Space & satellites
The last 7 days · 5 stories
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ERMINAZ-2 Satelliten senden erste Signale!
ERMINAZ-2 Satellites Transmit First Signals
Three ERMINAZ-2 small satellites from AMSAT-DL in Bochum launched on 1 October and were released from their deployer about a week earlier than planned. Two have been heard by the Bochum observatory ground station; the third has not yet reported.
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ANS-277 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
The October 4 AMSAT News Service bulletin covers the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium in Jacksonville, Florida, ERMINAZ-2 satellites now in orbit, upcoming HADES-L and UNNE-1B launches, an AO-73 mode change, and FCC and HHS RF exposure proceedings.
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Astronaut to use Amateur Radio to Talk to UK Students
Students at Wick High School in Caithness are scheduled to speak with ISS astronaut Joshua Kutryk KJ5BFU on October 6, 2026, via ARISS. The downlink is on 145.800 MHz FM, with a live stream and a possible HamTV video downlink.
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ERMINAZ-2 Satelliten im Orbit
ERMINAZ-2 Satellites in Orbit
Three PocketQube satellites built by AMSAT-DL in Bochum, ERMINAZ-2U, 2V and 2X, launched on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. They ride on the Spanish OSSIE-D orbital vehicle, which is to deploy them into orbit.
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Countdown für Bochums erste Satelliten läuft
Countdown for Bochum's first satellites underway
AMSAT-DL's three PocketQube satellites ERMINAZ-2U, 2V and 2X, built in Bochum, are set to launch on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg on 1 October. They ride on the OSSIE-D vehicle and will transmit telemetry once deployed.