Endeavor Launch

The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off March 11 with a retired U.S. Navy captain as its commander and three other servicemembers among the seven man crew.

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And here are some frequencies monitored during the launch early on Tuesday morning. From Bill in South Daytona:

252.000 CAP? with Arrow 13/14 contacting Bow and later Huntress

260.900 Awaiting the arrivial of tankers 01/02

259.700 Space shuttle (open mike check)? 9pm est count down from 10 to 0 and
counted back up had activty 269.3 but was faded

136.975 NAVY? but the entire conversation was in Spanish.

And Bill reminds all of us that there are only 11 shuttle launches left before the
fleet is retired.

And here are some additional freqs noted during the launch:

46.650 CCAFS Unid mentions of 133.800 and 264.800 and "4 green aircraft, negative spare"

118.625 CCAFS Tower CG 2128 (HU-25D, CGAS Miami) KING 3 (HC-130) SPAR 13 cleared to Andrews

118.900 Space Coast Regional Tower CG 6592 (HH-65C, CGAS New Orleans)

123.100 US Coast Guard RELAY 1 calling CLEARANCE 1 (CG 2128), requesting targets to relay to VARIETY

126.650 KSC Weather / STA NASA TOWER NASA WEATHER COORDINATOR NASA 907 (T-38N) NASA 947 (G-2)

128.550 KSC NASA Tower NASA 907 SEARCH 1 (UH-1H) N435QS (G-IV, Cit Group Equipment / Financing)(departed to Hobby)

133.475 Miami Center-Melbourne TANKER 03

133.750 Patrick AFB Tower SEARCH 3 (UH-1H)

133.800 CCAFS Cape Control JOLLY 1-2 (HH-60G) CLEARANCE 1 JOLLY 3-4 (HH-60G) KING 3
RELAY 1 SEARCH 3 off New Smyrna

138.450 CCAFS DoD Cape LRD comm check with SEARCH 1

138.475 Patrick AFB 301st RQS air-air JOLLY push to Button 14

141.300 CCAFS VARIETY JOLLY 4 JOLLY 3 KING 3 (AR ops complete) KING 1

143.150 CCAFS Tower KING 1 to land, then C-9 departure

156.800 Ch 16 SECTOR JACKSONVILLE, CG Safety Broadcast on Ch 22A. Report of 121.5 ELT activation at 30-23.1N 081-22.5W.

157.075 Coast Guard Range Control RANGE CONTROL 301 CUSTOMS 787 442 BEARS COVE CUTTER SHRIKE BCSO (Brevard County SO) Unid asking if Navy SEAL group is out tonight. (also mentioned on 156.600) CT RANDALL

157.100 Coast Guard Ch 22A SECTOR JACKSONVILLE with Safety Broadcast, shuttle security zone

157.150 Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral Ch 23A STATION CANAVERAL CUTTER SHRIKE

157.175 Coast Guard Aux Ch 83
442 Aux 2639 Aux 6413 Aux 1440

239.050 CCAFS Tower

243.000 CCAFS Guard CAPE CONTROL requesting unid come up 264.800

252.000 HUNTRESS ARROW 13-14 (F-15C, 33rd FW) ARROW 15-16 DOLPHIN 1-2 (HH-65) TANKER 0#

255.500 Patrick AFB RESCUE OPS JOLLY air-air, to Button 12

260.900 HUNTRESS TANKER 0#

262.850 TANKER 02 AR Boom ARROW 13-14

264.800 CCAFS Cape Control CAPE CONTROL ARROW 15-16 NASA 947 TANKER 03 DOLPHIN 1

265.400 HUNTRESS TANKER 2 DOLPHIN 2 ARROW 15

267.500 Jax NAS SEALORD TANKER 01

269.300 Miami Center-Melbourne ARROW ##

269.375 Patrick AFB Tower JOLLY flight of 4 to land

284.000 KSC NASA Tower JOLLY 1 flight clear to south

294.600 CCAFS Variety Comm check, back to 141.300

311.000 MacDill AFB LIGHTING OPS BOLT 14, ETA, parking and Code 2

311.000 Patrick AFB KING OPS KING / JOLLY AR

320.950 Eglin AFB 33rd FW 15 Prime ARROW 13-14 air-air

344.600 CCAFS Metro TANKER 03 calling Patrick Metro

349.600 CCAFS DoD Cape VARIETY FORWARD OBSERVER AIR (FOA) departed Melbourne. VARIETY request FOA go to external antenna for comm check with CLEARANCE 1. FOA attempting comm check with PARRISH 1.

411.400 KSC Direct 2 NTD OBCC

Thanks to all our reporters who check in to make this report on the launch of Endeavor.