by Peter Goodhall | Nov 9, 2015 | Daily Updates
Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG has provided this update on the status and plans for QB50p1 – EO-79. Earlier testing campaigns indicate that the AMSAT-UK/AMSAT-NL transponder on board of this spacecraft is in good health. We have activated the transponder on various...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2015 | Daily Updates
The QB50 constellation of fifty CubeSats should be shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2016 for subsequent deployment. The CubeSats are planned to be deployed from the ISS using the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and the Nanoracks CubeSat...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2015 | Daily Updates
A video from the Palomar Amateur Radio Club presents a panel discussion on the AMSAT Phase IV geosynchronous project. 00:00 Introductions 03:00 What is AMSAT Phase IV?? — Overview by Michelle Thompson, W5NYV Michelle is leading the Phase IV Ground Team Open...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 4, 2015 | Daily Updates
With the help of amateur radio operators, Aalborg University engineering students have established two-way communication with their home-built, ESA-sponsored satellite AAUSAT5. The European Space Agency (ESA) report: AAUSAT5 was launched from the International Space...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) is taking place in Geneva from November 2-27. On Tuesday, November 3 at 1241 UT there was an amateur radio link-up between WRC-15 and two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The contact took...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 31, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, November 4 pupils at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Camden, London should have the opportunity to speak to an astronaut in space thanks to an Amateur Radio Telebridge link via Australia. The audio will be streamed via the web and Echolink. An...
