by Peter Goodhall | Feb 20, 2017 | Daily Updates
Two satellites with Amateur Radio transponder payloads have been selected for future NASA launches. AMSAT-NA reports TJREVERB is a CubeSat from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia with a 435/145 MHz FM transponder....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 18, 2017 | Daily Updates
Steve M1ACB, Rob M0VFC and John M0IDA will be active on the FM and SSB amateur radio satellites from Berry Islands in the Bahamas. The trio plan to operate from March 4-10 and will be using hand-held antennas. Since the FM satellites will only cover part of the USA...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 17, 2017 | Daily Updates
In announcing the end of a successful mission the students who built the amateur radio FM transponder satellite BY70-1 say “We hope more Amateur youth space program will be brought to you in the near future!” The 2U CubeSat BY70-1 was built by students...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 15, 2017 | Daily Updates
The Indian Space Agency ISRO successfully launched the amateur radio satellite Nayif-1 along with 103 other satellites, a record for a single launch. The PSLV-C37 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 03:58 UT on Wednesday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 8, 2017 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are delighted to now be able to confirm that the Nayif-1 1U CubeSat, which has a full FUNcube payload, is now scheduled for launch on an Indian PSLV launch vehicle at 03:58 UT on February 15, 2017. The flight, PSLV-C37, will be carry a total of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2017 | Daily Updates
Slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions are planned from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 13-14, 2017. The SSTV images will be transmitted as part of the MAI-75 Experiment on 145.800 MHz FM using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver located in the...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2017 | Daily Updates
This is a call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2017 which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 14-15 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ, United Kingdom. AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2017 | Daily Updates
Paulo PV8DX has released a video describing the new TubeSat Tancredo-1 and showing reception of the 437.200 MHz downlink by Drew KO4MA. Tancredo-1, mounted in a TuPOD Deployer, was ejected from the International Space Station on January 16, 2017. The satellite is a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2017 | Daily Updates
The first of the QB50 CubeSats that are destined for deployment from the International Space Station are now awaiting their turn to be uplifted to the ISS. In addition to the ISS deployments it is planned that there will be two further batches launched using other...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 18, 2017 | Daily Updates
Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG has retrieved videos of talks given at AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2008-2012 and made them available on YouTube. The videos were made by members of the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) and stored on the club’s streaming site. Dedicated BATC...
