by m0xtd | Mar 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur and ISS astronaut Don Pettit KD5MDT describes how he succeeded in receiving signals on a frequency of 650 THz. Flashing the International Space Station with beams of light as it passes overhead had never been successfully done—until now. It sounds...
by m0xtd | Mar 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held on September 15-16, 2012 in Guildford. The Colloquium attracts an international audience from across Europe as well as North America and the Middle East. Attendees range from the builders of the CubeSats and...
by m0xtd | Mar 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
It had been hoped that the amateur radio SSB/CW satellite HAMSAT (VO-52) would be reactivated on Thursday, March 8 but this has now been postponed. More time is needed to carry out observations on the state of the satellite, which fell silent Feb. 28, so the...
by m0xtd | Mar 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
Hector CO6CBF brings news of the formation of Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS). He writes: We are pleased to inform that: The Cuban Amateur Radio Federation (FRC) has created its first officially Satellite Group in the history. Raydel...
by m0xtd | Mar 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio spacecraft LightSail-1 is a 32 square metre solar sail demonstrator. The first full scale deployment of the solar sail was conducted on March 4, 2011 at Stellar Exploration in San Luis Obispo, California. Read more After launch LightSail-1 will...
