by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2016 | Daily Updates
The ESA Education Office Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme is designed to train the next generation of aerospace professionals. Three chosen student teams have each developed 1U CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads which are expected to launch at 2102 UT on...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 3, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Bury Times reports The Derby High School GB1DHS will be one of only two schools in the North West to hold an amateur radio contact with UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS. The contact is scheduled for Monday, April 25 at 12:02 GMT (1:02 pm BST). The newspaper says: The...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 26, 2016 | Daily Updates
Issue 213 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on March 12, 2016. E-members can download it here. The paper edition is usually posted 2-3 weeks after publication of the electronic issue. In this issue: • The Tim Peake QSOs •...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 25, 2016 | Daily Updates
On March 25, 2016, the EO-79 SSB/CW transponder was activated and will be available during Easter. The FUNcube transponder subsystem on QB50p1 (EO-79) had been provided by AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL and is a similar subsystem as on FUNcube-1, but without the telemetry...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Monday, March 21, 2016 the UBSEDS14 balloon, launched by University of Bristol students, completed its circumnavigation of the Northern Hemisphere. The University of Bristol Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UBSEDS) launched their balloon on...
