ARISS SSTV Awards

Mission: Expedition 72 - Series 23 Holidays 2024 (Acquired: 2024-12-27 06:10:00)

Hello, Thank you for sending the report. A series of 23 SSTV images broadcast from the International Space Station is a summary of ARISS events in 2024. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We also remember our friend Gaston Bertels ON4WF (SK), who was the leader of ARISS Europe and the ARISS Mentor for many years. The ARISS SSTV event was realized thanks to the commitment of Sergey Samburov RV3DR from ARISS Russia and Frank Bauer KA3HDO – ARISS International Chair, as well as many other people. The official ARISS awards are provided by the ARISS Ad-hoc Award Committee: Oliver DG6BCE (chair), Armand SP3QFE, Francesco IK0WGF, Bruce W6WW, Shizuo JE1MUI, Darin VE3OIJ, Ian VE9IM. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio.

 Expedition 72-2 (11.11.2024 - 18.11.2024)

This time the SSTV images series is dedicated 40th Anniversary Celebrating Amateur Radio in Human Spaceflight. American Owen Garriott W5LFL was the first astronaut and amateur radio operator to take with him on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-9 mission in 1983) amateur radio equipment and conducted radio communications with radio amateurs on Earth. On December 1, 1983 in the third day of his mission, Owen donned his headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister, WA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. Hereby the SAREX program (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment later called Space Amateur Radio Experiment) was created.It is worth recalling that the first amateur radio contact from the International Space Station was made by the Russian cosmonaut Sergey Krikalyov U5MIR on November 13, 2000, with Sergey Samburov RV3DR. This event was the beginning of ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) school contacts.

 

ARISS 20th Anniversary Celebration

Hello IT9YBG, ARISS Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Operations on ISS. ARISS was established in 1996 as the successor to SAREX (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment on the USA Shuttles) existing since 1983. Activities onboard the International Space Station (ISS) by the space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA, and CSA as well as AMSAT and organizations affiliated to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) from the countries participating in the program, began in 2000. The first test of amateur radio contacts using the HAM station on the ISS with ground stations from Russia and the United States, took place 20 years ago on November 13. In the following days, there were other communication tests, while the first successful contact of ARISS with the school took place on December 21, 2000. After that more than 1300 school ARISS contact over the World were performed using callsigns: RS0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, IR0ISS, DP0ISS, FX0ISS, GB1SS, FX0STD, HL0ARISS, IZ0JPA, AB55IK, 9W2MUS, PY0AEB.Presently after 20 years of continuous operations, ARISS volunteers carry out many amateur radio experiments: radio voice repeaters, Digital APRS repeaters, amateur radio satellites, SSTV images, ARISS activity awards, and direct audio and digital video contacts with the ISS crew. It offers students the chance to have an exciting experience – a face-to-face conversation via amateur radio with the crew members onboard the International Space Station. It activates young people's interest in STEAM and motivates them to learn.Transmission of SSTV images from the International Space Station is possible thanks to the involvement of many people working for ARISS. 

Ciao IT9YBG, ARISS celebra 20 anni di operazioni continue sulla ISS. ARISS è stata fondata nel 1996 come successore di SAREX (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment on the USA Shuttles) esistente dal 1983. Attività a bordo della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale (ISS) dalle agenzie spaziali: NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA e CSA pure come AMSAT e organizzazioni affiliate alla International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) dei paesi partecipanti al programma, è iniziata nel 2000. La prima prova di contatti radioamatoriali utilizzando la stazione HAM sulla ISS con stazioni di terra dalla Russia e dagli Stati Uniti, avvenne 20 anni fa, il 13 novembre. Nei giorni successivi, ci furono altri test di comunicazione, mentre il primo riuscito contatto dell'ARISS con la scuola avvenne il 21 dicembre 2000. Dopo di che furono più di 1300 i contatti dell'ARISS scolastico nel mondo eseguito utilizzando i nominativi: RS0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, IR0ISS, DP0ISS, FX0ISS, GB1SS, FX0STD, HL0ARISS, IZ0JPA, AB55IK, 9W2MUS, PY0AEB. Attualmente, dopo 20 anni di attività ininterrotta, i volontari ARISS conducono molti esperimenti radioamatori: ripetitori vocali radio, ripetitori APRS digitali, satelliti radioamatori, immagini SSTV, premi di attività ARISS e contatti audio e video digitali diretti con l'equipaggio della ISS. Offre agli studenti la possibilità di vivere un'esperienza emozionante: una conversazione faccia a faccia via radio amatoriale con i membri dell'equipaggio a bordo della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. Attiva l'interesse dei giovani per STEAM e li motiva a imparare. La trasmissione di immagini SSTV dalla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale è possibile grazie al coinvolgimento di molte persone che lavorano per ARISS.