October 8, 2026 by Frank Karnauskas<https://www.amsat.org/author/n1uw/>

In this edition:

* Watch the Space Symposium Presentations Live
* Symposium Presentation Schedule

Watch the Space Symposium Presentations Live

Streaming for the 44th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
begins Friday 13:00 Eastern Daylight Savings Time.


Satellite enthusiasts can view the presentations live stream on AMSAT?s You Tube Channe. Dial in https://youtube.com/@amsatna and click on the ?Live?
tab to enjoy the presentation. Presentations will also be saved and available for viewing thereafter.


AMSAT would appreciate your small donation to help defray the cost of rental equipment and technician for streaming. Make whatever donation to the general fund that you feel is right at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ . Donations over $20 will receive a Remove Before Flight key tag ring!




Symposium Presentation Schedule

Friday, October 9

* 1:00PM to 5:00PM Presentations (Education session)
* 1:00PM AMSAT Education and CubeSat Simulator Project Update 2026 ?
Alan Johnston, PhD KU2Y

* 1:30PM New CubeSatSim Features: Pacsat, Simulated Doppler, Dashboard,
and Hotspot ? Alan Johnston, PhD KU2Y

* 2:00PM Using the CubeSatSim as Command Station Learning Tool ? Josh
Tate, KF4EAG

* 2:30PM Teaching Technology to Middle/High School Students Using An Amateur Radio Foundation & ARISS Competition As The Goal ? Gordon L. Gibby,
MD KX4Z

* 3:00PM How to Get 20 High Schools to LEO ? Nick Pugh K5QXJ
* 3:30PM ARISS: Celebrating 25 Years of Continuous Operations on
ISS?and Beyond! ? Frank Bauer KA3HDO


Saturday, October 10

* 9:00AM to 12:00PM Presentations (Operating session)
* 9:00AM Satellite Observation Station: Keeping Track of Radio Amateur Satellites ? Joseph A. DiVerdi, PhD, MBA K0NMR

* 9:30AM CardSat and OrbitDeck ? Paul Stoetzer N8HM
* 10:00AM Introducing OsTrax ? Orbiting Satellite Tracking for the Next Generation ? Jim McCullers WA4CWI

* 10:30AM The Modern OSCARLOCATOR ? Paul Stoetzer N8HM
* 11:00AM AMSAT Operations Update ? Mark Hammond N8MH
* 11:30AM AMSAT Youth Initiative Progress Report ? Frank Karnauskas
N1UW

* 1:30PM to 4:00PM Presentations (Engineering session)
* 1:30PM Jovian-1 and FUNcube+ Updates ? David Bowman G0MRF
* 2:00 PM Amcom 2.0: Modernizing AMSAT Satellite Command and Control ? Heimir Thor Sverrisson W1ANT

* 2:30 PM SDR-Gen2 Status ? Ray Roberge and Nick Grabbs WA1CYB / KI5YNG
* 3:00 PM AMSAT Engineering Update ? Jerry Buxton N0JY
* 4:00PM to 5:00PM AMSAT Annual Meeting

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.]


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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!

This week?s ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW.
f.karnauskas [at] amsat [dot] org

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