by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
LilacSat-2 (CAS-3H) was launched along with eight other XW-2/CAS-3 amateur radio satellites on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 23:01:14 UT on Beijing’s new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, built by students at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
On September 17, 2015 the Brazilian SERPENS CubeSat carrying an amateur radio payload, call sign PY0ESA, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). SERPENS is a 3U CubeSat which was developed by students at the University of Brasilia and focuses on...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
UPDATE: Launch was postponed by one day due to technical reasons now Saturday, September 19 at 2300 UT. Alan Kung BA1DU has posted this launch information for the XW-2 (CAS-3) satellites: Launch time: 23:00:00 UT on 2015-09-19 The satellites should separate from...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports that he and his15 year old daughter, Sakshi Vagadia VU3EXP, have each received ISS Apollo-Soyuz SSTV Awards for their reception of Slow Scan Television images transmitted using amateur radio from the International Space Station (ISS)....
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
Issue 211 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on September 15, 2015. E-members can download it here. The paper edition is usually posted 2-3 weeks after publication of the electronic issue. In this issue: • Metallurgy for the...
