Tuesday NYC Contact

On Tuesday at 11:09 A.M. Eastern (16:09 UTC) the International Space Station (ISS) will be talking to students at the Atlanta Science Festival in Atlanta, Georgia through a telebridge station in Maryland. The ISS will actually be 89 degrees, nearly directly overhead, New York City, and the astronaut side of the conversation will be receivable on 145.80 MHz FM.

The contact will take place based on the pass timings for the telebridge station (K6DUE) in Maryland, though:

The overlap is almost complete. For the telebridge station the pass starts at 11:09:21 and ends at 11:20:00. For New York it starts at 11:09:33 and ends at 11:20:17.

As you can see from the ground track image above, the coverage is much greater than Maryland or NYC, so it’s worth trying to hear the ISS if you’re on the eastern side of North America.

To find out exactly when the ISS will be over you and to see if it overlaps with the pass timings of the telebridge station, follow the instructions here: Howto Use Heavens-Above.com to Track the ISS

Thursday California Contact

On Thursday at 11:07 A.M. Pacific (19:07 UTC) the International Space Station will be talking to the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium through a telebridge station in Santa Rosa, California and the astronaut side of the conversation will be receivable on 145.80 MHz FM.

As you can see from the ground track image above, the coverage is much greater than Santa Rosa or California, so it’s worth trying to hear the ISS if you’re on the western side of North America.

To find out exactly when the ISS will be over you and to see if it overlaps with the pass timings of the telebridge station, follow the instructions here: Howto Use Heavens-Above.com to Track the ISS

Official Information and Details on Above Contacts

Here are the details for both contacts as released by ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station):

Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, telebridge via K6DUE

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN

Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-08 16:11:05 UTC 53 deg

Watch for live stream at http://atlantasciencefestival.org/ariss

North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), Grand Forks, North Dakota,

telebridge via W6SRJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN

Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-03-10 19:08:55 UTC 56 deg

The questions the students will be asking have not yet been released, but when they are, you will find them on the AMSAT-BB mailing list.