AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-DL announce a potential Phase-3E launch opportunity. Virginia Tech has approached the US Government to fly the Phase 3-E space frame into High Earth Orbit (HEO) in order to support scientific payloads as well as serve as an … Continue reading
POSAT-1 (PO-28) PoSAT-1, the first Portuguese satellite, was launched into orbit on September 26, 1993, on the 59th flight of the Ariane 4 rocket. The launch took place in the Kourou Space Centre, French Guiana. About 20 minutes and 35 … Continue reading
ARISS SSTV images were transmitted this weekend from the amateur radio station in the ISS Russian Service Module to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission. 40 years ago this week, the historic joint Apollo-Soyuz mission was conducted. Apollo-Soyuz … Continue reading
deOrbitSail is successfully launched and first telemetry data is received. I used the WebSDR in Johannesburg South Africa to receive the first signals and in the second pass over South Africa I was able to decode the 1200bps BPSK signals. … Continue reading
deOrbitSail Mission The DeorbitSail project is a collaboration to build a 3U CubeSat sized satellite with a deployable sail that will demonstrate rapid deorbiting. Specifications: Satellite Dimensions: 3U (10 cm x 10 cm x 34 cm) Sail Dimension: 4 m … Continue reading
CAMSAT Announcement, CAS-3A to F becomes XW-2A to F The soon to be launched six CAMSAT satellites CAS-3A to F have now been named as XW-2 (Hope – 2) amateur satellite system, and correspond to the XW-2A to F. All … Continue reading