UK student Around-the-World balloon with 434 MHz Contestia and 145.825 MHz APRS crosses Pacific and is now over North America https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/09/ubseds21-145-825-aprs/ Real-Time track https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=2&qm=All&f=UBSEDS21&a...

ISS CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads may be deployed from December 19 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/12/02/school-tancredo-1-tubesat/

Galileo GNSS/satnav system now live. Read the Peter Blair G3LTF 2006 paper on the 1260-1300 MHz downlink http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/galileo.htm

Satellite launches planned for end of December - BY70-1 FM transponder satellite from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) December 26 - CubeSats from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) December 31? Anyone know what the CubeSats are?

The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is available from the AMSAT-UK shop https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016...

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