Thursday, February 3, 2022

Moscow Aviation Institute SSTV activation Feb. 2022

The Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) will be conducting their routine SSTV experiment during orbits that pass within range of Moscow, Russia on February 7 and 8. They typically operate PD120 on a downlink frequency of 145.800 MHz using the Kenwood D710E located in the Service Module. The images are sent with about 2 minute gaps between transmissions.

Feb. 7 - Start about 08:35 UTC, stopping about 15:05 UTC.

Feb. 8 - Start about 10:40 UTC,  stopping about 14:30 UTC.

Received images can be uploaded at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php


** Story initially indicated mode PD180 and 3 minute gaps but that was in error.

***UPDATE - Feb 7***
The scheduled time on Feb 8 has shifted to be 10:40-14:00 UTC