Looks like ARISSAT-1 will not be a go for today. There was some discussion about it missing one of the antennas.

73 de KB9STR

AMSAT has put together a "how to" for ARISSat-1 at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSatHowTo.php

Shocking that we're already hearing about this considering the ISS isn't even finished with construction yet.

http://en.rian.ru/science/20110727/165412055.html

The International Space Station (ISS) will be de-orbited and sunk in the Pacific Ocean after 2020 like its Russian predecessor Mir, Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Deputy Head Vitaly Davydov said on Wednesday.

"We will be forced to sink the ISS. We cannot leave it in orbit as it is a very complicated and a heavy object. There must be no space waste from it," Davydov said in an interview posted on the Roscosmos website.

I use my call sign for login. This has changed. I want to change my ISS-account name from my old call sign to the new one. The e,mail adr. I want to keep. New account for my new call sign can't be created becuase email adress is in use of old account (callsign). Can I delete my old account or must this be done by ISS-admin ?

How can I do it ?

Hi all
Arissat test sucesseful over Spain tonite.
Around 03.38z I could get the SSTV signal but on UHF: 437.550
You can see a short vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34_TaeMzDk
the noise on the image was because I was on VHF and arrived late .-)

good luck

Some early reports out of S. Africa and Japan indicate that ARISSat-1 is active in test mode. This should include SSTV, Voice Telemetry, Data Telemetry. Doubtful that the Linear Transponder will work due to no external antenna available for the input (RX). The system should be active until 1400 UTC on Sunday (July 31).

Kenneth - N5VHO

If I am not mistaking.. Late afternoon today on NASA-TV made reference to an EVA ARISSat-1 was mention by the NASA narrator this afternoon for Amateur Radio operators. Not that I am attentive to NASA-TV 24 hours, I do have a DTV system dedicated in the shack. If I were only hearing things... MY APOLIGIES...

Hi, Can anyone explain why the ISS changes it's ARPS from NA0ISS-4 to NA0ISS-3 at random? I'm sure many are beaconing with the wrong callsign in because the ISS has gone from -3 to -4 and back again nilly willy.

Any help/explanation apprecated.....Cheers Dave G7UZN

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, after sunset , Fri 2011-07-22 from 22.02 to 22.07 ours UTC, 17 degree elevation, altitude 405 Km, speed 7666 m/s, minimum distance 1386 Km, mag -0.9, weak signals packet, with clear sky.-

Is there specific info on setting up a SATGATE server. I run a Tier-II APRS Server and would like to assist the SATGATE system if possible.

Dave
KA0SWT