Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the
*Ilan Ramon Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot,
Israel*on Sunday February 3rd.
AOS is approximately 09:01 UTC - Echolink & Web transmission will begin
about 20 minutes prior to AOS
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE in Greenbelt,
Maryland, USA. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Students of Leyada-The Hebrew University Secondary School in Israel will
participate in this ARISS contact. This event is a complement to the
variety of events held annually in memory of Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first
astronaut. Among the students participating in the event are the winners of
the Space Olympics hosted by the Ilan Ramon Foundation. For the competition
the students have been working for the past 3 months on plans for the
construction of a space platform designated for satellite repair (as the
main goal) and a guest house in space (as a secondary goal). Approximately
200 students will be in attendance of the event.
Fenruary 1st marks the 10 year anniversary of the loss of Shuttle Columbia
of which Ilan was a crewmember.
Audio from this contact will be fed into the:
EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers
IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at:
https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/
Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes
prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the
preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station
call to the ISS.
Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in
the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event.
Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third
question.
** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other
manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes
**
73,
John - AG9D
ARISS Audio Distribution
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-29 09:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Ilan Ramon Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
telebridge via K6DUE
Contact is a go for: Sun 2013-02-03 09:01:08 UTC 89 deg
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, telebridge via IK1SLD (***)
Contact is a go for: Fri 2013-02-08 20:07:32 UTC 43 deg (***)
Yokosuka Elementary School, Tokai, Japan, direct via 8N2TOKAI (***)
Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-02-09 09:57:10 UTC 32 deg (***)
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-29 09:00 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 788.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 771.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, 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.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
****************************************************************************
**
The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-25 20:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Ilan Ramon Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
telebridge via K6DUE
Contact is a go for: Sun 2013-02-03 09:01:08 UTC 89 deg
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-25 20:00 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 788.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 771.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, 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.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
****************************************************************************
**
The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-24 21:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Ilan Ramon Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
telebridge via K6DUE
Contact is a go for: Sun 2013-02-03 09:01:08 UTC 89 deg
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-24 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 788.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 771.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, 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.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
****************************************************************************
**
The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
All,
A quick reminder that the AMSAT-NA Store is still open for business at the
following URL:
http://store.amsat.org/catalog/
It is running on a separate secure server, and unaffected by issues with the
main AMSAT web site.
We still haves several of the popular new broadband preamps in stock from
the second production run.
Unlike some sites, even temporarily, no Viagra. :)
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
AMSAT Store Stock Boy
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-22 17:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Ilan Ramon Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
telebridge via K6DUE (***)
Contact is a go for: Sun 2013-02-03 09:01:08 UTC 89 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
*
****************************************************************************
*
Normal access to amsat.org is unavailable at this time.
****************************************************************************
*
****************************************************************************
*
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-22 17:30 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 788.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 771.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, 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.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
****************************************************************************
**
The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-022
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-022.01
ANS-022 ANS Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Website Down
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 022.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 22, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-022.01
On or about 20 January 2013, AMSAT-NA's main web site www.amsat.org
was compromised by an attacker, with the contents of the supporting
database, including non-public information, posted on other publicly
available web sites.
It is likely that the attacker gained enough access to the site to
post arbitrary and possibly illegal content, so out of an abundance
of caution the main site was shut down.
Neither the AMSAT store nor the Fox project web site were affected
by this breach. Mail services remain operational.
The main site was developed roughly 10 years ago by a AMSAT volun-
teers under a more benign Internet threat environment. The team that
built that site is no longer associated with AMSAT, so work has been
underway over the last several months to move to a modern, maintain-
able, secure infrastructure. This recent breach will accelerate that
activity. In the interim, www.amsat.org will have limited content.
[ANS thanks AMSAT's User Services Team for the above information]
/EX
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-18 20:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Saint Rose Elementary School, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, direct
via VE9LC
Contact was successful: Thu 2013-01-17 13:40:24 UTC 60 deg (***)
The contact video may be found at: (***)
http://www.bellaliant.net/communityone/video/?channelId=8fe0b91ef55b4d0bb8ae
8a03426da0a4&channelListId=351dc36595c54d30b91253fe6ae13836&mediaId=bc62fa87
c50a4f6187a99699a50b0697#tab-lifestyle-misc
The video is under “LifeStyle”, and within LifeStyle, select “Misc.”
The title is “Students talk to Space Station”.
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 788. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 771. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, 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.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
****************************************************************************
**
The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-18 20:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-01-17 05:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Saint Rose Elementary School, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, direct
via VE9LC
Contact is a go for: Thu 2013-01-17 13:40:24 UTC 60 deg
Watch for live stream at http://live.streamit.ca/?player=66 (***)
The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-01-17 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
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 787.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 770.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
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.
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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 window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed.
Look for the window for first half 2013 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, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern
Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
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IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS
BULLETIN
BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE:
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2013-01-12 19:00 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
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
ARISS School Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
Successful ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional Zoho links may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
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There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having
direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on
board
and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will
retransmit shuttle audio.
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Exp. 33/34 on orbit
Oleg Novitskiy
Kevin Ford KF5GPP
Evgeny Tarelkin
Exp. 34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom Marshburn KE5HOC
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Saint Rose Elementary School, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on 17 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:40 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VE9LC. The contact should be audible over portions of Canada. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Saint Rose School has been excitedly preparing for their upcoming communication with International Space Station Canadian Commander, Chris Hadfield. In preparation for this educational event, students in grades three to five took part in a Saint John Astronomy Club presentation by Kurt Nason. November saw our kick-off assembly with special guest Greg D'Entremont. At this assembly, SRS students met their ten Barnhill Memorial School partners who will be asking Commander Hadfield student created questions. In the month of December, each class will be working on space projects linked to curriculum outcomes. Some are classroom projects linked to the K-2 curriculum, You and Your World, while some students in grades 3-5 are working on Science connections individually, in small group, or as a class. Event day will see some of the projects highlighted. Our final lead-up event of this calendar year will be on December 17th when students enjoy a presentation by UNBSJ Space Studies Professor, Phil Backman. The "Saint Rose School Space Walk" will take place on January 9th. Students will walk from classroom to classroom to observe projects, ask questions of project creators, and possibly select those projects being highlighted on event day. The week culminates with the Science East Planetarium in the gymnasium that all students will visit throughout the day for class presentations.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is it like to live in the Space Station and who else lives there
with you?
2. What is the best thing you've seen in space?
3. Can you use cellphones in space?
4. What does a solar eclipse look like from the Space Station?
5. How can the Space Station orbit the Earth in 90 minutes?
6. Does it get cold in space at night and how cold?
7. How long does the oxygen supply last on the Space Station?
8. How long does it take to get to space from Earth?
9. What is your favorite part of being an astronaut?
10. Why did you want to be an astronaut and why?
11. What Earth landmarks can you see from space?
12. What does the continent of Antarctica look like from Space?
13. What do you do for entertainment for long periods of time in such small
quarter?
14. After living in a microgravity environment do you find it hard to walk
when you return to Earth?
15. We have read that the ISS is about the size of 5 NHL rinks. Have you
ever gotten lost?
16. How do you think living on the ISS will influence your song writing?
17. How do you feel about being the first Canadian ever to command the ISS?
18. If given the choice would you prefer living in space or on Earth?
19. On the Space Shuttle what happens to the external fuel tank once it's
jettisoned?
20. How did the ISS get into space and how does it stay there?
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