by Peter Goodhall | Aug 17, 2017 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, July 17, 2017 ISS Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy manually deployed 5 satellites during a spacewalk. The satellites were deployed from the Pirs airlock module of the International Space Station....
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2017 | Daily Updates
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Thursday, Aug. 17, to deploy several nanosatellites, collect research samples and perform structural maintenance. Coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT, 3pm BST) on...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2017 | Daily Updates
NanoRacks reports on a delivery of payloads to the ISS including three CubeSats which are part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission. Houston, TX – August 16, 2017 – SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed to the International...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2017 | Daily Updates
Young radio amateurs at the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) event at Gilwell Park made contact with astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA on the International Space Station. The first session took place when the ISS came above the horizon at 18:37 GMT (7:37 pm BST) on Tuesday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 5, 2017 | Daily Updates
The 2017 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium is combined with the RSGB Convention on October 14-15 at the Kent Hills Park Conference Centre in Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. If you wish to attend the 2017 AMSAT-UK Colloquium, you should book to attend the RSGB...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 4, 2017 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs Sean Hum VA3SHV and Jeff Nicholls VA3NGJ worked on the design for a deployable VHF crossed Yagi antenna on the recently launched NORsat-2. The very high frequency (VHF) antenna was designed to unfold from the CubeSat after receiving a command from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2017 | Daily Updates
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact is planned between astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA, using the call sign NA1SS and the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) event, call sign GB4YOTA, taking place in Gilwell Park, UK. The ARISS contact is...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 1, 2017 | Daily Updates
Peter 2M0SQL says that instead of submitting reports to magazines about his satellite activity he’s decided to write blog posts instead allowing more viewers to see what can be worked. He recently moved to Elgin in Scotland and as a result his DXCC/VUCC totals...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2017 | Daily Updates
Some of the young radio amateurs attending the YOTA 2017 event at Gilwell Park will get the chance to talk to astronaut Paulo Nespoli IZ0JPA on the International Space Station using amateur radio. Paulo will be operating the amateur radio station NA1SS in the Columbus...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2017 | Daily Updates
The Surrey press report radio amateurs at the Chertsey Radio Club received test transmissions by two satellites inside the International Space Station (ISS). The club also received ISS Slow Scan Television images. On July 5, the Space Station sent greeting messages in...
