ISSCOM 24 September 2006 (057)

23-9-06:

0621-0631UTC Pass in ISS Orb. 44863.

Vinogradov establishes contact with TsUP-M to enable Ansari to speak in English about the use of the mobile phone with or via Moscow.

0756-0806UTC: Pass in ISS Orb. 44864.

Ansari in English with somebody at TsUP-Moscow. She is feeling fine, apart from a little pain in her back, so no head ache and nausea any more. All is going fantastic and so that she even overslept this morning. She continues her conversation about the communications with the mobile phone via Moscow.

24-9-06

0338-0342UTC Short pass in ISS Orb. 44877. (1 dgr elevation for The Hague) Short contact of Ansari. In a reaction on that what someone on Earth says she replies: Wow, I cannot wait.

0509-0518UTC. Pass in ISS Or. 44878.

Ansari calls TsUP-Moscow with: TsUP Anyusha here for my TST (phonetic). Moscow here Anyusha on UKW-1. I hear you. The

n she continues in the Iranian language. 0644-0653UTC: Pass in Orb. ISS 44879.

Voice comm-s via 2 frequencies: from the ISS via VHF-1 and from the Soyuz-TMA8 on 121.750 mc. The telemetry and beacon transmitter on 166.130 mc is switched on.

Tyurin from the Zvezda module with TsUP-M. He reports that he controls the traffic during the Soyuz-TMA8 tests. He has already an indication and will continue this as long as he is in range of Russian tracking stations.

Vinogradov, using his Soyuz-TMA call sign Karat, is on board of the S-TMA8 together with Jeff Williams to check the control systems of their return ship. Jeff assists Vin during this test. Vin has only one remark: no selection of the 1st section of the KDU. They work according to the instructions on page 115 of the board documentation. Display on format 40, commanding start of the Chayka, switching over to another format , and check of the RU (manual steering), activating DPO, etc.

0819-0828UTC Pass in Orb. 44880. 145.800 mc.

Ansari via the radio amateur channel 145.800 mc using the call sign RS0ISS. Several times she says: CQ this is RS0ISS calling for anyone in Iran.

Chris van den Berg, NL-9165