[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-08 23:00 UTC

Tue Mar 8 23:09:54 UTC 2016

Quick list of scheduled contacts  and events:

Slovanské Gymnázium Olomouc, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech  Republic, direct via 
OK2KYJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact was  successful: Tue 2016-03-08 08:22:43 UTC 82 deg (***)

Atlanta  Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is  presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN  
Contact was successful: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg (***)
Watch  for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss

North  Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota, 
telebridge via  W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled  astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55  UTC 56 deg

Booker T. Washington Senior High, Miami, Florida, direct  via W4SVI 
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 
The  scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon  2016-03-14 15:48:48 UTC 52 deg

Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur,  Alabama, direct via N8DEU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN 
Contact is a go for:  Thu 2016-03-17 14:46:07 UTC 30  deg

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The  next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open.  
The  window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts 
between  2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.  

Check out the ARISS website  http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website  
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full  details.

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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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All  ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise  noted.

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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
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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 2016-03-08 23:00 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 1034. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 999.   (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 

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 2016-03-08 23:00 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.  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