by Peter Goodhall | Mar 31, 2017 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Spring edition of OSCAR News here. This edition has the latest information on the new Nayif-1 EO-88 CubeSat which carries a 435/145 MHz amateur radio linear transponder. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 30, 2017 | Daily Updates
The web site of the Chertsey Radio Club now has beginners guides to operating the FM and SSB amateur radio satellites. Getting started with FM satellites http://chertseyradioclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/getting-started-with-fm-satellites.html Getting started with SSB...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2017 | Daily Updates
Atsushi Yasuda JI1OEH reports the ITF-2 (YUI-2) CubeSat entered normal operation phase on March 25 JST, it was deployed from the ISS on January 16, 2017. Update: ITF-2 was giving the OSCAR number Tsukuba-OSCAR 89 (TO-89). Telemetry information and messages will be...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 14, 2017 | Daily Updates
The ARISS team took a giant step closer to flying the new ARISS Interoperable Radio System to the International Space Station, having met a major milestone. Lou McFadin, W5DID, and Kerry Banke, N6IZW, travelled to the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 13, 2017 | Daily Updates
Nico PA0DLO reports the CAS-4A and CAS-4B amateur radio linear transponder payloads were carried on the Earth imaging microsatellites OVS 1A and OVS 1B which were launched at 0300 UT on Thursday, June 15, 2017. CAMSAT News Release CAS-4A and CAS-4B Satellites from...
