by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
Politech.1 is a 3U CubeSat that has been built by students at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. It carries an Earth Observation payload with a Geodetic Camera to take pictures and a directive C-band communications antenna for downloading these images to the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT online amateur radio satellite pass prediction tool is once again available. You can use the predictor at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that we can now offer Electronic E-membership at a reduced rate. Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for Amateur Radio Satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
David Mercado KK4MND has produced a video showing how easy it is to receive the amateur radio satellite SO-50. This video demonstrates how to communicate via Amateur Ham Radio Satellite using an inexpensive £30 Baofeng UV5R Dual Band Radio and MFJ dual band antenna...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Fifty years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, a flight undertaken for the propaganda purpose of illustrating the equality of women in the USSR. Due to the political and social attitudes of the time, it would...
