by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
ARISS UK have released an edited 73 minute video of the ARISS contact between Tim Peake GB1SS and the Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol GB1OAB which took place on February 19, 2016. The video starts with a summary produced by the students at the school of their...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
The UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS Srl are collaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite with an amateur radio payload into space. The Times...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 22, 2016 | Daily Updates
Tom Scott was given a tour of the Innovative Space Logistics clean room facility by Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG. He got to see the FUNcube-1 Engineering Model and the new Nayif-1 CubeSat which carries an amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder. Tom Scott writes: Welcome...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Friday, February 26, 2016, at approximately 14:40 UT, an ARISS contact is planned between UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS and the City of Norwich School GB2CNS. The International Space Station (ISS) signal will be audible over the British Isles and Europe on 145.800...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 19, 2016 | Daily Updates
BBC TV news has reported on the successful amateur radio contact between astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS on the ISS and students at the Oasis Academy Brightstowe GB1OAS. The contact took place on Friday, February 19, 2016 and the students were able to question Tim about...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 15, 2016 | Daily Updates
Ahead of the amateur radio link up with ISS astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS, planned for 1440 GMT on Friday, February 26, 120 pupils aged 10 to 18, from 21 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk, gathered at City of Norwich (CNS) for a special Ground Control Day. The Eastern...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
On February 13, Michelle Thompson W5NYV released her latest AMSAT Phase 4B Ground Engineering Report. Michelle has nine years experience in embedded hardware and software design and is managing the digital ground station program in support of a digital payload for an...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
Friday, February 19, 2016, at approximately 14:20 UT, an ARISS contact is planned for Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol. The UK astronaut Tim Peake will be using the call sign GB1SS while the Academy will use GB1OAB. The ISS signal will be audible over the British...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 18:09 UTC, an educational ARISS radio contact took place at the Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth,, United Kingdom. The school contact was operated by Tim Peake KG5BVI in the frame of the Principia mission. It was a historic...
