News Release                                                                                                   No.23-23

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Saudi Space Commission (SSC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 23, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Saudi Space Commission located in Riyadh, SA.  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.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to take turns asking their questions of Astronauts Alqarni and Barnawi, amateur radio call signs 7Z1AJ and 7Z1RB, respectively. 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 relay ground station.

 

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in Riyadh, SA. Amateur radio operators using call sign HZ1SAR, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 24, 2023 at 2:08:38 pm AST (Riyadh) (11:08:38 UTC, 7:08 am EDT, 6:08 am CDT, 5:08 am MDT, 4:08 am PDT).

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. How did it feel during lift off?

2. Is there gravity in space?

3. How many astronauts on the ISS now? And what is the maximum number?

4. How far are you from Earth?

5. How long does it take to travel to the Space Station from Earth?

6. Do you have internet in space?

7. How do you spend your time?

8. What is your food in ISS?

9. How do you shower and use the bathroom?

10. Do you see the sun from the ISS? All the time?

11. How do you sleep in space?

12. What made you become an astronaut?

13. Do you play games in your free time? What kind of games?

14. Did you see the kingdom from space? How does it look like?

 

About Axiom:

Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) will be Axiom Space’s second all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), marking another pivotal step toward Axiom Station, the world’s first commercial space station and successor to the ISS.

 

 

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-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) and NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN). 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

 

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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