WASHINGTON -- Students in Otsego County, N.Y., will make a special call to the International Space Station and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Ron Garan on Friday, June 17.

The event, which includes a video link with Garan, will be broadcast live on NASA Television at 11:05 a.m. EDT. Fifth through eighth grade students from the Oneonta City School district will ask Garan questions about how the space station plays a pivotal role in expanding human understanding of the Earth and space.

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) National Convention will be held at the Ham-Com 2011 in Plano, Texas on Friday and Saturday, June 10 - 11.

Several ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) presentations will be given during the event:

ARISSat-1 a Satellite for STEM Education and Fun
Presented by Keith Pugh, W5IU

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Presented by Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO

Introduction to Amateur Radio Satellites
Presented by Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW

For more information, see: http://www.hamcom.org

ARISSat-1 is scheduled for deployment from the ISS in July.

It has a composite VHF downlink that will easily fit into the FUNcube Dongle receive spectrum. The telemetry is 1000 bps BPSK and can, of course, also be received with a normal
SSB 2 metre receiver.

On Thursday 09 June 2011 at 09.09 UTC, which is 11.09 CEST, an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact is planned with Lycee europeen Charles de Gaulle, Dijon, France.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS
3. Astronaut Training Status
4. ARISS Presentations at Ham-Com 2011

1. Upcoming School Contact

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Successful ARISS Contact for Escola EBI/JI de Montenegro
3. ARRL Letter Covers ARISS Proposal Process
4. AMSAT – New ARISS Proposal
5. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contacts
The ARISS team continues to work on scheduling school contacts as the STS-134 crew members depart the ISS.

2. Successful ARISS Contact for Escola EBI/JI de Montenegro

ARISS and the NASA Johnson Space Center Education Office's Teaching From Space staff have announced new processes that US-based educators will need to follow to propose a school contact with the International Space Station crew.

Many schools are not aware of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Project so information has been sent to almost 20,000 educators.

Topics in this report:
1. Successful ARISS Contact with Debica, Poland
2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
3. ARRL QST Posts ARISS News
4. ARRL Article on New Process for U.S. Schools

1. Successful ARISS Contact with Debica, Poland

The ARISSat-1 satellite was intended to be activated in April as part of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's famous flight. However, no ground stations reported hearing the satellite. To follow up, the ARISSat-1 team had a teleconference with representatives of RSC-Energia (Russia) and NASA to request a clarification of the events and discuss what happened.