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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/JODZMPXRBD74SGWDSEVYZKG4QGZ7ABK2/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "JODZMPXRBD74SGWDSEVYZKG4QGZ7ABK2", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/JODZMPXRBD74SGWDSEVYZKG4QGZ7ABK2/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[amsat-bb] ANS-305 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2015-11-01T05:17:38Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-305\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Super Strypi (SPARK) Launch Planned for November 2, 2015\n* Duchifat 1 status update\n* UKube-1 CubeSat Completes Mission\n* Fort Worth students talk to ISS\n* Tim Peake KG5BVI and the ISS Astro Pi’s\n* Radio amateurs to help London children talk to ISS\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.01\nANS-305 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE November 1, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-305.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSuper Strypi (SPARK) Launch Planned for November 1, 2015\n\n\nThe following satellites are planned to be launched on 2, Nov 2015.\n\nArgus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1, ORS-Squared, PrintSat, STACEM, STU-1, \nSupernova-Beta\nSite is Pacific Missile Range - Kokole Point, Kauai, Hawaii\n\nSatellite Downlink Beacon Mode\n---------------------- ----------------- ------- ------------\nArgus 2403.000-2403.400 437.290 1200bps AFSK\nEDSN 2401.200-2431.200 437.100 1200bps AFSK\nHawaiiSat1 (HiakaSat1) 145.9805 437.2705 9600bps GFSK\nORS-Squared 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK\nPrintSat 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK\nSTACEM . . ?\nSTU-1 2402.000-2445.000 436.360 9600bps GMSK\nSupernova-Beta 437.570 . 1200bps AFSK\n---------------------- ----------------- ------- ------------\n\nHawaiiSat-1\n1 99999U 00000 15306.00000000 .00002809 00000-0 69295-4 0 00007\n2 99999 094.6040 077.7732 0056131 182.2912 079.1822 15.38919159000464\n\nhttp://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/spark-super-strypi/\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/sparksat.htm\nhttp://www.cubesat.org\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDuchifat 1 status update\n\n\nWe're happy to report that the satellite is still operational and doing\nvery well.\nWe've already received 20 stations using Duchifat 1, and all said stations\nare displayed on our map at\nwww.h-space-lab.org .\nQSL cards are on their way, and a few have already been received.\nIt's a fantastic experience to be heard by the satellite, get immediate\ndigipeating response from it, and later see your position on the map on\nthe website, after a successful dump at our GS from the satellite.\nIf you try to contact it and encounter any difficulty, please don't\nhesitate to write to us at\[email protected]\nIt's all very fun. We also hope people can share their experiences here.\n73, and good luck.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the Herzliya Science Center team posting on the AMSAT=BB for \nthe\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUKube-1 CubeSat Completes Mission\n\n\nUKube-1, the UK Space Agency’s first national spacecraft, has now completed\nits nominal mission following over 14 months of operations. Discussion is\nunderway with AMSAT-UK about the possibility of taking over UKube-1 \noperations\nto continue its educational and outreach activities.\n\nLaunched in July 2014, UKube-1 is a technology demonstration mission with a\nbroad set of objectives aimed at attracting and training future \ngenerations of\nengineers, encouraging collaboration across sectors and institutions, fast\ntracking space technology development and engaging with students.\n\nAs a 3 unit CubeSat (30x30x10cm), flying 4 main payloads, with all the key\nsubsystems of much larger satellites, UKube-1 remains one of the most \nadvanced\nCubeSats ever built. Despite some technical challenges in orbit, the mission\nhas achieved a range of milestones including:\n\n• delivery into the correct planned orbit (around 650km, sun-synchronous)\n• successful deployment of solar panels and antenna\n• good battery health\n• slow spin rate measured\n• uplink and downlink capabilities checked, including Large Data Transfer,\ndownlink at 3 speeds, and redundant communications mode\n• all core payloads commissioned and data collected for each\n• on-board camera technology successfully tested\n• data downlinked from multiple ground stations across the globe\n\nUKube-1 has also helped maintain the UK’s leading position in the CubeSat\nsector. Participation in the mission placed Clyde Space in an excellent\nposition to capitalize on the fast growing global nanosatellite market. The\ncompany has experienced 100% year on year growth, both in turnover and\nemployees, as a direct result from involvement in UKube-1, and is firmly\nestablished as a global leader.\n\nMark McCrum, Bright Ascension Ltd, said:\n“UKube-1 provided us with an invaluable opportunity to gain flight heritage\nfor our software technology and to get deeply involved in the operation of a\ncomplex CubeSat mission. It gave a huge boost to our credibility as a space\nsoftware provider and has been instrumental in winning further work.”\n\nCraig Clark, CEO Clyde Space Ltd, said:\n“UKube-1 represents a pivotal achievement in the development and growth of\nClyde Space. The project moved the company from being a spacecraft \nsubsystems\nsupplier to providing full missions for our customers. To give some \ncontext to\nthe extent that Ukube-1 has had to our business, Clyde Space has more than\nquadrupled in size in the last 3 years and there are currently over 60 \nCubeSats\nplanned through production here in Glasgow over the next 18 months. The \nreturn\non investment for Ukube-1 in terms of jobs and export sales for the UK \nhas been\noutstanding and is a great example of industry and the UK Space Agency \nworking\ntogether to put the UK at the forefront of global space technology.”\n\nProfessor Andrew Holland, Open University, added:\n“Involvement in the UKube-1 mission, though our C3D instrument, has had a\npositive effect on our research and technology program within the Space\nInstrumentation Group at the Open University, as well as a positive \neffect on\nour technology partners in the project; XCAM Ltd and e2v Ltd. The \nproject has\nhelped the OU to build a new strand of instrument development within the \ngroup,\nraised awareness of the CubeSat platform as a potential vehicle to \naccelerate\nthe development of scientific space instrumentation, and has provided \nearly in-\norbit-demonstration of technologies. The mission introduced us to new \nacademic\nand industrial collaborators operating in the space sector and supported the\ncareer development of the young engineers and scientists working on the\nproject.”\n\nSTFC’s RAL Space provided the Ground Station for the mission at Chilbolton\nObservatory in Hampshire UK, and UKube-1 operations were commanded from \nthere.\n\nMission Manager Dr Helen Walker said:\n“It has been a very exciting time, made possible only with the great support\nfrom all the teams involved.”\n\nAlthough the Agency-supported mission phase has ended, discussion is \nunderway\nwith AMSAT-UK about the possibility of taking over UKube-1 operations to\ncontinue its educational and outreach activities until the satellite orbit\nnaturally degrades.\n\nMore information about UKube-1 can be found in the missions section of \nthe UK\nSpace Agency website\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/ukube-1\n\nSource\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukube-1-completes-mission\n\nUKube-1 carries a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards which provide an \neducational\nbeacon for use by schools and a linear transponder for amateur radio\ncommunications.\n\nUKube-1 nominal frequencies:\n• 145.840 MHz Telemetry downlink\n• 145.915 MHz FUNcube subsystem beacon\n• 400 mW inverting SSB/CW linear transponder\n– 435.080-435.060 MHz Uplink\n– 145.930-145.950 MHz Downlink\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFort Worth students talk to ISS\n\n\nStudents at Daggett Montessori School in Fort Worth used amateur radio \nto talk\nto astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS, aboard the International Space Station.\n\nBefore the contact Cowtown Amateur Radio Club member Keith Pugh W5IU \nexplained\nto the students how they are able to talk to the ISS.\n\nThe contact, which took place on Thursday, October 29, gave the students the\nopportunity to ask questions about life in space. The Star-Telegram \nnewspaper\nreports Grace Jordan, a seventh-grader, wondered about the effects of\nmicrogravity on food digestion.\n\nKjell used the amateur radio station in the ESA ISS Columbus module callsign\nNA1SS, while the students used the station K5COW set up by Cowtown Amateur\nRadio Club in the school auditorium.\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) lets students\nworldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of\nthe International Space Station, inspiring them to pursue interests in \ncareers\nin science, technology, engineering and math, and engaging them with radio\nscience technology through amateur radio.\n\nWatch Daggett Montessori MS Talk to Space Station 2015\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uzIBucg2SE\n\nRead the Star-Telegram story at\nhttp://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-\nworth/article41837055.html\n\nARISS\nhttp://ariss.org/\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTim Peake KG5BVI and the ISS Astro Pi’s\n\n\nAMSAT-UK members are leading on the Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) Schools\ncontacts program for the upcoming Tim Peake Principia mission to the ISS. A\nnumber of high profile school contacts are planned to be carried out and \nthis\nactivity is being coordinated with the UK Space Agency as part of the \noverall\nPrincipia Educational Outreach program.\n\nTwo specially augmented Raspberry Pi’s called Astro Pi‘s are planned to \nfly on\nan Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo freighter to the ISS in early \nDecember. They\nwill be used by UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI during his Principia \nmission on\nthe Space Station which is expected to commence in mid-December.\n\nThe Astro Pi’s are planned to run experimental Python programs written by\nyoung people in schools across the country; the results will be returned \nback\nto Earth at the end of the mission. ARISS/AMSAT-UK members are actively\ninvolved in discussions with the UK Space Agency, ESA, the Raspberry Pi\nFoundation and others to establish the feasibility of re-purposing one \nof the\nAstro Pi units, either within or post Tim Peake’s mission, to provide an\nalternative video source for the amateur radio HamTV transmitter in the ISS\nColumbus module. Additional discussions are ongoing with all parties for \njoint\neducational activities into the future with the Astro Pi units being \nnetworked\nand potentially enhancing the capability of the amateur radio station on \nboard\nColumbus.\n\nThe main mission of HamTV is to perform contacts between the astronauts \non the\nISS and school students, not only by voice as now, but also by \nunidirectional\nvideo from the ISS to the ground. ARISS has been working with Goonhilly and\nhope to provide a video download facility via one of their large dishes \nfor the\nschools contacts as well as attempting to receive the video at each \nschool as\npart of the contact.\n\nPrincipia mission\nhttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Principia\n\nSchool Shortlist for Tim Peake Space Station Contact\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/07/14/school-shortlist-tim-peake-iss/\n\nHamTV\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/satellites/hamtv-on-the-iss/\n\nAstro Pi\nhttp://astro-pi.org/\n\nTwitter\nhttps://twitter.com/astro_pi\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio amateurs to help London children talk to ISS\n\n\nOn Wednesday, November 4 pupils at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in\nCamden, London should have the opportunity to speak to an astronaut in space\nthanks to an Amateur Radio Telebridge link via Australia. The audio will be\nstreamed via the web and Echolink.\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom on Wednesday,\nNovember 4. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:51 GMT. \nIt is\nrecommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before \nthis time.\nThe duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.\n\nThe contact will be a telebridge between astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS,\nusing the callsign NA1SS from the amateur radio station in the ISS Columbus\nmodule, and Martin Diggens VK6MJ in Western Australia. The contact should be\naudible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested \nparticipants\nare invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz FM downlink.\n\nAudio from this contact will be available via the amateur radio Echolink\nsystem on node *AMSAT* (101377) and via the IRLP Node 9010 Discovery \nReflector.\n\nStreaming Audio will be able on the web at\nhttps://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/\n\nAudio on Echolink and web stream is generally started around 20 minutes \nprior\nto the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation \nthat\noccurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the\nISS.\n\nContact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other\nmanoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes\n\nEleanor Palmer Primary School, a non-selective community school, is \nlocated in\ncentral London in the United Kingdom. London is an exciting and dynamic \ncapital\ncity and its schools are the best in the country, attributed to the \nsocial and\nethnic diversity, excellent local leadership and the quality of teaching.\n\nEleanor Palmer is a relatively small school of around 220 pupils with single\nclasses of 30 children per year. The youngest pupils are 3 years old and the\noldest 11 years old. Due to the central London location it is a highly \ndiverse\nand inclusive school with staff and children from many different \nbackgrounds.\n\nThe pupils achieve highly as judged by national benchmarks. One of the core\naims of the school is to inspire in all pupils a love of learning and the\ndesire to continue to learn and they therefore seek to provide a rich \nand broad\ncurriculum opening minds and creating opportunities. The school hope \nthat their\ncontact with the ISS will inspire pupils to go on to learn more about space\nthrough the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.\n\nParticipants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:\n\n1. What have you seen that is more beautiful than earth?\n\n2. Who or what inspired you to choose this job?\n\n3. Does being in space make you feel differently about earth?\n\n4. What can you learn from the ISS that you cannot learn on earth?\n\n5. Will normal people who are not astronauts be able to visit space in the\nISS one day?\n\n6. How do you sleep?\n\n7. Is it quiet up there in the ISS?\n\n8. When you get back to earth, do you have to re-train your muscles?\n\n9. Can you call home?\n\n10. Do you all have to be scientists?\n\n11. What do you think is the most important things children should know \nabout\nspace?\n\n12. What time zone do you use?\n\n13. Do you have plants on the ISS?\n\n14. What has been your favourite experiment?\n\n15. How does your brain respond to micro gravity?\n\n16. How do you wash your clothes?\n\n17. If you cry in space, with laughter, what happens to your tears?\n\n18. What do you want to do when you come back to earth?\n\n19. How do you get enough oxygen?\n\n20. Is it more scary taking off from earth or returning to earth?\n\n21. What is your energy source on the ISS?\n\n22. What does it feel like to be in space?\n\n23. Is it always dark in space?\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) lets students\nworldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of\nthe International Space Station, inspiring them to pursue interests in \ncareers\nin science, technology, engineering and math, and engaging them with radio\nscience technology through amateur radio.\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/\n\nA telebridge contact, where a dedicated ARISS amateur radio ground station,\nlocated somewhere in the world, establishes the radio link with the ISS. \nVoice\ncommunications between the students and the astronauts are then patched over\nregular telephone lines.\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/ARISS%20Telebridge%20Guidelines.doc\n\nWhat is Amateur Radio ?\nhttp://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio\n\nEleanor Palmer Primary School\nhttp://www.eleanorpalmer.camden.sch.uk/news/countdown-to-iss-link-up/\nTwitter @eleanorpalmersc\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Saturday, 7 November 2015 – Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in \nMarana AZ\n\n*Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 – Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL\nGeorgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA\n\n*Monday, 16 November 2015 – Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in\nGoodyear AZ\n\n*Saturday, 5 December 2015 – Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\n* A direct contact via K5COW with students at Daggett Montessori \nSchool K-8,\nFort Worth, Texas, USA, was successful Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg.\nAstronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS responded to 10 questions from students.\n\nWatch a video recording of the contact at\nhttp://youtu.be/CIsWPZ3TbWU\n\nDaggett Montessori, a “School of Choice” within the Fort Worth Independent\nSchool District, was created thirty years ago and was one of the first \npublic\nschool Montessori programs in the nation. Based on the highly successful\nMontessori methodology and philosophy, Daggett Montessori has \napproximately 500\nstudents, all selected through a blind lottery system. We are a Title I \nschool,\nwith close to 60% of our students economically disadvantaged.\n\nAs a kindergarten through eighth grade program, we provide a safe, nurturing\nenvironment that focuses on long term relationships among staff, \nstudents, and\nparents. Our parents are actively involved in every aspect of school life.\nMaria Montessori was the first woman to graduate from medical school in \nItaly\nso science is an area of particular focus in the Montessori curriculum. She\ndesigned many of the lessons to instill a sense of awe about the natural \nworld.\nOur parents are very involved in every aspect of school at Daggett \nMontessori.\nOf particular interest is our greenhouse with an aquaponics system in \nwhich we\nraise various herbs and vegetables. We also have multiple raised beds \nin which\nthe children grow vegetables. Our parents provide gardening lessons on a\nweekly basis. Our students were very excited to learn that lettuce is being\ngrown on the ISS!\n\n* A direct contact via K8UTT with students at Dearborn Public Schools,\nDearborn, Michigan, USA was successful Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg.\n\nDearborn Public Schools is a public school district that serves a \ncommunity in\nsuburban Detroit, MI. This school district is part of a growing, vibrant \narea\nbuilt upon quality education for nearly 19,600 students. Dearborn also has a\nunique feature added to this growing, vibrant area. It is home to the \nlargest\nArabic-speaking population outside of the Middle East. One out of every two\nstudents learns English as a second language. These qualities help to form\nDearborn Public Schools into the exceptional and diverse community of \nlearners\nit is today!\n\nMary Varady, STEM Coordinator for the District has been working with local\nAmateur Radio operators for almost a year to arrange the contact with the\nInternational Space Station. In the spring of 2015, Dearborn Public Schools\nMedia Tech Specialist Gordon Scannell, an Amateur Radio operator, \npresented the\ndetails of the program to district teachers. Varady has been working with\nprincipals to provide lessons and other activities tied to the event.\nScannell, along with other Amateur Radio volunteers have spent countless \nhours\narranging the technical details for Tuesday’s event including such \nactivities\nas installing a large temporary antenna on the roof of the Berry Center.\n\nStudents will be able to ask questions of the ISS crew during their \nscheduled\ntime. Varady received more than 2,000 questions from students across the\ndistrict and then had the daunting task of narrowing them down to only the\nbest. In total, 18 students in grades first through eighth had their \nquestions\nselected. In addition, students across the district will be able to tune in\nand watch as the students gathered in the lecture hall talk with the crew of\nthe International Space Station.\n\nHowever, an ARISS contact encompasses more than just students asking \nquestions\nwith the ISS crewmember. Additional components include student \nactivities such\nas class lessons about space research, the International Space Station, and\nradio technology. The ARISS contact is a “hands on” real world \napplication of\nthe science, technology, engineering and math being taught in the \nclassroom.\n\n* A direct contact via RA1AJN between cosmonaut Sergey Volkov RU3DIS and\nstudents at \"About Gagarin From Space: Ham Radio Session with the Members of\nCosmonautics Federation and Students\" in St Petersburg, Russia, was \nsuccessful\non 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC.\n\n* A direct contact via W8ISS with students at West Michigan Aviation\nAcademy, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, was successful Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC\n49 deg.\nAstronaut Kimiya Yui, KG5BPH answered 20 questions for students.\n\nLocal TV news stations reported on the event:\nhttp://www.wzzm13.com/videos/news/local/2015/10/23/students-talk-to-astronaut-\naboard-space-station/74486064/\nhttp://woodtv.com/2015/10/23/w-mi-students-chat-with-astronauts-aboard-iss/\nhttp://fox17online.com/2015/10/23/local-students-talk-to-an-astronaut-in-space/\n\nListen to an audio recording of the contact at\nhttp://www.k8tb.org/W8ISS%20Edited.mp3\n\nThe West Michigan Aviation Academy is a tuition-free public charter high\nschool founded by Dick DeVos upon encouragement from wife, Betsy. \nStemming from\ntheir passion for both education and aviation, the school opened its \ndoors in\nthe fall of 2010 and is located on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford\nInternational Airport. Like other high schools, our curriculum includes \ncore\nsubjects. But as an aviation-themed high school the curriculum at WMAA is\ndesigned for students who have a passion for aviation and/or an interest in\nscience, technology, engineering and mathematics. (STEM)\n\nThe Aviation program includes training for the Private Pilot certificate in\nthe student's senior year. The school owns our own Cessna 172 that is \nprovided\nat direct operating costs to the students. Although they must pay for the\nflight training the total cost is much lower than renting at the local \nflight\nschool and ground instruction is provided for as part of their elective\nclasses. Currently we have 11 students in the program and hope to have \n18 by\nthe time of the contact. We also try to get the kids out around the \nairport to\nexperience the many different job opportunities available in aviation.\n\nThe Robotics program includes FIRST robotics programs and many of our\ncompetitors are taking both engineering and aviation classes. Our \nengineering\nprogram provides for instruction in aerospace, robotics and electronic \nfields.\nWe try to closely alley the Aviation and Engineering departments.\n\n* A direct contact via 8NØSDF with students at Saku Children’s Science \nDome\nfor the Future, Saku City, Japan, was successful Thu 2015-10-22 \n09:52:21 UTC\n54 deg. The interview with astronaut Kimiya Yui, KG5BPH was conducted in\nJapanese.\nYui answered 10 questions for students.\n\nWatch a video of the interview at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6fkE14Rrw\n\nThe Saku Children’s Science Dome for the Future is a science museum that was\nfounded in 2001. It has a variety of exhibits on earth science, space,\nbiotechnology, the environment and more. Some of the attractions that \ngain the\nattention of the children are a life-size model of a dinosaur, a 170 seat\nplanetarium and a “mercury” display model presented by NASA. The center is\nlocated near the birth place of Mr. Kimiya Yui. Mr. Yui himself has \nvisited the\ncenter several times. The name of the center has the word “children’s” \nin it,\nyet all ages can learn from the Saku Children’s Science Dome for the Future.\n\n* A direct contact via RA1AJN between cosmonaut Sergey Volkov RU3DIS and\nstudents at \"About Gagarin From Space: Ham Radio Session with the Members of\nCosmonautics Federation and Students\" in St. Petersburg, Russia, was \nsuccessful\non 2015-10-20 14:30 UTC.\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n* Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1S\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg\n\n* Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }