Archive - 2018 - Forum topic
March 29th
Two EVA on april .... !
TWO EVA : ISS Spacewalkers set for Thursday to Expand External WiFi for Upcoming Ecosystem Instrument
More info here :
http://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-us-eva-49-preview
Best 73 de IW2BSF Rudy
March 20th
21 March 2018 the NEW iss crew arrived #56 !
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 1 March 2018 - Expedition 55 Gets to Work
The six-member Expedition 55 crew poses for an official crew portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
In the front row (from left) are Scott Tingle of NASA, Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. In the back row (from left) are NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Andrew Feustel and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. Credit: NASA.
March 17th
19 March contact to school in Victoria - AUSTRALIA !
19 MARCH ISS contact to school in Templestowe Valley Primary School, Templestowe, Victoria, Australia !
The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:43 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ.
VK4KHZ is SHANE LYND
located in Glenden, Queensland
The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. (ONLY RX !!! )
The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
73 de IW2BSF - Rudy
March 5th
7 March contat to school in San Bruno CA - USA !
7 March an ISS contact to school at Parkside Middle School, San Bruno, CA
The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:05 UTC.
The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K6PVJ
K6PVJ is:
SAN BRUNO AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS
2136 Shelter Creek Lane
San Bruno, CA
The contact should be audible over the state of California and adjacent areas.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz .
The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
73 de IW2BSF - Rudy
INFO:
February 25th
26 Feb contact to school in Bellefonte PA - USA !
26 FEB ISS contact to school contact has been planned with participants at Bellefonte Area Middle School, Bellefonte, PA - USA
The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:59 UTC.
The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W3YA
W3YA is the Radio Club :
THE NITTANY AMAT RAD CLB INC
in STATE COLLEGE, PA
The contact should be audible over the state of Pennsylvania and adjacent areas !
listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink.
The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
73 de IW2BSF - Rudy
February 21st
23 Feb contact to Museum in Syracuse NY -USA !
23 FEB ISS contact to Museum of Science & Technology - Danforth Middle School, Syracuse, NY
Contact is Fri 2018-02-23 14:08 UTC
direct via K2MST . Udible ONLY in Nord America !
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is Fri 2018-02-23 14:08 UTC
73 de IW2BSF - Rudy
February 19th
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21 Feb contact to school in Portugal !
21 FEBRUARY ISS contact planned for school in Portugal !
planned for Scott Tingle KG5NZA with Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundao, Fundao, Portugal
The event is scheduled on Wednesday 21 February 2018 at approximately 9.38 UTC.
The contact will be a direct operated by CS5DBB
The contact should be audible in parts of Europe!
On the 145.800 MHz FM downlink. REMEMBER only RX !!!
73 de IW2BSF – Rudy
21 FEBBRAIO Contatto ISS pianificato con una scuola in Portogallo!
February 17th
18 Feb school contact to Kalunga - Russia ! ( RS0ISS call )
18 FEB ISS contact to "Galaxy - Children and Youth Center for Space Education", Kaluga, Russia.
Contact is direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS ( russian module ).
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Misurkin
( probably in russian language ? )
Contact is for 2018-02-18 10:45 UTC
73 de IW2BSF Rudy
February 14th
15 Feb contact to school in Los Angeles- CA (USA)
15 FEB ISS school contact has been planned with participants at Los Angeles Academy Middle School, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:45 UTC.
The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W6RVD.
The contact should be audible over portions of the state of California and adjacent areas.
NOT udible in Europe !
73 de IW2BSF - Rudy
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