{"id":3337,"date":"2023-02-09T12:07:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:07:48","slug":"space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Station contact with students in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Space Station contact with students in Malta<\/h2>\n<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35307\" data-attachment-id=\"35307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2023\/02\/09\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"16\",\"credit\":\"ROBERT MARKOWITZ  NASA-JSC\",\"camera\":\"Hasselblad H6D-50c\",\"caption\":\"Official NASA EMU Portrait of Astronaut Josh Cassada.  Photo Date: August 8, 2022. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"Robert Markowitz \/ NASA-Johnson Space Center\",\"focal_length\":\"120\",\"iso\":\"200\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.0055555555555556\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Josh_Cassada_KI5CRH_Astronaut_Official_2022\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Josh Cassada KI5CRH&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Josh Cassada KI5CRH&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=240\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=512\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35307\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=240&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Josh Cassada KI5CRH\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=240&amp;h=300 240w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=480&amp;h=600 480w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/josh_cassada_ki5crh_astronaut_official_2022.jpg?w=120&amp;h=150 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Cassada KI5CRH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An ARISS contact between students at Stella Maris College, Gzira, Malta, callsign 9H1MRL and the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for 12:34 GMT on Wednesday, February 15.<\/p>\n<p>The ISS crew member will be astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astro_josh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Josh Cassada KI5CRH<\/strong><\/a> who will be using the ISS callsign OR4ISS. The downlink frequency is 145.800 MHz and the signal should be receivable in the British Isles and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A little bit of information about the school follows. Stella Maris College is a Lasallian school. It takes its inspiration from its founder John Baptist de la Salle. In the Christian faith, John De La Salle is venerated as the Patron Saint of Teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, a Lasallian School has the following characteristics:<br \/>\nA) respect for each student as a unique person.<br \/>\nB) A strong spirit of Community.<br \/>\nC) A school of Quality.<br \/>\nD) A school that embraces everyone.<br \/>\nE) Shows special preference for persons who are considered poor financially, morally, physically, psychologically.<\/p>\n<p>Mission statement:<br \/>\nOur school is a place where everyone strives to create and nurture a holistic, inclusive and well-ordered learning climate thereby ensuring a high-quality, values-based academic preparation.<\/p>\n<p>The school has an astronomical observatory and electronics forms part of the school curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The contact is being conducted by five local radio amateurs and we call ourselves ARISS team Malta; Dominic 9H1M, Manuel 9H1GW, Andrew 9H2AV, Trevor 9H5TS and Anthony 9H2AS. We have set up a station at the school\u2019s auditorium and a 10 element crossed Yagi and rotator on the roof.<\/p>\n<p>The whole event will be streamed live on YouTube on the following URL:\n<\/p>\n<p>73s Manuel 9H1GW<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2023\/02\/09\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get The Details&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>m5aka  <\/p>\n<p>AMSAT-UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ARISS contact between students at Stella Maris College, Gzira, Malta, callsign 9H1MRL and the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for 12:34 GMT on Wednesday, February 15. The ISS crew member will be astronaut Josh Cassada KI5CRH who will \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2023\/02\/09\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/space-station-contact-with-students-in-malta\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-excerpt","post-3337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-amsat","tag-amsat","tag-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}