by Peter Goodhall | Feb 17, 2022 | Daily Updates
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning for a special SSTV experiment. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 16, 2022 | Daily Updates
Nayif-1 (EO-88) was launched at 03:58 UTC on February 15, 2017, on a PSLV launcher from India. It was part of a world record launch as the C37 flight carried 104 spacecraft into orbit. The transmitter was autonomously activated around 04:47 UTC and the first signals...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 4, 2022 | Daily Updates
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images on 145.800 MHz FM probably using the SSTV mode PD-120. The transmissions are part of the Moscow Aviation Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will be made...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 18, 2022 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-EA Mission Manager Felix EA4GQS provides an update on the status of the EASAT-2 and HADES satellites launched on January 13. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes: We confirm the reception of both EASAT-2 and HADES, as well as the decoding of telemetry and the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 17, 2022 | Daily Updates
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the work being done in defending the interests of the Amateur Services in the 1240-1300 MHz band. On the IARU Region 1 site he writes: As we head into 2022 the ITU‑R and CEPT work considering...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2022 | Daily Updates
The Tevel mission consisting of 8 satellites developed by the Herzliya Science Center in Israel, each carrying an FM transponder, is expected to launch on January 13 at 15:25 GMT on the SpaceX Falcon-9 Transporter-3 mission. This mission also carries AMSAT-EA’s...
