September 2009 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS contact with ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany on 04 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 20:10 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should be audible over portions of South America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. In cooperation with ESA and EUMETSAT, ARISS will partake in the Long Night of Stars with the Community School Bergstrasse in Seeheim on 4th September 2009. The students between 14 and 18 will meet astronauts, spacecraft operators and engineers and will ask questions about the education needed to reach the sky. The highlight of the night will be an ARISS live contact with the ISS, giving them the occasion to ask their questions of the astronauts, possibly to the ESA astronaut Frank De Winne. ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald will be the guest of honour. The event is supported by the ESA Communication Office in Germany. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What's the most important experience you made on the ISS? 2. What is the best in your work as an astronaut? 3. Was it always your first wish to become an astronaut? 4. What European experiments are you currently conducting with the Columbus module? 5. When you operate the experiments, do you have real time voice contact to the experiment team on ground? 6. What kind of personal items which you could not take to the ISS do you miss most? 7. Is your leisure time equally important for you as it was/is on earth? 8. What's the first thing you'll do when you are back home? 9. What are the differences in your expectations when you chose to become an astronaut compared to the reality as an astronaut onboard the ISS? 10. When arriving on the ISS, how long does it take to become familiar with the station? 11. Are you doing amateur radio contacts in your leisure time? 12. What kind of music is your favourite and do you often listen to some music on the ISS? 13. For doing the housekeeping on the station, is there a fixed plan who has to do e.g. the vacuum cleaning, etc? 14. Does zero gravity relax the body? Is zero gravity fun? 15. While on the night side of the earth, have you ever seen meteorites tracks during meteorite showers? 16. What details can you recognize on earth, e.g. can you see forest fires from space? 17. Do astronauts onboard the ISS work on weekends? 18. Do you have a right and a left side on board, do you have a ceiling and a floor? Is it difficult to keep the orientation inside the ISS? 19. When you have been on the ISS for a few weeks, does the job become routine? 20. With all the life support and station equipment operating, is it noisy onboard the ISS? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): TBD 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 Vrije Basisschool, De Haan, B-8200, Belgium
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Vrije Basisschool, De Haan, B-8200, Belgium on 03 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:42 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Dutch. Our school is located in De Haan -a sea-side resort- and we have 300 students. Sea air offers healthy environment and favours activities for the children. Our school pays attention to the child on all facets and we develop themes and projects. We appreciate new areas of knowledge and develop active approach. One of our students - Iman - won an ESA T-Shirt drawing competition. This ARISS contact is the prize and all class mates participate. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. Hoe ziet de ruimte eruit vanuit jullie raket? What does space look like from your rocket? 2. THoelang duurt de voorbereiding om in de ruimte te mogen? How long do the preparations take to be able to go to space 3. Hoe voelt het in een raket? What does it feel like in a rocket? 4. Hoeveel graden is het in de ruimteraket? How many degrees is it inside the spaceship? 5. Zie je veel van het zonnestelstel vanuit de raket? Can you see much of the solar system from your spaceship? 6. Zie je kometen vanuit de raket? Can you see comets from your rocket? 7. Wat zijn de leuke en minder leuke kanten aan astronaut zijn? What are the nicer and not so nice things about being an astronaut? 8. Hoe leven jullie daar in een raket? What is life like inside a rocket? 9. Drinken jullie alleen koude dranken of kunnen jullie daar ook warme dranken drinken? Can you only drink cold drinks there, or can you drink warm drinks too? 10. Gaan er nog dieren mee in de ruimte? Zo ja, hoe communiceer je dan met hen? Do animals go along in space. If they do, how do you communicate with them? 11. Zien jullie soms ruimtewezens? Do you sometimes see aliens? 12. Kom je soms in gevaarlijke situaties? Wat doe je dan? Do you sometimes get into dangerous situations? What do you do then? 13. Wat moet je allemaal doen als je in de buurt komt van het ruimtestation? What things do you have to do when you get close to the space station? 14. Hoe ziet het ruimtestation er vanbinnen uit? What does the space station look like on the inside? 15. Hoe nemen jullie contact met de aarde? How do you get in contact with earth? 16. Kan je de stralen van de zon door de raket voelen? Can you feel the warmth of the sunrays through the rocket? 17. Hoe ontstaat een zwart gat? What leads to the creation of a black hole? 18. Bestaan er nog onbekende planeten? Are there still unknown planets? 19. Bestaat er nog een planeet waar leven is? Are there other planets with life? 20. Hoeveel planeten heb je al gezien? How many planets have you seen? 21. Hoeveel planeten heb je al bezocht? How many planets have you already visited? 22. Hoe gaat het eraan toe in een raket? How are things done in a rocket? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany Fri 4 Sept. 09 20:10 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 2009-09-01 00:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-01 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Craigmore High School, Blakeview, South Australia, Australia, direct via VK5LZ Contact is a go for Wed 2009-09-02 00:48:20 UTC 35 deg (***) Vrije Basisschool, De Haan, B-8200, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-09-03 07:42:38 UTC 85 deg(***) ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany, telebridge via LU8YY (***) Contact is a go for Fri 2009-09-04 20:10:38 UTC 76 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 468. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 27. 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 2009-09-01 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-08-25 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. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 on orbit: (***) Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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