Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-20 22:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA Contact was successful: Thu 2014-03-20 14:38:33 UTC 68 deg (***)

Melbourne Grammar School, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-03-25 08:43:15 UTC 79 deg

I have been told that 6 of the Russian contacts listed below were successful. As soon as I know which 6 schools, then I will be letting everyone know. Unfortunately I may not know for some time.

**************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** **

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact is a go for 2014-03-04 10:20 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.", direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not.

I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations.

**************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.

**************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html

*********************************************************** ******************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.

http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:

Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101

**************************************************************************** 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 2014-03-20 22:30 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 895. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 874. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.

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 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 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@mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320.

The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, 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.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html

ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS

**************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-20 22:30 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_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

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE

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