Archive - Feb 2017
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February 24th
ISS Radio Report
February 24th
25 February contact with 2 schools in France ! (reschedule)
UPDATE:
25 FEB: ARISS contact re-scheduled for 2 schools in France
As announced in the preceding Bulletin, an International Space Station contact has been planned for astronaut Thomas Pesquet FX0ISS with Ecole primaire Elie Desplan, Boissières, France and Marie Castang, Saint Dionisy, France.
The event is re-scheduled Saturday February 25, 2017 at approximately 13:14 UTC, which is 14:14 CEWT. ( 14:14 local in Italy ) .
The contact will be operated by F4HHV.
The downlink signals will be audible ONLY in Europe on 437.525 MHz FM.
Packet Radio VHF frequency soon back !
The SpaceX CRS-10 Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station on 23 February 2017, at 13:12 UTC, using the Station’s robotic Canadarm2.
Message from Frank Bauer (KA3HDO) :
"All,
Included as part of today’s successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle to ISS is an ARISS Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio. This radio will replace the Ericsson radio that failed a few months ago. The VHF radio is used for school group contacts and amateur packet radio in the Columbus module.