by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
ARRL reports the FCC has rejected a Petition for Reconsideration that AMSAT filed 14 years ago, seeking to exempt Amateur Radio satellites from the FCC’s satellite orbital debris mitigation requirements. The ARRL story says: The Commission took the opportunity in a...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 21, 2018 | Daily Updates
Five years ago, on November 21, 2013, FUNcube-1 launched into space. Soon, we hope to welcome ESEO (FUNcube-4) and JY1SAT (FUNcube-6) into space. A remarkable achievement by the radio amateur volunteers of AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL. Happy Birthday FUNcube-1. In 2010, we...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 21, 2018 | Daily Updates
The launch of the ESEO spacecraft on board the SSO-A flight from Vandenberg is scheduled for 18:31:47 GMT on Monday, December 3. The ESEO microsatellite includes a FUNcube payload which will provide similar telemetry to its predecessors but will have a more powerful...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2018 | Daily Updates
ESA have released a video of the European Student Earth Orbiter ESEO satellite which carries an amateur radio payload. ESEO is expected to launch as part of Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express mission, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, currently...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2018 | Daily Updates
Following the successful launch on November 15 of Es’hail-2 on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, Mitsubishi (MELCO) and Es’hailSat will begin the In Orbit Testing (IOT) program once the satellite has been positioned in a test orbital slot – the...
