[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-09 07:30 UTC
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Wed Dec 9 07:26:52 UTC 2015
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-09 07:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Junior High School, Świętajno, Poland,
telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact was successful: Tue 2015-12-08 08:19:31 UTC 62 deg (***)
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>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com.
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Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to h
ttp://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IKØWGF with 115
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1015. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total
Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge
2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1
2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42
2002 25 60.98 16 39.02 0 0.00 41
2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39
2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35
2005 37 67.27 18 32.73 0 0.00 55
2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47
2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75
2008 33 53.23 29 46.77 0 0.00 62
2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121
2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48
2011 86 69.35 38 30.65 0 0.00 124
2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93
2013 46 49.46 40 43.01 7 7.53 93
2014 50 72.46 19 27.54 0 0.00 69
2015 41 58.57 26 37.14 3 4.29 70
Grand 619 60.99 383 37.73 13 1.28 1015
Total
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 980. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total
Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge
2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1
2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42
2002 24 60.00 16 40.00 0 0.00 40
2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39
2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35
2005 36 66.67 18 33.33 0 0.00 54
2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47
2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75
2008 33 60.00 22 40.00 0 0.00 55
2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121
2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48
2011 78 67.24 38 32.76 0 0.00 116
2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93
2013 45 50.56 40 44.94 4 4.49 89
2014 48 73.85 17 26.15 0 0.00 65
2015 37 61.67 22 36.67 1 1.67 60
Grand 602 61.43 370 37.76 8 0.82 980
Total
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS
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The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS
international
partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan)
operations
team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS
school
contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute.
Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered secondary.
Please
check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest announcements.
Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***). Also, please
check
MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the
downlink of
145.8Ø MHz.
The crossband repeater has been active at times.
The frequencies are uplink of 437.8Ø MHz and downlink of 145.8Ø MHz.
For information about educational materials available from ISS partner
space
Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions
page.
If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill
in an application. The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a
direct request to support an ARISS contact; the application must first be
sent
to the ARISS region coordinator.
You should also note that many schools think that they can request a
specific date and time. Once an application has been accepted the ARISS
mentors will work with the school to determine a mutually agreeable date.
There are several ARISS web sites:
English: http://www.ariss.org/ Note this is the new site location.
This site also has links to many other ARISS sites:
http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html
ARISS France: http://ariss.fr.free.fr/
ARISS Europe: http://www.ariss-eu.org/
ARISS Japan: http://www.jarl.or.jp/ariss/
Your completely filled out application should be returned to the
nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not
listed. E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application.
Here are the email addresses:
ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered: fs882 at ncf.ca
(Maurice-André Vigneault VA2MA/VE3VIG)
ARISS-Europe: school.selection.manager at amsat.it (Francesco De Paolis,
IK0WGF)
ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries: iaru-r3 at jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro
JA1KAB)
ARISS-Russia: n2ww at attbi.com (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ)
ARISS-USA: contact NASA at JSC-TFS-ARISS at mail.nasa.gov
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Other web sites that may be of interest include:
ARRL related websites:
http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station
http://www.arrl.org/ariss
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AMSAT related websites:
http://www.amsat.org
Latest ARISS announcements and news
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ariss/
Successful school list
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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NASA related websites:
Main page: http://www.nasa.gov/
For Educators: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
For Students: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.h
tml (instructions for US schools wanting to apply for a contact may be
found here)
For Media: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/index.html
Teaching From Space (TIF):
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/contact_tfs/index.html
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The ISS Fan Club website is:
http://www.issfanclub.com
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ON6SAT has a website at:
http://on6sat.com/links/
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IRLP website at:
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca
This site will have the links for simulcast contacts that have IRLP and
Echolink.
Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events
for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast.
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Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contact
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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A listing of ARISS related magazine articles:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Currently the list includes articles from CQ, CQ VHF, QST, and The AMSAT
Journal. Please contact me directly if you have additional suggestions.
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Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
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To let you in on how tough it is to schedule contacts, here are some of
the constraints the ARISS mentors must work under:
Each Increment is 26 weeks in length.
For any given expedition, we typically may not schedule:
1. Anything the first 3 weeks.
2. During EVA weeks
3. At least 2 weeks prior to the Increment change.
4. No contacts during meal and exercise periods.
5. No contacts during post-sleep and pre sleep (before Ø8:ØØ UTC and after
19:3Ø UTC)
6. Contacts on the day of Progress docking or undocking are circumspect.
Mike Fincke KE5AIT and Gennady Padalka RN3DT produced a video during their
stay on Expedition 9. You can get the QuickTime version (209MB) or the
Windows Media version (152MB). These files are huge, so only a broadband
connection is recommended. Thanks Mike and Gennady!
QuickTime:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9Tour.mov
Windows Media:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9tourwmv.wmv
Doug Wheelock KF5BOC produced a YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8
Gregory Reid Wiseman KF5LKT is in a short YouTube video.
http://youtu.be/5nLFNG-Njlo
A discussion on Doppler correction and the ISS frequencies may be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
This file was updated 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIO STREAMING THAT IS PROVIDED BY Verizon
Business.
1. Go to designated homepage URL.
2. Click on Audioconferencing.
3. Click on Audio Streaming.
4. Click on Join.
5. Enter conference meeting number.
6. Enter passcode (case sensitive) and there are 11 letters max.
7. Enter name.
8. Enter email address.
9. Enter company, use ARISS or AMSAT if you want.
10. Enter title (optional).
11. Agree to agreement policy.
12. Click proceed.
13. Wait for contact to start. If you are there too early, then you will
probably hear music. Contact streaming should start approximately 6
minutes before AOS.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE USE OF IRLP, ECHOLINK, and Webcast.
IRLP website at:
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca
If using IRLP is more convenient for you than using EchoLink, please
connect to the IRLP reflector 9Ø1Ø.
The Discovery 9Ø1Ø Reflector also has streaming audio available. Once on
the main page, select “audio library” on the left sidebar. The prompt
to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page.
More directly, you can go to
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca:8ØØØ/listen.pls
The audio stream will be delayed.
Additional information on the IRLP Discovery Reflector requirements:
The use of the Discovery Reflector requires that your audio player have
ability to play a pls file. Confirm that your player has that file. You
should also confirm that port 8Ø8Ø is open to allow the audio stream.
Here is how to check Realplayer:
1. Open up Realplayer
2. Tools>Preferences>Content Media Types> click on Select located under
the Manual button.
You should see .pls as one of the accepted files
Here is how to check Winamp:
1. Open up Winamp
2. Options>preference>General preference>file types
You should see pls as one of the accepted files
Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events
for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast.
You can connect to the AMSAT Conference Room server at node 1Ø1377.
Audio is also available at times on the JK1ZRW server at node 2772Ø8.
Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT*
server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners.
For latest information on ISS - school contact audio feeds into EchoLink,
please check the AMSAT calendar of events at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/events.php
Simulation contacts are terrestrial contacts that provide training for the
astronauts on the use of the ARISS equipment before going on orbit.
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Junior High School, Świętajno, Poland,
telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact was successful: Tue 2015-12-08 08:19:31 UTC 62 deg (***)
Congratulation to the Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Junior High School
students and Kjell! (***)
Proposed questions generated by the Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Junior
High School students:
1. Can you eat ice cream on the ISS?
2. How often do you observe the Earth and try to find your house?
3. How long can an astronaut stay on the ISS?
4. How old must be a person to become an astronaut?
5. Can you stop or change the direction of the ISS flight?
6. How do you spend your free time in space?
7. What time zone is used on the International Space Station?
8. Do you sometimes have a party on the ISS?
9. Can an astronaut catch a cold or flu on the ISS?
10. What was your most difficult task in space?
11. What is the most impressive thing you’ve seen from space?
12. Can you see New Year’s Eve fireworks from space?
13. How long does it take to get from Earth to the space station?
14. What do you miss most from Earth you don’t have in space?
15. Do you do the laundry on the ISS to clean your clothes?
16. Have you ever seen any unidentified flying objects?
17. Can you take your pet to the International Space Station?
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Istututo Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy, direct via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Frederick W. Harnett Middle School, Blackstone, Massachusetts, telebridge
via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN or Timothy Peake KG5BVI
TBD UTC
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Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
TBD UTC
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Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy,
telebridge via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand,
direct via E29AJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
TBD UTC
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Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama, direct via K4UAH
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York,
direct or telebridge TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota,
direct via KØUND
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via
N1ASA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, direct via W4R (if
granted) or W4ZA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
TBD UTC
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Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of 60 schools that we
hope will be able to have a contact during 2015. As the schedule becomes
more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call for
an average of one scheduled school contact per week.
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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