AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2012 First Call for Speakers

The AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held on September 15-16, 2012 in Guildford. The Colloquium attracts an international audience from across Europe as well as North America and the Middle East. Attendees range from the builders of the CubeSats and...

VO-52 Transponder Activation Postponed

It had been hoped that the amateur radio SSB/CW satellite HAMSAT (VO-52) would be reactivated on Thursday, March 8 but this has now been postponed. More time is needed to carry out observations on the state of the satellite, which fell silent Feb. 28, so the...

New Cuban Amateur Radio Satellite Group formed

Hector CO6CBF brings news of the formation of Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS). He writes: We are pleased to inform that: The Cuban Amateur Radio Federation (FRC) has created its first officially Satellite Group in the history. Raydel...

Amateur Radio Spacecraft LightSail-1

The amateur radio spacecraft LightSail-1 is a 32 square metre solar sail demonstrator. The first full scale deployment of  the solar sail was conducted on March 4, 2011 at Stellar Exploration in San Luis Obispo, California. Read more After launch LightSail-1 will...

UK Space Agency boost for tomorrow’s tiny space tech.

Sixteen UK space labs and companies are set to benefit from the latest round of the UK Space Agency’s National Space Technology Programme (NSTP) which will spur innovation in the fast-moving area of space technology known as ‘cubesats’. Artist’s impression of a...

DQ0STRATEX VHF & UHF Balloon Mission March 10

DL, GERMANY DQ0STRATEX is a special event call on the occasion of the stratospheric balloon project (StratexB) planned for March 2012 by the local DARC clubs Duelmen (N28) and Luedinghausen (N29). They plan to send an amateur radio load, consisting of an APRS and a...