Video of UK ARISS contact on BATC video streaming site

The British Amateur TV Club (BATC) have produced a great video of the recent International Space Station contact with pupils at Budbrooke school in Warwickshire.

On Sunday 12th of October Richard Garriott W5KWQ boarded the Russian Soyuz TMA 13 space craft for the start of his 10 day stay aboard the International Space Station.

On October the 17th Richard made contact via amateur radio with Budbrooke school in Warwickshire, United Kingdom. During the 10 minute pass Richard was able to answer a number of questions for the budding astronauts.

The video of this Amateur Radio school contact with the space station can be viewed at http://www.batc.tv/

Click on 'Archive' and then select either 'Richard Garriott HD' or 'Richard Garriott SD'

Howard G6LVB has created converted formats of the video which can be downloaded from his website:

For iPhone, Quicktime and VLC
http://www.g6lvb.com/images/RichardGarriotHD.mp4 (59.4Mb)

For Windows Media Player and VLC
http://www.g6lvb.com/images/RichardGarriotHD.wmv (56.6Mb)

Richard Garriott to contact Budbrooke School, Warwick, UK
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/october2008/
ariss_event_1710.htm

TV reports of Amateur Radio ISS school contact
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/october2008/
tv_reports_ariss_contact.htm

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