AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA for their CubeSat Launch Initiative, also known as the ‘Educational Launch of NanoSat’ (ELaNa) program. NASA selects projects that they deem to have merit in support of their strategic and educational goals. Projects that … Continue reading
SO-50 (Saudisat 1C) Saudisat 1C is a Saudi Arabian picosatellite that was launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 17:00 UT on 20 December 2002. SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater experiment operating on … Continue reading
Now that the submissions are complete for the Chicken Little Contest, AMSAT is announcing a new contest: Catch the Last ARISSat-1 Telemetry. With luck, we will have real time data to go along with the final reentry. While telemetry sent … Continue reading
VO-52 (Hamsat) HAMSAT is ISRO’s first theme based Micro-satellite meant for providing Satellite based Amateur Radio Services to the National as well as International Community of Amateur Radio Operators (HAMs). Launched in May 2005 on-board the PSLV-C6 Mission as an … Continue reading
CO-65 (Cube Oscar 65) CUTE 1.7+APD II Cute-1.7 + APD II is the successor of the CUTE-I nano-satellite and Cute-1.7 + APD developed and built by the second generation of students of the Tokyo Institute of Technology Matunaga Laboratory for … Continue reading
AMSAT OSCAR 7 (AO-7) AO-7 (aka AMSAT-OSCAR 7) is the second Phase 2 amateur satellite launched into Low Earth Orbit on 15 November 1974. It remained operational until a battery failure in 1981. On 21 June 2002 the satellite was … Continue reading