During 1996, a group of amateur radio operators involved in the communications with the MIR Space Station, decided to join into the "Mir Fan Club". In a very short time over 1200 enthusiasts from all over the world asked to participate, including Cosmonaut Valery Korzun, while leading crew #22. Nowdays MIR is not flying anymore, but here we are again with the same spirit and the same enthusiasm for the ISS, the new International Space Station.
Send your name to Mars
Send Your Name to Mars
In 2003, NASA will launch twin Mars Rovers on a seven plus month journey to the surface of Mars. For at least 90 Martian days, the Rovers will carry instruments to help scientists study.......
October 28 briefings on NASA TV
OCTOBER 28 BRIEFINGS ON NASA TV TO DISCUSS NEW SPACE STATION HARDWARE AND EXPEDITION CREW
My first pass monitoring !!!
here is the log of the first pass for ISS back online.... 4:15pm est on oct 22, 2002..... after the boooobooo or whatever....
73'sssssssss
julian/ke4jno
(monitored from EM95 charlotte NC)
The "extended text" is the log file.... processed by ISS_NO44_process..
Oh Yea...ISS is back!
Yes ISS and NO-44 are back....well 100% iSS AND PROBABLY no-44....I sent many packets over the last 2 passes and for a vertical antenna....There back......
73'ssssssssss
julian/ke4jno
ISS-APRS PMS WORKING AGAIN
SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR - N1ORC - TIMES ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS-USA
MESSAGE FROM V. KORZUN ABOUT PMS PROBLEM
Valery, sending me a message this afternoon, confirmed about a problem with the PMS during last week. The Commander re-powered the TNC and all seems ok.
Several messages are stored since this morning on the PMS.
CONFIRMED: ISS PACKET OK OVER EUROPE
Just 5 minutes ago (Oct. 22, 2002 at 07:35 UTC) I worked ISS Packet System succesfully. Frequency is 145.825 MHz Simplex. Pass was only 5 degrees for my station but a good signal permitted me to send a message to Valery confirming that all is OK. This is a list of message received during this contact. Latest message was on October 15, 2002.
ISS PACKET ACTIVE AGAIN
We have received a message from Scott, WA6LIE saying: '...ISS is back on packet! Is using 145.825 simplex. No more West Coast passes for the day.
73, Scott '
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During next hours we will have passes over Europe and we hope to receive packet too.
ISS FanClub Staff
When ISS packet is
As posted earlier, im working on a 100% automatic monitoring and web page posting system...Its fun and as with any Ham Radio project it should also be rewarding...
Cosmonaut dies at 70
Cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov, who encountered hair-raising problems on two of his three space missions for the Soviet Union, died Saturday of a heart attack, Russian media reported. He was 70.
