Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

AMSAT Who we are and how we can help you! Graham Shirville – G3VZV.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "AMSAT Who we are and how we can help you! Graham Shirville – G3VZV."— Presentation transcript:

1 AMSAT Who we are and how we can help you! Graham Shirville – G3VZV.

2 AMSAT–UK 500 individual members – not a commercial organisation – most are active radio amateurs. One of more than 20 such groups worldwide. In Europe, AMSAT groups exist in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK. Remember – “Amateur” comes from the Latin for “love” – we have a passion for what we do

3 OSCAR Satellites Oldest - Oscar 1 - launched 1961

4 OSCAR Satellites Largest – Oscar 40 – launched 2000 450kg to HEO on an Ariane 5

5 OSCAR Satellites Oldest still operational - Oscar 7 - launched 1974

6 OSCAR Satellites Latest -Delfi-C3 – launched 2008 - Oscar 64

7 AMSAT-UK provided an S band transmitter/transponder in June 2004 and it was launched in October 2005 – Oscar 53

8 We offered a 3 watt S band PA in April 2004 It was launched in June 2004 In the beginning - AO51

9 . ESEO

10 ESEO TCTM_Red transceiver & Transponder Omni directional VHF/UHF/S-Band antennas Receiver / Command decoder / CAN interface to OBDH Linear transponder and DSP Transponder function Telemetry transmitter S Band 5 watt HPA & VHF 3 watt HPA C-Band Beacon transmitter TeleCommand receiver AMSAT power, control and protection system

11

12 ARISS- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Educational awareness and publicity by school children speaking to astronauts

13 ARISS – Richard Garriott Bugbrooke School contact 16th Oct 2008 video

14 Columbus L/S Band Antennas

15 Link Budget Spreadsheet Jan King W3GEY

16 Link Budget Spreadsheets

17 Link Budget Spreadsheets

18 Link Budget Spreadsheets

19 Link Budget Spreadsheets

20 Link Budget Spreadsheets

21 .

22 Amateur Satellite Service Frequency Coordination IARU R1

23 Amateur Satellite Service Frequency Coordination

24 VEGA Maiden Flight - Co-ordinated Frequencies provided for: Oufti – Univ of Liege Robusta – Uiv of Montpellier Unicubesat – Univ of Rome e-Star – Politecnico of Torino AtmoCube - Univ of Trieste PW-Sat – Warsaw University Goliat – Univ of Bucharest Xatcobeo – Univ of Vigo Swisscube2 – EPFL Lausanne UWE3 – Univ of Wurzburg HINCube – Univ of Narvik Plus ALMASAT

25 A Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations

26

27 GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg (International Space University)

28 GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg.

29 GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg.

30 http://193.51.107.114/view/index.shtml

31

32 Synergy Experience and expertise Worldwide coverage Enthusiasm and passion Mutual benefits Finally Keyword to remember “TRANSPONDERS”.

33 Weblinks: AMSAT-UK – www.uk.amsat.org Satellite reports – oscar.dcarr.org IARU – www.iaru.org/satellites Frequency coordination – www.amsat.org.uk/iaru GENSO – www.genso.org.


Download ppt "AMSAT Who we are and how we can help you! Graham Shirville – G3VZV."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google