by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
In response to a breaking opportunity, AMSAT and Spaceflight, Inc. have arranged for Fox-1D to accompany Fox-1C on the maiden flight of the SHERPA system on a SpaceX Falcon 9. As a Fox-1 series, Fox-1D is identical to Fox-1C, but with different frequencies and...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
The KLETSKOUS satellite team is making good progress. SA AMSAT reports that the KLETSKOUS team made some major progress during the past few weeks. Currently the team is researching a new type of battery. It was planned to use Lithium Ion but one of the negatives about...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
Masahiro Arai JN1GKZ reports CubeSats may be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 17. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes: JAXA has announced CubeSats will deploy from the ISS via the J-SSOD on 17th September but the CubeSat name is not...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
The United Nations Office for Outer Space affairs has announced the United Nations/Japan Cooperation Programme on CubeSat Deployment from the ISS Kibo module “KiboCUBE”. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 8, 2015 | Daily Updates
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunictions Commission (NBTC) has agreed to provide 9.3 million baht ($258,218) in funding for the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) sponsored JAISAT-1 Project over the next two years. JAISAT is an acronym for...
