ISS Crew Contact Part 4 – Final Date and Time for Our Contact!

Serena M. Aunon - NASA Astronaut
Serena Aunon-Chancellor – NASA Astronaut

We have just received word from our ARISS Mentor, Dave Jordan, AA4KN – Our ISS Crew Contact will take place on Friday, December 7th at approximately 1:45 pm EST. Activities on-site will begin with some videos and station tours before the contact.

We will be using the Nashua Area Radio Society callsign, N1FD, for our contact with NA1SS. We believe that our contact will be with Serena Aunon-Chancellor, KG5TMT. We are all very, very excited to hear the news!

Prioritized ISS Passes for our Crew Contact
Prioritized ISS Passes for our Crew Contact

This date/time was our second choice and the ISS will be on a good pass reaching a maximum elevation of 48 degrees at Time of Closest Approach (TCA). Our contact with the ISS will last about 10 minutes.

Click to N1FD Facebook
Click to View Video on N1FD Facebook

Our plan is to begin the final setup of our equipment on Monday, December 3rd at Hudson Memorial School. We will be Live Streaming the setup and testing of our Station at HMS as well as our actual contact via the Nashua Area Radio Society Facebook page.

Fred, AB1OC

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