[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 mentioned - ANS-028 Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS

[Bruce Sawtelle]

 Ham Radio payload just mentioned on NASA-TV, using the "KEDR" name, mentioned that it will operate on 145.900.  Great PR !

 

de Bruce - W3NJ

 

 

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From: JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm at comcast.net>
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ANS Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS



AMSAT News Service Bulletin 028.01

>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.

January 28, 2011

To All RADIO AMATEURS

BID: $ANS-028.01



The arrival of the Russian Progress-41 flight carrying the ARISSat-1 

Amateur Radio Experiment to the International Space Station will be 

televised live via NASA TV starting at 8PM CST (UTC-6) on Saturday,

January 29.



The unpiloted flight of the Progress resupply craft is expected to

automatically berth to the Pirs docking compartment at 8:40 p.m. CST.

Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman, 

Paolo Nespoli, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev 

will be standing by during the automated docking manuevers.



In addition to ARISSat-1, the cargo ship is carrying three tons of 

supplies for the crew members. 



ARISSat engineers will be meeting with Russian EVA specialists in 

Houston on Tuesday, February 1 to prepare for the February 16 deploy-

ment of the satellite.



For more information about the space station, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/station 



For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv



Check the AMSAT Web Page http://www.amsat.org for the latest ARISSat-1

information, a copy of the Symposium Slides, and a color guide showing

the transponder bandplan.



[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]



/EX



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