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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-10-23 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-10-23 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. (***) Istituto Comprensivo Romualdo Trifone, Montecorvino Rovella, Salerno, Italy, direct via IK1SLD to IQ8BB to IK1SLD Contact was successful: Tue 2009-10-20 07:41:01 UTC 79 deg C. E. M. IV, Mbour, Senegal, direct via 6V7SPACE Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 10:28:06 UTC 50 deg VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 11:11:50 UTC 76 deg Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 16:27:04 UTC 31 deg Watch for Echolink coverage. (***) Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-24 15:12:53 UTC 61 deg Watch for Echolink and IRLP coverage. (***) Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-10-27 09:33:54 UTC 72 deg Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-10-28 07:13:34 UTC 74 deg David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-30 21:12:18 UTC 88 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 495. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-10-23 05:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-10-23 05:00 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_correction .rtf 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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. **************************************************************************** Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams –KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS - Contact Notification
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

Please join us in listening to the following ISS contacts. I apologise for the late notification. VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 11:11:50 UTC 76 deg Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 16:27:04 UTC 31 deg Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-24 15:12:53 UTC 61 deg Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-10-27 09:33:54 UTC 72 deg Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-10-28 07:13:34 UTC 74 deg David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-30 21:12:18 UTC 88 deg Audio from these contacts will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. Audio is generally transmitted around 15 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. IRLP should be fed into the IRLP 'Discovery' Reflector (9010). Although this is subject to confirmation. For your information, when any ARISS event is supported through the IRLP "Discovery" Reflector 9010, audio is also automatically streamed to the Internet. It is then available via the 'Discovery' Reflector's companion web site www.discoveryreflector.ca . Once on its main page, select "Audio Library" (left sidebar). The prompt to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page. You can access the URL directly at <www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls> www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls The audio on the Internet can be delayed by anything up to two minutes. 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Distribution Co-ordinator Skype: wizarduk

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RS0ISS Message Board Question
by Keith N4ZQ 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

In the RS0ISS Message Board message listing, there is a usual MSG# Size TS Date Time From To and Subject. Would someone who knows please clue me in as to what the TS stands for? Sometimes messages are marked by a Y in it's column. TNX Keith ____________________________________________________________ Obama Raises Pell Grants Get Your Degree with Government Grants and Scholarships! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=dwzS-gpnpzEAvKBReZFtxwAAJ1…

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada on 24 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:12 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Bel Ayr Pathfinders are a part of the Bel Ayr District with is in Dartmouth Lakes Area. The Bel Ayr Pathfinders take part in many community projects such as helping with serving at numerous functions at the church in which we hold our meetings, meet with seniors and sing carols for them at Christmas, help run fun activities for younger branches of Girl Guides in Bel Ayr, collect items to send to a designated country in need of assistance, serve the community hot chocolate and cookies after Remembrance Day Ceremony, have a litter clean up in designated spot. The Pathfinders participating in space talk program will be able to earn on of the badges for Pathfinders called the Galactic Adventures badge. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you prepare your meals? 2. How do you bath, and if you use water, how do you collect it and where does it go?" 3. When viewed from the Space Station do you see the Earth below as being fragile? 4. What kind of exercise do you do in space? 5. With 16 sunrises and sunsets a day do they all look the same or are they different like the different looks we get on earth? 6. Is it true that you can see the Great Wall of China from space? 7. What do you look forward to most when returning to earth? 8. Do you have any results yet from your experiment with bisphoshonates to reduce bone loss and if so, has it been successful? 9. What is it like to see the Earth from Space? 10. What is the temperature inside the ISS and how does it compare to that of Space? 11. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 12. Can you see the effects of pollution on the Earth from Space? 13. When in space are there a set numbers or limit of hours that you can spend working before taking a break? 14. From the Earth we can see exhaust trails left behind jets as they pass overhead. Can you see these from Space? 15. Does your body physically change when in space and if so, how? 16. Do constellations look the same from the Space Station as they do from earth? 17. Given the close quarters of the ISS, how does the crew cope with being in one space for so long? 18. Do the stars twinkle when seen from Space? 19. Have attempts to grow plants in Space been met with success and if so what kinds? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, Tue 27 Oct 09 09:33 UTC 2. Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Wed 28 Oct 09 07:13:34 UTC 3. David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri 30 Oct 09 21:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada on 23 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:27 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Samuel Hearne Secondary School is a grades 7-12 school of 400 students located in Canada's beautiful Western Arctic and part of the Mackenzie Delta. Our community, Inuvik (the place of man) is situated on the banks of the Mackenzie River and very close to the Arctic Ocean. Inuvik is the economic hub of the Western Arctic with a population of 3,500 people. We are the home to rich languages and cultures of the Inuvialuit and Gwich'in. We are strong and hearty people enduring winter temperatures that regularly drop below 40degrees Celsius. Our claim to fame is living in the land of the midnight sun where we receive many days of 24 hours of sunlight in the summer. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. How much energy do the solar panels generate? 2. Where does the station get most of its oxygen from? 3. How do you think your body will feel when you return to earth after 6 months in space? 4. How does it feel like when you blast up into space? 5. Have you had any interesting discoveries you would like to share with the people on earth? 6. Are there fitness requirements for you as an astronaut? 7. Have there been a lot of women aboard the space station in the past? 8. Can you describe what it feels like to be in space? 9. Are there common sicknesses astronauts catch while in space? 10. How do you keep balance in space with no gravity? 11. What were your first thoughts when you saw space? 12. What is the most beautiful thing you've seen in space? 13. Why is it important to have a team of astronauts in space? 14. What would happen if you got injured up there? 15. What happens when you get sick in space? 16. Do you ever crave fast food? 17. Have you experienced any emotional stress either during the preparation for or on your journey to space? 18. Will your body feel heavier to you when you come back? 19. What is your background in education? 20. Can you feel your brain floating around in your head when you're in space? 21. Does space affect the way your brain controls your motor functions? 22. Can I eat meat in space like I do on earth? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Sat 24 Oct 09 15:12 UTC 2. Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, Tue 27 Oct 09 09:33 UTC 3. Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Wed 28 Oct 09 07:13:34 UTC 4. David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri 30 Oct 09 21:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium on 23 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:11 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The elementary school de Piramide is special as it is a method school according to the vision of Carl Medaer. This means that children, parents and teachers join hands to make projects work. In an atmosphere of respect for everybody's freedom and opinion all subjects are mixed to develop a theme. All pupils asking questions are aged between 10 and 12. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. Is het moeilijk om andere kleren aan te trekken ? Is it difficult to change clothes? 2. Waarom werd jij precies gekozen om naar het ISS te gaan ? Why were you selected for a space mission? 3. Wekt het ISS statische elektriciteit op door de draaiing ? Does the movement of the ISS generate static electrical charges? 4. Waarom ben je kosmonaut geworden ? Why did you become an astronaut? 5. Hoe lang was je F-16 piloot ? How long have you been F-16 pilot? 6. Zie je de sterren zoals wij ze op aarde zien ? Do you see the stars as we see them from Earth? 7. Hoe voelt het als je terug vertrekt uit het ruimtestation ? How do you feel when leaving the station? 8. Welke problemen heb je reeds ondervonden ? What kind of problems did you experience? 9. Gaat de tijd snel in de ruimte ? Is time fast in space? 10.Moet je wel eens het ruimtestation verlaten ? Do you have to get out of the station sometimes? 11.Heb je nooit zin in een zak frieten ? Do you sometimes wish you had a portion chips? 12.Wat doe je om je te ontspannen ? How do you relax? 13.Bestaat er nog een ander manier om elektriciteit te produceren in de ruimte dan zonnepanelen ? Is there another way to produce electrical power in space than solar panels? 14.Wat is jouw taak aan boord ? What is your task on board? 15.Wat ga je als eerste doen als je terug thuiskomt ? What will you first do when back home? 16.Wat doen jullie met jullie afval ? How do you dispose of waste? 17.Heb je soms meningverschillen met je collega's aan boord ? Do you sometimes have a difference of opinion with crew members? 18.Heeft er iemand al een gaatje in z'n tand gehad ? Did it happen, that a crew member developed tooth caries? 19.Wat is het gevolg voor het lichaam als je lang in de ruimte verblijft ? What are the effects on the human body after a long time in space? 20.Wat zal je taak zijn als boordcommandant ? What is your task as commander? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, Fri 23 Oct 09 16:27 UTC 2. Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Sat 24 Oct 09 15:12 UTC 3. Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, Tue 27 Oct 09 09:33 UTC 4. Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Wed 28 Oct 09 07:13:34 UTC 5. David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri 30 Oct 09 21:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with C. E. M. IV, Mbour, Senegal
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at C. E. M. IV, Mbour, Senegal on 23 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:28 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and 6V7SPACE. The contact should be audible over portions of western Africa. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in French. College d'Enseignement Moyen IV a MBOUR (80 km au sud de Dakar) cree en 1996, sur un terrain d'environ 30.000 m2 situe a 300 metres de l'ocean. 964 etudiants pour l'annee 2008/2009 entre 12 et 16 ans - entre 70 et 80 eleves par classe, College de reference sur l'academie de THIES (dans les trois premiers). Le college dispose d'un terrain de sport multifonctionnel pour football, handball, basketball, gymnastique. Projets educatifs : Informatique avec une salle informatique sponsorise par des partenaires allemands (O.N.G.FATOU) - une vingtaine de P.C. avec 1 serveur relie a Internet par ADSL Club d'Education a la Vie Familliale (E.V.F.) : les membres de ce club s'occupent d'un "jardin botanique" d'environ 200 m2 ou poussent des herbes medicinales qui sont distribuees aux familles. Club Scientique, toujours a la recherche de projets et d'aide et tres heureux de ce programme ARISS. MBOUR College (80 km South of Dakar) was built in 1996, on a property ao about 30.000 m2, located at 300 meters from the ocean. There are 964 students in 2008/2009, aged 12 - 16 years old, 70 to 80 students per class. College is a reference for THIES academie (among the three first). The college has multifunctional sports ground for soccer, handball, basketball, gymnastics... Educative projects: Informatics with computer room, sponsored by German partners (O.N.G.FATOU) - about 20 computers and one server, with ADSL Internet connection. Family Education Club (E.V.F.): members cultivate a "botanic garden" (200 m2), with medicinal plants, which are distributed to the families. Science Club, always looking for projects and very happy with the ARISS programme. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. Combien de personnes vivent sur l'ISS et dans quelle langue parlez-vous? How many people are living on the ISS and which language do you speak? 2. Quels types de problemes risquez-vous de rencontrer sur l'ISS? What kind of problems do you have to face on the ISS? 3. Avez-vous des animaux domestiques sur l'ISS? Do you have domestic animals on the ISS? 4 Quelles etudes faut-il faire pour devenir astronaute? Which kind of studies is needed to become an astronaut? 5. De quoi vous nourrissez-vous? What do you eat? 6. Vue de l'espace, la lune parait-elle differente que vue de la terre? As seen from space, is the Moon looking different as seen from the Earth? 7. Quelles planetes voyez-vous depuis l'ISS? Which planets do you see from the ISS? 8. Comment faites-vous pour dormir dans l'espace? How do you manage to sleep in space? 9 Comment differenciez-vous le jour de la nuit? How do you recognize day from night? 10. Vous arrive-t-il de sortir de la station spatiale? Do you sometimes go out of the space station? 11 Faites-vous du sport? Do you practice sport? 12 Voyez-vous passer des cometes et des meteores? Do you see comets and meteors crossing? 13 Quel type d'experience faites-vous? Which kind of experiments do you do? 14 Eprouvez-vous des difficultes avec l'impesanteur? Do you experience difficulties with weightlessness? 15 Avez-vous deja croise des satellites? Did you happen to get near a satellite? 16. Quelle est votre mission personnelle a bord de l'ISS? What is your personal mission aboard the ISS? 17. Regardez-vous la television et ecoutez-vous la radio? Do you look at television and listen to radio? 18. Quand il y a urgence, comme faites-vous pour soigner ou operer une personne malade? In case of emergency, how do you attend or operate a sick person? 19. Comment faites-vous votre toilette a bord de l'ISS? How do you make your toilet aboard the ISS? 20. Comment faites-vous pour cuisiner et manger? How do you cook food and take your meals? 21. Sentez-vous vos mouvements lorsque vous vous deplacez? Do you feel your movements when you move? 22. Est-ce que, comme sur la terre, vous avez l'eau au robinet? Do you have water from the tab, like on Earth? 23. Comment vous sentez-vous lorsque vous redescendez sur terre? How do you feel when you come back to Earth? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Fri 23 Oct 09 11:11 UTC 2. Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, Fri 23 Oct 09 16:27 UTC 3. Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Sat 24 Oct 09 15:12 UTC 4. Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, Tue 27 Oct 09 09:33 UTC 5. Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Wed 28 Oct 09 07:13:34 UTC 6. David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri 30 Oct 09 21:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-10-19 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Oct '09

19 Oct '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-10-19 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo Romualdo Trifone, Montecorvino Rovella, Salerno, Italy, direct via IK1SLD to IQ8BB to IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-10-20 07:41:01 UTC 79 deg Live audio stream www.ik1sld.org/live (***) Live audio-video stream www.arisa.it/webtv (***) C. E. M. IV, Mbour, Senegal, direct via 6V7SPACE Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 10:28:06 UTC 50 deg VTI Ieper, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 11:11:50 UTC 76 deg Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-23 16:27:04 UTC 31 deg Belayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-24 15:12:53 UTC 61 deg Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-10-27 09:33:54 UTC 72 deg Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-10-28 07:13:34 UTC 74 deg David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-30 21:12:18 UTC 88 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 494. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-10-19 23:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-10-16 05:00 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_correction .rtf 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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. **************************************************************************** Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams –KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS Contact from Montecorvino Rovella -Italy streaming live
by ik1sld＠ik1sld.org 19 Oct '09

19 Oct '09

Hello, today ARISS contact October 20 - 07:36 UTC will be streamed live at: www.ik1sld.org/live This time our streaming is only AUDIO because I will operate as a telebridge station supporting first minutes for School "Trifone" in Montecorvino Rovella (SA) Italy. My team will be located at School "Alighieri-Trevigi" in Casale Monferrato (AL) North-Italy JN45FD and the AOS for us will be 2 minutes before "Trifone" in South Italy. A live audio-video stream also on www.arisa.it/webtv curated by IQ8BB team in "Trifone" School. 73 Claudio IK1SLD / W1SLD

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2009-10-19 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 19 Oct '09

19 Oct '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report October 19, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Istituto Comprensivo "Romualdo TRIFONE" in Montecorvino Rovella, Salerno, Italy on Tuesday, October 20 at 07:41 UTC. Students have participated in science and technology educational activities. Teachers have collaborated with astrophysicists of the Astronomical Observatory "Giancamillo Glorious" in M. Rovella and the local amateur radio group ARI Salerno. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for C. E. M. IV in Mbour, Senegal on Friday, October 23 at 10:28 UTC. Plans have been made to install a complete NOAA satellite reception system in the school. The students have studied orbit predictions, tracking programs and systems, receiver techniques and antennas. A video conference is planned with the Swiss astronaute Claude Nicollier, HB9CN. VTI Ieper in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 23 at 11:11 UTC via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The school will use the question and answer session with Expedition 21 astronaut Frank De Winne to commemorate 100 years of aviation. Samuel Hearne Secondary School in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 23 at 16:27 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The school has an enrollment of 400 students in grades 7-12. Inuvik (the place of man) is situated on the banks of the Mackenzie River and is very close to the Arctic Ocean. It is the economic hub of the Western Arctic. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Belayr Pathfinders in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Saturday, October 24 at 15:12 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The Pathfinders participating in the ARISS program will be able to earn the Galactic Adventures badge. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, October 27 at 09:33 UTC via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The centre organized a student competition for naming asteroids, using rules of the science naming process. In October the winners travel to Warsaw for the competition finale and will take part in the ARISS event. Sherbrooke Community School in Sassafras, Victoria, Australia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, October 28 at 07:13 UTC. This will be a telebridge contact via station W6SRJ in California. Sherbrooke Community School fosters student participation and the advancement of amateur radio in the community. It operates Sherbrooke Community Club station, VK3KID. The school has invited representatives from neighboring schools to pose questions to the astronauts and asked its sister schools in China and Bhutan to also submit questions for students to ask the ISS crew. David Thompson Middle School (DTMS) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 30 at 21:12 UTC via station LU8YY in Argentina. DTMS and the University of Calgary's science department have collaborated on this event. 2. ARISS Contact Between Thirsk and Boundary Beach Students On Tuesday, October 13, students from Boundary Beach Elementary School in Delta, British Columbia, Canada spoke with astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA on the ISS via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Seventeen questions were answered, including one from the radio team. The contact was made possible through the Langley Amateur Radio Association. To prepare for the contact, students got involved in many space related activities and participated in Dr. Thirsk's "Get Fit for Space" program. 3. Glenmore Christian Academy Experiences ARISS Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact occurred on Wednesday, October 14 between Glenmore Christian Academy students in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA. Nearly six hundred students, teachers, parents and guests gathered to watch the youth ask 20 questions of the astronaut. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and CTV (Canadian television) covered the event. 4. ARISS Contact with UNICEF - Mali Children in Gao, Mali participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October 15 via telebridge station K6DUE in Maryland. The contact was held as part of the UNICEF WaSH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) campaign. Astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, a UNICEF Belgium goodwill ambassador, spoke to the children, answering 5 questions. 5. JOTA Contact Unsuccessful An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was scheduled for Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), Boy Scouts of America Headquarters in Irving, Texas on Saturday, October 17. Due to technical difficulties, the contact did not take place. Contact demonstrations on other satellites were given during the day, however, and there was an amateur radio balloon flight as well. Scouts also took part in a Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) activity. Approximately 400 Scouts, parents and officials attended the event. 6. NASA Reports on ARISS Contact NASA posted as one of its "Daily Top Stories" an article from the Vancouver Sun about the October 9 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Belmont Elementary School: Hundreds Of Students "Enthralled" Talking To ISS Astronaut. The Vancouver Sun (10/10, 178K) reported, "Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk zipped through the heavens above Langley's Ecole Belmont elementary school Friday, riding the International Space Station and chatting with 533 enthralled students." The event was organized by "ARISS (Amateur Radio International Space Station), a NASA- sponsored educational outreach program." According to the article, "Judging by the reaction of the children sitting cross-legged in the gym, the program was an obvious hit." 7. ARRL Letter Posts Article on Columbus Antennas The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article, written by ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) delegate Rosalie White, about the ARISS Columbus antennas in the October 15 issue of the ARRL Letter. To view "Amateur Radio in Space : Columbus Antennas to Take to the Skies," go to: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/index.html?issue=2009-10-15 8. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published three ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) related news items in its November 2009 issue of QST. Under the "In Brief" column is a short item about the STS-128 launching on August 28 with 3 ham astronaut crew members. A second item appears in the "Media Hits" column which has a short note about Make Magazine running an article on SuitSat (now ARISSat-1). The final item is an article titled "2009 Teachers Institute Introduced Advanced Satellite Workshop" which describes an experiment to teach a workshop to teachers on how to use ham radio satellite communications to teach technology. One workshop participant, a staff member of the NASA Aerospace Education Services Project, [Jim Fitzgerald, KC8WWJ], wrote on his evaluation form that he thought AESP could use some of the workshop materials to help with professional development of educators using technology in their classrooms. The ARRL monthly journal has a circulation of 150,000. 9. AMSAT Symposium Update The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) Symposium was held over the October 9 - 11 weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. AMSAT President Barry Baines' presentation has been posted to the AMSAT Web site. The presentation names ARISS as a partner and indicates continued support of the ARISSat-1 project. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php A video of symposium highlights was put together and has been posted on YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efXlL75dvA

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