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Wednesday 22 March 2017

ARISS School contact programme at Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India



Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB 
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG 
 
Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg (***)
               i.e. 13:49 Hrs IST     
 
Proposed questions generated by the Brahma Kumaris Educational Society students: (***)
1. What's the most fun or interesting part about being on the International Space Station?
2. What does a launch feel like?
3. Where do you go in the Space Shuttle? Do you go to the moon?
4. What do you do when you aren't on a mission?
5. Can you call your family? Do you have email?
6. What should I study in school if I want to be an astronaut?
7. What was your job as an astronaut on the ISS?
8. What advice would you give someone wishing to follow in your footsteps?
9. What was the scariest part of being in space?
10. Have you seen space junk? How bad is the problem?
11. Did you have much fear going into space your first time or on subsequent trips?
12. Did you ever see anything you couldn't explain while in space?
13. What are your three favorite things about being in a spaceship?
14. How has your understanding of the universe changed since seeing it from space?
15. If you could go back into space now, what's one thing you would make sure to do?
16. What will be the basic health standards for people to partake in space travel as tourists?
17. What is the most beautiful sight you have seen from space?
18. I'd like to know how hard it is to land on Mars.
19. I wanted to know how it feels to be in Space.
20. What does astronaut food taste like?

Thursday 9 March 2017

Online WebSDR for VHF Satellites


Anyone can use the free online SUWS Web Software Defined Radio (WebSDR) from  PC or Laptop to receive the International Space Station (ISS) and the many amateur radio satellites transmitting in the 145.800 – 146.000 MHz band.

visit :
https://amsat-uk.org/2014/08/07/online-websdr-for-vhf-satellites/
http://websdr.suws.org.uk/

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