by Peter Goodhall | Jul 11, 2016 | Daily Updates
On July 10, 2016 the amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder on the student built satellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested. LilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015. The 40 kHz wide...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 3, 2016 | Daily Updates
As part of the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium there will be tours of the satellite facilities at the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) Kepler building on Friday, July 29. Update July 28 – The tours are now full to capacity. SSTL can only accept...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 30, 2016 | Daily Updates
The 2016 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium is taking place at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, over the weekend of July 29-31. The event is open to all. The presentations will be streamed at https://beta.batc.tv/live/amsatuk A full programme of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
The United Arab Emirates newspaper The National reports on the Nayif-1 spacecraft developed by Emirati students from the American University of Sharjah in partnership with The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Nayif-1 carries a 435/145 MHz transponder (FUNcube-5) for...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Appledore Amateur Radio Club helped students at Caen School in Braunton, Devon with their balloon, callsign CAEN_CP1, which transmitted pictures using Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) on 434.250 MHz. The balloon was launched on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at the school...
