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Today's Topics:
1. EM96 SO-50 Sunday September 24th (Ruth Willet)
2. AO-73/FUNcube Mode switch (Jim Heck G3WGM)
3. Re: AO-40 orbital elements (Chad Phillips KG0MW)
4. DM39 on 25 September (Glenn Miller)
5. Get Ready for the 2017 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual
Meeting! (Paul Stoetzer)
6. Falconsat-3 pacsat (jeff griffin)
7. Re: FalconSAT-3 PacSats (Alan)
8. WH6XM on FO29 (alex weimer)
9. Re: WH6XM on FO29 (John Geiger)
10. Fwd: [Starcom-bb] Daniel "Nick" Kucij, KB1RVT Silent Key
(Matthew Stevens)
11. WH6XM on FO29 (alex weimer)
12. Re: WH6XM on FO29 (alex weimer)
13. Upcoming ARISS contact with Colegio Nueva Concepcion, San
Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:29:25 -0400
From: Ruth Willet <ruthwillet@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] EM96 SO-50 Sunday September 24th
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I'm planning to rove in EM96 for the 18:50z SO-50 pass on Sunday September
24th. I'm near the Virginia and North Carolina state line, but hope to
operate the pass from Virginia.
73,
Ruth
KM4LAO
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:33:26 +0100
From: "Jim Heck G3WGM" <jimlist@xxxx.xxx>
To: "Jim Heck G3WGM" <jim@xxxxxx.xx.xxx>, "AMSAT-BB"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube Mode switch
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Hi All,
Many apologies, there was an error in the email I send out on Friday evening
last. We will be switching back to educational mode as per usual on Sunday
PM UTC. The transponder will not be available when the sat is in sunlight on
Monday.
73s Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube Team
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FUNcube frequencies and other details
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AO-73 FUNcube-1
The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in
eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends
(from pm Fridays UTC to PM Sundays UTC) the transponder is operational 24/7.
When the transponder is switched off, the telemetry beacon is on full power,
when the transponder is on the beacon it is on low power. During holidays,
eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, etc, the transponder maybe activated for
extended periods. Watch AMSAT-BB for announcements which are usually made on
Friday evenings (UTC)
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB
Telemetry Tx: 145.935 MHz BPSK
(The passband may be up to 15kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low
temperatures give higher freqs!)
FUNcube-2 aka FUNcube on UKube
The FUNcube-2 sub-system continues to operate autonomously and, almost
continuously, in amateur mode. The transponder is operational and the
telemetry downlink is functioning with about 70mW output. The FUNcube-1
Dashboard does not correctly display the telemetry but it does correctly
decode the data and uploads it to the FUNcube Data Warehouse from where it
can be examined. Most of the real time data channels are operational and
these include battery voltages, temperatures and ADCS data coming via the
main On Board Computer (OBC).
The transponder is interrupted for a few seconds every 2 minutes when the
other transmitter sends its CW beacon and, occasionally, for a few seconds
when the main OBC reboots (approx seven times each orbit).
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.080 - 435.060 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.930 - 145.950 MHz USB
Telemetry Tx: 145.915 MHz BPSK
(The passband may be up to 10kHz higher depending on on-board temps. Low
temperatures give higher freqs!)
EO79 FUNcube-3
Due to power budget constraints the transponder cannot be operational 24/7
and an orbit specific schedule has been developed. The transponder will
commence operation 27 minutes after the spacecraft enters sunlight and will
stay on for a period of 25 minutes. This schedule may be modified in future
months as a result of experience.
The nominal transponder frequencies are:
Uplink: 435.0723-435.0473 MHz LSB (Inverting)
Downlink: 145.946-145.971 MHz USB
Further detailed info on EO79 transponder frequencies is at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/10/eo79-funcube-3-transponder-commences-regular-o
peration/EO88
Nayif-1 FUNcube-5EO88 is presently operating in autonomous mode. The
transponder isoperational when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar
panels are NOTbeing illuminated.When the transponder is switched off, the
telemetry beacon is on full power,when the transponder is on the beacon it
is on low power.The transponder frequencies are:Uplink: 435.045 ? 435.015
MHz LSB (inverting)Downlink: 145.960-145.990 MHz USBTelemetry Tx:
145.940MHzAll FUNcube transponders are sponsored by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL.
We are verygrateful for the assistance given by Innovative Solution In Space
Bv, TheNetherlands.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:47:03 -0500
From: Chad Phillips KG0MW <chad.kg0mw@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 orbital elements
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Totally agree. It would be great to even hear a blip from it.
chad
> On Sep 22, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> On 09/22/17 14:17, Chad Phillips wrote:
>> I?m not the expert but it is my understanding there was possible an
explosion or something similar that crippled it.
>
> Chad,
>
> You are correct: The working hypothesis is that an explosion damaged the
> main battery, which failed into a shorted condition.
>
> https://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm
>
> As we've seen with AO-7, it is possible that the battery could go from
> short to open in the future. Might as well be ready for the day that
> happens!
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:56:35 -0600
From: Glenn Miller <aa5pk@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BBS <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Carlos W7QL <cdcardon@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM39 on 25 September
Message-ID: <3r7myeey0le91ft9kbwmfsac.1506304595930@xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Carlos, W7QL, and I will activate DM39 on FO-29 at ~1550Z and SO-50 at ~1915Z.
QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW when I return home next weekend.
Hard copy QSLs by email request.
73
Glenn / AA5PK
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:31:07 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Get Ready for the 2017 AMSAT Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting!
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Get Ready for the 2017 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting!
Everything you need to know and get done today
Here is a summary of what you need to do to get ready for the
2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and Annual Meeting, October 27-29, 2017
at the Silver Legacy Resort Hotel, Reno, NV.
Complete Your Symposium Registration in the AMSAT Store
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You can register for the 2017 Space Symposium, the Saturday Evening
Banquet, and the Sunday Morning Area Coordinators breakfast in the
AMSAT store: https://www.amsat.org/shop/
Symposium Registration (including a copy of the Proceedings)
+ Starting September 15 -- $50
+ At the door -- $55
Make Your Reservations for the Symposium Hotel in Reno
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You must make your hotel reservations at the Silver Legacy at this
link: https://www.amsat.org/symposium-hotel/ (block code ISAMSAT) The
hotel phone number is 1-800-687-8733.
TO GUARANTEE OUR RATES PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 12, 2017.
The Silver Legacy is a 4-star Resort/Hotel/Casino which is an iconic
42-story hotel with its massive round dome and spires centered in
downtown Reno.
2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Announced
------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Schedule for the 2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and Annual
Meeting, October 27-29, 2017 at the Silver Legacy Resort Hotel, Reno,
NV.
Check the Symposium Web Page for updates and new information as it
becomes available: https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/
2017 AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Tours Announced
---------------------------------------------
The 2017 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, Oct 27-29 in Reno. There will be two tours of the sights
around Reno offered after the Symposium ends on Sunday morning.
The first tour is offered on Sunday October 29, 10:00AM to 4:00PM This
tour will visit Historical Virginia City. Tour cost is $46 per person.
Lunch will be on your own.
The second tour is offered on Monday October 30, 8:30AM to 5:30PM This
tour will Discover Truckee, the Donner Party, Lake Tahoe & Genoa. The
tour cost is $80 per person. There is an optional Lake Tahoe Cruise on
a paddle-wheel ship available. The tour cost with the Lake Tahoe
Cruise is $147 per person. Lunch is provided with either tour option.
A description of the tours has been posted at
https://www.amsat.org/symposium-tours/
Complete tour information is available by paging through each tour
description and a link to purchase the tour through the AMSAT Store is
provided below the description. You may also purchase all Symposium
events at the AMSAT Store.
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Introducing Banquet Keynote Speaker Garrett L. Skrobot, NASA Cubesat
Launch Initiative Program, Kennedy Space Center
--------------------------------------------------------------
Garrett was born in Myrtle Beach, S.C., but moved to West Cocoa,
Florida at the age of six months. Immediately after graduating from
Cocoa High School in 1980, Garrett began a four-year tour of duty in
the United States Marine Corp that took him around the world.
In 1988 Garrett earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
from the University of Tennessee; he later received his master's
degree in space systems from the Florida Institute of Technology in
1992.
Garrett joined the NASA team at Kennedy Space Center in 2000 as an
Integration Engineer for the Launch Services Program. Prior to his
work with NASA, Garrett was employed by General Dynamics as a System
Engineer for the Atlas/Centaur booster program. During his tenure with
General Dynamics, Garret participated in more than 50 launches while
working in the Electrical, Ground Instrumentation, Payload Mission
Integration, Telemetry and Project Management divisions.
Garrett continues to live in Cocoa with his wife and their three
daughters. In his free time, Garrett enjoys nature photography,
fishing, and actively supporting his daughters in their sports.
Garrett himself is also an accomplished athlete, having earned a black
belt in karate.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:36:11 -0400
From: "jeff griffin" <kb2m@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 pacsat
Message-ID: <02c701d3360b$a2c78040$e85680c0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I'm interested in getting back on the pacsat(s). It's been awhile, I'm
thinking about 15 years since I ran WiSP. I just installed a copy of WiSP,
but my software key is in Florida at my winter home, so I'm running the
demo. Now a few questions.
1 Is anybody doing the BBS on FalconSat-3?
2. Is so what software are you using?
3. can someone recommend a software derived 9600 baud TNC that will talk to
either a Flex VU5K, or an IC-9100. I would need this to work with a WiSP
like program to do the BBS thing. Thanks for helping this old guy get
restarted with pacsats.
73 Jeff kb2m
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:29:30 -0500
From: "Alan" <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'jeff griffin'" <kb2m@xxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FalconSAT-3 PacSats
Message-ID: <000601d33623$d8c26490$8a472db0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Jeff,
I don't have 9600 baud TX, but I have used the MixW virtual TNC to copy the
BBS and digi with WiSP and a VU5K. Looks just like 25 years ago when I was
using a hardware TNC. Should work witi the any rig if you have the right
soundcard interfacing. I have already have a copy of MixW, but there is a
30 demo, last time I looked.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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<Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 09:36 AM
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<Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 pacsat
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<I'm interested in getting back on the pacsat(s). It's been awhile, I'm
<thinking about 15 years since I ran WiSP. I just installed a copy of WiSP,
<but my software key is in Florida at my winter home, so I'm running the
<demo. Now a few questions.
<
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<1 Is anybody doing the BBS on FalconSat-3?
<
<2. Is so what software are you using?
<
<3. can someone recommend a software derived 9600 baud TNC that will talk
<to
<either a Flex VU5K, or an IC-9100. I would need this to work with a WiSP
<like program to do the BBS thing. Thanks for helping this old guy get
<restarted with pacsats.
<
<
<
<73 Jeff kb2m
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:47:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] WH6XM on FO29
Message-ID: <1936183960.8135.1506361665829@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Bob: WH6XM in grid BK29 Hilo HI was on FO29 and will be on looking for
contacts on future passes of FO29 .. Anyone needing HI for WAS should look
for him. He has a great signal
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:02:20 -0500
From: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
To: alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WH6XM on FO29
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This is the last state I need for satellite WAS! Does he do AO7 also? I
think it would be a easier to find a mutual pass for both of us on the sat.
73 John AF5CC
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> Bob: WH6XM in grid BK29 Hilo HI was on FO29 and will be on looking for
> contacts on future passes of FO29 .. Anyone needing HI for WAS should look
> for him. He has a great signal
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:06:03 -0400
From: Matthew Stevens <matthew@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [Starcom-bb] Daniel "Nick" Kucij, KB1RVT
Silent Key
Message-ID: <92F6CC1F-CA56-43B0-A6DB-E0F2F0B77693@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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In case this did not get passed to the amsat-bb. Very sad news indeed..
73,
- Matthew nj4y
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Frank Griffin <k4feg@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: September 25, 2017 at 11:34:11 EDT
> To: starcom-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxxx
satdx-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [Starcom-bb] Daniel "Nick" Kucij, KB1RVT Silent Key
>
> Hello All:
>
> it is with a sad heart that I am writing this email, Nick, KB1RVT's,
family contacted me and asked me to relay this information:
>
> Nick, while riding a bicycle trail in Vermont over the weekend, suffered a
fall, he apparently suffered some head injuries resulting in hemorrhaging in
the brain and passed away suddenly, local paramedics were quickly on the
scene & worked vigorously to tend to his injuries.
> The family is still in the process of contacting people & asked me to
reach out to the satellite community.
> Any details about the arrangements should be in the local Burlington Free
Press newspaper, burlingtonfreepress.com.
>
> As I receive any additional information I will post it to the various BB's.
> Please pass any information along any of the other social media conveyances.
>
> Nick will be missed by the satellite community.
> -.- -... .---- .-. ...- - ... -.-
>
> regards:
>
> Frank; K4FEG
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] WH6XM on FO29
Message-ID: <950437084.7708.1506363987014@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Bob: WH6XM does not get on AO7 . I have worked him many times and only on
FO29... 73 DE JACK-KC7MG
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:27:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx>
To: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WH6XM on FO29
Message-ID: <1486860135.7729.1506364070104@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
John: No Bob does not get on AO7.. I have worked him many times and always
on FO29... He has a great signal even at low passes so You should be able to
work him if you and he are in the footprint 73 Jack-KC7MG
> On September 25, 2017 at 2:02 PM John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> This is the last state I need for satellite WAS! Does he do AO7 also?
I think it would be a easier to find a mutual pass for both of us on the sat.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, alex weimer <ingejack@xxx.xxx
mailto:ingejack@xxx.xxx > wrote:
>
> > > Bob: WH6XM in grid BK29 Hilo HI was on FO29 and will be on
looking for contacts on future passes of FO29 .. Anyone needing HI for WAS
should look for him. He has a great signal
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:47:45 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Colegio Nueva
Concepcion, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Colegio Nueva Concepcion, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
on 28 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:51 UTC. The
duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be direct between NA1SS and LU1KCQ. The contact should be
audible over portions of Argentina and adjacent areas. Interested parties
are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected
to be conducted in English.
Colegio Nueva Concepcion is located in the heart of the city of San Miguel
de Tucuman in northern Argentina. This is a coed, secular school with a
981-student population from Pre-K at age 3. Today, high school has 290
students with a curriculum oriented towards social science and an intensive
English program (10 weekly classes per week).
To graduate from high school, students at Colegio Nueva Concepcion write a
thesis paper on issues which they are personally interested in and usually
in the field of humanist studies. However, there has been a tendency for
some teenagers to do research in the hard sciences possibly because of the
work done in other areas, such as the Astrophysics Workshop. Unlike most
schools in the province, Colegio Nueva Concepcion offers an elective
workshop on Astrophysics, whose activities have motivated the class to
contact you through the ISS experience.
The Astrophysics Workshop has been added to complement the humanist
orientation of the curricular program. Students attending the workshop are
sixteen to seventeen-year olds in the fifth and sixth year (juniors and
seniors), and we firmly believe that the ISS contact will motivate them as
well as younger students to become more interested in exact sciences, and
more specifically the sciences of space. In the meantime, we are getting
ready for the communication experience by discussing the possible questions
with the workshop teacher, and carrying out comprehension activities in the
English classes to be ready to listen and understand about space, space
race, and life in the ISS.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What research activities you are developing in space do you consider more
relevant for the future of humanity?
2. What kind of investigations you do in space can only be done only there
and not on the Earth?
3. Have you seen anything weird or unusual in space that science hasn't been
able explain yet?
4. Considering you know both earth's gravity and space's microgravity, which
one do you prefer?
5. After living so many months in space, have you developed any different
perspective on the life and problems of the world on the Earth's surface?
6. Are there any Argentinean or Latin American people working in your team?
7. What was the most complicated situation you had to go through in the ISS
and how did you solve it?
8. How do you think you will feel when you return to earth after a long time?
9. Does everyone have the same role in ISS, or are there superiors and
subordinates?
10. Which is more important for traveling and staying in space, physical
condition or mental state?
11. How long have you stayed in the ISS and how long did you prepare for
that?
12. Is it possible to reproduce living organisms in space? What about human
reproduction?
13. If you go out of the ISS, why do you do it for?
14. What are the protocols in the event that one of the astronauts becomes
lightly or severely ill?
15. How do you spend your free time? - if you have any.
16. Can you communicate with your relatives frequently? How do you do it?
17. Would you like to go back to space or is it an experience that you would
not like to repeat?
18. Do you have an agreement with the other astronauts on ISS on what
language or time zone to use?
19. Have you always wanted to travel to space? Or, did this opportunity come
up in your job as an obligation?
20. What is the thing you enjoy the most about being in the space?
21. What type of food are you used to eating? Do you exercise your body?
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Next planned event(s):
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About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts
via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a
variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students,
teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more informa
tion, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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