Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth

Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth

The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 (February 27 Eastern time).

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NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan

Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth on Tuesday after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit.

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Portrait of the Expedition 54 Crew on the Space Station

Portrait of the Expedition 54 Crew on the Space Station

The six-member Expedition 54 crew poses for a lighthearted crew portrait inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module on Feb. 18, 2018. Three of the crew members are packed up and prepared to return to Earth today, Tuesday, Feb. 27.

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Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite discussed in Doha

Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite discussed in Doha

Michael, DF4HR, Wolfgang, DK2DO, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Mustapha, DL1BDF, Sabaan Mismar Al-Jassim, A71BP - Credit DARC

Michael, DF4HR, Wolfgang, DK2DO, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Mustapha, DL1BDF, Sabaan Mismar Al-Jassim, A71BP – Credit DARC

The DARC report the Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite, which will carry 2.4 to 10 GHz amateur radio transponders, was discussed at a meeting in Doha in January.

A Google-English translation of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e.V. post reads:

Es'hail-2 Geostationary Satellite

Es’hail-2 Geostationary Satellite

At the invitation of Sabaan Mismar Al-Jassim, A71BP, General Secretary of QARS, Mustapha Landoulsi, DL1BDF, Coordinator of the Foreign Office for Arabic-speaking Countries, visited Doha in January to discuss topics of common interest with the Qatari radio-comrades and engage in radio-related activities QARS to participate. He was accompanied by Michael Regitz, DF4HR, and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Borschel, DK2DO. The German OMs were u. a. by Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Energy.

The focus of the talks was information about the new satellite Es’hail-2, which will be launched this year from the United States. Es’hail-2 is the first geostationary satellite with an amateur radio payload and a joint project by Qatar’s Qatar Amateur Radio Federation, Qatar Satellite Company and AMSAT-DL. With the stationing of the Phase 4 satellite, amateur radio traffic from Asia via Europe to South America will result in previously unknown opportunities for new activities.

Al Attiyah, who continues to play a key role in the international energy dialogue as president of a foundation for energy and sustainable development, has accepted an invitation from DARC e. V. and pay a visit to the HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen. He will be there u.a. the amateur radio community are available for questions. The visit offers the opportunity to continue to promote the cooperation between the amateur radio associations of both countries and the concerns of international amateur radio. This is reported by Mustapha Landoulsi, DL1BDF, and Helmut van Edig, DL3KBQ.

Source: http://darc.de/
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Es’hail-2 is expected to be positioned at 25.5 degrees East, as yet no launch date has been announced. Amateur transponder frequencies https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geosynchronous/eshail-2/

On February 25, 2018 Es’hailSat @eshailsat tweeted that Es’hail-2 reached a major milestone in spacecraft and ground compatibility, with successful completion of TT&C RF and baseband compatibility tests https://twitter.com/eshailsat/status/967678982404689920

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