by Peter Goodhall | Jul 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that Phil Karn KA9Q will be traveling from California to attend this year’s International Space Colloquium which takes place at the Holiday Inn, Guildford on July 24-26. He is well known in the amateur radio community for his work...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
A special full colour edition of the book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2015 will be available for just £15 at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, Guildford, July 24-26. The price after the event will be higher. This definitive reference is written...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
David Haworth WA9ONY showed students how to receive the FUNcube-1 amateur radio CubeSat during a workshop at Pine Mountain Observatory, Oregon. FUNcube-1 (AO-73), launched on November 21, 2013 is an educational satellite built by volunteers from AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
First Week Update by Project Manager, Chiara Massimiani: Friday, Successful launch at PSLV from FLP, SDSC SHAR, India. Click for PSLV-C28 Mission page & Youtube Launch Video. Antennas successfully deployed and beacon switched on. First packets received by...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
In commemoration of the Apollo Soyuz SSTV event, ARISS will be distributing a limited edition diploma to those who received one of the SSTV images transmitted from the International Space Station on July 18-19, 2015. You can receive a commemorative diploma by filling...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
Tomas OK2PNQ provides an update on the PSK31 transponders carried by the CubeSats PSAT (NO-83) and BRICsat (NO-84). I am from the group, which have built the PSK transponders. The PSAT is working fine and the TLE from AMSAT works for the predictions. The receiver is a...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Duchifat1 CubeSat, built by students at the Herzliya Science Center (4X4HSC), was launched on June 19, 2014. Duchifat1, launched 1 year ago, was supposed to have onboard a “standard” space APRS transceiver operating on 145.825MHz. That would have made...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
There is a great line up of speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at the Holiday Inn, Guildford as well as visits to the satellite construction facilities at the SSTL Kepler Building. The event is open to all. Admittance is £10 for the day and car...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
ARISS SSTV images will be transmitted this weekend from the amateur radio station in the ISS Russian Service Module to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission. 40 years ago this week, the historic joint Apollo-Soyuz mission was conducted. ...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, July 14 at the UK Space Conference in Liverpool the names were announced of the UK schools which have won the opportunity to contact UK astronaut Tim Peake via amateur radio during his mission to the International Space Station. Tim holds the call sign...
