Category: Activities

St. John’s, NL, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS

A ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio was scheduled for March 27, 2024 at 16:25 UTC (1:55:27 pm NDT ad Newfoundland) with astronaut Loral O’Hara, amateur radio call sign KI5TOM. and students of St. John’s School Authority, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Newfoundland (NL) Schools is an entity of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador which …

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Multi-point ARISS contact via Belgian Defence (KSOO), Belgium, direct via ON4BAF

A direct contact via Amateur Radio scheduled for October 10, 2023 at 13:36 CEST (Belgium) allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, KI5WSL was a successful. The Royal School for Non-Commissioned Officers (KSOO/ERSO), situated in Sint-Truiden, in the east of Belgium, is Belgium’s main military training establishment for non-commissioned officers (NCOs) andserves …

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General Assembly 2023

Annual General Assembly The members of AMSAT Belgium, non-profit association, are invited to attend the annual general meeting. The annual general assembly will take place on Monday, June 19, 2023 at 20:00.Radio Club Leuven – Diestsevest 39 at Leuven. (The meeting room is located in the basement) Agenda general assembly :1. New members and outgoing …

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The Children’s Inn at NIH Bethesda, Maryland, telebridge contact via ON4ISS

The Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, USA There was a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut John Shoffner, amateur radio call sign KO4MJC. Shoffner is a STEM advocate, business pioneer, and life-long space enthusiast, John Shoffner will serve as pilot for Axiom Space’s …

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Collège Saint-Anatoile, Salins-Les-Bains, France, telebridge contact via ON4ISS

An ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio, performed with students of Collège Saint-Anatoile, Salins-Les-Bains, France and Astronaut Steve Bowen KI5BKB on Friday April 7, 2023 at 14:27 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Saint Anatoile secondary school is a French private catholic school located in a rural area …

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Lana’i H&E School, HI, telebridge via ON4ISS

This telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students from Lāna’i High and Elementary School in Hawai to ask their questions of Astronaut Warren Hoburg, amateur radio call sign KB3HTZ. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and is be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint over Europe. The ARISS amateur radio …

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Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, ARISS telebridge contact via ON4ISS

Matthias Maurer

An ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio, performed with students of “Berufliche Shule Directotaat 1 Nurenberg” on Wednesday 21 december 2021 at 08:21 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH, answered 12 questions. Stefan Vogl DL1STV coordinated the ARISS contact in the …

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AMSAT-Belgium – General Assembly 2021

annual general meeting 2021 – video conference – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 20:00 CEST The members of AMSAT Belgium, non-profit association, are invited to attend the annual general meeting. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this meeting cannot take place in the usual cozy atmosphere. The meeting is organized with a video conference. The video …

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UHF multi-point telebridge: McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA & Chris Cassidy KF5KDR

On Wednesday, October 7 2020 at 14:18 UTC, there was a successful ARISS contact between students from McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, USA and ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. For this multi-point telebridge contact Chris Cassidy used the ARISS Interoperable Radio System (IORS) which is installed in the Columbus module. Exceptionally, …

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American School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Multipoint telebridge via ON4ISS

A Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio, developed for distance learning while worldwide education institutions are closed due to COVID-19 that took place on Thursday 30 juli 2020 at 16:41 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful.. ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR, answered 12 questions …

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