- Schools and other educational organizations may Apply to Host a Scheduled Contact with the ISS through the appropriate ARISS regional representative.
- For information on upcoming scheduled contacts, including possible opportunities to listen in on the contact with schools and educational organizations: Upcoming contacts and ARISS YouTube page arisslive
ARISS Educational Contacts Can Be Performed in One of Three Ways:
- a DIRECT radio link between an amateur radio station set up in your school and the amateur station on board the ISS
- TELEBRIDGE, where a dedicated ARISS amateur radio ground station, located somewhere in the world, establishes the radio link with the ISS. Voice communications between your students and the astronauts are then patched over regular telephone lines into your location, usually a gymnasium or auditorium.
- a VIRTUAL TELEBRIDGE, also known as a ARISS Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio uses the same ground stations and telephone links as a Telebridge contact. The significant difference is the students and teachers involved in asking questions are all connected from their homes using distance learning technology. Similarly the audience is virtually connected using distance learning platforms. Details can be found in this PowerPoint presentation: ARISS Multipoint Telebridge
More about ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) inspires students, worldwide, to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and math through amateur radio communications opportunities with the International Space Station (ISS) on-orbit crew. Students learn about life on board the ISS and explore Earth from space through science and math activities. ARISS provides opportunities for the school community (students, teachers, families and community members) to become more aware of the substantial benefits of human spaceflight and the exploration and discovery that occur on spaceflight journeys. Students have the opportunity to learn about space technologies and the technologies involved with space communications through exploration of amateur radio.
Amateur Radio organizations, and space agencies in the USA, Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. Hundreds of Amateur Radio operators around the world work behind the scenes to make these educational experiences possible. Amateur Radio is a popular hobby and a service in which licensed participants operate communications equipment with a deep appreciation of the radio art.
ARISS was created and is managed by an international working group, including several countries in Europe as well as Japan, Russia, Canada, and the USA. The organization is run by volunteers from the national amateur radio organizations and the international AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) organizations from each country. Since ARISS is international in scope, the team coordinates locally with their respective space agency and as an international team through ARISS working group meetings, teleconferences and webinars.
For more information see ARISS pages (sources):
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