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Upcoming ARISS contact with United Space School, Seabrook, Texas
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at United Space School, Seabrook, Texas on 30 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:01 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. United Space School is a two-week program arranged by the Foundation for International Space Education. This summer 31 students between the ages of 16 and 18, from 15 countries, are working in teams to design a human mission to Mars. The teams are: Yellow (Mission Control on the Moon); Red (Getting to Mars and back); Green (Living on Mars); Blue (Working on Mars). All students are hosted by Clear Lake area families. The students will tour the Johnson Space Center and attend lectures by astronauts, scientists and engineers. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What challenges have you faced while you trained for your flight? 2. Are there options for new countries to join current international efforts? 3. What is the hardest part of applying to be an astronaut? 4. What has been your favorite experiment? 5. How do you deal with waste in space? 6. Have you experienced motion sickness? 7. Have you ever done an EVA? If so, what was it like? 8. How do you cut your hair or shave your beard in space? 9. What is it like to sleep in space? 10. What have been your worst and best days in space? 11. What surprised you most about spaceflight? 12. How did you feel waiting to lift off? 13. How do you deal with being away from your family so long? 14. What was your favorite meal in space? 15. What do you wish you could have brought into space with you? 16. How do countries maintain their independent contributions to spaceflight via the International Space Station? 17. What do you anticipate large changes to NASA's programs, and what might the new opportunities be in NASA's future? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Octave Chanute Air Museum/Scouts Space Jam 5, Rantoul, Illinois, telebridge via WH6PN Sat, 6 Aug 2011, 18:13 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 2011-07-27 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-27 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF Contact was successful: 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 deg Octave Chanute Air Museum/Scouts Space Jam 5, Rantoul, Illinois, telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-08-06 18:13:27 UTC 53 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 657. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 640. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-27 21:00 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 2011-07-27 21:00 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. 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-26 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-26 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF ARISS is waiting for contact confirmation: 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 deg Octave Chanute Air Museum/Scouts Space Jam 5, Rantoul, Illinois, telebridge via WH6PN (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-08-06 18:13:27 UTC 53 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 656. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 639. 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-26 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 2011-07-25 02:00 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. 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-25 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-25 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF ARISS is waiting for contact confirmation: 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 deg Octave Chanute Air Museum/Scouts Space Jam 5, Rantoul, Illinois, telebridge via WH6PN (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-08-06 18:13:27 UTC 53 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 656. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 639. 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-25 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 2011-07-25 02:00 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. 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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2011-07-25 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report July 25, 2011 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for United Space School, Seabrook, Texas on Saturday, July 30 at 17:01 UTC via station W6SRJ in California. The United Space School is a once a year session of high school students that meets annually in the NASA/Clear Lake Area. These students come from around the world for a two week session, during which they stay with local host families while being mentored by astronauts, engineers, and scientists to design a mission to Mars as their team project. Class sessions are held at the University of Houston at Clear Lake. Students will be given lessons on amateur radio and through the ARISS contact opportunity they will learn firsthand what the experience of spaceflight is like. They will use this knowledge in putting together their team project presentation, which they will present to the Houston space community at the end of their session. 2. Successful ARISS Contacts Youth attending the University of Alberta - ISSET Space Academy (Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, July 20. Over 130 people attended the event and listened as the campers put 18 questions to on-orbit Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG. The Academy, designed for children in grades 7 - 9 who are interested in space exploration, provides them the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities such as launching model rockets, building interactive robots and on this day, speaking with an astronaut in space. Representatives from 5 television stations, 1 radio station and 2 newspapers covered the event. To view the Edmonton Journal story, see: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Kids+launch+questions+into+space+connec… On Saturday, July 23, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held with the children of European Space Agency (ESA) employees attending the ESA Space Camp 2011 in San Rossore (Pisa), Italy. Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA was on hand to introduce the ARISS event and greeted his fellow astronaut Mike Fossum on the ISS. Fossum then fielded 20 questions posed to him by the youth as an audience of approximately 200 looked on. The camp offers a program of sports, nature and science activities during its two week session. 3. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held The ARISS International Team monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, July 19. Among agenda items discussed were the upcoming ARISS face to face meeting and the plans for ARISSat-1/Kedr deployment. Minutes have been posted. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-07-19.htm 4. ARISSat-1, Upcoming Test and Deployment The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service July 24 bulletin (ANS-205) has several items covering ARISSat-1. The battery will be charged July 27-28 to prepare for the test that will be conducted on the ISS over the weekend of July 30-31 and its deployment, currently scheduled for August 3. AMSAT-UK members plan to be active on GB4FUN during the ARISSat test. These stories, "EVA for ARISSat-1/KEDR Deployment Planned for August 3," "ARRISat-1 PCSAT32 Doppler info," and "AMSAT-UK Colloquium Activity," may be viewed at: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000534.html The American Radio Relay League also reported on ARISSat news. See: http://www.arrl.org/news/arissat-1-test-and-launch 5. Amateur Radio Newsline on SAREX On July 22, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1771 covered the history of Owen Garriott's first amateur radio contacts on STS-9 and the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) program that followed. The story, "Ham Radio in Space: A Look Back at the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment" may be viewed here: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-25 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-25 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF Contact is a go for 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC European Space Agency for ESA Space Camp 2011, San Rossore (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy, direct via IQ5VR Contact was successful: Sat 2011-07-23 09:42:44 UTC 41 deg (***) Contact may be reviewed at http://www.livestream.com/amsat_italia/video?clipId=pla_f2e91397-945a-4436-… (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 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 656. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 639. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-25 02:00 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 2011-07-25 02:00 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. 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-21 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-21 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF Contact is a go for 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC European Space Agency for ESA Space Camp 2011, San Rossore (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy, direct via IQ5VR Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-23 09:42:44 UTC 41 deg Contact will be webcast on http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 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 655. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 638. 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-21 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 2011-07-20 18:30 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 STS-135 back on earth (***) Christopher Ferguson Douglas Hurley Sandra Magnus KE5FYE Rex Walheim **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISSat-1 in SATPC32
by Alan P. Biddle 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Hi, The deployment of ARRISat-1 is approaching. Here is a collection of data on the various modes for use in configuring SATPC32. Note that you will need to tweak the sideband frequencies slightly to account for rig calibration and other issues, as usual, but these should be close. You can paste these in the DOPPLER.SQF file, but before you do, please read on! ARISSat-1,145918.5,0,USB,,,0,0,BPSK/CW-2 ARISSat-1,145950.0,0,FM,,,0,0,VOICE/SSTV ARISSat-1,145930.0,435750.0,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,XPDR ARISSat-1,145938.5,0,USB,,,0,0,CW-1 Since ARISSat-1 will be deployed by a gentle push from the ISS by Cosmonauts, the ISS Keps will be good until separate Keps are released by Space Track. One way to handle the transition is to change the Doppler information slightly: ISS,145918.5,0,USB,,,0,0,BPSK/CW-2 ISS,145950.0,0,FM,,,0,0,VOICE/SSTV ISS,145930.0,435750.0,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,XPDR ISS,145938.5,0,USB,,,0,0,CW-1 Paste the ARISSat-1 data as desired, and also paste the ISS version of the data into the DOPPLER.SQF file after the regular ISS data. For the final test aboard the ISS, and initially after deployment, select ISS tracking, and then select the desired ARRISat-1 frequency data at the end of the list in the CAT window. After the ISS and ARISSat-1 are far enough apart that independent Keps are available, you can begin using ARISSat-1 as a separate object by adding it to the objects you track in the Satellites menu window. The satellite may be identified as ARISSat-1, but may well have some other designation which will be reported. If it is not ARRISat-1, then change the name in the first group above to that used in the Keps. They must agree exactly for SATPC32 to match the Doppler data with the satellite. (You can also use the AmsatNames.txt file, which is covered in the SATPC32 documentation.) You can then delete the extra ISS data if you wish. They won't hurt anything, but it will clean up the ISS CAT window. 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-20 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-20 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University of Alberta – ISSET Space Academy (Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada direct via VE6SSC Contract was successful: Wed 2011-07-20 15:27:17 UTC 38 deg (***) Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF Contact is a go for 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC European Space Agency for ESA Space Camp 2011, San Rossore (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy, direct via IQ5VR Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-23 09:42:44 UTC 41 deg United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for : Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 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 655. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 638. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-20 18:30 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 2011-07-20 18:30 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 STS-135 undocked from the ISS Christopher Ferguson Douglas Hurley Sandra Magnus KE5FYE Rex Walheim **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-20 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-20 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: International Youth Industrial Forum "The engineers of the future 2011", Irkutsk, Russia, direct via RKØSWB Contact was successful 2011-07-19 04:15 UTC (***) University of Alberta – ISSET Space Academy (Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada direct via VE6SSC Contract is a go for: Wed 2011-07-20 15:27:17 UTC 38 deg Peruvian National University of Lima, Lima, Peru, direct via OA4BTF (***) Contact is a go for 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC European Space Agency for ESA Space Camp 2011, San Rossore (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy, direct via IQ5VR Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-23 09:42:44 UTC 41 deg United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-07-30 17:01:44 UTC 82 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 654. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 637. (***) 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-20 05:30 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 2011-07-20 05:30 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 STS-135 undocked from the ISS (***) Christopher Ferguson Douglas Hurley Sandra Magnus KE5FYE Rex Walheim **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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