[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-05-10 21:30 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-05-10  21:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:


St. Michael School, Schererville, IN, direct via  KB9ORH
Contact was successful: Mon 2011-05-09 17:55:30 UTC 44  deg

Mount Carmel Academy, Houston, TX, telebridge via  ON4ISS
Contact was successful: Tue 2011-05-10 15:29:41 UTC 70  deg

Sorry for the late information on the next 2 schools.  We  had no official 
information on whether these two had actually been  scheduled.

Kursk Bulge Battle Site, Kursk University, Kursk,  Russia, direct via RW3WWW
Contact was successful: 2011-05-08 11:35  UTC

Irkutsk Physics & Technology Institute (IrGTU), Irkutsk ,  Russia, direct 
via RKØSWB
Contact was successful: 2011-05-08 08:30  UTC

Tecnico Industriale Statale “Gerolamo e Margherita Montani”,  Fermo, 
I-63023, Italy, direct via I6KZR (***)
Contact is a go for: Thu  2011-05-12 09:57:03 UTC 75 deg (***)

English Estates Elementary,  Fern Park, Florida, direct via N4EH (***)
Contact is a go for: Fri 2011-05-13  14:48:26 UTC 26 deg (***)

Primary school “Pasquale Luisi”,  Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Foggia, Italy, 
and Secondaria Di 1° Grado “Virgilio”,  Castelluccio , Italy direct via 
IK0USO/7 (***)
Contact is a go for: Sat  2011-05-14 09:09:13 UTC 45 deg (***)


Congratulations to  Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA!  Paolo now has the record for the 
number of contacts  during a single flight (He is part of Expedition 
26/27).  Currently he is  at 42.

Congratulations to Ronald J. Garan KF5GPO for his first  ARISS contact!

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 635.
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 2011-05-10 21:30 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.rtf (note change of file  
type)

The successful school list has been updated as of 2011-05-10 18:00  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