Archive - Jun 29, 2009
ISS Radio Report
Tracking
From 2 days ago i can not see the ISS picture moving around the world.
Does anybody can confirm this, or if something wrong in my computer?
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Luciano Melo CT1HHP
Station Crew Busy with Progress and Science Activities
The Expedition 20 crew is filling the Progress 33 with discarded equipment, gear and trash for disposal. The cargo craft will undock from the International Space Station on Tuesday and will enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up over the Pacific Ocean on July 12.
Before deorbiting the Progress 33 will rendezvous with the station one final time to test newly installed Kurs equipment in advance of the arrival of the Mini-Research Module 2 in November. The Kurs equipment was installed during a spacewalk earlier this month.
While Progress vehicles are docked with the station, the oxygen stored in them is used to replenish the station's atmosphere. The crew monitored the purging of the Progress 33's fuel and oxidizer supplies Friday and tested the Zvezda to Progress telerobotically operated rendezvous system.
ARISS Status June 29, 2009
Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Successful ARISS Contact with ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne
3. Belgian High School Students Participate in ARISS Contact
4. ARRL Article on Field Day
5. Astronaut Training Status
1. Upcoming School Contact
Inukjuak Space Camp in Kuujjuaq Quebec, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, July 1 at 14:25 UTC assisted by telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Makivik Corporation, a non-profit organization that promotes economic growth of Inuit businesses, is supporting the event. Students from grades 1-6 have been involved in a space club to learn about space, the ISS and radio protocol.