Monthly Archives: July 2023

Jul 27 2023

AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2023

Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ

Kents Hill Park Conference Centre Milton Keynes MK7 6BZ

AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that the 2023 Colloquium will take place alongside the RSGB Convention at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes on the weekend of 14/15th October 2023.

Full details of the Colloquium will be made available nearer the time on the AMSAT-UK website at https://amsat-uk.org
As in previous years, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium will run as a separate stream within the RSGB Convention and will include presentations on a variety of satellite and space related topics.

The Annual General Meeting of AMSAT-UK will take place during the colloquium. The calling notice for the AGM will be issued once the programme of events has been finalised.

An AMSAT Gala Dinner will be held on the evening of Saturday 14th October at the Marriott Delta Hotel on Trimbold Drive, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes. Attendance is restricted this year at the hotel and a limited number of tickets are on sale via the AMSAT-UK Online Shop. https://shop.amsat-uk.org

The cost of the Gala Dinner is £39 per person and includes a three course meal with tea / coffee at its conclusion.
Alongside the Gala Dinner, AMSAT-UK has reserved a number of rooms at the Marriott Delta for the evening of Saturday 14th October 2023. These rooms include breakfast on Sunday 15th and are priced at £84 per room for single occupancy or £95 for double occupancy. Hotel accommodation and tickets for the Gala Dinner can be purchased on the AMSAT-UK Online Shop.

Bookings for the Hotel and Gala Dinner are now available on the AMSAT-UK Shop, but must close on 1st October 2023 unless sold out sooner, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Entrance to the RSGB Convention is managed by the RSGB and you will be required to purchase Day Tickets for the Saturday and/or Sunday to attend the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. These can be booked via the RSGB website at https://rsgb.org/main/rsgb-2023-convention/ Early bird discounts are being offered by the RSGB via their website.

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Barry Sankey G7RWY and Dave Johnson G4DPZ
AMSAT-UK Joint Secretary
email secretary@amsat-uk.org

 

 

Jul 19 2023

EO-88 (Nayif-1) Re-enters

EO-88, with its 70cm to 2m linear transponder, having spent a trouble free 6 years and 5 months in space, finally re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burned up on Tuesday, 18th July. Having originally been launched into a 500km orbit, EO-88 has reduced in altitude rapidly over the past year due to the increased level of solar activity.

Remarkably, some of the last frames of telemetry were captured as the 1U CubeSat passed over the South Western United States.
The final 90 seconds show a rapid rise in temperature across all the satellites sub systems. The last frame of data was captured by David WB0IZO in New Mexico at 18:18:54 UTC showing the antenna temperatures operating about 40 degrees above normal.

During the past 2 weeks, 86 stations have contributed EO-88 telemetry to the FUNcube Data Warehouse and this has given us the opportunity to study the behaviour of a functioning CubeSat as it makes its return from Space. Thank you all for your support.

Having provided the last frame of data, David WB0IZO, wins the telemetry section of the AMSAT-UK re-entry competition and will receive a framed certificate of achievement.

The prediction for the date and time of re-entry was very close with Paul N8HM predicting the 17th July and Larry N1MIW calculating the 21st. However, the winning entry was made by Thomas HB9SKA who correctly predicted the 18th July. Thomas also wins a framed certificate.

RIP EO-88. GOODBYE AND THANKS FOR THE FUN!

David G0MRF (AMSAT-UK)