[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-12 05:00 UTC

[AJ9N at aol.com]

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-12 05:00 UTC
 
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
 
Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, UK, direct via GB1RMS
The  ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is  Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact was successful: Thu 2016-02-11 18:09:02 UTC 89  deg (***)
Congratulations to the HamTV crew that showed the contact!  (***)
 
Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, UK, direct via GB1OAB
The ISS  callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is  Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 14:23:23 UTC 78  deg
 
UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama, direct via K4UAH 
The ISS  callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim  Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 17:20:14 UTC 72 deg
 

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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_ (mailto:aj9n at amsat.org)  or  
_aj9n at aol.com_ (mailto: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 
http://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_ 
(mailto:kbanke at sbcglobal.net) 
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ARISS  congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 
 
schools:  
 
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116
Francesco IKØWGF with  116
 

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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  Out of date  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
 
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-02-12 05:00 UTC.  
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Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and  
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and  
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.   
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
 
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1023. (***) 
Each  school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts  is 988. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
 
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the  
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
 
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, 
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  successful school list has been updated as of 2016-02-12 05:00 UTC. 
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http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
 
Frequency  chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes  showing 
Doppler  correction  as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
 
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30  UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
 
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
 
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp.  43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
 
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
 
Exp. 46 on orbit 
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri  Malenchenko RK3DUP
 
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73,
Charlie  Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team  mentors