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08/12/2016 | BIRDS CubeSat Constellation to Launch in 2017
AMSAT-UK reports that four CubeSats will comprise the BIRDS (Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds) constellation, which is set to deploy from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017.
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10/08/2015 | AMSAT Fox-1A CubeSat Launches from California
Right on schedule at 1249 UTC on October 8, the Atlas rocket carrying the AMSAT Fox-1A Amateur Radio CubeSat and 13 others lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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10/06/2015 | AMSAT’s Jerry Buxton, N0JY, to Serve on NASA TV Panel Prior to Fox-1A Launch
AMSAT Vice President for Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, will be part of a NASA TV prelaunch panel on October 7 at 1800 UTC, prior to the Fox-1A launch.
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09/29/2015 | More Chinese Amateur Radio Satellites are Aloft
Quick on the heels of the September 19 launch of nine satellites carrying Amateur Radio transponders comes word that three more satellites were launched by China on September 25.
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08/10/2015 | SPROUT Satellite Sponsors Seek Telemetry Reports
Students at Nihon University in Japan are requesting the assistance of radio amateurs in collecting telemetry reports from the SPROUT satellite.
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06/01/2015 | It's Alive! LightSail Spacecraft Restored After Being Silenced by Software Issue
After going silent for a few days, The Planetary Society’s LightSail™ spacecraft has resumed transmitting.
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05/29/2015 | LightSail CubeSat Stops Transmitting
The Planetary Society is blaming a software glitch for causing its LightSail-A CubeSat to go dark.
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11/20/2014 | Two Japanese Satellites Will Carry Ham Radio Payloads into Deep Space this Month
Two Japanese Satellites Will Carry Ham Radio Payloads into Deep Space this Month
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