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
Dashboard uploads to the Data Warehouse
The FUNcube team were interested to know the trend of the number of uploads to the warehouse since launch, we thought we would share our findings. We have been consistently getting more than 5000 raw packets per day and the trend is increasing, thanks folks! The plan...
Videos: Understanding orbits
Understanding orbits can be called the key to understanding satellites. These videos by Nanosatisfi cover many facts about orbits. Watch Coding For Space - Orbits 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGAmYLlWj2c&w=560&h=315] This second video about orbits...
Yasny Dnepr CubeSat Launch April/May
A Dnepr carrying the 310 kg Spanish imaging minisatellite Deimos-2 along with 20 other satellites is expected to launch from Dombarovsky near Yasny in April/May. The satellites will be deployed in a 600 km orbit. Information on Russian space launches can be found on...
UK CubeSat Programme in New Electronics
New Electronics has a feature on the UK CubeSat programme and UKube-1 which it says should be launched from Kazakhstan on March 27, 2014. Caroline Harper is a programme manager at the UK Space Agency and one programme that comes under her wing is UKube-1. CubeSats can...
FUNcube-1 realtime data available as .csv download
The FUNcube Data Warehouse is now producing .csv files containing Realtime data channels for the AO-73 CubeSat. The data is produced every hour, on the hour and contains 3000 rows, starting 250 minutes before the last record in the database. As we do not have...
FUNCube Status
| AO-73 | Active |
| JO-97 | Active |
AMSAT-UK Nets
80m
QO-100