ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-30

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

June 17, 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 the MBRSC located in Dubai, UAE.  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.

 

The MBRSC is a Dubai government organization working on the UAE space program, which includes various space satellite projects, the Emirates Mars Mission, the Emirates Lunar Mission, and the UAE astronaut program. The MBRSC actively works to promote space science and research in the region with educational programs designed to promote a culture based on discovery and exploration in future generations at all education levels.  MBRSC is hosting this ARISS contact for high school students who will be asking questions in Arabic and/or English.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, amateur radio call sign KI5VTV. 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 at MBRSC, Dubai, UAE. Amateur radio operators using call sign A68MBR, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 20, 2023 at 2:16 pm GST (Dubai, UAE) (10:16 UTC, 6:16 am EDT, 5:16 am CDT, 4:16 am MDT, 3:16 am PDT).

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. Why is it important for different countries to work together in space exploration?

2. How do you stay in touch with your family while you're on the ISS?

3. What kind of training do you do to get ready for a space mission?

4. How does going to space change the way you see things?

5. How does the UAE contribute in space exploration?

6. Can you tell us about the UAE's space program and what it wants to do in the future?

7. How does the UAE's culture influence your work on the ISS?

8. Are there any projects or experiments you're working on that have to do with the UAE's interests?

9. What advice do you have for kids in the UAE who want to be astronauts?

10. How do you celebrate holidays or special days when you're on the ISS?

11. How does the UAE's focus on taking care of the environment match with its space exploration goals?

12. What are your future plans/Missions once you reach Earth?

13. How do you deal with missing home when you're in space for a long time?

14. Can you tell us about any experiments or research you've done that can help people on Earth?

15. How does seeing Earth from space change how you think about it?

16. What kind of experiments are you doing on the ISS right now?

17. Have you seen anything really cool or amazing in space?

 

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

 

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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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