by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2018 | Daily Updates
In Episode 22 of the popular amateur radio show TX Factor, AMSAT-UK’s Graham Shirville G3VZV explains what to expect when the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 is in full operation. This episode features two new exciting radios. There’s a sneak preview of the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2018 | Daily Updates
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC has provided some information on the upcoming launch from New Zealand of 10 CubeSats on the Rocket Labs Electron ELaNa-19 mission, a number of the satellites carry amateur radio payloads. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Terry writes: From Rocket Lab’s...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 5, 2018 | Daily Updates
On December 3rd, 2018, Fox-1Cliff was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Part of Spaceflight’s SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, Fox-1Cliff was named after long time AMSAT supporter Cliff Buttschardt, K7RR (SK). In the 48 hours...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2018 | Daily Updates
Sunday, December 2, 2018 should see two more satellites carrying FUNcube payloads launched into orbit. With that launch, JY1Sat and ESEO will join FUNcube-1 (AO-73) and Nayif-1 (EO-88). The FUNcube team have been busy, not only designing and implementing the payloads,...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 28, 2018 | Daily Updates
Es’hail-2 is still in a temporary GEO slot, according to the Keps at ~24°E. This is not the final location which planned to be at 26°E The satellite Es’hail-2, carrying amateur radio transponders, launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 2046 GMT on Thursday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 27, 2018 | Daily Updates
Satellites with Amateur Radio payloads launched from India on the ISRO PSLV-C43 mission at 0427 GMT on Thursday, November 29, 2018. Among the satellites is the Reaktor Hello World CubeSat, callsign OH2RHW, carrying a Packet Radio Digipeater. The 437.775 MHz beacon...
