Second Interoperable Radio System for ARISS Contacts Installed on Space Station

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Astronauts participating in the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program (ARISS) will soon have a second interoperable amateur station available for making contacts with schools and other groups. 

According to the AMSAT News Service, a new Kenwood TM-D710GA transceiver – delivered to the space station back in February – was installed in the station’s Russian segment in late May by Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, providing a second platform from which crew members may conduct ARISS contacts.