Between 23.34.35 and 23.38UTC commander Ken Cockrell communicated with TsUP-H via a Spanish tracking facility. These signals on 259.700 mc AM-W came in loud and clear. The same practice as during the MIR communications is also the simultaneous use of both frequencies, for instance one for voice and the other for Packet Radio or for voice by another crew member, for instance Shepherd in English. So for those who do not understand Russian a nice challenge. If you understand the Russian language you need all your concentration to understand what it is all about.
Problem is that they often use abbreviations.
In the future this will gradually shift to TsUP H, so Flight control in Houston and to the Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, where the Flight control for Experiments is located. When during this month the American laboratory module has been integrated in the ISS, the attitude control panel commands of the station will be transferred from the Russian module Zarya to Destiny. As always a difficult job. During voice communications I had the impression that I was in the MIR scene again. LIRA is the transceiver on board ISS for communications via the geostationary satellite.