*ARISS NEWS RELEASE * *no. 14-09*

*Wednesday, Dec.10, 2014*

*David Jordan, AA4KN*

aa4kn@amsat.org

*Get Ready for SSTV from the ISS in Mid December*

Russian SSTV transmissions are planned from the International Space Station on December 18 and 20. The transmit frequency will be 145.800 MHz with a 3 minute off time between transmissions.

The expected mode is PD180 producing a high quality image with a frame scan of 187 seconds. A total of 12 different photos will be sent throughout an operation period.

Image transmissions for Dec. 18 should begin around 14:20 UTC and on Dec. 20, look for signals to start around 12:40 UTC. For both days, operation is expected to terminate around 21:30 UTC.

Received images can be uploaded to the image gallery found a *http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php .*

Please note that the SSTV operation times may change due to any launch delays of the SpaceX CRS-5 scheduled for Dec. 16.

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