Author Archives: M5AKA

AMSAT-UK Satellite Talk at Telford

Posted on 22/02/2012 by M5AKA

Paul Robinson 2E1EUB will be guest speaker at the Telford and District Amateur Radio Society (TDARS) on Wednesday, March 21, where he will give a talk about amateur radio satellites. In 2011 Paul was awarded the prestigeous Louis Varney Cup … Continue reading →

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Nano and picosatellite resolution at WRC-12

Posted on 21/02/2012 by M5AKA

Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ provides an update regarding the attendance by ISIS at the World Radiocommunication Conference. At the conference, ISIS has managed to write a last-minute resolution which was submitted by a group of countries, led by The Netherlands. … Continue reading →

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New MO-72 Decode Software

Posted on 21/02/2012 by M5AKA

The students who developed the amateur radio satellite MO-72 (Masat-1) have announced that new telemetry decode software is available. Changes in this new release include: – “Offline” label removed, the status of the automatic packet reporting is displayed – Battery … Continue reading →

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MASAT-1 designated MagyarSat-OSCAR-72 (MO-72)

Posted on 19/02/2012 by M5AKA

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 have met all of … Continue reading →

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Vega Launch Success – Satellite Signals Heard

Posted on 17/02/2012 by M5AKA

The first Vega, flight VV01, lifted off at 1000 UT Monday, February 13 from the ESA Spaceport at Kourou in the Caribbean carrying eight student built amateur radio satellites and the LARES Laser Relativity Satellite into orbit. LARES was put … Continue reading →

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