[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-10 21:00 UTC

Thu Mar 10 21:53:22 UTC 2016

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-10  21:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

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 was  successful: Thu 2016-03-10 19:07:08 UTC 58 deg (***)
Live stream video for  the event can be accessed at:  
http://realmedia.aero.und.edu/ndsgc.html

This was ARISS contact  number 1000 and the 84th ARISS contact for W6SRJ.  
Congrats to all!   (***)

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Yes,  indeed, this was ARISS contact #1000.  I had the luck of the draw to 
be the  control operator for ARISS contact #1 in Burbank, IL back on 
December 21,  2000.  Now once again, the luck of the draw has allowed me to be the 
mentor  and moderator for this 1000th contact.  Here is to the second 1000  
contacts.

73,
Charlie AJ9N
One of the ARISS Operation Team  Mentors
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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 Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***)
Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-03-18  13:53:49 UTC 69 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 2016-03-10 21:00 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 1035. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is  1000.   (***)
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:  
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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 2016-03-10 21:00 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