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Subj: ARISS Status and Contact Schedule
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 081.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-081.03
The ARISS packet uplink is back on 145.99 with a downlink of 145.80.
APRS/packet is normally on but usually off for awhile after a school
contact. Random voice contacts are rare due to limited
time from the 2 man crew.
To provide some insight on how tough it is to schedule contacts, here are
some of the constraints the ARISS mentors must work under:
Each Increment is 26 weeks in length.
For the next increment we may not schedule:
1. Anything the first 4 weeks.
2. During EVA weeks (2 EVAs are scheduled for Increment 9)
3. at least 2 weeks prior to the Increment change.
4. no contacts during meal and exercise periods.
5. no contacts during post-sleep and pre sleep (before 0800 UTC and
after1930 UTC)
Recent School Contacts:
School of Bhac, Scotland
Contact was successful Wednesday 2004-03-17 14:26 UTC telebridge via WH6P=
N
Congratulations to Mike and the School of Bhac! Thanks to WH6PN for the
ARISS telebridge ground station, to KC6ROL acting as MC, and to MCI for t=
he
telebridge facilities and webcast.
Upcoming School Contacts:
Saltoschool Hanevoet, Eindhoven,NL-5655 CP, direct via PI4EHV
DELTA mission with Andrˆ Kuipers
TBD 2004-04-24
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL-2201, direct via PI9ESA
DELTA mission with Andrˆ Kuipers
TBD 2004-04-25
Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of over 60 schools that we
hope will be able to have a contact during 2004. As the schedule become=
s
more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call fo=
r
an average of one scheduled school contact per week.
[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N and Kenneth, N5VHO for the above information]
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