STS-117: Atlantis

For those interested in Space Shuttle comms, I'll be broadcasting live STS-117 audio on Teamspeak, channel "Live ATC". Mission STS-117 is the Space Shuttle Program's 21st mission to the International Space Station. Rick Sturckow will command the mission and Lee Archambault will serve as Atlantis' pilot. Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, James Reilly, Steven Swanson, John Olivas and Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson round out the crew to deliver the S3/S4 starboard truss segments, batteries and another pair of solar arrays to the space station. Anderson will replace Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams on station and Williams will return to Earth aboard Atlantis.

This is a live feed from NASA through one of the local amateur radio repeaters here in Las Vegas. Check it out if you get a chance. It can be really interesting to listen to.

Well folks, right after I set everything up to stream we had a massive power outage here on base. I'm working to get everything back up and running. My desktop PC has a battery backup but unfortunately none of my radio equipment does. I'll hopefully have it back up soon (if nothing was blown out by the outage).

Ken and all,

Here is a really good tracking program that you can use to track the space shuttle and the ISS. It is all real time tracking. You can use it to find out when the space shuttle will be over your particular area, making it easier to go out and "have a look".

www.stoff.pl/downloads.php