Archive - Jan 2003 - Story

January 5th

Don on ISS voice over USA

ISS Amateur Radio

Don was active on voice from the ISS this morning on the 13:12 -> 13:26 pass.
I hear him chatting with a station in Port Orchard, Wa.

pe2jmr – Sun, 2003 – 01 – 05 22:16

Don on voice over USA and Packet ON

ISS Amateur Radio

A big thanks to Scott WA6LIE for reporting the actual situation of the Ham Radio station onboard ISS.

13:15 UTC PACKET SYSTEM is ON

Don also on voice over USA!

Your reports are very useful because here in Europe we will have ISS first pass only for this night at 01:29 UTC. We hope to have other news during next pass over USA.

73 de IK1SLD Claudio

for the ISS FanClub Staff

IK1SLD – Sun, 2003 – 01 – 05 15:56

January 4th

Chicago Youngsters Enjoy End-of-Year ARISS QSO

ARISS

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school and educational contacts resumed in late December after a hiatus to change crews. Expedition 6 Crew Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, spoke December 29 via NA1SS with a dozen youngsters visiting Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago.
Full Story

IK1SLD – Sat, 2003 – 01 – 04 18:22

ISS Status Report - Jan. 3, 2003

ISS Status Report

The Year 2003 began quietly for the International Space Station Expedition 6 crew. Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit crossed the international date line 15 times during the last day of 2002, officially greeting the new year at midnight Greenwich Mean Time during their sleep shift.

IK1SLD – Sat, 2003 – 01 – 04 18:13

Packet users requested to not send e-mail messages to ISS crew

ARISS

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, has requested that amateurs refrain from sending e-mail to the ISS crew via the onboard RS0ISS Personal Message System (PMS).....

ws8e – Sat, 2003 – 01 – 04 18:08

ISS exhibit in Mobile, Al.

Space News

The City of Mobile, Alabama is hosting a 4 month long exhibit of the
International Space Station in their new Science Exploreum building.
The exhibit consists of a full scale.....

N4UXY – Sat, 2003 – 01 – 04 13:26

January 3rd

Amateur Radio Station onboard OFF

ISS Amateur Radio

Hello, since January 1, 2003 at 17:13 UTC we haven't received any transmission from ISS Amateur Radio Station.

Probably the Crew forgot to change the mode to packet after the voice contact over USA or after ARISS scheduled contact, but we are not sure.

Have you any VOICE report after Jan. 1, 2003 at 17:13 UTC ?

Latest frames received from Space were:.....

IK1SLD – Fri, 2003 – 01 – 03 17:19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2003-01-03

ARISS

Ecole Immaculle Conception, Brest, France, Direct

2003-01-08 07:37 UTC

Sacajawea Middle School, Montana, Direct

2003-01-08 15:19 UTC

IK1SLD – Fri, 2003 – 01 – 03 10:52

Check out NASA Human Space Flight

Space News

At http://spaceflight.nasa.gov for visable sightings in your city.

This is a great site. I visit it all the time to get visable listings for my city.

Alot of other good information here also.

73 Doug (KC8FKS)

kc8fks – Fri, 2003 – 01 – 03 09:50

January 1st

MARCONI Wireless Centennial - Jan. 11-19, 2003

ISS Amateur Radio

MARCONI WIRELESS CENTENNIAL – January 11-19, 2003
Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi’s First Wireless transmission between the United States and Europe on January 11 – 19, 2003.

IK1SLD – Wed, 2003 – 01 – 01 22:12
x

Date UTC Az El Lat Lon Orbit Vis
Print
x

Select your Location

x

Live APRS Tracking