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Join AMSAT today to start receiving your bi-monthly issue of The AMSAT Journal. Members can access the latest issue of The AMSAT Journal as well as archived editions on the membership portal . Join or Renew Today As a member of AMSAT, you are helping to sustain amateur radio’s presence in space. Your membership supports AMSAT activities such as working in partnership with government, industry, educational institutions, and fellow amateur radio societies to foster Amateur Radio’s participation in space research and communication, designing and building communication satellites to operate in the harsh environment of space, managing those satellites, once they are in orbit, and ensure they are available for public use, promoting space education and bringing space-based STEM initiatives to life, providing opportunities for students to speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and collecting, compiling, and sharing what is learned with not only AMSAT members, but, with the World! Join, renew, and manage your AMSAT membership on our new member management portal powered by Wild Apricot . If you are a current member, click here for instructions on accessing your account. About The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation , or AMSAT, is a worldwide group of Amateur Radio Operators (Hams). It was formed in the District of Columbia in 1969 as an educational organization. For over 50 years, AMSAT groups in North America and elsewhere have played a key role in significantly advancing the state of the art in space science, space education, and space technology. The work now being done by AMSAT volunteers throughout the world will continue to have far-reaching, positive effects on the future of both Amateur Radio, as well as other governmental, scientific and commercial activities in the final frontier. Rarely have a group of “amateur” volunteers managed to do so much…for so many…with so little. Mission AMSAT’s goal is to foster Amateur Radio’s participation in space research and communication. The Organization was founded to continue the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR , a west coast USA-based group which built and launched the very first Amateur Radio satellite, OSCAR, on December 12, 1961, barely four years after the launch of Russia’s first Sputnik. Today, the “home-brew” flavor of these early Amateur Radio satellites lives on, as most of the hardware and software now flying on even the most advanced AMSAT satellites is still largely the product of volunteer effort and donated resources. Though we are fond of traditions our designs and technology continue to push the outside of the envelope. Updates ANS-222 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for August 9th AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-222 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching … Read more ANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for August 2nd The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog … Read more ANS-208 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for July 26th AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-208 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching … Read more Load more Apogee View As the world continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT continues to move forward on its mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. Amateur radio contacts made via OSCAR comply with even the strictest social distancing guidelines. Many operators enjoy and appreciate the large fleet of satellites to keep us occupied all hours of the day. The diversity of FM, linear transponder, and digital satellites currently on orbit creates many opportunities for experimentation. Read More about “Apogee View” … Projects GOLF CubeSat Program – The next phase of AMSAT’s CubeSat program and an important part of AMSAT’s strategic goals involving high altitude, wide access satellite missions. GOLF will serve as a testbed for new technologies, including software-defined microwave transponders, attitude determination and control systems, and more. Construction of the first GOLF CubeSat, GOLF-TEE (Technology Evaluation Environment), is scheduled to be completed late this year. Fox-1 CubeSat Program – AMSAT’s first CubeSat program. Begun in 2009, four of the five Fox-1 CubeSats are now in orbit (AO-85, AO-91, AO-92, and AO-95). The final Fox-1 CubeSat, Fox-1E (RadFxSat-2), is complete and scheduled for launch no earlier than the third quarter of 2020. Linear Transponder Module (LTM) – Let Us Do the Talking for You! AMSAT’s Linear Transponder Module (LTM) provides a proven, plug-and-play communications solution for your CubeSat program, including a VHF/UHF telemetry beacon, command receiver, and linear transponder. The first LTM flew on HO-107 (HuskySat-1) and AMSAT recently signed an agreement with the University of Maine to fly an LTM on their MESAT1 CubeSat. Want to fly an LTM on your mission? Contact us for more information. ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) – ARISS lets students worldwide experience the excitement o...