Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-22 03:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Giosuè Carducci, Santa Marinella, I- 00058, Italy, direct via IZØLRI
Tue 2007-10-23 10:51 UTC 89 deg
Watch for Echolink and IRLP coverage. (***)
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 329.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-10-21 02:30 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.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-10-22 03:00 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_correctio…
tf
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
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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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Expedition 15 back on earth:
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Dr. Oleg Kotov
Congratulations on a job well done! (***)
Expedition 16 on orbit:
Peggy Whitson KC5ZTD
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Clayton Anderson KD5PLA
Space Flight Participant back on earth:
Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor 9W2MUS
Congratulations on your 5 Malaysian contacts! (***)
Expedition 16 future:
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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*Discovery's "Go" for Tuesday Launch*
21 October 2007
At the STS-120 Launch Readiness News Conference Sunday morning, LeRoy
Cain, launch integration manager, pointed to the weather as the only
question mark for the launch week ahead. He reported all is "ready to
move forward to launch on Tuesday."
Image Above: The STS-120 crew are, from left, Commander Pamela Melroy,
Pilot George Zamka and Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephanie
Wilson, Doug Wheelock, Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani. Image credit:
NASA/Kim Shiflett
+ View larger image
<http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170419main_crew-lg.jpg>
Weather officer Kathy Winters called Tuesday's weather "promising" at 60
percent favorable. She explained that they continue tracking a frontal
boundary that may now arrive on Wednesday, earlier than previously
predicted. The front should be out in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, but
the timing of the front's arrival could cause problems for a Wednesday
launch attempt should Tuesday's launch not occur. Weather should improve
once the front passes through the area. There is still only a 10 percent
chance that weather could prohibit tanking for Tuesday's liftoff.
Mike Leinbach, space shuttle launch director, said they are right on
their timeline with no issues in work. He gave credit to the hard work
of the processing teams preparing the shuttle for launch.
Discovery's crew of seven astronauts arrived in Florida on Friday and
have been going through final checklists and preparations for Tuesday's
liftoff.
Discovery is scheduled to return to Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility
at 4:47 a.m. Nov. 6.
*Mission Information*
+ STS-120 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html>
+ Harmony Node 2
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html>
+ Space Shuttle Discovery
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>
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*Expedition 15 Returns Home*
21 October 2007
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and Expediton 15 and 16 crews Image above: The
crew members onboard the International Space Station pose for a group
photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA
TO VIEW IMAGE GO
TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The Expedition 15 crew members have returned home.
After bidding farewell to the Expedition 16 crew Saturday night, the
Expedition 15 crew, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg
Kotov, boarded their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft for the return to Earth.
They undocked from the station around 3:14 a.m. EDT Sunday and landed in
the steppes of Kazakhstan at 6:36 a.m.
+ Read more about the Soyuz landing
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_la…>
Joining Expedition 15 for the journey home was spaceflight participant
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, a Malaysian flying under an agreement with the
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). He arrived at the station with
the Expedition 16 crew, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri
Malenchenko, on Oct 12.
At a change of command ceremony Friday afternoon, the Expedition 15 crew
formally handed over command of the station to Expedition 16.
Accepting command of the station from Yurchikhin, Whitson remarked,
"It's been a very impressive mission, and you guys have performed
exceptionally."
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson, who joined Expedition 15 in June, will
remain onboard as a member of Expedition 16, until his replacement,
astronaut Dan Tani, arrives on the STS-120 shuttle mission later this
month.
+ View crew daily timelines
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>
+ Read more about Expedition 16
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
NASA Television is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via
satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040
MHz, vertical polarization. A
Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) - compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder
(IRD) with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate of 36.86 and FEC 3/4 will
be needed for reception.
NASA mission coverage will be simulcast digitally on the Public Services
Channel (Channel #101); the Education Channel (Channel #102) and the
Media Services
Channel (Channel #103). Further information is available at:
http://www1.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/digital.html. Mission Audio can
be accessed on AMC-6, Transponder
13, 3971.3 MHz, horizontal polarization.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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*Countdown Begins for STS-120
21 Octber 2007
*
An extensive staff of controllers, technicians and engineers reported
for duty at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday as the countdown
began at 2 p.m. EDT for the launch of STS-120. Liftoff is scheduled for
11:38 a.m. EDT Tuesday.
NASA managers overseeing the launch preparations for STS-120 said space
shuttle Discovery is ready for two weeks in space.
"All of our systems are in good shape," NASA Test Director Charlie
Blackwell-Thompson said.
The Italian-built Harmony module Discovery is carrying to the
International Space Station is also in good shape, payload manager Glenn
Chin said. The station segment weighs more than 31,000 pounds and will
serve as a connecting point for laboratory modules from NASA and the
European and Japanese space agencies.
Weather officer Kathy Winters pointed to some concerns that rain showers
and clouds could interfere with Discovery's launch. She said there is a
60 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time.
Discovery's crew of seven astronauts arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center on Friday. They have been going through final checklists and
preparations of their own for Tuesday's planned lift off.
Crew members Pam Melroy and George Zamka flew simulated space shuttle
landings early Saturday morning aboard a Gulfstream business jet
modified to mimic the flight characteristics of a gliding shuttle.
STS-120 is scheduled to return to Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at
4:47 a.m. Nov. 6.
*Mission Information*
+ STS-120 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html>
+ Harmony Node 2
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html>
+ Space Shuttle Discovery
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-21 02:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Malaysian Group of Schools #5 National Planetarium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
direct via 9M2RPN
Successful Sat 2007-10-20 14:50 UTC 84 deg (***)
Giosuè Carducci, Santa Marinella, I- 00058, Italy, direct via IZØLRI
Tue 2007-10-23 10:51 UTC 89 deg
JOTA 2007 operation by the crew is going to be circumspect. The crew is
really busy during the shuttle docked time and so free time will be limited. So
monitor the 145.80 MHz downlink. You just never know!
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 329. (***)
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
*****************************************************************************
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-10-21 02:30 UTC.
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and quest
ions, 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.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-10-21 02:30 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_correctio…
tf
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.
*****************************************************************************
Expedition 15 on orbit:
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Dr. Oleg Kotov
Clayton Anderson KD5PLA
Expedition 16 on orbit:
Peggy Whitson KC5ZTD
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Space Flight Participant on orbit:
Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor 9W2MUS
Expedition 16 future:
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
*****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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STS-120 Bringing Space Station ‘Harmony’
09.24.07
Think of the next component set for delivery to the International Space
Station as an international crossroads in space. That's the major
function of the Italian-built U.S. module that will be ferried to the
station aboard space shuttle Discovery during mission STS-120.
TO VIEW THE REST OF THE ARTICLE WITH PICTURES GO TO:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html
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*Discovery, Harmony Ready for Launch*
20 October 2007
Discovery's crew. Image Above: Commander Pam Melroy and pilot George
Zamka leave the Shuttle Training Aircraft after practicing landings at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft is modified to
behave much like a shuttle gliding back from space. Image credit:
NASA/Kim Shiflett
+ View larger image
<http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170419main_sts120debark.jpg>
NASA managers overseeing the launch preparations for STS-120 said space
shuttle Discovery is ready for two weeks in space.
"All of our systems are in good shape," NASA Test Director Charlie
Blackwell-Thompson said.
The extensive staff of engineers who conduct the countdown will report
to the Launch Control Center on Saturday afternoon and the countdown
will begin at 2 p.m.
The Italian-built Harmony module Discovery is carrying to the
International Space Station is also in good shape, payload manager Glenn
Chin said. The station segment weighs more than 31,000 pounds and will
serve as a connecting point for laboratory modules from NASA and the
European and Japanese space agencies.
Weather officer Kathy Winters pointed to some concerns that rain showers
and clouds could interfere with Discovery's launch. She said there is a
60 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time. Liftoff is
scheduled for 11:38 a.m. Tuesday.
Discovery's crew of seven astronauts arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center on Friday. They have been going through final checklists and
preparations of their own for Tuesday's planned lift off.
Crew members Pam Melroy and George Zamka flew simulated space shuttle
landings early Saturday morning aboard a Gulfstream business jet
modified to mimic the flight characteristics of a gliding shuttle.
STS-120 is scheduled to return to Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at
4:47 a.m. Nov. 6.
*Mission Information*
+ STS-120 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html>
+ Harmony Node 2
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html>
+ Space Shuttle Discovery
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>
1
0
FW: Columbus
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]
20 Oct '07
20 Oct '07
>From ARISS-EU
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ARISS ANTENNAS ON COLUMBUS
Pictures and movies of ARISS antennas installation on Columbus are
now available at http://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus.htm
73
Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman
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*Expedition 15 Set to Return Home*
19 October 2007
Image above: The crew members onboard the International Space Station
pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International
Space Station. Credit: NASA
TO VIEW IMAGE GO
TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
As Expedition 15 wraps up and prepares to return home, the Expedition 16
crew members are busy preparing for the arrival of space shuttle Discovery.
At a change of command ceremony Friday afternoon, the Expedition 15 crew
formally handed over command of the station to Expedition 16.
Accepting command of the station from Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor
Yurchikhin, Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson remarked, "It's been a
very impressive mission, and you guys have performed exceptionally."
The crews will bid their final farewells Saturday night, as the
Expedition 15 crew, Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, board
their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft for the return to Earth. They will undock
from the station around 3:14 a.m. EDT Sunday and land in the steppes of
Kazakhstan around 6:37 a.m.
Joining Expedition 15 for the journey home is spaceflight participant
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, a Malaysian flying under an agreement with the
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). He arrived at the station with
the Expedition 16 crew, Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko, on
Oct 12.
NASA TV coverage of the crew farewells and hatch closure begins at 11:45
p.m. Saturday. Live coverage of the undocking starts at 2:45 a.m.
Sunday. Live coverage returns at 5:15 a.m. for the Soyuz deorbit burn
and landing.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson, who joined Expedition 15 in June, will
remain onboard as a member of Expedition 16, until his replacement,
astronaut Dan Tani, arrives on the STS-120 shuttle mission later this
month.
+ View crew daily timelines
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>
+ Read more about Expedition 16
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>
