Announcement of APRS mission

Dear BIRDS-4 team followers,

JG6YMX (Tsuru) APRS mission (145.825 MHz) will be active over Japan for the following schedules in UTC +9:

2022-02-0709:47 – 09:58
2022-02-0816:54 – 17:05
2022-02-1008:28 – 08:38
16:33 – 16:43
2022-02-1115:34 – 15:44
2022-02-1208:06 – 08:17
2022-02-1315:12 – 15:22

Announcement of APRS mission

Dear BIRDS-4 team followers,

We would like to announce you about our APRS mission.

JG6YMX (Tsuru) APRS mission (145.825 MHz) will be active over Japan for the following schedules in UTC +9:

DateTime
2022-01-0921:27 – 21:38
2022-01-1220:14 – 20:25
2022-01-1519:01 – 19:11

BIRDS-4 First Camera mission

Dear BIRDS-4 team followers,

The photo below shows one of the images taken by the camera mission during the actual deployment. Such a photo is unique because a part of the International Space Station (ISS) and the Earth is in one frame.

On March 14, 2021, the BIRDS-4 satellites were deployed from ISS.

More images shall be released in future posts.