ARISS special SSTV experiment

| February 18, 2022

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a special SSTV experiment.

The first experiment in the series will utilise ARISS-approved ground stations in Europe that will transmit digital SSTV signals.

These will be available for all in the ISS footprint when SSTV transmissions occur.

The first SSTV experiment is planned for 20 February 2022; between 0510UTC and 1200UTC, for five ISS passes over Europe.

Please be aware that this event depends on ARISS IORS radio availabilities and ISS crew support, so last-minute changes may occur.

The ARISS team will employ the ISS Kenwood radio in its cross-band repeater mode, with its downlink on 437.800MHz.

Each transmission sequence will consist of a one minute and 40 second transmission, followed by one minute and 20 seconds pause.

The sequence will be repeated several times within an ISS pass over Europe.

The ARISS team kindly request that the amateur radio community refrain from the use of the voice repeater during this SSTV experiment on 20 February 2022.

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