ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-55

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

[email protected]

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Davis Aerospace Technical High School, Detroit, Michigan, USA

October16, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Davis AerospaceTechnical High School located in Detroit, MI. ARISS conducts 60-80 of thesespecial amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe andcrew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

Detroit Public Schools Community District’s Davis AerospaceTechnical High School (Davis HS), founded in 1943, is named in honor ofBenjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American General in the United StatesAir Force. All Davis HS students in grades 9th through 12th are enrolledin the school’s aviation/aerospace classes, which are designed to prepare themto enter the fields of both aviation and aerospace. The school’s curriculumincludes a flight training program allowing students to learn a variety ofconcepts and regulations related to unmanned and manned flight. Students also cantake preparation classes for remote pilot’s certificate and train onstate-of-the-art flight simulators, and can participate in a newlyre-established Aircraft Maintenance CTE program where they work on aircraft atColman A. Young City Airport. Located within the Golightly Career and TechnicalCenter, Davis HS’s alumni includes pilots, drone operators, aircraft mechanics,engineers, and others in various high-tech professions. Members of the HazelPark Amateur Radio Club (W8HP) are supporting the school for this ARISS contactby providing equipment setup assistance and ham radio instruction to students inthe school’s newly formed (2021) amateur radio club. Students active in theschool’s ham club will be working on their amateur radio FCC license using textbooks provided by ARRL Great Lakes Division member Dale Williams, WA8EFK.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Koichi Wakata, amateur radio call sign KI5TMN. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Detroit, MI. Amateur radio operators using call sign W8HP, will operate theground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 18, 2022 at 1:30 pm EDT (Detroit) (17:30UTC,    12:30 pm CDT, 11:30 am MDT, 10:30am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtu.be/Vk_FxTmIek8

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.How much does the ISS orbit decay over time before a correction is required?

2.What are you learning about lightning as a result of the experiments aboard theISS?

3.How do you scrub the air of ISS of toxins, odors, germs and other contaminates?

4.What does it feel like when you take off in the Rocket?

5.How long will the ISS batteries last without a charge?

6.How much does a space station weigh (on earth) and how large is the spacestation?

7.Does the ISS use the sun’s radiation for temperature control?

8.How much weight can the space station hold and how long can you stay in space untilthe oxygen runs out, or do you make your own oxygen?

9.If the batteries are part of the primary power source what is the emergencyback-up power supply? How are they powered?

10.Do the solar cells track the sun or does the ISS track the sun to ensuremaximum solar cell efficiency?

11.If there is an unexpected decompression of the ISS how do you repair andpressurize the ISS?

12.Are your transmitting antennas stabilized in order to maintain the best qualitycontact?

13.The Solar Cells produce DC Power. What type of power does the equipment on theISS operate on?

14.How do you protect equipment and Astronauts from radiation?

15.How do you like the new Radio compared to the old radio?

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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