by Peter Goodhall | Jan 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
On his website Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD reports transmissions on 435.215 MHz and 435.265 MHz from the Russian Aist microsatellites developed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress. Aist 2...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulated the builders of the first Lithuanian satellites LitSat-1 and LituanicaSat-1 which were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The Google English translation of her words...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
The responses to Ofcom’s coonsultation on sharing spectrum in the 2.3, 2.4, 3.4 and 5 GHz Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Service allocations are now available. The joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group, AMSAT-UK and BATC response says: The amateur and amateur satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
BBC News reports that Channel 4 TV is to screen a live broadcast featuring a complete orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), later this year. The show, hosted by Dermot O’Leary, will link live to the astronauts from mission control in Houston as they...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced the launch date, Feb. 28 JST, for the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 23 (H-IIA F23) with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory along with seven amateur...
