ISS calling Italy, a school in Marina di Pisa via IK1SLD

An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD with Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Niccolò Pisano”, Marina di Pisa, Italy. The event is scheduled Thursday December 15, 2016 at approximately 12:31 UTC, which is 13:31 CEWT.

December 12, 2016 ISS calls Tolosa France

An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG with Maristes High School, Toulouse, France. The event is scheduled Monday December 12, 2016 at approximately 13:29 UTC, which is 14:29 CEWT. This will be a direct radio contact, operated by F8IDR. The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz.

ISS call Poland, friday 2016 Nov, 25

Telebridge contact via W6SRJ Private Salesian High School named of St. Dominic Savio, Wroclaw, Poland, telebridge via W6SRJ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD. Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-11-25 11:12:47 UTC 65 deg. (by ARISS)

AMSAT - New edition of Amateur Satellite 2016

Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016. The 2016 edition of the book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available from the AMSAT-UK shop. This excellent book is written by G. Gould Smith, WA4SXM and Friends.