[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-04-17 18:45 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-04-17  18:45 UTC


Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

National Science Museum of Korea, Daejon, Republic of  Korea, direct via 
HL0HQSC 
Contact is a go for:  Fri 2008-04-18 01:35  UTC 
Scheduled for Yi So-yeon who will use HL0ARISS 

Arnold  Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, telebrdige via W6SRJ
Contact  is a go for: Mon 2008-04-21 17:48 UTC 32 deg
Should be on Echolink and IRLP.  (***)

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC, via  telebridge 
NN1SS (***)
Contact is a go for: Sat. 2008-05-03 15:52 UTC 74 deg  (***)
Watch for Echolink and IRLP coverage.  (***)



Next missions with astronaut/hams on  board. 
STS-124 


Total number of ARISS ISS to earth  school contacts is 343.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts  is 6. 

QSL information may be found at:   
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html   
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's  


ISS  callsigns:  DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS  

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The  complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-04-15 16:45 UTC.  

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.txt

The successful  school list has been updated as of 2008-04-14 22:00  UTC.
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.r
tf

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

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There  have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct 
contacts  on the 40 meter band.  There is no HF radio equipment on board and  
available yet.  The HF antenna is mounted.  Sometimes WA3NAN will  retransmit 
shuttle  audio.

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Expedition  16 on orbit: 
Peggy Whitson
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP  
Garrett  Reisman KE5HAE 

Expedition 17 on orbit and docked to the ISS:   
Sergei Volkov, 
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Space FlightParticipant Yi  So-yeon

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73,
Charlie  Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors  




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