Astronaut training - simulated amateur radio contacts

Astronauts Ron Garan, KF5GPO and Mike Fossum, KF5AQG have been scheduled for simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts with the Challenger Learning Center of Indianapolis on Thursday, July 22 at approximately 16:00 UTC and 16:15 UTC respectively.

The contact should be available on IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) Node 9010.

These training sessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment.

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