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ARISS Contact Schedule and Successful school list updated 2004-05-12

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.01

Expedition 9 crew is now on the ISS.
E. Michael Fincke   KE5AIT
Gennady I. Padalka RN3DT

The schedule page has been updated as of 2004-05-12 16:00 UTC.
The successful school list has been updated as of 2004-04-26 05:00 UTC. I
have added some statistics towards the bottom.

The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list is now available
on the ARISS web site.  There are several ARISS web sites:

English:  http://www.rac.ca/ariss/

French:  http://c.avmdti.free.fr/ariss/index.htm

ARISS Europe:  http://www.ariss-eu.org/

ARISS Japan:  http://www.jarl.or.jp/ariss/

Other locations include:

Latest ARISS announcements and news
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Successful school list
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

or
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov

[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information]
/EX


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Bob Bruninga makes front cover of QST

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.02

Congratulations Bob for making the cover of QST, working satellite no less!

Nice article from Andy, W5ACM also, about AMSAT-VU's HAMSAT.

[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information]
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X-Prize 'will be won this year'

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.03

The X-Prize, a $10m race to be the first private company to put a craft 
into space twice in two weeks, will be won soon, believe its organisers. 
X-Prize chairman Peter Diamandis says it will be secured within five 
months. 

A total of 26 teams are competing, with SpaceShipOne, an entry by 
aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, considered to be the favourite to win the 
prize. 

Other teams have already started to look at what they might do after the 
main challenge has been met. 

Mr Diamandis was speaking at the recent 41st Space Congress held at 
Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3700855.stm

[ANS thanks BBC News for the above information]
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AMSAT-DL General Assembly

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.04

On Saturday May 8th AMSAT-DL had its General Assembly in Marburg. Approx.
90 members have taken the opportunity to learn about the projects P5A 
and P3E, and they could have a look at the finished structure of P3E in 
the integrations room.

You may have a look at some pictures at

http://www.amsat-dl.org/jhv2004/index.htm.

We also had the pleasure to have Bdale Garbee, KB0G with us as a visitor.
  
[ANS thanks Reinhard, DJ1KM for the above information]
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AO-40 Recovery Status

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.05

AMSAT-DL have produced a table that demonstrates that the the "mystery 
effect" has taken A0-40 into highly unfavorable ALON. Attempts at 
communication are likely to be futile until conditions improve in early 
and mid July. It is noted that unfortunately optimum squint in late 
July corresponds with a very bad solar angle. 
...stay tuned.

http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm#NEWS
  
[ANS thanks W4SM for the above information]
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Cornell University presentations well received

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 137.06 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD.  May 16, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-137.06

AMSAT's Mission and Vision statements specifically call for partnership and
cooperation with the educational community.  In support of that effort Rick
Hambly, W2GPS, Board Member and Executive Vice President and Art Feller,
W4ART, Treasurer traveled to Cornell University  to provide presentations
about amateur satellites to the Engineering College.

Art, a retired F.C.C. electrical engineer, presented "Frequency Planning
101".  Art outlined how radio use grew from "do anything you want" to the
first international technical treaty, through the recent explosion into the
very complex radio-dependent world we live in today.  It's a story of
international cooperation across modern history, illustrating how culture
and language affect all aspects of engineering.

Rick, presented "The AMSAT-OSCAR-E (Echo) Satellite Project".  Rick gave an
end-to-end view of the project, design, construction and launch plans of
this leading-edge satellite.

[ANS thanks Art, W4ART and Rick, W2GPS for the above information]

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