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ARISS Contact Scheduled for March 31, 2023:

ARISS Contact Scheduled for March 31, 2023:

From : The ARRL Letter on 2023-03-30

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at Stone Magnet Middle School located in Melbourne, Florida.

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ARISS Contact Scheduled for March 31, 2023:



Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at Stone Magnet Middle School located in Melbourne, Florida.

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 31, 2023, at 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC, 1:07 PM CDT, 12:07 PM MDT, 11:07 AM PDT).

This direct contact will allow students to ask Astronaut Steve Bowen, KI5BKB, questions.

The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners within the ISS-footprint that encompasses the Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Society (PCARS) ham station in Melbourne, Florida.

A live stream of the contact will be available at: https://youtube.com/channel/UCuO96ZDAoLWVlko5CyATxzw.

ARISS conducts anywhere from 60 to 80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

Stone Magnet Middle School currently has 649 students from ages 12 to 15. The school's educational foundation provides science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM)-based programs with interdisciplinary STEAM connections for students across all classrooms. Prior to this ARISS contact, students will research and learn about the ISS, conduct their own ISS-based experiments, and study radio science concepts, such as radio waves. Members of PCARS are supporting the school during this ARISS contact.

ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the US, participating organizations include from NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN), the ISS National Lab - Space Station Explorers, ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio http://www.arrl.org/ariss®, and AMSAT.

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The ARRL Letter