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
MASAT-1 (MagyarSat-OSCAR-72 MO-72) Masat-1 satellite will use the amateur radio frequency band to downlink telemetry data. The downlink data will not be encrypted, so everyone will be able to receive it, decode and process. The decoding software will be freeware … Continue reading
AO-51 Command Stations report that the seven year old spacecraft is now shutting down its transmitter after losing sunlight on its solar panels during eclipse periods. Two of the six battery cells are now dead. Since July 31, 2010 AO-51 … Continue reading
Last chances to hear ARISSat-1 are rapidly approaching. A reminder that if you have been putting off working through the ARISSat-1 repeater, receiving SSTV pictures, or submitting telemetry, the next few weeks will be your last opportunity to be a … Continue reading
AMSAT-NA VP Operations Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA reports on Friday’s IHU crash on the Amateur Radio satellite AO-51. Sometime between 1815 and 1945Z November 25, AO-51′s IHU crashed. This happened after a few days of intermittent and unpredictable operation. Mark N8MH … Continue reading
70cm Amateur Station Active on Packet from ISS Columbus Module The amateur radio station located in the Columbus module is currently operational with the UHF Ericsson transceiver and packet system using the frequency of 437.550 MHz. To utilize the packet … Continue reading