Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Successful ARISS Contact with United Space School
3. Astronaut Training Status
4. ARISSat Test
5. EE Times Runs ARISSat Blog
6. ARRL Article on ARISSat-1
7. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1 Test and Upcoming Deployment
8. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISSat-1

1. Upcoming School Contact

ARISSat-1/KEDR Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM said this week the latest status, discussed during the International ARISS teleconference Sergey Samburov, RV3DR announced the ARISSat battery will be charged late July and a test of the system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC 30 July to about 1200-1400 UTC 31 July.

During the test ARISSat-1 will be in LOW power mode, this means that it will transmit about 40 seconds and then shut down for 2 minutes and then transmit for 40 seconds, etc.
The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan should be

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Ottawa Contact Successful
3. ARISS-U.S. Receives Proposals for Contacts
4. ARRL QST Posts ARISS News
5. AMSAT Provides ARISSat-1 Status
6. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISSat-1 Deployment

1. Upcoming School Contacts

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Japanese Contact Successful
3. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1
4. Status of ARISS U.S. Proposal Process

1. Upcoming School Contact

From the press office of Roscosmos:

Alexander Samokutiaev, flight engineer of the International Space Station’s expedition 28, informed about the planning for the upcoming Russian EVA in his blog in Roscosmos web.

According to Russian cosmonaut, the EVA is slated for August, pending the launch of the shuttle scheduled for July 8.

Alexander will work outside the ISS with his colleague Sergey Volkov. The cosmonauts are to perform several ISS RS refurbishing tasks, as well as to launch small satellite Kedr.

Topics in this report
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Japanese Contact Successful
3. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held
4. News of U.S. ARISS Proposal Process Distributed
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. ARISS Items in ARRL Letter
7. AMSAT Covers ARISS Proposal

1. Upcoming School Contact

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Japanese Contact Successful
3. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held
4. News of U.S. ARISS Proposal Process Distributed
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. ARISS Items in ARRL Letter
7. AMSAT Covers ARISS Proposal

1. Upcoming School Contact

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Germany Contact to be Rescheduled
3. AMSAT Covers ARISSat-1
4. Astronaut Training Status
5. Debrief Session Held with Expedition 26/27 Crew Members

1. Upcoming School Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Nankan 4th Elementary School in Tamanagun, Kumamoto, Japan on Tuesday, June 21 at 09:00 UTC. Through this opportunity students will learn about the mission of the International Space Station and about amateur radio technology.

2. Germany Contact to be Rescheduled

The ARISSat-1 FM downlink on 145.950 MHz includes live SSTV images as part of the cycling voice ID, select spoken telemetry values, and the international greeting messages.

Here are some pointers to help you get your station ready to receive and display the SSTV pictures transmitted by ARISSat-1.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Successful ARISS Contacts
3. ESA Article on Nespoli Mission
4. Challenger Learning Centers Promote ARISS
5. AMSAT – ARISSat-1 News
6. Astronaut Training Status

1. Upcoming School Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen, Germany on Tuesday, June 14 at 11:49 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The contact will be held during the state event “Hessentag 2011” to interest high school students in wireless technology.