AMSAT-UK is a leading organization dedicated to advancing amateur satellite communications in the United Kingdom. Established to promote and support satellite experimentation and development, AMSAT-UK provides resources, education, and a community for enthusiasts of all skill levels. Whether you’re new to satellite communications or an experienced operator, AMSAT-UK offers valuable insights, technical resources, and opportunities to connect with fellow enthusiasts.
Through events like the annual Colloquium, AMSAT-UK brings together experts, hobbyists, and innovators to share knowledge and ideas. In addition to supporting satellite missions and projects, AMSAT-UK collaborates with international amateur satellite organizations, helping to expand the possibilities of amateur radio and satellite communications around the world.
Satellite News
KLETSkous Linear Transponder Demonstration
This video shows a demonstration, given on May 24, 2014, of the KLETSkous 1U Cubesat amateur radio transponder. A 435/145 Linear transponder is planned with a bandwidth of 20 kHz. Currently the team are considering frequencies in the 435.100 to 435.140 MHz range for...
GEO 2014 Symposium Videos Released
A video collection of the presentations given at the Group for Earth Observation (GEO) Symposium on Saturday, April 26, 2014 has been released. GEO is a group of enthusiasts interested in the amateur reception of weather and earth imaging satellites. They produce a...
Manchester: Synergy-Space Meetup
Organizer Sotira Trifourki reports on the planned Synergy-Space Meetups in the Manchester area. She says: We are putting together a regular meetup group to start making the CubeSats and Space Telescope's for our forthcoming missions to the Moon with Team SYNERGY MOON,...
TshepisoSAT / ZACUBE-1, six months on orbit
The South African CPUT TshepisoSAT team were invited to give a mission update at the SA AMSAT‘s Space Symposium on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria. The event was well attended and even had representatives from SANSA in attendance....
2014 FUNcube missions – May Update
The FUNcube team have received confirmation that UKube-1, which is hosting the FUNcube-2 payload, is now scheduled for a Soyuz-2-1b Fregat-M launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Saturday, June 28 with the following day as a back-up. The launch time has been quoted...
FUNCube Status
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