*In this edition:* Hotel Reservations for 43rd AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Now Available Hard Copy Getting Started in Amateur Satellites Now Available Bankston Introduces Hamvention 2025 AMSAT Forum Burns Fisher – The Legacy of AMSAT Flight Software SkyRoof - A Specialized Satellite Tracking Program for SDR's VUCC Satellite Standing June 2025 DXCC Satellite Standing June 2025 Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for June 13, 2025 ARISS News AMSAT Ambassador Activities Satellite Shorts Fro ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF Serial Number: 486 Issue Time: 2025 Jun 14 2259 UTC ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5 Threshold Reached: 2025 Jun 14 2258 UTC NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity. For real-time in ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB25164.1 2Line Orbital Elements 25164.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick, MA June 13, 2025 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or withou ...Continue Reading

The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT TLE distribution: NOAA-18 NORAD Cat ID 28654 Decommissioned 1740 UTC 06/06/2025 Joe Fitzgerald KM1P AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to keps-leave@amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ...Continue Reading

*AMSAT News Service*ANS-159June 8, 2025In this edition:[*]Nominations Close Soon for 2025 AMSAT Board of Directors Election [*]NOAA-18 Decommissioned [*]Request for Expression of Interest for futureGEO Project [*]SO-125 FM Transponder Activated [*]Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 6, 2025 [*]ARISS News [*]AMSAT Ambassador Activities [*]Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publish ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3479 Issue Time: 2025 Jun 06 0601 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3478 Begin Time: 2025 Jun 02 1505 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2215 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or updat ...Continue Reading

Greetings, Mitch. I planning on running for last place in the upcoming BoD election.  I would appreciate your nominating if you are so inclined. The instructions for nominations are below. Nominations are due no later than June 15th. To nominate a candidate, a written submission is required. Nominations must include the nominee’s name, call sign, and contact information, along with the same details for either five AMSAT members in good standing or one Member Society endorsing the candidate. No ...Continue Reading

SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORB25157.1 2Line Orbital Elements 25157.AMSAT QST de W1STR AMSAT Orbital Elements for Amateur Satellites in TLE Format From Orbital Analysis Office New England Sci-Tech STEM Education Center Natick, MA June 06, 2025 To all radio amateurs These element sets describe the orbits of various satellites in use by the amateur radio community. For details see: www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-formats/ A daily update of element sets is available at: www.amsat.org/tle/daily-bulletin.txt or withou ...Continue Reading

The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT TLE distribution: IRIS-A NORAD Cat ID 51044 Decayed from orbit on or about 05 JUN 2025 Joe Fitzgerald KM1P AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Keps mailing list -- keps@amsat.org View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to keps-leave@amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3478 Issue Time: 2025 Jun 05 1152 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3477 Begin Time: 2025 Jun 02 1505 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1020 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or updat ...Continue Reading