by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
ARISS UK have released an edited 73 minute video of the ARISS contact between Tim Peake GB1SS and the Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol GB1OAB which took place on February 19, 2016. The video starts with a summary produced by the students at the school of their...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
The UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS Srl are collaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite with an amateur radio payload into space. The Times...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 22, 2016 | Daily Updates
Tom Scott was given a tour of the Innovative Space Logistics clean room facility by Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG. He got to see the FUNcube-1 Engineering Model and the new Nayif-1 CubeSat which carries an amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder. Tom Scott writes: Welcome...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Friday, February 26, 2016, at approximately 14:40 UT, an ARISS contact is planned between UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS and the City of Norwich School GB2CNS. The International Space Station (ISS) signal will be audible over the British Isles and Europe on 145.800...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 19, 2016 | Daily Updates
BBC TV news has reported on the successful amateur radio contact between astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS on the ISS and students at the Oasis Academy Brightstowe GB1OAS. The contact took place on Friday, February 19, 2016 and the students were able to question Tim about...
