by Peter Goodhall | Dec 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO issued this announcement on December 12: “Since DESPATCH appears to have met all of the requirements for an OSCAR number, including IARU coordination, I hereby with the authority vested in me be by the AMSAT-NA...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
On November 19 Oleg Nizhnik gave a presentation on CubeSat amateur laser communication with Earth to Moon orbit data link capability. In his paper Oleg says the available bands at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz for amateur satellite communication are increasingly crowded. Higher...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
On December 2, 2014 the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors approved Technology Development Seed Funding. As a part of AMSAT’s “Design The Next AMSAT Satellite” challenge, the Board of Directors approved $5000, within the 2015 engineering budget, to be used...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
UWE-3 was launched with FUNcube-1 on November 21, 2013, the team say they will now be temporarily ending operations. Today, more than one year after launch, there will be a temporary end of operations caused by the end of funding. However, UWE-3 is in a very good...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
Leading UK space organisations have joined forces with UK Astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI and Raspberry Pi to offer students a chance to devise and code their own apps or experiment to run in space. Two Raspberry Pi computers are planned to be flown to the International...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has now published a statement on the revised Amateur Radio Licence and has also advised that there will be ‘Guidance’ to accompany the licence. The RSGB has now opened a forum to provide the opportunity to discuss what information would be helpful in...
