by Peter Goodhall | Dec 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the PDF of the Winter edition of the OSCAR News magazine here. (As well as the earlier 2012 issues) The paper edition is at the printers and should be posted to members within 2 weeks. In this issue • IARU Region 3 Chairman...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video shows a preliminary qualification test of SkyCube’s electronic components in Evan Neumann’s thermal vacuum chamber in San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2012. Watch SkyCube Vacuum Test [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1wYV5KYOj8] SkyCube...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
UKube-1 the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) first satellite has ‘booked’ its journey into space on a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket. The launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan is expected to take place in the 3rd quarter of 2013. UKube-1 has also completed Thermal Vacuum...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
KySat-2 (K2) is a 1U CubeSat to fulfill the education and public outreach mission of the original KySat-1 CubeSat that was lost during a launch vehicle failure of ELaNa I and accompanying NASA GLORY mission. With the same motivation as KySat-1 K2 will include upgraded...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NA President Barry Baines, WD4ASW says that they have received a matching funds challenge! An anonymous donor will match up to $25,000.00 for Fox. Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity to double your donation. Barry writes, “We end 2012...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow DB2OS gave a presentation about the AMSAT P3E and P5 missions at the Qatar international amateur radio festival at the Al Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif. The Qatar Peninsular newspaper reports the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS), are...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK member Ken Eaton GW1FKY reports that he has received a QSL card confirming his reception of FITSAT-1. On December 13 at 22:10:30 GMT FITSAT-1 will be using its optical LED beacon to flash a message in Morse Code over the British Isles and Europe which, cloud...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
A test of the FITSAT-1 LED optical beacon that took place on December 11 GMT over Japan was successful. On December 13 at 22:10:30 GMT FITSAT-1 will be using its optical LED beacon to flash a message in Morse Code over the British Isles and Europe which, cloud...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
The FSpace team of young engineers and students at the FPT University have successfully launched and recovered a High Altitude Balloon that carried an amateur radio APRS payload on 145.980 MHz. This was the first high altitude balloon experiment in Vietnam. The...
