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Busy time for Amateur Radio in Space
Date :
30 /
09 /
2005
Author :
Chris Jones - VK2ZDD
Commander William McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, the 12th International Space Station crew, are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan a few minutes before midnight EDT Sept. 30 to begin a 182-day stay in space.
With them will be American Greg Olsen, the third private citizen in space, flying under a contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. He will spend about eight days on the station. Greg is scheduled to speak with three schools in the USA during his eight day mission They are Princeton on Oct 5 at 16:58 utc bridged through GSFC, NN1SS , Ft Hamilton on Oct 6 at 15:06 utc 'bridged through Tony, VK5ZAI, the downlink will be 145.800 MHz and should be readable over most of Aust. Ridgefield Park will be bridged through Gerald, ZS6BTD on Oct 7th at 13:56
utc.
These linkups have not been confirmed yet and times may change.
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