ISS Scheduled contact
(Telebridge)with School children in South India: A report by Anantha, VU3GPF
Sri Krishnna vithyaalayam Matric Higher.Secondary.School, Devansapudur ,Pollachi applied to the regional coordinator of ARISS Mr Satoshi Yakuda in Japan in February 2011. It was told that the application was accepted by ARISS and we would have to wait for nearly a year to make the contact.
In The first week of March 2011, we received an Email form Mr.Satoshi Yakuda that Mr.Gaston would be the moderator for the contact. The School was given instruction as to how to contact themselves during the contact and ask question. All arrangements wherein place with help of Mr. Nachimuthu VU2CMN Mr.K.Ibrahim VU3IRH and SWL Balraj.
The call came from the moderator Mr. Gaston He asked M.K.Anantha Ganesen VU3GPF to say few words the call and gave voice test and the go ahead was given. At Exactly 19:04 ( IST ) The students got connected with the ISS and the started asking questions in turns .The astronauts on the Board the ISS, Cady Coleman and Paolo Angelo Nespoli both Flight engineers answered the questions. The Students Listened to the answers with rapt attention. It was a momentous occasion and embedded in the history of the school and will be long remembered. After the contact was over asked M.K.Anantha Ganesan VU3GPF Correspondent of the school thanked Moderator and the session came to happy end with a loud applause from students.
We Thank ARISS and NASA. Our special thanks to the Technical team consisting of Mr. Nachimuthu VU2CMN , Mr K.Ibrahim VU3IRH and Mr. Balraj.
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Courtesy:-American Radio Relay League - www.arrl.org
1.The ARISS program provides a thrilling introduction to space exploration, an opportunity to learn about life on board the ISS as well as a hands-on taste of how exciting Amateur Radio can be.
2.ARISS provides opportunities for youth, teachers, families and communities to become more aware of the substantial benefits of human spaceflight and the exploration and discovery that occur on spaceflight journeys.
3.ARISS provides a forum for students to engage Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) activities, including Amateur Radio and the science of radio, and to explore our Earth from space.
4.ARISS partners with college and university students in STEM-related fields, giving them the chance to apply what they have learned in their classes to hands-on projects.
5.ARISS provides the opportunity for radio amateurs all around the world to talk directly to astronauts aboard the ISS!.
What is ARISS?
The ARISS program is a cooperative venture of NASA, the ARRL and AMSAT and other international space agencies that organizes scheduled contacts via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS and classrooms and communities. With the help of experienced Amateur Radio volunteers from Amateur Radio clubs, and coordination from the ARISS Team, the ISS crewmembers speak directly with large group audiences in a variety of public forums such as school assemblies or at science museums, Scout camporees and jamborees and space camps, where students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space and space technologies and Amateur Radio.
Goals of the ARISS program include:
• inspiring an interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects and in STEM careers among young people;
• providing an educational opportunity for students, teachers and the general public to learn about space exploration, space technologies and Amateur Radio as preparation for the event;
• providing an opportunity for Amateur Radio experimentation and evaluation of new technologies;
• offering a stress release outlet and opportunity for astronauts aboard the ISS to do public outreach, as well as providing a contingency communications network for NASA and the ISS crew.
Scheduled ARISS Amateur Radio contacts with the ISS are conducted either by direct contact, or by telebridge contact. The method used will depend on the radio station equipment and experienced radio amateur volunteers available to support the contact as well as technical issues related to the orbit of the ISS over the contact location.
Because the ARISS program supports the testing and installation of amateur radio stations aboard the ISS, astronauts have the equipment available to also make unscheduled ham radio contacts with radio amateurs all around the world on a one-to-one basis during their personal time. With a very limited investment in amateur radio equipment, licensed hams, including students who have access to amateur radio stations in a classroom, can make iindividual contact with astronauts aboard the ISS by learning to follow the published orbital schedule and practice some basic amateur radio contact techniques.
Application Link :-
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/ARISSapp16.htm
For Detail information about ARISS :-
http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station
