Tim Peake ISS school contacts announced

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 signGB1SS 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.

ARISS has released target dates for the following schools:
• Sandringham School, St Albans @SandringhamSch1 between Jan 4-10, 2016
• RMS, Rickmansworth @RMSforGirls between Feb 8-14, 2016
• Oasis Academy, Brightstowe @OABrightstowe between Feb 15-21, 2016
• CNS, Norwich @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.

see more  :       www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/december/tim_peake_iss_school_contacts_announced.htm#.VnMr-xWLSUk

source: www.southgatearc.org/