When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could...
Space
In preparation for an upcoming mission to transmit SSTV images from a Space-X Dragon capsule later this spring, a simulation...
In this edition: * AMSAT-EA’s HADES-R Successfully Deployed and Transmitting Telemetry * Blue Origin Simulates Lunar Gravity on Landmark New...
Spaceweather.com reports that sunspot 3981 has produced more than 20M-class solar flares, including two that almost reached category X. The...
Did you ever hear of a satellite called Parcae (pronounced like park-eye)? If you haven’t, don’t feel bad—it was, after...
AMSAT News Service ANS-033 February 2, 2025 In this edition: MO-122 – Newest OSCAR Alive and Well SO-120 (URESAT-1) Antennas...
Solar Update Report January 30, 2025 The sun has been moderately active this past week. The greater than 2 MeV...
Last week was pretty unremarkable as far as the Sun goes, but it looks like that is about to change....
The moon is a popular target for ham radio operators to bounce signals since it’s fairly large and follows a...
In this edition:AMSAT Fox-Plus CubeSat Moves Toward CDR Milestone Hacking a Motorized RV Satellite Dish for Tracking LEO Satellites AMSAT...
Pine View School for the Gifted (PVS) in Osprey, Florida, has an opportunity to achieve a historic milestone on Tuesday,...
The Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) network is a distributed series of receivers designed to measure the space environment. These...
AMSAT Switzerland has announced a special event and contest that encourages hams to make extreme long-distance contacts via amateur satellite....
AMSAT News Service ANS-019 January 19, 2025 In this edition: * SpaceX Launches Hamsats on Rideshare Mission * Two Private...
Sorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin Iwill write. I took over in 1991 from Ed...
The OTC Station 29.8 meter dish at Carnarvon, Australia, in need of a bit of paint. (Credit: ABC News Australia)...
Fram2 and SpaceX are planning an SSTV event to be transmitted from a Dragon spacecraft carrying 4 astronauts over the...
In this edition: * India Launches SpaDeX Satellites with Amateur Radio Experiment * Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest-Ever Approach to...
Solar activity was a bit weak during recent days. Average dailysunspot number was 159.1. During the previous week the average...
AMSAT News Service ANS-005 January 5, 2025 In this edition: AMSAT Student Members Win QCWA Scholarships Fort Worth Cowtown Hamfest...
Currently a geomagnetic storm is raging. On January 1-2, Alaska'scollege A index reached 113. Predicted planetary A index is 12...
Strong solar activity continues, with worldwide propagation on 10and 12 meters quite commonplace. Predicted solar flux is 255, 250, 210,...
In this edition:W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day ARISS SSTV Event Underway N4AKV Earns AMSAT VUCC Award/r GridMasterMap Satellite Top...
In this edition: * Taiwan’s PARUS-T1A Launch Failed * NASA Astronauts Face More Time In Space With Return Delayed *...
Excellent HF conditions greeted hams in the ARRL 10-Meter contestlast weekend. Recent indicators show a sudden shift to two digitdaily...
