Astronauts & Amateur Radio
	Serge Stroobandt, ON4BAA

What is hanging out there, right now?

Click here to track space shuttles, the space station, hubble and many more satellites in real-time! Excellent site!

The Experiment

The Space Amateur Radio Experiment, , is a long-running program to use amateur radio equipment on board NASA's Space Shuttle, the Russian MIR space station, and the International Space Station to involve students in exchanging questions and answers with astronauts on orbit. More than 200 schools have participated to date. It is also used to conduct communications experiments with amateur radio operators on the ground. Click here for more information.

The Crew

Names

Their Mission

Flight: 46 Mission: STS-45
Shuttle: Atlantis
Mar 24 - Apr 2, 1992
Duration: 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes 28 seconds
Altitude: 160 nautical miles
Inclination: 57.0 degrees
Orbits: 143
Distance: 3,238,177 miles
Primary Mission: ATLAS-1 spacelab mission - "On a mission to planet Earth"

STS-45 Space Shuttle Mission Chronology
NASA Space Link Flight 046 STS-45 Information
STS-45 (46) Shuttle Mission Archive
See more pictures of mission STS-45 from JSC Imagery Services

The Amateur Radio Station on Board of the Space-Shuttle

My Station

The Astronaut I talked to: David Leestma

The QSL Card

Dirk Frimout: The First Belgian Astronaut

ARTlantis

Voices in chronological order:

• ON1ASP (Serge Stroobandt)
• N5WQC (David Leestma)
• N5WQC (Kathryn Sullivan)
• N5WQC (Dirk Frimout)
• ON7TH (Clubstation Torhout)