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ISS Russian Segment Downlink of Text Messages and Earth Pictures (Starmail)
03.22.12

Overview | Description | Applications | Operations | Results | Publications | Images

Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator

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Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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Payload Developer Information Pending

Sponsoring Space Agency

Roscosmos

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

April 2003 - October 2003



Expeditions Assigned

7

Previous ISS Missions

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

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Description

Downlink over the available communication links of the digital data recorded on CD disk by IHI Aerospace (Japan) containing the message from private clients with the wishes, congratulations on the holidays, historic dates, as well as ground photographs taken by means of the onboard available flight photographic and videorecording equipment.

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

Camera Nikon D1; Videocamera Sony DSR-PD150P; Laptop

Operational Protocols

Photography of specific areas of the ground with subsequent processing of digital images. ISS RS downlink transmission of the Customer-provided text messages of the Earth pictures.

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Results/More Information

Positive emotions of the clients who receive from the ISS the electronic messages with the congratulations, wishes, the pictures of some Earth areas coming as a pleasant surprise.

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Related Web Sites
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    imageStarmail stowage with CD disks.


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    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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