- Roll Call — Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO
January meeting minutes motion to accept by Roslie White after name correction and seconded by Darin Cowen.
- Welcome and New Year greeting— Frank Bauer
- Very busy with all aspects of the organization. Looking forward to future operation on other space stations and lunar. This will be a major topic at the face to face.
- Thanks for your continued work and support.
- Face to face 2026 status — Oliver Amend
- Face-2-Face 2026 meeting is now set for first week in June. Arrival & Setup on Monday, meetings Tuesday through Thursday with Friday as a reserve day (June 2-4 2026).
- Expecting 19 attendees based on email responses plus local guests from AMSAT UK and RSGB
- Evening dinner on Thursday with about 23 attendees + guests expected.
- Ciaran – location preliminarily reserved :-
- - British Interplanetary Society (BIS) in central London / Vauxhall.
- BIS will give access to most of the facility and kitchen for use. No food & drinks are currently included in the planning.
- Proposal to RSGB in works to assist with charges.
- Inquiry to team about local availability and hotel accommodation needs for first week in June to be sent to the ARISS-I team. Contact to Travelodge https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/576/London-Vauxhall-hotel but no group discount online, but do have a block booking option that can be booked in advance. Email with specifics to be sent.
- Contacted Libby Jackson who was at ESA and ex UK Space Agency but now the head of space at the science museum. Possible tour on Wednesday afternoon for free. Other private options at science museum are of a significant additional cost.
- Heathrow is better airport for travel to London and the hotel area in Vauxhall.
- ETA and VISA requirements for various countries will need to be verified. https://www.gov.uk/eta . ETA should be 16 pounds fee. Caution, as some other non-governmental sites charge more! ETA validity is for 2 years upon release, ETA processing within few days – don’t wait for last moment.
- Progress report and discussion telecons :
March 31[Education] topics to Tanya and Micol
May 5 [Operations] topics to Frank and Ryan
These will be performed in advance of the F2F 2026 meeting. Same time period that we normally hold the ARISS-I meeting and lasting no more than 1.5 hours.
- Crew 11/ Crew 12 impacts —Ana Guzman
- Crew 11 returned to earth on 14 January, crew 12 launch was 13 February 2026 and crew is now on ISS and getting settled in.
- Ana – Jack Hathaway and Sofie Adenot getting ham radio handover training this week.
- Artemis II doppler expriment —Daryl Young
- Five stations participating. Located in Europe and USA.
- Antennas are considered small due to being under 9 meters.
- Astro PI integration with IORS —Chris Thompson
- Initial Astro Pi launched as part of the Tim Peake mission. Mark II version launched in 2024.
- Currently configured for mode changes performed by on-board crew. SSTV only available from Russian segment.
- Automation of the COL radio would eliminate the crew need to configure radio and add SSTV capability from COL as well.
- Units are already certified and on ISS. Could send simplified sensor data and automation of mode changes to free up crew.
- Test scenarios include HDMI output to Ham TV, SSTV, Student telemetry, IORS control. IORS control via ground station command.
- Up mass would only be a few cables (~300 grams).
- AOB (Any Other Business)
- Canada – NTR (Nothing to Report)
- Europe – NTR (Nothing to Report)
- Japan – NTR (Nothing to Report)
- Russia – Status of D710GA testing next week to see if they can get the SSTV to work. Hoping for session in April if successful,
- USA – Submitted Proposal to VAST (commercial space station) for Haven 1. Basically V/U system with option for L/S capability. VAST will fly crew to ISS for training in mid-2027. Axiom 5 to launch crew in early 2027, sent radio size, weight and power information to Axiom, per their request.
- Next meeting March 17, 2026 at 1100 UTC
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