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ARISS is planning an SSTV event from Monday 14 July 2015 to Sunday 20 July 2025. The subject will be the 50th anniversary of the ASTP and the 40th anniversary of STS-51F. STS-51F was the second SAREX flight and had the first use of SSTV in human spaceflight.
– last information: starting time of transmsissions 14 July not 9:15 UTC, due to other activities on the ISS, but 16:05 UTC;
– ending time will be 20 July 2025, 18:00 UTC.
On the ISS, will be used the Service Module radio, ISS callsign will be RS0ISS; images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM, the SSTV mode will be PD120.
Public is invited to upload decoded images in the ARISS gallery: https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/; once you’ve submitted, just clicking on the dedicated button you can apply for the official ARISS SSTV award.
Also, you can request the ARISS QSL contacting your country’s bureau: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
To support everyone interested in such events, the European Space Agency released tutorials about how to receive pictures transmitted over amateur radio by the International Space Station: you can find them on https://issfanclub.eu/2024/11/08/esa-tips-how-to-get-pictures-from-the-international-space-station-via-amateur-radio-2/
More, it’s always possible to decode the audio signals coming from the WebSDR at Goonhilly Earth Station https://vhf-goonhilly.batc.org.uk/
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