AMSAT-UK - Radio Amateur Satellites

ISS SSTV 145.800 MHz FM June 21-26

by | Jun 14, 2021 | Daily Updates

ARISS report there will be an “Amateur Radio on Shuttle, Mir and ISS” Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event from June 21-26. Transmissions from the International Space Station will be on 145.800 MHz FM using PD120. The ARISS team will be transmitting SSTV images...

MIR-SAT1 to deploy from ISS

by | Jun 13, 2021 | Daily Updates

The Mauritius Amateur Radio Society (MARS), is offering an Award to commemorate the deployment of the MIR-SAT1 CubeSat from the ISS, planned for June 22 at 10:55 GMT. The award is open to all participating Radio Amateurs/SWLs worldwide and will be issued to those...

IARU in the CEPT Working Groups

by | Jun 11, 2021 | Daily Updates

IARU volunteers have been participating in the CEPT FM and SE Working Groups looking after the amateur and amateur satellite service interests. CEPT WG-SE #88 took place during April and WG-FM #99 took place at the end of May. The report from the IARU Region 1 site...

CHESS will not have an amateur payload

by | Jun 10, 2021 | Daily Updates

Two CHESS CubeSats had been planned to carry amateur radio linear transponders, however, it was announced on June 10, 2021, there will not be any amateur payload on the satellites. A translation of the press release reads: The CHESS project management, due to funding...

ISS SSTV 145.800 FM June 9-10  

by | Jun 4, 2021 | Daily Updates

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120. The transmissions are part of the Moscow Aviation Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will be made from the...

EASAT-2 and Hades launch delayed again

by | May 30, 2021 | Daily Updates

Spain’s URE reports the launch of EASAT-2 and Hades satellites have suffered another delay. A translation of the URE post reads: EASAT-2 and Hades, the communications satellites for radio amateurs built by AMSAT-EA, will not be able to be launched in June with...

URE satellite telecommand station automated

by | May 8, 2021 | Daily Updates

Spain’s national amateur radio society URE has announced their satellite ground station has been automated and is ready for the launch of GENESIS, EASAT-2 and Hades satellites. A translation of the URE post reads: The URE satellite monitoring and telecommand...