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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 114.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 18, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-114.04
ARISS Status
April 18, 2005
1. New Hampshire School Contact Successful
On Wednesday, April 13, Maple Avenue Elementary School, in Goffstown,
New Hampshire, had a successful contact with Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW.
Students asked twenty questions in front of an audience of two hundred
students, teachers, parents, and six local dignitaries. Three newspapers
and a television documentary producer were in attendance to cover the event.
Echolink was also used for this contact. The audio transmission from a
webcast was fed into the AMSAT and EDU_NET servers. Twenty-one
connections were made, and stations from the U.K., U.S.A., Australia,
Holland, Slovakia, and Switzerland listened in.
2. California School Contact Successful
Fort Ross Elementary School is a small school with an enrollment of 50
students, located in Cazadero, California, a remote area ninety miles
north of San Francisco. On Friday, April 15, the children experienced a
successful contact with the ISS. The students were able to ask Leroy
Chiao, KE5BRW, 15 questions before the space station went over the
horizon. Approximately 85 people attended the event including a
reporter from the local weekly north coast newspaper, the Independent
Coast Observer.
3. Upcoming School Contacts
Schulhaus Feld 1 in Richterswil, Switzerland is slated for a contact
with Leroy Chiao on Tuesday, April 19, at 07:36 UTC. (Note the change in
date and time.)
Two ARISS contacts have been scheduled with ESA Italian astronaut
Roberto Vittori, as follows:
Istituto Tecnico Industriale Liceo scientifico Tecnologico “G.
Marconiö in Civitavecchia, Italy and Ist.Tecn.Comm.Einaudi-Mattei &
Ist.Statale Istr. Sup. Malignani In in Palmanova, Italy will share a
contact with the ISS, as they are linked via Skype (internet
telephony). The students from each institute will take turns asking
questions. The event is scheduled for April 18 at 08:45 UTC.
The European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), is slated for a
contact via telebridge station NN1SS on April 20 at 12:39 UTC.
4. ARRL Article on Flory Contact
On April 8, Flory Academy, a NASA Explorer School, spoke to the ISS via
amateur radio. ARRL covered the contact in an article entitled, “School
Community Cooperation, Student Activities Enhance Space QSO Experience.ö
See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/13/2/?nc=1
5. ARRL Article on New Crew Aboard the ISS
On April 15, the ARRL ran a web story on the new crew aboard the ISS.
“Three radio amateurs on their way to International Space Station,ö may
be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/
6. ARISS School Receives Award
Sonoran Sky Elementary School, KA7SKY, received a Satellite
Communicators Club Award from AMSAT NA. The school had an ARISS contact
with Expedition 8’s Mike Foale, KB5UAC, on April 5, 2004.
Congratulations Sonoran Sky!
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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