by Peter Goodhall | Dec 16, 2022 | Daily Updates
CAMSAT’s transponder satellite CAS-5A (Fengtai OSCAR-118) launched on December 9, 2022, carrying three amateur radio transponders. The satellite user manual can be downloaded here: CAMSAT CAS-5A Amateur Radio Satellite User’s Manual V2.0 CAS-5A...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2022 | Daily Updates
Update Dec 9 : Contact POSTPONED An ARISS contact between students at Stella Maris College, Gzira, Malta, callsign 9H1MRL and the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for TBD. The ISS crew member will be astronaut Koichi Wakata KI5TMN who will be using the...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 22, 2022 | Daily Updates
Another year has passed and FUNcube 1 has continued to operate from its orbit around 600km above the earth. To start with some statistics. The spacecraft creates and downlinks data in frames that run for two minute periods. It has now transmitted more that 16 million...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 1, 2022 | Daily Updates
It is understandable that amateur radio operators in North America are disappointed that they cannot experience the fun of using QO100. However, although the footprint charts that have been published show that it is not possible, there have been good reports recently...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 27, 2022 | Daily Updates
Videos of the talks given at the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium are now available on YouTube. Playlist is at https://youtube.com/watch?v=svaElf4UUkc&list=PLTDI7lbh1cWo-8sCd4AptcdzumTRtsstF
