by Peter Goodhall | May 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
The launch of the Es’Hail-2 satellite into a geostationary orbit at 25.5 degrees East is planned for the 3rd quarter of 2017. The coverage area of the amateur radio Narrowband (NB) and Wideband (WB) transponders should extend from Brazil to Thailand. Es’hail 2 will...
by Peter Goodhall | May 19, 2016 | Daily Updates
On May 20, 1991 Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman GB1MIR arrived on the Mir Space Station. She launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on May 18, 1991 arriving at the space station 2 days later. During her 6 day stay on Mir she used amateur radio to linkup...
by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2016 | Daily Updates
James Coxon M6JCX reports he is hoping to launch a UKHASnet node from East Anglia this weekend. On the UKHAS Google Group he writes: I’ve put together a GPS enabled, temperature controlled node AJ2 which will be launched on a latex balloon (rather than pico)....
by Peter Goodhall | May 17, 2016 | Daily Updates
ÑUSAT-1, carrying an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 436 MHz telemetry beacon, was launched May 30, 2016 at 0317 UT on a CZ-4B rocket from Taiyuan into 500 km 97 degree inclination polar orbit. With ÑUSAT-1 on the launch was its sister satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | May 16, 2016 | Daily Updates
Monday, May 16, 2016 saw the deployment of five CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads. UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS deployed the first two satellites MinXSS-1 and CADRE from the Japanese ISS Kibo module at 1005 UT. The Slow Scan Television (SSTV) satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | May 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
The MinXSS and CADRE CubeSats, both carrying amateur radio payloads, are set to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 16, 2016 between 1000-1100 UT. MinXSS will be beaconing in the UHF at 437.345 MHz every 9 seconds and will initially be in an...
by Peter Goodhall | May 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
Ofcom is consulting on plans to put Wi-Fi across Amateur and Amateur Satellite spectrum in the 5 GHz band. The Ofcom consultation document implies that amateur satellites in 5 GHz only operate in very Low Earth Orbits – This is false. A5.28 Amateurs can access...
by Peter Goodhall | May 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
TV presenter Jason Bradbury 2E0JAB was among those present at a mass launch of 25 balloons transmitting in 434 MHz on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Balloons from 25 schools were launched in batches of five from RAF Cosford. Each balloon carried a payload...
by Peter Goodhall | May 2, 2016 | Daily Updates
The final ARISS school contact of the Principia Mission took place on Monday, May 9 at 0926 GMT (10:26 am BST) between The King’s School GB1OSM in Ottery St Mary, Devon and Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station. The contact was receivable by radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Russian Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat is different from other CubeSats – it has a handle! The 3U CubeSat was launched from Baikonur to the ISS on March 31, 2016 in a Progress-MS-2 cargo vessel. It will be deployed by hand during a future Russian spacewalk (EVA),...
