SUCCESSFUL ARISS
CONTACT IN DLR SCHOOL BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY
Friday July 11,
2014 at 09:37 UTC, which is 11:37 local time, DLR School Lab, Braunschweig,
Germany established a ARISS contacts with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO,
onboard the International Space Station. This was a direct contact performed by
Amateur radio ground station DN2DLR, located at school.
The German
Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of Europe's largest and most modern research
institutions. Here is where the aircraft of the future are being developed and
pilots trained, rocket engines tested and images of distant planets analyzed.
In addition, over 7,700 DLR staff members are investigating next-generation
high-speed trains, environmentally responsible methods of generating energy,
and much more...
DLR_School_Lab in
Braunschweig investigates many topics related to transportation: whether on the
road, rails, or in the air. In various experiments, school classes can acquaint
themselves with the research topics being studied at the science institutes at
DLR Braunschweig.
Mentor Francesco
De Paolis IKØWGF proposed to the radio coordinators Mr. Michael Przybilla,
DD2MIC and Mr. Niels Holger Siegmund DH1AL the direct contact supported by
Telebridge Station IK1SLD and this was accepted. About 150 students, parents,
visitors and media attended the event at contact site.
Contact was
established at 09:37 UTC, which is 11:37
CEST local time, with DPØISS. Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO answered 13
questions by students. Signals from the ISS was loud and clear during all ISS
pass.
NDR Television, 3
radio broadcaster, local media and 5 newspapers covered the event.
Here two tv
reports on NDR:
https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hallo_niedersachsen/Funkkontakt-mit-deutschem-Astronauten-auf-ISS,hallonds22506.html
https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/niedersachsen_1800/Niedersachsen-1800-Uhr,sendung252830.html
The event was on
DLR Portal:
http://www.dlr.de/schoollab/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5806/9439_read-40551/
The DARC
(Germanys Amateur Radio Club) has an article on its main page:
http://www.darc.de/
and
http://www.darc.de/aktuelles/details/article/braunschweiger-schule-nimmt-kontakt-zur-iss-auf/
Congratulations
to ARISS DLR Team and IK1SLD Team!
73,
Francesco De Paolis, IKØWGF
ARISS Mentor
