MIR +10

Slow Scan TV from Space Station Mir, 10 years later. On December 12, 1998 the crew members of the Russian Space station Mir activated the Marex SSTV system. Over the next two years the system broadcasted over 20,000 SSTV images back to earth via Amateur Radio. For the 10 year anniversary of the successful imaging project, the Marex team is planning on upgrading their web page system to accommodate the many images that were transmitted during the project’s 2 year run. In 1998 we just did not have the resources in place to handle the hundreds of images coming in every day. As a result only a small select on of the images were ever posted for public enjoyment.

73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
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