Category: Space and Satellite News

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AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program

The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially known) was formed March 3, 1969 as a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered in the District of Columbia. Since its founding,

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News and Features

KickSat-2 is Alive and Being Tracked

The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL): For the first couple of days after the 3U KickSat-2 was deployed from Cygnus NG-10 last November,

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ARISS

ARISS/NOTA Slow Scan TV Event: February 8-10

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. Transmissions are scheduled to begin on Friday, February 8

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International News

New D-Star ONE Nanosatellites Launched

The following news items is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: A December 27 Soyuz launch deployed the two German Orbital Systems D-Star ONE satellites D-Star ONE – Sparrow

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