by m0xtd | Dec 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
Dozens of messages were posted to the Amsat-bb after the news of the amateur radio satellite AO-51’s end of mission was received. Many remembered their contacts, several thanked the Operating Team. Many noted that AO-51 was the satellite that brought them into...
by m0xtd | Dec 3, 2011 | Daily Updates
On his French language website HB9AFO provides an update on the SwissCube amateur radio satellite. He says that the Swiss EPFL Space Center annual meeting was held December 1. EPFL operations with SwissCube are now finished. For the remainder of its life, SwissCube...
by m0xtd | Dec 2, 2011 | Daily Updates
Radio Amateurs have received signals from the NASA Mars Science Laboratory using the AMSAT-DL amateur radio facility at Bochum in Germany. On November 26, 2011 at 15:02 UTC the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) successfully launched on an Atlas V 541 from the Cape...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
This weekends Plasma Thrust Space experiment using Amateur Radio has been postponed until after the delivery of a new rig due next April. On the AMSAT bulletin board Andy G0SFJ passes on the following information: It was earlier announced that the timetable of SpEx...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
Sebastián KE5FKV has announced that the AX.25 packet radio digipeater on the amateur radio satellite FASTRAC-1 (FO-69) will be available from 1600 UT on Friday Dec. 2 On the AMSAT bulletin board FASTRAC Student Program Manager Sebastián Muñoz Toro KE5FKV writes: The...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
The latest prediction from Jim N8OQ is that the amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1 will re-enter the Earths atmosphere in January. On the AMSAT bulletin board Jim says “Using solar data through 2011 Nov. 30 and updating the decay fit. I am getting a re-entry date...
by m0xtd | Nov 29, 2011 | Daily Updates
It is with a heavy heart I report that AO-51 has ceased transmission and is not responding to commands. The last telemetry data indicated that the third of six batteries was approaching failure to short, and observations indicate the voltage from three cells is...
by m0xtd | Nov 26, 2011 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NA VP Operations Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA reports on Friday’s IHU crash on the Amateur Radio satellite AO-51. Sometime between 1815 and 1945Z November 25, AO-51’s IHU crashed. This happened after a few days of intermittent and unpredictable operation....
by m0xtd | Nov 25, 2011 | Daily Updates
ARRL Test Engineer Bob Allison, WB1GCM, discusses the Amateur Radio satellite ARISSat-1/KEDR with Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM, and talks with Jan King VK4GEY/W3GEY about OSCAR-5. Watch the Gould Smith, WA4SXM, interview recorded at the 2011 AMSAT Symposium in...
by m0xtd | Nov 23, 2011 | Daily Updates
Space station hams land safely Three radio amateurs returned safely to Earth on Monday, having completed nearly six months in space onboard the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum KF5AQG, Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW of...
