by Peter Goodhall | Nov 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
COSMOS-2499 (2014-028E) was launched on May 23, 2014 and is now in a 1,510.6 km by 1,158.8 km 82.4 degree orbit. Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB has received signals from the satellite on approximately 435.465 MHz and 435.565 MHz (+/- Doppler). On November 30 the satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 29, 2014 | Daily Updates
Volume 2 issue 2 of the free BAA-RAG radio astronomy publication RAGazine is now available for download. In this edition: – Meteor Scatter by Paul Hyde G4CSD – VLF Report by John Cook G8EDG – Update from the Hydrogen Line Group by Brian Coleman G4NNS...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 29, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Surrey Space Centre (SSC) are developing a 3U CubeSat SME-SAT expected to launch into a 550-620 km orbit using the ISIPOD CubeSat deployer. The mission objectives are: A: Outreach – The satellite will provide beacons for which amateur satellite users and ham...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The launch of the amateur radio spacecraft Shin’en2 JG6YIG and ARTSAT2:DESPATCH JQ1ZNN has again been postponed and should now be 04:22:04 UT on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. The launch was broadcast live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TmrQ_ySfg starting at...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
In partnership with the UK Space Agency, BBC TV’s Blue Peter show asked young people to design a mission patch for UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI and received more than 3000 entries. The judges from the UK Space Agency, Blue Peter and ESA together chose their two...
