by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2016 | Daily Updates
James Coxon M6JCX reports he is hoping to launch a UKHASnet node from East Anglia this weekend. On the UKHAS Google Group he writes: I’ve put together a GPS enabled, temperature controlled node AJ2 which will be launched on a latex balloon (rather than pico)....
by Peter Goodhall | May 17, 2016 | Daily Updates
ÑUSAT-1, carrying an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 436 MHz telemetry beacon, was launched May 30, 2016 at 0317 UT on a CZ-4B rocket from Taiyuan into 500 km 97 degree inclination polar orbit. With ÑUSAT-1 on the launch was its sister satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | May 16, 2016 | Daily Updates
Monday, May 16, 2016 saw the deployment of five CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads. UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS deployed the first two satellites MinXSS-1 and CADRE from the Japanese ISS Kibo module at 1005 UT. The Slow Scan Television (SSTV) satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | May 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
The MinXSS and CADRE CubeSats, both carrying amateur radio payloads, are set to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 16, 2016 between 1000-1100 UT. MinXSS will be beaconing in the UHF at 437.345 MHz every 9 seconds and will initially be in an...
by Peter Goodhall | May 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
Ofcom is consulting on plans to put Wi-Fi across Amateur and Amateur Satellite spectrum in the 5 GHz band. The Ofcom consultation document implies that amateur satellites in 5 GHz only operate in very Low Earth Orbits – This is false. A5.28 Amateurs can access...
by Peter Goodhall | May 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
TV presenter Jason Bradbury 2E0JAB was among those present at a mass launch of 25 balloons transmitting in 434 MHz on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Balloons from 25 schools were launched in batches of five from RAF Cosford. Each balloon carried a payload...
