ARISS CONTACT FOR ESA ASTRONAUT PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA AND “ISTITUTO SOCIALE”, TURIN SUCCESSFUL
Thursday, 14 April, 2011 at 08:50 UTC, i.e.
10:50 local time, “Istituto Sociale”, Turin, Italy, established a ARISS contact with Italian astronaut PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA
on board the International Space Station. This was a telebridge contact by
ARISS ground station K6DUE, located in Maryland, USA .
The "Istituto Sociale" is a Catholic
school considered as equivalent of a state school, located in Turin. The institute comprizes primary, middle and high schools, classical
and scientific. The students involved in the ARISS project belong to the
middle school. This ARISS school contact is highly appreciated, especially for a school in Turin, for many modules of the ISS have been
built in Turin by Thales Alenia Space.
ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF
proposed a telebridge contact to Mr. Marco Bruno, IK1ODO coordinator for this
ARISS event. The questions were read by the students at school in Turin where
an audience of more than 200 students, teachers, visitors and media assisted to
the contact.
At 08:50 UTC contact with NA1SS was established
by station K6DUE. Astronaut Paolo NESPOLI answered 19 questions. The signal
from the ISS was loud and clear all time.
Regional and local media and newspapers covered
the event.
Streaming video was on:
http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia
ARISS contact was announced by web story on ESA
Portal - National News:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM1MG7S9MG_Italy_0.html
Congratulations to “IK1ODO” team!
73
Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF
ARISS mentor