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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
October 19, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Istituto Comprensivo "Romualdo TRIFONE" in Montecorvino Rovella,
Salerno, Italy on Tuesday, October 20 at 07:41 UTC. Students have participated
in science and technology educational activities. Teachers have collaborated
with astrophysicists of the Astronomical Observatory "Giancamillo Glorious" in
M. Rovella and the local amateur radio group ARI Salerno.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for C. E. M. IV in Mbour, Senegal on Friday, October 23 at 10:28
UTC. Plans have been made to install a complete NOAA satellite reception
system in the school. The students have studied orbit predictions, tracking
programs and systems, receiver techniques and antennas. A video conference is
planned with the Swiss astronaute Claude Nicollier, HB9CN.
VTI Ieper in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium has been scheduled for an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday,
October 23 at 11:11 UTC via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The school
will use the question and answer session with Expedition 21 astronaut Frank De
Winne to commemorate 100 years of aviation.
Samuel Hearne Secondary School in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada has
been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Friday, October 23 at 16:27 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in
California. The school has an enrollment of 400 students in grades 7-12.
Inuvik (the place of man) is situated on the banks of the Mackenzie River and
is very close to the Arctic Ocean. It is the economic hub of the Western
Arctic.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Belayr Pathfinders in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on
Saturday, October 24 at 15:12 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
The Pathfinders participating in the ARISS program will be able to earn the
Galactic Adventures badge.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled with Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, October
27 at 09:33 UTC via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The centre
organized a student competition for naming asteroids, using rules of the
science naming process. In October the winners travel to Warsaw for the
competition finale and will take part in the ARISS event.
Sherbrooke Community School in Sassafras, Victoria, Australia has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Wednesday, October 28 at 07:13 UTC. This will be a telebridge
contact via station W6SRJ in California. Sherbrooke Community School fosters
student participation and the advancement of amateur radio in the community.
It operates Sherbrooke Community Club station, VK3KID. The school has invited
representatives from neighboring schools to pose questions to the astronauts
and asked its sister schools in China and Bhutan to also submit questions for
students to ask the ISS crew.
David Thompson Middle School (DTMS) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Friday, October 30 at 21:12 UTC via station LU8YY in Argentina.
DTMS and the University of Calgary's science department have collaborated on
this event.
2. ARISS Contact Between Thirsk and Boundary Beach Students
On Tuesday, October 13, students from Boundary Beach Elementary School in
Delta, British Columbia, Canada spoke with astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA on
the ISS via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact. Seventeen questions were answered, including one from the radio team.
The contact was made possible through the Langley Amateur Radio Association.
To prepare for the contact, students got involved in many space related
activities and participated in Dr. Thirsk's "Get Fit for Space" program.
3. Glenmore Christian Academy Experiences ARISS Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact occurred
on Wednesday, October 14 between Glenmore Christian Academy students in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA. Nearly six hundred
students, teachers, parents and guests gathered to watch the youth ask 20
questions of the astronaut. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and CTV
(Canadian television) covered the event.
4. ARISS Contact with UNICEF - Mali
Children in Gao, Mali participated in an Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October 15 via telebridge station
K6DUE in Maryland. The contact was held as part of the UNICEF WaSH (Water,
Sanitation, Hygiene) campaign. Astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, a UNICEF
Belgium goodwill ambassador, spoke to the children, answering 5 questions.
5. JOTA Contact Unsuccessful
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was
scheduled for Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), Boy Scouts of America Headquarters
in Irving, Texas on Saturday, October 17. Due to technical difficulties, the
contact did not take place. Contact demonstrations on other satellites were
given during the day, however, and there was an amateur radio balloon flight
as well. Scouts also took part in a Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) activity.
Approximately 400 Scouts, parents and officials attended the event.
6. NASA Reports on ARISS Contact
NASA posted as one of its "Daily Top Stories" an article from the Vancouver
Sun about the October 9 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact with Belmont Elementary School:
Hundreds Of Students "Enthralled" Talking To ISS Astronaut. The Vancouver Sun
(10/10, 178K) reported, "Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk zipped through the
heavens above Langley's Ecole Belmont elementary school Friday, riding the
International Space Station and chatting with 533 enthralled students." The
event was organized by "ARISS (Amateur Radio International Space Station), a
NASA- sponsored educational outreach program." According to the article,
"Judging by the reaction of the children sitting cross-legged in the gym, the
program was an obvious hit."
7. ARRL Letter Posts Article on Columbus Antennas
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article, written by ARISS
(Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) delegate Rosalie White,
about the ARISS Columbus antennas in the October 15 issue of the ARRL Letter.
To view "Amateur Radio in Space : Columbus Antennas to Take to the Skies," go
to: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/index.html?issue=2009-10-15
8. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published three ARISS (Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station) related news items in its November 2009 issue
of QST. Under the "In Brief" column is a short item about the STS-128
launching on August 28 with 3 ham astronaut crew members.
A second item appears in the "Media Hits" column which has a short note about
Make Magazine running an article on SuitSat (now ARISSat-1).
The final item is an article titled "2009 Teachers Institute Introduced
Advanced Satellite Workshop" which describes an experiment to teach a workshop
to teachers on how to use ham radio satellite communications to teach
technology. One workshop participant, a staff member of the NASA Aerospace
Education Services Project, [Jim Fitzgerald, KC8WWJ], wrote on his evaluation
form that he thought AESP could use some of the workshop materials to help
with professional development of educators using technology in their
classrooms.
The ARRL monthly journal has a circulation of 150,000.
9. AMSAT Symposium Update
The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) Symposium was held over the
October 9 - 11 weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. AMSAT President Barry Baines'
presentation has been posted to the AMSAT Web site. The presentation names
ARISS as a partner and indicates continued support of the ARISSat-1 project.
See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
A video of symposium highlights was put together and has been posted on
YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efXlL75dvA
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