In this edition: * AMSAT Shares Update on Fox-Plus CubeSat Design, Adapter Issues, and Integration Work * AMSAT South Africa...
Space
Solar activity has been at low levels for the past 48 hours, withlow-level C-class flares. There was a narrow coronal mass...
When we were kids, it was a rite of passage to read the newly arrived Edmund catalog and dream of...
In a twist worthy of science fiction, scientists have detected a strange radio pulse from what appears to be a...
AMSAT News Service ANS-173 June 22, 2025 In this edition: * Hamsat to Test New Super-Black Paint That Could Fix...
On Friday, June 20, Spaceweather.com reports that, in addition to itbeing the first day of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere,...
Since October 1978, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has operated its fleet of Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES)...
Last week we mentioned a large coronal hole on the Sun that might cause problems. The hole is so large...
If you look at this solar generator from , you might think it’s somehow familiar. That’s because the design was...
In this edition: Hotel Reservations for 43rd AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Now Available Hard Copy Getting Started in...
On Friday, June 13, Spaceweather.com reports a CIR, or co-rotatinginteraction region, hit Earth's magnetic field, sparking a G2-classgeomagnetic storm. There...
AMSAT News Service ANS-159 June 8, 2025 In this edition: Nominations Close Soon for 2025 AMSAT Board of Directors Election...
In this edition: * Welcome SO-125! AMSAT-EA’s HADES-ICM Joins the OSCAR Fleet * Your Voice, Your Board: Nominate Now for...
AMSAT has designated the recently launched HADES-ICM satellite as SO-125 (Spain-OSCAR 125). SO-125 was launched from a Falcon 9 rocket...
Solar activity remained at moderate levels earlier this week. Therewas an approximately 20-degree filament eruption on June 4 and apossibly...
Almost all satellites have some kind of thrusters aboard, but they tend to use them as little as possible to...
AMSAT-DL has scheduled the first futureGEO workshop for September 19th. While it's not immediately clear what the workshop will cover,...
Open-weather will host an End-of-life Nowcast inviting weather and radio enthusiasts to capture recordings from the NOAA 15, 18, and...
It's been nearly a year since we've seen public mention of the amateur radio focused geosynchronous satellite project that was...
AMSAT reports that the repeater aboard the HADES-ICM satellite will be active starting in June. The FM repeater will initially...
Starting on June 12, 2025, the NASA Spot the Station website will no longer provide ISS sighting information, per a...
If you talk about Starlink, you are usually talking about the satellites that orbit the Earth carrying data to and...
AMSAT News Service ANS-145 May 25, 2025 In this edition: Dick Jansson, KD1K, Former AMSAT Vice President – Engineering, SK...
Solar activity ranged from low to high. Region 4087 produced the strongest event of the period, an impulsive R3 flare...
Telescopes are great tools for observing the heavens, or even surrounding landscapes if you have the right vantage point. You...
