[amsat-bb] ARISS News Release No. 20-21

[David Jordan]

ARISS News Release                                                                                                       

No.   20-21      

Dave Jordan, AA4KN 

ARISS PR

aa4kn at amsat.org

 

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE




 

ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for earlyOctober

 

October02, 2020 — An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from theInternational Space Station (ISS) for early October. The event is scheduled tobegin on October 4 at 14:00 UTC for setup andoperation and continue until October 8 ending at 19:15 UTC. Dates and times subject to change due to ISSoperational adjustments

 Imageswill be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 KHz for Doppler shift and the expectedSSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme of this collection of imageswill be Satellites. Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post andview images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/.

 Afteryour image is posted at the gallery, you can acquire a special award by linkingto https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/and follow directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image.

 

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS).  In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISSNational Lab-Space Station Explorers andNASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio betweencrew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space,space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org





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