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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-29 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg Tolyatti, Russia School TBD, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronauts are Andrei Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg Novitskiy Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 21:10 UTC Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss(a)arrl.org. ********************* ********************************************************** 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2017-03-29 04:30 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1127. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1088. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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, South Dakota, 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 2017-03-24 04:00 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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WD9EWK road trip to/from Las Vegas on 31 March & 2 April
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hi! I am driving to Las Vegas for this weekend's NVCON convention, and I already posted a message to the -BB about that event. Before I reach Las Vegas on Friday (31 March), I am planning on a stop in Kingman, Arizona, on the DM25/DM35 grid boundary. I'm hoping to make it to Kingman around 1600 UTC to work some passes, before driving the last 100 miles/160km from Kingman to Las Vegas and the NVCON convention. After the convention wraps up on Sunday (2 April), I plan on heading back to Phoenix, but not directly to Phoenix. I can make stops on one of 3 different grid boundaries: 1. DM25/DM35 grid boundary in Kingman AZ (a repeat of the stop I plan to make on Friday morning) 2. DM24/DM25 grid boundary, about 15 miles/25km south of Kingman along the I-40 freeway 3. DM26/DM36 grid boundary in northwestern Arizona, near the I-15 freeway and northeast of Mesquite NV Any preferences on which grid boundary you'd like to hear me operating from? I don't know what time I will depart Las Vegas on Sunday, so I can't post any schedules for operating from any of these locations. As with my other road trips, I will use APRS as WD9EWK-9 as I drive. You can see my APRS track at (among other online places): http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards will be available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details, if you want a card). Updates should also appear on my @WD9EWK Twitter account, also visible at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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AMSAT @ NVCON in Las Vegas (31 March-2 April 2017)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hi! I will be part of the AMSAT presence at the ARRL Nevada State Convention, also known as NVCON, this Friday through Sunday (31 March - 2 April 2017) in Las Vegas. The convention will be at the Eastside Cannery Casino-Hotel along Boulder Highway, east of the Strip and southeast of downtown Las Vegas. More about the convention is available at: http://nvcon.org Frank Kostelac N7ZEV, a long-time AMSAT Area Coordinator in Las Vegas, and I will be around the AMSAT booth at the convention. Weather permitting, I will have some demonstrations of satellite operating from outside the hotel during the convention. If you hear WD9EWK on the satellites from NVCON, please call and be a part of the demonstrations! Last year's NVCON weekend was a wet one, with a lot of rain that washed out any chances to do demonstrations during the convention. This weekend is supposed to be better, and drier. The convention site is in grid DM26. Any QSOs made during the convention will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. If you would like to receive a QSL card for a QSO with WD9EWK during NVCON, please e-mail me directly with QSO details. If you're in the log, I will send a card. During the convention, I will tweet photos and updates on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. These tweets are available for anyone to see, even if you don't have a Twitter account, at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Filter out 3rd harmonic of 145MHz
by dtabor＠estesvalley.net 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Perhaps termination would help on the diplexer ... so far, I've kept it simple and just unplugged the unused antenna on the Arrow. It 'seems' to work OK when using the FT-1634. Doug, N6UA

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Atomic AMSAT Roving
by Gabriel Zeifman 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Good evening fellow sky talkers and bird trackers, An exciting trip will occur this weekend with Dave KG5CCI and myself venturing to the wastelands of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. We will be visiting the Trinity Site on Saturday morning (sadly the U.S. Army is not friendly to operating on the missile range from the actual site). However, we may still have an opportunity to activate a nuclear test site, the site of Project Gnome, a 3.1kt underground bomb test. We will be leaving early morning on Friday 3/31 and will return Sunday. Grids that can be expected are EM02/03/04/05 DM61/62/63/71/72/73/82/83/84/92/94/95. Watch our Twitter accounts @KG5CCI and @NJ7H_Radio for updates, one of us will usually be on APRS (I use NJ7H-9), and iridium at share.garmin.com/gz. QSL via LoTW or direct with homing pigeon. Have fun and keep the power down. 73, Gabe NJ7H/lunacy

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Strong digital on FO-29 at 16:21Z, 27-Mar-2017
by Clayton Coleman 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

I recorded some data being sent via FO-29 today approximately 16:21 UTC. Very strong signal. If you skip to about 6 minutes, 44 seconds into this recording you will hear it: https://clyp.it/m4lalgl5?token=2c0365f763bcb95a6e42a5d7fe003d6b Afterwards you can listen to a pileup of stations working UT1FG/MM. I can email you the MP3 if you'd like. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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auto switch tracking
by Jim White 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Can anyone suggest software that will automatically switch between two or three sats and do freq, Doppler, and pointing ?

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SO-50 April 1st favor please
by Greg Lane 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

I would like to get at least one and up to five contacts on the pass. I am doing the RaDAR challenge from St Andrews State Park at EM70. My first Sat contact will count as a bonus. Eddie ZS6BNE came up with the RaDAR ideal and he loves Sats. In Radar, you make five contacts and move. However, I don't want to interfere with any special operation already scheduled. You can find info on RaDAR on my web site N4KGL.info Just scroll down. Thanks, Greg N4KGL SO-50 will be visible from Upper Grand Lagoon, on Saturday, April 1 12:54:01 PM Starting in the SSW (205°) Ending in the NNE (28°) at 01:07:54 PM Maximum elevation: 87° http://issdetector.com

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ARISS contact with Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA on 29 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:03 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Los Angeles Unified School District: Local District South, Los Angeles, California at The Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California CSSS is the only professional science organization whose members have direct accountability to the state government agencies given the constitutional authority for education. Each of these supervisors plays a key role in directing efforts at improving school science and ensuring excellence and equity in science education in their states. This partnership with ARISS is a way to showcase the importance of space education and create enthusiasm among state leaders that can be shared with teachers across the nation. CSSS partnered with students from the Los Angeles Unified School District, The Jordan-Locke network comprised of 16 elementary schools for this event. Participants in the ARISS contact include 6th grade students from the 92nd, 93rd, and 96th elementary schools. The District demonstrates that all children can achieve their highest potential when the conditions for learning are at an optimum by integrating project based learning into the academic achievement of students in all subjects. All schools are located in Watts or South Central Los Angeles and consist of a predominantly Latino and African American Student population with poverty rates in the 95-100% Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. In Science class we learned that it takes a tremendous amount of energy and speed to escape Earth's gravity. Can you tell us how you felt as you were climbing upward through Earth's Atmosphere? 2. Reentering Earth can be very dangerous for astronauts. Can you please tell me what steps do you follow when reentering the Earth's atmosphere? 3. In Los Angeles, there are many street lights at night that prevent us from seeing many stars in the sky, but when we went camping in the mountains we saw more stars. Now that you are in space, can you see even more stars than we see here on Earth? 4. In Science class we are learning about germs and how fast they can spread. Do germs multiply as fast in space as they do on Earth? 5. Is there something in space that you did, that you will never forget? 6. Were you afraid to go to space? 7. Is there a problem with space junk? If so how severe is it? 8. What is your purpose for being in space today? 9. We know that in space there is zero gravity. What is the proper procedure for eating in space so that your liquids or food does not float away or damage any equipment? 10. What activity do you like doing the most while in space and why? 11. How hard is it for you to settle in space, leave your family, and communicate with them? 12. How long does it take to become a professional astronaut? 13. We recently read your biography and noticed that you accomplished so much here on Earth. Can you tell us how your achievements on Earth help you complete your missions on the International Space Station? 14. Have any of the solar panels on the ISS been damaged by space debris? If so, please tell me how you were able to repair it. 15. If you were stuck in space, what are the 5 most important things you would need to survive? Explain why. 16. I read that you are very athletic. Have you found any new health problem besides, the weakening of muscles, while living on the International Space Station? 17. What was the most important/amazing/beautiful thing in space you ever saw? 18. Have you seen anything in space that scared you or confused you? 19. Which planets (other than Earth) do you see most often as you are orbiting in the ISS? Do you have a favorite planet? Why is it your favorite? 20. What is the longest time you have been in space? 21. What is the most dangerous situation that you have experienced on the International Space Station? 22. What activities do you do while up in space in your free time? 23. Have you thought of teaching anyone about how to be an astronaut? 24. Your biography shows that you have such a great life on Earth. Can you tell us what convinced you to go to space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ANS-085 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-085 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT Fox Series Launch Schedule Update * ND9M Satellite Gear in VQ917 Chagos Islands * Ex-Alta-1 Alberta Canadia Cubesat Set to Launch * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-24 * Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity * 14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-085.01 ANS-085 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE March 26, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-085.01 AMSAT Fox Series Launch Schedule Update The launches of AMSAT satellites Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D have been rebooked from the original Spaceflight Formosat-5/Sherpa mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on to two separate new launches. Fox-1D will now ride to orbit on an Indian PSLV vehicle scheduled to launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India in late 2017. Fox-1Cliff will launch on Spaceflight’s SSO-A dedicated rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in late 2017 or early 2018. These moves will serve to expedite the launch of these two satellites, both of which carry an amateur radio U/v FM repeater and an experimental L/v FM repeater. The satellites also carry scientific experiments, from university partners Penn State, Vanderbilt University ISDE, Virginia Tech, and University of Iowa. In addition to the launch of Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D, AMSAT is awaiting the launches of RadFxSat and RadFxSat-2. RadFxSat is currently manifested for launch on August 29, 2017 aboard the ELaNa XIV mission, as a secondary payload with the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 on a Delta II from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. RadFxSat-2 will be launched by Virgin Galactic on their LauncherOne air launch system from Mojave, CA on the ELaNa XX mission no earlier than December 2017. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, and Jerry, N0JY, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ND9M Satellite Gear in VQ917 Chagos Islands VQ917, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Jim, ND9M (VQ96JC), from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006) informs OPDX on March 14th, "Well, the local licensing office came through for me again. The VQ917JC license I asked for just came through here this afternoon." So start looking for Jim to be on the air signing as VQ917JC. Jim told OPDX he will not make an effort on 60m at this time. His operating hours are still limited to 1200-1600z max which doesn't do much good for the NA/SA ops. He states that he will probably focus on 30, 20, and 17 meters just to get VQ9 into some logs. Jim also mentioned he did bring his satellite equipment. QSL via his home call- sign. Look for more details to be forthcoming. HH8, HAITI. Doug, KD8CAO, was active as HH8/KD8CAO from Jacmel, Haiti (FK38rf), on both satellite and the HF bands between March 19-23rd. The primary purpose of Doug's travel to Haiti involved missions work (he and his team installed a solar array to power Radio Lumiere's FM broadcast station in Jacmel. QSL via direct w/SASE and/or LoTW (upload upon return to USA). [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1309 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ex-Alta-1 Alberta Canadia Cubesat Set to Launch Ex-Alta-1, the first CubeSat satellite mission from the University of Alberta’s AlbertaSat team, is set to launch on an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch will be streamed via NASA Live and the United Launch Alliance. The cubesat will make a brief pit stop aboard the International Space Station before being deployed into low Earth orbit to begin monitoring space weather. Ex-Alta-1 is part of the international QB50 project, which involves cubesats designed and built at universities around the world, representing 15 countries from five continents. The cubesats carry complementary science payloads that will study space weather and the lower thermosphere for a period of nine to 18 months. After seven years and countless hours contributed by more than 50 team members (including undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty members), measuring roughly the size of a loaf of bread and built with financial support from more than 600 crowd-funded donors as well as the Canadian Space Agency, Ex- Alta-1’s launch marks the beginning of a new era of space exploration for Alberta. Not only did the team build the first ever made-in-Alberta satellite, AlbertaSat is also one of the first Canadian universities to put a satellite into space. The University of Alberta participated in the first Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC), prior to focusing its efforts on the QB50 mission, and many members from the Ex-Alta-1 team are competing in the current CSDC. On behalf of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge, and all the teams participating, I would like to send my congratulations to the entire AlbertaSat team, and hope that the launch, deployment, and mission of the Ex-Alta-1 cubesat will be successful. The Ex-Alta 1 Satellite has the following science objectives: 1. Serve as a platform for the In Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of a digital fluxgate magnetometer designed at the University of Alberta. 2. Address multi-point space plasma physics with data from the QB50 constellation using the Langmuir probe common payloads and the digital fluxgate magnetometer. 3. Take part in the QB-50 string-of-pearls constellation for in-situ measurements of the lower thermosphere to build an accurate model. A downlink of 436.705 MHz has been coordinated employing 9k6 GMSK using the published Cubesat Space Protocol and the QB50 whole orbit data specifications. [ANS thanks Larry Reeves, CSDC Manager, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-24 Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg Russia School TBD, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***) The scheduled astronauts are Andrei Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg Novitskiy (***) Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 21:10 UTC (***) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Proposal Window Deadline April 15, 2017 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop The 14th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop will be held in San Luis Obispo, CA April 26-28 2017. The schedule is now on the workshop website at the link below. http://www.cubesat.org/s/2017-Workshop-Schedule.pdf REGISTRATION Prices are as follows: 3 Day Pass + Banquet Professional - $475 Student - $150 1 Day Pass Early Bird Professional - $160 Professional - $200 [ANS thanks the CubeSat Workshop Team for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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