[AMSAT-UK] Tim Peake ISS School Contacts Announced
 

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Tim Peake ISS School Contacts Announced

Posted: 15 Dec 2015 05:17 AM PST
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/12/15/tim-p...cts-announced/

ARISS stand at the London Science Museum Tim Peake launch event

ARISS have announced details of the first of the school amateur radio
contacts with UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI. Tim will be using the special
International Space Station (ISS) call sign GB1SS during his 6 month
mission.

Students will be able to put a number of questions directly to Tim using
amateur radio equipment specially installed at the school for the occasion.
Tim Peake KG5BVI training on the amateur radio station equipment he will
use on the ISS

ARISS has released target dates for the following schools:

• Sandringham School, St Albans @SandringhamSch1 between Jan 4-10, 2016

• RMS, RickmansworthÂ*@RMSforGirls between FebÂ*8-14, 2016

• Oasis Academy, BrightstoweÂ*@OABrightstowe between FebÂ*15-21, 2016

• CNS, NorwichÂ*@cns_school between Feb 22-28, 2016

ARISS will announce further details for remaining school opportunities in
January 2016.

The ARISS team of licensed UK Radio Amateurs is planning a world first by
also receiving live video from the ISS during the contact. Using the HamTV
transmitter, which has recently been commissioned on board the ISS, Tim
will be the first astronaut to use this equipment during a two way schools
contact.

As well as building a vehicle based receive system, which will be installed
at the school on the day of the contact, the team visited Goonhilly Earth
Station in Cornwall to commission a dish to receive the 2.4 GHz HamTV
transmissions from the ISS.
HamTV dish antenna at Goonhilly Credit Frank Heritage M0AEU

During the contact at the schools the ARISS team will be providing
information displays on the ISS position and have webcams showing both the
local and Goonhilly dishes as they track the ISS.

The hosting schools will be organising presentations and displays before
and after the contact and the ARISS team will be providing a live web cast
of all the day’s events including the actual contact with Tim Peake.

The live event webcast will be hosted by the British Amateur Television
Club (BATC) on their web streaming service at
https://principia.ariss.org/live/

The ARISS programme is designed to maximise the impact of the Principia
Mission outreach activities. It will directly engage students with media
and communication technologies with the goal of inspiring them to pursue
careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Principia Mission Patch

Principia mission sites:

• ARISS https://principia.ariss.org/

• RSGB http://rsgb.org/main/news/principia-mission/

• UK Space Agency https://principia.org.uk/

School Shortlist for Tim Peake Space Station Contact

http://amsat-uk.org/2015/07/14/schoo...tim-peake-iss/

Tim Peake launch Amateur Radio in the Media

• Ciaran Morgan M0XTD was interviewed for the BBC 24 hours TV news channel
at around midday

• Jeremy Curtis from the UK Space Agency was on Radio 5 Live talking about
the launch during which he mentioned Amateur Radio

• Dr Chris Bridges 2E0OBC interviewed early morning on BBC Surrey and BBC
Sussex
Graham Shirville G3VZV and Chris Bridges 2E0OBC on the ARISS stand at the
London Science Museum