From December 31, 2024 to January 2, 2025, the small spacecraft (SSC) UMKA-1 (RS40S) and ARCTICSAT-1 (RS74S) will transmit New Year's cards in SSTV format.
The UMKA-1 (RS40S) small spacecraft was launched on June 27, 2023, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome as part of the Space-Pi program .
The ARCTICSAT-1 (RS74S) small spacecraft was launched on November 5, 2024, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome as part of the Space-Pi program .
SSTV program schedule:
Broadcasts start: December 31, 2024 at ~00:01 UTC.
End of transmissions: January 2, 2025 at ~ 06:00 UTC.
Format - SSTV Robot 36
Interval between transmissions 120 seconds (can be adjusted later).
Frequency of MKA “UMKA-1 (RS40S)”
437.625 MHz GMSK 2k4 USP FEC, GMSK 4k8 USP FEC, GMSK 9k6 USP FEC, SSTV
Frequency of SSC "ARCTICSAT-1 (RS74S)"|
435.890 MHz GMSK 2k4 USP FEC, GMSK 4k8 USP FEC, GMSK 9k6 USP FEC, SSTV
Attention! SSTV transmission can be interrupted if necessary! (increased temperature, discharged batteries, etc.)


