by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Erich, DK1TB, has provided a short guide on how to manually add new satellites to the SatPC32 satellite tracking app which is available from the AMSAT-UK shop. The FUNcube-1 AO-73 satellite is used as an example. a. Copy the following address to the aux. file...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Triton-1 is a 3U cubesat from ISIS-BV (Innovative Solutions In Space BV) with a AIS (ship location service) radio science experiment which was launched on November 21. After the experiment is complete (est. 3 months), the spacecraft radios will be reconfigured to U/V...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Delfi Nanosatellite Program Manager, Jasper Bouwmeester PC4JB, provides this update on the Delfi-n3Xt satellite which was launched November 21 and carries a 435/145 MHz linear transponder. Dear radio amateurs, We had a fantastic launch and early reception of...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube Team have had reports of an apparent distortion in the transmitted telemetry and difficulty in decoding around 12:00 UT today. It is believed that this may have actually been occurring due to the natural phenomena of an active aurora rather than a problem...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
A test of the Autonomous Mode on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) SSB/CW linear transponder has been carried out. It was switched into Autonomous Mode during orbit 32 at 1113 UT on Saturday, November 23. In this mode the transponder will automatically switch on when the...
