New Delhi, June 30 -- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is part of a four-member crew of Axiom Space's Ax4 mission, will be interacting with the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Karnataka through a ham radio conversation from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 4.

In a post on X on Monday, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announced the upcoming contact with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, with the callsign VU2TNI, scheduled for Friday, July 4 at 10:17 UTC (3:47 PM IST), via the K6DUE telebridge.

"Contact upcoming with India! Axiom Space's Ax4 crew member Shubhanshu Shukla, VU2TNI, will talk to the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Karnataka via ham radio from the Space Station," the ARISS poste...