by m0xtd | Oct 16, 2011 | Daily Updates
The CubeSat Project Team in the University of Khartoum have made available software to decode the telemetry beacon of the new Amateur Radio satellite built by the SRM University. The Telemetry Decoding Software was developed by University students for studying the...
by m0xtd | Oct 15, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Jugnu team say the continuous stream of satellite beacon reports from Radio Amateurs across the world surpassed all their expectations. The team welcome further reports. On the AMSAT bulletin board Chintalagiri Shashank writes: I’m the system engineer for...
by m0xtd | Oct 14, 2011 | Daily Updates
AMSAT to celebrate 50 years in space at symposium The AMSAT-NA 2011 Space Symposium will be held on Friday, November 4-6 in San Jose, California. This year’s Symposium coincides with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of OSCAR 1, the first Amateur Radio...
by m0xtd | Oct 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
There will be two talks on the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio (SDR) at the BAA Radio Astronomy Group (RAG) meeting on Saturday, November 12 at 10:30am in The Humfrey Rooms, Castilian Terrace, Northampton, NN1 1LD. • Tony Abbey will talk about...
by m0xtd | Oct 12, 2011 | Daily Updates
Radio Amateurs have been reporting good signals on 437.425 MHz and 437.275 MHz from the new Amateur Radio satellites SRMSAT and JUGNU. Unfortunately due to the 20 degree inclination of the orbit hams in the United Kingdom are unable to hear them. Mark Hammond N8MH...
by m0xtd | Oct 12, 2011 | Daily Updates
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the launch of Surrey’s first satellite, UoSAT-1. Launched into orbit on October 6, 1981, UoSAT-1 was designed and built by a team from the University of Surrey led by SSTL founder Sir...
by m0xtd | Oct 11, 2011 | Daily Updates
Amateur Radio satellites SRMSAT and Jugnu launched Wednesday, Oct 12 at 05:32 UT and hams are asked to send in reception reports of the signals on 437.275 MHz and 437.425 MHz. A video of the launch can be seen at http://www.isro.org/pslv-c18-video.aspx These...
by m0xtd | Oct 10, 2011 | Daily Updates
SRMSAT, a NanoSat developed by the students of SRM University, India will be launched on October 12, 2011 along with the Megha Tropique satellite on the PSLV-C18 launch vehicle from ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota, India. On the AMSAT bulletin board Dinesh...
by m0xtd | Oct 10, 2011 | Daily Updates
On August 3, 2011, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1 began its education-based mission after deployment from the International Space Station. Students, teachers and amateur radio operators are invited to learn more about the satellite as a tool for education and...
by m0xtd | Oct 9, 2011 | Daily Updates
The website KickSat.org has been launched to give hundreds of people the opportunity to sponsor a small spacecraft they can call their own that will be launched into space. KickSat.org is a spare time project run by Zac Manchester KD2BHC, an aerospace engineering...
