[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-15 06:00 UTC

[AJ9N at aol.com]

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-07-15  06:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

City of Ottawa Sports Recreation Camp, Ottawa, Ontario,  Canada, telebridge 
via W6SRJ
Contact was successful: Thu 2011-07-14 16:21:26  UTC 55 deg (***)

Participants of Adoptive Families’ Village Orion,  Russia, direct via 
RW3W/3 (***)
Contact was successful 2011-07-14 10:27 UTC  (***)

Irkutsk, Russia direct via TBD (***)
Contact is a go for  2011-07-19 04:15 UTC (***)

University of Alberta – ISSET Space  Academy (Institute for Space Science, 
Exploration and Technology), Edmonton,  Alberta, Canada direct via VE6SSC 
(***)
Contract is a go for: Wed 2011-07-20  15:27:17 UTC 38 deg (***)

Lima, Peru via TBD (***)
Contact is a  go for 2011-07-22 20:15 UTC (***)

European Space Agency for ESA  Space Camp 2011, San Rossore (Pisa), 
Tuscany, Italy, direct via IQ5VR
Contact  is a go for: Sat 2011-07-23 09:42:44 UTC 41 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 events is 653. (***)
Each school counts  as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 636.  (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is  41.

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

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The  complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-07-15 05:00 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 2011-07-15 05:00  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.  27 on orbit
Andrey Borisenko
Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Ronald J. Garan  KF5GPO

Exp. 28 on orbit
Sergey Volkov
Michael E. Fossum  KF5AQG
Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW

STS-135 docked with the  ISS
Christopher Ferguson
Douglas Hurley
Sandra Magnus KE5FYE
Rex  Walheim

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