by Peter Goodhall | Oct 2, 2015 | Daily Updates
Wednesday, October 7 should see the launch of LQSat which was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an amateur radio payload. The launch should take place sometime between 0405 and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 1, 2015 | Daily Updates
Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 1405 UT. Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015, the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5 and GomX-3, were deployed from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 28, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Indonesian amateur radio society ORARI report that on Monday, September 28, 2015 04:30 hours UT, the LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite was launched from the Sriharikota Range (SHAR) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. Deployment took place 23 minutes later....
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 27, 2015 | Daily Updates
Ofcom had said NO to Special Event Station (GB) callsigns being used in the bands above 440 MHz for Amateur Satellite or Terrestrial operation. The RSGB intervened and Ofcom have now issued revised clarification – Operation above 440 MHz with SES (GB) calls is...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 26, 2015 | Daily Updates
On September 25, 2015 at 01:41 UT Beijing launched three satellites with amateur radio payloads from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in the Gobi desert, Inner Mongolia. They were carried on a new launcher, Beijing’s first solid-fuel rocket Chang Zheng 11...
