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
CubeSat Propulsion at George Washington University
Samudra Haque N3RDX is involved in developing a Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster (μCAT) propulsion system for CubeSats. The Micropropulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MpNL, http://www.mpnl.seas.gwu.edu/), of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, of...
UK CubeSat Weekend: March 29-30, 2014
The UK CubeSat Weekend, taking place at Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell Didcot, will allow members of the public to work together to design, build and balloon launch a flight ready CubeSat engineering model, and a flight model suitable for launch into low...
OSCAR-11 30th Birthday Report
OSCAR-11 (AKA UoSAT-2 and UO-11) celebrated its 30th birthday in space on 01 March! It was designed, built and launched within a period of six months, using commercially available 'off the shelf' components (COTS). Once again, congratulations to Professor Sir Martin...
A chat with Bob Twiggs KE6QMD, father of the CubeSat
Radio amateur Bob Twiggs KE6QMD is interviewed by Stephen Clark in Spaceflight Now. Read the interview at http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/08cubesats/ The team behind the recently launched $50sat PocketQube programmed the satellite's FM CW beacon to send "TNX...
Radio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft
Radio amateurs have received signals over a distance of 43 million km from the NASA ISEE-3 / ICE deep space probe which was retired from service in 1997. AMSAT-DL have released this statement: On March 1st and 2nd, 2014 radio amateurs were able to detect the beacon...
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