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- MARMOTSat Designated Canada-OSCAR 128
Re-post from ANS-214: On July 7th, 2026, the MARMOTSat satellite was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Developed by the University of Victoria Centre for Aerospace Research, the satellite carries a 2m digipeater and… Read more: MARMOTSat Designated Canada-OSCAR 128 - Satellite kepler reaches six-digit numbers
Repost from ANS-200 but very important to repeat: The U.S. Space Force’s authoritative satellite catalog entered a new era on July 11, 2026, when newly assigned catalog numbers advanced from the five-digit sequence ending at 69,999 directly to six-digit catalog number 100,000.… Read more: Satellite kepler reaches six-digit numbers - Transporter-17 launch 2026-07-07
Space-X Falcon 9 Transporter-17 launch 2026-07-07 contained a large amount of satellites, many of them un-coordinated 70 cm ham radio frequencies. It also will deploy MarmotSat. A lot of information about the satellites at SatNogs:https://community.libre.space/t/transporter-17-rideshare-vsfb-slc-4e-2026-07-07-07-10-utc/14950 The launch at Youtube: - MARMOTSat with 10m downlinkMARMOTSat is a 3U CubeSat currently under development with an Amateur radio focus. It is slated to launch NET June 2026 on SpaceX Transporter-17. Radio Frequencies MARMOTSat will use the following frequencies for TT&C and Amateur experiments: Amateur Experiment Frequency TT&C up-… Read more: MARMOTSat with 10m downlink
- OscarWatch – new satellite tracking software
OscarWatch by Peter @mm9sql is a new desktop satellite tracking multi-platform software. It takes all the best parts from all other tracking softwares and bundles it into one package. Peter have done a lot of work with the radio doppler control part… Read more: OscarWatch – new satellite tracking software - CardSat tracker for M5Stack
From ANS-165: Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, has released CardSat, a free, open-source amateur satellite ground station controller that runs on the M5Stack Cardputer ADV – a credit-card-sized ESP32-S3 computer with a built-in keyboard, color display, and microSD slot. The project lives at https://github.com/prstoetzer/CardSat.… Read more: CardSat tracker for M5Stack - OrigamiSat-2 (FO-126) active on 5.8 GHz
Image: Reception of a 5.84 GHz CW signal from Fuji-OSCAR 126 (FO-126) displayed on an Icom IC-905. [Credit: JA1OGZ] OrigamiSat-2, one of eight satellites launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Kakushin Rising mission for JAXA on April 23, 2026, has now received an official… Read more: OrigamiSat-2 (FO-126) active on 5.8 GHz - AMSAT-DL to Highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshafen
As part of the “HAM RADIO 2026” event at Friedrichshafen, Germany in June, AMSAT-Deutschland e. V. (AMSAT-DL) cordially invites all QO-100 users and amateur radio satellite enthusiasts to an open community workshop. Building on the experiences with Qatar OSCAR 100 (QO-100) and… Read more: AMSAT-DL to Highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshafen - FO-29 Update May 2026
Re-post from ANS-123: Fuji-OSCAR 29 (FO-29 / JAS-2), the long-lived Japanese amateur radio satellite launched in 1996, continues to operate its V/U inverting analog linear transponder under the control of the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL). Because the onboard batteries have failed… Read more: FO-29 Update May 2026 - FO-29 Update April 2026From ANS-102 and JARL: here is an update about FO-29: Fuji-OSCAR 29 (FO-29 / JAS-2), the long-lived Japanese amateur radio satellite launched in 1996, continues to operate its V/U inverting analog linear transponder under the control of the Japan Amateur Radio League… Read more: FO-29 Update April 2026
- Ten-Koh 2 Satellite Deployed
Repost: ANS-074 The 6U CubeSat Ten-Koh 2 (also written as Tenkoh-2 or てんこう２) from Japan’s Nihon University was successfully deployed into orbit on March 11, 2026, at approximately 09:34 UTC. The satellite was released from JAXA’s new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft using the… Read more: Ten-Koh 2 Satellite Deployed - New Satellite Status page with integrated tracking
AMSAT-SM has developed a new Satellite Status page with integrated satellite tracking. Here’s the full updated feature list for the satellite status list: ✅ Data fetched from the community driven SatNOGS database, all corrections of satellite data should be edited at SatNOGS.✅… Read more: New Satellite Status page with integrated tracking