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Subj: ARISS Status 2009-12-14
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
December 14, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Istituto Comprensivo di Govone -Scuola Secondaria di primo
grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca in Priocca, Cuneo, Italy on Monday, December
14 at 08:30 UTC. Students have been working on a mission to Mars project
which has engaged them in technology, engineering and problem solving. The
contact will be integrated into this project through which students will
learn more about the effects of space travel and microgravity.
2. Astronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Successful
A simulated contact took place on Tuesday, December 8 between Deer Creek
Elementary School in Bailey, Colorado and astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF
at Johnson Space Center. This training session was a terrestrial-based
amateur radio contact using Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) equivalent equipment. Deer Creek enjoyed its session so much that it
plans to apply for a contact with an on-orbit astronaut.
3. Maxim Suraev Participates in ARISS Contact
Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev was scheduled to participate in two Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts with Russian
schools this past week. The first contact was held with Noginsk High School
students on Thursday, December 10 and was successful. The second session
was scheduled with schoolchildren from Zvezdniy Gorodok in Star City,
Russia, on Friday, December 11. Its status is unknown at this time.
4. Italian School Contact to be Rescheduled
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was
scheduled for students from Scuola Primaria De Gasperi in Noicattaro, Bari,
Italy on Saturday, December 12. Due to technical difficulties, the contact
was not successful. The school will be rescheduled for another session in
the near future.
5. Moscow Aviation Institute Experiment Activated
Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev activated the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI-75)
experiment onboard the ISS on Wednesday - Friday, December 9 - 11 from
approximately 07:00 to 11:00 UTC. Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images of
Earth were downlinked to ground stations. Images received were archived to
the ARISS SSTV Gallery: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/
6. CQ VHF Magazine Runs ARISS Article
The Fall issue of CQ VHF magazine contained an article about the ARISS
International Meeting that was held this year in the Netherlands on June
18 - 19. The story was written by ARISS mentor Keith Pugh, W5IU.
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