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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) inspires
students, worldwide, to pursue interests and careers in science,
technology, engineering and math through amateur radio communications
opportunities with the
International Space Station
(ISS) on-orbit crew. Students learn about life on board
the ISS and explore Earth from space through science and math
activities. ARISS provides opportunities for the school community
(students, teachers, families and community members) to become more
aware of the substantial benefits of human spaceflight and the
exploration and discovery that occur on spaceflight journeys. Students
have the opportunity to learn about space technologies and the
technologies involved with space communications through exploration of
amateur radio. ARISS is a cooperative venture of amateur radio
societies and space agencies that support the ISS -- in the US,
AMSAT, ARRL, CASIS, NASA.
ARISS is in critical need of an infrastructure update to ensure that
programs like students talking to astronauts in space via amateur
radio can continue. Through your donations ARISS seeks the following upgrades:
- Next Generation radio system will support easier radio mode
transition, to enable new, exciting capabilities for hams, students
and the general public including:
- New amateur radio communication and experimentation
capabilities, including an enhanced voice repeater and updated
digital packet radio (APRS) capabilities
- Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both the US and
Russian segments of ISS
- New multi-voltage power supply will support present and future
radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted
- ARISS needs to build 10 Next Generation Radio Systems to support
our development, on-orbit operations, training and long-term
maintenance. This includes units on-orbit (2 units--1 unit each in
US and Russian segment), flight spares (2 units), training (3
units), testing (1 unit) and ground-based maintenance &
troubleshooting (2 units)
Donations are fully tax deductible within the USA as AMSAT is a
501(c)(3) organization.
