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ARISS News Release No. 24-23
by David Jordan 18 Apr '24

18 Apr '24

ARISS News Release No. 24-23 DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE Nine US Schools Moved Forward inARISS Selection Process April 18, 2024:Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announcethe US schools/host organizations newly selected for 2024 ARISS contacts. Atotal of 9 of the submitted proposals during the recent proposal window havebeen accepted to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduledamateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primary goal of the ARISSprogram is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts andMath (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness of space communications,radio communications, space exploration, and related areas of study and careerpossibilities. The ARISS programanticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling opportunities for the 9US host organizations during the July - December 2024 time period. They are now at work starting to implementtheir 4–6-month education plan which was outlined in their proposal. These STEAM based educational activities help prepare students for theircontact as well as create an on-going exploration and interest in aerospace andamateur radio topics. They are also completing an acceptable equipmentplan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Oncetheir equipment plan is approved by ARISS, the final selectedschools/organizations will be scheduled as their availability and flexibilitymatch up with the scheduling opportunities offered by NASA. Theschools and host organizations are: | Arizona Science Center | Phoenix, AZ | | Bayou Academy | Cleveland, MS | | Bishop O’Connell High School | Arlington, VA | | Greenville Junior High School | Greenville, IL | | Hillsboro Charter Academy | Purcellville, VA | | Pacific Science Center | Seattle, WA | | Sally Ride Elementary School | Orlando, FL | | South Carolina Regional Workforce Advisors- Office of Statewide Workforce Development | Columbia, SC | | TEACH-NW Charter School | Springfield, OR | Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the UnitedStates, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur RadioDigital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT),NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN) and the ISS NationalLab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radiobetween crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-onlearning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. Formore information, see http://www.ariss.org . Media Contact: Dave Jordan,AA4KN ARISS PR Find us onsocial media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Check out ARISSon Youtube.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-17 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 17 Apr '24

17 Apr '24

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-17 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, direct via GB4ACA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact was successful: Wed 2024-04-17 10:44:49 UTC 81 deg (***) Congratulations to the Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust students, Matthew, mentor MØXTD, and station GB4ACA! (***) Watch for Livestream at https://live.ariss.org Mountain View Elementary, Marietta, GA, direct via KQ4JVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go for: Thu 2024-04-18 17:48:40 UTC 44 deg Watch for Livestream at https://youtube.com/live/lDjyV6P9x6I American International University, Salmiya, Kuwait, direct via 9K9AIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Mike Barratt KD5MIJ The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 08:29:15 UTC 77 deg Pleasant Knoll Middle School, Ft. Mill, SC, direct via K4YTZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR The ARISS mentor is AJ9N Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 16:10:29 UTC 66 deg Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@YorkCountyAmateurRadioSociety and note that this might change. Thrive Home School Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, direct via AFØS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is KD8COJ Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 17:42:36 UTC 72 deg Watch for Livestream at http://www.hsd2.org/ The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2024-04-17 16:00 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2024-04-17 16:00 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 07:30 – 19:30 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking up and about an hour before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is sometimes active. Check the status at https://www.ariss.org/ or http://www.issfanclub.eu to see if the packet system is active or not. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal window has been extended and is now due to ARISS by February 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* 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 https://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? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. 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 The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 233 Francesco IKØWGF with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 118 Steve VE3TBD with 106 **************************************************************************** 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1715. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1620. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Exp. 71 on orbit Tracy E. Caldwell Dyson SpaceX Crew-8 on orbit Matthew Dominick KCØTOR Mike Barratt KD5MIJ Jeanette Epps KF5QNU Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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TEVEL-3
by david.greenberg 16 Apr '24

16 Apr '24

Hello All, TEVEL-3 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 16.04.24 09:39U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by David Pykett 16 Apr '24

16 Apr '24

Hi John I received images from most of the satellites I can’t say I received them from all because I wasn’t noting which satellite I received which image from, and the activation was extended until the evening of the 14th . 73 Dave G0IIQ ________________________________ From: John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 8:20:55 PM To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com>; David Pykett <g0iiq(a)outlook.com> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites I found a place to apply for a QSL for receiving telemetry but not the SSTV images. And this was for only 1 of the 6 birds that were sending SSTV. I still an unclear who the overall sponsor of this event was. By the way, I found RS58S still sending images today. I thought the event was over.... 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 01:24:13 PM AKDT, David Pykett via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Hi John Try here https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… All the info of the satellites txing the SSTV and further info you can select English 73 Dave G0IIQ 73 Dave G0IIQ ________________________________ From: John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:09:58 PM To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these images? 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 06:12:50 PM AKDT, Pedro Converso via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s 73, lu7abf, Pedro ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org<https://mailman.amsat.org/> ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org<https://mailman.amsat.org/>

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

I found a place to apply for a QSL for receiving telemetry but not the SSTV images.And this was for only 1 of the 6 birds that were sending SSTV. I still an unclear who the overall sponsor of this event was. By the way, I found RS58S still sending images today. I thought the event was over.... 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 01:24:13 PM AKDT, David Pykett via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Hi John Try herehttps://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-space-pi-priurochennaya-k-prazdnovaniyu-vsemirnogo-dnya-aviaczii-i-kosmonavtiki/ All the info of the satellites txing the SSTV and further info you can select English 73Dave G0IIQ 73Dave G0IIQ From: John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:09:58 PM To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these images? 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 06:12:50 PM AKDT, Pedro Converso via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s 73, lu7abf, Pedro ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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ARISS News Release No. 24-22
by David Jordan 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

ARISS News Release No.24-22 DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Mountain View Elementary, Marietta, Georgia, USA April 15, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Mountain View Elementary locatedin Marietta, GA. ARISS conducts 60-100of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. MountainView Elementary School is a K-5 public school that serves over 830 students.Students have been involved in many cross-curricular projects and activitiesthat included: achieved World Space Week Champions after designing aself-sustaining space settlement, designed several mission patches, worked withbluShift Aerospace on a hot/cold engine test, worked with MaxIQ Space on aSuborbital Launch Test in conjunction with the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal inSouth Africa. The school also has an annual schoolwide water rocket contestcalled Launchapalooza. Students have worked with Citizen Science on the MonarchButterfly Migration, designed a dog prosthetic for a dog name Lyla and havedesigned dog park equipment for special needs dogs. This year, students havealso utilized ARISS SPARKI kits, the GeoChron system, learned about aquanaut training,participated in an amateur radio directional finding (fox hunt) event oncampus, and have learned how Cube Satellites work. In preparation of the ARISScontact, students have tracked the ISS during ARISS/SSTV broadcasts resultingin them decoding seven images. The school is supported by the Cherokee AmateurRadio Society, North Fulton Amateur Radio League, Cobb County Library System,bluShift Aerospace, and Cobb EMC. This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Jeanette Epps, amateur radio call sign KF5QNU. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in Marietta,Georgia. Amateur radio operators using call sign KQ4JVI, will operate theground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for April 18, 2024 at 1:48:40 pm EDT (GA) (17:48:40 UTC, 12:48pm CDT, 11:48 am MDT, 10:48 am PDT). The public isinvited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/lDjyV6P9x6I _______________________________ As time allows,students will ask these questions: 1. Since thingsfloat, is there physical friction in space? 2. What is theworst emergency to have on the ISS and what do you do? 3. Does zerogravity affect how your body processes food? 4. If you brokea bone in space, would you heal the same as you would on Earth? 5. Do you feelanxious thinking about returning to your home since time creates change? 6. What is themost high-tech item on the ISS not well-known by others? 7. What's thebiggest problem about the ISS? 8. On the ISS,does the crew have full access or are there areas that are off limits? 9. Have youever had to borrow parts from one item to fix a different item on the ISS? 10. If you weregiven the option to live on the ISS permanently, what would your reaction beand would you accept? 11. From yourunique view in space, are there noticeable patterns that show how greenhousegases might be impacting our planet? 12. Which is abetter feeling: getting to space or living in space? 13. Are youyour own doctor if you get sick? 14. When yousweat on the ISS from exercise, does the sweat fall off you like it does onEarth? 15. What kindof experiments do you choose to work on, and why? 16. How did itfeel when you left the Earth’s gravitational pull? 17. Do you userobots on the ISS and what do they do? 18. Have younoticed an immediate change in your body after being in space? 19. Besidesexercise, eat, play, and rest, are there any other things you need to do foryour body while living in space? 20. How do youget dressed in space without floating away? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . Media Contact: Dave Jordan,AA4KN ARISS PR Find us onsocial media at: X: ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Check out ARISSon Youtube.com.

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ARISS News Release No. 24-21
by David Jordan 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

ARISS News Release No.24-21 DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at AxminsterCommunity Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom April 15, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Mrs. Ethelston’s CEPrimary Academy located in Lyme Regis, UK. ARISS conducts 60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS. AcornMulti Academy Trust is a small trust of seven schools (Mrs Ethelstons, Axminster,Chardstock, Marshwood, Loders, Thorncombe and Membury) that are situated on thecoast of the English Dorset /Devon /Somerset border. MrsEthelston’s CE Primary Academy is hosting this ARISS contact and is directlyinvolved in this project, however children involved are from the 7 primaryschools within this Multi-Academy Trust and range in ages from 4-11 years. This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Matthew Dominick, amateur radio call sign KCØTOR. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in LymeRegis, UK. Amateur radio operators using call sign GB4ACA, will operate theground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for April 17, 2024 at 11:44:48 am BST (UK) (10:44:48 UTC, 6:44 am EDT, 5:44 am CDT, 4:44 am MDT, 3:44am PDT). The public isinvited to watch the livestream at: https://live.ariss.org _______________________________ As time allows,students will ask these questions: 1. What was thehardest part of getting ready to go to space? 2. If you canmake the water from a bottle float, then how can you swallow it without itcoming up again? 3. Why dohumans want to go to Mars? 4. How will weget loads of water in space without running out? 5. How longdoes it take to transmit data from Earth to ISS? 6. How do younot get lost in space? 7. Why doesn’tthe ISS fall and hit the ground? 8. How muchexercise do you need and how do you get it? 9. Whattemperature is it in the ISS and is that the same outside? 10. What is itlike in zero gravity? 11. What isyour favorite part of the ISS and why? 12. How fastcan you move around in zero gravity? 13. How do youwash your hands? 14. Have youever seen any astronomical phenomenon? 15. What isyour favorite site every time you circle the Earth? 16. How big isthe ISS? 17. How do youcook food in space? 18. How do youvote in space? 19. Are thespace suits really heavy or light? 20. Which otherplanets can you see? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . Media Contact: Dave Jordan,AA4KN ARISS PR Find us onsocial media at: X: ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Check out ARISSon Youtube.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-15 16:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-15 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, direct via GB4ACA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2024-04-17 10:44:49 UTC 81 deg Watch for Livestream at https://live.ariss.org Mountain View Elementary, Marietta, GA, direct via KQ4JVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go for: Thu 2024-04-18 17:48:40 UTC 44 deg Watch for Livestream at https://youtube.com/live/lDjyV6P9x6I American International University, Salmiya, Kuwait, direct via 9K9AIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Mike Barratt KD5MIJ (***) The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 08:29:15 UTC 77 deg (***) Pleasant Knoll Middle School, Ft. Mill, SC, direct via K4YTZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR (***) The ARISS mentor is AJ9N Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 16:10:29 UTC 66 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@YorkCountyAmateurRadioSociety and note that this might change. (***) Thrive Home School Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, direct via AFØS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU (***) The ARISS mentor is KD8COJ Contact is go for: Mon 2024-04-22 17:42:36 UTC 72 deg (***) Watch for Livestream at http://www.hsd2.org/ The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2024-04-15 16:00 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2024-04-11 05:30 UTC. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 07:30 – 19:30 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking up and about an hour before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is sometimes active. Check the status at https://www.ariss.org/ or http://www.issfanclub.eu to see if the packet system is active or not. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal window has been extended and is now due to ARISS by February 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* 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 https://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? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. 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 The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 233 Francesco IKØWGF with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 118 Steve VE3TBD with 106 **************************************************************************** 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1714. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1619. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Exp. 71 on orbit Tracy E. Caldwell Dyson SpaceX Crew-8 on orbit Matthew Dominick KCØTOR Mike Barratt KD5MIJ Jeanette Epps KF5QNU Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by Clint Bradford 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Sorry to all … I had a good answer - but wrong for his question … (grin) Clint

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by Pedro Converso 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Hi John, Congrats on the RS's SSTV capture ! Perhaps Dmitry, R4UAB/U4UAB ub4uad(a)gmail.com could help if there is some award/QSL available. 73, lu7abf, Pedro On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM David Pykett via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi John > > Try here > > https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… > All the info of the satellites txing the SSTV and further info you can > select English > > 73 > Dave G0IIQ > > 73 > Dave G0IIQ > ------------------------------ > *From:* John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:09:58 PM > *To:* AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* [AMSAT-BB] Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites > > Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these > images? > > 73, > > John Antonuk > > AL7ID(a)yahoo.com > > > > > On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 06:12:50 PM AKDT, Pedro Converso via > AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: > > > https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… > > Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: > > http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s > > 73, lu7abf, Pedro > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by David Pykett 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Hi John Try here https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… All the info of the satellites txing the SSTV and further info you can select English 73 Dave G0IIQ 73 Dave G0IIQ ________________________________ From: John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:09:58 PM To: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Pedro Converso <pconver(a)gmail.com> Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these images? 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 06:12:50 PM AKDT, Pedro Converso via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s 73, lu7abf, Pedro ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org<https://mailman.amsat.org/>

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by Clint Bradford 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Just hearing transmissions from the ISS qualifies you for the ARISS ISS QSL Card! Mailing instructions towards the bottom of … https://www.work-sat.com/sstv.html Clint K6LCS > On Apr 14, 2024, at 12:09 PM, John Antonuk - AL7ID via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these images?

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Re: Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by John Antonuk - AL7ID 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

Does anybody know if there is QSL or certificate for receiving these images? 73, John Antonuk AL7ID(a)yahoo.com On Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 06:12:50 PM AKDT, Pedro Converso via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s 73, lu7abf, Pedro ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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ANS-105 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for April 14
by Mark Johns, K0JM 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-105 In this edition: * NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from ISS * 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held Friday, May 17 * New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Ops * Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida * VUCC and DXCC Satellite Standings for April 2024 * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 12 * Ending an Era, Final Delta Rocket Launched This Week * ARISS News * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events * Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, 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 <http://amsat.org>* You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ *ANS-105 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins* *DATE 2024 April 14* NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from ISS NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, KI5TOM, returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on April 6, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 03:54 UTC, and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 07:17 (12:17 p.m. Kazakhstan time), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. *NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara returned to Earth on April 6, 2024, after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station. (NASA image)* O’Hara launched Sept. 15, 2023, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, and Nikolai Chub, who both will remain aboard the space station to complete a one-year mission. Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya launched aboard Soyuz MS-25 on March 23 along with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, who will remain aboard the orbiting laboratory until this fall. O’Hara spent a total of 204 days in space as part of her first spaceflight. She completed approximately 3,264 orbits of the Earth and a journey of more than 86.5 million miles. O’Hara worked on scientific activities aboard the space station, including investigating heart health, cancer treatments, and space manufacturing techniques during her stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. Following post-landing medical checks, the crew returned to the recovery staging city in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. O’Hara then boarded a NASA plane bound for her return to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. *(Oct. 4, 2023) — The official Expedition 71 crew portrait with (bottom row from left) Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps. In the back row (from left) are, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. (NASA photo)* With the undocking of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with O’Hara, Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya, Expedition 71 officially began aboard the station. NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ, Matthew Dominick, KCØTOR, Tracy C. Dyson, and Jeannette Epps, KF5QNU, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, RZ3DSE, and Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, make up Expedition 71 and will remain on the orbiting laboratory until this fall. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] ------------------------------ *The 2024 AMSAT President’s Club coins are here now!* *Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus* *Join the AMSAT President’s Club today and help* *Keep Amateur Radio in Space!* *https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/* <https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/> ------------------------------ 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held Friday, May 17 The 15th annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center on Friday, May 17th at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. This year’s banquet speaker will be Bill Reed, NX5R, AMSAT PACSAT Project Manager, who will highlight the forthcoming PACSAT digital communications payload. The Kohler Presidential Banquet Center is located at 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio – about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds. Tickets ($60 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Friday, May 10th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. *Menu* *Set out as guests arrive* Crudite Platter with dip on the side Dinner Buffet Roast Prime Rib of Beef Au jus Carved on site. Served with horseradish and au jus on the side. Almond Chicken Deep Fried Tempura Shrimp with Tomato Lemon Aioli Risotto Cake Fresh Asparagus Smashed Cauliflower *Served to the table* Strawberry Fields Assorted Dinner Rolls Served with butter *Separate table* Assorted Layer Cake Cheesecake *Beverages* Cash Bar Regular and Decaf Coffee, Hot & Iced Tea, Water ------------------------------ New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated Space Sustainability Strategy, on April 9, advancing the agency’s role as a global leader on this crucial issue. “The release of this strategy marks true progress for NASA on space sustainability,” said NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. “Space is busy – and only getting busier. If we want to make sure that critical parts of space are preserved so that our children and grandchildren can continue to use them for the benefit of humanity, the time to act is now. NASA is making sure that we’re aligning our resources to support sustainable activity for us and for all.” For decades, NASA has served as a proactive leader for responsible and sustainable space operations. Entities across the agency develop best practices, analytic tools, and technologies widely adopted by operators around the world. The new strategy seeks to integrate those efforts through a whole-of-agency approach – allowing NASA to focus its resources on the most pressing issues. To facilitate that integration, NASA will appoint a new director of space sustainability to coordinate activities across the agency. Key aspects of our approach include providing global leadership in space sustainability, supporting equitable access to space, and ensuring NASA’s missions and operations enhance space sustainability. Space environments currently are seeing the rapid emergence of commercial capabilities, many of them championed by NASA. These capabilities include increased low Earth orbit satellite activity and plans for the use of satellite constellations, autonomous spacecraft, and commercial space destinations. However, this increased activity also has generated challenges, such as an operating environment more crowded with spacecraft and increased debris. Understanding the risks and benefits associated with this growth is crucial for space sustainability. Developed under the leadership of a crossagency advisory board, the space sustainability strategy focuses on advancements NASA can make toward measuring and assessing space sustainability in Earth orbit, identifying cost-effective ways to meet sustainability targets, incentivizing the adoption of sustainable practices through technology and policy development, and increasing efforts to share and receive information with the rest of the global space community. NASA’s approach to space sustainability recognizes four operational domains: Earth, Earth orbit, the orbital area near and around the Moon known as cislunar space, and deep space, including other celestial bodies. The first volume of the strategy focuses on sustainability in Earth orbit. NASA plans to produce additional volumes focusing on the other domains. Learn more about the Space Sustainability Strategy at: https://www.nasa.gov/spacesustainability [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] ------------------------------ *Need new satellite antennas?* *Purchase M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store.* *When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards* *Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.* *https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/* <https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/> ------------------------------ Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida A few weeks ago, something from the heavens came crashing through the roof of Alejandro Otero’s Florida home, and NASA is on the case. Otero wasn’t home at the time. A Nest home security camera captured the sound of the crash at 2:34 pm local time (19:34 UTC) on March 8. That’s an important piece of information because it is a close match for the time—2:29 pm EST (19:29 UTC)—that US Space Command recorded the reentry of a piece of space debris from the space station. At that time, the object was on a path over the Gulf of Mexico, heading toward southwest Florida. *In all likelihood, this nearly 2-pound object came from the International Space Station. Otero said it tore through the roof and both floors of his two-story house in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Alejandro Otero on X) * This space junk consisted of depleted batteries from the ISS, attached to a cargo pallet that was originally supposed to come back to Earth in a controlled manner. But a series of delays meant this cargo pallet missed its ride back to Earth, so NASA jettisoned the batteries from the space station in 2021 to head for an unguided reentry. NASA has recovered the debris from the homeowner, according to Josh Finch, an agency spokesperson. Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will analyze the object “as soon as possible to determine its origin,” Finch told Ars. “More information will be available once the analysis is complete.” The entire pallet, including the nine disused batteries from the space station’s power system, had a mass of more than 2.6 metric tons (5,800 pounds), according to NASA. Size-wise, it was about twice as tall as a standard kitchen refrigerator. It’s important to note that objects of this mass, or larger, regularly fall to Earth on guided trajectories, but they’re usually failed satellites or spent rocket stages left in orbit after completing their missions. In a post on X, Otero said he is waiting for communication from “the responsible agencies” to resolve the cost of damages to his home. If the object is owned by NASA, Otero or his insurance company could make a claim against the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, according to Michelle Hanlon, executive director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi. “It gets more interesting if this material is discovered to be not originally from the United States,” she told Ars. “If it is a human-made space object which was launched into space by another country, which caused damage on Earth, that country would be absolutely liable to the homeowner for the damage caused.” This could be an issue in this case. The batteries were owned by NASA, but they were attached to a pallet structure launched by Japan’s space agency. NASA typically doesn’t want large chunks of space debris falling to Earth with an uncontrolled reentry. You can trace the reason this object came down unguided back to a Russian launch failure more than five years ago. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian commander Alexey Ovchinin aborted their launch on a Soyuz spacecraft when their rocket failed shortly after liftoff. One of Hague’s jobs at the International Space Station would have been to go outside on spacewalks to help install a new set of lithium-ion batteries recently delivered by a Japanese HTV cargo ship. But Hague didn’t reach the station in 2018, so NASA put off the spacewalks until a new team of astronauts arrived at the complex. This interruption to the space station’s carefully choreographed schedule threw off the entire multiyear plan for upgrading the batteries on the outpost’s electrical system. Instead of putting the old batteries back into the HTV for a guided destructive reentry over the open ocean, NASA held onto the cargo pallet at the station when the HTV supply ship needed to depart. Each of the subsequent HTV missions delivered more fresh batteries to the space station and then departed the complex with the cargo pallet and decommissioned batteries from the previous HTV mission. That was the case until there were no more HTVs to fly. Japan’s last HTV spacecraft departed the ISS in 2020 with the cargo pallet and batteries from the prior flight, stranding the last battery pallet at the station. The space station’s other cargo vehicles—SpaceX’s Dragon, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus, and the Russian Progress—can’t accommodate the HTV cargo pallet. So NASA decided to jettison the battery pallet using the space station’s robotic arm in March 2021 in order to free up real estate on the lab. Without any propulsion of their own, the batteries were adrift in orbit for three years until aerodynamic drag finally pulled the pallet back into the atmosphere on March 8, almost exactly three years later. It is notoriously difficult to predict where a piece of space junk will reenter the atmosphere. US Space Command precisely tracks tens of thousands of objects in Earth orbit, but the exact density of the upper atmosphere is still largely an unknown variable. Even a half-day before the reentry, US Space Command’s estimate for when the battery pallet would fall to Earth had a window of uncertainty spanning six hours, enough time for the object to circle the planet four times. And if you don’t know when something will reenter the atmosphere, you can’t predict where it will come down. If NASA confirms the projectile that fell through Otero’s house last month came from the ISS, it would join a small handful of incidents when an object falling out of orbit damaged someone’s property. Earth is a big place. It’s fairly common for someone to find a piece of fallen space junk in a field or washed up on a beach. But it is rare for a reentry to hit a structure or injure a person. Falling space debris has never killed anyone. According to ESA, the annual risk of an individual human being injured by space debris is less than 1 in 100 billion. [ANS thanks ARS Technical for the above information. Read the entire story at https://bit.ly/3xFJs9W.] ------------------------------ VUCC and DXCC Satellite Standings for April 2024 ———————————————————— VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for March 01, 2024 to April 01, 2024. ———————————————————— CallsignMarch 2024April 2024 K8DP 1629 1701 AA5PK 1450 1500 N8RO 1444 1455 KF7R 1128 1154 XE1AO 1000 1111 KE8RJU 950 1030 WI7P 975 1008 K9UO 950 1001 KQ4DO 880 906 K0JM 702 801 KK4YEL 728 768 N8MR 684 700 A65BR 554 632 JS1LQI 500 617 N3CAL 580 610 SV8CS New 511 JR0GAS 360 500 KO9A 434 472 N7UJJ 308 462 HC2FG 350 413 PA7RA 408 409 DL8GAM 375 400 HB9RYZ 248 365 W6AER 302 355 K6VHF 300 325 JH0BBE 322 324 XE1BMG 120 300 KA9CFD 126 283 I1FQH 173 249 AG1A 100 200 JO4JKL 135 188 W0PR New 176 JK4JMO New 161 AA0K 100 155 WD9EWK(DM25) 120 138 N6UTC(DM05) 101 128 N8HRZ New 102 WD5GRW New 101 K9DOG New 100 W9FF New 100 ———————————————————— Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. SV8CS is first VUCC Satellite holder from KM07 DXCC Satellite Standing April 2024 ———————————————————— DXCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for March 01, 2024 to April 01, 2024. ———————————————————— CallsignMarch 2024April 2024 SV8CS 153 159 KB8VAO 135 148 HB9RYZ 145 147 DL4ZAB 138 139 NK1K 129 138 DL2MIH 111 132 XE1MEX 122 125 KK5DO 106 108 K9UO 101 106 DL8GAM 100 101 XE1L New 100 ———————————————————— Congratulations to the new DXCC Satellite holder. XE1L is first DXCC Satellite holder from DL80 [ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information] ------------------------------ *Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?* *Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store!* *25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards* *Keeping Amateur Radio in Space* *https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear* <https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear> ------------------------------ Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 12 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin files will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available for new amateur satellites. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/. This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution. [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information] ------------------------------ Ending an Era, Final Delta Rocket Launched This Week Ending an era in U.S. rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired off its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a classified spy satellite in the last hurrah of a storied family of rockets dating back to the dawn of the space age. The Heavy’s three hydrogen-fueled RS-68A first stage engines ignited with a rush of bright orange flame at 12:53 p.m. EDT, smoothly pushing the 235-foot-tall rocket away from pad 37 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. *The last Delta 4 Heavy rocket climbs away from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 9, 2024, carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite. (United Launch Alliance photo.)* The launch came 12 days late, primarily because of work to replace a pump in a system that supplies nitrogen gas to multiple launch pads from a pipeline running through the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. There were no problems Tuesday. Mounted atop the rocket was a classified satellite provided by the National Reconnaissance Office, the secretive government agency that manages the nation’s fleet of sophisticated optical and radar imaging reconnaissance satellites and electronic eavesdropping stations. In keeping with standard NRO-U.S. Space Force policy for such missions, no details about the NROL-70 payload were released. But about six hours after launch, the National Reconnaissance Office declared the launch a success, indicating the satellite reached its planned orbit.The final appearance of a Delta rocket 63 years after the first variant’s maiden flight was an emotional milestone for the managers, engineers and technicians who assembled and launched the last member of the family. The Delta family of stages and rockets had its roots in the early space program, first serving in the nation’s fleet of intermediate-range ballistic missiles and evolving through multiple versions used to put military, NASA and civilian payloads into orbit. The now-retired Delta 2 debuted in 1990, putting the first Global Positioning System satellites into orbit and sending multiple planetary probes into deep space, including Messenger to Mercury, multiple Mars orbiters, the Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers, the Spitzer Space Telescope and many more. The single-core Delta 4 first flew in 2002 with the first Heavy following two years later. The single-core version flew the program’s final flight in 2019. Tuesday’s launch was the 45th flight of a Delta 4 and the 16th and final Delta 4 Heavy. “Launching the last Delta 4 is bittersweet for me,” Col. Eric Zarybnisky, director of NRO’s Office of Space Launch, said in a statement. “I was part of the team that launched the first Delta 4 for the NRO. Since that time, the Delta 4 has put amazing capability on orbit for this nation.” Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, also called the flight a “bittersweet” moment as the company continues its transition to next-generation Vulcan rockets, phasing out its more expensive Delta and Atlas families. “Soon, Vulcan will pick up that mantle and we’re going to retire this venerable rocket that has made so much important work for our country,” he said after launch in a pre-recorded video. [ANS thanks William Harwood, CBS News, for the above information] ------------------------------ ARISS NEWS Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. *RECENTLY COMPLETED* ARTADEMIA, Milano, Italy, AND Scuola Secondaria I grado “A. Moro”, Ponte Lambro (CO), Italy, direct via IK1SLD The ISS callsign was OR4ISS. The crewmember was Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor was IZ2GOJ. Contact was successful: Wed 2024-04-10 13:16:48 UTC 53 degrees elevation Congratulations to the ARTADEMIA and Scuola Secondaria I grado “A. Moro” students, Jeanette, mentor IZ2GOJ, and ground station IK1SLD! Watch the recorded Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/sJoKzK2292U?si=BxXWi41cfsJJv4c2 *UPCOMING* Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, direct via GB4ACA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick, KCØTOR. The ARISS mentor is MØXTD. Contact is go for: Wed 2024-04-17 10:44:49 UTC 81 degrees elevation Watch for Livestream at https://live.ariss.org Mountain View Elementary, Marietta, GA, direct via KQ4JVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps, KF5QNU. The ARISS mentor is K4RGK. Contact is go for: Thu 2024-04-18 17:48:40 UTC 44 deg Watch for Livestream at https://youtube.com/live/lDjyV6P9x6I The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never know. The packet system (145.825 MHz up & down) is currently misconfigured and not in operation. The Ham TV system (2395.00 MHz down) is aboard but currently stowed. The BATC Ham TV wiki is at https://wiki.batc.org.uk/HAMTV_from_the_ISS and there is also a discussion channel available on the site. The SSTV system (145.800 MHz down) is currently stowed. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. 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. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information] ------------------------------ Upcoming Satellite Operations Doug, N6UA will soon embark on a big circuitous rove covering parts of MT, ID, OR and NV. I’m guessing this will take place in the next week or two, but only Doug knows for certain. APRS is gonna be your friend here. A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming satellite passes that are accessible from your location. [ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information] ------------------------------ Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. 2024 CubeSat Developer’s Workshop Tuesday April 23rd – Thursday April 25th Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA https://www.cubesatdw.org/ Dayton Hamvention 2024 Friday May 17th – Sunday May 19th Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center 120 Fairground Road Xenia, OH 45385 https://hamvention.org [ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information] ------------------------------ Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA now knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix. Voyager 1’s remaining Flight Data Subsystem (its redundant copy failed in 1982) is the reason that the distant spacecraft is currently offline. Voyager’s FDS were the first computers on a spacecraft to use volatile memory. Unfortunately, one of Voyager 1’s FDS memory chips is malfunctioning—NASA hopes they can work around it, but it will likely take months.(ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.) + If you have 26 minutes to spare, and want to explore more intricacies of Ohm’s Law than you were taught in school, watch electricity flow through a wire a nanosecond at a time at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXv49dDQJw (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.) + Following repairs to a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon Heavy’s core booster, NASA and SpaceX have rescheduled the launch of the GOES-U satellite, the final installment in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, for June 25. The adjustment aims to ensure thorough examination and resolution of the issue, discovered during a routine inspection in February. With preparations now back on track, the deployment of GOES-U from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A will proceed using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Managed cooperatively by NOAA and NASA, the GOES-R Series Program encompasses satellite operations, data dissemination, and ground systems oversight, with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center leading spacecraft acquisition and instrument development. Lockheed Martin’s contributions include design, construction, and testing of the satellites, while L3Harris Technologies has provided key instruments and ground systems essential for capturing atmospheric observations. (ANS thanks Clarence Oxford, SpaceDaily, for the above information) + The European Union is poised to finalize a security deal with the United States, enabling payments to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for satellite launches due to delays in Europe’s Ariane rocket system. Approved by national general affairs ministers, the agreement grants European Union and European Space Agency (ESA) personnel continuous access to launch facilities and prioritized debris retrieval rights in case of SpaceX rocket failures. With a 200 million deal already struck last year, SpaceX is contracted to launch four Galileo satellites as Ariane 6 faces further delays. While Ariane 6 is slated for a summer launch, commercial missions await later scheduling. The arrangement with SpaceX allows for two Galileo satellite launches this year, necessitated by Soyuz launcher cancellations and Ariane 6 delays. The security pact ensures access to classified Galileo equipment, with provisions for debris retrieval and a sunset clause by 2027 to address concerns about reliance on SpaceX over Ariane. (ANS thanks Joshua Poaaner, Politico Europe, for the above information) + NASA has been tasked by the White House to establish a lunar-centric time reference system, known as Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), to aid missions requiring extreme precision on the moon. The agency has until the end of 2026 to set up LTC, which is not akin to Earth’s time zones but provides a frame of time reference for the moon. LTC will accommodate the slightly faster passage of time on the moon, approximately 58.7 microseconds each day compared to Earth, due to its lower gravity. It will serve as a benchmark for timekeeping for lunar spacecraft and satellites, crucial for their missions. NASA’s Artemis program, set to begin astronaut missions to the lunar surface in 2026, necessitates LTC for synchronization among Earth, lunar satellites, bases, and astronauts, without which data transfers and communications could be compromised. Developing LTC will require international agreements, possibly influenced by the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) standard, with potential implementation involving atomic clocks on the moon and adherence to existing space agreements like the Artemis accords. (ANS thanks Diana Ramirez-Simon, The Guardian, for the above information) ------------------------------ Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: * Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). * 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. * Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. 73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space! This week’s ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM k0jm [at] amsat.org

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TEVEL-6
by david.greenberg 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Hello All, TEVEL-6 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 13.04.24 19:59U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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Re: TEVEL-2
by J.D. Smith 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Thank you. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Friday, April 12, 2024, 16:00, david.greenberg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 12.04.24 19:57U for 72 hours. 73, David 4X1DG נשלח מה-Galaxy שלי ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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TEVEL-7
by david.greenberg 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

Hello All, TEVEL-7 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 12.04.24 20:40U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 12.04.24 19:57U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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CSN Technologies SAT update 8.824
by michael sartoretti 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

CSN has released a new update for the SAT tracker. The latest firmware is 8.824. Please see the changelog for details. http://www.csntechnologies.net/satchangelog Here is a video on how to update. https://youtu.be/-vRb0OHFr2Q Any questions please let us know. WWW.CSNSAT.COM

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ANS-103 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held Friday May 17th
by Paul Stoetzer 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

*AMSAT *News Service Special Bulletin*ANS-103* *April 12, 2024* In this edition: - 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held Friday May 17th The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, 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 https://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 You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ------------------------------ 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held Friday May 17th The 15th annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center on Friday, May 17th at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. This year’s banquet speaker will be Bill Reed, NX5R, AMSAT PACSAT Project Manager, who will highlight the forthcoming PACSAT digital communications payload. The Kohler Presidential Banquet Center is located at 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio – about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds. Tickets ($60 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store <https://www.amsat.org/product/2024-amsat-tapr-friday-night-banquet-registra…>. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Friday, May 10th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline. *Menu* *Set out as guests arrive* Crudite Platter *with dip on the side* *Dinner Buffet* Roast Prime Rib of Beef Au jus *Carved on site. Served with horseradish and au jus on the side.* Almond Chicken Deep Fried Tempura Shrimp *with Tomato Lemon Aioli* Risotto Cake Fresh Asparagus Smashed Cauliflower *Served to the table* Strawberry Fields Assorted Dinner Rolls *Served with butter* *Separate table* Assorted Layer Cake Cheesecake *Beverages* Cash Bar Regular and Decaf Coffee, Hot & Iced Tea, Water *[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]* ------------------------------ Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: - Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). - 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. - Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. *73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!* *This week's ANS Contributing Editor,* *Paul Stoetzer, N8HM* *n8hm [at] amsat.org <http://amsat.org>* *ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002*

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Apr 11-13 SSTV from 6 RS Satellites
by Pedro Converso 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

RS40S, RS58S, RS57S, RS38S, RS49S, RS27S on Robot-72 as announced on: https://r4uab.ru/2024/03/30/pereda-izobrazhenij-sstv-so-sputnikov-proekta-s… Passes and freqs+Dopplers at local time on: http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=rs40s,rs58s,rs57s,rs38s,rs49s,rs27s 73, lu7abf, Pedro

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-11 05:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 11 Apr '24

11 Apr '24

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2024-04-11 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ARTADEMIA, Milano, Italy, AND Scuola Secondaria I grado “A. Moro”, Ponte Lambro (CO), Italy, direct via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is IZ2GOJ Contact was successful: Wed 2024-04-10 13:16:48 UTC 53 deg(***) Congratulations to the ARTADEMIA and Scuola Secondaria I grado “A. Moro” students, Jeanette, mentor IZ2GOJ, and ground station IK1SLD (***) Watch for Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/sJoKzK2292U?si=BxXWi41cfsJJv4c2 Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, direct via GB4ACA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR The ARISS mentor is MØXTD Contact is go for: Wed 2024-04-17 10:44:49 UTC 81 deg Watch for Livestream at https://live.ariss.org Mountain View Elementary, Marietta, GA, direct via KQ4JVI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is K4RGK Contact is go for: Thu 2024-04-18 17:48:40 UTC 44 deg Watch for Livestream at https://youtube.com/live/lDjyV6P9x6I (***) The crossband repeater continues to be active. If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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 2024-04-11 05:30 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. https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2024-04-11 05:30 UTC. (***) https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ####################################################################################################################################### Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 07:30 – 19:30 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking up and about an hour before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is sometimes active. Check the status at https://www.ariss.org/ or http://www.issfanclub.eu to see if the packet system is active or not. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Call for Proposals The next proposal window for US schools and educational organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS opens October 1, 2023 for contacts to be scheduled for July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. This proposal window has been extended and is now due to ARISS by February 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (***) Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. Find more information and proposal instructions, visit the ARISS-USA website at: https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education(a)gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd(a)gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss(a)iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* 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 https://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? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. 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 The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulates the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 233 Francesco IKØWGF with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 150 Gaston ON4WF with 124 Peter IN3GHZ with 118 Steve VE3TBD with 106 **************************************************************************** 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1714. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1619. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, FXØISS, GB1SS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correcti… Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 70 on orbit Oleg Kononenko Nikolay Chub Loral O’Hara KI5TOM SpaceX Crew-8 on orbit. Matthew Dominick KCØTOR Mike Barratt KD5MIJ Jeanette Epps KF5QNU Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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TEVEL-5
by david.greenberg 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

Hello All, TEVEL-5 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 10.04.24 09:26U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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IC9700 and N1MM+ config
by David G0MRF 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

HI Is anyone successfully using an IC9700 in satellite mode with N1MM+ ?? I'm trying to set up for CW and the two programmes are fine if I just use a single VFO.However, when I go to full duplex (satellite mode) I just can't make it work at all. In satellite mode........N1MM no longer reads the frequency of the radioand even if I swap the Icom menu items "USB keying (CW) " from USB A DTR to USB B DTR and the PTT from USB A RTS to USB B RTS the radio either does nothing or I get a runtime error message from N1MM. If anyone has this working, I would really appreciate the menu settings. Or if you have failed miserably too, that would help in its own way. Thanks David G0MRF

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ARISS News Release No. 24-20
by David Jordan 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

ARISS News Release No.24-20 DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at ARTADEMIA, Milan, Italy and Scuola Secondaria Igrado, Ponte Lambro, Italy April 8, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at two schools in Milan, Italy. ARISS conducts 60-100 of these specialamateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crewmembers with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. ARTADEMIA,Milan ARTADEMIAis an alternative to traditional schools with Junior (6-13 years), and Senior(14-24 years) students. Artademia offers course topics in which STEAM is wellrepresented. A specific course is dedicated to astronautics and space. The schoolparticipates in Mission X and AstroPi challenges. ScuolaSecondaria I grado “A. Moro”, Ponte Lambro ThePonte Lambro school is a small school at the foot of the pre-Alps. Theirstudents are aged 11 through 14. During the year, the school offers manyactivities such as theater, collaboration with other schools and meetings withauthors, scientists, athletes and voluntary associations. This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Jeanette Epps, amateur radio call sign KF5QNU. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station. The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station)for this contact is in Casale Monferrato, Italy. The amateur radio volunteerteam at the ground station will use the call sign, IK1SLD to establish andmaintain the ISS connection. The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for April 10, 2024 at 3:16:48 pm CEST (Italy) (13:16:48 UTC,9:16 am EDT, 8:16 am CDT, 7:16 am MDT, 6:16am PDT). The public isinvited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/live/sJoKzK2292U?si=BxXWi41cfsJJv4c2 _______________________________ As time allows,students will ask these questions: 1. What did youstudy to become an astronaut? 2. What is themost stimulating experiment you're working on? 3. Howdifficult is it to adapt to the microgravity condition of the ISS? 4. Whichplanets can be seen from the ISS? 5. How does thebreathing system of EVA suits and in the ISS work? 6. What systemdo you use to grow the plants in space? 7. What is yourdaily routine and how do you organize it? 8. Do you dreamdifferently in space than when you are on Earth? 9. Does it makeyou feel nauseous being up there? 10. What is thetemperature on board the ISS? 11. Does thefood you eat in space taste the same as what you eat on Earth? 12. Arefireworks and amateur astronomers' lasers visible from the ISS? 13. What is thebest experience you have had in space? 14. How are theinteractions between crew members on the ISS? 15. What do youdo in your free time? Do you have books and board games? 16. Is thereany particular smell inside the ISS? 17. Do you havecontact with your families? 18. How does aflame behave in space? 19. Why did youdecide to become an astronaut? 20. What is themost fascinating area of the Earth seen from the ISS? 21. Whatexperience has most changed your perception of the Universe and life on Earth? 22. What cannotbe brought on board the ISS? 23. What plansdo you have for the future? 24. Do yourears hurt when you go up in space? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is acooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org . Media Contact: Dave Jordan,AA4KN ARISS PR Find us onsocial media at: X: ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:[email protected] Check out ARISSon Youtube.com.

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