A group of British radio hams will send a tiny 10cm-cubed satellite into space later this year, part of a project to boost young people's interest in science and technology. AMSAT-UK will load its ...

AMSAT-UK has announced an amateur satellite project called FUNcube, aimed at primary and secondary school pupils. The satellite will have a 145MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a strong signal ...

The UK’s first amateur educational satellite will be launched on the 21st of November. Called FUNcube-1, and built by volunteers from AMSAT-UK, it is a CubeSat: 10x10x10cm and under 1kg, that will be ...

Here’s a post from the AMSAT-UK high altitude balloon blog. It’s a great story about a balloon cruising at about 12km above the Earth completing its sixth circumnavigation of the planet. That post is ...

A Dnepr rocket launching from Yasny in Russia has set a record for the most payloads carried to orbit in a single mission. The converted intercontinental missile released 32 objects in space - mostly ...