Key FPQ-6 Mission Activity - Revision history

Paul at 04:16, 15 August 2011

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	; '''Skylab''' :		; '''Skylab''' :
	; :The Skylab '''Laboratory''', '''SL-1''', was launched on 14 May 1973. It reached a good orbit but with the suspected solar-array problems; CRO telemetry confirmed the loss of the workshop sun-shade and one of the two solar-arrays with the other only partially opened. The workshop was ‘rescued’ by Skylab '''Visit-1''', '''SL-2''', on 25 May 1973 with the astronauts levering free the jammed solar-array to restore power to the workshop and erecting a parasol sunshade to keep it cool. Visit-1 completed all scheduled tasks and was followed by a full schedule for both '''Visit-2''', '''SL-3''', and '''Visit-3''', '''SL-4''' – in all 2,476 manned orbits. As with other manned missions, CRO FPQ-6 supported the full quota of manned passes as well as many others before and between the manned phases.		; :The Skylab '''Laboratory''', '''SL-1''', was launched on 14 May 1973. It reached a good orbit but with the suspected solar-array problems; CRO telemetry confirmed the loss of the workshop sun-shade and one of the two solar-arrays with the other only partially opened. The workshop was ‘rescued’ by Skylab '''Visit-1''', '''SL-2''', on 25 May 1973 with the astronauts levering free the jammed solar-array to restore power to the workshop and erecting a parasol sunshade to keep it cool. Visit-1 completed all scheduled tasks and was followed by a full schedule for both '''Visit-2''', '''SL-3''', and '''Visit-3''', '''SL-4''' – in all 2,476 manned orbits. As with other manned missions, CRO FPQ-6 supported the full quota of manned passes as well as many others before and between the manned phases.
-	[[Image:Q6-end.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|250px\|Q-6 elevation counterweight assembly on shipping steelwork recovered from nearby bush where it had lain for 10 years:<BR> ''Photo - Bob Hocking'']]	+	[[Image:Q6-end.jpg\|right\|thumbnail\|250px\|Q-6 elevation counterweight assembly on shipping steelwork recovered from nearby bush where it had lain for 10 years:<BR> ''Photo - Bob Hocking'']]
	'''The end of CRO FPQ-6'''		'''The end of CRO FPQ-6'''

Paul at 05:30, 9 March 2009

Paul — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:30:01 GMT

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	; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :		; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :
	; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.		; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.
-	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km (nearly 22,000 miles); but with NASA noting that CRO’s FPQ-6 ''“... had skin-tracked the Ranger vehicle to 10,500 miles, the longest range precision tracking known to have been done without beacons."''(Ref “NASA Officials Praise M&SR Radars for Gemini and Ranger Tracking Performance” in RCA FAMILY, May-June 1965, Vol 8 No 3)	+	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km (nearly 22,000 miles); but with NASA noting that CRO’s FPQ-6 ''“... had skin-tracked the Ranger vehicle to 10,500 miles, the longest range precision tracking known to have been done without beacons."''(Ref: Van Citters, G. W., “NASA Officials Praise M&SR Radars for Gemini 4 Tracking Performance” in 'RCA FAMILY', May-June 1965, Vol 8 No 3)
-	::Ken Anderson, ex FPQ-6 Site Engineer, comments, ''"I have difficulty understanding how the Ranger-8 track could have been so long. Even if the S/N was only 3 dB the RCS of the target would have had to be 45 dB above a metre square, that is about 40 times the physical dimensions of the largest dimensions of the Ranger vehicle. I wonder if we are seeing the result of some sort of plasma enhancement of the RCS due to the Van Allen belts-but I can't find any reference to such an effect. Very mysterious."''	+	::Ken Anderson, ex FPQ-6 Site Engineer, comments, ''"I have difficulty understanding how the Ranger-8 track could have been that long. Even if the S/N was only 3 dB the RCS of the target would have had to be 45 dB above a metre square, that is about 40 times the physical dimensions of the largest dimensions of the Ranger vehicle. I wonder if we are seeing the result of some sort of plasma enhancement of the RCS due to the Van Allen belts-but I can't find any reference to such an effect. Very mysterious."''
	; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.		; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.
	; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings		; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings

Paul at 02:08, 9 March 2009

Paul — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:08:15 GMT

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	; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.		; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.
	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km (nearly 22,000 miles); but with NASA noting that CRO’s FPQ-6 ''“... had skin-tracked the Ranger vehicle to 10,500 miles, the longest range precision tracking known to have been done without beacons."''(Ref “NASA Officials Praise M&SR Radars for Gemini and Ranger Tracking Performance” in RCA FAMILY, May-June 1965, Vol 8 No 3)		; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km (nearly 22,000 miles); but with NASA noting that CRO’s FPQ-6 ''“... had skin-tracked the Ranger vehicle to 10,500 miles, the longest range precision tracking known to have been done without beacons."''(Ref “NASA Officials Praise M&SR Radars for Gemini and Ranger Tracking Performance” in RCA FAMILY, May-June 1965, Vol 8 No 3)
-	::Ken Anderson, ex FPQ-6 Site Engineer) comments, ''"I have difficulty with understanding how the Ranger-8 track could have been so far. Even if the S/N was only 3 dB the RCS of the target would have had to be 45 dB above a metre square, that is about 40 times the physical dimensions of the largest dimensions of the Ranger vehicle. I wonder if we are seeing the result of some sort of plasma enhancement of the RCS due to the Van Allen belts-but I can't find any reference to such an effect. Very mysterious."''	+	::Ken Anderson, ex FPQ-6 Site Engineer, comments, ''"I have difficulty understanding how the Ranger-8 track could have been so long. Even if the S/N was only 3 dB the RCS of the target would have had to be 45 dB above a metre square, that is about 40 times the physical dimensions of the largest dimensions of the Ranger vehicle. I wonder if we are seeing the result of some sort of plasma enhancement of the RCS due to the Van Allen belts-but I can't find any reference to such an effect. Very mysterious."''
	; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.		; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.
	; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings		; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings

Paul at 02:06, 9 March 2009

Paul — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:06:13 GMT

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	; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :		; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :
	; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.		; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.
-	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km.	+	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km (nearly 22,000 miles); but with NASA noting that CRO’s FPQ-6 ''“... had skin-tracked the Ranger vehicle to 10,500 miles, the longest range precision tracking known to have been done without beacons."''(Ref “NASA Officials Praise M&SR Radars for Gemini and Ranger Tracking Performance” in RCA FAMILY, May-June 1965, Vol 8 No 3)
		+	::Ken Anderson, ex FPQ-6 Site Engineer) comments, ''"I have difficulty with understanding how the Ranger-8 track could have been so far. Even if the S/N was only 3 dB the RCS of the target would have had to be 45 dB above a metre square, that is about 40 times the physical dimensions of the largest dimensions of the Ranger vehicle. I wonder if we are seeing the result of some sort of plasma enhancement of the RCS due to the Van Allen belts-but I can't find any reference to such an effect. Very mysterious."''
	; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.		; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.
	; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings		; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings

Paul at 23:27, 24 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:27:00 GMT

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	; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :		; '''Deep Space Network (DSN) support''' :
-	; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-insertion course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.	+	; :All DSN spacecraft needed to break free of Earth’s gravity on a very particular path to be sure of reaching their destination. CRO FPQ-6’s position and accuracy was a vital part of the tracking process. It meant that the first post-injection course correction could be sooner and more specific than it would be for a less accurate tracking system.
-	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar insertion (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km.	+	; :CRO FPQ-6’s first productive track ever was three hours of data for '''Ranger-6''', a DSN mission, on 30 January 1964, including the '''trans-lunar injection (TLI) ''' phase. Ranger-6 televised photos of the Moon’s surface back to Earth. CRO followed with three more Ranger missions. Tracking of '''Ranger-8''' on 28 July 1964 created a local distance record of 35,000 Km.
	; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.		; :CRO FPQ-6 supported '''Pioneer-A''' on 16 December 1965 by tracking through its transition into a heliocentric (Sun-centred) orbit; the first of six similar DSN Pioneer missions. They measured ‘particles and fields’ - solar wind, solar magnetic field and cosmic rays - at different distances out from the Sun.
	; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings		; :[[Image:Surveyor-3.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Surveyor-3 with a distant Apollo-12:<BR> ''Image - NASA'']] The DSN '''Surveyor''' ‘Lunar Lander’ missions landed on the Moon to take photos of the moonscape and to analyse soil samples. At the time they were probably the most interesting for CRO FPQ-6; a promise of the forthcoming manned lunar landings
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	; :As it did for previous DSN missions, CRO FPQ-6 provided support for the TLI phases of the five '''Lunar Orbiter''' missions between August 1965 and August 1966. These orbited the Moon taking highly detailed photographs of potential Apollo landing sites. When each Lunar Orbiter had finished its task it was handed over to the USB network to refine ground tracking station positional accuracy prior to the first Apollo landing.		; :As it did for previous DSN missions, CRO FPQ-6 provided support for the TLI phases of the five '''Lunar Orbiter''' missions between August 1965 and August 1966. These orbited the Moon taking highly detailed photographs of potential Apollo landing sites. When each Lunar Orbiter had finished its task it was handed over to the USB network to refine ground tracking station positional accuracy prior to the first Apollo landing.
	; :No record has been found of support for the DSN '''Mariner''' missions to Mars and Venus though it is highly probable CRO FPQ-6 support was required as it was for the other DSN missions.		; :No record has been found of support for the DSN '''Mariner''' missions to Mars and Venus though it is highly probable CRO FPQ-6 support was required as it was for the other DSN missions.
-	; : By the time '''Apollo-8''' reached for the Moon, CRO FPQ-6 had participated in at least 19 insertions of DSN spacecraft onto trans-lunar or trans-planetary paths. Such events had become routine.	+	; : By the time '''Apollo-8''' reached for the Moon, CRO FPQ-6 had participated in at least 19 injections of DSN spacecraft onto trans-lunar or trans-planetary paths. Such events had become routine.
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	; '''Gemini/Agena''' :		; '''Gemini/Agena''' :

Paul at 07:10, 10 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:10:28 GMT

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	; '''Communications satellites''':		; '''Communications satellites''':
	; : '''Echo-2''', a 'rigidized' 30.5m passive communications sphere, launched on 25 January 1964 was the first object in space tracked by Carnarvon (CRO). It was followed later that year by '''Syncom-3''', the first truly synchronous communications satellite, on 19 August.		; : '''Echo-2''', a 'rigidized' 30.5m passive communications sphere, launched on 25 January 1964 was the first object in space tracked by Carnarvon (CRO). It was followed later that year by '''Syncom-3''', the first truly synchronous communications satellite, on 19 August.
-	; :The three communications satellites that followed were NASA’s vital communications linhs with its remote tracking stations. '''Intelsat-2A''' failed to reach a synchronous orbit but, before decaying, managed to relay several minutes of [[Down Under Comes Up Live]] - the very first TV transmission from Australia (Carnarvon) to England on 26 October 1966. '''Intelsat-2B''' followed on 11 January 1967 to become Pacific-1 – CRO’s communications satellite link to the US. '''Intelsat-2C''' on 23 March 1967 became Atlantic-1.	+	; :The three communications satellites that followed were NASA’s vital communications links with its remote tracking stations. '''Intelsat-2A''' failed to reach a synchronous orbit but, before decaying, managed to relay several minutes of [[Down Under Comes Up Live]] - the very first TV transmission from Australia (Carnarvon) to England on 26 October 1966. '''Intelsat-2B''' followed on 11 January 1967 to become Pacific-1 – CRO’s communications satellite link to the US. '''Intelsat-2C''' on 23 March 1967 became Atlantic-1.
	; :'''SKYNET-1A''', a UK military communications satellite, was successfully placed in synchronous orbit over the Indian Ocean on 22 November 1969. '''SKYNET-2A''' launched in January 1974 became lost and shortly after was discovered in a lower Earth orbit by the CRO FPQ-6; an orbit from which it could not be rescued.		; :'''SKYNET-1A''', a UK military communications satellite, was successfully placed in synchronous orbit over the Indian Ocean on 22 November 1969. '''SKYNET-2A''' launched in January 1974 became lost and shortly after was discovered in a lower Earth orbit by the CRO FPQ-6; an orbit from which it could not be rescued.
	; :'''Telesat-A''', a Canadian domestic communications satellite launched on 9 November 1972, failed to reach the correct orbit; nevertheless CRO FPQ-6, acquiring it a little behind schedule, was able to generate new tracking parameters to enable successful acquisitions by both Hawaii and Bermuda. The satellite was subsequently established in a successful synchronous orbit.		; :'''Telesat-A''', a Canadian domestic communications satellite launched on 9 November 1972, failed to reach the correct orbit; nevertheless CRO FPQ-6, acquiring it a little behind schedule, was able to generate new tracking parameters to enable successful acquisitions by both Hawaii and Bermuda. The satellite was subsequently established in a successful synchronous orbit.

Paul at 07:06, 10 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:06:49 GMT

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	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]		[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]
	; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.		; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.
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	; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.		; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.

Paul at 07:05, 10 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:05:49 GMT

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	; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :		; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :
-	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.	+	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]
		+	; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.

	; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.		; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.

Paul at 07:04, 10 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:04:37 GMT

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	; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :		; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :
-	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|right\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.	+	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.

	; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.		; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.

Paul at 07:03, 10 March 2007

Paul — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:03:34 GMT

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	; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :		; '''’Orbiting Vehicle’ (OV) series''' :
-	; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter. [[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|left\|thumbnail\|250px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]	+	[[Image:Musketball TWX.jpg\|right\|thumbnail\|150px\|Congatulatory TWX received when Musketball ended:<BR> ''Collected - Bob Hocking'']]; :US Air Force ‘Orbiting Vehicle’ '''OV1-20''' and '''OV1-21''' were launched on 7 August 1971 by the US Department of Defence (DoD) into retrograde polar orbits with each ejecting a low-altitude density sub-satellite: '''Cannonball-2''' (OAR-901) and '''Musketball''' (OAR-907). The drag on these as they passed through the fringe of the Earth’s atmosphere required extra radar tracking to redefine their orbital parameters. CRO FPQ-6 was called upon to help, following negotiation with the Australian Government; given assurance that these DoD satellites were entirely scientific in accordance with the NASA charter.

	; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.		; : Good technical work by CRO FPQ-6 led to a lasting US Air Force Network Control requirement for CRO to provide pointing data to the OV network for other satellites in the OV series. But ‘permission’ was still required for each new mission.