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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-20 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-20 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg International School of Brussels, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium, telebridge via NN1SS Tue 2007-03-27 13:45 UTC 31 deg via NN1SS Total number of ARISS school contacts is 275. 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 2007-03-19 16:00 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 2007-03-19 16:00 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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NASA Sets Briefings on Station Crew Change, Soyuz Move
by Arthur Rowe 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Mar. 20, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > > NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON STATION CREW CHANGE, SOYUZ MOVE > > HOUSTON - NASA will hold a pair of media briefings on Tuesday, March > 27, to preview the upcoming exchange of crews aboard the > International Space Station. > > At 1 p.m. CDT, NASA will preview the upcoming Expedition 15 mission. A > second briefing, set to begin at 2 p.m., will review the work done > during the current Expedition 14 mission aboard the station. The > briefings will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, > and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Questions will be > taken from media at participating NASA sites. Reporters should call > their preferred field center to confirm participation availability. > > On March 29, the station's current residents will take a short ride in > the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft now docked at the complex. Soyuz Commander > Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 15 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and > Flight Engineer Suni Williams will move the Soyuz from an > Earth-facing docking port on the Zarya module to a docking port at > the aft of the Zvezda module. The half-hour flight will be broadcast > live on NASA TV, beginning at 5 p.m. > > The Soyuz move frees the Zarya docking port for the arrival of the > Expedition 15 crew, set to launch April 7 in a Soyuz from the > Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor > Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and > Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi will dock to the station > April 9. Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and Simonyi will return to Earth April > 20 in a Soyuz. > > Williams, who has been aboard the station since December, will remain > with Yurchikhin and Kotov as a member of the Expedition 15 mission. > > Participants in the March 27 briefings include: > > 1 p.m. - Expedition 15 Preview Briefing > -- Kirk Shireman, International Space Station Program deputy manager > -- Susan Brand, Expedition 15 increment manager > -- Bob Dempsey, Expedition 15 lead flight director > > 2 p.m. - Expedition 14 Recap Briefing > -- Ginger Kerrick, Expedition 14 lead flight director > -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist > -- Dr. Dave Alexander, Expedition 14 lead flight surgeon > > For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit: > > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more information on the station, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > >

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ISS Passes Through Moon’s Shadow During Eclipse
by Arthur Rowe 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Station Passes Through Moon’s Shadow During Eclipse ISS014-E-13848 -- The coastal region in Somalia Image above: The coastal region in Somalia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crew member on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurred Sunday and was visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska, with the largest part of the eclipse for the station taking place at 9:54 p.m. EDT. During that period the space station passed through the Moon's shadow once and lost some ability to generate power. The cumulative sunlight available was 84% compared to the “no eclipse” case, i.e., available sunlight during this orbit was 16% lower. On Monday, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams had an amateur radio ham session with students at East Aurora Middle School in East Aurora, New York. Monday was also Williams’ 100th day in space. She was part of the STS-116 crew that arrived to the station in early December.

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Re: ARISS Telebridge Station Update
by Tony, VK5ZAI 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Sorry guys, Kenneth is correct, the reflector strips attachments. It will be around a week but I'll put the general listing of telebridge stations on a web site and post the URL for all to download. Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] wrote: >Tony, >I believe the SAREX reflector strips off attachments. You will need to >provide a link to where folks can download the file. > > > -- 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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Another try, Telebridge Stations
by Tony, VK5ZAI 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Sorry I didn't have the attachment. -- 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 2007-03-19 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-19 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD Successful: Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC 27 deg (***) Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg International School of Brussels, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium, telebridge via NN1SS Tue 2007-03-27 13:45 UTC 31 deg via NN1SS Total number of ARISS school contacts is 275. (***) 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 2007-03-19 16:00 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 2007-03-19 16:00 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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ARISS Telebridge Station Update
by Tony, VK5ZAI 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hello All, This is the latest listing of ARISS Telebridge Stations located around the world. There have been some minor adjustments to Lat. Log, and Elev. of some stations -- 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 2007-03-19 04:15 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-19 04:15 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC 27 deg Contact will be simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and the web. (***) Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg International School of Brussels, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium, telebridge via NN1SS Tue 2007-03-27 13:45 UTC 31 deg via NN1SS Total number of ARISS school contacts is 274. 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 2007-03-19 04:15 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 2007-03-16 23:45 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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Delays threaten station timetable
by Arthur Rowe 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 March 15, 2007 Delays threaten station timetable Future flights may be scrubbed BY TODD HALVORSON and JOHN KELLY FLORIDA TODAY CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA's task to fix a hail-hammered shuttle fuel tank creates uncertainties about its ability to resume International Space Station assembly this spring and launch European and Japanese science labs by year's end. TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE GO TO: http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS02/7031…

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ISS STATUS REPORT #07-14
by Arthur Rowe 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #3Q1468 *International Space Station Status Report #07-14* *3 p.m. CDT, Friday, March 16, 2007* *Expedition 14 Crew* The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into the ISS Progress 23, installing a new window and preparing for upcoming missions to the station. The new window was installed on Wednesday on the port side hatch of the Unity node. It is fitted with a berthing camera system that includes target markings on the outside of the hatch. This will help robotic operators align and dock the station’s new elements. The window’s installation was part of the crew’s work to ready the station’s Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) for its relocation later this year to Unity’s Earth-facing port. This was the second hatch window installed by an Expedition crew. A similar window was installed by Expedition 6 crew members on Unity’s starboard hatch. Additionally, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams temporarily relocated a “wall” of collapsible water bags to allow them access to PMA-3 and provide access to some of the station’s computer cables, allowing Williams and Lopez-Alegria to install new, upgraded cabling. Lopez-Alegria and Williams emptied all the items stowed in PMA-3 except for a spare Bearing Motor and Roll Ring Module, which was tied down for the adapter’s robotic relocation later this year. The apparatus is used to help the solar arrays swivel, or gimbal, to point to the sun for the generation of electricity. Additional work included preparations for the April 9 arrival of the Expedition 15 crew and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi aboard Soyuz TMA-10. The ISS Progress 23 thrusters were fired on Thursday for 12 minutes, 32 seconds to lift the station into the correct orbit for rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz. This orbital boost also provided the correct trajectory for landing of the Expedition 14 crew members and Simonyi aboard Soyuz TMA-9 on April 20. Other tasks included preparation for the March 29 relocation of the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. As a result, the Soyuz TMA-10 will not need to perform the maneuver to reach Zarya as its final destination. Also, the crew prepared for the undocking and discarding of the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship, the station’s giant trash can, on March 27. To ready the station for the STS-117 mission, Williams began photography practice for space shuttle Atlantis' Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver. She and her new Expedition 15 crewmates will take photos of Atlantis’ heat shield as it performs the slow, 360-degree nose-forward back flip 600 feet below the station. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin this week completed photographic observations of Earth as part of the Russian “Uragan” Earth-imaging investigation, and monitored radiation inside the station for another set of experiments. He tracks data on three different experiments that monitor cosmic rays and background radiation. Next week, Lopez-Alegria and Williams will conduct some of the work required to install the station’s new integrated station computer network. This new system is ten times faster than the station’s current local area network (LAN) system. It will use Ethernet connectivity over a router through either cable or wireless equipment, thus eliminating drag-through cables from the U.S. segment into the Russian segment. Installation of the LAN originally was planned for the Expedition 15 crew. However, the STS-117 launch delay prompted station managers to advance the LAN work to save time during Expedition 15. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station ###

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