The International Space Station (ISS) is currently scheduled for retirement in 2030, but Elon Musk has called for an earlier...
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Something that you generally don’t expect as a North-America-based enthusiast, is to listen in on Russian military communications during their...
AMSAT NEWS SERVICEANS-068In this edition:Another Batch of CubeSatSim Kits Available Soon in AMSAT Store GOLF-TEE Advances: Flight Software and Bus...
As part of the payloads on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (BGM1) that recently touched down on the Moon,...
Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how...
Spaceweather.com is reporting "A Hole In The Sun's Atmosphere" thatshould reach Earth on March 9 and 10. Solar activity has...
In late January 2025, 17 students and staff members from Las Animas High School (LAHS) in Colorado visited the Deep...
In this edition: * Amateur Satellites Scheduled for Launch This Week * Nine New TEVEL Satellites Scheduled for Launch *...
AMSAT has designated the recently launched HADES-R as Spain-OSCAR 124 (SO-124). The satellite features an FM repeater and is now...
A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) associated with a filament eruptionbecame visible on February 26 at 1448 UTC. Model analysisdetermined this...
In this edition: * HADES-R FM Repeater Activated and Designated Spain-OSCAR 124 (SO-124) * ARISS Completes Successful FRAM2Ham Simulation Event...
In all likelihood, asteroid 2024 YR4 will slip silently past the Earth. Based on the data we have so far,...
AMSAT News Service ANS-047 February 16, 2025 In this edition: HB9RG Trophy Competition – March 3 – 16, 2025 Current...
NOAA reports a G1 (Minor) geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issuedfor 14 Feb, 2025. A coronal hole high speed stream...
When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could...
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,...
