3 satellite QSOs via the International Space Station

Satellite hunting on Regent's Canal, with a nice coffee while reading my book. Another successful day hunting satellites today. This time I managed 3 QSOs via the International Space Station, ISS. Thanks to MM9SQL (Peter, the developer of Cloudlog), G0BIH, and PD1B. Thanks all, 73s.

https://www.runningwithbulls.com/2026/04/3-satellite-qsos-via-the-international-space-station/

As part of my project, I challenged myself to spot natural areas beyond the mainland United States, and even beyond Hawai'i and focused on various overseas territories of the country. One of those I spotted were the Northern Mariana Islands, and spotted the Northern and Southern Pagan Volcanoes.
These are two stratovolcanoes connected by a narrow isthmus. Both volcanoes are exposed calderas due to previous eruptions, which are caused by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Mariana and Philippine plates.

Much like Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, this would-be national park would protect active lava flows (evident by North Pagan's basalt fields) and various endemic life like the Mariana fruit bat, the Myzomela rubratra ssp. asuncionis, and so on. Further, today, the island is semi-inhabited by a non-permanent population of Carolinian and Chamorro people.

One of the main environmental issues facing this remote area include invasive species such as cattle, Sambar deer, goats, pigs, Antigonon leptopus (love vines), Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip trees), and plans by the United States Navy to transform the island into a Range and Testing area under the belief it's permanently uninhabited.

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Godspeed, Artemis II! https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/her1pqpbeaazfzl/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ArtemisII #NASA #SpaceExploration #Astronaut #InternationalSpaceStation

Check Out These Cool Photos From NASA’s Latest Spacewalk https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/check-out-these-cool-photos-from-nasas-latest-spacewalk/ #internationalspacestation #astronauts #spacewalk #Space #NASA #iss

Hackaday Links: March 29, 2026

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Hackaday Links: March 29, 2026 https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/hackaday-links-march-29-2026/
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NASA Astronaut Reveals Terrifying Medical Incident That Caused Evacuation from Space Station

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/space/astronaut-mike-fincke-medical-evacuation-details

Europe plans EPIC SpaceX mission to send 4 astronauts to the ISS before its retirement

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/europe-plans-epic-spacex-mission-to-send-4-astronauts-to-the-iss-before-its-retirement

Strange ‘alien-like’ purple growth sprouts from a potato grown on the ISS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/25/strange-alien-like-purple-growth-sprouts-a-potato-grown-iss-27663124/