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Subj: ARISS Status - 18-Oct-2004
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To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 298.04 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 24, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-298.04
ARISS Status
October 18, 2004
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Porin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, Pori Senior High Shool, in Pori, Finland
has been scheduled for an ARISS contact with taxi flight cosmonaut, Yuri
Shargin. It will take place on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at 07:13 UTC.
Questions planned for the contact can be found on the ARISS Europe
website. See: http://www.ariss-eu.org/2004_10_13.htm
A second ARISS contact has been scheduled with Yuri Shargin. He will
speak with students at the Space Expo in Hasselt, Belgium on October 22,
2004 at 08:38 UTC via the telebridge station ON4ISS. Shargin will use
the callsign RS0ISS.
2. AMSAT and ARISS International Meetings Held
The AMSAT and ARISS joint meetings were held October 8 ñ12 in Arlington,
Virginia. ARISS U.S. member Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, made a contact with
astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, who congratulated AMSAT on its 35th
anniversary. ARRL covered the event in an article, ìGreeting from Space,
Change of Guard Highlight AMSAT-NA Gathering.î A link to the audio of
the contact is included in the story. See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/10/11/1/?nc=1
3. New Satellite Proposed by Russians
During the AMSAT/ARISS meetings, ARISS Russia member Sergey Samburov,
RV3DR, gave presentations on a new satellite proposed by the Russians.
The satellite is to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Bauman Moscow
State Technical University. A spacesuit is to be used to house amateur
radio equipment including slow scan television (SSTV). Because the
satellite will be launched in October 2005, and time is limited, the
satellite will be simplistic in nature. If this approach works,
another, more complex spacesuit satellite will be launched in 2007,
commemorating 50 years since the launch of the first satellite. See
ìRussia Proposes SuitSATî at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/updates/
4. ARRL Article on Expedition 10 Crew
The ARRL ran a web story on the new crew headed for the ISS. The
article, entitled, ìExpedition 10 heads to ISS; space station ham gear
in repeater modeî can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/
[ANS thanks Carol for the above information]
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