Postage stamp features ham radio satellites

A new Lithuanian postage stamp featuring the amateur radio satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1

The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 9 January 2014 and deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2014.

LituanicaSAT-1 carried a FM transponder and a camera while LitSat-1 had a linear (SSB/CW) transponder developed by by William Leijenaar PE1RAH.

LitSat-1 was the lighter satellite and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and burnt up on 23 May 2014, the heavier LituanicaSAT-1 remained in orbit until 28 July 2014.

Watch a presentation on LituanicaSAT-1 given by Gintautas Sulskus to the 2014 AMSAT-UK Colloquium in Guildford - http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2014/presentation-videos/

LituanicaSAT-1 - http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/26/president-tests-lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder/

LitSat-1 - http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/litsat-1-transponder-test-successful/

The first Greek microsatellite is a fact!

The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society invites its members and all amateurs of Cyprus to support the work of the group through the establishment of the necessary infrastructure for reception and relaying of the microsatellite signals back to the team for scientific analysis.

More details about the project are on the website.

Technical details about how to listen to Λ-sat will be made available soon

Read more at the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society Group website - http://www.lambdasat.com

Amateur Radio Satellite Ground Station in Ghana

A much-awaited Satellite Ground Station at the All Nations University College (ANU) in Ghana is about to be implemented 

Ghana's new Amateur Radio Satellite Ground Sation will be housed ar the All Nations University College

It follows the resolve of the All Nations University College to design and build an Amateur Satellite Ground Station this year. The planned Miniature Satellite Ground Station is to be used in tracking Amateur Satellites in orbit, train engineers in Space and Satellite Engineering, and for research purposes that will enhance both institutional and industrial activities in the sub-region.

The successful implementation of the project would, not only earn ANU the credit of being the first university to have successfully designed and built a miniature satellite called CanSat in the sub-region, but also the first University to build a Satellite Ground Station.

Read the full story - http://thechronicle.com.gh/all-nations-miniature-satellite-ground-station-on-course/