Tag Archives: ARISSat

2012 AMSAT Forum at Dayton – Saturday May 19

Posted on 09/05/2012 by M0TFO

The AMSAT Forum at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention will be on Saturday morning May 19 from 11:15 to 13:30 in Forum Room 5. The moderator will be Alan Biddle, WA4SCA The speakers will be: Barry Baines, WD4ASW; AMSAT Status Report … Continue reading →

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AMSAT Fox-1 CubeSat selected for NASA ELaNa launch collaboration

Posted on 11/02/2012 by M5AKA

Project ELaNa, NASA’s ‘Educational Launch of NanoSat’ managed by the  Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, announced on February 10 that the AMSAT Fox-1 CubeSat has been selected to join the program. NASA will work with AMSAT in … Continue reading →

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Winners in the ARISSat-1/KEDR Chicken Little Contest

Posted on 22/01/2012 by M0TFO

The Chicken Little Contest received 77 entries from 17 different countries, and all continents except Antarctica. Based on comments sent along with the submissions, a wide variety of techniques were used. These ranged from detailed calculations, to comparisons with past satellites, to … Continue reading →

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ARISSat-1 . . A Fun HAM Satellite!

Posted on 25/12/2011 by M0TFO

  ARISSat-1 . . A Fun HAM Satellite! David Pruett KF7ETX has released this video of the amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. There are only a few days left to hear it before it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere. The YouTube description reads: Tune … Continue reading →

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Last chance to hear ARISSat-1

Posted on 23/12/2011 by M5AKA

The amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1 may have only a few more days to live before it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. Ken GW1FKY reports it’s putting out a strong signal in the early evening. On the AMSAT bulletin board Ken writes: I … Continue reading →

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