by Peter Goodhall | Jun 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-Francophone report that the FM transponder on QB50p2 (EO-80) has been tested. A Google English translation of the post on their website reads: On June 19, 2014, two 2U CubeSats QB50p1 and QB50p2 were launched as part of the QB50 precursor program into a polar...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society Skills Nights, are hosted by the CARS Training Team and continue to be a popular and appealing event, especially for newcomers to the hobby. There was an excellent turnout on the evening of Monday, June 15 with 68 people signing...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held on July 24-26 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK. Among the speakers will be: • Peter Guelzow DB2OS with an update on AMSAT-DL projects, including the Phase 4 satellite • Chris Brunskill, formerly of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
The first Brazilian CubeSat, NanosatC-BR1, is experiencing battery issues for the last several months and it now seldom emits a beacon in CW on 145.865 MHz. For some time, Paulo PV8DX, was able to detect a beacon signal when the satellite was over the Caribbean sea...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF along with Anton Shkaplerov and Terry Virts landed safely on Thursday, June 11 in Kazakhstan after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station (ISS) at 1020 UT in a Soyuz TMA-15M...
