All,
On November 13, 2000, the ARISS amateur radio payload was turned on and the first operations occurred over Russia and the United States. So today is our 19th operations anniversary.
Our ARISS team is working feverishly on the final certification of our next generation radio system: the Interoperable Radio System. We thank all those that have supported this development effort through team support as well as donations!! We continue to move closer to a planned March 2020 launch of the hardware on SpaceX-20.
73, Frank KA3HDO
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Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
ISS Ham Radio Program Manager & PI
ARISS International Chair
AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
e-mail: mailto:ka3hdo@gmail.com ka3hdo@gmail.com
NASA e-mail: mailto:Frank.Bauer@nasa.gov Frank.Bauer@nasa.gov
Cell Phone: 301-873-0890
Work Phone: 410-321-1513<--New