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Subj: ARISS Status 18 November 2003
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 327.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. November 23, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-327.03
* Upcoming Schools
An ARISS contact has been scheduled with Renmark Primary School in Renmark,
South Australia. The contact will take place on Tuesday, November 25.
* TIM in Moscow
A contingent of U.S. ARISS team members recently attended the Technical
Interchange Meeting which was held in Moscow (November 10 -20). Equipment is
being tested at the KIS facility at Energia.
* U.S. Astronaut to get Ham Radio License
ARISS team members are working with astronaut Mike Fincke (Lieutenant
Colonel, USAF), who is scheduled to be a crew member of Expedition 11, to
enable him to get his Ham radio license. Nick Lance at NASA JSC will provide
the training.
* ARISS International Team Teleconference
The ARISS International Team held a teleconference on Tuesday November 4,
2003. Agenda items discussed included the next two face to face meetings.
The first is to be held at ESA ESTEC, Netherlands from March 25 - 28, 2004.
The second meeting will be held in the Washington, D.C. area in October,
2004, following the AMSAT- NA's annual meeting which will also be held in
the D.C. area. Joint activities are being planned. Also discussed was the
KIS certification testing in Energia, RSC and the upcoming Moscow trip.
* Phase 2 Hardware Shipped to Moscow
Two Yaesu FT-100 radios and tuners are being shipped from California to
Moscow. Shipment may take 2 - 4 weeks. Certification testing will take place
in Energia, Russian Space Center.
* Website Project to Enable Students to Speak with ESA Astronaut by Radio
Dutch ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is scheduled to serve as flight engineer
on the next Soyuz flight to the ISS. ESA has organized a Dutch website
project which will allow students to talk to Kuiper by radio while on board
the ISS.
[ANS thanks Carol Jackson and Charlie Sufana for the above information]
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