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01/28/2011 | ARISSat-1 Blasts Off
The new AMSAT ARISSat-1 satellite is on its way to the International Space Station
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10/22/2009 | SumbandilaSat Now OSCAR 67
The South African Amateur Radio satellite SumbandilaSat has been officially designated SumbandilaSat-OSCAR 67, or simply OSCAR 67. Last weekend, the satellite was successfully activated and tested with a number of contacts
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09/23/2009 | More CubeSats Reach Orbit
Early this morning (UTC), an Indian PSLV-C14 rocket carried the Oceansat-2 satellite to orbit, along with four CubeSats and two RubinSats. The RubinSats are 8 kg research modules that will remain attached to the PSLV-C14 booster.
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09/18/2009 | South African Amateur Radio Payload Reaches Orbit
After several delays, South Africa's SumbandilaSat satellite finally blasted to orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Learn More
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11/12/2008 | Satellite Serving as Voice Repeater Expected to Go QRT by End of Year
Launched in January 1990, AMSAT-OSCAR 16 (AO-16) -- a digital satellite -- has been operating as a voice repeater since January 2008, using FM voice on the uplink and transmitting DSB voice on the downlink (best received on SSB). But according to the sate
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10/16/2008 | Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, Gets Busy from Space
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, took off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, October 12, becoming the sixth private citizen to fly with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA) for a short-term mission on the ISS. Not two hours after he arrived on
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