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
UK Students Fly CubeSat to 30km
On Saturday, April 6 students from the University of Warwick sent a CubeSat 30km into the stratosphere. Starting from near Welshpool, the CubeSat travelled high into the stratosphere, to over 30km above the Earth's surface, where the balloon popped and a parachute...
Attracting the next generation
In Aviation Week Michael Mecham reports the world’s university students come to work at Ames, which takes a leadership role in several areas for NASA, including smallsats, astrobiology and super computing. “We have lots of internationals,” says NASA Ames Research...
Amateur Radio FUNcube Project – Your advice requested
As part of the FUNcube project we now need to urgently decide which is going to be the best type of antenna to propose for use at schools and colleges to receive the 145MHz downlink signals from both FUNcube-1 and FUNcube-2 on UKube after launch. Both spacecraft will...
7330 km contact on amateur radio satellite FO-29
On Monday at 1338 UT Hector Martinez CO6CBF achieved a 7330 km contact on the amateur radio satellite FO-29 the furthest he has worked and close to the theoretic maximum for the satellite. Hector, who is in grid square EL92sd, worked David, EA4SG in IN80cp on SSB. He...
Ham Radio Satellite Launches in April
April looks a busy month for the launch of satellites carrying amateur radio payloads. April 17 - Antares-110 carrying PhoneSats v1a, v1b, v2a. Dove-1 is also listed on this launch but it's unclear if it's using Amateur-Satellite Service frequencies....
FUNCube Status
| AO-73 | Active |
| JO-97 | Active |
AMSAT-UK Nets
80m
QO-100