One facet of the diverse pursuit that is amateur radio involves the use of amateur radio satellites. These have a long history stretching back to the years shortly after the first space launches ...

During that space shuttle flight in 1983, Garriott became the first-ever person in space to communicate with amateur radio ...

Nope. The best contender is from 1974 and wasn't even launched by NASA or the Soviets. It's still in orbit, still functioning ...

The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, or AMSAT in short wave sign language, is a worldwide group of Amateur Radio Operators dubbed as "Hams." AMSAT itself was formed in 1969 as an educational ...

Those readers whose interests don’t lie in the world of amateur radio might have missed one of its firsts, for the last year or two amateurs have had their own geostationary satellite transponder.

The celestial unit will serve as a communications satellite for ham radio transmission, a form of wireless communication used by amateurs for non-commercial activities. An even lighter satellite ...