by Peter Goodhall | Jun 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
A space.com article reports a spaceport in the United Kingdom may be possible by 2018. Pending a regulatory report to be published this July and a technical feasibility study that is underway with the country’s National Space Technology Programme (NSTP), it is...
by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
The LituanicaSAT-1 team have announced the FM transponder should be active until June 4, 2014. Dear radio amateurs, Due to favorable orbit conditions LituanicaSAT-1 is now operating under 100% sunlight until about 4th of June. Thus we have decided to turn the...
by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
Howard Long, G6LVB and member of the FUNcube Satellite Team, describes the launch and use of the FUNcube-1 satellite, and timeframes for the next three FUNcube sats. Watch FUNcube Satellite Update by Howard G6LVB, 2014 Dayton Hamvention [youtube...
by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
In this brief presentation from the AMSAT Forum at the 2014 Dayton Hamvention, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA and AMSAT VP Operations, summarizes six operational amateur satellites and another dozen satellites that will become available or will launch soon. NOTE:...
by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format have been successfully received from the amateur radio satellite SPROUT on 437.600 MHz FM (+/- 9 kHz Doppler shift). The Digitalker has also been active. SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass...
