{"id":50498,"date":"2026-09-18T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=50498"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:32:01","slug":"get-involved-with-world-space-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/09\/18\/get-involved-with-world-space-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Get involved with World Space Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Board Director<\/strong> <\/a>and Board Liaison for ARISS Patrick Wood, 2E0IFB is calling on radio amateurs to support <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/world-space-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Space Week 2026<\/strong><\/a> by hosting an activity between 4 &#8211; 10 October.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zt44KJQkLmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tonight@8 webinar<\/strong><\/a>, broadcast earlier this month, Patrick revealed the RSGB had launched some web pages to help inspire clubs and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>You could host an introductory talk on satellites, orbits and OSCAR missions using a <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/world-space-week\/wsw-how-can-i-get-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>set of slides<\/strong> <\/a>he has shared for you to use. Alternatively, you could host a live demonstration, an on-air activity, or even getting involved with the planned International Space Station SSTV event.<\/p>\n<p>Start planning your event by going to the <a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/wsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB website<\/strong><\/a>. You can<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/world-space-week\/wsw-events-taking-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> view events<\/strong><\/a> that have already being confirmed, including several talks at the RSGB National Radio Centre, by selecting \u2018WSW \u2013 events taking place\u2019 from the menu on the righthand side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RSGB Board Director and Board Liaison for ARISS Patrick Wood, 2E0IFB is calling on radio amateurs to support World Space Week 2026 by hosting an activity between 4 &#8211; 10 October. In his Tonight@8 webinar, broadcast earlier this month, Patrick revealed the RSGB had launched some web pages to help inspire clubs and individuals. You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50500,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50498\/revisions\/50500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}