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04/01/2014 | Lithuania’s President Relays Greetings via Amateur Radio CubeSat
Lithuania's president may be the first head of state to send a message via an Amateur Radio satellite.
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11/11/2013 | Two Hams, Olympic Torch Return Home from ISS
The Olympic torch has returned to Earth with the ISS Expedition 37 crew, which includes two hams.
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09/03/2013 | US “Space Fence” Shut Down
The Air Force's "Space Fence" has been shut down.
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05/11/2011 | OSCAR I and Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years
1961. It was the middle of the Cold War. John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States. The Bay of Pigs invasion fails in Cuba. The Beatles perform for the first time at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. Freedom Riders are arrested
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03/16/2011 | Hams Invited to Track Satellites
In November 2010, five research satellites were carried to orbit aboard a Minotaur V rocket from Kodiak Island, Alaska. Two of these satellites -- FASTRAC 1, known as “Sara Lily” and FASTRAC 2, referred to as “Emma” -- entered orbit as a single nanosatell
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01/28/2011 | ARISSat-1 Blasts Off
The new AMSAT ARISSat-1 satellite is on its way to the International Space Station
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11/20/2010 | Hams Invited to Listen for New Satellites
Amateurs have an opportunity to monitor three new research satellites.
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07/31/2010 | It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! No, It’s an Asteroid -- Asteroid (31531) ARRL, To Be Exact!
John, Paul, George and Ringo are on the list. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms -- even Frank Zappa and Elvis (but not Madonna). Of course Asimov and Sagan made the cut, Mr Spock, too, but not Captain Kirk. And now ARRL -- more precisely, (31531) ARRL --
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