Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 363 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – December 28, 2013:
* FUNcube-1: One Month in Space
* CQ to Realign Publications, Launch New CQ Plus Digital Supplement
* Updated Dashboard Software now available for FUNcube
* FUNcube-1 High Resolution Graphs Available
* Popular Magazine Reports
* ISS ham video commissioning
* HamRadioNow: Low Cost Mobile APRS
* AMSAT-UK Announces Availability of the G0MRF 144 MHz Pre-amp Kit
* New Ham Radio Educational Video
* Star Comm Amateur Satellite Group Announces New “Got Grids? Award”
* Changes to FUNcube Data Warehouse Upload
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
[The AMSAT web site was down last week so I didn’t post this Dec.15th AMSAT Bulletin. The site is back up so I’ll post it now.]
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 349 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Dec.15, 2013:
* KySat-2 Ham Radio Software Update
* UKube-1 on its way to Kazakhstan
* PUCP-SAT-1 Deploys POCKET-PUCP Femtosatellite
* FUNcube-1 Whole Orbit Data Available
* WRAPS: A Portable Satellite Antenna Rotator System
* NASA video of ham radio participation in Juno
* 10 GHz CubeSat ESTELLE to carry Cold Gas Thruster
* $50SAT team seek help from radio hams
* KB1WTW Addresses US House Committee
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 356 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – December 21, 2013:
* Saudisat 1C, SO-50, Eleven Years in Orbit
* NASA Space Life Sciences Training Program Applications Open
* ISS Cooling Pump Repair Delays Cubesat Missions
* Delfi-N3XT Update
* AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2014 in Memory of W2LV
* Satellite Shorts
When the Juno spacecraft recently did a fly-by of earth on its way to Jupiter, amateur radio enthusiasts were urged to try to contact Juno. This brief documentary video describes the successful project:
http://youtu.be/_yqHy_MpNiQ
Caption:
During its close flyby of Earth, NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft listened for a communication from amateur radio operators transmitting from locations around the world. This video clip depicts results, the “dits” and the “dahs,” of this high-flying social experiment.
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 342 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Dec.7, 2013:
* WD9EWK releases videos of working AO-73
* AO-73 added to LoTW list of recognized satellites
* South Africa ZACube-1 Tshepisosat Telemetry Requested
* New Award from The Star Comm Group
* Listening Help Requested for Trailblazer and DragonSat
* CAPE-2 Tracking Information Updated
* Successful Launch of NROL-39 CubeSats
* NASA Enhances ‘Space Station Live’ and Launches New Weekly Web Series
* NASA Education and Virginia Space Grant Opportunities Available
* See What You Are Missing if You Don’t Receive Your Own AMSAT Journal
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over