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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-05-17 22:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Monaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
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 astronaut is Pyotr Dubrov (***)
Contact is go for Sat 2021-05-22 17:50 UTC UTC (***)
Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint Leu, France, (Reunion Island), multi-point telebridge via ZS6JON (***)
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Mon 2021-05-24 11:06:02 UTC 84 deg (***)
Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School, Valdivia, Chile, multi-point telebridge via ON4ISS
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Tue 2021-05-25 18:33:34 UTC 84 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
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 astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy
Contact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC
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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
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home.
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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
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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 2021-05-17 22:30 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 2021-05-12 18:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
New Proposal Window is February 15th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 31st, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on February 25th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2021.eventbrite.com
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.
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.
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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)
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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/
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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.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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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.
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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/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 148
Francesco IKØWGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 140
Gaston ON4WF with 123
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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 1441.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1374.
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.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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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
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Exp. 64 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Pyotr Dubrov
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit
Meghan Behnken
Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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A few days ago, AMSAT's web servers were under attack from multiple
malicious IP addresses. This forced a shutdown of the Fox Telemetry server
as well as general slowdowns of our web server. As a result, we upgraded to
a paid premium version of Wordfence to better defend our web presence
against attacks. Hopefully this will improve the reliability of the AMSAT
website.
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Executive Vice President
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-05-17 19:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Monaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg
Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint Leu, France, (Reunion Island), multi-point telebridge via ZS6JON (***)
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Mon 2021-05-24 11:06:02 UTC 84 deg (***)
Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School, Valdivia, Chile, multi-point telebridge via ON4ISS
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Tue 2021-05-25 18:33:34 UTC 84 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
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 astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy
Contact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC
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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
****************************************************************************************************************************************
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 2021-05-17 19:30 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 2021-05-12 18:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
New Proposal Window is February 15th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 31st, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on February 25th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2021.eventbrite.com
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.
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.
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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)
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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/
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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.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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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/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 148
Francesco IKØWGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 140
Gaston ON4WF with 123
****************************************************************************
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 1441.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1374.
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.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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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
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Exp. 64 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Pyotr Dubrov
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit
Meghan Behnken
Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
1
0
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-05-17 16:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Monaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg
Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School, Valdivia, Chile, multi-point telebridge via ON4ISS (***)
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***)
Contact is go for: Tue 2021-05-25 18:33:34 UTC 84 deg (***)
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
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 astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy
Contact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC
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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
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home.
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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
****************************************************************************************************************************************
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 2021-05-17 16:30 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 2021-05-12 18:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
New Proposal Window is February 15th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 31st, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on February 25th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2021.eventbrite.com
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.
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.
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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)
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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/
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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.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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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/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 148
Francesco IKØWGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 140
Gaston ON4WF with 123
****************************************************************************
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 1441.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1374.
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.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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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
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Exp. 64 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Pyotr Dubrov
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit
Meghan Behnken
Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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ARISS News Release No. 21-29
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn(a)amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS ContactScheduled for Students at Monaro High School, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
May 17, 2021—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the groupthat puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS).
This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turnsasking their questions of Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateurradio call sign KG5GNP. Englishis the language that will be used for this contact. Bothonsite and remote access will be provided to the student body at the time ofthe contact per Covid-19 guidelines. The downlink frequency for this contact is145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprintthat also encompasses the telebridge station.
ARISSteam member David Payne, using call sign NA7V in Portland, Oregon will serve asthe relay amateur radio station.
The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for May 19, 2021 at 7:25 pm AEST (Cooma,Australia), (9:25 UTC,5:25 am EDT, 4:25 am CDT, 3:25 am MDT and 2:25 am PDT).
Monaro High School(MHS) (about 500 students, Years 7 to 12) is part of the Snowy Monaro region,120 kilometers south of Canberra City. In advance of the ARISS contact, MHSmodified student courses in all their Key Learning Areas by incorporatingcontent relevant to communication and space habitation. All year levels at MHSwill be involved in the ARISS contact as well as their feeder primary schools(Kindergarten to Year 6) and the surrounding high schools’ students. Members ofthe Snowy Mountain Amateur Radio Club are working with MHS in support of thisARISS contact.
The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
1.What is the biggest thing you had to give up to go on the ISS? How did going tospace make it worth it?
2.How do you stay fit in space?
3.As a young Australian woman who wants to go to the ISS later in my life, whatskills should I focus on?
4.What is the best thing about microgravity, and is it difficult to go from theenvironment of the earth to that on the ISS?
5.Have you ever seen an unexplained occurrence or suspicious things in space?
6.From the ISS, can you see the climate of our planet changing or geo-physicalhazards?
7.Why does finger delamination happen? Has it happened to you? And how painful isit?
8.What goes through your head while on the launch pad, about to launch?
9.What are the specifics of the sewage/water systems? And how different is goingto the toilet on the ISS?
10.What inspired you to want to be an astronaut?
11.What is the most important aspect of your training in preparation for living inspace?
12.The investigation on the functional effects of space flight on cardiovascularstem cells revealed anything promising? If yes, then what?
13.Is the Milky Way more beautiful in space than on earth?
14.Are you able to facetime people on earth?
15.How was the ISS built?
16.Have you been to the ISS and back many times? And if so, is it hard to get useto the gravity of earth and the atmospheric pressure?
17.What is the coolest thing you have done in space?
18.How do you cut your hair and shave in space without making a mess?
19.How do you plan enough food for up to 6 months while you are there?
20.What is the weirdest food you eat on the ISS?
21.Is there WIFI in space?
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur RadioContinuous Operations on the ISS
About ARISS:
AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture ofinternational amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support theInternational Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space communicationsand Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration ofscience, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS doesthis by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activitiestied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org
.
MediaContact:
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISSPR
Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.
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FO-29 operation schedule for June 2021:
June 2021 (UTC)
4th 23:33-
5th 01:17-
6th 00:22- 14:10-
12th 00:07- 13:53-
13th 00:57- 13:00-
19th 00:42- 10:57-
20th 01:32- 11:48-
26th 01:16- 11:34-
27th 00:22- 12:23-
Source:
https://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-202105.htm
73, Hideo - JH3XCU.
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-05-17 01:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Monaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V
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 astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
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 astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy
Contact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC
*************************************************************************************************************
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
****************************************************************************************************************************************
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 2021-05-17 01:00 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 2021-05-12 18:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
New Proposal Window is February 15th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 31st, 2021. Proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on February 25th, 2021 at 8 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-spring-2021.eventbrite.com
The Opportunity
Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.
An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.
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.
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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)
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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/
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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 congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:
Sergey RV3DR with 148
Francesco IKØWGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 140
Gaston ON4WF with 123
****************************************************************************
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 1441.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1374.
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, 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. 64 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Pyotr Dubrov
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit
Meghan Behnken
Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-136
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(a)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/
In this edition:
* AMSAT Server Maintenance Scheduled for May 22
* URE Satellite Telecommand Station Automated
* Satellite Constellation Aimed At Next-Gen Connectivity For IoT Devices
* Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for May 13, 2021
* U.S. Schools/Groups Move Into Phase 2 of ARISS Selections
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-136 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 136.01
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2021 May 16
AMSAT Server Maintenance Scheduled for May 22
As part of our modernization efforts, AMSAT will be moving its web server
to a new vendor over the weekend of 22 May 2021. This move will result in
greater operational flexibility, ensure continued flow of security updates
and may result in lower costs for server rental and backup services.
End users may see service outages for www.amsat.org and the central
telemetry server associated with FoxTelem but otherwise no observable
changes are expected. Outages are expected to be brief, perhaps an hour or
two, and are presently planned during the USA overnight hours, and we have
confidence that we will be complete by the end of the weekend. FoxTelem
users will find that any telemetry collected during an outage will be
uploaded once the central telemetry server is established in its new home.
Mailing lists and mail forwarding will not be affected, and the membership
and events portal at launch.amsat.org will remain fully operational
throughout the migration.
(ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT IT services team for the above
information)
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Join the 2021 President's Club!
Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.
This gold finished coin comes with
Full Color Certificate and Embroidered "Remove Before Flight" Key Tag
Donate today at
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
You won't want to miss it!
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URE Satellite Telecommand Station Automated
Spain’s national amateur radio society URE has announced their satellite
ground station has been automated and is ready for the launch of GENESIS,
EASAT-2 and Hades satellites.
A translation of the URE post reads:
The URE satellite monitoring and telecommand station, located at the Madrid
headquarters, on Monte Igueldo street, has recently been completely
automated, thanks to the efforts made in recent weeks.
These works, which began to be carried out before the confinements due to
the pandemic, have consisted of the change of the lifting rotor, which due
to its long time without maintenance had been unusable, the alignment of
the antennas, both VHF and UHF, of circular polarization, the installation
of a Linux computer, the configuration of the reception software with SDR
and the emission software using Pluto hardware, acquired by URE, as well as
the automation of the rotor control with the hardware provided by EA4TX
(ARS).
This station will automatically record and analyze the telemetry of the
twin GÉNESIS satellites, as well as EASAT-2 and Hades, all of them designed
and built by AMSAT EA, as well as remote control in the event that actions
are necessary on your computer from a on board, which, once in space, will
be able to receive instructions from Earth to modify its operation,
although the satellites themselves implement the intelligence necessary to
adapt to adverse circumstances that may occur in space.
The GENESIS satellites should be launched soon, once Firefly, the American
company that built the launch vehicle, completes the static tests of its
Alpha rocket, which is already prepared at the Vanderberg space base in
California. As for Hades and EASAT-2, both are currently at the Momentus
space integrator facilities in Santa Clara, also in California, and it is
expected that they can be launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket in late
June from Cape Canaveral, once, overcome the problems of the Momentus
company, which prevented its scheduled launch in January of this year.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Satellite Constellation Aimed At Next-Gen Connectivity For IoT Devices
Another satellite constellation prepares for launch, this one aimed at
next-gen connectivity for IoT devices. 5G IoT operator OQ Technology has
inked a deal with satellite firm NanoAvionics to build what OQ boss Omar
Qaise described as a "flying cell tower in orbit."
Assuming that cell tower had a volume of 30cm x 20cm x 10cm and weighed 6kg.
The 6U satellite is the second mission for NanoAvionics with OQ Technology
and will be the latest addition to the latter's Low Earth Orbit
constellation. The plan is to provide basic commercial IoT and Machine to
Machine (M2M) services, using 5G connectivity, to customers with a focus
initially on Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
The mission, dubbed Tiger-2, will feature two payloads onboard the
diminutive spacecraft; a primary payload for satellite-based IoT and M2M
services using low frequencies, and a secondary payload aimed at
demonstrating the use of high frequencies for IoT radio links.
Qaise told The Register that three missions were expected this year, and
the target was to eventually have more than 60 satellites at an altitude of
550-600km "for real-time coverage." The spacecraft are expected to last
five years and, if undisturbed, de-orbit within 25 years. "We can also
actively bring them down," he added.
Where the likes of Starlink and Oneweb are aimed squarely at broadband
services and shovelling large amounts of data around for applications such
as streaming, Tiger-2 and its siblings target IoT devices. Qaise cited
hardware such as sensors or tracking devices that require only short
messages. "So instead of having millions of users with large amounts of
data, you have billions of devices with small amounts of data."
Qaise also highlighted another key difference – rather than needing a
router-like device to distribute the internet service, "we use the same
existing mobile and cellular devices to connect to the satellite directly.
The satellite acts as a flying cell tower in orbit."
It'll certainly be a challenge for 5G protestors to set on fire.
Two more missions are scheduled after Tiger-2, followed by a batch of six
satellites. The plan is to eventually make the coverage global, and Qaise
told us that customers would be able to use the service by Q3.
The company also plans to secure frequency licences and partnerships in key
countries.
For those groaning at the thought of yet another constellation (although
one with considerably fewer satellites than something like Starlink) Qaise
insisted that the chance of a collision in the selected orbits was low, and
active monitoring and manoeuvring would be used if needed.
As for the ride to orbit, the mission will launch as part of the SXRS-5
rideshare aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 later this year.
Full article at: https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/12/oq_5g_iot/
[ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The
journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for May 13, 2021
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA (OSCAR Number Administrator) announced May 9, 2021
in AMSAT News Service Bulletin ANS-129 that DIY-1 has been designated
DIY-1-OSCAR 111 or DO-111.
Thus, DIY-1 (NORAD Cat ID 47963) is now shown as DO-111 in this week's TLE
distribution.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information]
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U.S. Schools/Groups Move Into Phase 2 of ARISS Selections
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to
announce the schools/host organizations selected for the January-June 2022
contact window. A total of 9 of the submitted proposals during the recent
proposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of
planning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS.
The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their
awareness of space communications, radio communications, space exploration,
and related areas of study and career possibilities.
ARISS anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling
opportunities for these US host organizations. The candidates must now
complete an equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the
ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS
technical team, the final selected schools / organizations will be
scheduled as their availability and flexibility match up with the
scheduling opportunities.
The schools and organizations are:
Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, OH
Carter G. Woodson Middle School, Hopewell, VA
Lewis Center for Educational Research, Apple Valley, CA
Matinecock District, Suffolk County NY Boy Scouts, Medford, NY
McBride High School, Long Beach, CA
Old St. Mary's School, Chicago, IL
Salem-South Lyon District Library, South Lyon, MI
Sussex County Charter School for Technology, Sparta, NJ
Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama
[ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information]
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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.
Monaro High School, Cooma, NSW, Australia, telebridge via NA7V
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is go for: Wed 2021-05-19 09:25:43 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France, multi-point telebridge via NA7V
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is go for: Thu 2021-05-20 08:38:15 UTC 88 deg
Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy
Contact is go for Sat. 2021-05-29 13:45 UTC
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]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Quick Hits:
N6AJ: FROM DM05 TO EM04, I will be headed to OK from CA around May 17 ,
DM74 AND DM75 is on the list for sure. I will be on FM and SSB. As it
closer I hope to have a schedule.
EN57/67: @SeanKutzko KX9X and @Nancy_N9NCY will celebrate Sean’s birthday
in the Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula July 15-19. Look for them on FM and
SSB satellites, with the possibility of some Parks On The Air activity as
well.
W8LR: May 27. EM99/98_EM89/88 TENTATIVE schedule. Subject to change
depending on obligations. Will post to twitter as needed if I have cell
coverage.
W7LT: EN36/37/38/46/47/48/57/58 for late May is on my radar.
EA4M: : Hi guys later in June I’ll be in IN73 on holidays, probably for a
week or so, I will try some birds stay tuned on tweeter for schedules Major
Roves:
CM93 N6DNM Journey begins on Th with stop in CM95 and SOTA, then Fr
morning departure and coming back on Su. Thurs 5/13 – On the way to
Ventura – stop along the way to do W6/SC-028 (will see if any sat pass
fits). Then few sat passes from CM95xa late in the day for few folks who
need/want it, but all are welcome.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information]
International:
Members of AMSAT Italia commemorate Gagarin's flight into space until
the end of the year with the callsign II0SAT on HF and via satellite.
[ANS thanks DX Newsletter DXNL 2246 April 21, 2021, and JoAnne Maenpaa,
K9JKM, for the above information]
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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.
AMSAT Ambassador and ARRL registered instructor Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is
certainly keeping busy! He reports an upcoming satellite presentation on
06/15 – East Massachusetts … and more being scheduled.
Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy
Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or
club? Always includes are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS and
pre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome.
Send Clint an email or call!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
909-999-SATS (7287)
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The RSGB has announced that their popular GB2RS news broadcast will now
be available on the QO-100 amateur radio transponder on the geostationary
satellite Es'hail-2. QO-100 provides continuous coverage from eastern
Brazil to as far west as Thailand. There are two amateur transponders, one
for Narrowband modes such as SSB and FT8 and the other for digital amateur
television (DATV). (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Southgate ARC for the above
information)
+ The SpaceX SN15 flew, landed, and failed to explode, unlike its
predecessors. Starship SN15 ascended through low lying cloud cover,
performed a nominal climb to 10 km, then belly-flopped, and finally
completed a successful two-Raptor soft landing. A small methane fire at the
base of the vehicle was again visible after landing, possibly due to a
thermal protection blanket coming loose and catching fire. But, unlike
previous tests, the fire did not appear to be caused by structural damage
and there was no unplanned return to flight. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index
for the above information)
+ A few days ago, AMSAT's web servers were under attack from multiple
malicious IP addresses. This forced a shutdown of the Fox Telemetry server
as well as general slowdowns of our web server. As a result, we upgraded to
a paid premium version of Wordfence to better defend our web presence
against attacks. Hopefully this will improve the reliability of the AMSAT
website. (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, Executive Vice President, for the
above information)
+ SpaceX has revealed the flight plan for the first orbital test launch of
the company’s huge stainless steel Starship rocket, a 90-minute,
around-the-world mission that will originate from South Texas and culminate
with a controlled re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
When fully assembled, the gigantic reusable rocket will stand nearly 400
feet (120 meters) tall, making the Starship stack the largest launcher ever
built.The company expects the un-crewed demonstration mission to occur some
time between June 20 and Dec. 20.(ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above
information)
+ A Rocket Lab Electron rocket failed to reach orbit May 15 when its second
stage engine shut down seconds after ignition, the second launch failure in
less than a year for the company. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s
Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 1111z. The liftoff was delayed by a
little more than an hour because of upper-level winds. The first stage of
the vehicle appeared to perform as expected. The second stage then
separated and ignited its single Rutherford engine. However, video from the
rocket broadcast on the company’s webcast of the mission showed that engine
shutting down seconds later. (ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above
information)
+ Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard
spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction
out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness
and an out-of-this world view before returning to Earth. (ANS thanks
Spaceflight Now for the above information)
+ The United States now has company on Mars. A Chinese spacecraft descended
through the thin Martian atmosphere and landed safely on a large plain on
Friday, May 14 at 2318z, state media reported, accomplishing a feat that
only two other nations had before. The Tianwen-1 mission launched from
Earth last July, consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The rover is
intended roll off the lander, but China has not released a schedule for
when that will occur. (ANS thanks The New York Times for the above
information)
+ JAMSAT reports limited operation for the FO-99 transponder, primarily on
weekend orbits over east Asia. See https://www.jamsat.or.jp/ for a schedule
of operation. Email ja0fkm(a)gmail.com with questions. (ANS thanks JAMSAT for
the above information)
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in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a
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73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, K0JM
k0jm at amsat dot org
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Going to EM05 & EM14 Thursday 5/20
EM05
1647Z CAS4A
1658 CAS4B
1730 JO97 or
1732 TO108
1752 AO91
1828 CAS4A
1840 CAS4B
EM14
2009 CAS4A
2020 CAS4B
2038 SO50
2049 AO7 on CW
2149 CAS4A
2200 CAS4B
If someone really needs EM15 while I am there email me direct and I will
see what we can work out!
73 John AF5CC
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AO-27 is an interesting bird. Never before on an FM bird or any
terrestrial FM have I heard two signals at the same time. I thought
the capture effect basically made that impossible, and yet I often
easily hear two voices at the same time on AO-27 when people are
transmitting at the same time.
I believe AO-27's transponder was made for data, so perhaps the
filtering is different? Or it has a wide receive bandwidth and
differently doppler shifted input signals can both be demodulated at
the same time?
Examples from tonight's pass can be heard at 01:28 and 01:39. There
are probably other examples in the recording but those are the ones I
found first.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8bkhlf24aod2t6/2021-05-14_0041_UTC_AO-27_FM05_KG…
73, John Brier KG4AKV
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