Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio facilitate communication between amateur radio stations. These satellites can be used for free by ham radio operators all over the world. Amateur Radio is also on the International Space Station. It is possible to communicate with the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station when they have breaks in the evening and during meals.
Harwell – Apps-in-Space Hackathon
The Satellite Applications Catapult is hosting a Satellite Applications Hackathon event on the weekend of June 8-9, 2013. It will take place at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. The two-day ‘technology development’ event is part of a series of … Continue reading →
BBC: Ecuador Pegasus CubeSat fears over space debris crash
BBC News is reporting that at 0538 UT on Thursday, May 23 Ecuador’s new NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz CubeSat collided with debris from a S14 Soviet rocket launched in 1985. The satellite was some 1,500 km east of Madagascar at … Continue reading →
Amateur Radio Satellites for Emergency Communications
Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS) Coordinator Raydel Espinet CM2ESP comments on the use of amateur radio satellites for emergency communications and describes how an amateur satellite was used in a Civil Defense exercise on May 18-19, 2013. About … Continue reading →
First picture taken by ESTCube-1 CubeSat amateur radio callsign ES5E
The first picture taken by the amateur radio CubeSat ESTCube-1 in space has been released. ESTCube-1 was launched from Kourou in the Caribbean on May 7 at 0206 UT on an ESA Vega rocket into a 704 km orbit. The … Continue reading →
BBC News: US Teenager’s Space Ambitions
BBC News reports that fifteen-year-old Abby Harrison is training to be an astronaut and has set herself the goal of being the first person to reach Mars. “I remember looking up at the night sky when I was five-years-old and … Continue reading →
NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action
NEE-01 Pegasus (Pegaso) the first of two HD TV CubeSats built in Ecuador launched on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center on Friday, April 26 at 0413 UT. The 1U CubeSat (10x10x10 cm) was built in Ecuador and … Continue reading →
UK Astronaut to fly to International Space Station in 2015
The Guardian newspaper reports that Major Tim Peake has been selected to fly a five-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. Tim Peake, from Salisbury in Wiltshire, was chosen for astronaut training in 2009 from 8,400 applicants. … Continue reading →
AMSAT Fox-1 Ham Radio CubeSat Announcement
NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT’s Fox-1 amateur radio spacecraft has been assigned for launch in November 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is 470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has … Continue reading →
2013 UK Space Conference Glasgow July 16-17
The 2013 UK Space Conference, which takes place July 16-17 in Glasgow, will focus on realising the UK’s ambitions in space – including making a global impact with science and research, contributing to the UK’s economic growth by developing new … Continue reading →
MAREA: Ham Radio Robotics
An ARRL article describes the Mars Lander Amateur Radio Robotics Exploration Activity. NASA has been doing some exciting explorations of Mars with robots, currently Opportunity and Curiosity, which are maneuvered on the Martian surface by remote control. These robots … Continue reading →