ku2y, 30 days ago to hamradio

At the AMSAT Forum at Hamvention on Saturday, I’ll be showing off this prototype 2U CubeSat Simulator.

If you are there or stop by the AMSAT Booth on Friday or Saturday, make sure you say hi! 🛰️📡😁

https://CubeSatSim.org/wiki-beta

#CubeSatSim #AMSAT #Hamvention #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #STEM #CubeSat

Photo of an AMSAT CubeSatSim 2U prototype showing solar panels and camera
Photo of an AMSAT CubeSatSim 2U prototype showing PCBs stacked inside the frame

n6utc, 1 month ago to hamradio

Back in DM03, all QSO's from IO72, IO82 & IO83 have been uploaded to LOTW. One new roving grid added to the UK map. Thanks @m0skm @G0IIQ & @2m0sql nice to hear you all. #amsat #hamradio

ai6yr, 3 months ago to random

BBC: Space debris: 'Grandfather satellite' due to fall to Earth #satellite #spacejunk #debris https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68318273

ku2y, 7 months ago to hamradio

See below for streaming info - my presentation will be on Saturday morning!

#AMSAT #HamRadio #CubeSat #CubeSatSim

The 41st AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting lifts off at 1:00pm Central Daylight Time / 18:00 UTC on Friday, October 20th.

You can watch a live stream of the Symposium sessions on AMSAT's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@AMSATNA/streams

pa3weg, 10 months ago to random

One of the satellites I worked on, NAYIF-1 (EO-88), has just burnt up in the atmosphere. We could never have imagined that this little satellite launched in 2017 would operate flawlessly and fully autonomous for over six years.
Goodbye, little buddy!
#CubeSats #amsat #hamr

Group picture of the Nayif-1 team in front of a sign advertising the satellite at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai
Wouter standing behind the satellite on a bench, illuminated by a flood light. He's wearing a clean room coat and hairnet
Antenna temperatures shown as 56.7˚C and 61.3˚C