Hi everybody!

We just got our "Go for fligh" status for official ARRIS contact with ISS in March '07. As this is a mayor news for Pazin in Croatia (first contact outside US, EU and few "big guns") we are all very excited. The thing is that we have an Science Fiction & Fiction Festival at that time and we hope that it will be possible for ISS crew to open our event on Friday.
So, i'm interested if anyone has some clue about any events OPENED from space in history!?

greets!
Marko, 9a6ncm

Why there are no school contacts scheduled for the next time?
Whats the reason?

73es55de SWL-CHMY, Christian

In the recent poll, one of the subject titles was "ISS not a satellite". I have heard this statement before and it has always confused me. It appears to me that ISS fits the 2b definition of a satellite:
2 a : a celestial body orbiting another of larger size b : a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body
Source- http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/satellite.

Are there other definitions that make ISS not a satellite?

Kenneth - N5VHO

hearing them saying that ( we have you on the BIG LOOP ) alot on FD 3,4,5 etc.. what exacly is that ??? communications system?

Hello ALL!

Do not forget today to update the kepler elements.
The kepler elements for your tracking software is now available

Here is the link:

http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/stations.txt

And if you want to track the STS 115 and the ISS via
world wide web here is the link

http://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/lab/googlesat/googlesat2.php

73es55de SWL-CHMY, Christian

Does anybody know why the Station audio link on Houston Chronicle does'nt seem to work anymore? It used to work fine 24 hours a day until just before or after the STS-121 mission. It was great listening to the ISS crew communicating with either Russia's mission control centre or Houston and of course, the payloads operations centre at Huntsville. I used to leave my "Real Player" on in the background waiting for comm. Sometimes it would be busy and sometimes very quite. The audio link was especially usefull when the Soyuz was bieng prepared to be moved from one docking port to another on the ISS for example.

Last Infromations: 13:23 UTC - Crew is on the pad - Systemcheck with Kennedy Space Centre is ok Here comes the link to NASA-TV and the shedule [url]http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html[/url] Good luck STS 115 for your "FLY" to the ISS. mfg 73es55de SWL-CHMY, Christian

need help i have a 2 meter ht what do i need to get a voice contact on satelite what kind of antenna and at what height

Washington Pavillion

For those of you in South Dakota or nearby areas, Mike Fossum STS-121 astronaut is coming to town to give a presentation at the Washington Pavillion, see above URL for info. Admission is free.

I jumped on the bandwagon and myself and the family are looking forward to Mike's presentation!!!!!!!!

73's to all
KC0RWZ

Has anyone seen anything official about SuitSat's re-entry?

Matt, N8MS