by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
A post on the Planetary Society website wonders if radio amateurs will be able to pick up the signal from ISEE-3/ICE as it passes Earth. Emily Lakdawalla says: The International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3), a spacecraft that was launched in 1978 to study Earth’s...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
ESA have postponed the International Space Station (ISS) Ham Video Commissioning until March 8. Possible dates for the four Commissioning steps are March 8 (step 1), March 9 (step 2), and March 16 (step 3). Step 3 could be turned into step 4. These dates are all on...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
The deployment of amateur radio CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) planned for Thursday, February 6 has been postponed. NASA say: Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA spent his morning working in the Japanese Kibo module to install a deployer...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Outernet is described as the modern version of shortwave radio broadcast from space. It is planned that the Outernet will consist of a constellation of hundreds of low-cost, CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Each satellite receives data streams from a network of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 5, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Centennial Challenges Program is NASAs flagship program for technology prize competitions (http://www.nasa.gov/challenges). The program is an integral part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing, and flying...
