ISS Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko from Roscosmos, and David Saint-Jacques from the Canadian Space Agency during welcome ceremony for the DM-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon in the Node 2 module on Sunday, March 3, 2019. Source: NASA Video YouTube Channel
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SpaceX Demo-1 Crew Dragon Docking to ISS
After launching successfully at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the SpaceX Crew Dragon has been orbiting Earth to arrive in position to dock with the International Space Station. The mission, called Demo-1, is the first flight test of a […]
SpaceX Dragon Crew Demo-1 Mission Flight to Space Station
SpaceX successfully launched its first Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2 and now the mission is underway. This flight, known as Demo-1, is uncrewed. But if all goes well, Crew Dragon will likely carry astronauts to and from the orbiting lab for the first time this summer. Source: SpaceX.com
Testing settings and antennas to receive NOAA weather satellite images
Everyday multiple NOAA weather satellites pass above you. Each NOAA weather satellite broadcasts an Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) signal, which contains a live weather image of your area. In this video I am testing some settings and antennas as NOAA weather satellites pass above Europe. SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to get notified about every new video uploaded or […]
ARISS | Europe SSTV Tracking | February 16, 2019
ARISS is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. Transmissions are scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 15 at 0845 UTC and run through Sunday, Feb. 17 at 1725 UTC. SSTV operations is a process by which images are sent from the International Space Station (ISS) via ham radio and received by […]
ARISS SSTV | Amateur Radio in Space | February 10, 2019
Russian ISS SSTV Event to Celebrate Cosmonautics Day
ARISS Russia is planning a special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event April 11-14 from the International Space Station in celebration of Cosmonautics Day. The transmissions are to begin on April 11 at 11:30 UTC and run through April 14 ending at 18:20 UTC. Supporting this event is a computer on the ISS Russian Segment, which […]
International Space Station telebridge school contact with Freeport Public Schools,NY
Freeport Public Schools, Freeport, NY, telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS. The scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA. Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-03-27 17:41:04 UTC 24 deg. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Freeport Public Schools, Freeport, NY on 27 Mar. […]
Live streaming from Space Colloquium this weekend
Thanks to volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) the talks given at this weekend’s AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at Milton Keynes will be streamed live to a global audience This year the Colloquium is taking place as part of the RSGB Convention at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ […]
Juno Spacecraft Listens for a Greeting From Earth
As NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code “HI” to the spacecraft. Would Juno hear their call? During its close flyby of Earth, NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft listened for a communication from amateur radio operators transmitting from locations around the world. […]
ISS SSTV on Baofeng handheld
The Chertsey Radio Club demonstrated that you can receive pictures from Space using just a Baofeng VHF handheld radio and a Lynx-7 Tablet. On Monday, August 15, 2016 radio amateurs from India to Brazil successfully copied Slow Scan Television images transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM from the Russian amateur radio station located in the ISS Service […]
SpaceX to attempt another rocket landing
Space.com report that SpaceX will attempt another rocket landing during the launch of a commercial communications satellite early Sunday morning (Aug. 14), and you can watch all the dramatic action live. SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the JCSAT-16 satellite at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]