Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-17 05:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Special operating SSTV event SSTV system might be on Sun 2008-10-12 18:00 to 21:00 UTC Downlink should be 145.8 MHz

The crew has been informed about JOTA, so watch for possible operation. (***)

Students from Austin Independent School District and Mayor of Austin, TX, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact was successful 2008-10-15 17:49 UTC 26 deg (***)

Combined group of Challenger Learning Centers, telebridge via W6SRJ Howard B. Owens Science Center’s Challenger Center (Lanham, MD) Challenger Learning Center of Columbia (Columbia, SC) Verizon Challenger Learning Center at MOSI (Tampa, FL) Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center (Brownsburg, IN) Contact was successful: Thu 2008-10-16 16:39 UTC 73 deg (***)

Budbrooke Primary School, Warwick, England, direct via GB4OBS Contact is a go for Fri 2008-10-17 11:06 UTC 78 deg Watch live video stream at http://www.batc.tv (***)

Combined group of Challenger Learning Centers, telebridge via W6SRJ Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center (Indianapolis, IN) Challenger Learning Center at Paducah (Paducah, KY) Challenger Learning Center—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) Contact is a go for: Fri 2008-10-17 15:31 UTC 31 deg

Austin Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, Austin, TX, direct via K5LBJ Contact is a go for: Sun 2008-10-19 13:15 UTC 47 deg

Pinehurst School, Ashland, Oregon, telebridge via W6SRJ and WH6PN (***) Contact is a go for : Mon 2008-10-20 15:06 UTC via WH6PN and then handover to 15:14 UTC 54 deg via W6SRJ

National Planetarium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN Contact is a go for : Tues 2008-10-21 08:30 UTC 30 deg

Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 364. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 10.

QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL%27s

ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS

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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-10-17 05:00 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 2008-10-12 03:30 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... 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 17 on orbit: Sergei Volkov Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Gregory Chamitoff KD5PKZ

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

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