* Shaftesbury High School ARISS Telebridge Station

VE4ISS

Robert Striemer, VE4SHS Stefan Wagener, VE4NSA

*Agenda

*Introduction

*Presentation on ARISS and SHS Telebridge Project, Timeline and Requirements

*Q & A

*Next Steps

*What is ARISS

*ARISS is an international program linking schools and communities to the International Space Station (ISS) using amateur radio

*Sponsored by NASA, ESA, CSA, JAXA and RKA with the help of AMSAT, ARRL, RAC and a host of volunteers

*Over 800 live school contacts since 2003 with three contacts in Winnipeg

*How does it work?

*ISS Orbit

51.6°orbital

inclination

Amateur Radio Satellite Station

*School Contacts with the ISS

*2 Options for school contacts

*Direct contact

*School provides radio, antennas and operators

*One contact only

*Telebridge Station

*School connects to an amateur radio station somewhere else (fixed location)

*Service provider for other schools (repeated contacts)

*Why Telebridge?

*Telebridge Requirements

*Primary satellite ground station

*Secondary (backup) station

*24/7 operational readiness (upon notification)

*Phone connection

*Operated (supervised) by licensed ham radio operator

*Estimated cost of station upgrade at SHS is ~$15K

*Station Equipment

*Radio(s)

*Antenna(s)

*Rotor(s)

*Cables

*PCs

*Procedures

*Motivated people

*Station Equipment

Voice Contact (only)

*HamTV is coming!

Video link from the European Columbus Module- Operational 2013/2014

*Proposal

*Establishing a permanent ARISS Telebridge Amateur Radio Station at SHS

*Support by ARISS, RAC, AMSAT, PTSD and SHS

*Voice and video contact

*1st telebridge station in Canada

*Operational by the end of 2013

*Callsign: VE4ISS

*2013 Timeline?

*July-August: Fundraising

*September-October: Set-up of Station

*October-November: Extensive Testing

*November: ARISS Approval

*December: Operational

*VE4ISS

Website:www.ve4iss.ca

Fundraising:Community, Parents, RAC

IT:High Speed

InternetPhone,

Audio/Video

Accounting:Donations,

Procurement, Tax Receipts

Ground Station:Radio, Antennas, Cables, Protocols

Public Relations:Press,

Announcements, Flyers

Project Management:Steering Group

Student Integration:Curriculum,

Classroom, Projects

SHS ARISS

VE4ISS

*Tasks

*Q & A

*Next Steps?