by Peter Goodhall | Mar 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is with great sadness that I must record the passing of Jules Thomson G8PJL who passed away at home on March 8, 2013, after a long battle against cancer. Jules was AMSAT-UK Honorary Treasurer since volunteering for the post in July 2008. He also served on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, March 23 at 1400 UT AMSAT-LU plan to launch a High Altitude Balloon (HAB) carrying a 435.950/145.950 MHz FM repeater, a SSTV transmitter on 145.850 MHz and an APRS transmitter on 144.930 MHz. The 145.850 MHz SSTV ROBOT-36 mode images will be transmitted...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
EXA Announcement: Guayaquil, March 13, 2013. – The Ecuadorian satellites NEE-01 PEGASUS and NEE-02 KRYSAOR passed all qualification tests for space flight and launch vehicle integration for the Chinese and Russian rockets and are now ready to take off the...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Swiss Space Systems – S3 a new Swiss aerospace company, was officially inaugurated in Payerne on Thursday, March 14, in the presence of representatives of the national authorities and of prestigious Swiss and international partners such as the ESA, Dassault...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
On September 17, 2012, 22 female astronauts, a number of them radio amateurs, along with Johnson Space Center’s first female director, Carolyn Huntoon, met to honor Sally Ride and her legacy. Sally Kristen Ride was one of 8,000 people to answer an advertisement...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
A video has been released of the International Space Station (ISS) school contact with participants at the Lycee Polyvalent Anatole France. The contact took place at 1142 UT on Saturday, March 9, 2013. ISS Commander Chris Hadfield VA3OOG, used the call sign OR4ISS,...
