Archive - Jul 14, 2009
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
ARISS Status July 13, 2009
Topics in this report:
1. ARISS Contact Between Koichi Wakata and Mugegawa Junior High
2. ARISS Contact Held with Technopolis, Belgium
3. Successful ARISS Contact with Euro Space Center
4. SuitSat-2 Becomes a Satellite
5. ARISS Satellite Meeting Held
6. Astronaut Training Status
7. AMSAT Videos of Dayton Hamvention Available for Viewing
8. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline
1. ARISS Contact Between Koichi Wakata and Mugegawa Junior High
On Saturday, July 11, students from Mugegawa Junior High School participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA. Wakata answered 17 questions posed to him by the students. Over three hundred parents and guests attended the event, which was covered by five newspapers and a television station.