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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
June 15, 2009
1. ARISS Contact with Tongfu Primary School, China
Youth attending Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School in Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R.
China experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Thursday, June 11. Astronaut Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ answered 19
questions put to him by the students as an audience of approximately 465
people looked on. Extensive media coverage included seven television stations,
three radio stations and ten newspapers.
2. Successful ARISS Contact with Italian School
On Friday, June 12, children from several schools in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact. Approximately 200 students and guests, including European Space
Agency (ESA) and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) representatives, attended the
event. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti gave presentations on ISS missions
and ESA/ASI activities. Astronaut Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN answered 13 questions
on the first pass and another 7 questions on the following pass. Many
television stations, including CANALE 5 and SKY, radio stations and newspapers
provided media coverage. Internet video streaming had more than 6,500
connections.
3. Belgian Students Speak with Frank De Winne
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place
on Friday, June 12 between Vrije Basisschool Terbank-Egenhoven in Heverlee,
Belgium and Frank DeWinne ON1DWN on the ISS. Telebridge station ON4ISS in
Belgium assisted with the contact. Twenty-two questions were answered during
the nine minute pass, delighting the audience of 400 children, parents and
guests. Four television stations and two radio broadcast stations with
national and regional audiences covered the event. During the main evening
news, a detailed report on telebridge ground station ON4ISS was broadcast by
the national television service.
4. Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Doug Wheelock passed his amateur radio licensing exam and was issued
the callsign KF5BOC. He is scheduled to be part of Expedition 24 along with
Shannon Walker, KD5DXB and Aleksandr Skvortsov.
On June 9, Wheelock also received Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) training on basic radio operations.
5. Australia Journalist Takes Interest in ARISS
A local journalist in Kingston, Australia has taken an interest in Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and given great publicity to
the program over the past three years. To view her latest article, see:
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090603-2/index.php
6. ARISS on Twitter
The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently promoting their Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) school contacts on their Twitter site.
See: http://twitter.com/esa_oasiss.
A U.S. ARISS member has also been posting ISS amateur radio related items to a
Twitter site. See: http://twitter.com/RF2Space.
7. ESA Press Release on Frank De Winne's ARISS Contacts
The European Space Agency (ESA) put out a press release on Frank De Winne's
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts. See:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/OasISS_Mission/SEM6SOQORVF_0.html
8. ARISS International Meeting
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International
Face to Face Meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 18 -19 at the
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. The
team will come together to give regional reports as well as status reports
from the program's other committees including education, publicity, operations
and hardware.
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