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Ham-Astronauts Engaging in Series of Spacewalks; Two Heading Home Soon

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International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, will take one more spacewalk on March 30 before he heads back to Earth in a Soyuz MS-02 vehicle on April 10, joined by crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko. The spacewalks are aimed at preparing the station for the Read More …

ARISS Moves Closer to Launching New Radio System to Space Station

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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) reports it has met a major milestone and now is “one giant step” closer to flying its new interoperable radio system to the International Space Station. Eventual plans call for installing a new JVC Kenwood TM-D710GA-based radio system on the station as Read More …

ISS SSTV activity this weekend

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From the Southgate Amateur Radio News The ARISS Russia Team is planning to support a couple of Slow Scan Television (SSTV) events in the next few months on 145.800 MHz FM The first session is being targeted for Saturday, January 16 (may be subject to change) to celebrate 15 years Read More …

ARISS contact planned for school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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On Friday, January 8, 2016 at approximately 08:47 UTC, an ARISS contact is planned for Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Amateur radio station GB1SAN, will operate the contact. The ARISS HAM radio station GB1SS on the board of the International Space Station will be operated by Timothy Peake Read More …