[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-04-24 23:00 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-04-24  23:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Istituto Comprensivo Dedalo 2000 – Scuola secondaria di  Cingia de’ Botti 
(CR), Solarolo Rainerio, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ
Contact  was successful: Sat 2011-04-23 09:13:47 UTC 53 deg (***)

Kursk  School children, Kursk, Russia, direct via RW3WWW (***)
Contact was  successful: Sat 2011-04-23 16:33 UTC (***)

Kurchatov High School  #1, Kurchatov, Russia direct via RW3WWW (***)
Contact was successful: Sun  2011-04-24 16:57 UTC (***)

Italian Air Force Academy, Pozzuoli,  Italy, telebridge via LU1CGB
Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-04-28 07:04:16 UTC  45 deg

Ecole Primaire de Larochette (Fiels), Larochette (Fiels),  Luxembourg, 
telebridge via WH6PN
Contact is a go for: Fri 2011-04-29 10:12:19  UTC 88 deg

Scuola Secondaria I Grado “M.Maccioni” Nuoro, Nuoro,  direct via IK1SLD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2011-04-29 15:56:13 UTC 68  deg

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. 

Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school  contacts is 623. (***)
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts  is 40.

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.

IN  LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS  
BULLETIN
BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE:  
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QSL  information may be found at:    
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html    
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's

ISS callsigns:  DPØISS,  NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS,  IRØISS

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The  complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-04-24 23:00 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.rtf (note change of file  
type)

The successful school list has been updated as of 2011-04-24 23:00  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
.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

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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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Exp.  26 on orbit
Dmitry Kondratyev
Catherine G. Coleman KC5ZTH
Paolo Nespoli  IZØJPA

Exp. 27 on orbit
Andrey Borisenko
Aleksandr  Samokutyayev
Ronald J. Garan  KF5GPO

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