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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-09-22 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-09-22 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Nowogard Union Schools: Junior High School No. 2, Nowogard, Poland, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-09-29 12:56:27 UTC 36 deg Fukara Junior High School, Susono, Japan, direct via 8N2F The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-01 10:26:55 UTC 85 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 109 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-09-22 18:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 994. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 959. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-09-17 08:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Office Closed
by Martha 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Wednesday, October 23rd. -- 73- Martha

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XW-2(CAS-3) Keplerian data update
by Alan Kung 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

XW-2A(CAS-3A) 1 00601U 15265.00000000 .00557105 00000-0 -31719-1 0 00006 2 00601 097.4566 273.1262 0012842 256.6068 170.4479 15.12849425000013 XW-2B(CAS-3B) 1 00603U 15265.00000000 .01225069 00000-0 -71232-1 0 00004 2 00603 097.4579 273.1246 0014061 242.4512 178.9795 15.12083523000016 XW-2C(CAS-3C) 1 00602U 15265.00000000 .01188536 00000-0 -69010-1 0 00001 2 00602 097.4565 273.1243 0014771 244.3546 177.4051 15.12125536000013 XW-2D(CAS-3D) 1 00604U 15265.00000000 .01232014 00000-0 -71649-1 0 00005 2 00604 097.4529 273.1233 0014212 242.3341 179.0383 15.12075242000019 73 Alan, BA1DU

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XW-2
by Roland Zurmely 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

6 XW-2 satellites copied in Brazil: < http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/xw.htm > 73 de Roland.

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Satpc Orbitron New satellites
by mm0kjg 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hello All. Can someone tell me when the Keps downloads for Satpc and Orbitron will be updated for the new Camsats. I have copied and pasted them in to the txt files but when I update the tle from software the get deleted? Any Info much appreciated 73s Kev MM0KG

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CAMSATs projected life span?
by Red Willoughby 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Any estimates on how long the CAMSATs may be in orbit? Thanks, Red KC4LE

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XW-3E QSOs...
by Red Willoughby 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Thanks @W2JV, @N8HM & @KA4H for quick QSOs on XW-3E at 2015-09-22 1122Z. Good signals on a 19 degree pass fpr me. Red KC4LE EM63

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XW-2E transponder QSO
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hello to all My first contact in SSB with Luciano PY5LF via XW-2E at 22:13 UTC Heard PU2RAS and PR8ZX Strong signals over South America Thanks CAMSAT !! 73 de Juan LU2DPW - Mercedes(Bs.As.) - GF05gi

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XW-2E Keps & SatPC32
by Clayton Coleman 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

I just made several contacts on the XW-2E transponder. I was using CelesTrak Keps in the TLE-NEW file. 2015-049 objects. XW-2E seems to be 2015-049L. Once I calibrated SatPC32 at AOS, Doppler shift correction functioned flawlessly to my LOS. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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'Carbonite' space imager revealed
by Eric Rosenberg 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

From the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34315725 Enjoy! Eric W3DQ --------------------- Science & Environment 'Carbonite' space imager revealed By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent UK small satellite manufacturer SSTL has released details of the spacecraft it launched in July, but about which it gave few details at the time. Codenamed Carbonite, the 80kg platform filled some unused mass on the rocket that put up the company's new high-resolution imaging constellation. It turns out the additional passenger was a demonstrator for a new type of quick-build, ultra-low-cost satellite. Carbonite uses an off-the-shelf camera and telescope to take videos of Earth. It acquires still pictures as well. Both modes show features on the ground down to a size of 1.5m. However, if flown in a 500km-high orbit, this would be a 1m ground-resolution. Carbonite's mission was revealed at last week's World Satellite Business Week conference in Paris, organised by Euroconsult. The intention is to compete the platform in the emerging Earth-observation market for daily, fast-turn-around imagery. This is a market being targeted currently by a number of Silicon Valley operations, including Skybox-Google and Planet Labs, and requires the use of multiple satellites in orbit. Carbonite-1 was built and tested in six months. Its camera and telescope, which has a 25cm mirror, were both bought online and then adapted so they would cope with the harsh environment of space. It also incorporates a drag sail, which will be deployed at the end of its mission to pull it out of orbit. Fill-in role SSTL says more Carbonite missions are already in development. The goal is to reduce the mass to 50kg, and to get the build time down to under three months. The cost will have to be lowered, too. The aim there is to turn Carbonites out for well less than a million pounds. "That will depend on what level of sophistication the customer wants," said Luis Gomes, the head of Earth observation at SSTL. "What Carbonite is about is filling in the blanks, and doing it in a timely way," he told BBC News. (If there is cloud in the way, the ground cannot be seen by an optical satellite). "There is a lot of hype out there about some of these new systems - that they can do everything. "No, they can't, but for certain applications, they will nevertheless perform a role in supporting more capable constellations." SSTL has not released publicly the imagery acquired by the demonstrator in the last few weeks. The Guildford company says it has been busy getting its own new DMC3 imaging constellation ready for operation and wants more time to work with the Carbonite product before showing it off more widely. For those wondering where they may have heard the word "carbonite" before - one use was for a fictional substance in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back. The material was used by the Empire to freeze the body of smuggler and rebel leader Han Solo. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET(a)bbc.co.uk <https://twitter.com/#%21/BBCAmos>

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