by Peter Goodhall | Feb 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
Several amateur radio CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station on Thursday, February 6, 2014. On Thursday, January 9 at 1807 UT an Antares rocket launched the Cygnus freighter carrying a cargo of CubeSats to the International Space Station. Since...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
Bill Crofts was interviewed on the BBC about the WUSAT2 CubeSat being built by engineering students at University of Warwick. The CubeSat is planned to launch on a sub-orbital rocket from Norway in March/April 2015. The interview was broadcast on BBC Coventry and...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL has posted details on the AMSAT Bulletin Board of the deployments of amateur satellites by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA planned for later this month. Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode [JAXA ISS KIBO Robot Arm, Feb 6,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
Four amateur radio CubeSats, LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 and UAPSat-1 are on the International Space Station (ISS) awaiting deployment currently planned for February 6, 2014. Additionally there is SkyCube-1 which transmits on 915 MHz which is an amateur band...
