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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
May 11, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Besyo Elementary School in Saitama, Japan on Monday, May 11 at
11:01 UTC. JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA is an alumnus of the school.
The conversation will be in Japanese.
Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center in Hyogo, Japan has been scheduled for an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday,
May 20 at 06:57 UTC. The community center was established in 1987 and serves
the area's 5000 households. To prepare for the contact, children researched
the ISS and studied space and the global environment. This question and
answer session concerning life in space will be conducted in Japanese.
2. ARISS Contact Held During Flemish Space Days Event
Flemish Space Days, an event organized by the Flemish Space Industry (VRI),
was held in the Brabanthal in Leuven, Belgium on May 8 - 10. Interactive
booths, educational workshops and movies on space, avionics and astronomy were
some of the activities available to the youth and public. An audience of
approximately 110 parents, teachers, students and others attended the event on
Sunday, May 10 and watched as twenty students participated in an Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Michael Barratt,
KD5MIJ. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California established the radio link with
the ISS. Voice communications were then patched over regular telephone lines,
allowing the students to question the astronaut. The contact received
newspaper coverage, reaching nearly twenty-five thousand.
3. Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Nicole Stott, KE5GJN, will receive training on the Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) radio equipment on Monday, May 18.
She is scheduled to fly as part of the ISS Expeditions 20 and 21 crews.
4. ARISS Annual Report Posted
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Annual Report
2008 has been posted to the AMSAT Web site. See:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/Annual%20Reports/ARISS_Annual_Report_2
008_Final.pdf
5. ARISS Member Receives Chris Jones Memorial Award
On May 2, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Tony
Hutchison, VK5ZAI, was presented with the Chris Jones Memorial Award during
the Wireless Institute of Australia's (WIA) Annual General Meeting at Monash
University, Churchill. Hutchison received the award in recognition of his
work with the ARISS program. The award is the highest honor the WIA can confer
on a person. See: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090505-
4/index.php
6. AMSAT Posts Dayton Hamvention Events
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) has posted the activities
planned for Dayton Hamvention 2009 to be held Friday - Sunday, May 15 -17.
Activities will include talks on the Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) program and the Columbus antennas, as well as a demo of
SuitSat-2. Richard Garriott, W5KWQ will be the keynote speaker at the
AMSAT/TAPR Banquet on Friday evening, May 15. See:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
Garriott has also been scheduled for a 15 minute interview on Saturday, May 16
at 4:00 pm ET. The live Web broadcast will be available on: http://w5kub.com
7. Amateur Radio Newsline Report on ARISS Certificate
On May 8, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1656 included a short item on the
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) 25th Anniversary
Event. "Ham Radio in Space: ARISS at 25 Certificate" may be found here:
ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt
Certificate development is expected to be completed by June 1 and certificates
should be distributed by the end of June.
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