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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
June 8, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School in Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Thursday, June 11 at 08:24 UTC. The school is over 70 years old
with an enrollment of over 1000 students. An amateur radio club was
established at the school in 2007 and won the national youngster's amateur
radio contest that same year. Elective courses on amateur radio, space
technology and ARISS are offered to the students. Media coverage is planned
with newspapers, television and the internet.
Liceo Scientifico "A. Bafile" in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy has been approved
for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Friday, June 12 at 06:52 UTC. L'Aquila was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake
on April 6. The schools suffered major damage and students are now being
taught under school-tents provided by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR)
and by Civil Defense (DPC). Teachers have redesigned their educational
proposals in order to keep the attention of students that are still shocked by
the quake. Teachers believe that an ARISS school contact can give students a
wider look on their future.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
tentatively scheduled for Vrije Basisschool Terbank-Egenhoven in Heverlee,
Belgium on Friday, June 12 at 11:38 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in
Belgium. This elementary school will use the topic of space travel to pique
students' interest in science and technology. The school houses a science
classroom with 4 hands-on experiments related to physics, chemistry,
technology, and computer science that change every three weeks. An electronics
project is planned for fifth and sixth grade students to build small AM
radios. Technopolis, Scientastic and "Professor Atoom" in collaboration with
the University of Leuven Chemistry Department will provide scientific
activities for the children as well.
2. ARISS Contact with Mahopac Public Library
Youth visiting Mahopac Public Library in Mahopac, New York participated in an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday,
June 3. The contact was made possible through telebridge station ON4ISS in
Belgium. Ten students chatted with JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA who
answered 18 questions posed to him.
3. ARISS Contact with Koichi Wakata
On Saturday, June 6, Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center in Hyogo, Japan
experienced a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact with Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA. An audience of approximately 400
gathered and watched as twenty-three students asked one question each of the
astronaut. Seven newspapers and five television stations, including NHK
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) covered the event.
4. 2008 Moscow ARISS International Meeting Minutes Posted
The 2008 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Face to Face
Meeting was held in Moscow on July 17-18. The meeting minutes and
presentations have been posted to the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
(AMSAT) Web site. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Meetings/2008_Moscow/
The minutes have also been posted to the ARISS Web site:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/2008%20Moscow%20ARISS-
I%20Meeting%20Minutes%20Final.doc
5. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline
On June 5, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1660 provided information about the
2009 Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Space Symposium and ARISS
Operations Team Meetings which will be held Friday - Sunday, October 9 -11 at
the Four Points Sheraton Hotel near the Baltimore Washington International
Airport. See: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News-A/news.txt .
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