Eseo satellite in the anechoic chamber at the estec test facilities, in the netherlands. Many astronauts and cosmonauts have amateur radio licenses. Find the best facility management software for your business. The simplesat look down program will track satellites using satellite data downloaded from the internet. Visit the university of surreys msc in space engineering course for more information. Amsatuk hosts the amateur satellite frequency coordination status pages for the iaru. The hardware and software development, together with the interaction with esa and eseo partners, is something that students rarely have access to. Various online programs allow you to follow the path of satellites, including the iss. This was conveyed by researcher of the center for satellite technology.
Youll find one such pass prediction tool on the amsat website. These articles appeared over the course of several editions of the amsat journal from 2010 to 2011 unfortunately, because both satellites and web addresses. Amsat organizations design, build, arrange launches for, and then operate command satellites carrying amateur radio payloads, including the oscar series of satellites. Many of these programs are still useful, while others are. Its a rotator interface designed to cover a number of limitations ive found with existing designs. The components are to be installed in qatar in the near future.
Lunar communications pathfinder spacecraft amsat uk is proposing a redundant communications facility for telemetry and also a transponder. These pages give details of the many amateur radio satellite projects under development. A webstream of the colloquium talks will be available at booking for the. A second facility at the qatar amateur radio society qars in doha will serve as a backup, while a third ground station will be installed at bochum observatory. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the.
Our members carry out innovative experimental work with satellite communications using. Updated 7 december 2004 please also see the lvb tracker 2 pages. The work is at the united kingdom software facility uksf, which hosts the teams and equipment that support nuclear deterrent targeting operations. Orbit prediction software commercial and public domain software is available to help track when the iss will be in range of your station, and where to point your antenna.
Amsatct develop the prototype of the satellite camoesat1 at oeiras aerospace observatory facilities. In addition to displaying the telemetry, the software will also have a live. We can take no responsibility for non delivery of items outside the uk due to the current situation. This also includes the coordination of radio operation facilities such as beacons, relays and satellites. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Amateur radio on the iss the amateur radio station aboard the international space station is known as the ariss program amateur radio on the international space station. All profits go to the amsatuk satellite building fund. This link is listed in our web site directory since friday oct 19 2001, and till today amsat software links has been followed for a total of 19800 times.
The radio amateur satellite organisation of the united kingdom. Sarah rogers ki7ooy reports that following the successful launch of ng on feb 15, the upcoming cubesat deployment from the iss is now scheduled for wednesday, february 19 this deployment times and frequencies for the cubesats being deployed on this date are listed in the table below. Log in to ezfacility software and manage your gym, fitness facility or sports academy easily and efficiently. Amsat is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide, but in particular the radio amateur satellite corporation amsat na with headquarters at kensington, maryland, near washington, d. Estate and facility management software assetworks uk. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Use your email address as username, and guest as the password. Hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. Amsat is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide, but in particular the. Founded in 1975 amsatuk is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. Amateur satellite tracking online and offline application by lu7abf. Amsat uk represents the interests of radio amateurs who design, build and operate satellites under the regulations of the amateur satellite service. Spains amsat ea is registering the amsat nepal sanosat1 satellite with iaru and the itu, due to the difficulty of carrying out this procedure in the asian country a translation of a post by the spanish national amateur radio society in spain ure says.
Please bear in mind that they carry a major health warning they are working documents and they should not be assumed to be perfect nor necessarily to represent the best solutions, and they are subject to change. Org maintains a collection of software related in some way to the amateur. Many of these programs are still useful, while others are of historical interest only. This project scavenges for time among my other commitments and i may need an occasional reminder to move it along. Amsat uk will endeavour to provide some advance notice of these tests being undertaken, but the first step will be activation of the 1200bps bpsk telemetry beacon on 145. Improving spectrum access for consumers in the 5 ghz band introduction. Satellites for which frequencies that have not yet been coordinated or owners who are unwilling to publish telemetry information. The author of the files contained herein accepts no liability for any loss, injury or death, of any nature and howsoever. The main category is satellite tracking programs that is about ham radio programs for satellite tracking. Of course electronic items are not affected eg software key, membership renewals, etc keep safe and stay at home. Qataroscar 100 is the first geostationary amateur radio transponder, a joint project between the qatar satellite company eshailsat, the qatar amateur radio society qars, and amsat deutschland amsat dl which provided the technical lead oscar100 is hosted on eshail2, a broadcast transponder. The amsat uk team is also working, in collaboration with amsat nl, on a number of other cubesat transponder projects and details of these will be made available in the forthcoming weeks. Listen feed genre listeners player selection links status.
The current contract is due to expire in march 2019, and a pretender has been published to make suppliers aware that the mod plans to recompete its future requirements. About amsat software links the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Spacex rocket launches satellite payload designed and built by. Amsat united kingdom amsatuk built funcube ao73 with amsatnl. How to hear the iss how to work the iss using aprs packet radio how to work fm satellites how to work ssb satellites how to track satellites radcom article. Amsatuk was founded in 1975 to provide support for amateur radio satellite operations. This is useful when the satellite pass would otherwise go through the rotors. This websdr, hosted at goonhilly earth station in cornwall, enables you to listen to the qataroscar 100 narrow band transponder onboard the eshail2 satellite. Oscar news, is full of amateur satellite information and free to members. The telemetry format matches previous funcube missions and data from this beacon will be forwarded to the funcube data warehouse using any of the funcube dashboards. Watch the following video for a demonstration of the general operation of the program. Here for you to freely download is a compendium of getting started articles written by keith baker, kb1sfva3ksf. Mod gets set to recompete uk software facility contract.
Amsat is a worldwide group of amateur radio operators who share an active interest in building, launching and then communicating with each other through noncommercial amateur radio satellites. Certainly in the uk one of the licensing stipulations is that you have equipment to receive on the frequency you transmit on, so it is very easy to monitor your own tx signal for quality purity etc. Assetworks is a software provider focused on solutions for estate and facility management for uk, australia and new zealand universities. Badgering cheers of encouragement to the address below please. Currently amsat uk is involved in a number of satellite projects. Towards the end of the 4 page report is an assessment of sdr software and how the boards are supported. Pcbs now available the lvb tracker was originally presented at the 2003 amsat uk colloquium. Eshail2 will offer two amsat dldesigned phase 4 amateur radio transponders operating in the 2. The amsatuk colloquium, incorporated into the rsgb convention, will take place at the kents hill park conference centre, timbold drive, milton keynes, mk7 6bz. The amateur satellite organisation for the united kingdom. Amsat uk spectrum forum meeting saturday 20th november 2010 spectrum report amateur satellite service satellite projects during the year amsat uk members have travelled extensively to give presentations on amateur satellites and run stands at rallies. Amsat designs, constructs and successfully launches communications satellites into earth orbit. Amsatuk initially produced a short bulletin called oscar news to give members advice on amateur satellite communications.
I am happy to publish articles on linux uses in funcube and amsat projects so feel free to submit. Satellite related software over many years, a wide variety of programs have been developed for use in satellite operations. All its officers and members do any work on a purely voluntary basis. Amsatuk represents the amateur satellite community in the uk. Amsatuk has no paid employees, and is run solely to support. Like to test this site as a guest and download a sample oscar news.
Interested in becoming a teacher of the alexander technique. Project documents we intend to publish as many of our working documents as possible here. Amsatuk represents the amateur satellite community in the uk whose members not only operate amateur satellites but also help to design, build and fund them. Facility management software enables organizations to more effectively administer facility and plant assets. Video of the presentations are available via the amsatuk website. Iaru amateur satellite frequency coordination frequencies of active satellites sounds from satellites planned space launches eseo cas4a and cas4b nayif1 lilacsat2 ukube1 funcube2 amsat osca. After registration the demo can be switched to full version. Article appeared in the proceedings of the 6th amsatuk colloquium 1991. As a member of the phoenix cubesat team, it would help us greatly to have as. Other activities on october 25, 2014 the amsatuk funcube yahoo group had 3794 members. Status of active satellites on amateur radio frequencies. This is a oneoff collaboration, which will allow said satellite to fly under the spanish flag, being launched jointly with the easat2.