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SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission launched on Thursday carrying 105 satellites including several amateur radio payloads. The Tevel mission comprises eight satellites, each with an FM transponder with an uplink on 145.970MHz and downlink, plus beacon transmissions on 436.400MHz. The
EASAT-2 and Hades cubesats also have 2m to 70cm transponders, with Hades
also carrying a []
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NASA recognises ARISS in pictures
NASA has recognised Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) as a science education and research programme. Two images of ARISS activity are among those singled out by the space agency as some of the
best space station science pictures of 2021. ARRL Representative to ARISS International Rosalie White, K1STO, said recognition is significant []
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Also in GB2RS this week
If you couldn’t join the RSGB’s Tonight @ 8 webinar on amateur radio software construction this week, you can catch up on the RSGB YouTube
channel or at rsgb.org/webinars. Heather Lomond’s talk has inspired people
to try something new; so take a look and perhaps make something yourself
for the RSGB Construction Competition. There are []