Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
May 4, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Flemish Space Days, organized by the Flemish Space Industry (VRI), will be held May 8 - 10 in the Brabanthal in Leuven, Belgium. Interactive booths, educational workshops and movies on space, avionics and astronomy are some of the activities that will attract schools, youth and the public to this three-day event. On May 8, the event will be open to school children, ages 3-18, only. A special program has been developed with the cooperation of ESA and ESERO (European Space Education Resource Office) for teachers and students. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for this event on Sunday, May 10 at 10:51 UTC. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California will facilitate the contact.
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA will participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Besyo Elementary School in Saitama, Japan on Monday, May 11 at 11:01 UTC. Wakata is an alumnus of the school. The conversation will be in Japanese.
2. Space Day Contact with National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. participated in Space Day on May 2. Visitors participated in hands-on activities, met astronauts and learned about space from experts and museum displays. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held in conjunction with these activities through telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Astronaut Ricky Arnold II was present to answer questions prior to the contact and for photo opportunities. The contact was recorded by the museum in high definition for future use. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) members manned an exhibition booth and distributed AMSAT, ARRL and NASA education material including 2009 Space Station calendars. Approximately 20,000 people attended the museum throughout the day.
3. Astronaut Training Status
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team provided training on its amateur radio equipment to NASA astronauts Nicole Stott, KE5GJN and Catherine Coleman, KC5ZTH. Energia has posted a photo report on the training. See: http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss20/photo_04-23.html
4. ARRL Article on Dayton Hamvention Events
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted an article on its upcoming convention at the Dayton Hamvention to be held over the May 15-17 weekend. Richard Garriott will be available to meet and greet attendees and will give a talk about his amateur radio activities onboard the ISS. "The 2009 ARRL National Convention and Dayton Hamvention: Two Weeks and Counting!" may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/04/30/10793/?nc=1
5. JSC Education Office Meeting Held
The NASA Education Office hosted a meeting with the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team at Johnson Space Center over May 1-2. Program initiatives and educational outreach were addressed.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-05-02 23:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Volga Region Space Education Center, Russia, direct via TBD (could be
RA3TNC or RU3OT/3)
Contact status is unknown: Sat 2009-04-18 08:05 UTC
National Air and Space Museum, Space Day, telebridge via W6SRJ
Contact was successful Sat 2009-05-02 15:23:51 35 deg (***)
Congratulations to Michael Barratt KD5MIJ on your first ARISS school
contact! (***)
Flemish Space Days, telebridge via W6SRJ
Contact is a go for: Sun 2009-05-10 10:51:19 UTC 28 deg
Besyo Elementary School, Saitama, Japan direct via 8J1KW
Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-05-11 11:01:42 UTC 46 deg
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 432. (***)
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 22.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-05-02 23:00 UTC.
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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 2009-05-02 23:00 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
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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.
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Exp. 19 on orbit:
Gennady Padalka RN3DT
Michael Barratt KD5MIJ
Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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