Operating Restrictions and Requirements:

No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described).

Except as specified below and/or unless authorized by the air traffic security coordinator via the Domestic Events Network (DEN):

A. All aircraft operations within a 10 NMR area listed above are prohibited except for:

1. Approved law enforcement, military aircraft directly supporting the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Office of the President of the United States, approved emergency medical flights, and regularly scheduled commercial passenger and all-cargo carriers operating under one of the following TSA-Approved standard security programs/procedures: aircraft operator standard security program (AOSSP), domestic security integration program (DSIP), twelve five standard security program (TFSSP) all cargo, or all-cargo international security procedure (ACISP) and are arriving into and/or departing from 14 CFR part 139 airports.

2. For operations within the TFR, all approved medical flight operation companies must coordinate operations in advance with the USSS at 602-379-4984 to avoid potential delays.

B. Within the airspace between 10 NMR and 30 NMR listed above:

1. All aircraft entering or exiting the 30 NM radius TFR must be on an active IFR or VFR flight plan with a discrete code assigned by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) facility. Aircraft must be squawking the discrete code prior to departure and at all times while in the TFR.

2. All aircraft entering or exiting the 30 NM radius TFR must remain in two-way radio communications with ATC.

3. All aircraft operating within the 10 to 30 NM radius TFR and operating at altitudes of up to but not including FL180 are limited to aircraft arriving or departing local airfields and ATC may authorize transit operations. Aircraft may not loiter.

4. Flight training, practice instrument approaches, aerobatic flight, glider operations, parachute operations, ultralight, hang gliding, balloon operations, agriculture/crop dusting, animal population control flight operations, and banner towing operations are not authorized.

5. All USSS cleared aircraft operators based in the area should notify the USSS prior to their departure.

6. For operations within the TFR, all approved medical flight operation companies must coordinate operations in advance with the USSS at 602-379-4984 to avoid potential delays.

C. FAA recommends that all aircraft operators check NOTAMS frequently for possible changes to this TFR prior to operations within this region.

Other Information:

ARTCC: ZAB - Albuquerque Center

Authority: Title 14 CFR section 91.141

These words will echo from space in the near future, inspiring students, exciting ham radio operators and touching the world.

If all goes as planned, a unique Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA)—or Spacewalk will be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in early February 2006. During this spacewalk, the ISS crew will push a Russian spacesuit overboard---with no humans in it, of course! But this Spacesuit holds the hopes, dreams and creativity of students around the world. And for a week or two, this Suit-robot-satellite will take on a life of its own---parroting students voices from around the world, voicing down suit health telemetry and sending a special commemorative picture to all who want to receive it.

Suitsat-1 (also called Radioskaf or Radio Sputnik in Russian) mission activities will be conducted on the amateur radio (ham radio) frequencies, a bit above the FM broadcast band. The voice signals can be picked up with ham radio receivers and FM VHF (Very High Frequency) scanners—like police-band scanners.

Students, scouts, teachers, ham radio operators, and the general public are encouraged to track the space suit, hear the conversations from space, copy the suit telemetry and capture the picture. A special certificate will be distributed to those who receive the voice signals and those who capture the picture. We also will have a special award for those students who receive the “special words” that are embedded in the messages from our SuitSat student “crew members.” These special words are in different languages---English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. So you are encouraged to record the SuitSat downlink audio and get help from fellow students who know these languages...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Here on Earth we get rid of our old clothes by dropping them off at the Salvation Army.

But what do astronauts at the international space station do?

On Friday, Russian flight engineer Valery Tokarev pushed an old spacesuit stuffed with discarded clothes and a radio transmitter out the door (the image above).

Complete with helmet and gloves, the spacesuit floated past the Russian section of the international space station, 220 miles above Earth, before rotating away feet first and beginning its orbit around the globe.

'Goodbye Mr. Smith," Tokarev said as he and U.S. commander Bill McArthur began a six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance and photography tasks...

Current thinking is SuitSat is transmitting, but far weaker than expected. Several reliable reports of short snatches of the voice and SSTV signals have been reported. It is recommended that you continue to listen during passes over your area. Please report any positive contact only.

Rumors of SuitSat's early demise were premature. Unfortunately, the major media outlets continue to report that "contact with SuitSat was lost" after 2 orbits. As can be seen from the audio reports, SuitSat is still very alive and signals actually seem to be increasing.