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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-02 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-02 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Virginia Run Elementary School in Centreville, Virginia, direct via K4HTA Successful Fri 2007-03-02 16:18 UTC 50 deg (***) Boulder Hill Elementary School, Montgomery, Illinois, 2005-10-14, direct via W9BHB Tue 2007-03-06 16:06 UTC 87 deg Watch for IRLP, Echolink, and web coverage Mission Viejo, CA, direct via K6UCI (***) Thu 2007-03-08 16:42 UTC 45 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 271. (***) QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-03-02 22:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-03-02 22:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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ISS STATUS REPORT: SS07-11
by Arthur Rowe 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT 1/C #31468 Mar. 2, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 ISS STATUS REPORT: SS07-11 HOUSTON - The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and clean up following a Feb. 22 Russian spacewalk. An altitude reboost engine firing planned for Friday was postponed following the launch delay of Space Shuttle Atlantis earlier this week. The STS-117 mission was targeted for liftoff on March 15. The shuttle mission was put on hold following a hail storm Monday. The storm caused damage requiring repair to the shuttle's external fuel tank foam. Russian flight controllers now plan two engine firings on March 16 and 28 to increase the station's altitude, which will place the station in the desired orbit for arrival of a Soyuz spacecraft due to launch April 7. The Soyuz will bring Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi to the station. Docking to the station is due April 9. Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Simonyi plan to land in Kazakhstan April 19. Space station managers are reviewing the work planned aboard the station for the remaining weeks of Expedition 14 and for Expedition 15 in light of the shuttle launch delay. The review seeks to optimize use of the crews' time due to the shuttle's delay. The station crew Thursday was awakened briefly by a caution signal when the starboard Thermal Radiator Rotary Joint (TRRJ) experienced a dropout in commands from the Rotary Joint Motor Controller. The TRRJ automatically defaulted to another command link, and there was no impact to operations. Engineers are analyzing what may have caused the problem. The rotary joint turns the radiator to provide the best possible cooling. Flight Engineer Suni Williams practiced on a laptop computer simulation Wednesday to maintain her skill in using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. She also joined her fellow crewmates in the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities (TRAC) experiment to gather hand-eye coordination data before, during and after their mission. TRAC Principal Investigator Dr. Otmar Bock of the German Sport University in Cologne, Germany, hopes to better understand how the brain adapts during spaceflight. The experiment will be performed during both Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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SATTRAK 3 or 4 wanted
by Tony, VK5ZAI 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Has anyone got a Sattrak3 or 4 they wish to dispose of ? If so please email me direct. Thanks Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 Australian ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite ground Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-02 00:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-02 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Virginia Run Elementary School in Centreville, Virginia, direct via K4HTA Fri 2007-03-02 16:18 UTC 50 deg Boulder Hill Elementary School, Montgomery, Illinois, 2005-10-14, direct via W9BHB Tue 2007-03-06 16:06 UTC 87 deg Watch for IRLP, Echolink, and web coverage Mission Viejo, CA, direct via KC6UCI (***) Thu 2007-03-08 16:42 UTC 45 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 270. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-03-02 00:30 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-02-26 21:30 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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Crew Conducts Training, Station Safety Report Released
by Arthur Rowe 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Conducts Training, Station Safety Report Released* ISS014-E-13980 : Astronaut Sunita L. Williams Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams works the Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 14 crew members continue their work with scientific experiments, station maintenance and additional clean up following the Feb. 22 spacewalk. Flight Engineer Suni Williams participated in robotics proficiency training with a computer-based simulation Wednesday. This training program maintains the crew's skill level in using Canadarm2 without actually moving the robotic arm. Also on Wednesday, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin spent some time relocating hardware as part of his post-spacewalk clean-up tasks. On Tuesday, the International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force issued its final report. It was released simultaneously to Congress, NASA and the public. The Congressionally-mandated task force was chartered last year under Section 1281 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005. The task force was charged with reviewing the International Space Station program to assess potential vulnerabilities that could threaten the station or its crew or lead to it being prematurely abandoned. + View Report (3.7 Mb PDF) <http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IISTF_Final_Report_508.pdf>

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