A number of copies of the May/June AMSAT Journal were misprinted. Members who received misprinted copies may call Martha at 1 (888) 322-6728 or 1 (301) 822-4376 for a new copy. An electronic version is available below.
May/June 2018 AMSAT JournalDownload the PDF copy here.
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This morning, AMSAT filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In the Matter of Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites (International Bureau Docket #18-86). The comments can be read in their entirety below.
Comments of Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation - IB Docket No 18-86You may download a copy of AMSAT’s comments here.
When disseminated by the Commission, AMSAT’s comments will appear at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?proceedings_name=18-86
The “AMSAT North America” group that has existed for over a decade no longer serves as the official Facebook group of AMSAT. Please join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMSATNA/
AMSAT has petitioned Facebook to remove the logo and name from the “AMSAT North America” group’s pages in accordance with Facebook’s Intellectual Property Policy.
AMSAT officers and board members will no longer hold any role in the group. Facebook’s policy is the creator of the group, owns the group resources.
For the most current information and discussion about AMSAT’s activities, please join us on our new group. This new group has been placed under corporate ownership under legal advice and to insure the latest information and discussion from AMSAT.
AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, has been streaming live videos of testing of the flight model of RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) from Fox Labs in Granbury, TX.
You can view archived videos at https://www.twitch.tv/n0jy/videos/all.
Follow @N0JY on Twitter for announcements of future live streams of RadFxSat-2 flight model testing. You can also follow N0JY on Twitch for notifications of live streams.
RadFxSat-2 is scheduled to launch later this year on the ELaNa XX mission aboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launch-to-orbit system. The satellite carries a 30 kHz wide V/u linear transponder and radiation experiments for Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Space and Defense Electronics.
