[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-09-16 17:00 UTC

Mon Sep 16 12:55:51 PDT 2013

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-09-16  17:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Istituto Comprensivo Statale “E. Fermi – A. Oggioni”,  Villasanta, Italy, 
direct via IZ2GOJ
Contact was successful: Mon 2013-09-16  08:04:08 UTC 39 deg (***)

Sarnelli De Donato Middle School,  Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy, 
telebridge via W6SRJ
Contact is a go for: Sat  2013-09-21 10:03:05 UTC 89 deg

Scuola Media Statale “Salvo  D’Acquisto”, Cesano Maderno, Italy, 
telebridge via VK5ZAI (***)
Contact is a  go: Tue 2013-09-24 10:18:13 UTC 80 deg (***)
Watch for possible last minute  cancellation. (***)

Collège de la Combraille, La Mouniaude À  Chatelguyon, France, telebridge 
via VK5ZAI (***)
Contact is a go for: Sat  2013-09-28 08:39:06 UTC 70 deg (***)

ARISS is requesting listener  reports for the above contacts.  Due to 
issues with the Kenwood radio that  are not fully understood at present, the 
Ericsson radio is going to be used for  these contacts.  ARISS thanks everyone 
in advance for their  assistance.

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Looking  for something new to do?  How about receiving DATV from the ISS? 
If  interested, then please review the document provided by Gaston Bertels  
ON4WF, the ARISS-Europe  Chairman.                                          

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/HamTV.pdf                           

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The  webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.  Out of date 
webpages  were removed and new ones have been added.  If there are additional 
ARISS  websites I need to know about, please let me know.

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
The complete schedule page has been updated as of  2013-09-16 17:00 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

Total number  of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 853. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 835.  (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is  46.

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.

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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 window for contacts during the second  half of 2012 has already closed.  
Look for the window for first half 2013  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, Delaware, Kansas, 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  successful school list has been updated as of 2013-09-16 17:00  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

Check  out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts

ARISS School  Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415

Successful  ARISS  contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional  Zoho links may be found at 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf  
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Exp.  36/37 on orbit
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Karen L. Nyberg
Luca Parmitano  KF5KDP

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