terça-feira, 22 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS News Release No. 20-30



ARISS News Release                       
No.   20-30      

Dave Jordan, AA4KN                                       

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Upcoming ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for Dec. 24

December 22, 2020 — An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a special SSTV event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARISS on board the International Space Station. The event is scheduled to begin on December 24 at 16:40 UTC and continue through December 31 ending at 18:15 UTC. Dates are subject to change due to ISS operational adjustments.

 Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post images they receive at the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ .

 After your image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linking to https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image.

 About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                     

sexta-feira, 11 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS Contact is Scheduled for Students at Oregon Charter Academy, Mill City, Oregon - USA

ARISS News Release No. 20-26
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled for Students at Oregon Charter Academy, Mill City, Oregon - USA

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS).
This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Oregon Charter Academy (ORCA), in Mill City, OR. During the ARISS radio contact, students will take turns asking their questions of astronaut Shannon Walker, whose amateur radio call sign is KD5DXB.

The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz.

ARISS team member Shane Lynd, using call sign VK4KHZ from an amateur radio club station in Glenden, Queensland, Australia will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question of Shannon Walker will be teleconferenced from home or social-distanced at school.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 15, 2020 at 11:00 am PST (Mill City), (19:00 UTC,2:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm CST, 12:00 noon MST, 11:00 am PST).

A public virtual charter school, ORCA (with about 4,800 students ages 5 to18) provides online programs via video teleconferencing, and virtual classroom courses (Zoom). ORCA opened in 2005, can reach students statewide (including remote areas), and employs over 200 teachers and staff.
ORCA is in the second year of a partnership with the James P. Loftus Mobile Museum to provide monthly assemblies on a variety of STEM topics (astronomy, space science and engineering related) via the Remote and Distant Interactive Online Sessions (RADIOS) program. These RADIOS are interactive assemblies that highlight educational programming provided in real time by NASA and live-streamed from Space Center Houston. Additionally, student activities related to this ARISS contact have been used to supplement existing STEM course study materials.

The upcoming ARISS contact will provide students with a significant, relevant and timely showcase event that is being utilized to increase student's awareness of and interest in STEM-related careers. ORCA provides high school students with special opportunities through a program all about career and technical education.
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. How do you sleep?
2. Do compasses work in space?
3. Can you listen to the radio on the spaceship that is the same on earth?
4. How many satellites are in space?
5. Do you see storms in outer space and what do they look like?
6. What do you have to do for training to go on the ISS, and what is your favorite activity you had to do during training?
7. Are you currently growing any plants on the ISS?
8. Does it take a while to get used to this new way of living, and is adjusting to being back on earth equally hard?
9. How is your Circadian Rhythm affected while in space?
10. What is your favorite thing to research?
11. Are you allowed to have pets in space and if so what kinds?
12. Did you ever accidentally activate/deactivate something by bumping into it?
13. Do you watch TV in space?
14. How do you use electronics phones, computers, and tablets, and touchscreens?
15. How do you communicate with people on Earth?
16. How do satellite communications work?
17. How long does it take to get to the international space station?
18. What was the most dangerous situation you ever faced in space?
19. What happens if your technology goes out? What is the back up?
20. How long is the delay for a video call like this compared to something like texting or normally calling someone on a phone?
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program.
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR


Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) está agendado.


O evento ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) está agendado na Estação Espacial Internacional (ISS) para o final de dezembro. 

Este será um evento SSTV especial para comemorar o 20º aniversário da ARISS. 
O evento está programado para começar no dia 24 de dezembro e prosseguir até 31 de dezembro de 2020. 
As datas estão sujeitas a alterações devido a ajustes operacionais do ISS.
Mais informações em breve.
 
Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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terça-feira, 8 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS: Schools in Turkey

Turkish State Meteorological Service

Mehmet Zakir Ekni High School, Yenimahalle, Turkey

Kuyubaşi Şehit Oğuzhan Duyar Secondary School, Keçiören, Turkey

Ted Ankara College Foundation High School, Gölbaşı, Turkey

Maya Anatolian High School, Gölbaşı, Turkey


Direct via TC2TSC


The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz

The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

The scheduled astronaut is Victor Glover KI5BKC


Contact is go for: Wed 2020-12-09 08:30:41 UTC 72 deg


Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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segunda-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS: Kursk, Russia

Kursk, Russia, direct via Kursk, Russia, direct via RКØJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS

The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz

The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html 

The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Kud-Sverchkov

Contact is go for 2020-12-09 11:45 UTC 
 
Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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sexta-feira, 4 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS: Athlone Community College, Athlone, Ireland

Athlone Community College, Athlone, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz

The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html 

The scheduled astronaut is Shannon Walker KD5DXB

Contact is go for: Mon 2020-12-07 14:50:49 UTC 63 deg

Watch for live stream at: https://youtu.be/viVQBI4WzKs 
 
Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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quinta-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS: Scuola Secondaria di I grado “Anna Frank”, Pistoia, Italy

Scuola Secondaria di I grado "Anna Frank", Pistoia, Italy, multi-point telebridge via IK1SLD (***)

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz

The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html  

The scheduled astronaut is Victor Glover KI5BKC

Contact is go for: Fri 2020-12-04 12:25:22 UTC 50 deg 

 
Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2020

ARISS Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia

Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS

The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz

The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Ryzhikov

Contact is go for Thu 2020-12-03 08:45 UTC 


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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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ARISS News Release No. 20-23


ARISS News Release No. 20-23
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at Scuola Secondaria di I grado

"Anna Frank", Pistoia, Italy

December 2, 2020—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule
confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special
amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses
on the International Space Station (ISS).
This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of
Victor Glover, amateur radio call sign KI5BKC. The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy will use call
sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. English is the language that will
be used for this contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 4, 2020 at 1:25 pm CET in Pistoia (12:25 UTC, 7:25
am EST, 6:25 am CST, 5:25 am MST and 4:25 am PST).

Scuola Secondaria di I grado (Anna Frank School) is a public middle school (junior high school) in Pistoia,
Italy. About 120 students, ages 13 – 14 years, will be present during the contact, with 20 students asking
the questions. Students were guided by their STEAM studies to develop their questions for the contact,
and afterwards, to better understand the astronaut's answers; they will apply the topics in experimental
analogies in their science laboratory classes. Anna Frank school has two science laboratories: one
dedicated to chemistry and physics, and another dedicated to biology and anatomy.
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. How do you sleep in space?
2. Is it possible to grow a plant on the ISS?
3. How long does it take to get to the Space Station?
4. When you are on the Space Station, do you ever wish to go back home?
5. How fast is the space station going?
6. What is the internal temperature of the ISS?
7. How is the feeling of moving from terrestrial gravity to space gravity?
8. Which are the actions to be performed in case of emergency?
9. What are the strangest sensations you feel when you return to Earth?
10. If you could bring a loved one on the Space Station, who will you bring with you?
11. How do you feel when you take spacewalks? Are you afraid or is it a beautiful feeling?
12. Do you have a medical kit and a physician on board the ISS?
13. What is the training astronauts like? Is it hard?
14. Is the food in space all lyophilized, or is there something in liquid state, apart from drinks?
15. What are the most difficult and which are the most exciting parts of your jobs?
16. How do you see ARISS and the amateur radio on board the ISS?
17. How many hours do you work a day and what are you experiencing and studying now?
18. Has the food a good flavor after you add water on it?
19. Have you had any technical problems? Which types are the most frequent?
20. Which is the oldest module of the ISS?
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international
amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the
United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space
Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of
science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via
amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio
contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and
amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR



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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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sexta-feira, 20 de novembro de 2020

Atividade de SSTV desde a ISS


Um evento SSTV do Instituto de Aviação de Moscou (MAI-75) está programado para começar na terça-feira, 1 de dezembro de 2020, começando às 12:30 UTC, terminando às 18:25 UTC e novamente na quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2020, começando às 11:50 UTC e terminando às 18:25 UTC. 
Receba os sinais de SSTV sendo downlink em 145.800 MHz +/- Doppler shift. Espera-se que o modo de transmissão seja o PD 120. 
Esses horários permitirão uma passagem pelo Leste dos EUA próximo ao final dos horários programados. 
As imagens recebidas de qualidade razoável podem ser publicadas na ARISS SSTV Gallery em https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/

Os melhores cumprimentos.
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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END
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terça-feira, 13 de outubro de 2020

ARISS News Release No. 20-22


ARISS News Release No. 20-22
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled for
Ramona Lutheran Christian School, Ramona, CA

October 13, 2020—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule
confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special
amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses
on the International Space Station (ISS).
This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students at the Ramona Lutheran Christian School
(RLCS) in Ramona, CA and ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. The
Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) ham operators using call sign N6ROR will operate
the ground station for this contact. Students will take turns asking Cassidy their questions.

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 14, 2020 at 9:26 am PDT (Ramona) (16:26 UTC,
12:26 pm EDT, 11:26 am CDT and 10:26 am MDT)
.

RLCS (with students in preschool through sixth grade) is located in an unincorporated mountain
community approximately 40 miles northeast of San Diego. In addition to the school's classical course
curriculum, RLCS also involves students in STEM-enrichment club activities that include robotics, coding,
physics, space-related sciences, and radio theory. In 2019, the Amateur Radio Relay League awarded
RLCS an Icom IC-9700 radio built and designed for communications with amateur radio
satellites—resulting in the first school radio station in Ramona, and one solar-powered thanks to
equipment provided by ROARS. The ARISS contact will utilize this set-up. ROARS members have helped
students prepare for their ARISS contact and mentored them on amateur radio operating protocol
including emergency communications and Morse code practice.

ARISS invites the public to view a livestream of the pre-action (join 20 minutes beforehand) and the
upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/jDTydjM60_k .

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. How has Expedition 63 changed your outlook on life?
2. What is your favorite thing to look at in space?
3. What is most difficult when you are recovering from returning to Earth?
4. What does it feel like when you are on a spacewalk?
5. What was the strangest thing that's happened to you while you were in space?
6. What is your favorite activity when you have free time on the ISS?
7. How likely do you think it is that I will visit outer space in my lifetime, even if I never become an astronaut?
8. What does it feel like to sleep on the ISS?
9. What mission were you most scared of?
10. What are your favorite experiences of Expedition 63?
11. What has been your favorite experiment on the ISS?
12. About how many repairs are made each week aboard the ISS?
13. What is your favorite game to play in space?
14. What are your 3 favorite foods to eat while on the ISS?
15. What language has been the most challenging to communicate aboard the ISS?
16. What food are you most looking forward to eating when you get home?
17. What fear have you had regarding space?
18. What surprises you the most about how the ISS is today than when you were part of the assembly mission?
19. Which holidays have you enjoyed celebrating on the ISS?
20. What's your favorite number of people aboard the ISS at one time?
21. Who was your favorite astronaut that you have met from another country?
22. What way(s) could we utilize space to help manage our problems with waste disposal on Earth?
23. Do you hope to go back to space or the moon in a commercial space suit via a commercial vehicle?
24. How do you use ham radio on the ISS and after you return to Earth?

ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations on the ISS

About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international
amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the
United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space
Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of
science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via
amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio
contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and
amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR

segunda-feira, 5 de outubro de 2020

ARISS - Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions are scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS)

Latest News

Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions are scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) :

from Monday 5 October at 18:45 UTC
to Thursday 8 October at 18:20 UTC.

Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120.

Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ .

An award is being prepared, courtesy of ARISS Poland.

Good luck !
73,
Gaston Bertels ON4WF

sábado, 3 de outubro de 2020

ARISS multi-point telebridge contact with school in USA



ARISS multi-point telebridge contact with school in USA

An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, USA.

The contact is scheduled on Wednesday October 7, 2020 at approximately 14:16 UTC, which is 16:16 CEST.

The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio ground station ON4ISS.
Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 437.525 MHz FM.

Downlink frequency on UHF instead of VHF was chosen in order to avoid conflict with SSTV operations on VHF.


School Information:

McConnell Middle School is a Gwinnett County public school located in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.  McConnell has 2300 students in grades 6-8. Our student population is diverse with students from many different ethnicities.  Our 8th grade students are in classes that earn high school credit for science, math, business, and some foreign languages while in middle school.  ARISS is one part of our efforts as we work towards becoming a STEM certified school. Some of our students are involved in a competitive robotics club and an environmental club. School wide, there is also interest in sustainability projects including hydroponics and low impact gardening.
The McConnell Radio Club, KD4TGR, in its 6th year, is also part of our STEM certification goals. It is mentored generously by members of the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society (GARS.org). Additionally, members of North Fulton Amateur Radio League (NFARL.org) are serving as the technical mentors for this ARISS.  Several of our current and former students are licensed hams. Two of the students who will be asking questions are licensed radio operators: Daniel Reed (KN4SSI), technician class, and Maggie Colley (KM4PTW), extra class.
McConnell was originally scheduled to have this ARISS contact last April but that was postponed when the school system shut down due to the pandemic.  We are back in school with many protocols in place to keep everyone safe.  Some students attend school in person and some online.  Students in our school and others in our school system will watch this ARISS contact via closed circuit streaming, some from their classrooms, some from their homes. 
Our whole school community, students, faculty, and parents have been working towards this ARISS Radio Contact for well over a year.  This ARISS event will stand out as the highlight in a school year when so many other events have been cancelled or minimized. Thank you for this opportunity.

Students First Names & Questions:
1. Sydney (7th grade):  Are there special activities designed for you to help relieve the stress of living and working in space?
2. Tiffany (7th grade):  Describe what surprised you about earth when you got to the ISS.
3. Jaelyn (7th grade):  Do you see evidence of the recent West Coast wildfires or other environmental situations?
4. Patrick (7th grade):  As a middle school student what can we do to prepare ourselves for the job you do today as an astronaut?
5. McKenzie (8th grade):  In the movie The Martian, Mark was trained as a botanist. What is your area of interest and what experiments are you doing in your field?
6. Stephen (8th grade):  How long is your mission and how do you expect it might impact your body?
7. Adrian (8th grade):  What was the hardest part of training prior to going to space?
8. Kyra (8th grade):  How often do you need to do repairs on the outside of the ISS?
9. Kenzie (8th grade):  Describe your medical training that would help if an astronaut becomes ill or seriously injured while on the space station.
10. Daniel KN4SSI) (9th grade):  Standard air pressure on earth is 1 atmosphere. What air pressure do they try to maintain on the ISS?
11. Sara (9th grade):  What qualifications do you have that enable you to be assigned to more than one mission or similar?
12. Matthew (9th grade):  Have you ever tried growing carrots or root vegetables in space?
13. Caleb: 9th grade. Are there any times where any shipments of food or drinks are running late, or have space flight troubles, and you run out of food or water for the time?
14. Maggie KM4PTW (12th grade):  How does food taste when you don't get to smell it?
15. Daniel KN4SSI (9th grade):  How is the ISS designed in case of a collision with space junk or a meteoroid?
16. Kenzie (8th grade):  What is the procedure if spills, liquid or solid, occur during experiments?
17. Maggie KM4PTW (12th grade):  How do you maintain clean hygiene while in space?
18. Maggie KM4PTW (12th grade):  What is your normal schedule on the ISS?


AboutARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Gaston Bertels ON4WF

sexta-feira, 2 de outubro de 2020

ARISS News Release No. 20-21


ARISS News Release No. 20-21

Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for early October

October 02, 2020 — An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for early October. 
The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup and operation and continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC

Dates and times subject to change due to ISS operational adjustments Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of images will be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts
participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ .

After your image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linking to https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image.

About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. 

For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR



quarta-feira, 16 de setembro de 2020

ARISS News Release No. 20-16


ARISS News Release

No.   20-16     

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain 

 

 

September 15, 2020—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). 


This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. John Sygo, amateur radio call sign ZS6JON in Paardekraal, South Africa will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. 


The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 18, 2020 at 2:56 pm CEST (Sodupe), (12:56 UTC, 08:56 am EDT, 07:56 am CDT, 06:56 am MDT and 05:56 am PDT).


The public is invited to watch the livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDcOZOF2FE&feature=youtu.be


The school, Avellaneda Ikastetxea (with about 650 students), is in the small town of Sodupe in northern Spain. The school coordinated with 15 other schools on STEM-based curriculum that includes a STEM mentoring program with Deusto University. First through sixth grade students will participate in the ARISS contact, and have and will prepare for the contact during STEM sessions with learning objectives that include space, gravity, matter, energy and other related topics. 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:


1. What did you want to be when you were young?

2. What made you think that you wanted to be an astronaut?  Was it your dream?

3. How long does it take from the Earth to Space?

4. How do you feel when you leave the Earth?

5. When you are in space, what do you carry with you in the rocket?  What things do you need?

6. How much time do you spend in space before returning to Earth?

7. What is concretely the objective of your mission?

8. If you are ill, who can help you?

9. Is the space suit comfortable?

10. How do you cook in space?

11. What type of food do you eat?  Do you like it?

12. What is the first thing you'll do when you get back?

13. What do you do in your free time?

14. Is there pollution in space?

15. How many astronauts are there in your space-station?



ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS


About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.


Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR


terça-feira, 8 de setembro de 2020

ARISS Telebridge Contact with school in France

An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at  College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France.

The contact is scheduled on Thursday September 10 at approximately 08:17 UTC, which is 10:17 CEST.

The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio ground station VK5ZAI, located in southern Australia.

The contact will be web-streamed:
https://videodiff.phm.education.gouv.fr/live/liaison-iss


School Information:

Our school is called College Raymond Sirot or Raymond Sirot Middle School.  It was named after a former primary school teacher who was a resistant during World War II.  College Raymond Sirot is quite big with more than 600 students aged between 11 and 15 years old.

We study different subjects, like modern languages (French, English, Spanish and German), Latin, science (physics, biology, chemistry), history, geography, art, music, mathematics, I.C.T. (technology)
and P.E. We start learning English at primary school. That is why we all learn English here. Then, at the age of 12, we start learning a second foreign language.

The city of Gueux is a small town of about 2,000 inhabitants. It is located in the north-east of France, about 100 miles north east from Paris.  Gueux is in the countryside and it is located in The mountain of Reims, named after the steep vineyards that we can find all around us.  The vineyards are planted with different types of grapes such as chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, with which champagne is made. It is a business that brings a lot of money to the area thanks to worldwide champagne exports.

In the town, there is also a beautiful golf course and the famous Reims-Gueux circuit, where 14 French Grand Prix were held.  The circuit opened in 1926 and closed in 1972.

Gueux is located about 7 miles from Reims, a large well known city of around 200,000 inhabitants.  It is nicknamed: The city of coronations, because our French kings were crowned there, in its fantastic cathedral which looks like that of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  Reims suffered a lot during World War I and its reconstruction was mainly possible thanks to Franco-American friendship.  Reims is famous for champagne too, so we can visit lots of cellars such as Clicquot and Pommery.


Students First Names and Questions:

1. Chloe (9th grade): Why did you choose this job?
2. Theotime (9th grade): How long did it take to get ready for this mission?
3. Lyloo (9th grade): What were your feelings when you left the Earth?
4. Pierre (9th grade): What was the first thing you did when you got on board the ISS?
5. Emilie (9th grade): What are the main objectives of your mission?
6. Clement (9th grade): What are the goals of the experiments made in the ISS?
7. Justine (9th grade): How are you supplied during your mission?
8. Raphael (9th grade): How do you get enough water? Do you recycle it?
9. Marie (9th grade): What do you do if an astronaut gets sick on the ISS?
10. Dorian (9th grade): How does it feel to witness 16 sunsets and sunrises in one day and therefore, how do you make the difference between night and day?
11. Alix (9th grade): What is the most difficult task of daily life to achieve in weightlessness?
12. Antoine (9th grade): Is it difficult to wash yourself? To go to the toilet?
13. Thalia (9th grade): What do you do when you have some free time?
14. Valentin (9th grade): What is the most difficult thing you have to deal with in the ISS? Being far from your family? Fearing a technical problem? Living close to each other?
15. Juliette (9th grade): Do you think that humankind will be able to colonize other planets one day?
16. Maxime (9th grade): Since your very first mission, have you noticed any changes on the Earth?
17. Celie (9th grade): What is your best memory in space?
18. Paul (9th grade): What is your worst memory in space?
19. Magda (9th grade): Have you ever been afraid for your life during a space mission?
20. Antoine (9th grade): Have you ever observed strange phenomena from the ISS?


AboutARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Gaston Bertels ON4WF

quarta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2020

Fwd: ARISS News Release No. 20-13


ARISS News Release                                   No.   20-13       

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


First Element of ARISS Next Generation (Next-Gen) Radio System 

Installed in ISS Columbus Module 


September 2, 2020—The ARISS team is pleased to announce that set up and installation of the first element of our next generation radio system was completed and amateur radio operations with it are now underway. This first element, dubbed the InterOperable Radio System (IORS), was installed in the International Space Station Columbus module. The IORS replaces the Ericsson radio system and packet module that were originally certified for spaceflight on July 26, 2000. 


Initial operation of the new radio system is in FM cross band repeater mode using an uplink frequency of 145.99 MHz with an access tone of 67 Hz and a downlink frequency of 437.800 MHz. System activation was first observed at 01:02 UTC on September 2. Special operations will continue to be announced.


The IORS was launched from Kennedy Space Center on March 6, 2020 on board the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission. It consists of a special, space-modified JVC Kenwood D710GA transceiver, an ARISS developed multi-voltage power supply and interconnecting cables. The design, development, fabrication, testing, and launch of the first IORS was an incredible five-year engineering achievement accomplished by the ARISS hardware volunteer team. It will enable new, exciting capabilities for ham radio operators, students, and the general public. Capabilities include a higher power radio, voice repeater, digital packet radio (APRS) capabilities and a Kenwood VC-H1 slow scan television (SSTV) system. 


A second IORS undergoes flight certification and will be launched later for installation in the Russian Service module. This second system enables dual, simultaneous operations, (e.g. voice repeater and APRS packet), providing diverse opportunities for radio amateurs. It also provides on-orbit redundancy to ensure continuous operations in the event of an IORS component failure.  


Next-gen development efforts continue. For the IORS, parts are being procured and a total of ten systems are being fabricated to support flight, additional flight spares, ground testing and astronaut training. Follow-on next generation radio system elements include an L-band repeater uplink capability, currently in development, and a flight Raspberry-Pi, dubbed "ARISS-Pi," that is just beginning the design phase.  The ARISS-Pi promises operations autonomy and enhanced SSTV operations.  


ARISS is run almost entirely by volunteers, and with the help of generous contributions from ARISS sponsors and individuals. Donations to the ARISS program for next generation hardware developments, operations, education, and administration are welcome -- please go to https://www.ariss.org/donate.html to contribute to these efforts.


ARISS--Celebrating 20 years of continuous amateur radio operations on the ISS!


Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.



Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR




terça-feira, 1 de setembro de 2020

ARISS News Release No. 20-14



ARISS News Release                                   No.   20-14      

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at KMO Kolska Wyspa, Koło, Poland


September 01, 2020—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). 


This ARISS event will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. Martin Diggins, amateur radio call sign VK6MJ, in Australia will serve as the relay amateur radio ground station. 


The ARISS contact is scheduled for September 2, 2020 at 2:58 pm CEST in Kolo (12:58 pm UTC, 8:58 am EDT, 7:58 am CDT, 6:58 am MDT and 5:58 am PDT).


Several educational groups have been selected for the ARISS school contact. 


The Klub Młodych Odkrywców (KMO) Kolska Wyspa is a club of teen explorers, which was founded in June 2013 and youth have taken part in educational programs in cooperation with the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. The club is involved in the MoonKAM and the EarthKAM missions. In cooperation with 12 other clubs of teen explorers in Poland, KMO Kolska Wyspa promoted these missions with an exhibition called "The Earth from the Sky." 


Also invited to the ARISS contact are students from the Adam Mickiewicz Primary School No. 2, which has 120 students ages 12 to 15, and Kazimierz Wielki Secondary School, which has 90 students ages 16 to 19. Both schools are in Koło. The first offers students the opportunity to take part in many space-related activities and the second school is famous for the construction of robots.


     

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What do you do when you get ill or injured?

2. How long did you train before flying into space?

3. What kind of fun activities can you do in the state of microgravity?

4. What kind of food do you eat and is it tasty?

5. As fizzy drinks are forbidden in space because of CO2, so what time and how are you going to celebrate the New Year on the ISS?

6. Do you use any watches and clocks on the station?

7. What do you dream about most of all when you are in space?

8. What kind of spacesuits do you use in outer space?

9. What do astronauts feel when a spaceship docks to the ISS?

10. Is it true that flights in the Crew Dragon are more comfortable than those in the Space Shuttles?

11. What is the effect of space flight on your body?

12. Do you keep in touch with your family or friends on Earth when you are in space?

13. What is the range of temperature inside and outside of the ISS?

14. What do you do in your free time in space?

15. How often do you clean the ISS and why is it so important?

16. Where do you have more appetite on Earth or in space?

17. What kind of books do you read in space?

18. What kind of research are you doing in space right now?

19. What kind of robots do you use in space and what are their applications?

20. How many times can you see fireworks on Earth to celebrate the New Year's Eve around the World?



ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS


About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.


Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR




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