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Masat-1 Ground Station Introduced
Mar 2009 31

Masat-1 Ground Station Introduced

Early afternoon on 31 March 2009 the ground station of the first Hungarian satellite was introduced. This will receive the signals of Masat-1 and will also control the cubesat. Charles Simonyi on board of the International Space Station was also involved in its testing. Completion of the terrestrial...
Radio Connection with Charles Simonyi
Mar 2009 26

Radio Connection with Charles Simonyi

The terrestrial station of BUTE was tested on 29 March. The connection was actually set up by dr. András Gschwindt project manager and Gábor Marosy system engineer in the Radio Club of BUTE. A trial transmission was performed early afternoon with Levente Dudás, operating the backup station of Masat-...
The Second Space Flight of Charles Simonyi
Mar 2009 07

The Second Space Flight of Charles Simonyi

The second space flight of Charles Simonyi, for which we are also preparing, is already in the doorway. We have been testing and preparing the satellite receive station of BUTE for a while to be able to reliably receive the transmissions when Simonyi establishes radio connection with several Hungari...