October 4, 2025 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event to be held this week in recognition of the 68th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first satellite, Sputnik-1 on October 4, 1957. This event will feature 12 images that will be transmitted at 145.800 MHz using SSTV mode PD120.
The operation times are as follows and are tentative:
Oct. 3 Start time: 12:20 UTC / 08:20 AM ET
Oct. 9 End time: around 7:30 UTC / 3:30 AM ET
(Expect interruptions due to scheduled ARISS educational contacts.)
For submitting your received images
Go to https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/ to submit your decodes. Check the box after submis-sion to the SSTV gallery for an award certificate. You must submit your decodes and your re-quest for an award certificate within 72 hours after SSTV event transmissions end. Certificates are delivered via email (watch your spam folder).
For more information about the ARISS SSTV Award Certificate, go to https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ .
Thanks to our user community for participating in ARISS.
Why download SSTV images from the ISS?
Every radio amateur that participate set his/her own goals and has a reason for participating in the experiment. Unfortunately I do not have all the information on hand why some radio amateurs download images.
World Wide Participation Statistics:
Herewith some images (Click on images to enlarge)
Steyn Truter ZS1STE - Klein Brak River
Gerrit Klopper ZS1KLO - Rheebok
Rulhof vd Merwe ZS4RM - Bloemfontein
Christi Grobbelaar ZS4CGR - Luchoff
Jacobus de Jager ZS1JDJ - Aberdeen
Bernie Wentzel ZR1ACP - Agulhas
Francois Joubert ZS1Q - George
