In this edition: Hotel Reservations for 43rd AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Now Available Hard Copy Getting Started in...
Space
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...
Some hacks are so great that when you die you receive the rare honor of both an obituary in the...
As with all aging bodies, clogged tubes form an increasing issue. So too with the 47-year old Voyager 1 spacecraft...
In this edition: * BuzzSat Satellite Meteorology Course Now Available * AMSAT Volunteers Power Hamvention Exhibit * The 16th Annual...
The Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast from theUSAF/NOAA indicates that solar activity has been at low levels forthe past...
ANS-131 May 11, 2025 In this edition: * Last chance to purchase tickets to the TAPR/AMSAT Banquet, being held on...
AMSAT Dinner at Tickets – Thursday, May 15th The annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” party will be held at Tickets...
On May 2, Spaceweather.com reported: "Astronomers are monitoring avery large sunspot now turning toward Earth. Sunspot AR4079stretches more than 140,000...
In this edition: * AMSAT Prepares for Major Presence at 2025 Dayton Hamvention * Amazon Kicks Off Kuiper Network with...
One of the first things that an amateur radio operator is likely to do once receiving their license is grab...
