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jeudi 29 janvier 2015

ARISS contact planned for two Italian schools, SSTV transmissions from the International Space Station

ARISS contact planned for two Italian schools

Saturday January 31, 2015 at 8.38.59 UTC, which is 9.39 CEWT, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF will answer questions from students of two Italian schools:

Istituto Salesiano “G. Bearzi”, Udine and Intercultura Onlus, Milano, Italy.

The radio communication with the International Space Station will be established by ARISS ground station K6DUE, located in Maryland, USA.

The event will be webcast on http://www.livestream.com/amsat_italia

Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

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SSTV transmissions from the International Space Station

The Russian ARISS team  plan to activate SSTV from the ISS on Saturday January 31 and on Sunday February 1, 2015.

Expected SSTV mode will be PD180 on 145.800 MHz with 3 minute off periods between transmissions. A total of 12 different photos will be sent during the operational period. This is the second series of pictures to be transmitted.

Start time would be around 10.00 UTC on January 31 and 9.00 UTC on February 1. The transmissions should terminate around 21:30 UTC each day.

Gaston Bertels ­ ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

Source directe : ARISS ON4WF
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