by Peter Goodhall | Jan 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the PDF of the Winter edition of the OSCAR News magazine here (as well as previous 2013 and 2012 issues). The paper edition should be posted to members soon. In this issue • FUNcube-1 Operations Report • FunCube Dongle Pro+ V2.0...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
Yahoo News have published an interview with entrepreneur Tom Walkinshaw, 24, who is opening a ‘DIY space kit shop’. He hopes it will start a new, “DIY space race” with satellites available for as little as £12,000 ($18,000) which rises to £20,000 ($30,000)...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video Travis Goodspeed KK4VCZ describes his Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tracking system to the 30th Chaos Computer Congress which took place December 27-30, 2013 at the Congress Center Hamburg in Germany. The YouTube description reads: Satellites in Low...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
To celebrate the upcoming launch of LituanicaSAT-1 the special event station LY2013SAT operated by Vilmantas Morkunas LY3BY has been on the air. Andy Thomas G0SFJ was one of the those who worked it and he was rewarded with a QSL card showing LituanicaSAT-1 in space....
