by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
LilacSat-2 (CAS-3H) was launched along with eight other XW-2/CAS-3 amateur radio satellites on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 23:01:14 UT on Beijing’s new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, built by students at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
On September 17, 2015 the Brazilian SERPENS CubeSat carrying an amateur radio payload, call sign PY0ESA, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). SERPENS is a 3U CubeSat which was developed by students at the University of Brasilia and focuses on...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
UPDATE: Launch was postponed by one day due to technical reasons now Saturday, September 19 at 2300 UT. Alan Kung BA1DU has posted this launch information for the XW-2 (CAS-3) satellites: Launch time: 23:00:00 UT on 2015-09-19 The satellites should separate from...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports that he and his15 year old daughter, Sakshi Vagadia VU3EXP, have each received ISS Apollo-Soyuz SSTV Awards for their reception of Slow Scan Television images transmitted using amateur radio from the International Space Station (ISS)....
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
Issue 211 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on September 15, 2015. E-members can download it here. The paper edition is usually posted 2-3 weeks after publication of the electronic issue. In this issue: • Metallurgy for the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
In response to a breaking opportunity, AMSAT and Spaceflight, Inc. have arranged for Fox-1D to accompany Fox-1C on the maiden flight of the SHERPA system on a SpaceX Falcon 9. As a Fox-1 series, Fox-1D is identical to Fox-1C, but with different frequencies and...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
The KLETSKOUS satellite team is making good progress. SA AMSAT reports that the KLETSKOUS team made some major progress during the past few weeks. Currently the team is researching a new type of battery. It was planned to use Lithium Ion but one of the negatives about...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
Masahiro Arai JN1GKZ reports CubeSats may be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 17. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes: JAXA has announced CubeSats will deploy from the ISS via the J-SSOD on 17th September but the CubeSat name is not...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
The United Nations Office for Outer Space affairs has announced the United Nations/Japan Cooperation Programme on CubeSat Deployment from the ISS Kibo module “KiboCUBE”. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 8, 2015 | Daily Updates
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunictions Commission (NBTC) has agreed to provide 9.3 million baht ($258,218) in funding for the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) sponsored JAISAT-1 Project over the next two years. JAISAT is an acronym for...
