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US astronaut Mike Fincke KE5AIT

Successful ARISS contact with College Jean XXIII, Pamiers, France

An International Space Station school contact had been planned with participants at Ecole & College Jean XXIII, Pamiers, France on 30 January 2009.

The VHF radio contact was performed between onboard station NA1SS and ground station F0CUQ, operated by Julien Malghem. Signals were excellent and 18 questions, prepared by the students, could be answered by NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT.

The ground station had been set up by Christophe Candebat, F1MOJ, president AMSAT France.

The audio of this contact was broadcast on EchoLink and several press media were present:

- La Gazette Ariegeoise
- Le Petit Journal
- France 3
- Ariege News

The event will also be covered by more media (audio reportage and photos):

- La Depeche du Midi
- Radio Transparence
- Radio Montaillou
- Sud Radio

The audio recording of the radio contact will be available at http://www.ariss-eu.org/archive.htm

73
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

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