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
South African CubeSat DynaCube
DynaCube is a 1U CubeSat intended to take pictures of the earth that also carries temperature sensors and radiation detectors. It plans to have a VHF CW beacon and a separate VHF 1200 bps GMSK telemetry downlink. It is intended to launch from Baikonur into a Sun...
Aeneas CubeSat to Deploy 2.4 GHz Dish Antenna
Built by students at the University of Southern California (USC) Aeneas is a 3U CubeSat planned to launch August 2, 2012 from the Vandenburg Air Force Base on an Atlas-5 rocket into a 880 x 450 km 60.4 degree inclination orbit. It aims to prove the concept of WiFi...
SkyCube Camera Demonstration
A successful demonstration of SkyCube's 4D Systems JPEG UART camera talking to its computer processor board. The processor controls the camera and converts its raw image data to ASCII (text). It then sends the ASCII out one of its serial ports. The ASCII image is...
Live TV broadcast for launch of HTV-3 CubeSats
FSpace, the team of young engineers and students at the FPT University who developed the amateur radio F-1 CubeSat, report on the final launch preparations for the HTV-3 cargo vessel that will carry five CubeSats to the International Space Station (ISS). FSpace say...
PongSats – 1000 Student Projects to the Edge of Space
On September 22 it's planned to send 1000 student projects built into PongSats (ping pong balls) to the edge of space. These experiments and projects are made by those in kindergarten, university professors, high school science classes and home schools kids. Projects...
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