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AMSAT Who we are and how we can help you! Graham Shirville – G3VZV.
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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
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OSCAR Satellites Oldest - Oscar 1 - launched 1961
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OSCAR Satellites Largest – Oscar 40 – launched 2000 450kg to HEO on an Ariane 5
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OSCAR Satellites Oldest still operational - Oscar 7 - launched 1974
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OSCAR Satellites Latest -Delfi-C3 – launched 2008 - Oscar 64
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AMSAT-UK provided an S band transmitter/transponder in June 2004 and it was launched in October 2005 – Oscar 53
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We offered a 3 watt S band PA in April 2004 It was launched in June 2004 In the beginning - AO51
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. ESEO
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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
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ARISS- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Educational awareness and publicity by school children speaking to astronauts
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ARISS – Richard Garriott Bugbrooke School contact 16th Oct 2008 video
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Columbus L/S Band Antennas
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Link Budget Spreadsheet Jan King W3GEY
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Link Budget Spreadsheets
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Link Budget Spreadsheets
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Link Budget Spreadsheets
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Link Budget Spreadsheets
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Link Budget Spreadsheets
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Amateur Satellite Service Frequency Coordination IARU R1
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Amateur Satellite Service Frequency Coordination
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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
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A Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations
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GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg (International Space University)
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GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg.
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GENSO – Installation @ ISU Strasbourg.
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http://193.51.107.114/view/index.shtml
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Synergy Experience and expertise Worldwide coverage Enthusiasm and passion Mutual benefits Finally Keyword to remember “TRANSPONDERS”.
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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.
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