ARISS News Release No. 21-38
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS ContactScheduled for Students at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Bombala, New South Wales,Australia
June 8, 2021—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmationfor an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that putstogether special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crewmembers 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 Shane Kimbrough, amateurradio call sign KE5HOD. Englishis the language that will be used during 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 is437.525 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprintthat also encompasses the telebridge station.
TheARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy will use call sign IK1SLD to serve asthe ARISS relay amateur radio ground station.
The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for June 10, 2021 at 8:45 pm AEST (Bombala,NSW, Australia), (10:45 UTC,6:45 am EDT, 5:45 am CDT, 4:45 am MDT and 3:45 am PDT).
St Joseph’sCatholic Primary School is a rural school (Kindergarten to Year 6, with 62students enrolled) located between the Snowy Mountains and the Far South Coast,in the southern tablelands of NSW Australia. The school has a focus ondeveloping student interest in science, technology, engineering andmathematics. Student activities include an introduction to coding, robotics, virtualreality and 3D printing. Students will also learn about the Universe byparticipating in a field trip to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre.
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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
1.What is the process for getting up and down from the International SpaceStation?
2.Does zero gravity up there affect the way you are when you come back down toearth?
3.How long have you all been on the space station for?
4.What do the shooting stars look like when they go past your space station?
5.How does a satellite provide internet?
6.What made you want to be an astronaut?
7.How do you keep warm?
8.How long has the space station been around for/ when was it built and who by?
9.Does outside in space always look the same?
10.Have you seen any space junk?
11.Thank you for answering our questions, to finish up we would like to know whatadvice you would give to someone who wanted to be an astronaut.
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
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