This evening PI9ISS (André Kuipers) was active from the ISS space station. The signal was loud and clear but there were many stations that wanted to make a connection so for me this time it wasn’t possible to make a connection. During the pass at 19:30 CEST we will give it … Continue reading
Satellite Modes Historically OSCAR uplink (transmit to) and downlink (receive from) frequencies were designated using single letter codes. Mode A: 2 m uplink / 10 m downlink Mode B: 70 cm uplink / 2 m downlink Mode J: 2 m uplink / 70 cm downlink New uplink and downlink designations use sets of paired letters following the structure X/Y where X is the uplink band and Y is … Continue reading
Preliminary TLE (Orbital Elements) for the upcoming VEGA launch TLE-new 19-02-2012 12:00 UTC ALMASAT-1 1 38078U 12006B 12049.33443324 .00018909 00000-0 55604-3 0 123 2 38078 69.4856 227.8040 0775179 38.1714 327.1743 14.04552460 692 2012-006C 1 38079U 12006C 12049.75727519 .00032984 00000-0 85788-3 … Continue reading
MASAT-1 designated MagyarSat-OSCAR-72 (MO-72) OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO reports, “Congratulations on the successful launch of the MaSat-1 Cubesat that the team at Budapest University of Technology and Economics have been responsible for designing, building and testing. “Since you … Continue reading
ALMASat-1 In the recent years, the space research activity has been characterized by the large number of university small satellites that have been built and launched. On one side, this allows the direct participation of students to a real space … Continue reading
Vega is launched successful and Satellite Signals are Heard. The first Vega, flight VV01, lifted off at 1000 UT from the ESA Spaceport at Kourou in the Caribbean carrying eight student built amateur radio satellites and the LARES Laser Relativity … Continue reading