Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

A student speaks to crew on the International Space Station using Amateur Radio equipment, provided free by volunteers of the ARISS program..

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a project sponsored by various entities and carried out by astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station who also have an amateur radio license. The program was previously called SAREX, the Space Amateur Radio Experiment, and before that the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. Kenwood Electronics recently launched an advertising campaign capitalising on the fact that their TM-D700A transceiver is currently in use on the ISS.^[1]

Amateur radio operators all over the world are able to speak directly to astronauts/cosmonauts via their handheld, mobile, or home radio stations. Low power radios and small antennae can be used to establish communications. It is also possible to send digital data to the space station via laptop computers hooked up to the same radio and antenna, similar to an email communication, except that it uses radio frequencies instead of telephone or cable connections.

The space station occupants work a standard work day and have breaks in the evening and during meals. While on break, some of them will spend some time communicating with "earthlings" via amateur radio.

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Childrens Websites

• Space station Kids! check out all the fun about space.
• ESA kids, life in space.
• NASA Students
• My first steps in space
• Student Zone, Dextre's Mail

Live viewing

See List of satellite trackers

• Live Webcam
• Heavens-above Position on globe and simple instructions to see the ISS with no equipment.
• n2yo Position on scalable map with optional footprint.
• Calsky for astronomers and astrophotographers. Prediction for aurora, ISS passes, occultations and transits.

Contact the Crew

• ARISS amateur radio website
• amateur radio operators ISS Fanclub

Youtube

• Feature Film First Orbit the story of the first man in space.
• ISS: Video (01:02): Earth (Time-Lapse)
• ISS: Video (00:27): Earth and Auroras (Time-Lapse)

Image galleries

• Thierry Legault's website Astrophotograper
• Polyus, orbital interceptor / destroyer replaced by Zarya module.
• Lana Sator's unescorted tour of the ISS engine factory, Energomash.
• ISS: Interactive Reference Guide (NASA)
• ISS: Image Gallery Search Page (NASA)
• ISS: Assembly Sequence: Animation
• Commons

Research

• Daily ISS Reports
• NASA: Station Science
• ESA: Columbus
• JAXA: Space Environment Utilization and Space Experiment
• RSC Energia: Science Research on ISS Russian Segment

Space Agency websites

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Space Agency Youtube channels

• American, Canadian, European, German, Japanese, Russian

Travel agency website

• Space Adventures sells tickets to the general public. website

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