ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-46

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

ESPRIT: Private Higher School of Engineering and Technology, Little Ariana, Tunisia

 

September 9, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at ESPRIT in Little Ariana, Tunisia.  ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

 

ESPRIT, founded in 2003, is an engineering school that provides study in various fields, notably: IT, Civil Engineering, Electromechanics and Business. The school has a curriculum focused on hands-on Problem based learning accompanied by on-going hands-on courses, which are updated yearly to the latest innovative technologies. With about 10,000 students, ESPRIT is also a member of the Honoris United Universities that has more than 61,000 students from about 10 African countries.

ESPRIT has a local aerospace and satellite organization (IEEE AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SOCIETY – IEEE Student Branch Chapter) that was founded in 2017 and has 628 members. As a sponsor of this ARISS contact, ESPRIT hopes to inspire students in these fields.

 

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateur radio call sign KG5GCZ. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the telebridge station.

 

The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station) for this contact is in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S. The amateur radio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign K6DUE, to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 12, 2023 at 10:01:58 am CET (Tunisia) (9:01:58 UTC, 5:01 am EDT, 4:01 am CDT, 3:01 am MDT, 2:01 am PDT).

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What was the most surprising thing you noticed about Earth from space?

2. What is the most advanced technology we can find only on the ISS?

3. What do you do for fun in space?

4. How do you manage to stay connected with your loved ones while on the ISS?

5. Do space simulations on earth do the real thing justice?

6. What's the thing that you wish you bought with the first time you've been to the space station?

7. What’s the most exciting thing that happened during one of your missions?

8. Is there anything in space that has surprised you since you became an astronaut?

9. What thoughts have you experienced in space, that you never contemplated on earth?

10. What does the ISS smell like?

11. Why do astronauts have mirrors on their gloves?

12. How do you handle emergencies in space?

13. How long did it take for you to get accustomed with life on board the ISS?

14. What do you like most about living in space?

15. What's the thing that was the opposite of your expectations when you went there?

16. When there are so many galaxies in the universe, are we sure we are alone?

17. As we explore other habitable planets, do you think when future astronauts return to Earth they might not find it as exciting?

18. What did you feel when you looked down at earth for the first time?

19. Galaxies look stationary, so why do scientists say that they rotate?

20. What is the feeling when travelling at the speed of 28000 km/h?

 

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 American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org

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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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