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05/27/2016 | ESA Announces Winners of “Fly Your Satellite!” CubeSat Competition
Radio amateurs in the US, Russia, Germany, and the Netherlands topped the field in a European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office competition to be the first to hear signals from three new, student-built CubeSats.
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04/26/2016 | Three ESA “Fly Your Satellite!” Program CubeSats Now in Orbit
Three student-built CubeSats — including the first to carry a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) Amateur Radio payload into space — now are successfully in orbit following an April 25 launch from Guiana.
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04/12/2016 | First-Ever D-STAR Satellite to Launch in April
he first-ever satellite to carry a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) Amateur Radio payload into space is expected to launch on April 22 from Guiana.
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03/18/2016 | Just-Launched ISS Expedition 47/48 Crew Increment Includes Two Radio Amateurs
The Expedition 47/48 crew increment of Astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, and Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, and Alexey Ovchinin, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS).
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02/28/2016 | Incremental ISS Crew Change Ahead After 1-Year Space Mission Ends
US Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kornienko, RN3BF, will end their year-long mission in space on March 1, and ham-astronauts will be swapping places.
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01/11/2016 | UK Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, Notes Death of Space Oddity’s “Major Tom”
In his Twitter feed, UK/ESA Astronaut and ISS crew member Tim Peake, KG5BVI, has noted the passing of rock legend David Bowie, whose 1969 hit single “Space Oddity” was covered in space by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG/KC5RNJ. Hadfield also ...
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01/08/2016 | UK Students Enjoy First ARISS Contact with Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI
A brand-new ham was the first to speak with UK astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, on the International Space Station.
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12/16/2015 | Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, to Host First ARISS Video Contact
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, just arrived onboard the International Space Station, will be the first ISS crew member to use the HamTV digital Amateur Radio TV (DATV) system during an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact.
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