Sunday 19 July 2009 at 17:54 UTC, i.e. 19:54 local time, the Eichenlaubschule Weiskirchen in Germany, performed an ARISS contact with ESA astronaut Frank de Winne. The contact was a telebridge between onboard station OR4ISS and the ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS in Belgium, operated by Philippe Van houte ON5PV. Gaston Bertels ON4WF was the moderator of the contact.
Weiskirchen is a small town in the german Bundesland Saarland, close to France and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Eichenlaubschule Weiskirchen is a general education school where the pupils can achieve a standard and secondary graduation. Following cooperation with radio club "DARC Ortsverband Schwarzwalder Hochwald, Q21", a core-team of pupils interested in radio technology has been formed. Working together with radio amateurs, a radio station could be established in the school and a radio club has been founded. more...
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