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09/17/2015 | Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launch Now Scheduled for September 18
Nine Amateur Radio satellites will be among 20 satellites set to launch on September 18 from China.
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09/16/2015 | Two Aussie Balloons Carrying Ham Radio Payloads Launched from California
Foil party pico balloon launcher Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, couldn’t resist the opportunity during a work assignment on the US West Coast to release a couple more balloons carrying Amateur Radio payloads. Working for a month at San Jose, Nguyen on September 1...
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09/02/2015 | Trio Launched to ISS Includes Two Radio Amateurs
Two radio amateurs — European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, and Soyuz commander and cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, RU3DIS — plus cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov have headed into space bound for the International Space Station.
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08/31/2015 | Danish Ham-Astronaut to be Involved in ISS Deployment of CubeSats
CubeSats, both carrying Amateur Radio payloads, be simultaneously deployed into orbit from the ISS during the first half of September, with the involvement of Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ.
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08/21/2015 | IARU Reiterates Commitment to Coordinate Satellites Only Within International Band Plans
In apparent reference to efforts by China’s Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) to coordinate operating frequencies for nine satellites set to launch in early September, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has made it clear that it will not coord...
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08/05/2015 | Chinese Amateur Radio Satellites Set to Launch in Early September
China’s Amateur Satellite Group CAMSAT said this week that nine satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads have been delivered to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Central China.
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05/26/2015 | China Set to Launch Several Amateur Radio Satellites this Summer
CAMSAT has announced that the CAS-3 amateur satellite system is nearing completion, and six Chinese amateur satellites will be launched in mid-July.
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04/26/2015 | AMSAT: Amateur Radio Payload Could Share Space on Geosynchronous Satellite
AMSAT has announced that, if all goes according to plan, an Amateur Radio payload will go into space on a geostationary satellite that’s planned for launch in 2017.
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