Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-08-05 02:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Octave Chanute Air Museum/Scouts Space Jam 5, Rantoul, Illinois, telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-08-06 18:13:27 UTC 53 deg Check out the Space Jam 5 website: http://www.spacejamboree.com/ (***) See other notes below concerning a balloon launch and video streaming. (***)
Caribbean Youth Science Forum, National Institute for Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology (NIHERST), Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: 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
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 658. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 641. 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%27s
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-08-05 02:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type)
The successful school list has been updated as of 2011-08-01 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_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
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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. 27 on orbit Andrey Borisenko Aleksandr Samokutyayev Ronald J. Garan KF5GPO
Exp. 28 on orbit Sergey Volkov Michael E. Fossum KF5AQG Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW
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73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors