An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Beaconsfield State School, Mackay, Queensland, Australia on 26 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:23 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Beaconsfield State School is an Education Queensland Primary School that caters for approximately 315 children from Prep to Year six. The school is in the northern suburbs of Mackay. The school's mission is to develop students who are safe, respectful and responsible life-long learners, through the implementation of School Wide Positive Behaviour Support. Our ongoing focus for improvement in Literacy has delivered a whole school approach to reading - Reading on the Same Page, with a focus on SCORE as a strategy for reading comprehension, which is part of every teacher's classroom practice when teaching Reading. Our staff use Explicit Instruction as our signature pedagogy for teaching and learning. Our students are involved in many sporting opportunities representing Beaconsfield, Cumberland, Mackay, Central Queensland and Queensland in individual and team sports. Our performing arts program provides an excellent music education with a strong tradition of success. The school provides instrumental music tuition in strings, brass, percussion and woodwind, with students becoming involved in regional band competitions and instrumental music camps.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Can you see what the weather conditions are like on Earth from space?

2. Is it comfortable sleeping in space?

3. What was your dream when you were little?

4. Is it sometimes lonely in space?

5. Has there ever been a medical emergency in space?

6. How long do you stay in the space station for?

7. What is the hardest thing you have had to do in space?

8. What does Australia look like from space?

9. What are your favourite things to do in space?

10. Why did you become an astronaut?

11. What do you miss most about Earth?

12. Is space beautiful?

13. What do you eat in space?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Glanmire Community College, Cork, Ireland, direct via EI5CRC and

Colegiul National Calistrat Hogas Piatra Neamt, Piatra Neamt, Romania,

telebridge via EI5CRC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR

Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-10-26 09:55 UTC

Watch for live stream at http://www.tog.ie

2. Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico "Enzo Ferrari", Borgo A Mozzano, Italy

and Liceo Statale "G. D. Cassini", Sanremo, Italy direct via IQ5LU and

IQ1SM. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA

Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-10-28 08:13 UTC

Watch for Ham TV

3. Primaria e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via XVI

settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy direct via IKØWGF

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA

Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-10-30 11:20:34 UTC

Watch for HamTV

4. Asociación Civil Instituto Maria Montessori, San Cristóbel, Venezuela,

direct via YY2CMR

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Joe Acaba KE5DAR

Contact is a go for: Tue 2017-10-31 18:23:28 UTC

5. Liceo Scientifico 'Francesco Cecioni", Livorno, Italy and Liceo

Artistico

Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy, direct via IQ5LI

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA

Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-11-03 09:27:26 UTC 87 deg

Watch for HamTV

6. Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "Leonardo Da Vinci", Lanusei, Italy,

direct via ISØBWM

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA

Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-11-04 10:12:16 UTC 34 deg

Watch for HamTV

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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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