ARISS Europe chairman OliverAmend, DG6BCE informed that the application deadline for school contacts in the 2nd half of 2023 has been extended until 27 November 2022.
Information are available under www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts/announcement.
The mission of the Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ is also planned in that time frame.
The ARISS amateur radio system in the COLUMBUS module is still in transponder mode and can be used by everyone as far as no scheduled radio contacts are ongoing.