by Peter Goodhall | Mar 26, 2019 | Daily Updates
Dmitry R4UAB reports cosmonauts on the International Space Station will again be transmitting SSTV images, April 1-2, on 145.800 MHz FM as part of the Inter-MAI-75 experiment. A Google translation reads: “Inter-MAI-75” (Education and promotion of space...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 26, 2019 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Spring 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 225, here. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • Editors welcome • 2019 Meetings & Events Calendar •...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
This year’s premier Amateur Radio Microwave Event will take place at BT Adastral Park, Martlesham, Suffolk on April 13-14, Everyone is welcome to attend and entry is free but you must pre-register. The talks are being held on the Sunday, April 14, and they...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 22, 2019 | Daily Updates
On Monday, December 3, 2018, the 50 kg ESA Education Office satellite ESEO was launched by Space-X on the Spaceflight SSO-A SmallSat Express mission. UPDATE April 12: The 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.895 MHz was activated at 1040 UT on Friday, April 12, 2019....
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 13, 2019 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite LilacSat-1 (LO-90) is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn-up later this month. WEI Mingchuan BG2BHC reports a competition is being held to collect telemetry data and make contacts via the satellite. Update March 14,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 8, 2019 | Daily Updates
Medad Rufus reports two balloons with 434 MHz transmitters built by Imperial College Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (ICSEDS) will launch from Wormwood Scrubs, London on Saturday, March 9. On the UK High Altitude Society reflector Medad posted:...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 7, 2019 | Daily Updates
The 2nd Amateur Radio Space Meeting, taking place in Nanterre, Paris, March 9-10, will be streamed live via the Digital Amateur TV transponder on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite. A Google translation of the AMSAT-Francophone post says:...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 4, 2019 | Daily Updates
Markus Vester DF6NM successfully used the digital mode OPERA to send a 2.5 milliwatt signal on 2.4 GHz through the amateur radio transponder on the Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite. Graham G0NBD writes about the contact on Digital Radio Groupsio. On...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 4, 2019 | Daily Updates
At 09:59:00 UT on February 26, one of the UWE-4 CubeSat NanoFEEP thrusters, developed by TU Dresden and Morpheus Space, was successfully ignited. This is the first time an electric propulsion system has been activated on board of a 1U CubeSat in space. A voltage of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2019 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL has agreed to a proposal by the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) for the use of the bottom 100 kHz of the wideband transponder (10491 – 10491.1 MHz) for ATV co-ordination purposes. The announcement on the BATC Forum says: This is on an...
