[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-12 03:30 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-12  03:30 UTC


Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Colombia Mission Project at Buchanan High School, CA  telebridge via NN1SS
Contact was successful: Sat 2008-10-11 16:10 UTC 36 deg  (***)


Special operating SSTV event
SSTV system might  be on Sun 2008-10-12 18:00 to 21:00 UTC
Downlink should be 145.8 MHz   


Combined group of Challenger Learning Centers,  telebridge via W6SRJ
Howard B. Owens Science Center’s Challenger Center  (Lanham, MD)
Challenger Learning Center of Columbia (Columbia, SC)
Verizon  Challenger Learning Center at MOSI (Tampa, FL)
Brownsburg Challenger Learning  Center (Brownsburg, IN)
Contact is a go for: Thu 2008-10-16 16:39 UTC 73 deg  

Budbrooke Primary School, Warwick, England, direct via  GB4OBS
Contact is a go for Fri 2008-10-17 11:06 UTC 78 deg  

Combined group of Challenger Learning Centers, telebridge via  W6SRJ
Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center (Indianapolis,  IN)
Challenger Learning Center at Paducah (Paducah, KY)
Challenger  Learning Center—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Contact is a go for: Fri 2008-10-17  15:31 UTC 31 deg 

Austin Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, Austin,  TX, direct via K5LBJ
Contact is a go for: Sun 2008-10-19 13:15 UTC 47 deg  

Pinehurst School, Ashland, Oregon, telebridge via W6SRJ
Contact  is a go for : Mon 2008-10-20 15:14 UTC 54 deg

National Planetarium,  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN
Contact is a go for : Tues  2008-10-21 08:30 UTC 30 deg 



Total number of  ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 362. (***)
Total number of ARISS  supported terrestrial contacts is 10.


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 2008-10-12 03:30 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.txt

The successful  school list has been updated as of 2008-10-12 03:30 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  17 on orbit:
Sergei Volkov 
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Gregory Chamitoff  KD5PKZ


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

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