| Participation fee | $0 |
| Expenses | $0 |
| Spend the time | indoors |
| Location | online |
| Children | yes |
| Primary school | yes |
| Secondary school | yes |
| Teaching materials | no |
Required Gear:
a computer with Internet access and a sound card. Optional: a ham radio to listen to the satellite live. Optional: midi music gear.
Project Calliope
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Project Calliope is an upcoming orbiting satellite that will convert Earth's ionosphere to music for people to share. Calliope lets people get a sense of how active space is. Calliope will measure the ionosphere for its 12-week life and transmit that data as sonified MIDI data (akin to sheet music) so anyone with a ham radio or web connection can listen to it-- or remix it into their own music compositions. It is planned to launch into orbit in late 2011. |
