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AMSAT-Deutschland e.V. https://amsat-dl.org charitable non-profit organisation, designing, building and operating hamradio #AMSAT satellites since 1973. Home of the Phase3 satellites and first Phase4A geostationary #QO100 S/X transponder
XU7AMO made over 600 amateur radio contacts using QO100 RS44 FO29 ISS SO50 AO123 SO125 dor training students in satellite communications. #AMSAT #hamradio #qo100
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Unfortunately, for organizational reasons, school contacts with Neumayer Station III (call sign DPØGVN) are not possible until the new crew arrives in around mid-November 2026.
#DP0GVN #AMSAT #QO100
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Schulkontakte mit der Neumayer Station III (Rufzeichen DPØGVN) sind leider aus organisatorischen Gründen bis zum Eintreffen der neuen Crew in etwa Mitte November 2026 nicht möglich. #AMSAT #DP0GVN #QO100
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👀 Did you know that ESA has Bluesky accounts in multiple languages?
🇩🇪 @de.esa.int — German
🇫🇷 @fr.esa.int — French
🇮🇹 @ita.esa.int — Italian
🇪🇸 @es.esa.int — Spanish
🇳🇱 @nl.esa.int — Dutch
If you’re looking for updates and events closer to home, make sure to follow your local ESA page!
#Planetenparade 2026: Macht euch bereit, den Himmel zu beobachten!
Am 28. Februar und 1. März 2026 werden sechs Planeten – Merkur, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn mit bloßem Auge 👀 sowie Uranus und Neptun nur mit Fernglas/Teleskop 🔭 – am Abendhimmel über Deutschland gleichzeitig sichtbar sein!
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A small contribution to the amateur radio community by our CubeSat SONATE-2: from Jul 2024–Jan 2026 we relayed 44,365 APRS packets 🎉
This animation shows their monthly global distribution🌍📡🛰️
APRS = small ham-radio digital packets (position/status/telemetry).
See all plots: go.uniwue.de/aprssonate2
App updated with changes per the new Artemis II WDR-2 blog post from NASA
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Following its successful premiere, AMSAT-HB is pleased to continue this satellite competition in 2026. The HB9RG Trophy is designed to encourage activity on amateur radio satellites and provide an engaging experience for everyone in our community.
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ESCAPADE-BLUE downlink at the Bochum 20m antenna while in contact with DSN Madrid, 92 Days, 13 Hours since launch. Waiting Trans-Mars-Injection (TMI) in November 2026.
ESCAPADE-Blue while in contact with DSN Madrid
Infographic showing how the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS programme works.
👩🚀 Once in space, @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot will join the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social to connect with space and radio enthusiasts worldwide.
📢 Sophie's call sign is KJ5LTN. Stay tuned!
Infographic showing how the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS programme works.
📻 It's #WorldRadioDay, and Earth is calling.
🗣️ Students from all over the world can speak directly to astronauts on the International Space Station via radio for about 10 minutes at a time.
New blog post: ESCAPADE telemetry. In November I posted about decoding the telemetry of this Mars twin orbiter mission. PistonMiner did additional reverse-engineering, and I wanted to revisit this and dig deeper in the telemetry.
Project Hail Mary ist kein Menschen-gegen-Aliens-Film, sondern eine wissenschaftliche Rettungsmission, bei der Physik, Ingenieurdenken und ein kooperativer Erstkontakt im Mittelpunkt stehen – nicht Krieg oder Action. „The only thing more powerful than hate is love “ 👏👏
Elon has apparently finally abandoned his 20 year long assertion that he was just about to build a city on Mars any day now :-)
Earthrise
Jules Verne - 8 February 1828 🚀 24 March 1905
As we are getting closer to going around the Moon again, nice overview of Apollo's unified S-band and telemetry flows
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Cool 😎 😅 danke für den Link
@amsat-dl.org Ganz am Ende von www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi... mit historischen Radiobeiträgen von vor 60 Jahren gibt es eine erstaunliche Anekdote, bei der die Mission Luna 9, die Sternwarte Bochum und ein Fernsehsender in Koblenz mitspielen ... ;-)
Thank you!
This was also part of a live demo / teaser this morning for Thomas Telkamp PA8Z talk on FOSDEM 2026 this afternoon.. 📡〰️〰️
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VOYAGER-1 live on the YouTube stream from Bochum.
Chang'e-3 transmitted today for over 5.5 hours from Mare Imbrium, when Sun's elevation as seen by Chang'e-3 on the #Moon for its current illuminated period reached ~25°. Spectrum waterfall shows command station sweep and lock. AOS in Bochum at 12:50 UTC, LOS (transmitter off) at 18:08 UTC.
