[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Events

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All,

 

Several upcoming ARISS events:

 

ARISS-Russia, in collaboration with the Southwest State University in Kursk,
Russia, are developing a series of educational CubeSat satellites called
Tanusha. Two Tanusha CubeSats were developed by students at Southwest State
University and were hand-deployed by cosmonauts during an August 2017
extravehicular activity. These two CubeSats are performing cluster flight
experiments through communications links. A second set of CubeSats, Tanusha
3 & 4 were launched earlier this year and are currently on-board ISS.
Tanusha 3 & 4 are planned to be hand deployed by Cosmonauts in August.  They
will perform even more comprehensive cluster flight objectives than Tanusha
1 & 2.

 

On June 20, Tanusha 3 will be connected to one of the ARISS Service Module
antennas and will transmit from 0730-1200 UTC on 437.05 MHz.  These FM
transmissions will include greetings from students in several languages,
including Russian, English, Spanish and Chinese.  On June 21, Tanusha 4 will
be connected to one of the ARISS Service Module antennas and will transmit
from 0730-1200 UTC on the same frequency:  437.05 MHz.  The ARISS-Russia
team plan to also retransmit these signals on the standard ARISS 2-meter
downlink, 145.80 MHz using the JVC Kenwood D700 radio that is still on-board
ISS.  All are invited to listen to the CubeSats from ISS on 437.05 and/or
145.80 MHz.

 

The next SSTV image downlinks are planned for June 29-July 1.  These images
will commemorate the various satellites that the ARISS team has developed
and hand-deployed from the ISS.  These will include the first satellite
deployment from ISS:  SuitSat-1/Radioskaf-1 which was deployed in February
2006.  More details on this will be forthcoming as the date draws near. 

 

We thank ARISS-Russia delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR for this latest
information. 

 

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

 

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Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO

ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI

ARISS International Chair

AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs

e-mail:  ka3hdo at gmail.com

NASA e-mail:   <mailto:Frank.Bauer at nasa.gov> Frank.Bauer at nasa.gov

Cell Phone:  301-873-0890

Work Phone:  301-804-0173

 

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The
primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio.  For more information, see  <http://www.ariss.org/>
www.ariss.org,  <http://www.amsat.org/> www.amsat.org, and
<http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org.