by Peter Goodhall | Apr 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the PDF of the Spring edition of the OSCAR News magazine here (as well as previous issues). The paper edition should be posted to members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue • FUNcube-1 Status • Other FUNcubes • Academy’s radio club...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
The MO-76 $50sat amateur radio satellite team is pleased to announce that the PICAXE based $50sat was chosen as Project of the Month by Bath based Revolution Education who supply PICAXE microcontroller development systems. $50SAT is one of the smallest amateur radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
The OSCAR number CO-77 was issued to the ARTSAT1:INVADER CubeSat (call sign JQ1ZKK, NORAD ID 39577U) on April 2, 2014. The ARTSAT Project Leader Akihiro Kubota said “We would like to express best thanks to AMSAT-NA and all of you”. INVADER is an amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
A very good set of co-incident passes of both the AO-7 and FUNcube-1 AO-73 amateur radio satellites occurred over the UK on the morning of Thursday, April 3. The two satellites were launched 39 years apart, AO-7 on November 15, 1974 and FUNcube-1 AO-73 on November 21,...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), provides an update on the Romit-1 CubeSat which has ion motor propulsion. Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE contest to be the first privately funded team to...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
This weekend the FUNcube team are planning to command FUNcube-1 into full time transponder mode. It will be commanded into transponder mode on a suitable pass over the UK on the evening of Friday, April 4 (likely 21:30 UT). If all goes well, it will be left in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
UKube-1 carries a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards providing a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and educational telemetry beacon. Clyde Space have announced that the launch is now confirmed for June 19, 2014 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched on a...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook’s Connectivity Lab plans to build satellites to bring the Internet to more people. “In our effort to connect the whole world with Internet.org, we’ve been working on ways to beam internet to people from the sky. Today,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
Results of last weekend’s tests: the transponder was maintained ON for two orbits, and we did not see any noticeable fall in battery temperature. We are therefore proposing to repeat the test on Saturday, March 29, but leave the transponder on for a longer...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT VP-Engineering and Board Member Anthony J. Monteiro, AA2TX of North Andover, MA died on Wednesday morning, March 26, 2014 while hospitalized in Boston, MA from cancer. He was 55. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou and daughter, Veronica, a college freshman....
