The ARISS connection was rescheduled for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with the Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwoenitz, Zwoenitz, Germany and Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern schools, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

The event was scheduled for August 13, 2018, but it did not go well; it was then rescheduled for today August 15th 2018 at 11:12 UTC (13:12 CEST).

The conversation will be conducted in German and will be in direct mode via DL0MEG and DL0XK.

Signal audible from Europe on 145.800 MHz FM.

Hi,

Our club H.A.L. Scouts Group Amateur Radio Club (VU2LKO), Lucknow, India is coordinating the ARISS School contact programme at following schools:

1. Vidya Mandir Inter College, Meerut, India - 20-25th Aug 2018
2. Sri Timli Vidyapeeth, Pauri, India - 27-31Aug. 2018
3. Study Hall School, Lucknow, India - 03-06 Sept. 2018
4. Templeton Academy International, Nainital, India - 19-24th Nov.2018

Some schools want to do live webcast of their programme on internet.

Hence, we would like to know the exact procedure to do the same.

There are 3 school contacts scheduled for 13 and 14 August:

Nagoya Technical High School, Nagoya, Japan, direct via JA2YNI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 09:23:09 UTC 82 deg

Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwönitz, Zwönitz, Germany and Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, direct via DLØMEG and DLØXK
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

WOW ..... The Return of ARISS packet radio on ISS !!!

If you have missed APRS and packet radio from ISS (as ARISS has), you'll be happy to hear that a replacement system is on its way. When the packet module aboard ISS died in late 2017, the ARISS hardware team was heavily involved in design and safety certification of the new Interoperable Radio System (IORS). After basic troubleshooting and a few attempts to revive the failed module, we decided to dedicate our time to IORS and get it - with its packet and other capabilities - aboard ISS as soon as possible.