by m0xtd | Dec 2, 2011 | Daily Updates
Radio Amateurs have received signals from the NASA Mars Science Laboratory using the AMSAT-DL amateur radio facility at Bochum in Germany. On November 26, 2011 at 15:02 UTC the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) successfully launched on an Atlas V 541 from the Cape...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
This weekends Plasma Thrust Space experiment using Amateur Radio has been postponed until after the delivery of a new rig due next April. On the AMSAT bulletin board Andy G0SFJ passes on the following information: It was earlier announced that the timetable of SpEx...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
Sebastián KE5FKV has announced that the AX.25 packet radio digipeater on the amateur radio satellite FASTRAC-1 (FO-69) will be available from 1600 UT on Friday Dec. 2 On the AMSAT bulletin board FASTRAC Student Program Manager Sebastián Muñoz Toro KE5FKV writes: The...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
The latest prediction from Jim N8OQ is that the amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1 will re-enter the Earths atmosphere in January. On the AMSAT bulletin board Jim says “Using solar data through 2011 Nov. 30 and updating the decay fit. I am getting a re-entry date...
by m0xtd | Nov 29, 2011 | Daily Updates
It is with a heavy heart I report that AO-51 has ceased transmission and is not responding to commands. The last telemetry data indicated that the third of six batteries was approaching failure to short, and observations indicate the voltage from three cells is...
