The commands to ‘Turn On’ the transponder # 2 (Dutch transponder, made by Williams PE1RAH) on-board HAMSAT VO-52 was successfully sent during 14:00 UT 35 deg ascending Node pass over Bangalore, India. The sent commands were successfully received, acknowledged and … Continue reading
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
Hello All, All that I can share at this moment is ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ is in ‘Excellent Health’ after recovery operations. Right now, it is under observation. However, decision about switching ‘ON’ the transponder is pending clearance. Decision expected in other … 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
Vega is scheduled to launch on February 13, at 1000 UTC with eight student built amateur radio satellites. Internet video streaming of the launch will be available. The launcher will first deploy the main payload, the LARES the Laser relativity Spacecraft and … Continue reading