Welcome to the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions

• Keep up with ARISS SSTV progress by visiting the SSTV mission blog.
• Learn about SSTV by visiting the Wikipedia SSTV entry.
• You may submit SSTV reception reports by going here.
• ISS will be transmiting mostly in the Robot-36 mode.
• The normal downlink frequency of 145.800 MHz will be used.
• Many people use the MMSSTV system to receive SSTV images.
• How do I know when the ISS will be within range? There are a number of resources. Some of them are:
  • NASA Tracking Page
  • Heavens Above
• How can I test my SSTV system? Kenneth N5VHO has supplied a sound file from the SuitSat-1 satellite that you may play into your SSTV system to verify reception. Kenneth has also supplied the corresponding image so that you can evaluate your results.
• I submitted an image but it isn't being displayed. In order to keep the size of the gallery reasonable we may not display every image. We may have to limit the number of duplicate images we post. And we may not be able to post some images due to image quality issues. We are storing every image and the information you supply with it for future engineering analysis. Your submission will help the ARISS team improve the ham radio capabilities on board the ISS. Thank you very much for your help!

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