by Peter Goodhall | May 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT’s Fox-1 amateur radio spacecraft has been assigned for launch in November 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is 470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has a lifetime of about 11 years. AMSAT Vice...
by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2013 UK Space Conference, which takes place July 16-17 in Glasgow, will focus on realising the UK’s ambitions in space – including making a global impact with science and research, contributing to the UK’s economic growth by developing new...
by Peter Goodhall | May 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
An ARRL article describes the Mars Lander Amateur Radio Robotics Exploration Activity. NASA has been doing some exciting explorations of Mars with robots, currently Opportunity and Curiosity, which are maneuvered on the Martian surface by remote control. These...
by Peter Goodhall | May 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
NASA announced Monday that AMSAT’s Fox-1 FM transponder spacecraft has been assigned a launch in 2014. For details on the launch vehicle, targeted launch date, orbit specifics, and more, please attend the AMSAT Forum and visit the AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamvention...
by Peter Goodhall | May 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Frequencies have been announced for the new Ham Radio Digital TV transmitter that will send video from the ISS in the amateur radio 2400 MHz band. The main mission of HamTV is to perform school contacts between the astronauts onboard ISS and the scholarship, not only...
by Peter Goodhall | May 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will start late afternoon on Friday, July 19 and will run through until the afternoon on Sunday, July 21 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK. It will be preceded by an exciting “Hands-on” CubeSat Workshop which...
