by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
On the FUNcube Dongle Software Defined Radio site Howard G6LVB says: I’ll be away for a few days next week (19 August to 23 August), so as there will be a short delay in dispatch, I’m currently offering free shipping until I return if you place an order before I...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
The OPUSAT CubeSat, built by students at the Osaka Prefecture University Small Spacecraft Systems Research Center (SSSRC), will test Lithium-Ion Capacitors in space. Lithium-Ion Capacitors have a high energy density (reportedly 14 Wh/kg) and so could potentially be of...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
There are a few tickets still available for the UKHAS conference at the University of Greenwich, London on Saturday, September 7.The UK High Altitude Society (UKHAS) conference attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
On his ESA blog astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP talks about his ham radio contacts from the International Space Station. I set the radio to the ‘random’ contacts frequency, and without knowing what to expect, I put on the headphones. Physically, the International...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
In addition to the amateur radio FUNcube boards the UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat UKube-1 will also carry designs by artists Jon Gibson and Amanda White, who run the famous iam8bit gallery in Los Angeles. The Wired story says “[Nanosatellites] open the...
