Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-20 19:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact was not completed due to interference: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg (***) New contact date TBD. (***)

Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via 8N3IFES (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 UTC 66 deg

Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany, direct via DN1PU (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 11:23:11 UTC 39 deg (***)

Waxter Young Women’s Academy, Laurel, MD, direct via KC4KMY (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 15:57:46 UTC 80 deg (***)

National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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

Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 743. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 726. 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 [email protected] 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.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 2012-08-20 19:00 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

The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-16 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

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. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin

Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI

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73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors