[amsat-bb] ARISS contact with Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK
Daniel Cussen
dan at post.com
Thu May 5 07:26:11 UTC 2016
This event is streaming live now here:
https://principia.ariss.org/Live/
The contact is not for another 45 minutes (08:08UTC) but there is
pre-contact warm up events.
On 03/05/2016, n4csitwo at bellsouth.net <n4csitwo at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
> participants at Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK on 05
> May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:08 UTC. The
> duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
> contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB1APS. The contact should be
> audible over the UK and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to
> listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be
> conducted in English.
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> Ashfield Primary School is a smaller than average school situated in a small
> market town, north of Leeds. Whilst Otley is a relatively affluent area, a
> high proportion of our pupils come from the Weston Estate - an area of
> significant deprivation.
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> Almost all pupils are of White British heritage. Very few speak English as
> an additional language but this number is increasing. An above average
> proportion of pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities and
> an above average number of pupils are eligible for pupil premium (40%).
> Over recent years the school has sought to raise the aspirations of the
> pupils and their parents as a high proportion of the children come from
> 2nd/3rd generation NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) families.
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> We are a 1 form entry primary with 200 pupils.
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> Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
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> 1. How can I come and see you?
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> 2. If you blow a bubble in space what shape will it be and will it last
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> long?
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> 3. How do you communicate with people down below?
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> 4. Are your space clothes itchy or soft?
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> 5. Although you are with other members up in the ISS do you ever get
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> lonely?
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> 6. What would happen to a balloon in the ISS that isn't attached to a
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> string?
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> 7. Does helium work the same in space?
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> 8. How tall are you now on the ISS?
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> 9. Is there space candy?
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> 10. How do you get home from the space station?
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> 11. What are washing machines like in space and how do you clean your
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> clothes?
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> 12. What does the Earth look like at night from the ISS?
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> 13. What does space smell like?
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> 14. How often do you look out of the window to see planet earth?
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> 15. What is the best thing about the countdown and why?
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> 16. How do you stop your food from floating?
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> 17. What is the best thing about being in zero gravity?
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> 18. What is it like in space at night time?
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> 19. How many miles up are you and why?
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> 20. What happens to your organs in space?
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> Next planned event(s):
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> 1. All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island,
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> direct via N1ASA
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> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
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> The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
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> Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC
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> Watch for the live simulcast at
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> livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/5301163
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> 2. The Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon, UK, direct via GB1OSM
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> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
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> The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
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> Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-09 09:26:30 UTC
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> Watch for HamTV during this contact.
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> 3. H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via K6DUE
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> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
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> The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
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> Contact is a go for Option #7: Thu 2016-05-12 08:11:20 UTC
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> 4. AstroNuts Kids Space Club Academy, Duncan Observatory, Richmond
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> Hill, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ
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> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
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> The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
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> Contact is a go for Option #1: Sat 2016-05-14 17:37:12 UTC
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> Thank you & 73,
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> David - AA4KN
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