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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 093.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-093.05
ARISS Status
March 28, 2005
1.ARRL Article on St. Martins Contact
On March 17, students from St. Martins Lutheran College in Mt Gambier,
Australia, spoke with Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, via the telebridge station,
WH6PN, in Hawaii. Echolink was successfully used for this contact.
Twenty-nine connections were made on the AMSAT server. Another
twenty-six connections were made on the edu-net server to which a
Russian server was also connected. Stations from at least 15 countries,
including Iraq, monitored the audio. ARRL covered the event in a web
story entitled, “Australian Youngsters Quiz ISS Commander via Amateur
Radio.ö See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/03/22/103/?nc=1
2.Upcoming School Contacts
The Science Discovery Center in Denton, Texas has been scheduled for
an ARISS contact. It will take place on Tuesday, March 29 at 16:37 UTC.
The students at Maple Avenue Elementary School in Goffstown, New
Hampshire will have their chance to speak to Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, on
Tuesday, April 5 at 18:26 UTC.
A NASA Explorer School, Flory Academy, in Moorpark, California, has
been approved for an ARISS contact. It has been scheduled for Friday,
April 8 at 18:12 UTC via the telebridge station, NN1SS in Greenbelt,
Maryland. Ota Lutz, KD5UQZ, one of the Aerospace Education Specialists
(AESP) trained by JSC’s Nick Lance, is the radio coordinator for the
contact.
3.ISS Ham Radios to be Cycled
In preparation for the March 28 EVA, the ARISS radios were turned off
on March 27. They will be turned on again prior to the school contact
scheduled for March 29.
4.Outgassing Tests Performed
The SSTV outgassing tests have been performed in White Sands, New
Mexico. The approval process continues as the reports on the hardware
test results are written.
5.SuitSat Meeting Held
The U.S. SuitSat team met via teleconference on Thursday, March 24. The
discussion covered the status of each satellite component. Also covered
was Kenneth Ransom’s meeting with a Russian EVA specialist in Houston
who relayed information on how to mount the earth sensor to the helmet
and the switches to be used on the project.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for this information]
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