Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers...
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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...
Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts”...
AMSAT News Service ANS-018 January 18, 2026 In this edition: November/December 2025 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Now Available REMINDER:...
For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is...
AMSAT News Service ANS-011 January 11, 2026 In this edition: * NASA Ends Crew 11 Mission Due To ‘Medical Concern’...
Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagneticstorm levels on January 13 and 14, and then from January...
NASA will bring Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday, weeks earlier than planned, due to a medical...
AMSAT News Service ANS-004 January 4, 2026 In this edition: * AMSAT Membership Now Includes “Getting Started with Amateur Satellites”...
The January 2, 2026, report from Spaceweather.com has updateddetails about the Coronal Mass Ejections predicted to hit the Earthon January...
Looking up at the sky just after sunset or just before sunrise will reveal a fairly staggering amount of satellites...
