Current Status of ISS Stations

as of 09/17/2020

​Columbus Module radios:
  • IORS - Cross band repeater activate. System supporting USOS school events.
  • Ericsson VHF-  Stowed. To be scheduled for component return and/or disposal.
  • Ericsson UHF- Stowed. To be scheduled for component return and/or disposal.
  • MarconISSta - Stowed.
Service Module radios:
  • Kenwood D700, station #1 (delivered in 2003) - Stowed.
  • Kenwood D700, station #2 (delivered in 2008) -Stowed.
  • Kenwood D710E (delivered in 2014 for MAI-SSTV) – Supporting Russian scheduled voice contacts. MAI- SSTV targeting Sept 30 and Oct 1 (limited hours TBD)



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For up-to-the-minute reports of station status as reported by active hams around the world refer to the ISS Fan Club website.
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 5 Flight Engineer, holds one of the Amateur Radio antennas prior to installation on the ISS. The antenna is one of a series of four which were clamped on handrails around the Russian Service Module (Svesda). This was done during two different EVA's conducted by Russian cosmonauts in January and in August 2002.