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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-02 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-02 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:23 UTC 42 deg (***) Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10- 06 19:11 UTC 33 deg (***) Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage. (***) Isummasaqvik School, Quaqtag, QC Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Wed 2007-10-10 18:32 UTC 84 deg (***) Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage. (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 321. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-10-02 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.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-09-29 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_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 15 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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2 Line ISS Keps 10-2
by Dave Larsen PhD 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 07275.28321002 .00008769 00000-0 60944-4 0 874 2 25544 051.6344 271.4043 0002944 058.8628 062.7891 15.75349654507679

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-02 03:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-10-02 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC 41 deg Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10- 06 19:12 UTC 32 deg Isummasaqvik School, Quaqtag, QC Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Wed 2007-10-10 18:31 UTC 84 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 321. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-09-29 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.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-09-29 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_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 15 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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SHUTTLE DISCOVERY AT LAUNCH PAD
by Arthur Rowe 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Oct. 1, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel(a)nasa.gov SHUTTLE DISCOVERY AT LAUNCH PAD; LAUNCH DRESS REHEARSAL NEXT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With space shuttle Discovery now at its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the next major milestone for the upcoming STS-120 mission is a full launch dress rehearsal. The shuttle arrived at the pad near noon EDT Sunday on top of a giant vehicle called the crawler-transporter. The crawler-transporter began carrying Discovery out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building at 6:47 a.m., traveling less than 1 mph during the 3.4 mile journey. Discovery was firmly on the launch pad, or hard down, at 1:15 p.m. Discovery is targeted to launch Oct. 23 on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle's seven crew members will add a module to the space station that will serve as a port for installing additional international laboratories. The crew also will move the station's first set of solar arrays to a permanent location and redeploy them. Discovery's crew members are Commander Pam Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and mission specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, Daniel Tani and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency. Tani will remain aboard the station and return with the STS-122 crew, targeted to launch Dec. 6. Current station Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson will return to Earth aboard Discovery. The STS-120 astronauts and ground crews will participate in a launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, from Oct. 7 to 10 at Kennedy. The test provides each shuttle crew with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. Oct. 7 - STS-120 Crew Arrival: The crew will arrive at 7 p.m. at the Shuttle Landing Facility and make a statement. The arrival will not be broadcast live but will be part of the NASA TV Video File. Oct. 9 - STS-120 Crew Media Q&A: The crew will take media questions at Launch Pad 39A at 8:15 a.m. The session will be carried live on NASA TV. Oct. 10 - STS-120 Crew Walkout Photo Opportunity: The astronauts will depart from the Operations and Checkout Building at 7:45 a.m. in their flight entry suits in preparation for the countdown demonstration test at the launch pad. The walkout will not be broadcast live but will be part of the NASA TV Video File. Video b-roll of the terminal countdown demonstration test will be available on the NASA TV Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about the STS-120 mission and crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end-

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ISS Crew Preps for Departures and Arrivals
by Arthur Rowe 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 The Expedition 15 crew members are busy with science, station maintenance, preparations for their return to Earth and the arrival of the next crew to the International Space Station. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov worked Monday with a medical experiment that tests the cardiovascular system by applying negative pressure on the lower body to simulate the effects of gravity. Flight Engineer Clay Anderson collected samples of the station's potable water. These samples are for a periodic check of the water for microbial or chemical contamination. The Expedition 15 crew continues with preparations for departure and for the arrival of the next crew. The Expedition 16 crew, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko, will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 10 and arrive at the station on Oct. 12. Accompanying Expedition 16 is Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who will return to Earth on Oct. 21 with Yurchikhin and Kotov. Anderson will remain on the station with Expedition 16 until his replacement, Flight Engineer Dan Tani, arrives on space shuttle Discovery later in October. The Zarya module's solar array wings were successfully retracted on Friday and Saturday, marking the first time they had been retracted since the module was put in orbit in November 1998. The arrays needed to be retracted to avoid contact with the station's radiators. The starboard radiators will be deployed during Discovery's STS-120 mission, followed by the port radiators after the shuttle departs. + 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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NASA Assigns Crew for Space Station Assembly Mission
by Arthur Rowe 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #3146 : > Oct. 1, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > john.yembrick-1(a)nasa.gov > > Kylie Clem > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > kylie.s.clem(a)nasa.gov > > > > NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE STATION ASSEMBLY MISSION > > WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Endeavour's > STS-126 mission, targeted for launch in September 2008. The flight > will deliver equipment to the International Space Station that will > enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex. > > Veteran space flier Navy Capt. Christopher J. Ferguson will command > Endeavour. Air Force Lt. Col. Eric A. Boe will serve as the pilot. > The mission specialists are Navy Cmdr. Stephen G. Bowen, NASA > astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, Army Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough and > Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper. Boe, Bowen and Kimbrough > will be making their first spaceflight. > > STS-126 will be the second spaceflight for Ferguson and > Stefanyshyn-Piper, who flew together on STS-115 in September 2006. It > also is the second flight for Higginbotham, who flew on STS-116 in > December 2006. > > Endeavour will carry a reusable logistics module that will hold > supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, a second > treadmill, equipment for the regenerative life support system and > spare hardware. > > A native of Philadelphia, Ferguson served as pilot of the shuttle > Atlantis for STS-115. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical > engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, and a master's > degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate > School, Monterey, Calif. He was selected as an astronaut in 1998. > > Boe was born in Miami and grew up in Atlanta. He has a bachelor's > degree in astronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, > Colorado Springs, Colo., and a master's degree in electrical > engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. He was > selected as an astronaut in 2000. > > Bowen was born in Cohasset, Mass. He has a bachelor's degree from the > U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and a master's degree from the > Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Bowen also was > selected as an astronaut in 2000. He was previously named to the > STS-124 crew but has been reassigned to STS-126. The change will > allow room for the STS-124 mission to rotate a space station > resident, who will be named later. > > A native of Chicago, Higginbotham flew on STS-116. She has a > bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois > University, Carbondale, and master's degrees in both management and > space systems from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne. > She was selected as an astronaut in 1996. > > Kimbrough was born in Killeen, Texas, and grew up in Smyrna, Ga. He > has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. > Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., and a master's degree in > operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was > selected as an astronaut in 2004. > > Stefanyshyn-Piper was born in St. Paul, Minn. She conducted two > spacewalks on STS-115. She has a bachelor's and master's degrees in > mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of > Technology. She was selected as an astronaut in 1996. > > Video of the STS-126 crew members will air on NASA Television's Video > File. For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming > video, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For complete astronaut biographical information, visit: > > http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios > > For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > > -end- > > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-29 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-29 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC., telebridge via WH6PN Successful Sat 2007-09-29 16:28 UTC 16 deg (***) Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC 41 deg Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10- 06 19:12 UTC 32 deg Isummasaqvik School, Quaqtag, QC Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Wed 2007-10-10 18:31 UTC 84 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 321. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-09-29 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.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-09-29 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_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 15 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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Soyuz Move Caps Busy Week Aboard Space Station
by Arthur Rowe 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C#31468 *Soyuz Move Caps Busy Week Aboard Space Station* The Expedition 15 crew members enjoyed a light-duty day Friday aboard the International Space Station after a busy week culminating in the relocation of their Soyuz spacecraft on Thursday. The Zarya module's starboard solar array wing was retracted Friday morning, with the retraction of the port solar array planned for Saturday. The Zarya arrays must be completely retracted to avoid contact with the station's radiators. The starboard radiators will be deployed during STS-120 space shuttle mission in October, followed by the port radiators after the shuttle departs. The crew moved the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft on Thursday to free up the Zarya nadir, or Earth-facing, port for the arrival of Expedition 16 on Oct. 12. After the Soyuz undocked at 3:20 p.m. EDT, Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov piloted the spacecraft 80 feet for a 27-minute trip to the aft docking port of the Zvezda service module. + Read more about the Soyuz move <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/soyuzmov…> On Monday afternoon, the Zvezda service module's engines were fired for about two minutes to raise the space station's altitude an average of about 5.3 nautical miles. This brings the station into the correct position for the upcoming Soyuz TMA-11 and space shuttle Discovery dockings in October. + 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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Discovery Prepares to Roll to the Pad
by Arthur Rowe 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Discovery Prepares to Roll to the Pad* In preparation for the targeted Oct. 23 launch, Discovery is set to roll from the Vehicle Assembly Building out to the Launch Pad 39A aboard the crawler transporter this weekend. Earlier in the week, the orbiter was attached to the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters atop the mobile launch platform. In the predawn hours Thursday, the payload canister for mission STS-120 arrived at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Italian-built U.S. Harmony module destined for the International Space Center will be transferred to Discovery's payload bay once the space shuttle reaches the pad. Payload canister at Launch Pad 39AAs dawn begins to break over Launch Pad 39A, the payload canister carrying the International Space Station's Harmony module is lifted toward the payload change out area of the pad's service structure. Image credit: NASA + View larger image <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170419main_payloadatpad-lg.JPG> *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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Re: NASA Television and Internet Features Mark Dawn of the Space Age
by Arthur Rowe 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Sept. 28, 2007 > > Bob Jacobs > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-1600 > bob.jacobs(a)nasa.gov > > > NASA TELEVISION AND INTERNET FEATURES MARK DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE > > WASHINGTON - Starting Oct. 1, NASA Television and the agency's > Internet homepage will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Space > Age, which began with the launch of Sputnik I on Oct. 4, 1957. > > NASA TV news feeds and a special interactive web presentation on > www.nasa.gov will feature interview excerpts with former astronauts, > engineers, scientists, flight directors and other NASA employees who > offer historical perspectives on the Sputnik launch. Also provided > will be file footage of Explorer I, the first satellite launched by > the United States on Jan. 31, 1958, 3-D spacecraft models, and the > subsequent announcement by NASA's first administrator T. Keith > Glennan on the establishment of the agency on Oct. 1, 1958. > > The NASA TV Video File is seen on the Media Channel, #103, at 6 and 9 > a.m., noon, 4 and 10 p.m. EDT. It airs on the Public Channel, #101, > at 9 a.m., 6 and 10 p.m. > > In the continental United States, NASA TV's Public, Education and > Media channels are carried by MPEG-2 digital C-band signal on AMC-6, > at 72 degrees west longitude, Transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical > polarization. They are available in Alaska and Hawaii on an MPEG-2 > digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-7, transponder 18C, > 137 degrees west longitude, 4060 MHz, vertical polarization. A > Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is > required for reception. > > Beginning Monday, learn more about the 50th anniversary of the Space > Age at: > > http://www.nasa.gov > > http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/index.html > > To find additional information about NASA TV streaming video, downlink > and schedule information, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > > -end- > > > > > >

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