by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
Italian ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who holds the amateur radio callsign IZ0JPA, will be heading for space a third time, as part of Expeditions 52 and 53 to the International Space Station. He will be launched on a Soyuz vehicle in May 2017 on a five-month mission....
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 2, 2015 | Daily Updates
Jules G0NZO hopes to launch a 434 MHz balloon BONZO8 from the Flight Refuelling ARS Hamfest on Sunday, August 9 at Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, near Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3DA. The Hamfest lecture stream will start at 11am with a talk on Transverter...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
High-definition videos of presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015 are now available on YouTube. The colloquium took place July 25-26 in Guildford and attracted attendees from Europe, the USA, Middle East and Japan. Thanks to the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 29, 2015 | Daily Updates
As announced at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015, a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ and/or an amateur radio style ‘QSL’ card are now available online. Only those who have successfully received telemetry from FUNcube-1 and uploaded it to the Data Warehouse...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK was privileged to have a presentation about the UKube-1 spacecraft by Dr Helen Walker of RAL Space at the International Space Colloquium held in Guildford, July 24-26. Helen is an astronomer, working in the Satellite Operations Group at STFC Rutherford...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 27, 2015 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency has conducted a review to evaluate how its regulatory approach might be tailored for CubeSat systems, they require responses to the proposals by September 1. The UK’s Outer Space Act 1986 places a significant burden on small educational...
