by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Interoperable Radio System (IORS), ARISS’ next generation radio system successfully completed a battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space Station. During the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 26, 2019 | Daily Updates
ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station. Below is the scheduled for the planned activation of SSTV from the ISS. The first session is the routine MAI-75 activity that is only...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Radio Club de Chile has announced the reactivation of the AMSAT-CE Foundation. The Government of Chile has announced a plan to renew the Chilean Air Force Fasat Charlie satellite, along with promoting the construction of several micro and nano satellites. This...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 21, 2019 | Daily Updates
High school students in Brazil are building a ground station for the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 geostationary satellite as part of a STEM education project. A group of eight students, from Colégio Embraer Casimiro Montenegro Filho in Botucatu state of São...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Board of Directors of Iceland’s nation amateur radio society, the IRA, has authorized the purchase of equipment to operate via the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 (Es’hail 2) geostationary satellite. A translation of the IRA post reads: The...
