NASA fucks up again, spacesuit crashes and burns.

SuitSat deployed 8 hours 35 minutes ago!

It appears SuitSat "froze" without giving off any good data. Unless
SuitSat returns to life, this page is closed to further posting.

NASA TV commentator said Suitsat ceased operation after 2 orbits.

NASA TV announcer reporting SuitSat is now non-functional.

NASA-TV is reporting the batteries have "frozen" or died.

NASA TV says they think the batteries are too "cold".

NASA reports SuitSat is DEAD.

Not a sqeak! Nada! It's dead, Jim.

TRACKER MAP AND RADIO RECEPTION REPORTS:
http://SuitSat.org

NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

"But after only two orbits, or about three hours, SuitSat went
silent."
-SPACE.COM
http://space.com

Suit less-astroNot cooks crispy space bacon.

How hot is 450 degrees Fahrenheit?

SuitSat is going to find out. Any overtaxed taxpayer with a handheld
police scanner on 145.99MHz and an external antenna can hear SuitSat
broadcast its temperature readout. Unless classified TOP SECRET. HA
HA HA! IT'S TOO FUCKING HOT FOR ASTRONOTS TO WALK ON THE FUCKING MOON
YOU FUCKING MORONS! PLUS MILLION-DEGREE GAMMA RAYS AND X-RAYS PLUS
CHARGED PARTICLES AT 6-MILLION MPH! DOH! THOSE NASA NAZIS AND CIA ARE
STILL CALLING YOU SUCKERS AS THEY ROB YOUR WEALTH AND HEALTH!

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So Long, SuitSat: Astronauts Launch Spacesuit in ISS Spacewalk

By Tariq Malik
Staff Writer
4 February 2006
12:52 a.m. ET


A doomed spacesuit is tumbling through space, silent and alone, after
a Friday spacewalk by two astronauts outside the International Space
Station (ISS).

ISS Expedition 12 commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery
Tokarev launched the ham radio-equipped spacesuit – an expired Orlan
dubbed "SuitSat" that researchers had hoped would broadcast for days –
at the start of their spacewalk 220 miles (354 kilometers) above
Earth.

"Goodbye, Mr. Smith," said Tokarev, a cosmonaut with Russia's Federal
Space Agency, as he shoved the spacesuit away from the ISS.

Video cameras mounted to the exterior of the ISS watched as the
tumbling SuitSat drifted away.

Less than one hour later, flight controllers reported that SuitSat
was performing as expected – though admittedly with a weaker than
expected signal - transmitting greetings to the Earth in five
different languages and other data down to Earth. [Click here for
more information on the SuitSat experiment.]

"Japan has been listening," veteran NASA astronaut Michael Foale,
serving as spacecraft commander, told the Expedition 12 crew.
Coincidentally, Foale was the last astronaut to wear the Orlan
spacesuit – during a spacewalk in February 2004 – now orbiting the
Earth, NASA officials said.

"Really, that's outstanding," said McArthur, who is serving as NASA's
science officer during Expedition 12.

But after only two orbits, or about three hours, SuitSat went silent.

"Apparently, the batteries on the spacesuit have either frozen or
died," NASA commentator Rob Navias said. "SuitSat is no longer being
heard by ham radio operators around the world."

SuitSat will eventually burn up in the Earth's atmosphere in a few
weeks' time, NASA officials said.

The Expedition 12 crew tossed SuitSat behind the ISS, in the opposite
direction of the station's relative motion, about 18 minutes after
exiting the Pirs docking compartment clad in their own, red-striped
Russian-built Orlan spacesuits at 5:44 p.m. EST (2244 GMT). McArthur
and Tokarev spent a total of five hours and 43 minutes walking in
space, NASA officials said.

Cable woes

Amid other ISS science and maintenance tasks, McArthur and Tokarev
were also tapped to safeguard a vital cable against an automated
guillotine-like system attached to the station's Mobile Transporter.

The Mobile Transporter moves much like a railcar to transport the
outpost's robotic arm, astronauts or massive ISS components – such as
solar arrays – across the space station. Two cables, one primary and
a backup, transfer power, data and video between the transporter and
the ISS.

But in December, a spring-loaded cutter system designed to fire in
the event of a snag inexplicably cut a trailing umbilical cable,
leaving the Mobile Transporter with only one working cable.

McArthur and Tokarev attempted to drive a safing bolt, which would
block the cutter system from firing into the operable cable system,
but were unable to install the bolt completely using power
screwdriver-like pistol grip tool.

Instead, the astronauts removed the cable from the cutter system
entirely. But while that guarantees the vital cable will not be
accidentally cut, the solution also rendered the Mobile Transporter
immobile until the cutter system can be replaced or fixed, NASA
officials said, adding that it could a problem for astronauts set to
repair the severed cable during NASA's next shuttle flight – STS-121
aboard the Discovery orbiter – to launch later this year.

"It's disappointing that it didn't go exactly like we wanted, but
that's life in the big city," McArthur said after the activity.

Grapplers, biology and photography in space

SuitSat and the bolt safing work aside, the rest of the Expedition 12
crew's spacewalk went swimmingly.

McArthur and Tokarev moved a grapple fixture used to attach Russian-
built Strela cargo booms to the ISS from its perch along the
station's Zarya control module to a new berth at alongside the
Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3), where NASA space shuttles dock
during station-bound flights. STS-121 spacewalkers plan to use the
Strela crane during their upcoming mission.

The Expedition 12 crew also retrieved a canister full of
microorganisms, part of the Russian experiment Biorisk, and will
return it to Earth for researchers studying the space environment's
effect on living creatures.

For their final task, McArthur and Tokarev hauled themselves hand-
over-hand to the aft end of the station's Zvezda service module,
where they took detailed photographs of peeling paint and soot-
covered areas discolored by residue from the module's thruster
firings over the years. Engineers on the ground will go over the
images to study the state of the module.

"Thank you Bill, good job," said Tokarev, who served as lead
spacewalker during the extravehicular activity, after the astronauts
had climbed back inside the Pirs docking compartment.

Friday's spacewalk marked the second career spacewalk for Tokarev and
the fourth for McArthur following a Nov. 7, 2005 excursion. Together,
the two astronauts have spent 11 hours and five minutes walking space
during their mission. While that's a total for Tokarev, it brings
McArthur up to 24 hours and 21 minutes of orbital work sans
spacecraft.

To date, astronauts have performed 64 spacewalks to assemble and
maintain the ISS, 36 of which were launched from the station itself
with14 of those beginning at the Pirs hatch. Humans have spent 384
hours and 23 minutes putting together and repairing each piece of the
ISS since its first component launch in 1998, NASA officials said.

McArthur and Tokarev have lived aboard the ISS since October 2005,
and are slated to return to Earth in early April.

"What a beautiful spacecraft this is," McArthur said of the station
during Friday's spacewalk. "It was an adventure."

http://space.com/missionlaunches/060204_exp12_eva2.html

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SuitSat deployed 1 hours 46 minutes ago!

TRACKER MAP:
http://SuitSat.org

If you are in an area that SuitSat passed over (e.g. Japan), were
listening on 145.99, and heard nothing, please email negative reports
to me for positing here, do not use the report form, that is for
positive reports only.

Reports of nothing heard from Israel, Turkey, South Africa, and two
negative reports from Japan as well as the weak report below.

Please note, we are hours away from a US pass, the satellite must be
within 2000 miles of you to be heard, please do not report if it is
not in range!

This page shows manually entered reports from people who have heard
SuitSat.

The current position of SuitSat, as well as the 5 and 10 minute
future positions are also shown on the maps.

Received by Age (dd:hh:mm:ss) signal mission time temperature
voltage comments:

Fartwhistle 00:00:00:31 3 Sounded like a fart
CockKnocker 00:00:02:46 1 I can't hear crap
southwest1125 00:00:02:52 1 i think i hear something
JH3XCU/1 00:00:42:27 1 still very weak
JH3XCU/1 00:00:44:58 1 weak signal

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SuitSat Is On-The-Air

AmSat.org
Updated: 03 Feb, 2006


SuitSat is on the air on 145.990 MHz! This most unusual Amateur Radio
satellite was successfully deployed on February 3 when Russian
Cosmonaut Tokarev activated SuitSat's helmet-mounted control panel
and jettisoned the Orlan space suit as planned.

Running only on internal batteries within the spacesuit, SuitSat will
have a limited, but interesting lifetime beaming down special
messages and an SSTV image as it floats in space. Having no external
thrust to adjust its orbit after it is hand-deployed during the EVA,
SuitSat will be in a free-floating, but decaying orbit around Earth.
It is expected to remain in orbit up to 6 weeks after being deployed
but its radio message may only be heard for the first week until the
internal suit batteries expire.

The image on the left shows SuitSat in it's flight configuration. You
can see the electronics control panel on the top of the helmet along
with the SuitSat antenna. A new handle has been added around the
midsection of the suit (black stripes). The handle is an important
addition that will allow the astro/cosmonaut launching the suit to
move it safely. [Photo courtesy of Energia]

SuitSat's transmissions includes special international voice
messages, spacesuit telemetry, and a pre-programmed SSTV picture on
its 145.990 MHz FM downlink. If you have already received the packet
station or heard the ISS crew on 2-meter voice, then you already have
most of what you need. Amateur radio signals from the ISS can be
received with a 2 meter vertical antenna so an elaborate tracking
system is not necessary. Keep in mind that SuitSat will transmit a
weaker signal than the main ham transmitter aboard the ISS so try for
the best antenna feasible. While a 2 meter vertical antenna may
suffice during SuitSat's initial operation, higher gain, directional
antennas will become necessary to hear SuitSat as the battery gets
weaker, reducing the transmitter power. The SSTV signal can be
decoded with personal computer SSTV software after you connect your
computer to the speaker output of your radio.

See the complete article including additional SuitSat photographs at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/SuitSat/

Also see the article "This Is SuitSat-1 RS0RS" by Frank Bauer,KA3HDO
at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuitsat/index.php

SuitSat Operational Info

Tracking SuitSat


When first released SuitSat will be in pretty much the same orbit as
the International Space Station. This means initially the ISS
tracking parameters can also be used to track SuitSat. SuitSat will
not have any thrust to maintain its orbit so it will begin to reenter
the Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks. As SuitSat's orbit decays
it will "fall" closer to Earth. As the days go by, SuitSat's lower
orbit will begin to lead the ISS orbit so you will need to begin
listening a few minutes earlier than when the ISS is predicted to
come over your location.

You can track the location of the ISS on these websites:
http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html
http://www.heavens-above.com

Once activated, those who hear SuitSat transmissions on 145.99 MHz
are asked to enter their realtime data on the SuitSat website,
http://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 suitsat@....
This information will be compiled by the ARISS team.

SuitSat QSL Information

Those who hear SuitSat should send their signal reports with a large
(9x12 inch) self-addressed stamped envelope to one of the addresses
listed below:

USA: ARRL Headquarters, SuitSat QSL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT
06111-1494 USA

Canada: Radio Amateurs of Canada, SuitSat QSL, 720 Belfast Road,
Suite 217, Ottawa Ontario K1G 0Z5

Europe: F1MOJ - Mr CANDEBAT Christophe, SuitSat Europe QSL Manager, 7
Rue Roger Bernard, 30470 AIMARGUES FRANCE

Japan: SuitSat Japan QSL, JARL International Section, Tokyo 170-8073
JAPAN

Russia: Alexander Davydov, RN3DK Novo - Mytishchinsky prospekt 52 -
111 Mytishchi 18, Moskovskaya obl. 141018, RUSSIA

Other countries: please use the US or Canadian address above.

Students will get a certificate commemorating their reception. Those
that receive the picture or copy the special words will get a special
endorsement on their certificate.

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php

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Using a simple police scanner or ham radio, you can listen to a
disembodied spacesuit circling Earth.

January 26, 2006: One of the strangest satellites in the history of
the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd.
That's when astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
will hurl an empty spacesuit overboard.

The spacesuit is the satellite -- "SuitSat" for short.

"SuitSat is a Russian brainstorm," explains Frank Bauer of NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center. "Some of our Russian partners in the ISS
program, mainly a group led by Sergey Samburov, had an idea: Maybe we
can turn old spacesuits into useful satellites." SuitSat is a first
test of that idea.

Right: ISS astronaut Mike Finke spacewalks in a Russian Orlan
spacesuit in 2004. SuitSat will have no one inside. [More]

"We've equipped a Russian Orlan spacesuit with three batteries, a
radio transmitter, and internal sensors to measure temperature and
battery power," says Bauer. "As SuitSat circles Earth, it will
transmit its condition to the ground."


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Unlike a normal spacewalk, with a human inside the suit, SuitSat's
temperature controls will be turned off to conserve power. The suit,
arms and legs akimbo, possibly spinning, will be exposed to the
fierce rays of the sun with no way to regulate its internal
temperature.

"Will the suit overheat? How long will the batteries last? Can we get
a clear transmission if the suit tumbles?" wonders Bauer. These are
some of the questions SuitSat will answer, laying the groundwork for
SuitSats of the future.

SuitSat can be heard by anyone on the ground. "All you need is an
antenna (the bigger the better) and a radio receiver that you can
tune to 145.990 MHz FM," says Bauer. "A police band scanner or a hand-
talkie ham radio would work just fine." He encourages students,
scouts, teachers and ham radio operators to tune in.

For years, Bauer and colleagues at Goddard have been connecting kids
on Earth with astronauts on the ISS through the ARISS program
(Amateur Radio on International Space Station). "There's a ham rig on
the ISS, and the astronauts love talking to students when they pass
over schools," Bauer explains. ARISS is co-sponsoring SuitSat along
with the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Russian Space Agency and NASA.

Right: Tune your FM radio to 145.990 MHz.

When will SuitSat orbit over your home town?

Use Science@NASA's J-Pass utility to find out. The online program
will ask for your zip code—that's all. Then it will tell you when the
ISS is going to orbit over your area. (Be sure to click the "options"
button and select "all passes.") Because the ISS and SuitSat share
similar orbits, predictions for one will serve for the other.
Observers in the United States will find that SuitSat passes overhead
once or twice a day—usually between midnight and 4 o'clock in the
morning. At that time of day, SuitSat and the ISS will be in Earth's
shadow and, thus, too dark to see with the naked eye. You'll need a
radio to detect them.

"Point your antenna to the sky during the 5-to-10 minute flyby,"
advises Bauer, and this is what you'll hear:

SuitSat transmits for 30 seconds, pauses for 30 seconds, and then
repeats. "This is SuitSat-1, RS0RS," the transmission begins,
followed by a prerecorded greeting in five languages. The greeting
contains "special words" in English, French, Japanese, Russian,
German and Spanish for students to record and decipher. (Awards will
be given to students who do this. Scroll to the "more information"
area at the end of this story for details.)

Next comes telemetry: temperature, battery power, mission elapsed
time. "The telemetry is stated in plain language—in English," says
Bauer. Everyone will be privy to SuitSat's condition. Bauer
adds, "Suitsat 'talks' using a voice synthesizer. It's pretty
amazing."

The transmission ends with a Slow Scan TV picture. Of what? "We're
not telling," laughs Bauer. "It's a mystery picture." (More awards
will be given to students who figure out what it is.)

Right: In a laboratory at Goddard, SuitSat bends over to display its
antenna and control box. [More]

Students and teachers who want to try this, but have no clue how to
begin, should contact their local ham radio club. There are thousands
of them around the country. Click here to find a club near you. "Hams
are notoriously outgoing; most would be delighted to help students
tune in to SuitSat," believes Bauer.

Bauer expects SuitSat's batteries to last 2 to 4 days. "Although
longer is possible," he allows. After that, SuitSat will begin a slow
silent spiral into Earth's atmosphere. Weeks or months later, no one
knows exactly when, it will become a brilliant fireball over some
part of Earth—a fitting end for a trailblazer.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm

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THIS IS SUITSAT-1 RS0RS!!
Frank H. Bauer; KA3HDO
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
International Chairman
AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Introduction
"This is SuitSat-1 RS0RS!!"

These words will echo from space in the near future, inspiring
students, exciting ham radio operators and touching the world.


Figure 1 - Russian Orlan Suit
If all goes as planned, a unique Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA)—or
Spacewalk will be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS)
in early February 2006. During this spacewalk, the ISS crew will push
a Russian spacesuit overboard---with no humans in it, of course! But
this Spacesuit holds the hopes, dreams and creativity of students
around the world. And for a week or two, this Suit-robot-satellite
will take on a life of its own---parroting students voices from
around the world, voicing down suit health telemetry and sending a
special commemorative picture to all who want to receive it.
Suitsat-1 (also called Radioskaf or Radio Sputnik in Russian) mission
activities will be conducted on the amateur radio (ham radio)
frequencies, a bit above the FM broadcast band. The voice signals can
be picked up with ham radio receivers and FM VHF (Very High
Frequency) scanners—like police-band scanners.

Students, scouts, teachers, ham radio operators, and the general
public are encouraged to track the space suit, hear the conversations
from space, copy the suit telemetry and capture the picture. A
special certificate will be distributed to those who receive the
voice signals and those who capture the picture. We also will have a
special award for those students who receive the "special words" that
are embedded in the messages from our SuitSat student "crew members."
These special words are in different languages---English, French,
German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. So you are encouraged to
record the SuitSat downlink audio and get help from fellow students
who know these languages.

Also included in this spacesuit is a computer Compact Disk (CD) with
images of over 300 items collected from schools and educational
organizations around the world. These include creative works of art
from students as well as student signatures, school or scout logos,
and class or group pictures. Students, schools and educational
organizations that participated in the development of this disk
earlier this year will all be part of the SuitSat spacewalk---as
their creative works, signatures and pictures all float in space!


The following will provide more details on the Suitsat-1 mission and
provide you information on how you and your school can participate.

The Suit and On-Board Equipment

Figure 2 - SuitSat Antenna and Interface Control Box


Figure 3 - Crew Interface Control Box


Figure 4 - SuitSat Interface Control, Transmitter and
Digitalker/Micro Controller


Figure 5 - Kenwood TH-K2 Transceiver
Through the miracle of ham radio, the ingenuity of the international
space agencies, the help of students and schools, and the tireless
work of a few volunteer "rocket scientists" Suitsat-1 was born.


SuitSat is sponsored by ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station), an international working group consisting of
volunteers from national amateur radio societies (the American Radio
Relay League in the U.S.) and the internationally-based Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation (AMSAT).



The idea for SuitSat was first conceived by the ARISS-Russia team,
led by Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, and was extensively discussed at the
joint AMSAT Symposium/ARISS International Partner meeting in October
2004. The project, is being led by project manager A. P. Alexandrov
and Deputy Project Manager A. Poleshuk from RSC Energia, located in
Korolev (Moscow area) Russia. The project was developed primarily by
a joint US/Russian team. On the US side, the hardware project
development was led by AMSAT member Lou McFadin, W5DID. Embedded in
the Russian Orlon Space Suit (Figure 1) are two boxes housing the ham
radio transmitter and the micro-controller and electronics that
stores and plays back the digital voice and video recordings. Also
inside the spacesuit will be some batteries to power the system and
the "School Spacewalk" CD. On the outside of the spacesuit is the
SuitSat antenna and the crew interface control box---the crew
interface device that turns the SuitSat power on. See figures 2 to 3.
Prior to the spacewalk, the ISS crew connects cables to the two
internal boxes (the Kenwood transmitter box and the micro-controller
electronics box), figure 4, and stores these two boxes in a fabric
container that is housed inside the space suit (see figure 6). Next,
they mount the antenna and the interface control box to the exterior
of the suit helmet as shown in figure 2. Next, the batteries,
interface control box and antennas are all connected to the two
internal boxes with special connecting cables. The SuitSat is then
ready for deployment. Once the crew is outside on their EVA, they
turn all three switches on the control box to the ON position and
deploy the spacesuit from ISS. Their objective is to put Suitsat in a
retrograde orbit so it "de-orbits" relative to ISS. This orbit will
appear from the ground to be ahead of the ISS, while it is actually
slowing down and is below ISS.

SuitSat-1 Transmission Specifics
All transmissions will be on 145.990 MHz FM. This is in the VHF (2
meter) portion of the amateur radio band. It can easily be picked up
with a simple VHF hand-talkie ham radio, although ground-based
antennas with higher gain are preferred to hear SuitSat for the
entire 10 minute pass. SuitSat audio can also be received using a
police band scanner. An external antenna is highly encouraged.
SuitSat will be transmitting 0.5 watts into the same type of antenna
currently used on the ISS ham radio station.

Additional Downlink Frequency and Information for Ham Radio Operators
Since SuitSat will be operating on the ISS world wide packet uplink
frequency of 145.99 MHz, it is requested that all packet operations
on that frequency be suspended for the duration of the SuitSat
transmissions. Keeping transmissions off the downlink frequency will
help to avoid local interference to the 1/2 watt downlink signal from
SuitSat.

The ISS crossband repeater is under consideration for being
temporarily reconfigured to listen for the SuitSat transmissions and
then retransmit them on 437.80 MHz. It is hoped that persons with
minimal equipment might have a better chance of hearing the SuitSat
retransmissions from the crossband repeater since ISS has a power
output of 10 watts. Please help us to avoid interference problems by
not using the crossband repeater while SuitSat is active because
anything else the repeater hears on 145.99 MHz will interfere with
the SuitSat retransmissions.

Tracking SuitSat-1
If you plan to hear SuitSat, you need to know when it will be visible
in your area. To do this, you need to obtain some orbit prediction
software or see the ISS orbital path from the internet. Information
on this can be found at the following:

http://www.amsat.org
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/
Please understand that when you use an orbital prediction program you
need an accurate synchronization of time (to a few seconds).

Downlink Specifics

Figure 6 - SuitSat Hardware (Transmitter and
Digitalker/Microcontroller Box inside Fabric Container)


To fully understand the Suitsat-1 downlinks, some background
information is in order.

One of the reasons our Russian colleagues were interested in
developing SuitSat was as an on-orbit commemoration of the 175th
anniversary of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. This
university is where many of the engineers in the Russian Space Agency
graduated. As a result, the Russian-generated messages include
congratulatory comments to the Bauman Moscow State Technical
University.

In addition to the messages from Russia, there are voice messages
from students in Japan, Europe (Spanish and German), Canada (French)
and the USA (English). The USA message is from a student enrolled in
the Eastern Middle School, Silver Spring, Maryland. Eastern Middle
School is a NASA Explorer School. In addition, the Suitsat-1 ID was
voiced by a Korean-born young lady enrolled in Paint Branch High
School, Burtonsville, Maryland, USA. As you can see, Suitsat-1 truly
has an international flavor!

Special Word
Several of the student messages include a special word. One student
project for SuitSat will be to copy all the special words (in
different languages) and submit them to the ARISS team for special
educational award recognition.

Suit Telemetry
The suit telemetry is sensed by the SuitSat microcontroller and
converted to a voice message. Three telemetry data messages will be
transmitted. These will be periodically repeated. Specifically, the
suit telemetry will be transmitted in the following order:


Mission Time
Suit Temperature
Battery Voltage, where 28 Volts is the nominal voltage
The SuitSat team is quite interested all three pieces of telemetry as
it will be a predictor for SuitSat mission life.

SuitSat Downlink Picture
The downlink picture will be transmitted using a set of audio tones,
similar to a computer modem, using a ham radio picture standard
called Slow-Scan Television (SSTV). SSTV, developed many years ago,
provides Cell Phone quality pictures. A single picture was installed
on in the SuitSat microprocessor memory and will be downlinked.
SuitSat uses an SSTV data transmission standard called Robot 36. This
standard sends the entire image in 36 seconds.

For more information on SSTV, you may check out:

http://www.marexmg.org/spacecam/spacecam.html
http://www.ultimatecharger.com/SSTV.html
SuitSat-1 Downlink Sequence
Now that you understand the specifics, what can you expect when
SuitSat is over your area? To save SuitSat power and to maximize the
time that SuitSat is operational, 30 second pauses have been included
between each of the voice messages. So the sequence will be as
follows:

SuitSat Voice ID (5 seconds)
International voice message, Suit Voice
Telemetry, or SSTV Image (15-45 seconds)
30 second pause
...and repeat

The international message order will be as follows:

Voice Telemetry
Russian Message
Europe Student Messages (Spanish and German)
Bauman Institute Message (Russian)
Canada Student Message (French)
Mr. Alexandrov Message (English)
Japan Student Message (Japanese)
USA Student Message (English)
SSTV Picture
Copying SuitSat Data
If you are planning on copying the SuitSat-1 downlink, you are highly
encouraged to record it so you can replay it later. Tape recorders or
digital voice recorders with at least 10-15 minutes of continuous
recording are recommended. You can then use these to submit Suit
telemetry information, the special words and the SSTV image to the
ARISS team and the space agencies.

"School Spacewalk" CD
As part of the SuitSat project, a CD with hundreds of school
pictures, artwork, poems, and student signatures is included. Two
identical CDs were flown, one will go in the suit as part of the
SuitSat-1 spacewalk. The other is available for the crew to review.
There are approximately 300 items on the CD including artwork, school
and educational organization logos, student signatures and student
and school pictures. A composite of several of the items installed on
the CD are shown in figure xx. As you can see, these are from all
over the world (Japan/Asia, Europe, Russia, Canada, US, South America
and Africa). Several NASA Explorer Schools participated as well as
numerous ESA and Russian Space Agency-sponsored schools.

SuitSat postings of telemetry, special messages and the SSTV Image
This is still a work in progress. Please return to the web site often
to get details on this as the SuitSat mission gets closer.
Special Certificates
Those that hear SuitSat will be eligible to receive a special
certificate in commemoration of your achievement. Also, if you
receive the SSTV image, copy the telemetry and/or copy the special
words, special certificate endorsements will be provided. To receive
a SuitSat special certificate, please use the standard QSL card
address in your area of the world. These are located at:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's

Indicate the time and date you heard SuitSat and any other
information that will acknowledge your reception of the information
(telemetry, SSTV picture, etc) that will confirm that you should
receive the proper endorsements on your certificate. Please include a
self addressed stamped envelope. And provide a big envelope and
protective cardboard if you do not want your certificate folded or
damaged during shipment.

Current Status
On May 10, 2005 NASA gave the OK to fly. Four short weeks later, the
USA built SuitSat hardware was sent to Russia for final testing,
certification and integration with the Russian-built hardware.

On Thursday September 8 at 13:08 UTC, Progress 19P lifted off from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Included in the 2.5 tons of
fuel, food and supplies was the Suitsat amateur radio hardware. The
successful docking of Progress to ISS on September 10 culminated the
successful design, development, certification and delivery of this
exciting educational project. The ISS Expedition 11 crew has unpacked
the SuitSat equipment, making it available for installation, use and
deployment by the Expedition 12 crew. SuitSat deployment is currently
scheduled for February 2, 2006.

Conclusions
The SuitSat project was an extremely challenging endeavor for the
ARISS hardware team, primarily due to the very short development
time. Throughout the development effort, we have involved students.
As SuitSat nears deployment, we are looking forward to the continued
involvement and participation of students worldwide.

For all the amateur radio operators in the world, this is your chance
to get your local school involved. Bring a radio, orbit tracking
program, SSTV equipment, an audio recorder and your enthusiasm into
the school. SuitSat promises to capture the imagination of the
students and, if successful, will allow the students to learn more
about space, amateur radio and satellite orbits. Please volunteer and
wish our robotic astronaut in the Russian Orlon suit a good and
successful journey in space!!

Additional Information
ARISS web site: http://www.rac.ca/ariss

AMSAT web site: http://www.amsat.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlan_space_suits

http://www.issfanclub.com

http://space.cweb.nl/article.html?id=407 photo of how cosmonauts get
into the Orlan suit

Acknowledgements
On behalf of the ARISS International team, the author would like to
acknowledge and congratulate the Suitsat hardware development team
for their "Can Do" spirit and ability to deliver the Suitsat hardware
on such a very challenging schedule.

Specifically, we would like to thank the following: Alexander
Alexandrov, Alexander Poleshuk, Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, Lou McFadin,
W5DID, Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Mark Steiner,
K3MS, Steve Bible, N7HPR, Joe Julicher, N9WXU, Rawin Rojvanit,
Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, Jeffery Winder, KB8VCO, Hiroto Watarikawa,
JJ1LYU, Stan Wood, WA4NFY, Herb Sullivan, K6QXB, Dave Taylor, W8AAS,
Deanna Lutz, K7DID, Claire Fredlund, Carol Jackson, KB3LKI, Kenwood
and Microchip Technology Inc.

The author would also like to acknowledge the tremendous support,
teamwork and volunteer spirit of the ARISS-International team as well
as the technical, financial and administrative support of the ARISS
member organizations--the AMSAT organizations and IARU organizations
(ARRL in the USA). Also special recognition is in order to the space
agencies: NASA, Energia, ESA, JAXA & CSA. Together we are pioneering
the new frontiers of amateur radio and educational outreach.

For more information on the ARISS program, you are welcome to visit
the ARISS web page at: http://www.rac.ca/ariss

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuitsat/index.php

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