by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are pleased to announce a new version of the FUNcube Data Warehouse which will collect, collate, deduplicate and display data from FUNcube Dashboards running on user PCs (see section at end). The URL is: https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ The...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Alexandra Abad, who is studying Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University, has asked for the help of radio amateurs around the world to try and detect signals on 437.405 MHz from the student built satellite CUSat which was launched on September 29, 2013 on a SpaceX...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The tiny PocketQube satellite WREN, just 5x5x5 cm and weighing 250 grams, aims to transmit amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures using the Martin-1 format. Despite its small size WREN is equipped with a camera, a gyro, a magnetic field sensor, momentum wheels and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs Professor Sharlene Katz, WB6FFE, and Professor James Flynn, WB9AWX, describe their CubeSat project, CSUNSat1, which aims to test new technology designed to extend satellite battery lifetime. Space has captured the human imagination and curiosity since...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Miami Herald reports on the education work of radio amateurs Jeffrey Imel K9ESE and Joseph Oliver AA4KK. They are helping high school students to develop a balloon launched satellite. Educators generally agree that hands-on activities are the best way to get kids...
