The first Hungarian astronaut visited the designers of the first Hungarian satellite. The purpose of the discussion — which was characterized by a jovial atmosphere, going into professional details and sometimes recalling memories — was to learn as much as possible about the ISS (or MIR in those tim...
Due to the lightening protection works of our new station on building E, the antenna system had to be turned downwards, therefore it cannot be seen in the camera’s picture. The camera’s protection will also be under construction soon, therefore it may not always be turned on during the works....
The beacon of MASAT-1 operates again on the roof building V2 with a transmit power of 100 mW. Its frequency is 3.5 kHz higher than the nominal 437.345 MHz to prevent it from disturbing our measurements. It transmits a valid (fixed) telemetry package. The demodulator software can be downloaded from h...
Lasting two days, the long-range communication test between the engineering model of MASAT-1 and the ground station was successful. An 11 km long link was tested on Thursday, while on Friday the transmissions were performed from a distance of nearly 90 km (from Kékestető). The interested participant...
Some members of the team, led by HA7WEN, will leave for Késkestető on Friday morning with one model of the satellite, which we will continuously “tease”. On the basis of today’s preliminary tests performed from a look-out tower on Anna-hegy, the satellite will be operated in its basic mode. This mea...