Announcement of EOSS-20

LAUNCH DATE :            December 3,1994
LAUNCH TIME :            17:00 UTC
LAUNCH SITE:             United States Air Force Academy
FLIGHT EXPERIMENT:       Altitude Sensor Test
SECONDARY EXPERIMENT:    SHUTTLE II test flight
EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED BY: USAFA Cadets
PROJECT INTEGRATOR:      USAFA Cadets in conjunction with EOSS

Shuttle II FREQUENCIES:

• Telemetry:               144.290 MHz (W5VSI id)
• ATV (color):             426.250 MHz
• Beacon:                  147.510 MHz (WB4ETT id)
• Fox Hunter Coordination: 447.150 MHz (147.225 MHz and possibly
                                          448.450 MHz backup)

HF Net Control:          KA0DPC on 7235 KHz +QRM

PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT:

EOSS-20 will fly an experimental altitude sensor for the Air Force Academy. Telemetry will be downlinked from the payload via packet radio.

EOSS-20 will be the first flight of the new SHUTTLE II payload. This package includes a color ATV system, GPS and a new W6ORE Flight Computer. This will be a test of these systems. Users of APRS within 400 miles of the launch may wish to monitor the 144.290 MHz telemetry frequency to plot the progress of the flight on their APRS systems.

HF NET:

During the flight an HF net will be conducted by Sparky, KA0DPC. Updates will be announced during the flight. Checkins are welcome. The net starts at 16:30 UTC.