International Space Station/ARISS

Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
TNC callsign RS0ISS
The ARISS initial station was launched September 2000 aboard shuttle Atlantis.

ARISS is made up of delegates from major national amateur radio organizations, including AMSAT.

Status: Operational.

Numerous contacts have been made with Valery Korzun. Sergei Treschev has also been active.

ISS packet activity has resumed. A good discussion on its use is available at http://www.rac.ca/arispak2.htm

ARISS school contacts have resumed with the Expedition 5 crew of mission commander/U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, and Russian cosmonauts Valery Korzun, RZ3FK and Sergei Treschev, RZ3FU.

The latest ARISS announcements and successful school list is available at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov

An archive of school contacts can be found at http://www.msnbc.com/news/505064.asp

NASA information on the ISS station can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/

The ISS daily crew schedule (which gives an idea when crew members have free time and may be available for amateur radio operations) can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/

A detailed breakdown of the antenna installation with some great pictures and diagrams (depicting the entire ISS ham system including antennas) can be downloaded at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/EVAs/amsat01.pdf

U.S. callsign: NA1SS
Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR

The QSL routes for stations working the International Space Station (all callsigns):

[ANS thanks Will Marchant, KC6ROL, and Jean-Louis Rault, F6AGR, for this information]

Amateur Radio Stations heard vía ISS

This page documents Amateur Radio data digipeated by the International Space Station. In order to appear on this page, a position report in a valid APRS format must be digipeated through ISS, then be heard by an internet gateway station, which then forwards it on to the APRS Internet System. All APRSIS data is archived on this machine. Packets that came through the ISS are recalled for this display. For more info on the technology involved, see the links at the bottom of the page.

The system will also show those stations that have been heard via ISS but have not sent a position report in the table at the end of the page.

If you are able to transmit through the ISS digi and wish to send a packet that will make your position appear on these maps and those of APRS users of ARISS, see:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/iss-aprs/issicons.html

The biggest weakness in the system right now is the lack of Internet Gateways, or IGates. Almost all APRS programs have the ability to function as IGates, consult the documentation of your program of choice for details...the more the better!

The current position of ISS, as well as the 5 and 10 minute future positions are also shown on the map.