by m0xtd | Mar 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students at Morehead State University are building an amateur radio CubeSat with a propulsion system that will raise the apogee of its orbit from 500 km to 1200 km. RAMPART, which stands for RApidprototyped Mems Propulsion And Radiation Test CUBEflow SATellite, plans...
by m0xtd | Mar 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
If you have written or would like to write an article for AMSAT-UK’s OSCAR News, please email your articles including any photo and artwork to m0tfo@amsat.org A sample copy of OSCAR NEWS can be found here http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf We are...
by m0xtd | Mar 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK Net Recorded via 20 km WiFi Link Simon Brown HB9DRV in Switzerland has made available a recording of Sunday’s AMSAT-UK 80m net that he made using a remote receiver in Poole, Dorset. What is remarkable about this recording is that a 20 km long experimental 2.4...
by m0xtd | Mar 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Just a reminder of the launch Fund that has been created for the FUNcube-1 Cubesat Satellite, all donations are very much appreciated, and will help towards the cost of launching the FUNcube-1 satellite in 2012. AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 Launch...
by m0xtd | Mar 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
Mike Rupprecht DK3WN brings the sad news of the demise of the COMPASS-1 CubeSat that was launched April 28, 2008. COMPASS-1 was designed and built by students at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Dear supporters and friends of our COMPASS-1...
