Radio amateurs have a long history in satellites: first it was medium sized satellites in low earth and Molniya orbits, but after the free launch opportunities as a secondary payload on a major launch dried up, the attention turned to CubeSats. As part of educational support programmes, NASA and other launch agencies provide free launches for CubeSats while Russia, India and China offer inexpensive launch opportunities.
The quest for a geostationary amateur radio satellites has always been there but free launches into a geostationary orbit have up to now not materialised. This will soon change. In the next few years radio amateurs will have access to two geostationary platforms, one that will service the Americas and another one, particular attractive to South Africans, that will be positioned at 26° East giving 24 hour access to Africa, Europe and the Middle East. These two geostationary projects will be included in commercial platforms similar to Amateur Radio Satellite (AMSAT) South Africa seeking to have an amateur radio transponder included in South Africa’s next satellite currently designated as EOS-1 (Earth Observation Satellite).
Following a proposal from the Qatar Amateur Radio Society, Es’Hailsat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced that their new geostationary satellite, the Es’HailSat-2 communications spacecraft, will carry two transponders for use by radio amateurs.….READ MORE
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