by Peter Goodhall | Jun 5, 2013 | Daily Updates
November 23, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who and a Kickstarter project aims to celebrate the event by putting a 30 cm (12 inch) tall model of the TARDIS into Low-Earth-Orbit on an Interorbital Systems Neptune rocket. The aim is to raise the $33,000 needed...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Frequency Coordination Panel has announced coordinated frequencies for the AMSAT-NA Fox-1a CubeSat. A 1U CubeSat, Fox-1a will serve as a communications relay for radio amateurs worldwide via the onboard FM repeater system....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
AAUSAT3 was launched February 25, 2013 on PSLV C20 and on June 5, 2013 14:37 CET will have been in orbit for 100 days. The 1U CubeSat was developed and constructed by students from Department of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University Denmark, as a testbed for a pair...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 3, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-NA site reports on satellite activity for this years ARRL Field Day which takes place June 22-23. Every year AMSAT promotes a satellite version of Field Day during the ARRL annual operating event which is held on the 4th weekend in June. This year Field Day...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 3, 2013 | Daily Updates
The App produced by broadcast journalist Kate Arkless Gray a.k.a. SpaceKate has won the Most Inspiring App category of the International Space Apps Challange. Radio amateur and former ISS Commander and Chris Hadfield VA3OOG said about the App “Cool idea! A...
