by Peter Goodhall | Mar 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
On March 25, using the Thornton Middle School Wireless Technology Club callsign KF5NZD, students from Thornton Middle School in Katy, Texas contacted the International Space Station (ISS). They used ham radio to speak to ISS Commander Chris Hadfield VA3OOG who was...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the PDF of the Spring edition of the OSCAR News magazine here (as well as the 2012 issues). The paper edition should be posted to members soon. In this issue • FUNcube Report • Jules Thomson G8PJL – SK • John Heath G7HIA...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Southern African Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SA AMSAT) report that after launch DynaCube, a one-unit CubeSat being constructed by Interns at the Denel Dynamics Engineering Academy, will be exploring the South Atlantic Anomaly during orbits over the area....
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
As we have done in the past, we are surveying the community for ground station capabilities. The goal is to estimate how much capacity the community has and our ability to support a variety of missions. The survey is located online at: ...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Mike Rupprecht DK3WN has released a new version of the STRaND-1 telemetry decoder that incorporates the recent telemetry changes from the STRaND team. Download Version 1.50 [27.03.2013] BETA from http://tinyurl.com/SatSoftwareDK3WN/ STRaND-1...
