Listening to FUNcube-1 with the RTL-SDR

Jason Charles N4JTC has posted an inexpensive way to listen and decode the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) telemetry beacon on 145.935 MHz using the cheap RTL-SDR dongle. See the post on Jason’s website at http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=579 Download the Dashboard App to receive the...

FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Update Nov 24

The FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft was switched to its nominal “Autonomous” operating schedule around midday November 23. This schedule has: High power telemetry beacon only when in sunlight (also known as “Educational” Mode) and  linear transponder for SSB/CW...

Launch success for TshepisoSat (ZACube-1)

On Thursday, November 21, 2013 the French South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI), at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, made history by being the first in South Africa, and indeed the first in Africa, to launch a locally built nano satellite...