[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-02-12 02:00 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-02-12  02:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Soumuta Elementary School, Kagoshima, Japan, direct via  8J6SMT
Contact was successful: Sat 2012-02-11 10:33:11 UTC 52 deg  (***)

Kochi Gakuen Kochi Junior High School, Kochi, Japan, direct  via 8N5KOCHi
Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-02-13 10:17:53 UTC 24  deg

The Academy at Shawnee, Louisville, KY, telebridge via  ON4ISS
Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-02-14 20:15:12 UTC 89  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. 
All dates and times listed follow International Standard  ISO 8061 date and 
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

Total number of  ARISS ISS to earth school events is 698. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 681.  (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is  44.

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.

Check out a new ARISS website:  
https://creator.zoho.com/school.selection.manager/successful-ariss-school-co
ntacts/#Page:Home

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US  Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. 
  For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, 
submit  it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not.  Once a school is 
approved  and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the  
school.   

NASA will have two open windows a year for  schools to submit a proposal.  
The first window for contacts during the  first half of 2012 has already 
closed.  Look for the second window for  second half 2012 contacts later this 
year.  You must go through NASA to get  the proposal material.  Contact 
Teaching From Space, a NASA Education  office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS at mail.nasa.gov or 
by calling them at (281)  244-2320.

The following US states and entities have never had an  ARISS contact: 
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota,  Rhode Island, 
South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa,  Guam, 
Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin  Islands.

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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 2012-02-12 02:00 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 2012-02-12 02:00  UTC.  
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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.  29/30 on orbit
Anatoly Ivanishin
Anton Shkaplerov
Daniel C. Burbank  KC5ZSX

Exp. 30/31 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Donald R.  Pettit KD5MDT
André Kuipers  PI9ISS

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