The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed their Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) on January 19, 2024. Just before touchdown, SLIM released two small lunar surface probes, LEV-1 and LEV-2.
LEV-2 collects data while moving on the lunar surface, and LEV-1 receives the data.
The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI, secured amateur radio license JS1YMG for LEV-1, which…
Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-first-amateur-radio-station-on-the-moon-js1ymg-is-now-transmitting
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