[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2002-09-20 03:00 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2002-09-20 03:00 UTC

The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international 
partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) 
operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for 
ARISS school contacts.  This schedule is very fluid and may change at the 
last minute.  Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered 
secondary.  Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest 
announcements.  Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***).  
Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions 
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp).  Listen for the ISS on the downlink 
of 145.80 MHz.


For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space 
Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill
in an application.  The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a
direct request to support an ARISS contact.

You should also note that many schools think that they can request a
specific date and time.  It does not work that way.  Once an application
has been accepted, the ARISS mentors will work with the school to
determine a mutually agreeable date.

Websites that may be of interest include:

http://www.arrl.org/sarex
http://www.arrl.org/ariss
http://www.amsat.org
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html
http://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/educator_guide/ 

Your completely filled out application should be returned to the
nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not
listed.  E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application.

Here are the email addresses:
ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered:   ve2ka@rac.ca (Daniel 
Lamoureux VE2KA)
ARISS-Europe:  jh.hahn@gmx.net (J. Hahn, DL3LUM / PA1MUC)
ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries:  iaru-r3@jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro 
JA1KAB)
ARISS-Russia: n2ww@attbi.com  (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ)
ARISS-USA:  ARISS@arrl.org (The American Radio Relay League)


ISS Expedition 5 crew:  
Peggy Whitson KC5ZTD
Sergei Treschev RZ3FU
Valeri Korzun RZ3FK


Whitson Crew Pick, Martensdale - St. Mary's School, Martensdale, IA
2002-09-19 17:22 UTC via WH6PN
Contact was successful.  Congrats to St. Mary's and Peggy Whitson.  Thanks to 
MSNBC.com for the live coverage (***)

Joamie Ilniarvik, Iqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
Fri. 2002-09-27 13:41 UTC via ZS6BTD 41 deg
Watch for MSNBC.com coverage

Whitson Crew Pick, St. Mark's Lutheran School, Hacienda Heights, CA
Option # 1 Wednesday 2002-10-02 19:24 UTC via VK5ZAI 86 degrees
Option # 2 Friday 2002-10-04 21:23 UTC via NN1SS 65 degrees

Lamar Elementary (was Travis), Greenville, Texas, direct via KC5GQP
Week of 2002-10-14 TBD

Whitson Crew Pick, Spruce Hill Christian School (K-8), Philadelphia, PA
Week of 2002-10-21 TBD

Whitson Crew Pick, Silver Hills Middle School, Fairplay, CO
Week of 2002-10-28 TBD

Jamboree Station, The Netherlands, PI4RIS
TBD during JOTA 2002-10-19 to 2002-10-20

Frank De Winne Crew Pick, Royal Technical School Belgian Air Force, Sint 
Truiden, Belgium
Direct via ON4BAF
2002-11-03 TBD

Frank De Winne Crew Pick, Euro Space Center, Transinne, Belgium, direct via 
ON4ESC or Telebridge
2002-11-04 TBD

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, Illinois direct via AJ9N
TBD
Look for possible live streaming video, the website is 
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org

Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV 
Telebridge TBD

St. Ursula's College, Toowoomba, Australia
TBD

The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list in now available on 
the ARISS web site.  Several ways to get there.
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
click on English (sorry I don't know French)
you are now at http://www.rac.ca/ariss.htm
click on News

Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of over 60 schools that we 
(***)
hope will be able to have a contact during 2002-2003.   As the schedule (***) 
becomes more solidified, we will be letting everyone know.  Current plans 
call for an average of one scheduled school contact per week.

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