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Subj: ARISS Success in France
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 095.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. April 4, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-095.04
The ARISS School Contact, scheduled with the “College Georges Brassens
of Saint Mardö and the “Jacques Prevertö school, was a success.
The two schools of Saint-Mard, located at 45 km to the North-East of
Paris (France), were in direct radio contact with Mike Foale on board
the International Space Station on April 1st, 2004 from 18:27 to 18:37
UTC, i.e. 20:27 to 20:37 local time. The QSO was done by F0EJN
Catherine with the technical assistance of the team led by F5CAR
Jocelyn, comprising F5MFO Patrick, F6AGO Robert, F1CUH Guy, F6GYH
Bernard, F1ENB Luc, F1XR René, F5STO Jean-Marc.
The teachers, parents, VIP’s and media who assisted to the radio
contact could see the excitement and wonder in the eyes of the
students. The contact was relayed by ATV to the school’s main hall
where an audience of about 150 assisted. In the radio room only the
technical and educational team as well as the students who participated
to the educational project were admitted.
Ten questions were answered by Mike Foale, KB5UAC who started the
contact by a great “Bonjourö. The contact ended by a loud thank you and
greetings were sent to Alexander Kaleri, U8MIR.
The teachers and the students of the two schools are very grateful to
the individuals and to the organisations involved in the preparation of
the Space talk. : AMSAT France, ARISS-Europe, ARISS International and
NASA.
After this unique experience and as a conclusion to the educational
project, the students of the scientific workshop SYNTHESE 3D (AST), now
are required to create a CD ROM reviewing the various activities
including those related to the ARISS contact.
For ten minutes, the Jacques Prévert school and the Georges Brassens
college were honored to welcome an astronaut in their classroom.
An audio recording of the downlink signal will be made available on the
ARISS-Europe website under the Archive page.
Gaston Bertels
ARISS-Europe chairman
[ANS thanks Gaston, ON4WF, for the above information.]
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