Space Forum / Space History / January 2006

Frank H. Bauer, ka3hdo

If all goes well, SuitSat will be deployed in 10 days.  Are you ready?

Have you talked to a school in your area about SuitSat?  Or a student
group?  Is your SSTV receive capability ready for the challenge?

SuitSat will be deployed during a Russian EVA scheduled to take place on
Friday, February 3 at approximately 22:20 UTC.

Once activated, those who hear SuitSat transmissions are asked to enter
their realtime data on the SuitSat website,
<http://www.suitsat.org/>www.suitsat.org so that participants around the
world can track the satellite.

Educational Outreach reports (at schools or informal education sites) as
well as Slow Scan TV images can be sent to
<mailto:suitsat@comcast.net>suitsat@comcast.net.  This information will be
compiled by the ARISS team.

Other information on SuitSat can be found on:

www.amsat.org
www.rac.ca/ariss
www.issfanclub.com
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/threads.html

NASA Education Website information for students:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/index.html

73,

Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chairman
AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs