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

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

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

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