by Peter Goodhall | Jun 9, 2019 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce the 2019 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held October 12-13 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. We invite speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2019 | Daily Updates
Videos of the talks given at the 2019 CubeSat Developers Workshop held at Cal Poly Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA during April 23–25 are now on YouTube. Schedule of presentations...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 2, 2019 | Daily Updates
CAS-7B ( BP-1B ) satellite is an amateur radio satellite combined with educational. Chinese Amateur Satellite Group ( CAMSAT ) is working the project with Beijing Institute of Technology ( BIT ), one of the most famous aerospace universities in China. The university...
by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2019 | Daily Updates
WRC-2000 saw the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) get an allocation at 1260-1300 MHz. This was the same ITU conference that saw 432-438 MHz being allocated for satellites that carry Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. In January 2006 Peter Blair...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
A Russian MAI-SSTV event is planned from the International Space Station for Wednesday, June 5 from 12:00-16:00 GMT and June 6 from 11:30-15:30 GMT. ARISS say they expect transmissions to be at 145.800 MHz FM in SSTV mode PD120. Based on the times received, they do...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
ESA have just released a new mission update for the ESEO Mission. It can be seen at https://www.esa.int/Education/ESEO/ESEO_mission_updates We are delighted that on April 12, 2019, the BPSK telemetry transmitter, on our payload, was enabled for a period of just over...
by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2019 | Daily Updates
Neil Melville-Kenney, PA9N, has been a long time supporter of amateur radio space since the days of the SSETI Express mission. He is presently the ESA Parabolic Flight Coordinator and today took the opportunity to fly a FUNcube patch during the ESA PFC 71...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
The RSGB have made available a recording and slides of the presentation given at the AGM on April 27, 2019 about the Es’hail-2 / QO-100 amateur radio transponders. After the formal AGM proceedings and the trophy presentations, attendees were treated to an...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 28, 2019 | Daily Updates
At the RSGB AGM in Birmingham on Saturday, April 27, 2019 two awards were made in recognition of work related to the amateur radio transponders on the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100. The prestigious Louis Varney Cup for Advances in Space...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
To mark the Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (King Rama X) from May 4-6, 2019 the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King will be operating a special event station The station will be operated from the...
