT Blog Readers

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The good folks at Monitoring Times magazine are offering a special, limited time, discounted rate of US$14.95 on a one year MT Express sub...

STS-121 (2006-028A) 06185.80348940 TLE

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The launch of the STS-121 mission occurred from the Kennedy Space Center at 1837:55 UTC. The NORAD SSC number is 29251 and the international...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

NASA Space Shuttle Launch TLEs - Again

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Here are the posted elements for the launch attempt this afternoon July 4. SHUTTLE TRAJECTORY DATA Lift off time (UTC) : 2006/185/18:37:...

Space Shuttle Replacement Announced

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Even as NASA tries to get STS-121 off the launch pad at KSC, NASA has announced the new system that will replace the Shuttle Transportation ...
Sunday, July 02, 2006

STS-121 NASA Estimated Orbital Elments

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From Ted Molczan and the world famous Seesat-L newsgroup: Lift-off is scheduled for 2006 Jul 02 at 19:26:06 UTC. Spaceflight Now reports tha...
Saturday, July 01, 2006

North Atlantic HF Aero Frequencies

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From time to time I enjoy monitoring the HF MWARA frequencies. And the most active in this part of the world are the NAT family of frequenci...

Shuttle INMARSAT/Milsat Net Update 7/1/2006 @ 1325

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Barney Hamlin checks back in and has the following update on INMARSAT frequencies being used in support of the STS-121 launch. NASA KSC was ...

10780 kHz USB is Up

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Cape Radio is calling Ascension Radio on 10780 kHz (USB) ETR Primary (HF-GCS backup) at 1255 UTC.
Thursday, June 29, 2006

STS-121 Orbital Elements Released

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Image above: In the early dawn of Wednesday morning, STS-121 Pilot Mark Kelly prepares to takeoff in the Shuttle Training Aircraft at Kenned...

New NASA and Space Comm List

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The countdown started at 2100 UTC yesterday for the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on Saturday (July 1) at 1948 UTC (3:48 p.m. EDT) f...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Russians Launched Progress Spacecraft

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The Russians have launched and successfully docked a Progress resupply spacecraft at the International Space Station. Designated Progress M-...

New M/A-COM Provoice Radio System Putting FHP In Danger

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Anyone who has followed my writings in Monitoring Times the last few years know that I am an ardent opponent of ANY radio system that is non...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

VHF Low Band Skip, Tuesday 20 June 2006

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Caught what looks like the tail end of a VHF Low Band E-skip opening during the afternoon of 20 June 2006. Saw a maximum MUF of 39.2 MHz. Re...