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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
August 10, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Ottawa South United Sports Club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has been scheduled
for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Tuesday, August 11 at 14:26 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Euro Space Center, Night of Stars in Transinne, Belgium on
Thursday, August 13 at 20:05 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP:3D) Academy in Houston,
Texas on Thursday, August 20 at 18:16 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in
California.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Girl and Boy Scouts of Maur "Pfadimuur," in Forch, Switzerland
on Saturday, August 22 at 08:20 UTC. Scouts will focus on the theme, "Year of
Astronomy," and will earn qualifications in astronomy/space technology,
communications, public relations or journalism.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Nova East Star Party, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
Halifax Center in Nova Scotia, Canada on Saturday, August 22 at 12:54 UTC.
2. Michael Barratt Participated in ARISS Contact with United Space School
On Wednesday, August 5, students attending United Space School at the
University of Houston experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) contact with Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ on the ISS. Twelve
students asked the 18 questions they had prepared and with time left over,
asked an additional three.
United Space School is a session of high school students that meets annually
in the NASA/Clear Lake Area. Students come from around the world for a two
week session, during which they stay with local host families while being
mentored by astronauts, engineers, and scientists, to design a mission to Mars
as their team project.
3. Astronaut Training Status
A simulated contact between Euro Space Camp (ESC) and Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA
took place on Thursday, August 6. Audio was available on EchoLink and IRLP
(Internet Radio Linking Project). The training session was a terrestrial-based
amateur radio contact using Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) equivalent equipment.
4. SSTV Images Received by Ground Stations
MAI-75 (Moscow Aviation Institute) experiments were run on August 3 and 4. The
VC-H1 unit ran in auto mode (Robot-36 and transmitting once every 3 minutes).
Some Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images were received by ground stations. See:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/
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