If you are an American of a certain age, you know the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, beating...
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Solar activity has been at low levels this past week with most of the C-level activity originating from Region 4465,...
June 14, 2026 In this edition: Last Call – Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Due June...
When the Artemis lunar program was first conceived, the third mission would have seen astronauts step foot on the Moon...
The following is a message from HAM RADIO: This year, HAM RADIO is turning its gaze skyward from June 26...
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) held its annual conference in London last week. The event was organised...
AMSAT News Service ANS-158June 7, 2026 In this edition: Deadline for Candidate Nominations for 2026 AMSAT Board of Directors Election...
Solar activity has remained at low levels this past week. The largest event of the period was a C3.4 flare...
AMSAT News Service ANS-151 May 31, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT Opens Candidate Nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election...
There are plenty of photos of the International Space Station out there on the Internet, but taking your own from...
The presentation On 12 August there will be a solar eclipse visible in the UK. It will be a total...
ANS-140 May 20, 2026 In this special edition: * OrigamiSat-2 is Designated Fuji-OSCAR 126 The AMSAT® News Service bulletins are...
AMSAT News Service ANS-144 May 24, 2026 In this edition: * OrigamiSat-2 Receives Fuji-OSCAR 126 (FO-126) Designation from AMSAT *...
Solar activity continued at low levels during the past 24 hours withfour active regions on the visible disk. The largest...
During their Saturday Hamvention forum presentation, ARISS: Celebrating 25 Years on ISS and Pioneering New Spaceflight Opportunities for Hams and...
Solar activity remained at low levels this past week. Region 4436 wasresponsible for the majority of the C-flare activity, including...
AMSAT News Service ANS-137 May 17, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT “Radio Adventure” at Hamvention * VUCC Satellite Standing May...
Solar activity was at low levels this past week with occasionalB-class and isolated low-level C-class flares. The largest event ofthe...
AMSAT News Service ANS-130May 10, 2026 In this edition: AMSAT at Hamvention – AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Ticket Deadline – Monday, May...
AMSAT News Service ANS-123 May 3, 2026 In this edition: * Reminder: AMSAT at Hamvention * FO-29 Update * FCC...
Although GNSS systems like GPS have made pin-pointing locations on Earth’s sphere-approximating surface significantly easier and more precise, it’s always...
AMSAT News Service ANS-116 April 26, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT Update from 2026 CubeSat Developers Workshop Available Online...
April 19, 2026 In this edition: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet to Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update on AMSAT’s SDR Gen2 ARISS SSTV...
The University of Pittsburgh’s Panther Amateur Radio Club (PARC) had a unique opportunity last week...helping NASA track Artemis II’s Orion...
Solar activity was at very low levels with only isolated B-classflaring, mostly from Region 4416. There are currently four...
