ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-41

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

2nd Sayama group Saitama Council Scouts Association of Japan,

Saitama, Japan

 

July 11, 2022—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 Japanese scouts in Sayama City.  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.

 

2nd Sayama group Saitama Council Scouts Association of Japan will be hosting this ARISS contact for scouts who have been participating in scouting activities including learning about amateur radio, electricity, and space. During this scouting event they will have also hosted an amateur radio licensing class.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS. Local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. 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 ground station.

 

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in Sayama City, Japan. Amateur radio operators, using call sign 8J1SBS, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for July 13, 2022 at 8:57 pm JST (Saitama, Japan) (11:57 UTC, 7:57 am EDT, 6:57 am CDT, 5:57 am MDT, 4:57 am PDT).

 

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://space.sayama.jp

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. What does the moon look like from the ISS?

2. What are the inconvenient points about zero gravity?

3. What are the good points about zero gravity?

4. How old were you when you wanted to become an astronaut and why?

5. What does it feel like to float with zero gravity?

6. What space food do you like?

7. Is it difficult to move around in the ISS?

8. What does a soap bubble look like in space?

9. Which planet do you like in the solar system?

10. How do you decide night and day in the ISS?

11. Can you draw pictures in the ISS?

12. Do you see any shooting stars from the ISS?

13. What is your daily routine on the ISS?

14. Can you change the speed of the ISS?

15. How heavy is a space suit?

16. How do you take a bath in 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. 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 www.ariss.org

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Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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