ARISS contact with Ottawa Carleton Virtual Online School: Friday, Februa
ry 5

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** Upcoming ARISS Contact: Friday, February 5
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https://www.rac.ca/ariss-contact-wit...l-online-schoo
l-friday-february-5/

Ottawa, Ontario

As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) pr
ogram, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, will connect with studen
ts from the Ottawa Carleton Virtual Online School (https://www.youtube.com
/watch?vÿy1JYmk72o&featureÿutu.be) in Ottawa, Ontario and answ
er their questions (see below (https://www.rac.ca/ariss-contact-with-ottaw
a-carleton-virtual-online-school-friday-february-5/#questions) ), live f
rom the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/st
ation/main/index.html) (ISS).

The ISS call sign is scheduled to be NA1SS and the event will take place o
n Friday, February 5, 2021 at 17:41:04 UTC 40 deg via AB1OC. It is rec
ommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this tim
e.

The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and AB10C which is located in
New Hampshi

Ground Station Coordinates: AB1OC New Hampshire Latitude 42.712N; Longitud
e 71.590W; Elevation 110m

The contact should be audible over the USA and Canada (Eastern regions) an
d adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.8
0 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

ARISS invites the public to view the livestream of the upcoming ARISS cont
act at: https://youtu.be/Ery1JYmk72o

Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD, ARISS Central and Northern Canada representat
ive, is the Mentor for the event and Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ, ARISS We
stern Canada Mentor, is the Moderator.

ARISS is an international program aimed at inspiring students worldwide to
pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) through Amateur Radio communications opportunities wit
h the ISS crew.

For more information on ARISS please visit:

RAC ARISS page: https://www.rac.ca/ariss

ARISS website: http://www.ariss.org/ (http://www.ariss.org/)

Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio

As mentioned above, members will ask their questions to Astronaut Mike H
opkins, KF5LJG, via an adapted telebridge link which will use a multi-
point system in which they are connected to the conference call centre fro
m their own homes.

The concept requires three things:
* the ARISS telebridge radio ground station – a satellite Amateur
Radio station with special equipment that an ARISS team member uses for t
eleconferencing
* the astronaut on the International Space Station using the ARISS Amateur
Radio station
* students at their homes here on Earth

The telebridge radio operator links to the astronaut at the ARISS radio mi
c, and each youth then connects from home via their telephones. Their fa
milies can listen along with school faculty and the public from home.

For more information about the upcoming ARISS contact please visit:

https://www.rac.ca/ariss-contact-wit...l-online-schoo
l-friday-february-5/

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