ARISSat-1 passes NASA safety review - ready for trip to Russia

The NASA safety review for ARISSat-1 was completed with the written safety presentation and the written hazard report being approved with only simple modifications required. The safety review meeting was a two-day review running 6 hour sessions on October 13 & 14, 2010.

The ARISSat-1 Team expects to finalize shipping arrangements to Russia in the coming weeks. The Russian Energia Space Agency is handling the customs certifications to ship the satellite overseas.

When ARISSat-1 is shipped Lou McFadin W5DID and Mark Steiner K3MS will travel to Russia to assist with final testing before the satellite is forwarded to the launch site.

ARISSat-1 is scheduled to be sent to the ISS aboard Russian
Progress vehicle 41P in January 2011 and deployed during EVA R-28 in February 2011.

The ARRL web describes ARISSat-1's features this week at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arissat-1-suits-up-for-february-2011-launch

A description of ARISSat-1's successful vibration testing can be found on-line at: http://www.amsat.org

ARISSat-1 Team

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