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2011-06-20 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report June 20, 2011 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Nankan 4th Elementary School in Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan on Tuesday, June 21 at 09:00 UTC. Through this opportunity students will learn about the mission of the International Space Station and about amateur radio technology. 2. Germany Contact to be Rescheduled The ARISS contact that was scheduled with Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen, Germany on Tuesday, June 14 was not successful. The ARISS team is trying to determine what happened and hopes to reschedule the contact sometime in the future. 3. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1 The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-170) published on June 19 included two ARISS-related items. "It's Time to Get Ready For ARISSat-1" provides information about the features of the ARISSat satellite and "ARISSat-1 Team Pointers to Get Ready for SSTV Reception" talks about the satellite cameras and how the amateur radio operator can capture SSTV images. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000523.html 4. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Mike Hopkins (Expedition 37) passed his amateur radio Technician exam on Thursday, June 9. He was issued the call sign KF5LJG. On Monday, June 13, several astronaut candidates passed their Technician License exams and were issued the following callsigns: Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT Jeremy Hansen, KF5LKU In addition, Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS upgraded from Technician to General. Another round of tests for the latest class of astronauts may be conducted in the near future. A successful ARISS simulated contact was held between Kevin Ford, KF5GPP and youth from John McCrae Secondary High School, Ottawa, Canada on Monday, June 13. The training session was a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS equivalent equipment and helped to prepare Ford for participation in ARISS contacts when he flies with Expedition 33 in September 2012. Don Pettit, KD5MDT and André Kuipers, PI9ISS are scheduled for an ARISS preflight session on June 22. The two astronauts are part of Expedition 30 which will launch in November 2011. 5. Debrief Session Held with Expedition 26/27 Crew Members On Wednesday, June 15 ARISS members participated in an ISS Ham debrief session with Expedition 26/27 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli. The astronauts provided good feedback on the ARISS program.

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Nankan 4th Elementary School, Nankanmachi, Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Nankan 4th Elementary School, Nankanmachi, Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan on 21 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:00 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N6N4E. The contact should be audible over Japan. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Nakan 4th Elementary School is a small elementary school. There are 98 students now. This time, all students of the sixth grade (18 students) will ask to Furukawa. Each student prepared two questions. They are looking forward to the communication with Furukawa. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. As seen from space, what is the most beautiful thing? 2. It was heard that the color of the earth had changed because of global warming. What color does the earth look now? 3. As you know, we had a big earthquake in Japan in March. Can you see the situation of damage from there? 4. Cannot the earthquake and the tsunami be foreseen by observing the earth from space? 5. We hear Furukawa is Medical Doctor. What work and research in space? 6. How do you get the oxygen in the ISS? How do you do if oxygen is lost? 7. Can you see a shooting star in space? 8. Are the sound and the voice transmitted in space? 9. How do you see the sun seen there? 10. What kind of room are the ISS? Is there your room? 11. What kind of living thing are the ISS except the person? 12. Can butterflies fly in ISS? 13. What is the most delicious space food? 14. On what occasion, do you think it was good to became an astronaut? 15. Have you ever seen a UFO? Dr. Furukawa,do you believe in UFOs? 16. What does space smell like? 17. How do you change your clothes? 18. Does the star (constellation) change as seen in the earth at each season? 19. What you cannot able to do in the earth and can it do in space? (vice versa) 20. What is the most inconvenience in the ISS? 21. Do you want to return to Japan? When is it? 22. What is having thought the difference from the expectation because of going to space? 23. When going to space, what is the thing that should never be taken? 24. Is the news of Japan spread to ISS? 25. We heard the infinity extension of space. Is it true? 26. How do you spend the free time? 27. What color does space today see? 28. What feeling is micro gravity? 29. How do it do and do it sleep when sleeping? 30. What do you do when you catch a cold? 31. Does the meteorite hit the ISS? How do it become it if hitting? 32. Can clothes taken off be folded? 33. You might likely to go out, and work besides the ISS? What work is it? 34. What should do when we may go to space? 35. What do you do when you get the sickness or injury which need operation? 36. How do you polish your tooth in 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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ISS orbit raised, again
by Alan P. Biddle 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

According to Roscosmos, they have raised the orbit again by 6.8 km. They are up to about 382 km. This boost will cause old Keps to lag about 130 seconds per day, so be certain an use the CelesTrak/SpaceTrack Keps, or the predicted Keps. http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11912&lang=en 73s, Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- Who is John Galt?

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-06-17 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-06-17 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Slavic Fellowship International Forum, Russia, direct via RW3W/6 (***) Contact is a go for 2011-06-18 16:34 UTC (***) Nankan 4th Elementary School, Nankanmachi, Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-06-21 09:00:25 UTC 44 deg 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 646. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 629. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 41. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-06-17 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2011-06-15 03:30 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_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. 27 on orbit Andrey Borisenko Aleksandr Samokutyayev Ronald J. Garan KF5GPO Exp. 28 on orbit Sergey Volkov Michael E. Fossum KF5AQG Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Last call for AMSAT-NA Board of Director nominations!
by Alan P. Biddle 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Nominations must be submitted to the AMSAT-NA office by close of business today. Procedures are reproduced below. 73s, Alan WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary ======================================== It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. The deadline is June 15th. A valid nom- ination requires either one Member Society, or five current individual members in good standing, to nominate an AMSAT member for the position. Four director's terms expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Alan Biddle, WA4SCA Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Tony Monteiro, AA2TX The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as full Board members for two year terms. The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be seated as alternate Board members for one year terms. Beginning this year, in addition to traditional submissions of written nominations which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, initial nominations may be made by electronic means.=A0 These include e-mail, FAX, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA(a)AMSAT.ORG or faxed to 301-608-3410. Written nominations, consisting of names, calls, and individual signatures, should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Ave #600 Silver Spring, MD, 20910 No matter what method is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXIST- ING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-06-15 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-06-15 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Simulation contact with John McCrae Secondary High School, Ottawa, Canada Contact was successful Mon 2011-06-13 1830-1845 UTC (***) Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, Germany, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was not successful: Tue 2011-06-14 11:49:04 UTC 69 deg (***) ARISS is attempting to determine what happened. (***) Nankan 4th Elementary School, Nankanmachi, Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-06-21 09:00:25 UTC 44 deg (***) 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 646. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 629. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 41. (***) A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-06-15 04:00 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 2011-06-15 03:30 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_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. 27 on orbit Andrey Borisenko Aleksandr Samokutyayev Ronald J. Garan KF5GPO Exp. 28 on orbit (***) Sergey Volkov Michael E. Fossum KF5AQG Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2011-06-13 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report June 13, 2011 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen, Germany on Tuesday, June 14 at 11:49 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The contact will be held during the state event "Hessentag 2011" to interest high school students in wireless technology. 2. Successful ARISS Contacts On Tuesday, June 7, students attending South West College Enniskillen, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO via telebridge station K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland. Eleven questions about living in space were asked and answered. The contact was integrated into the science curriculum covering topics such as gravity and force, climate change, weather systems and the impacts of science on ecosystems. The BBC printed an article covering the event. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13682073 Lycée européen Charles de Gaulle in Dijon, France, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, June 9 via station VK4KHZ in Australia. Students who have been studying the Russian language spoke in Russian with cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, getting answers to 17 questions before losing contact with the ISS. The school incorporated the contact into its Space Day event, organized to celebrate 50 years of human spaceflight. 3. ESA Article on Nespoli Mission The European Space Agency Italia ran a story about astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA and the educational activities he participated in during his mission on the ISS, including the many ARISS contacts he performed. The article, "Paolo Nespoli e ARISS, un contatto spaziale da record" may be viewed here in Italian: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM8UYJ4LOG_Italy_0.html The English translation may be found here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.esa.int/esaC… 4. Challenger Learning Centers Promote ARISS The Challenger Learning Center (CLC) is promoting ARISS contacts. In its June 2011 SOAR, the E-Newsletter for Educators, CLC included an item about the new ARISS proposal process for U.S. schools. 5. AMSAT - ARISSat-1 News The June 12 AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-163) included an article titled "ARISSat-1 Reception Challenge." The story provides several ways people can participate in ARISSat-1 when it is deployed in July. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000521.html 6. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Mike Hopkins (Expedition 37) passed his amateur radio Technician License exam on Thursday, June 9. His call sign should be issued in about a week. An ARISS simulated contact is planned between Kevin Ford, KF5GPP and youth from John McCrae Secondary High School, Ottawa, Canada on Monday, June 13 at approximately 18:30 UTC. The training session is a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS equivalent equipment. The session will prepare Ford for participation in ARISS contacts when he flies with Expedition 33 in September 2012. Don Pettit, KD5MDT and André Kuipers, PI9ISS are scheduled for an ARISS preflight session on June 22. The two astronauts are part of Expedition 30 which will launch in November 2011.

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Upcoming ARISS contact with the Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, Germany
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, Germany on 14 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:49 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 "Hochtaunusschule" is one of three schools in the district "Hochtaunuskreis" both providing general education and vocational training such as electrical engineering, metal engineering, mechanical engineering, information technology (IT), personal hygiene, agrarian economy, colour technology, room (environmental) design. 500 of totally 1500 students aim at having access to university or passing a qualified exam to be prepared for professional training. Two thirds of all students run through specific vocational training. Within the "dual system" of professional training, the "Hochtaunusschule" and industry share the joint task to qualify skilled personnel in the officially acknowledged training professions. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. What were your personal motives to become an astronaut? 2. Which specific qualifications do you have in particular that you were the one who was chosen for this entire project? 3. What steps of career do I have to focus on becoming an astronaut? 4. With which various operations are you employed? 5. Which various experts are on board? Which field of activity are you responsible for? 6. How is the oxygen feeding technically secured? 7. What is the total weight of the ISS? 8. Would it be possible for us to see the ISS from earth only with naked eye, without any technical equipment? 9. Is your circadian rhythm comparable to the one you have on earth? 10. Do you have any free time up there, and how do you personally use it? 11. What is your normal food on board? Would also gourmets like it? 12. How can we imagine going to the bathroom in zero gravity? 13. How do you keep yourselves and your clothes clean every day? 14. Do you generally have access to all media that we are used to? 15. How much do you get from the daily news on earth? 16. In which way do you constantly keep in touch with your family? 17. What does your personal daily workout consist of? 18. How many hours of practical training are required before a mission in space starts? 19. How quick does your body adjust to the living conditions on earth after your arrival? 20. What kind of consequences regarding your health do you have after the long stay in weightlessness? 21. How is medical care organized? How can we imagine when you are injured and a wound is bleeding? 22. Are you allowed to consume coffee or tea on 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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Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Major ISS reboost June 12th
by Alan P. Biddle 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

According to the latest from Roscosmos, they hit the 19.2 km exactly, resulting in an altitude of 364.6 km. It will be interesting to see what the first measured Keps after the burn look like later today or Monday. http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11897&lang=en 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Major ISS reboost June 12th
by Alan P. Biddle 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

According to Roscosmos, the ISS altitude will be raised 19.2 km tomorrow. Until updated Keps are available from Space Track, there will be a slippage in predictions of _approximately_ 6 minutes per day! http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11894&lang=en Alan WA4SCA

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