ARISS SSTV Award

Nei giorni scorsi ho raccontato della ricezione di immagini dalla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale ISS con la modalità Slow Scan Television  SSTV sulla banda VHF radioamatoriale (link).

Al termine dell'attività di ricezione le immagini sono state caricate sul sito ARISS affinché queste possano essere analizzate da un punto di vista tecnico per studiare l'efficacia dei sistemi di trasmissione della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale ISS. Successivamente ho provveduto a richiedere l'ARISS SSTV Award e contestualmente la QSL a Christophe F1MOJ, ARISS QSL Manager Europa.

A distanza di nemmeno quarantotto ore è arrivato il mio ARISS SSTV Award, con una mail accompagnatoria.

Hello

Thank you for your participation in the reception of SSTV images transmitted from the International Space Station on 8 - 10 February 2019 to celebrate the NASA On The Air and the 35th anniversary of the Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight Missions. I am sending you your award in the attachment.

The pictures on the diploma show three events and people associated with them:

35 years ago, astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL took his amateur radio equipment into the Space on the Columbia STS-9 shuttle (November-December 1983). He became the first radioamateur to talk to hams while orbiting Earth. This event gave rise to the SAREX program (Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment, later called the Space Amateur Radio Experiment).

Sergey Samburov, RV3DR is the Chief of Cosmonaut Amateur Radio Department, RSC Energia. Thirty years ago, he was the founder and head of the MAREX program (Mir Amateur Radio EXperiment) and MIREX (Mir International Amateur Radio EXperiment) which were formed to handle prescheduled Mir school contacts. He is currently the head of the Russian Segment amateur radio activity on the International Space Station.

William Shepherd, KD5GSL commanded the first expedition on board the ISS in 2000-2001. Using the callsign NA1SS - Shepherd completed the first-ever ARISS contact on December 21, 2000. During a ten-minute radioamateur connection, he talked to 14 students of grades 1 to 8 plus a science and math teacher Rita Wright at Luther Burbank Elementary School near Chicago. We have recently celebrated the 18th anniversary of this event

Greetings,

Slawek SQ3OOK

ARISS SSTV Award Manager

Cieli sereni.

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