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Subj: Fram2 Mission With Amateur Radio Payload Scheduled to Launch
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Fram2 is currently scheduled to launch on April 1, 2025 at 01:46:50 UTC
(March 31, 2025 at 21:46:50 EDT).
The Fram2 mission is set to become the first human space flight in polar
orbit – flying over the North and South poles. Named after the famous polar
exploration ship Fram, which completed voyages to both the Arctic and
Antarctica, we want to showcase pioneering spirit, wonder and technological
innovation through the ages. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch four
astronauts from Europe and Australia into orbit for 3-5 days, target. On
board the Dragon spacecraft are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta,
vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of
Germany and mission specialist Eric Philips of Australia. During the Fram2
mission Rabea Rogge, LB9NJ (Norway) and KD3AID (USA), will be
operating the onboard
amateur (ham) radio system https://fram2ham.com/ sending SSTV images as
part of a high school and university student competition. These SSTV images
will also be available to be received by the general public during the
mission. Read more about Fram2 and its crew here: f2.com
SSTV transmissions will be transmitted on 437.550 MHz FM using Robot36.
TLEs for the mission are available from https://www.ariss.org/keps.html
Provisional elements for the upcoming Fram2Ham mission have also been added
t0 the AMSAT TLE distributions courtesy of ARISS, and will be updated when
the SpaceX Dragon vehicle attains orbit. Updates will be found at
www.amsat.org/tle/dailytle.txt as appropriate. The mission has also been
added to the AMSAT Satellite Status https://amsat.org/status/ p[age for
reports
Anyone may submit images to the gallery on the
https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/submit.php page along with information
about when and where the image was received.
Please note that because the Fram2Ham event is a competition, all submitted
images will be held in a queue not available for viewing until after the
competition judges have had a chance to make their decisions. After the
winners have been announced, the Fram2Ham images will be available for
viewing the same as all the other ISS SSTV campaign images. Teams and
members of the general public are asked to *not* distribute copies of their
received images to social media until after the winners of the competition
have been announced.
*[ANS thanks ARISS and Fram2Ham for the above information]*
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