Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images transmitted from the International Space Station and other ARISS supported satellites
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Oct 31 report
Looks like the Gagarin in Space SSTV event ended up being a chance at random voice contacts with the Russian crew. No reports of any SSTV activity today.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Gagarin SSTV event Oct 31
Just saw a report at http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/28/iss-slow-scan-tv-active/ that SSTV may be active again on Oct 31 (09:25-09:45 UTC are the times indicated by the crew schedule) transmitting images of Yuri Gagarin. Images should be transmitted on 145.80 MHZ.
Oct 29 Report
More images transmitted today. Looks like SQ9MES is in a good location as he captured another set today. This image appears to be of some unusual cloud formations.
UB4UAD was able to receive this image of the Cygnus vehicle in close proximity to the ISS.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Oct 28 report
Looks like the system was active as several images have been posted. Additionally, the AMSAT Gallery is available again (through a redirect) so you can post additional images again at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ .
Below are a couple of examples of images received today. The first is a nice photo received by G7SVF of the solar array and the edge of the Earth as seen from the ISS while it is over the night side of the planet. The ISS would have been visible to folks at this time.
Below are a couple of examples of images received today. The first is a nice photo received by G7SVF of the solar array and the edge of the Earth as seen from the ISS while it is over the night side of the planet. The ISS would have been visible to folks at this time.
This next one was received by SQ9MES and appears to be a view of one of the Soyuz vehicles with the African landscape as a background.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Oct 2013 SSTV experiment over Moscow
Looks like the Kenwood D710 will be activated on Oct 28 and 29 for some more SSTV imagery transmissions while the ISS is in range of Moscow. Planned activation times for Oct 28 are 10:25, 12:00 and 13:35 UTC. Activation times for Oct 29 are 11:15 and 12:50 UTC. Typical transmission windows are about 10 minutes and usually are done using Martin 1 mode. The down link frequency has historically been 145.80 MHz.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
September 4 images
Ground stations have posted a few images on ISS Fan Club from the Sept. 4 passes over Moscow. Reports are the images were sent in Martin1 and on 145.800 MHz. Here are a couple of examples.
IK1SLD captured this image of the HTV4 berthed to the ISS. |
UB4UAD received this image of the Japanese external experiment platform and part of the Kibo module |
Thursday, August 29, 2013
MAI-75 experiment planned for September 4 and 5
The Russian team will be activating the MAI-75 experiment using the Kenwood D-710 on September 4th and 5th when the ISS is in range of Moscow. Scheduled activation times on Sept. 4 are at 09:50 and 11:25 UTC. Activation times for Sept. 5 are at 09:00 and 10:40 UTC. Unknown at this point what mode or frequency will be used but historically it has been Martin mode on 145.80 MHz.
Monday, July 8, 2013
July SSTV images
Seems several images were sent in Martin 1 mode when the ISS was in range of Moscow. Here are a couple of images received by stations in range. The first is one of the ISS solar array was captured by UB4UAD on July 2. The second one is a shot of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) built and launched by ESA and was received by PD0RKC on July 3.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
SSTV planned for early July 2013
Russian activation of the MAI-75 experiment is planned for early July (tentatively July 2 and 3). No specifics as yet as to mode or frequency but historically they have used 145.80 for their transmissions. Pass times for the ISS to be active when in range of Moscow should fall between 08:00 and 13:00 UTC on those days.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
April 24 SSTV activity
The Russians did another MAI-75 experiment today. PD0RKC was able to capture 3 and a half images during the pass about 15:30 UTC. Below is one of them. Format was reported to be Robot 36
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
MAI-75 experiment
The Russian crew have been scheduled to run the MAI-75 SSTV experiment on Feb 26, 27 and March 1 during orbital passes in range of Moscow (roughly between 08:00 and 13:00 UTC each day). SSTV format should be Martin 1 and will be transmitted on the 145.80 MHz frequency.