In this edition: * India Launches SpaDeX Satellites with Amateur Radio Experiment * Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest-Ever Approach to...
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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...
If you’re new to the world of circular math, you might be content with referring to pi as 3.14. If...
To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of SO-50, the Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) is organizing a global competition, the Saudi...
In this edition: * Five CubeSats Successfully Deployed from “Kibo” Module on ISS * Celebrate SO-50: Amateur Radio Special Event...
Average daily sunspot number plummeted to 104.4. Weekly Commentary on the Sun, the Magnetosphere, and the Earth's Ionosphere for December...
At the time of its construction in the 1950s, the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory was the largest rotatable telescope in the...
LingoSat, a CubeSat constructed mainly of wood, will launch from the ISS today. Initial opportunities for data acquisition and amateur...
The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our species has evolved. Whereas before...
Solar activity seems to have dropped dramatically from a recent peak. Are we over the cycle peak and headed down...
AMSAT News Service ANS-343 December 8, 2024 In this edition: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Featured in YouTube Video LignoSat ISS Deployment Information...
ARRL Headquarters was closed on November 29. So, this regular Fridaybulletin was moved to the following Monday (12/2). Solar activity...
In this edition:AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary: CodeStore Breaking New Ground GridMasterMap Satellite Top 100 Rovers December 2024 Rankings Japan Launches...
We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a...
There’s an old joke that they want to send an exploratory mission to the sun, but to save money, they...
Opinion The oldest functional off-Earth space hardware? Well, that is a great question for those into pub quizzes, aka bar trivia....
In this edition: * The Space Age, Morse Code and STEM Innovation + ASRTU-1 Designated ASRTU-OSCAR 123 * CubeSatSim Kits...
SpaceX’s Starship is the most powerful launch system ever built, dwarfing even the mighty Saturn V both in terms of...
Solar activity was lower this reporting week, November 14-20, withthe average daily sunspot number down from 141.6 to 99.3, and...