STUDENT QSO WITH ANTARCTICA PART OF FAMILY SPACE DAY

All eyes will be on the project known as futureGEO to be presented at Bochum Observatory’s Bochum Space Day to be hosted by AMSAT-DL. The programme is taking place on 28th March in conjunction with Germany's Space Day and Day of Astronomy. Much anticipation surrounds the proposed geostationary amateur radio payload, which is to succeed the QO-100 satellite, providing access for Europe and parts of North America.

All ears, however, will be on the scheduled contact to be made between students and the Neumayer-III research station, DPØGVN, in Antarctica. The observatory's director, Thilo Elsner, DJ5YM, will lead that activity.

Youngsters and their families are also being invited to participate in a full day of activities organised by the European Space Education Resource Office of the European Space Agency. ESERO Germany was established at Bochum in 2018.