The Amateur Radio facility at Bochum

AMSAT-DL Symposium
and AGM

The 2010 Symposium and AGM of AMSAT-DL took place on April 24
in the Amateur Radio facility at Bochum with its spectacular 20 metre dish.

The Symposium was told that a successor to the COMPASS-1 CubeSat will be built. COMPASS-2 will be a triple CubeSat, 100x100x340 mm, weighing 4 kg.

Mario Lorenz, DL5MLO gave a presentation on the telemetry and command operations of the new IHU-3 computer for P3-E. This included a live demonstration of the operation of the IHU-3 and the IPS operating system and showed the robustness of the turbo codes.

Peter Gülzow DB2OS reported that the 20m dish at Bochum has been operating successfully in automatic mode for over a year allowing continuous reception of the NASA solar probes Stereo-A and-B. Bochum supplies the received data to the NOAA in the United States.

Achim Vollhardt DH2VA reported in detail to the symposium on the joint feasibility study by AMSAT-DL and DLR (German Aerospace Center) on Lunar and Mars missions.

AMSAT-DL 2010 Symposium and AGM Report
http://tinyurl.com/33rcasl

AMSAT-DL in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/Amsat-DL

Amateur Radio Facility at Bochum
http://amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/G3RUH/