The latest AMSAT News about developments in amateur and student satellites: ANS 206 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – July 24, 2016:

• AMSAT-UK Colloquium 29-31 July
• AMSAT-NA 2016 Symposium at Sea
• IARU President’s Award to Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV
• 70cm Satellite WebSDR Operational in the Netherlands
• LibreCube CubeSat Open Standard Draft Open for Review and Comment
• Satellite Operations From the Grand Canyon National Park
• Radio Amateurs Invited to 10 Downing Street

Other smallsat news:

• Better views with smaller satellites – MIT News
• A high-speed motor for satellites – ETH Zurich
• Nodes Satellites Demonstrate – Technology ‘Firsts’ for Small Spacecraft – NASA Tech Bytes – Summer 2016 (pdf)
• Talks on New Geostationary Transponders – Southgate Amateur Radio News

Recent NSW satellite related postings:

• Satellites: ViaSat struggles to meet HTS bandwidth goals + O3b boosts cell phone Internet access
• Uber partners with DigitalGlobe for hi-res satellite imagery
• 10 Questions for Sebastian Marcu Managing Director at Design & Data GmbH