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lördag, juni 18, 2011

A Brief Chronology of Amateur Satellites

Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio (OSCAR) is a series of small satellites initiated for radio amateurs to experience satellite tracking and participate in radio propagation experiments. The World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) allocated frequencies for the Amateur Satellite Service, including 29 MHz (10m), 145 MHz (2m), 435 MHz (70cm), 1270 MHz (24cm) and 2400 MHz (13cm). Transmitting low-powered signals, initially battery operated and offering short lives, the satellites have become increasingly sophisticated. More recently, they have served school science groups, provided emergency communications for disaster relief, acted as technology demonstrators, and transmitted Earth imagery.
Satellites are listed in chronological order by launch date. You can get additional information about a satellite by clicking on the satellite name >>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php


AMSAT is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide, but in particular the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) with headquarters at Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington DC. AMSAT organizations design, build, arrange launches for, and then operate (command) satellites carrying amateur radio payloads, including the OSCAR series of satellites. Other informally affiliated national organizations exist, such as AMSAT Germany (AMSAT-DL), and AMSAT Japan (JAMSAT)

Satellite OSCAR 7 (AO-7) *AMSAT*
March 2011:


Amateur satellite station antennas:


Arissat-1 at AMSAT Space Symposium with AMSAT-UK
February 18, 2011:


AMSAT i Sverige
I Sverige bildades AMSAT-SM 1982 och har för närvarande runt 300 medlemmar. De flesta av våra medlemmar är radioamatörer men alla med satellitintresse är givetvis välkomna! Denna hemsida (http://www.amsat.se/?page_id=8277) är en bra startplats att börja på inom området satelliter. Under år 2005 har AMSAT-SM stöttat det stora satellitprojektet P3E med att skänka 6000 € vilket är ca. 55000 kr!
AMSAT-SM är alltså en ideell förening med specialintresset att använda amatörradio via satelliter.

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