The Space Race, that high-tech Cold War competition to see which global superpower could conquer the cosmos first, was such...
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ARISS will transmit images from Series 31 utilizing the SSTV system on the International Space Station (ISS). This event will...
AMSAT News Service ANS-081 March 22, 2026 In this edition: * Digital Modes on FO-29 Not Permitted per Licensing Restrictions*...
There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to show the time at various...
AMSAT News Service ANS-074 March 15, 2026 In this edition: January/February 2026 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Now Available IARU...
Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks...
Solar activity was very low to low. Only low-level C-class activitywas observed from Regions 4384 and 4389. Slight growth was...
AMSAT News Service ANS-067 — March 8, 2026 In this edition: * Kairos No. 3 Launch Failure Destroys NUTSAT-3* Ten-Koh...
AMSAT recently announced Students On The Air (StOTA) Days in which students are invited to get on the air and...
Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers...
AMSAT News Service ANS-060 March 1, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT Announces Students On The Air Satellite Activity Beginning...
AMSAT-DL is hosting Bochum Space Day to coincide with Germany's Space Day and Day of Astronomy. The event will feature...
It's been several months since we've heard movement regarding the futureGEO project, but events scheduled in 2026 appear to be...
February 22, 2026 In this edition: REMINDER: AMSAT New Memberships & Renewals Includes Getting Started Guide AMSAT Publishes “Satellites in...
Solar activity returned to low levels this past week. The strongestevent of the period was a C1.8 flare on February...
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a technique in radio astronomy whereby multiple radio telescopes cooperate to bundle their received data...
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-046 February 15, 2026 In this edition: AMSAT at Hamcation REMINDER: AMSAT Membership Now Includes Getting Started...
There’s little about building spacecraft that anyone would call simple. But there’s at least one element of designing a vehicle...
AMSAT News Service ANS-039 February 8, 2026 In this edition: * FO-29 Approaches Full Sunlight * Gridmaster Top 100 Rovers for...
AMSAT News Service ANS-032 February 1, 2026 In this edition: * NASA Selects Global Tracking Volunteers for Artemis II Lunar...
In this edition: FO-29 Operating Schedule for February 2026 ESA-Led CCSDS Competition Registration Now Open Feature Story Editors & Video...
Solar activity reached moderate levels with two M-class flaresearlier this week. The first flares occurred on January 21 in regions...
What can one expect from 3D printing an 8″ Newtonian telescope? shares her thoughts after doing exactly that. The performance...
Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what...
