by Peter Goodhall | Dec 20, 2018 | Daily Updates
Last week our Team returned from the Vostochny Launch Site (Russia) where we performed the last check out tests of UWE-4 before launch on December 27, 2018. The satellite will be launched through the German integrator ECM Space on a Soyuz-2 mission using a Fregat...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 17, 2018 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Winter 2018 edition of OSCAR News here. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • New Editor’s Welcome • 2018 Meetings & Events calendar • AMSAT-UK...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 15, 2018 | Daily Updates
This is the high definition video feed from the live contact between the Kenilworth School and Sixth Form GB4KSN and astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor KG5TMT onboard the International Space Station NA1SS on Friday, December 14, 2018. The event starts with a brief...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 14, 2018 | Daily Updates
A new report has found more than 2 million young people in the UK engaged with education and outreach programmes linked to Tim Peake’s Principia Mission to space. The report highlights the role of ARISS and amateur radio during the mission. The UK Space Agency ran a...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 14, 2018 | Daily Updates
JY1SAT (JO-97) carrying the FUNcube-6 amateur radio transponder and ESEO with the FUNcube-4 transponder were launched on December 3, 2018. JY1SAT – Although not finally confirmed, good tracking results are being obtained using the TLEs for object 2018-99AX / 43803,...
