{"id":10634,"date":"2024-08-28T19:36:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=10634"},"modified":"2024-08-28T19:37:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:07:02","slug":"happy-to-work-at2space-commemorating-indias-national-space-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/happy-to-work-at2space-commemorating-indias-national-space-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy to Work AT2SPACE Commemorating India&#8217;s National Space Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HSFqWuT0tIA?si=nRQbg3r_tCPd79Q0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe celebrated our maiden National Space Day on 23rd August 2024, on the first anniversary of Chandrayan 3 soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. I had watched the official ISRO program on YouTube Live and made several LEO Satellite contacts as my way of participating in the great national celebration. Today evening I was quite happy to work AT2SPACE, special event station celebrating India&#8217;s National Space Day on amateur radio. AT2SPACE special event callsign is active from 8th to 31st August 2024 and the operator is VU2UUU from Gurugram near New Delhi, in the National Capital Region. VU2ATN and VU3RHJ were also there on the frequency 14.200 MHz at 6.40 pm IST (UTC+5.30). Here is a short audio clip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated our maiden National Space Day on 23rd August 2024, on the first anniversary of Chandrayan 3 soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon. I had watched the official ISRO program on YouTube Live and made several LEO Satellite contacts as my way of participating in the great national celebration. 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