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“Man of the Year” title awarded to the developers of Masat-1
Dec 2012 30

“Man of the Year” title awarded to the developers of Masat-1

The Masat-1 team has been awarded the “Man of the Year” title by the news directorate of RTL Klub for developing the first Hungarian satellite, which was launched into space on 13 February 2012. The plaque that comes with the award has been presented to the team by news director Róbert K...
QSL cards
Dec 2012 19

QSL cards

We would like to say thank you for your help with a QSL card. If you are not a member of your local amateur radio organization, please fill this form. In this case we are going to send the cards via regular post service. We plan to send the cards in January. Thank you, HA8AR […]...
Status Report
Dec 2012 10

Status Report

It is business as usual in terms of operating Masat-1 in the winter. At our Primary Station in Budapest we are observing and following the daylight portion of the orbits. During these passes we are initiating data acquisitions and programing the camera module to take photos. Log files, data and phot...
Meeting with Marsha Ivins NASA astronaut
Dec 2012 07

Meeting with Marsha Ivins NASA astronaut

We had an extraordinary opportunity to meet with Marsha Ivins, who held an entertaining presentation at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics about the past, present and uncertain future of human spaceflight. Before the presentation we met her and introduced the story of the satellite ...
We have received the two millionth data packet from the radio amateur community
Dec 2012 04

We have received the two millionth data packet from the radio amateur community

On 23 November 2012 we have received the two millionth packet coming exclusively from members of the radio amateur community. The packets had been submitted to Masat-1 Ground Station by e-mail or using our client SW. The received packets were of high significance for the team, enabling the supervisi...