by Peter Goodhall | Nov 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
PicoDragon is a 1U CubeSat that was deployed from the International Space Station on November 19. It was developed by the Việt Nam National Satellite Center (VNSC), University of Tokyo and IHI aerospace. The satellite, callsign XV9PID, carries a 100mW CW beacon on...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
Firefly carries a Very Low Frequency (VLF) receiver covering from a few ten’s of Hz to to tens of kHz to measure the radio waves emitted by lightning. It was launched November 20 on a Minotaur-1 rocket and NASA have released a video about the satellite. The...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is believed that the SSTV PocketQube WREN is currently in a mode where it beacons on 437.405 MHz for 1.6 seconds then listens for 6 minutes on that frequency for any commands. If none are received it goes to sleep for 2 minutes before transmitting the beacon again....
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
GB2RS have released a video of the moment the first command to FUNcube-1 was sent by Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG. Watch AMSAT FUNcube-1 command success at RSGB National Radio Centre [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhCj1D2Sg78&w=560&h=315] BBC TV visit...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
Decoding the Delfi-n3Xt 2400 bps BPSK beacon on 145.870 MHz has proved to be very challenging but Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW in Japan has succeeded in decoding some frames. He decoded three frames of telemetry in two passes on November 27. In a recent update Jasper PC4JB...
