04/19/2016
The recent commemorative Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS[1]) slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions from April 11 to April 14
were successful, with images received by many stations around the world. The
SSTV transmissions marked the 15th anniversary (in 2015) of continuous Amateur
Radio operations on the International Space Station.
The first ISS crew conducted its inaugural ham radio contact from NA1SS in
November 2000, and the first ARISS school/group contact took place the
following month. Since then more than 1000 ARISS school/group contacts have
been completed.
Images[2] received from the ISS have been posted on the gallery website. Anyone
who received SSTV images from the ISS also may post them there. The SSTV
transmissions were in PD180 format. Additional "MAI-75 Experiment[3]" SSTV
transmissions took place on April 14 and April 15, and these have been posted
as well. The commemorative SSTV images showed a few of the radio amateurs who
have served aboard the ISS.
[1] http://www.ariss.org/
[2] http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php
[3] http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26.html
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