by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2016 | Daily Updates
Two Russian satellites AIST-2D and SamSat-218D operating in the Amateur bands were launched on April 28, 2016 at 02:01 UT on a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle from the new Vostochny Cosmodrome located in the Amur Oblast. The satellites were placed into a 471 km × 485 km...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
In March the 434 MHz and APRS balloon UBSEDS14 flew around the northern hemisphere. On Saturday, April 30 a new balloon UBSEDS15 will be launched by the University of Bristol Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. The signal from the balloon may have a...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 26, 2016 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio contact between Ashfield Primary School GB1APS in Otley, West Yorkshire took place on Thursday, May 5 at 0808 GMT (9:08 am BST) with Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station. The contact was receivable on 145.800 MHz FM over the British...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 26, 2016 | Daily Updates
Signals have been received from the three CubeSats launched April 25 on Soyuz flight VS14 from the Kourou spaceport in South America. The three CubeSats were developed by student teams under the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office “Fly Your Satellite!”...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2016 | Daily Updates
An ARISS contact between Derby High School GB1DHS in Bury and Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station took place on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 1202 GMT (1:02 pm BST). The contact was receivable on 145.800 MHz FM over the British Isles and Western Europe and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
The IARU Region 1 Interim Meeting was held April 15-17, 2016 in Vienna. Minutes for the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave committee are now available. Some 70 delegates from over 20 Member Societies discussed a wide range of issues in the VHF/UHF/Microwave, HF and EMC Committees....
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2016 | Daily Updates
The European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office will give a prize to the first three radio amateurs to send a recorded signal from either the AAUSAT4, E-st@r-II or OUFTI-1 CubeSats which are expected to launch Monday, April 25 at 2102 UT. The launch of the three...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
Prince Kuevor who worked on the CADRE CubeSat features in a video from the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department. The CADRE 3U CubeSat, developed by the students at the University of Michigan, was launched to the ISS on December 6, 2015 and should be...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 20, 2016 | Daily Updates
The OUFTI-1 D-STAR CubeSat team have released the format of the CW telemetry beacon and a Decoder App. The launch, on a Russian Soyuz-STA Fregat-M from Kourou in South America, is expected to take place at 21:02:13 UT on Saturday, April 23, 2016. OUFTI-1 is a...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 17, 2016 | Daily Updates
UK radio amateurs have the chance to listen to Tim Peake GB1SS transmitting on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station (ISS). The dates of Tim’s planned UK school contacts are at...
