by Peter Goodhall | Jul 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
OPS-SAT provides a rare opportunity for testing new amateur radio software for use on a CubeSat actually in space. The 3U CubeSat has deployable solar arrays and plans to launch in 2016 into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Although the formal closing dates for expressions of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is expected that the amateur radio CubeSat FITSAT-1, built by students at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, will re-enter the Earths atmosphere and burn-up by Thursday, July 4.FITSAT-1 and four other CubeSats were deployed from the Internatonal Space Station...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Daily Mail newspaper archive from 1896 to 2004 is now available online and contains a wealth of stories about amateur radio and amateur radio satellites such as UoSAT-1 (also known as UoSAT-OSCAR-9 or UO-9) built at the University of Surrey in Guildford. The...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
UK radio amateur Michael Johnson M0MJJ is raising funds on Kickstarter for a CubeSat that aims to travel to the Moon. The Pocket Spacecraft project hopes to raise at least £290,000 ($442,000) to fund a 3U (30x10x10cm) CubeSat. It will carry Pocket Spacecraft known as...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has published a statement setting out its decision to release the 870-876 MHz and 915-921 MHz spectrum bands on a license exempt basis This follows a consultation in January 2013. The released spectrum will be used by Short Range Devices (SRDs) and Radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
A CubeSat presentation was given by AMSAT Francophone to a scientific conference held by the Radio Club of Paris F6KVP on May 29, 2013. A video of the presentation has been made available on the web. AMSAT-Francophone site in Google English...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
Six student teams and their supervisors have gathered at ESA’s ESTEC centre in The Netherlands for the kick-off of the new Fly Your Satellite! Programme under the ESA Education Office. On June 26-28, ESA experts will introduce the objectives and present the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is hoped that two Lithuanian satellites will be among the CubeSats sent by Nanoracks LLC to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in November, 2013. They will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD)...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK, the UK Microwave Group (UKuG), the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) and the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) have responded to the Ofcom 2400 MHz consultation. The 2400-24500 MHz band is allocated to the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT Argentina is pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 1400 GMT, weather permitting, it is planned to launch an amateur radio high altitude balloon FM repeater ‘Betty II’ from Victorica, La Pampa, 665 km. west of Buenos Aires, it is...
