November/December 2017 Joe Spier, K6WAO, President As the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) approaches its Golden Jubilee, I want to introduce myself to all AMSAT members. At the recent Board of Directors meeting in Reno, Nevada, I was elected President of AMSAT. Founded in 1969, AMSAT is an all-volunteer organization (the only exception is our … Read more
On the 03:25 UTC pass on January 26, 2018, AMSAT Vice President – Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, announced that AO-92 had been commissioned and formally turned the satellite over to AMSAT Operations. AMSAT Vice President – Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, then declared that AO-92 was now open for amateur use. Audio of the handover and … Read more
The AMSAT Engineering and Operations teams have been hard at work testing the various modes and experiments aboard AO-92 since its launch on January 12th. Since the last update, testing has concentrated on the University of Iowa’s High Energy CubeSat Radiation Instrument (HERCI) experiment and the AMSAT L-Band Downshifter. The HERCI experiment was activated for … Read more
AMSAT Fox-1 Project Status AMSAT GOLF Project Status In October 2017, AMSAT announced the GOLF, or “Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint,” program. NASA announced the selection of the first two satellites in the series, GOLF-TEE and GOLF-1, for participation in the CubeSat Launch Initiaitve on March 2, 2018. Both will be 3U CubeSats in Low Earth … Read more