SO-67 (Sumbandilasat) Partial recovery possible Amateur Radio Operation may resume in March 2012 “We have not given up on our efforts to get SumbandilaSat working again even if it is only partially” , said Johan Lochner ZR1CBC who is spending … Continue reading
Dear supporters and friends of our COMPASS-1 mission, First, let me thank you very much for your support in trying to save the life of our COMPASS-1 satellite during the last days, but also during the last years of “routine” operations. … Continue reading
The March issue of SatMagazine features a 4 page article by Randa Relich Milliron, CEO and Co-Founder of Interorbital Systems. Interorbital Systems plans to launch a number of amateur radio CubeSats along with dozens of TubeSats on it’s Neptune 9 … Continue reading
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