SanoSat-1 has received a frequency licence for 436.235 MHz. SanoSat-1 is the first satellite made in Nepal. SanoSat-1 is planning to launch into a 400-500km orbit in Q4 2020 as part of the Alba Orbital Cluster-3 launch. The responsible person for this licence has been made to Mr. Felix Paez from AMSAT-EA since the licencing […]
SANOSAT-1 [NEPAL-PQ1] Communication Protocols

SanoSat-1 transmits in CW Morse, RTTY-FSK and GFSK schemes. Downlink can be done in all three schemes whereas the uplink can only be done in GFSK Modulation within the protocol defined below. CW BEACON TRANSMISSION SanoSat-1 transmits CW Beacon with Call sign and the general health parameters of the satellite. It can also be used […]
Mr. Sanidhya Vijaywat, OSW2020

Sanidhya Vijaywat is currently working as an Engineer at the Indian Space Research Organization. (ISRO). Being a space enthusiast, he pursued his Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and specialized in the field of Avionics Engineering. As a student, he actively took part in various small satellite projects of […]
Mr. Julian Fernandez, OSW2020

Julian Fernandez is a 17 year old Student and is the current Co-Founder and CEO of Fossa Systems, an association dedicated to the development of picosatellite technologies and more specifically, PocketQubes. Julian started the development of the first Spanish pocketqube spacecraft, FOSSASAT-1, in mid-2018. This open-source 1P satellite is experimenting with new spread spectrum LoRa […]
Mr. Pravin Raj Joshi, OSW2020

Mr. Joshi is the Director of Brihaspati Vidyasadan and Chief Technical Officer at Rooster Logic Pvt. Ltd. He is also the co-founder and Executive Member of AMSAT-Nepal. He has been working in Amateur Radio as a hobby since last 20 years. He has BE [Electrical and Electronics], MSc [Computer Science] and MBA from Kathmandu University, […]
Mr. Tom Walkinshaw, OSW2020

Tom Walkinshaw, Founder and CEO of Alba Orbital, started the company in his bedroom in 2012 building prototype PocketQubes, which would eventually be flown on orbit. Tom has more cumulative years developing PocketQubes than anyone else worldwide, leading Alba Orbital to its position as the leading company in the picosatellite development field. As of December […]
Mr. Felix Paez, OSW2020

Félix Páez is the current President of AMSAT Spain (AMSAT EA) a non-profit ham radio association dedicated to the study, promotion and development of space satellites for the Amateur Radio Service, as well as the educational, scientific and experimental work associated with it. Computer engineer by the Spanish Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and radio amateur […]
Hari Ram Shrestha, Online Space Workshop 2020

Obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from College of Information and Technology (CITE), Purbanchal University. He is also a permanent staff of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) since 2010. Now he is doing his Master’s degree in Space Engineering Course under the Cho lab at the Department of Applied […]
Mr. Abhas Maskey, Online Space Workshop 2020

Abhas Maskey is a PhD scholar at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan and is the Project Manager for BIRDS-3 Satellite Project that built the first satellite for Sri Lanka (Raavana-1) and Nepal (NepaliSat-1). Abhas’ interest is on camera designs and is currently researches on machine learning for CubeSat imaging systems. The title of the […]
ONLINE SPACE WORKSHOP 2020

AMSAT Nepal in collaboration with ORION Space is organizing Online Space Workshop 2020 at May 2-3, 2020. The presenters will present for 30 minutes and there is Q/A session for 15 minutes. It is a 2 day program with 7 presentations. The event will be live at Youtube and the updates can be viewed via […]