More history made at second amateur radio call

The second live amateur radio call to a British school with Tim Peake GB1SS took place Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Royal Masonic School (RMS) for Girls GB1RMS in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Contact was made with the International Space Station (ISS) at around...

ISS HamTV used for school contact

In a Tweet sent February 11 the UK Space Agency noted that the HamTV Digital Amateur Television (DATV) transmission by Tim Peake GB1SS from the ISS was a “World First”. On Thursday, February 11, 2016, at approximately 18:09 UT, an ARISS contact took place...

Japanese Ham Radio Satellite Launch

After an initial postponement ChubuSat-2, ChubuSat-3 and Horyu-4 were launched into a 575 km, 31 degree inclination orbit at 08:45 UT on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Yasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA provides the following information on ChubuSat-2/3: Nagoya University(NU)...