by Peter Goodhall | Dec 5, 2013 | Daily Updates
A report on the PI9CAM website forwarded by PE0SAT describes how Triton-1 was recovered with the help of the 25 meter dish from PI9CAM. Triton-1 was launched on a Dnepr on November 21, it has a 435/145 MHz FM to DSB transponder which is expected to be available for...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch from Space Launch Complex 3-East, or SLC-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s Central Coast. As well as a classified satellite for the US spy satellite agency the National Reconnaissance Office...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
Benjamin Longmier KF5KMP and James Cutler KF6RFX of the University of Michigan have launched a Kickstarter to raise funding to develop a CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT). The project’s Kickstarter page says: Space exploration has traditionally been expensive,...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Craig Kief KE5VSH posted this on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB):Jin KB3UKS and I launched two CubeSats a week or so ago. The first is Trailblazer (mine) and the second is DragonSat (Jins). Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space Research at the University of...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
The N2YO satellite tracking website provides live video streaming from the International Space Station (ISS) alongside a track showing the position of the ISS over the Earth. The Ustream video from the station is available only when the complex is in contact with the...
