TWO ARISS CONTACTS PLANNED FOR ASTRONAUT FRANK DE WINNE ON FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2009
Two Expedition 20 ARISS school contacts have been planned for ESA astronaut Frank De Winne on Friday 12 June 2009.
At 06.52 UTC, which is 08.52 CEST, "A.Bafile" college in L'Aquila, Italy will establish direct radio contact with the ISS.
The ARISS contact will be between IZ6BAJ and OR4ISS. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in
English. Downlink signals will be audible all over Europe on 145.800 MHz FM.
A second ARISS school contact is planned on Friday 12 June at 11.38 UTC, which is 13.38 CEST, with Vrije Basisschool
Terbank-Egenhoven, Heverlee, Belgium.
Heverlee is a suburb of the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant.
This will be a telebridge. Radio contact will be established between groundstation ON4ISS and onboard station OR4ISS.
The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in Dutch. Downlink signals will be audible all over Europe on
145.800 MHz FM.
Expectedly,both ARISS school contacts will be distributed over EchoLink *AMSAT* and *JK1ZRW* conference nodes.
BRON : ON4WF ARISS Chairman.
mvg NRG.