Did you know AMSAT-UK turns 50 in 2025! The annual AMSAT-UK colloquium is fast approaching. Once again, it is being held at The Kent’s Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes alongside the RSGB Convention on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
The launch of the RSGB High-altitude balloon carrying the LoRa Repeater GB1HAB will take place around 11am BST (10:00 GMT) on Saturday, September 20. As part of the RSGB’s National Coding Week activities this year, the RSGB Outreach Team has … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has announced that five Japanese CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 19 at 08:25-09:00 GMT (09:25-10:00 B…| AMSAT-UK
Upcoming ARISS radio contact between the International Space Station, call sign OR4ISS, and young people at the IARU Region 1 YOTA Summer Camp, call sign FX5YOTA, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 09…| AMSAT-UK
David Bowman G0MRF reports the successful on-air test of the AMSAT-UK U/V FM transponder has been carried out. Destined for the 6U Jovian-1 satellite, this mode U/V FM transponder had its first on-air test on Thursday, July 24, 2025. … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
The 67th CEPT Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) Plenary Meeting held March 24-27 approved ECC Decision (25)01 imposing restrictions on both Amateur and Amateur-Satellite operation in the 23cm Band (1258-1300 MHz) with effect from December 27, 2025. In order to account … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
An ARISS SSTV event from the International Space Station will begin no earlier than July 14 with the expectation that the event will run through the weekend into the beginning of the following week…| AMSAT-UK
A team of 6 students from the University of Surrey, the University of Portsmouth and the University of Southampton are integrating equipment they designed, manufactured and tested to a 12m high Stellar Kinetics Kia-1 rocket in Southern Oman. The launch … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
Amateur radio can open up a new world of opportunities for students, says teacher Chris Aitken MM0WIC, @skipperAitken on X, who shares his tips on how to start a club in the Times Educational Supplement – TES Magazine. “In 2023 … Continue reading →| AMSAT-UK
AST & Science LLC (AST SpaceMobile) currently have five Bluebird commercial satellites that use the amateur radio 430-440 MHz band. They were launched into Low Earth Orbit on September 12, 2024…| AMSAT-UK
