[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-04-25 01:30 UTC

Sat Apr 25 00:22:45 UTC 2015

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-04-25  01:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation  Program 
(ECCTAI YIAP) and Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA,  telebridge via 
K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be  NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF
Contact was  successful: Fri 2015-04-24 16:41:27 UTC 64 deg (***)
Watch for live simulcast  at:
http://www.ohhssearchlight.com/news/2015/04/23/ohhs-students-speak-with-astr
onauts-aboard-space-station/

Sol  Plaatje Primary School, Mahikeng, South Africa, and Scuola Secondaria 
di I  Grado, Caprino Bergamasco, Italy telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is  presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Samantha  Cristoforetti IZØUDF
Contact is a go for: Sat 2015-05-02 14:34:27 UTC 45  deg

Ryazan, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently  scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Mikhail Korniyenko  RN3BF
Contact is a go for Thu 2015-05-07 08:30 UTC

Kursk,  Russia, WWII veterans, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled  to be RSØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Gennady Padalka RN3DT
Contact is a  go for Sat 2015-05-09 08:20  UTC

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>From  2015-05-11 to 2015-06-14, there will be no US Operational Segment 
(USOS)  hams on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during this period will 
be  
conducted by the ARISS Russia  team.

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>From  2015-11-05 to 2015-12-06, there will be no US Operational Segment 
(USOS)  hams on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during this period will 
be  
conducted by the ARISS Russia  team.

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ARISS  is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.   
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.  Feel free to  send 
your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com.   

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Several  of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and 
not being  able to get in.  That has now been changed to  
http://www.ariss.org/

Note that there are links to other ARISS  websites from this  site.

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Looking  for something new to do?  How about receiving DATV from the  ISS?  

If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for  complete 
details.  Look for the buttons indicating Ham  Video.                       

http://www.ariss-eu.org/     
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ARISS  congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 

schools:  

Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IKØWGF with  112
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with  107

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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 2015-04-25 01:30 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

Total number of  ARISS ISS to earth school events is 967. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 934.  (***)
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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The  following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: 
Arkansas,  Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 
Wyoming,  American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin  
Islands.

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QSL  information may be found at:   
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html  

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

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The  successful school list has been updated as of 2015-04-25 01:30 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

Check  out the Zoho reports of the ARISS  contacts

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp.  42/43 on orbit
Terry Virts 
Anton Shkaplerov
Samantha Cristoforetti  IZØUDF

Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Gennady Padalka RN3DT
Scott  Kelly
Mikhail Korniyenko  RN3BF
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73,
Charlie   Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors  