August 2011 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

2011-08-22 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 22, 2011 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen, Germany on Thursday, August 25 at 08:19 UTC via telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. The school provides both general education and vocational training, such as electrical, metal and mechanical engineering, as well as information technology (IT). The contact will be held to interest high school students in wireless technology. Vision Australia, located in Enfield, New South Wales, Australia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, August 29 at 08:47 UTC via station WH6PN in Hawaii. Vision Australia is a not for profit agency that provides low vision and blindness services to the community in Australia. There are many children who are blind or have low vision who receive services from the agency. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida on Tuesday, August 30 at 18:06 UTC. Sixty of the high school students are members of da Vinci Academy of Aerospace Technology and take part in the "Project Lead the Way" engineering curriculum. The students will study engineering principles of the International Space Station through their courses entitled "Introduction to Engineering," "Principles of Engineering," "Aerospace Engineering" and "Digital Electronics." The entire year's curriculum will be dedicated to the aerospace engineering topic to prepare for the contact, and weekly labs will make the topic real (study of force/motion, circuit boards, ISS construction/engineering, ISS orbit, ham radio engineering, sound waves, and layers of the atmosphere). 2. Successful Contact with Yokohama School On Tuesday, August 16, youth from Yokohama Kurata Elementary School in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. ISS Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW answered fourteen questions posed to him by the students as an audience of 500 listened in. The contact highlighted the students' lessons about space, the ISS and radio communications. Among the media coverage received were 3 television stations, including NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), 3 newspapers and 2 magazines. 3. NASA Article on ARISS Contact with Caribbean Youth On Monday, August 8, an ARISS contact was held with students attending the Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF), a regional event sponsored by the National Institute for Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology (NIHERST) located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. This year the forum hosted 250 students from several Caribbean countries. A NASA story about the event has been posted to its Web site. See: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ARISS_Trinidad.html 4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The ARISS International Team monthly teleconference was held on Tuesday, August 16. Attendees discussed the upcoming face-to-face meeting to be held in Houston in October and the status of ARISSat-1. Minutes have been posted. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-08-16.htm 5. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1 On August 21, the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-233) posted an item about ARISSat-1, providing information on how to experiment with recorded files. To learn more, see "BPSK-1000 Test Files and Downlink SDR Passband Recording Available" at: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000544.html 6. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISSat-1 On August 19, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1775 included a couple of items concerning ARISSat-1. To view "ARISSat-1 Dropping to Low Power Even in Sunlight" and "Chicken Little Contest for ARISSat 1," see: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 7. ARRL QST on ARISS The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) September 2011 QST had a blurb in the "In Brief" column about astronauts garnering their Amateur Radio licenses in order to participate in ARISS educational radio contacts: Michael Hopkins, KF5LJG Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS Gregory Wiseman, KF5 LKT Jeremy Hasen, KF5LKU and Kjell Lindgren, upgrading his KO5MOS license to General

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-20 03:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-20 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, D-61440, Germany, via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-08-25 08:19:06 UTC 83 deg Vision Australia, Enfield, NSW, Australia, telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Mon 2011-08-29 08:47:13 UTC 66 deg (***) Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida, direct via WB2IHB Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-08-30 18:06:28 UTC 87 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 662. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 645. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 2011-08-20 03:30 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 2011-08-16 15:00 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 2011-08-16 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-16 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, direct via 8N1YK Contact was successful: Tue 2011-08-16 09:57:45 UTC 63 deg (***) Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, D-61440, Germany, via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-08-25 08:19:06 UTC 83 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 662. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 645. (***) 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school (***) proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. (***) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 2011-08-16 15:00 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 2011-08-16 15:00 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 2011-08-15 14:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-15 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, direct via 8N1YK Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-08-16 09:57:45 UTC 63 deg Hochtaunusschule, Oberursel, D-61440, Germany, via LU8YY (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-08-25 08:19:06 UTC 83 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 661. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 644. 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 2011-08-15 14:00 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 2011-08-12 04:00 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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2011-08-15 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 15, 2011 1. Upcoming School Contact Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, August 16 at 09:57 UTC. All 506 students from grades 1-6 will be taught age appropriate lessons covering space physics, the ISS (mission, orbit, etc.) and radio communications (VHF, Doppler Effect, antennas) to prepare for this activity. 2. Caribbean Youth Radio ISS On Monday, August 8, children attending the Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF), a regional event sponsored by the National Institute for Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology (NIHERST) and located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina provided the radio connection. The youth interacted with Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW on the ISS, receiving answers to ten of their questions about space. The contact was integrated into the CYSF which included lectures, field trips, projects and debates that promoted science, technology and innovation. The forum hosted 250 students this year from 6 countries. Newsday reported on the contact: http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,145262.html 3. Italian Camp Contacts ISS A successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO and the Youth Hostel "La Foresta" in Perugia, Italy on Thursday, August 11 via station K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland. Garan fielded 18 questions posed to him by the children. The camp, organized by Panda Adventure in cooperation with ESA /ESRIN, focuses on space education and provides activities such as field researches, experiments, use of technical instruments, and games to explore the Earth and Sky. 4. ARISS-U.S. Reviews Proposals The NASA Teaching From Space Office received over 100 inquiries about the U.S. proposal process for ARISS contacts that will be scheduled during the January - July 2012 time frame. Twenty-four schools met the July 15 deadline and submitted proposals. The U.S. Selection Committee is currently reviewing the proposals and will select U.S. schools by the end of the month. Another window of opportunity for U.S. schools and organizations to submit proposals will open later in the year. 5. ARISSat-1 Update ARISSat-1, an educational satellite that was developed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) in cooperation with the NASA Office of Education ISS National Lab, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and RSC-Energia, was deployed on Wednesday, August 3 during Russian EVA-29. Ground stations have been receiving signals from the satellite, picking up telemetry - both spacecraft and Kursk experiment data, SSTV images, greetings and CW beacons. Current information concerning the satellite, including battery status, has been posted to the ARISSat-1 Web site: http://www.arissat1.org/v3/ To view SSTV images: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ 6. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1 Status On August 14, the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-226) posted several stories about ARISSat-1, providing a status on the satellite and its battery as well as information on how to receive an ARISSat certificate. AMSAT also announced its Chicken Little Contest through which one can guess the date of satellite re-entry. The following stories may be viewed at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg89000.html - ARISSat-1/KEDR at +10 Days: ON-ORBIT and OPERATIONAL - Send For Your ARISSat-1/KEDR Certificates - AMSAT Contest - ARISSat-1 Battery is failing faster than expected 7. EE Times - ARISSat Blog The fourth and fifth entries in EE (Electronic Engineering) Times "Chips in Space" blog covering amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1 have been posted. See: http://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/chips-in-space/4218536/Chips-in-Space-… http://eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4218756/Chips-in-Space--Let-s-lo… 8. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISSat-1 On August 12, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1774 included an item on the certificates available for receiving signals from ARISSat-1. To view, "Ham Radio in Space: Certificates Offered for Assisting ARISSat-1," see: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 9. DXCoffee Article on Ham Radio in Space The Italian site DXCoffee.com printed a story about the history of amateur radio in space. The article covers amateur radio used by Owen Garriott, the Mir station, SAREX and ARISS and includes recent contacts with Doug Wheelock and Paolo Nespoli. "Radio in space: in the Beginning there was SAREX," may be viewed here: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2011/08/10/radio-space-beginning-sarex/

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on 16 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:57 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N1YK. 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 Japanese. Yokohama Kurata Elementary School is located in suburban area of Yokohama city, and has 500 students / 18 class rooms. This summer, all students study the space and make questions, and selected 14 students in Kurata Elementary between the ages of 7 and 12 will talk with the astronaut Dr. Furukawa who was born in same city of Yokohama. The control operator, KH0UA Yoshiki (11 yrs old), is also a student of Kurata Elementary. We are ready to contact. Participants will ask as many of the following (translated) questions as time allows: 1. What do you do, if you encounter with an alien? How do you greet? 2. How long does it take you to get to the Space Station? 3. What kind of work do you usually do in there? 4. What do you do in your free time? 5. What scenery do you see from the space station? 6. What happens when you spin a top there? 7. How did you feel when you get to space? 8. What do you feel hard and inconvenient there? 9. After you viewed the earth from the space, did you change your feeling about the earth? 10. What is your most enjoyable thing there? 11. Do you have time difference between the space and the earth? 12. I think there are a lot of good things, if you can grow the vegetables. Can you grow the vegetables in ISS? 13. Is there any difference in your blood-flow when you are in the space and on the earth? 14. How many space foods do you have in ISS? What is the best do you like? 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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ARISSat-1 Chicken Little Contest Announced!
by Alan P. Biddle 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

All, By popular demand we are going to be running a Chicken Little Contest for ARISSat-1. Using the method of your choice, give us your best guesstimate of when it will finally reenter. One submission per person, class, or club, please. Alan WA4SCA ==================== AMSAT is happy to announce the ARISSat-1 Chicken Little Contest. This is your opportunity to calculate, or guess, when ARISSat-1 falls out of orbit. This is defined as the time it crosses an altitude of 78 kilometers, which is considered to be the point of no return. While not part of the contest, the actual reentry may be visible depending on location. Reports are encouraged. As in the past, we will have three divisions: + Student category for Kindergarten through grade 8 + Student category for High School, grades 9 through 12 + All others will be in the adult category. In addition to individual students, we encourage classes or organ- izations such as science clubs to make group submissions. Submissions are limited to one per person or group. Members of a group making a submission may not submit a second, individual entry. + Adults and individual students should include their name and amateur callsign if they have one. + Individual students should also give their grade in school. + Student groups should include the name of their group or class, school, and which category they represent. + Please give the UTC date in the format of day, month, year, hours, minutes, and seconds. + Finally, we would like to know your city, state, province or region, and your country. + Submissions will close on 15 September 2011 at 23:59:00 UTC. The closest predictions in each category will be recognized for their achievement. Send your submissions to CHICKENLITTLE(a)ARISSAT1.ORG. Good luck! [ANS thanks ARISSat-1/KEDR team for the above information]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-12 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Aug '11

11 Aug '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-12 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Youth Hostel “La Foresta”, near Castel Rigone, Trasimeno Lake, Perugia, Italy, telebridge via K6DUE Contact was successful: Thu 2011-08-11 08:48:52 UTC 45 deg (***) Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, direct via 8N1YK Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-08-16 09:57:45 UTC 63 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 661. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 644. (***) 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 2011-08-12 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 2011-08-12 04:00 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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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Youth Hostel "La Foresta", near Castel Rigone, Trasimeno Lake, Perugia, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Youth Hostel "La Foresta", near Castel Rigone, Trasimeno Lake, Perugia, Italy on 11 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:48 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east 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. Since 2009, at the Youth Hostel « La Foresta », near Trasimeno Lake and Perugia, Panda Avventure organizes one of its most interesting educational programme : « Astronauts in Forest » for about 200 children from 11 to 14 years. The programme combines the study of Earth with the study of Space and Space exploration and a big role game. Children are invited to imagine themselves as « Aliens » landed on our Planet from the space, and to participate every day to a different "Mission" to know the environmental problems of the Earth and try to find solutions to them. The Hostel has been equipped with two big hemispheres (two "space ships") placed in the forest and equipped with laboratories, GPS instruments, telescope, big screen to project films, computers, sky maps, library with educational materials. It has been the first program of this kind in Italy and strengthened the cooperation with ESA / ESRIN that gave a very important contribution providing the camp with educational materials. All the activities consisted in field researches, experiments, use of technical instruments, and games to explore the Earth and the Sky, to research solutions to save our Planet. Every day a log - book was kept by children. Every Mission had a filmed report by children. Every evening a film or a documentary on Earth or Space was shown. The programme "Astronauts in Forest" and the activities' reports of the summer camps always arises a lot of interest. They have a large circulation through Panda Avventure web site and social network. Generally Panda Avventure organizes also media coverage through News letter and contacts with newspaper and magazines. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How was the travel from earth to the ISS? 2. Is it noisy in the ISS? 3. In our hostel we recycle the water from the rain for the toilet, Is it true that you too recycle all the water and liquid in the ISS? 4. We are living in a forest: have you got any plant in the ISS? 5. We read that every morning a different music awoke you. Which was this morning? 6. We are attending a camp in the nature, training to become astronauts, could you please give us a trick for our training? 7. As you on the ISS, we too work with other people in our team and share all our time together. Sometimes living together is difficult. Is the same for you? 8. What do you miss mostly of nature? 9. How hot is inside and outside the ISS? 10. Now you are above the clouds! How is to live so many days without rain? 11. Does your hair grow faster in the ISS? 12. We heard that a lot of astronauts lost their smell sense in the space. Did it happen to you? 13. What do you do to relax yourself? 14. Can you see the moon phases from your window? 15. Which was your dream job when you were a little kid? 16. Have you brought something with you from home on ISS? 17. Do you think that we are alone in the universe? 18. In which way are you in contact with your relatives from ISS? 19. Did you do a walk in space outside the ISS? 20. How much was your training important for your job? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 16 Aug 2011, 09:57 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 2011-08-08 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-08 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Caribbean Youth Science Forum, National Institute for Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology (NIHERST), Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, telebridge via LU8YY Contact was successful: Mon 2011-08-08 15:13:00 UTC 75 deg (***) Youth Hostel “La Foresta”, near Castel Rigone, Trasimeno Lake, Perugia, Italy, telebridge via K6DUE Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-08-11 08:48:52 UTC 45 deg Yokohama Kurata Elementary School, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, direct via 8N1YK (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2011-08-16 09:57:45 UTC 63 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 660. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 643. (***) 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 2011-08-08 18:00 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 2011-08-08 18:00 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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